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‘US would back Israel in defensive Iran strike’

Bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduce resolution: U.S. would back Israel militarily in defensive strike, unilateral penalties against Iran “This is not a green light to Israel to do anything other than defend itself,” says Sen. Menendez.

As Close as Ever

A dramatic front-page New York Times story on Jan. 8, 2013 gave readers a rare glimpse into the level of intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Israel. According to the article, written by two of the newspaper’s leading reporters David Sanger and Eric Schmitt, several months earlier senior IDF officers had received satellite intelligence that showed Syrian forces mixing chemical weapons at two sites and filling 500-pound bombs. The chemical munitions were loaded onto vehicles near Syrian air bases and, according to assessments, could be deployed within two hours of an order by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Negotiations by Other Means:

EVENT DATE: MONDAY MARCH 4, 2013    TIME: 7:00 P.M. LOCATION: POUND HALL 101, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL The Program on Negotiation’s Middle East Negotiation Initiative is pleased to present Negotiations by Other Means:Track II, Unilateral Action, Robust Third Party Role and Islands of Coordination in the New Middle East with Ambassador Dore Gold President, Jerusalem […]

Assassination of Iranian General in Syria

The death in Syria of Gen. Hassan Shateri of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps confirms that elements of the Iranian army are involved in Hizbullah’s activity.

Israel’s challenging diplomatic predicament

In light of developments over the last few years, there has been a growing realization in Israel that the chances of reaching a complete final status agreement with the Palestinians are presently extremely small.

Is Jerusalem Really Negotiable?

Is Jerusalem Really Negotiable?

Why has a resolution of the Jerusalem question defied all past negotiators? This study analyzes the various proposals for solving the issue of Jerusalem.

Egyptian Emigres in the Levant

A Hamas leader made the surprising claim that a large part of the Palestinian Arabs are not indigenous to this area but rather immigrated from surrounding countries.

F-16s to the Muslim Brotherhood

The latest American crisis with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president, Muhammad Morsi, came out into the open on January 14, 2013, when the New York Times published a report on its front page that three years earlier he used blatantly anti-Semitic motifs for describing “Zionists” as “…bloodsuckers who attack the Palestinians, these warmongers, the descendants of apes and pigs.”

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