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Sun Tzu

A Salute from Palestinian ‘Moderates’ in Lebanon

And what a salute (via MEMRI): embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt jQuery('#lazyload_post_0 img').lazyload({placeholder: '/wp-includes/images/blank.gif'});
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John J.  Xenakis

23-Dec-11 World View — Jordan Helps Hamas Break with Syria and Iran

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hamas and Palestinian Authority / Fatah hold reconciliation talks Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria and Iran Iran cutting funding to Hizbollah as well as Hamas Turkey recalls ambassador from France due to ‘genocide’ bill Israel’s relationship with South Sudan grows increasingly warm Hedge funds threaten to sue over Greece haircut Greece’s PM seeks to ward [...]
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Jeff Dunetz

Reform Judaism’s Leadership Demonstrates Its Support For Obama’s Anti-Israel Policy

This week President Obama took his “Hey I really don’t hate Israel” tour to the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism. The Reform movement’s attachment to Israel (cultural rather than theological) and its progressive bent made this an ideal location for Obama’s attempts to make Jewish Americans [...]
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Sun Tzu

Israel’s Iron Dome Rocket Defense, Built to Protect Civilians From Terror, Could Soon Protect U.S. Army

The Jerusalem Post reports today that the U.S. Army is considering the purchase of Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense system to protect bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iron Dome was developed in response to persistent rocket attacks by the Palestinian Hamas terror group in Gaza, and the Hizbollah terror organization in southern Lebanon, both of [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

22-Nov-11 World View — Egypt Under Threat From ‘Second Revolution’ Mass Protest

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Egypt’s ‘Second Revolution’ mass protest threatens next week’s election * Political parties call for ‘million man protest’ on Tuesday * Unrest may hasten Egypt’s currency crisis * The ‘last days of the euro’ * Missing MF Global customer money doubles to $1.2 billion * Jordan’s King Abdullah II pays unannounced visit to West Bank * [...]
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Dan Friedman

Hezbollah Rolls Up CIA Operation in Lebanon

Today, I have copied and pasted two news items, both dealing with the same costly U.S. intelligence failures in the Mideast. Read both. Each is a companion piece to the other. To my mind, they attest to the sophistication of Iran and its close ally Hezbollah – and to the global nightmare we will create [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

9-Nov-11 World View — Iran Nuclear Report Raises Questions of Sanctions and Military Action

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Italy’s Berlusconi loses parliamentary majority, appears close to resigning * IAEA says Iran’s nuclear program shows ‘military dimensions’ * Israel wants the west to impose ‘deadly sanctions’ on Iran * Are we about to repeat the 2003 invasion of Iraq? * Obama and Sarkozy say that they can’t stand Israel’s Netanyahu * Security Council [...]
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Walid Phares

Iran’s MAD Strategy Has Strategic Rationale

In conjunction with Tuesday's report to be issued by the IAEA about Iran's nuclear facilities, please find our latest article on Iran's version of "Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine MAD" and how the Ayatollahs rationalize it. Bottom line: If Tehran can insure a delivery system that can hit US mainland or US strategic interests in the region, even though this may not insure Iranian equal response, it is seen as enough of a deterrence against Washington.
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Caroline  Glick

Whither The IDF?

It was a normal Shabbat afternoon in Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood. Children were outside visiting with their friends and playing in the empty streets. But the tranquility of the scene was destroyed in a moment when a Palestinian terrorist crept up on 17- year-old Yehuda Ne’emad and his friend and began stabbing [...]
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El Cid

Report: Obama’s Muslim Advisers Block Middle Eastern Christians’ Access to the White House

From a Middle East correspondent: Beirut Arab news agency al Nashra reported on Saturday November 22, that [White House Muslim envoy] Dalia Mogahed has succeeded in canceling a meeting between the Maronite Patriarch of Lebanon and President Barack Obama. Writing in al Nashra, the reporter said “an unnamed US source told the news agency, [...]
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