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News
Posted Thursday, August 26, 2010
5:49 PM EDT

The long road to Syria
New book reveals full story behind bombing of Syrian reactor by Israel

Yedioth Ahronoth


News
Posted Monday, August 23, 2010
6:54 AM EDT

Arming Hizballah? U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon
David Schenker
The Washington Institute for Near East policy


News
Posted Sunday, August 15, 2010
1:44 PM EDT

Nasrallah's dilemma over Hariri probe
Zvi Bar'el
Haaretz


Rebutting Nasrallah
Hizbullah continues its psychological warfare.

A Jerusalem Post Editorial


News
Posted Wednesday, August 11, 2010
7:57 PM EDT

Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad To Stand Up Against Israel?
Pravda











News
Posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010
10:51 AM EDT

Military Implications of the Israel-Lebanon Border Incident
Jeffrey White
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy


News
Posted Monday, August 9, 2010
2:40 PM EDT

Iran vows to support Lebanon against Israeli 'aggression'
Foreign Minister Mottaki says Israel reached dead end, 'Zionist regime' desperate in joint press conference with Lebanese counterpart

Dudi Cohen
Israel News


Mottaki: Ahmadinejad in Lebanon After Ramadan
Al Manar

Lebanon's 'hot summer'
Carol Malouf in Lebanon
Al Jazeera


News
Posted Saturday, August 7, 2010
8:52 PM EDT

The truth about Lebanon
Giora Eiland

United by hate for Israel
Hagai Segal

The Failure of Long Range Planning
Ari Bussel


News
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010
7:36 PM EDT

Israel’s eroded deterrence
Shmuel Gordon

Israel’s foolish leadership
Our government forgot that attacks call for military response, not diplomacy

Moshe Dann


News
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010
6:50 PM EDT

Lots of Questions, Few Answers in Border Skirmish
Ulrike Putz in Southern Lebanon
Spiegle


Splintered silence
The last four years have been quiet for Israel but that quiet will not last unless Prime Minister Netanyahu acts to change Israel's strategic landscape.

Ari Shavit
Haaretz


LEBANON, ISRAEL:
Regional fears helping prevent war, says International Crisis Group

The LA Times


News
Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010
4:32 AM EDT

What's Behind the Latest Lebanon Clash?
Karl Vick
Time Magazine


Sayyed Nasrallah: Israeli Hand That Attacks Army Will Be Cut Off
Al Manar

Iran's Defense Minister: Counter-Strike Plan Ready
FNA

Israel’s deterrence needs a boost
Yaakov Katz
The Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Tuesday, August 3, 2010
4:47 PM EDT

Israelis mull war on multiple fronts as STL indictment looms
Possible outbreak of Lebanon strife will prompt Tel Aviv to react

The Daily Star

Beirut's Crisis Foretold
Planned Arrest Warrants Create Political Challenge for Lebanon's Hariri

Spiegle


News
Posted Monday, August 2, 2010
11:16 PM EDT

Turning up the heat on Iran
Victor Kotsev
Asia Times


News
Posted Monday, August 2, 2010
7:01 AM EDT

Illusion and Reality Clash in Lebanon
Jonathan Spyer


News
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010
8:18 PM EDT

Playing three-ball billiards in Beirut
Michael Young
The Daily Star


Supertanker damage raises alarm in Persian Gulf
Adam Schreck
The Washington Post


Obama The Muslim
Major Gen. Jerry Curry

The Broken Link: What Peace Won't Fix
James Kirchik
World Affairs Journal


The New, Improved Obama
Carolyn Glick
The Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Monday, July 26, 2010
6:08 PM EDT

The Gulf heats up
Yoel Guzansky


News
Posted Saturday, July 24, 2010
2:39 PM EDT

Freedom's Edge
Iran's Mini-Empire At The U.N.

Claudia Rosett

No, Israel Is Not About to Attack Iran Now, Here's Why
Barry Rubin
RubinReports


Five Israeli spies flee Lebanon
Tehran Times

Hariri calls for 'calm' after Nasrallah revelations
Al Alam


News
Posted Friday, July 23, 2010
5:43 PM EDT

Israel deploys navy to stop aid ships
Press TV


News
Posted Thursday, July 22, 2010
4:39 PM EDT

Syria’s old habit of dominion over Lebanon dies hard
Michael Young
The National


News
Posted Sunday, July 18, 2010
8:26 AM EDT

Should Israel Bomb Iran? Better safe than sorry
Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Weekly Standard


Will Confrontation with Iran Lead to War?
Patrick Seale


News
Posted Monday, July 12, 2010
5:27 AM EDT

Sending Hizbullah a message: Israel is ready
Yaakov Katz
Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Friday, July 9, 2010
5:54 PM EDT

'This Is Not How You Fight A War'
Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Merlin” Ashkenazi Wishfully Predicts Deterioration in Lebanon in September
Al Manar

