Syria on the brink
What should be clear, though, is that a chaotic, violent transition of power would not be in Syria’
What should be clear, though, is that a chaotic, violent transition of power would not be in Syria’
Israel stopped transfer of some $100 million in funds as punishment for the Palestinian’s successful bid for admission to UNESCO, part of a larger effort to gain admission as a state in the U.N. Israel’s move came despite warnings from its defense ministry that the measure could threaten Palestinian stability.
Bruce Riedel explains how the candidate’

CTV.caPalestinians’ UN blow reveals extent of Israel’s influence on US
The National
The news comes a day after the Obama administration succeeded in persuading the US Congress, with a little help from Israel, to release US$200 million (Dh734.6m) in security aid to the Palestinian Authority. It ends a series of setbacks for the …
Palestinians braced for fresh setback in UN statehood bidThe Guardian
Combat HIV/AIDS or Protect Israel’s Denial of Palestinian Rights?Huffington Post
Security Council report reveals discord over fate of Palestinian statehood bidHa'aretz
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ReutersIsrael’s Peres says military solution over Iran’s nuclear program closer than …
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Sydney Morning HeraldBedouin face bulldozers as Israel reshapes the desert
Sydney Morning Herald
Rifa al-Oqbi and her two sons stand amid the rubble that was their home in the village of al-Qrain, in Israel’s southern Negev Desert. Photo: Ruth Pollard THE Israeli authorities came without warning, and despite her pleas for time to pack, …
Israel’s bulldozers vs the Bedouin ArabsBelfast Telegraph
Palestine’s BedouinThe Economist
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Peres tells Channel 2 time running out, Iran close to becoming nuclear-armed; contends it is Israel’s role to warn world leaders of threat.
The recent suspension of tax transfers to the PA and renewed construction in the West Bank are a step in the right direction, but now it’s time for Israel’s leaders to set a long-overdue example for the world on how to deal properly with terrorism.
Maybe it’s best to just wait for the people to remove the ayatollahs; there are enough good reasons why this isn’t Israel’s role.
The centrality of the Talmud in Jewish life now faces an alarming threat from a most unexpected source: Israel’
Turkey on Tuesday finally accepted Israel’s earthquake aid, two days after a devastating temblor hit eastern Turkey, and following a number of rebuffed Israeli government offers of assistance.
According to a Foreign Ministry spokesman, the Turks made a request through Israel’s embassy in Ankara for Israel to send mobile homes to the devastated Van province where More >

YnetnewsIsrael to UN Security Council: Support for Palestinian statehood will only …
Ha'aretz
Support for the Palestinian bid for statehood in the United Nations spells instability and violence for the Middle East, Israel’s UN envoy said in an address before the UN Security Council, adding that the only path to peace between Israel and the …
Israel’s Occupational BurdensNew York Times
Accelerating inevitable Israeli-Libyan relationsJerusalem Post
Settlement activities by Israel, a stumbling block: IndiaFirstpost
The Atlantic
Israel’s Oz On ‘Village Life’ And Unhappy Endings
NPR
But in exchange for Shalit’s freedom, more than 1000 of Israel’s Palestinian prisoners were also set free. “It was a happy ending at a very heavy cost,” Oz says, “because for the release of Gilad Shalit, Israel had to release more than 1000 …
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A former senior US counterterrorism official tries to unravel the unsolved murder of Israel’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A deal between Israel and Hamas to exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was on course for Tuesday after Israel’s highest court rejected petitions to block it.
Netanyahu demonstrated an agreement can only be reached when Israel’
The claim of Israel’

Fars News AgencyWill Israel Bomb Iran?
Middle East Online
Apparently, the key question in the debate was how to ensure that the United States took part in the attack or, at the very least, intervened on Israel’s side if the initial strike triggered a wider war. Reports of these discussions have caused …
What Iran’s Bluster HidesFrontPage Magazine
Iran Blasts Canada’s Complicity in Israel’s War CrimesFars News Agency
‘Canada, accomplice in Israeli crimes’Press TV
Eurasia Review
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ReutersIDB to sell control of Israel’s largest supermarket
Reuters
Bronfman is part of a group that controls Israel Discount Bank (DSCT.TA), Israel’s third-largest bank. Israel has recently taken aim at large conglomerates and is passing new legislation to force them to sell off either financial or other “real” assets …
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