The Passions of the Middle East: Martyrdom & Wealth
Two extreme passions – the religious and the worldly – shape the Middle East
Winds Of Change: Israel and Palestine share vital interests
In late August, when Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to the Obama administration’s plan to renew face-to-face negotiations without preconditions, most opinion makers reacted with deep skepticism. So anxious were the editors of the New York Times to declare the talks all but dead-on-arrival that they led with a dismissive article labeled “News Analysis”—the first…
HAMAS to launch large scale attacks against Israel
The belligerent speech delivered by Hamas’ Damascus-based political leader Khaled Meshaal Tuesday, Aug. 24 only confirmed the information reaching Israel and the Palestinian Authority intelligence services that the extremist Palestinian group is set for large-scale terror attacks against Israeli and Palestinian West Bank targets. debkafile’s intelligence and counter-terror sources report Hamas is setting its sights…
Israel and Hamas posturing for War
A Palestinian woman sits outside houses damaged in an explosion in the central Gaza Strip Aug. 2, 2010. Hamas blamed Israel for the explosion, though the Israeli military denied involvement Militants allegedly in Egypt, launched several missiles into Israel Monday morning, joining a wave of violence between Israel and Gaza over the weekend that has…
Son of Hamas founder spies for Israel
The son of one of Hamas’s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist suicide bombers from finding their targets, it emerged today. Codenamed the Green Prince by Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh…
The mastermind behind Mossad’s secret war
named assassins of Dubai hit