ISRAEL: Army declassifies intelligence material showing Hezbollah's tactics
Batsheva Sobelman in Jerusalem
The Los Angeles Times


Iran plans to launch new satellite: minister
Tehran Times Political Desk

Russia: Bushehr N. Power Plant's Efficiency Test Finished
FNA

"Spiking our Cannon on the Home Front!"
Andrew P. O’Meara, Jr.
Colonel, United States Army, Retired


IDF: Hizbullah Holing Up Near Schools, Hospitals Again
Gil Ronen - A7 News



Posted Tuesday, July 6, 2010
6:34 PM EDT

Muslims Lying About Islamic Atrocities
Robert Spencer

Lebanon buries leading Shia cleric
Al Jazeera

Iran, Israel, And Air Defense: What, Exactly is the "Threat?"
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

UNIFIL losing power as Hezbollah expands deployment
Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel
Haaretz


News
Posted Thursday, July 1, 2010
3:44 PM EDT

Islam and the Left - Two Sides of the Same Coin
Daniel Greenfield

Israel’s fateful withdrawal
Lebanon exit marked zenith of Israel’s shift from offensive to defensive posture

Gabriel Siboni

In praise of wars of choice
Israel Harel


News
Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010
9:34 AM EDT

Beware the Iranian Military
James Zumwalt

Red Team
CENTCOM thinks outside the box on Hamas and Hezbollah.

Mark Perry

Iran is Surrounded by US Troops in 10 Countries
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu


News
Posted Saturday, June 26, 2010
8:18 AM EDT

Assad seeks investment for Syria in Latin America
The Daily Star

Flirting with danger
Hanin Ghaddar, Now Lebanon

Exploiting the Mideast power vacuum
Tommy Steiner
Haaretz


Can Israel Make Peace With Syria?
Patrick Seale


News
Posted Wednesday, June 23, 2010
6:20 PM EDT

Iran Changes Course on Ship; Israel Trains for the Worst
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Syrian VP Arrives in Tehran
FNA

Stan the Man – General Stanely McCrystal
Kerry Patton

Syria's new alliances
Helena Cobban

There Will Be War
Reza Kahlili

Lebanon ‘Gaza’ ship will not be allowed in Cyprus
Cyprus Mail, By George Psyllides


News
Posted Sunday, June 20, 2010
10:57 AM EDT

Iran's new revolutionary politics
Chris Zambelis

Israel Preparing to Repeat the “Marmara” Scenario, Lebanon to Respond
Al Manar


News
Posted Saturday, June 19, 2010
2:04 PM EDT

Syria's Bashar al-Assad:
Israel is not a "partner for peace" and that "when you don't have peace you have to expect war".

Jeremy Bowen
BBC News, Damascus


Removing Israel’s bomb from the basement
Louis Rene Beres

Which is the Evil, Vile, Regime?
Scott Winchell
Stand Up America Editor-In-Chief


Weathering the approaching storm
Caroline B. Glick
The Jerusalem Post


Israel reserves right to stop Lebanon-Gaza flotilla
Reuters

Official Warns EU about Iran's Response to Fresh Sanctions
FNA

Hezbollah denies backing of another Gaza-bound aid mission
RIA Novosti

Russia's Risky Business With Syria
Dmitry Sidorov
Forbes


News
Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010
8:35 AM EDT

Bracing for an Israeli-Iranian Faceoff in the Waters off Gaza

Iran Sends Aid Boat to Gaza, Risking Exposure of Hyped Israel-Iran Conflict
The Huffington Post

China’s Military Threatens America: ‘We Will Hurt You
Gordon G. Chang

How the West Is Losing Turkey
Bernhard Zand
Spiegle


Hill skeptical on Internet diplomacy with Syria


News
Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010
10:37 AM EDT

Fantasy as Strategy
Alan W. Dowd

Iran to send aid ships to Gaza
Al Jazeera

U.S. Deploys Tech Firms to Win Syrian Allies
Jay Solomon
The Wall Street Journal


The lessons of Turkey’s role
Roula Khalaf
Financial Times


NATO Watches Syria Smuggle Weapons to Hizbullah
Hana Levi Julian

Iranian Flotilla Departs for Gaza


News
Posted Monday, June 14, 2010
5:21 PM EDT

Syria - Freedom Flotilla to Set off for Gaza in the Coming Weeks

Obama doctrine failing
Effort to appease Islam does not seem to be working for America

Zvi Mazel
Israel Opinion


Isolating Iran
Nikolas K. Gvosdev


News
Posted Wednesday, June 9, 2010
7:56 AM EDT

Ottoman Dreams: Why Are Americans Surprised by Turkey ’s Islamic Turn?
David Solway

A resilient Iran shields itself from pressure by building alliances
Thomas Erdbrink and Colum Lynch, Staff Writers
The Washington Post


U.S. takes Hezbollah's threat with "utmost seriousness"
Xinhua

UN Security Council is world’s most undemocratic body: Ahmadinejad
Tehran Times Political Desk

A Closer Look at Israel's Terror Accusations
Yassin Musharbash
Spiegle International


News
Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2010
9:03 AM EDT

Letting Israel hang; US undercuts ally
John Bolton
The New York Post


Iran to send aid ships to Gaza
James Hider
The London Times


News
Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2010
5:44 AM EDT

The plain truth about Israel
Caroline B. Glick
The Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Monday, June 7, 2010
12:03 PM EDT

Kalt und fest
Israelis frightened by the avalanche of criticism against Israel: Don't press the panic button.

