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Desperately Seeking Relevance

Jerusalem Post, 25/7 The conflict between Hamas-controlled… [more]

Desperately Seeking Relevance Desperately Seeking Relevance

Qatar / Hamas’s Collateral Damage

PJMedia, 22/7 The fight between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is… [more]

Qatar / Hamas’s Collateral Damage Qatar / Hamas’s Collateral Damage

The Fire This Time

New York Daily News, 14/7 In recent years, even as the constant… [more]

The Fire This Time The Fire This Time

SYRIA’S SILENT WEAPONS

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SYRIA’S SILENT WEAPONS SYRIA’S SILENT WEAPONS

IN THE ARENA OF THE ZU’AMA – REVIEWING HIZBALLAHʼS ROLE IN LEBANON

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IN THE ARENA OF THE ZU’AMA – REVIEWING HIZBALLAHʼS ROLE IN LEBANON IN THE ARENA OF THE ZU’AMA – REVIEWING HIZBALLAHʼS ROLE IN LEBANON

FROM STATION Z TO JERUSALEM

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FROM STATION Z TO JERUSALEM FROM STATION Z TO JERUSALEM

WHAT DOES THE ARAB NEWSPAPER THINK ABOUT ITSELF?

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WHAT DOES THE ARAB NEWSPAPER THINK ABOUT ITSELF? arab newspapers

THE DIFFUSION OF INTRA-ISLAMIC VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM: THE IMPACT OF THE PROLIFERATION OF SALAFI/WAHHABI IDEOLOGIES

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THE DIFFUSION OF INTRA-ISLAMIC VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM: THE IMPACT OF THE PROLIFERATION OF SALAFI/WAHHABI IDEOLOGIES THE DIFFUSION OF INTRA-ISLAMIC VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM: THE IMPACT OF THE PROLIFERATION OF SALAFI/WAHHABI IDEOLOGIES

PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION: THE CURRENT BALANCE OF FORCES IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND ISRAELI CONCERNS

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PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION: THE CURRENT BALANCE OF FORCES IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND ISRAELI CONCERNS PROCEEDING WITH CAUTION: THE CURRENT BALANCE OF FORCES IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR AND ISRAELI CONCERNS

Desperately Seeking Relevance

By July 25, 2014

Jerusalem Post, 25/7 The conflict between Hamas-controlled Gaza and Israel became inevitable after a series of decisions and actions made clear that the movement was not interested in defusing tensions and returning to the cease-fire that had … [Read more...]

Qatar / Hamas’s Collateral Damage

By July 24, 2014

PJMedia, 22/7 The fight between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is presented in the global media as a local conflict featuring a well organized state with its army, against a small Islamist organization. This picture is misleading. Hamas is not an … [Read more...]

The Fire This Time

By July 16, 2014

New York Daily News, 14/7 In recent years, even as the constant threat of terrorism from Hamas and Hezbollah loomed, Israelis would note the political conflagrations burning up the region all around them and would contrast these with the relative … [Read more...]

Fractured States

By July 4, 2014

Jerusalem Post, 4/7 In the latest evidence of ongoing fragmentation in what was once Iraq and Syria, Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, this week announced his intention to hold a referendum in the … [Read more...]

Kurdish Advances

By June 21, 2014

Jerusalem Post, 21/6 The stunning collapse of the Iraqi army in Mosul, and the rapid advance of the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) through Tikrit and toward Baghdad has created a new reality in Iraq. ISIS advances have … [Read more...]

Second Front Opens in the Sunni-Shia War

By June 16, 2014

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) organization swept into the city of Mosul in western Iraq last week.  No one has any right to be surprised. ‬ ISIL has held a large swath of western Iraq since January – including the city of … [Read more...]

ISIS’ ‘Islamic State’ is Born

By June 14, 2014

Jerusalem Post, 13/6 In a stunning and deeply significant development, the fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) organization this week captured the city of Mosul. They then moved on to take Tikrit unopposed and according to … [Read more...]

No Excuse for Western Surprise Re ISIS Advances

By June 13, 2014

  At the risk of sounding arrogant, I would like to say that western policymakers have no excuse for being surprised regarding the ISIS advance into western Iraq, and the fragmentation of that country.  I and a number of colleagues have … [Read more...]

Written in Gratitude, on the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings of 1944.

By June 6, 2014

A few years after I made aliyah, my parents sold the house that my sister and I had grown up in and moved to a sheltered housing facility for elderly people in north London. My mum and dad are warm and friendly people and they soon made friends with … [Read more...]

Disaster in the Levant: the Syrian Civil War in its Fourth Year

By June 6, 2014

Fathom Magazine, 2/6  The Syrian Civil War is now grinding on into its fourth year. Over 150,000 people have died, and tens more are being killed every day in the ongoing fighting. Millions have lost their homes. Many will almost certainly never … [Read more...]

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