May 28, 2008
UNRWA: Barrier to Peace
Jonathan Spyer
Perspectives Papers No. 44,

Executive Summary: The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) was created under the jurisdiction of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the unique responsibility of solely aiding the Palestinians. Due to this special status, the UNRWA perpetuates, rather than resolves, the Palestinian refugee issue, and therefore serves as a major obstacle toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

May 28, 2008

After following the slow sinking of Olmert and with the latest round of inquiries, the numbers and the reports are plain to see. He is a cooked goose, and his only action at this time is to step down.
One report with mulitple sources: 
The Lekarev Report
'You Can't Stay in Office' 

May 27, 2008
IICC
Funding terrorism: Hezbollah uses its websites to collect donations for itself and for its affiliated institutions in Lebanon and elsewhere in the world. The donations are deposited in bank accounts in Lebanon and Europe.  
Overview
1. Hezbollah collects donations using its websites and by various other means. The donations are collected in Lebanon , Iran , and other countries in the world. A significant portion of the donations are collected in Shi'ite Lebanese communities, being the organization's primary support infrastructure.

May 26, 2008
21 Iyar 5768
 
The Lekarev Report
Olmert: Greater Israel 'Delusional'
Prime Minister Olmert told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that only people 'suffering hallucinations' believe it is possible to realize the dream of holding onto the greater Land of Israel, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Six Day War.

May 26, 2008
IICC (see Hebrew version)
This study analyzes anti-Israeli terrorism in 2007, an important, continuing influence on the country's political agenda. It includes analyses of the terrorist attack policies and the modus operandi of the various terrorist organizations and networks (Palestinian terrorist organizations, Hezbollah and global jihad). It also analyzes the factors influencing the extent and nature of the terrorism against Israel in 2007 and the trends of the first months of 2008.

May 26, 2008
INSS Insight No. 57
Shalom, Zaki
One tangible aftermath of the Second Lebanon War and the agreement that concluded it is an increase in Hizbollah's strength. In fact, this agreement increases the possibility of Hizbollah's taking over all or large parts of Lebanon, which entails severe dangers for Israel. For Hizbollah, war against Israel is a supreme goal, and it has indeed inflicted many significant casualties. It is responsible for a long list of terrorist attacks against Israel and Jewish targets, including two atrocities in Argentina. Hizbollah also attacked American and French forces stationed in Lebanon, which prompted their hurried withdrawal.

by Dani Reshef

Staying With Iran
Following the latest announcement of Syria and Israel from Wednesday 05/21/2008 that the two countries are holding indirect talks, according to the guidelines of Madrid conference from 1991, Some commentators claim that through the indirect talks Syria is looking into the possibility of switching sides in the Middle East confrontation between Iran and USA, and there is such a potential if the talks will move forward successfully. (See -TALKS )

Syria had three opportunities to change the course of its diplomacy in the five years. In 2004 thousands of Islamic volunteers streamed to Iraq through the Syrian border in order to fight the Americans in Iraq.

May 25, 2008
by David Warren
©2008 Ottawa Citizen

Al-Durable
My column today will be about just one incident in the Middle East, that happened nearly eight years ago. It was a significant incident in its own right, with repercussions to the present day. It is more broadly significant, because it provides a clear example of the way malicious dishonesty in media reporting costs lives, inflames conflicts, feeds ignorance, and spreads murderous racial hatred.