Moshe Arens


News
Posted Sunday, June 6, 2010
12:05 PM EDT

Israel as a Strategic Liability?
Anthony H. Cordesman


News
Posted Saturday, June 5, 2010
7:27 PM EDT

Sayyed Nasrallah: Unite To Back Turkey, Egypt; Take Part in Freedom Flotilla 2


News
Posted Thursday, June 3, 2010
8:15 AM EDT

Gaza’s waves will crash on Turkey ’s shore
David Aaronovitch
The London Times


News
Posted Wednesday, June 2, 2010
7:15 AM EDT

Obama’s National Security Doctrine: Naive — Frighteningly So
Barry Rubin

Turkey is playing a dangerous game
Deutsche Welle


News
Posted Tuesday, June 1, 2010
7:14 PM EDT

From friend to (almost certainly) foe
Ely Karmon
The Jerusalem Post


In the Trenches:
Strutting from Teheran to Damascus, from Beirut to Gaza

David Harris
The Jerusalem Post


New Turkish backed Islamic Party founded in Bosnia-Herzegovina
World Bulletin

President al-Assad to US Senator Corker: Iran support for the region stabilize it:

Ending Israel's losing streak
Caroline B. Glick
The Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Tuesday, June 1, 2010
6:35 AM EDT

Syria, Lebanon say flotilla attack can lead to war
The Hindu

Israeli Raid on Ship Adds to Pressure for Easing Gaza Controls
Jonathan Ferziger and Calev Ben-David
Bloomberg


Iran Dismisses Reports on Deployment of Israeli Subs near Territorial Waters
FNA


News
Posted Friday, May 28, 2010
10:49 AM EDT

Olson:
Counterinsurgency Ops Should 'Involve Countering the Insurgents'

John T. Bennett


News
Posted Friday, May 28, 2010
9:20 AM EDT

Why I opposed Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon
Ephraim Sneh

A question of time
Ari Shavit
Haaretz


President Assad Interview with La Repubblica


News
Posted Wednesday, May 26, 2010
4:03 PM EDT

The lessons of withdrawal
High expectations ahead of withdrawals paralyze Israel later on

Yehuda Wegman
Israel Opinion


Official: Tehran-Moscow Cooperation Guarantees Regional Security
FNA

Brennan Counterintelligence Fantasy?
Hizbullah Moderation

Brig. General (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira

Israel still paying for Lebanon pull-out
Yaakov Katz
The Jerusalem Post


Reclaiming Language from the Left
Caroline B. Glick
The Jerusalem Post


On the borderline
Phil Sands
Le Monde Diplomatique


U.S. Is Said to Expand Secret Actions in Mideast
Mark Mazzetti
The New York Times


Syria: Obama has failed in peace efforts and lost influence in Mideast
Haaretz


News
Posted Friday, May 21, 2010
5:57 PM EDT

Hizballah's Coalition Partner Meets President Obama
David Schenker
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy


News
Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010
9:04 AM EDT

Seizing the Lebanese state
Hanin Ghaddar


News
Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010
6:48 AM EDT

Iran Inks LEU Deal With Turkey under Brazil's Guarantees; Israel Infuriated
Al Manar

The Region: Russian traps – and moves
Barry Rubin
The Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Thursday, May 13, 2010
11:08 AM EDT

Iran Urges Pullout of Foreign Troops from Region
FNA

Hezbollah drone threatens Israel
Did Iran help Lebanese militants obtain unmanned planes?

Lisa Myers & the NBC Investigative Unit


News
Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2010
5:34 AM EDT

New air refueling system gives Israel capacity for strike on Iran
World Tribune

Why Syria will keep saying ‘no’ to Washington
Bilal Y. Saab
The Christian Science Monitor


Hizbullah’s media champions
Caroline B. Glick
The Jerusalem Post


Will failure to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict mean a new Cold War in the Middle East ?
Joshua Landis


News
Posted Friday, May 7, 2010
9:08 AM EDT

Israel Prepares for the Possibility of a Summer War with Lebanon
Arieh O'Sullivan

War, this summer?
Al Ahram

Senior Cleric: Iran Gives Crushing Response to Any Threat
FNA

Iran, Hezbollah, and the Bomb
The futility of containment.

William Harris
The Weekly Standard


It's Not the Scuds, It's Support for the Resistance
David Schenker
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy


Israel fears energy targets will be hit
Tel Aviv , Israel (UPI)


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