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On September 13, 2011, the Haqqani network perpetrated a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, a coordinated assault involving suicide bombers and rocket fire that killed 25. During congressional testimony the following week, US Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accused the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence […]

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QADDAFI FALLS Ryan Mauro FrontPage, August 22, 2011 The reign of Muammar Qaddafi has come to an end. That he was a cruel despot deserving of an unforgiving end is a given, but now a new chapter in Libya, rife with uncharted, ominous struggles has begun. Foremost among theses struggles will be preventing the ensuing […]

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EGYPT’S VENOM TOWARD ISRAEL Rick Moran FrontPage, August 22, 2011 The fallout from the terrorist attack near the border town of Eliat this past Thursday that killed eight Israelis, and the subsequent pursuit of the murderers by Israeli security forces into Egypt that resulted in a confrontation with Egyptian police, killing as many as five, […]

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CIJR TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO DEFEND ISRAEL Janice Arnold Canadian Jewish News, September 28, 2011 When Marian Pinsky, a Bialik High School graduate, entered McGill University, she felt the shock of being in an environment where Israel was frequently the target of criticism and attack. Most disturbing for her was that it generally went unanswered. […]

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“How can you be strong when the person you love is gone? My dear father, I do not believe that I am writing to you.… How do I even start? I will try to be strong now because I think that is what you would want me to do, but I am not sure that […]

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CRITIQUING ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION IN JERUSALEM: ANOTHER U.S. MISCUE WITH THE QUARTET Robert Satloff Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 17, 2011 At the eleventh hour, the Obama administration is gamely trying to avert President Mahmoud Abbas’s promise to apply for full Palestinian membership in the United Nations—which he is due to hand deliver to […]

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IRAQ’S ‘BLOODY MONDAY’ Rick Moran FrontPage, August 16, 2011   At least 80 people were killed and more than 350 injured when a coordinated series of bombs were set off across the length and breadth of Iraq on Monday. Believed to be the work of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQIR), the bombings have shaken the people’s […]

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STOPPING SYRIA’S SLAUGHTER STARTS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA Editorial Washington Post, August 10, 2011   The attempt by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to save himself by slaughter seems to be near a tipping point. A massive offensive launched by his regime on the eve of Ramadan appears to have pacified, at least for the moment, the restive […]

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TIME OUT David P. Goldman Tablet, July 20, 2011   “Time isn’t on Israel’s side” must be the most-repeated phrase in Israeli politics, in the Jewish state as well as in the Diaspora. It’s Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni’s refrain.… Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said so in a Jerusalem speech […]

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DECLARING A PALESTINIAN STATE WILL DERAIL THE PEACE PROCESS Miriam Ziv National Post, August 6, 2011   The Palestinian leadership has made clear its intentions to seek recognition of an independent Palestinian State at the United Nations this coming September. Some might question why such action would be detrimental to the peace process and therefore […]

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The month of September has come and gone, and the political “tsunami” that many predicted would devastate Israel never materialized. Instead, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas’ attempt to gain a unilateral declaration of independence (“UDI”) at the United Nations was dampened by US president Barack Obama’s opposition to the move, and by Israeli Prime Minister […]

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OBAMA’S ONLY POLICY Caroline B. Glick Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2011 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with. So news reports this week that Netanyahu agreed that the 1949 armistice lines, (commonly misrepresented as the 1967 borders), will be mentioned in terms of […]