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Iraqi MP: ‘Iraq should establish ties with Israel, we share interests’

JERUSALEM POST by Staff July 30, 2015 Mithal al-Alusi further slammed the Arab World for not recognizing the Islamic State as an Arab-Islamic creation and chided his colleagues for blaming its creation on the West and on Israel. In an … Continue reading

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Slam Dunk II: The Persian Version

What could possibly go wrong ? DAILY BEAST by Jonathan Schanzer July 23, 2015 President Obama came to power because of lousy U.S. intelligence that led the country to war in Iraq. Why does he think U.S. intelligence will now … Continue reading

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Will Israel save the world a third time?

ISRAEL HAYOM by Mudar Zahran July 21, 2015 As a Jordanian-Palestinian politician, I and many other Arab politicians and decision-makers have come to learn that Israel is vital for our own existence. In fact, Israel has saved us, and the … Continue reading

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A documentary that ought to rank with the footage of British troops liberating Belsen

THE SPECTATOR by James Delingpole July 11, 2015 Channel 4’s latest episode of Dispatches, Escape from Isis [which will air stateside on PBS], which includes secret footage inside the terror state, is TV at its most unmissable, says James Delingpole So … Continue reading

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If Israel disappears, others will too

ISRAEL HAYOM by Mudar Zahran July 9, 2015 …If Israel were to disappear and be replaced by a Palestinian state, the Palestinians would most likely end up ‎with another Arab dictatorship that oppresses them and reduces them to poverty. We … Continue reading

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Daesh: It’s not an Organization, It’s a State

ARUTZ SHEVA by Dr Mordechai Kedar July 8, 2015 It won’t help the West to live in denial. There is a state out there that has to be destroyed just as Nazi Germany had to be destroyed. The organization called … Continue reading

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US blocks attempts by Arab allies to fly heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight Islamic State

THE TELEGRAPH by Con Couglin July 1, 2015 The United States has blocked attempts by its Middle East allies to fly heavy weapons directly to the Kurds fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, The Telegraph has learnt. Some of America’s closest … Continue reading

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A new strategy for Iraq and Syria

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer June 18, 2015 It’s time to rethink Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstituted, that the Sykes-Picot map is … Continue reading

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The Iran-ISIS Connection

WEEKLY STANDARD by Lee Smith June 22, 2015 A year ago the Islamic State first made headlines around the world by storming Mosul and conquering Iraq’s second-largest city. President Obama pledged to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the organization. Here we … Continue reading

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In Palestine, Islamic State will replace both Fatah and Hamas

JERUSALEM POST by Abraham Miller June 16, 2015 Abbas’ Fatah organization grew out of secular ideologies. Its largest threat now comes from the growing fundamentalist revivalism sweeping the Islamic world. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, now serving the eleventh … Continue reading

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