Arab Dictatorships Take 4 of Top 5 Spots in Purchase of U.S. Wea

While United States manufacturing exports have been declining, sales of arms and weapons have been flourishing to the point where one could posit that the US military industrial complex is the chief supplier of the the Middle East arms race according to the Congressional...

Foreign Policy Commentary Updates

Here are some selected articles providing a foreign policy commentary update for late December, 2009 for those interested in the Middle East, Iraq, and Afghanistan politics A Year Later: Gaza and Israel Both Under Siege by Rami G. Khouri Israel militarily attacked and laid...

Gaza by the Numbers: One Year After Operation Cast Lead

This information was compiled by the Israel Project. www.theisraelproject.org On Dec. 27, 2008, Israel Defense Forces began a defensive operation in Gaza—Operation Cast Lead—to stop Iran-backed Hamas and other terrorist groups from their years-long campaign of firing...

Consequences of Return of Palestinian Refugees

This is a piece from my co-host and friend journalist  and commentator at israelseen.com Yoram Getzler. This is an important moment for the region. It is a moment where Israel must decide what it wants for a two State solution and what the Palestinians can live with.The...

In Iran Sanctions Plea, Obama Warns of Possible Israeli Strike

President Obama is laying it on the line with the Chinese and others who are against imposing strict sanctions against Iran. Israel will strike and there is nothing that the U.S. can do to change their mind." The United States cannot indefinitely prevent Israel from launching...