- Israel establishes new ‘depth’ command as Iran takes next hurdle towards nuclear weapon
- Dec 16 '11 Sayeret Matkal unit IDF in action On December 15th Israel’s defense minister Ehud Barak approved the formation of a new operations force oriented to multidisciplinary missions far from Israel’s borders. The force will be headed by Shai Avital a former commander of the elite Sayeret Matkal special missions unit of the IDF.…
- In a state of denial: The West and the Middle East
- Oct 30 '11 This article appeared in the Israeli paper Yediot Acharonot on Saterday October 29th 2011 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4140751,00.html Tahrir at the offset of the 'Arab spring' In her book “the World Turned Upside Down” British journalist Melanie Philips wrote the following: “When truth and justice are being turned upside down the outcome is tyranny and…
- VIDEO- Barry Rubin about the Mid East crisis
- Oct 29 '11 On October 17th 2011 Missing Peace organized a lecture in Amsterdam about the current Middle East crisis. The renowned Middle East expert Professor Barry Rubin delivered the key note speech during this meeting in the new building of the Liberal Jewish community. Rubin’s speech contained many new insights in the current crisis and…
- Erdogan takes off gloves: Kurds pay the price
- Aug 28 '11 Analysis By Sharon Shaked and Yochanan Visser Since mid-July hundreds of Kurdish civilians in Iraq have fled bombings by the Iranian and Turkish armies, and set up refugee camps that are situated along the northern part of Iraqi Kurdistan (which borders Turkey and Iran). Up to a hundred Kurds have…
- Turkey’s ‘stealth revolution’
- Jun 15 '11 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party has won a resounding third consecutive election victory in the national elections that took place on Sunday 12 June, 2011. Preliminary results based on 99.8 percent of the vote showed AKP winning 49.9 percent, or 325 seats, just below the 330 required for a…
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