In a strange turn of events, the upcoming election in Israel might turn out to be more relevant to US interests abroad than those held recently for our new President. It is growing increasingly clear …
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In a strange turn of events, the upcoming election in Israel might turn out to be more relevant to US interests abroad than those held recently for our new President. It is growing increasingly clear that Likud will have a sizable victory in the upcoming elections, which seems to stem from a growing frustration with Kadima on the issue of Israeli security. There is no question that the issue of national security is paramount in these elections, which allows us a great opportunity to analyze the platform of the likely winner, and how that might affect the prospect of peace in the middle east. Read the full story »
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In the Middle East, each interested group likes to claim moral superiority to rationalize their policies, and their actions. As of late, this position has often been established by referencing the charter of countervailing groups. …
Pronunciation of foreign names has always been something that caused much angst amongst American news agencies. The following is an AP produced pronunciation guide that was released in 2001. However, given the recent situation in …
In cafes and pulpits all across the country, a similar difficulty is presented to a young generation of Christians, a similar threat is diagnosed, a danger posed, and similar offensive plans of evangelization and defensive …
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its ninth Special Session on the grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent aggression of the occupied Gaza Strip, and adopted a …
Hamas’ greatest enemy other than the IDF, is itself. There has been “outrage” recently when IDF decided to take out the Hamas affiliated television station. Their regular programming included hundreds of hours of propaganda video, …
Many of my colleagues have categorized this as proof of Hamas’ use of civilians as human shields. I don’t necessarily think this is accurate, although I admit – the nuance in my interpretation is mostly …
A three part special regarding the occupation of Palestine.
The Palestinian PR campaign has long been a contentious issue. Both Israel and Palestinian groups use PR warfare to further their interests, but the Hamas PR movements have always been especially troubling.
Driving around bodies of …
A few of the acts that the UN has denounced by Palistinian paramilitants, including al-Qassam, which is part of Hamas, and al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade, which has ties with Fatah.
With the recent relegation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to that of outright war, it’s important that a resolution be found quickly to minimize civilian casualties, and bring some semblance of peace, however tepid it …
In a strange turn of events, the upcoming election in Israel might turn out to be more relevant to US interests abroad than those held recently for our new President. It is growing increasingly clear …
Pronunciation of foreign names has always been something that caused much angst amongst American news agencies. The following is an AP produced pronunciation guide that was released in 2001. However, given the recent situation in …
In cafes and pulpits all across the country, a similar difficulty is presented to a young generation of Christians, a similar threat is diagnosed, a danger posed, and similar offensive plans of evangelization and defensive …
Hamas’ greatest enemy other than the IDF, is itself. There has been “outrage” recently when IDF decided to take out the Hamas affiliated television station. Their regular programming included hundreds of hours of propaganda video, …
