How Israel Developed Such A Shockingly Effective Rocket Defense System
On the receiving end of Hamas' unremitting rocket campaign, Israel has been looking for an effective defense for years.With questions about the U.S. Patriot missile system abounding, there was no doubt...
View ArticleIsrael Bombs Media Tower In Gaza Again
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Monday hit a media building for the second straight day, Paul Danahar of BBC reports. The attack targeted and killed Ramez Harb, the Head of Media for Saraya El Quds armed...
View ArticleIsraeli Leaders Made Some Astonishing Comments Over The Weekend
Israel stepped up its strikes on Gaza this weekend in response to a week's worth of missiles launched from Gaza militants, but it wasn't just the strikes that stepped up.Several prominent Israeli...
View ArticleAnderson Cooper Almost Hit The Deck On Live TV After This Explosion In Gaza
CNN's Anderson Cooper is renowned for getting into the thick of it when he covers stories in foreign lands. He once saved a Haitian boy on live television (and suffered a small scolding from media...
View ArticlePalestinian Blogger: This Is What It Sounds Like When Drones Are Constantly...
Rana Baker, a Palestinian blogger and contributor to Electronic Infitada, has been tweeting updates from an undisclosed location in Gaza as Israel continues its offensive on the strip for the sixth...
View ArticleDemocrats Are Three Times More Likely Than Republicans To Think Israel Is...
A majority of Americans think Israel is justified in taking military action against Hamas, according to a new CNN/ORC poll released Monday. But there although a majority of respondents supported...
View ArticleThere Are Obvious Problems With The Ceasefire Demands Of Both Israel And Hamas
Egyptian officials are currently attempting to broker a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and although Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is optimistic, it's not clear how each sides demands...
View ArticleIsraeli TV Debate Sinks Into Shouting Match As Gaza Conflict Continues
Israeli media is far from immune to the debate about the morality of Israeli bombing attacks in Gaza and the Hamas rockets being fired from the strip.972mag blogger Ami Kaufman today picked up on this...
View ArticleREPORT: Jihadi Hackers Email Israel's Military 'Tel Aviv Will Be A Ball Of Fire'
Islamic Jihad allegedly sent an email message to 5000 Israeli soldiers: 'Gaza will be the graveyard of your soldiers and Tel Aviv will be a ball of fire.'The organization operates out of Gaza under...
View ArticleNetanyahu Already Explained Why Israel Isn't Worried About US Response To...
The other day we detailed how Israel couldn't have chosen a better time to start a Hamas offensive given the lull in external pressure.In 2001 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unaware that a...
View ArticleDer Spiegel Went With This Racy Cover For Its Issue On The Petraeus Scandal
The title translates to, "Sex, Lies and the CIA."Here's the full story [in German].Please follow Politics on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleChina Is Selling Weapons Systems Using Video Of A Simulated Taiwan Attack
A video to promote Chinese a weapons system simulated the bombing of a Taiwan military base, Taiwan News Channel Focus reported.The system—which integrated M20 short-range ballistic missiles, A200...
View ArticleThe CIA Probably Had Authority To Hold Prisoners At The Secret Benghazi Annex
In October Paula Broadwell told an audience that the CIA in Benghazi "had taken a couple of Libyan militia members prisoner" at its secret annex.The CIA flatly denied the claim, saying that the agency...
View ArticleHere's How Lopsided The War Will Be If Israel Launches A Ground Assault In...
Israel and Gaza's peace talks are proving as difficult as ever and President Barack Obama, among many others, has advised for Israel to demonstrate restraint. Unfortunately, reports of 75,000 Israeli...
View ArticleIsraeli Continues Air Assault On Gaza But May Be 'Running Out Of Targets'
Retired Israeli Defense Force Major General Dan Harel told reporters that Israel is “running out of targets” to strike in Gaza and Israel is "moving quite fast to a turning point," according to Adam...
View ArticleAs Death Toll In Gaza Rises, Hopes For Ceasefire Are Bleak
As the fighting between Hamas and Israel stretched into its sixth day, hopes for any resolution to this latest round of hostilities seemed grim. With the death toll in Gaza now reaching one hundred,...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Is Heading To The Mideast To Deal With The Gaza Crisis
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will leave Asia on Tuesday to visit Israel, Egypt and Ramallah, stepping up US efforts to avoid a worsening of the Gaza crisis, an official said.Clinton will meet...
View ArticleBlackwater Founder Erik Prince Is Making A Huge Bet On China's Thirst For...
Navy SEAL, Infamous private security entrepreneur and former CIA employee Erik Prince has officially opened up shop for Chinese investors, helping to pave the way for their economic inroads into...
View ArticleKarzai May Be Kicking Obama Out Of Afghanistan Soon
For several decades, the US government - in annual "human rights" reports issued by the State Department (reports mandated by the US Congress) - has formally condemned nations around the globe for the...
View ArticleIt's Not Hamas 'Terror' Or Israeli 'Zionism' Which Caused This Conflict
You can trace the current fighting to wherever you like: apologists for each side will find a "provocation" to which their latest assault is a response, argues Matt Hill.Partisans of the...
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