In Lebanon the Muslim Brotherhood works through Al-Jama’ah al-Islamiyya, an organization established in 1964… Continue reading
Lebanese society has had a remarkable ability to overcome deep-rooted sectarian and religious divides that could readily have imploded less problematic countries… Continue reading
In the course of the present unrest across the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading
Do policymakers, and “experts” care what happens in the Middle East? War? Bloodshed? Repression… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Syrian Vice FM Miqdad flatly denying any Syrian role in the supply of weapons to Hizballah… Continue reading
Nasrallah assured Hizballah troops they are capable of fighting Israel without Iranian or Syrian help… Continue reading
It is important to underscore the rightful Palestinian efforts aiming at earning the recognition of the State of Palestine and its full membership to the United Nations… Continue reading
As Gaddafi’s regime crumbles, speculation has started to arise over whether the Syrian opposition will now be emboldened in their struggle against Assad… Continue reading
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati described Shi’a Muslim terrorist group Hizballah as a “tumor”… Continue reading
A development of huge importance is happening in the Middle East, equivalent perhaps to the… Continue reading
So consider the south Lebanese town of Hula… Continue reading
Years of waiting have just about ended with the word from the international tribunal that four Hizballah officials… Continue reading
The Lebanese capital was not the only first stop for a delegation of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon… Continue reading
There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading
In the last decade, Israel unilaterally withdrew from two areas: the security zone in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip… Continue reading
After five months of political stagnation, Lebanon has a new government… Continue reading
Is there a pattern here? I guess I’m going to be writing a series of “things keep getting worse” articles for some time to come… Continue reading
Israel Defense Intelligence officers described the smuggling routes from Iran into the Gaza Strip, arguing that Hamas is now more powerful than prior to Operation Cast Lead… Continue reading
Events in the Middle East have moved so quickly that one almost needs a daily scorecard to keep up. This article will try to give a basic picture… Continue reading
In testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “We are in a competition. I just stress over and over again… Continue reading
Sami Shihab, a Hezbollah operative who escaped from an Egyptian prison, participated in a Hezbollah rally in Beirut. His network infiltrated… Continue reading
Here in Israel, we are seeing idealistic and optimistic Egyptians being interviewed by Israeli reporters at demonstrations in Cairo. I couldn’t understand why those inspiring and pro-democracy interviews… Continue reading
In een vrijdag verschenen artikel in de Jerusalem Post wijzen de Israëlische experts op het gevaar van een overname van de protesten door Islamisten die met andere bedoelingen de… Lees verder
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman appointed ex-premier Najib Mikati today as Lebanon’s new prime minister and tasked him with forming a cabinet… Continue reading
Iran’s conservative press blamed Western countries for the political crisis in Lebanon, saying they derailed the Syrian-Saudi initiative which attempted to find a solution to… Continue reading
Nearly six years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has submitted the long-awaited results of an international investigation… Continue reading
Members of the powerful Hezbollah movement and its allies brought down Lebanon’s unity government Wednesday after resigning from Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Cabinet. Minister of State… Continue reading
Hezbollah would likely shoot between 400 and 600 missiles a day into Israel during a future war, a senior Mossad official told a congressional delegation to Israel in 2009, according to a US diplomatic cable published on Sunday… Continue reading
Israel’s army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday… Continue reading
The U.S. weakness in countering Iran and other radical forces in the Middle East is beginning to bear poisoned fruits. Jordan is already moving toward getting on Iran’s good side; Lebanon has been captured by the Iran-Syria camp; Turkey has moved into its… Continue reading
Als er één positief aspect genoemd kan worden over Cablegate, zoals de gelekte documenten op WikiLeaks ook wel genoemd worden, dan is het wel dat de documenten onverbiddelijk de realiteit weergeven van het diplomatieke krachtenspel in het Midden Oosten… Lees verder
Imad Mughniyeh was één van de meest gezochte terroristen ter wereld. De Israëlische Mossad, de CIA, het Franse SGDN en andere inlichtingendiensten waren méér dan 20 jaar op zoek naar de man die een lange lijst van terroristische aanslagen op zijn CV had staan: bomaanslagen, moorden en ontvoeringen… Lees verder
Uit een serie van gelekte geheime Amerikaanse documenten op WikiLeaks blijkt dat de VS aan het begin van dit jaar Syrië rechtstreeks beschuldigden van het leveren van geavanceerde wapens, waaronder SCUD-D raketten aan de sjiitische Hezbollah militie in Libanon… Lees verder
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