BY DAVID HORNICK, FRONTPAGEMAG— Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has given Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak a clear warning: don’t attack Iran. Panetta pointed to a U.S. analysis that a strike on Iran would set back its nuclear program, which Iran says is only for peaceful purposes, by one or two years at most. It would…
BY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— The last year has seen the White House become empty of people who have a deep personal knowledge of the Israeli situation and who care about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At first it was the much publicized resignation of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who was involved in every…
BY BARRY RUBIN— The only honest answer to the question of what will happen in Syria is that nobody knows. The battle has gone on for eight months, killed more than 3,500 people, and could go on for many more months. There’s no telling who will be ruling Syria when the dust settles. A regime…
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— A medieval Jewish prophecy regarding the coming of Israel’s Messiah appears to correspond to the current situation in the Middle East, Israel National News reported at the weekend. A piece of rabbinic literature known as the Yalkut Shimoni touches on many future scenarios both for the nation of Israel and…
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— A medieval Jewish prophecy regarding the coming of Israel’s Messiah appears to correspond to the current situation in the Middle East, Israel National News reported at the weekend. A piece of rabbinic literature known as the Yalkut Shimoni touches on many future scenarios both for the nation of Israel and…
BY PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH— On the recent anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death, official Palestinian Authority TV produced and broadcast a music video praising Arafat. The lyrics of the song glorify death, describing how “death for the sake of Palestine is good,” and how “I have poured the blood of self-sacrifice on your path.” The song…
BY FARS— “We will form the 100-million-strong Basij force of the Muslim world to materialize the promise of the late Imam Khomeini about the freedom of the noble Quds,” Naqdi said. He underlined that Basij will bravely and steadfastly continue its struggle and fight for the freedom of Quds from the occupation of the Zionist…