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Posted Thursday, August 26, 2010
5:49 PM EDT
The long road to Syria
New book reveals full story behind bombing of Syrian reactor by Israel
Yedioth Ahronoth

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Posted Monday, August 23, 2010
6:54 AM EDT
Arming Hizballah? U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon
David Schenker
The Washington Institute for Near East policy

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Posted Sunday, August 15, 2010
1:44 PM EDT
Nasrallah's dilemma over Hariri probe
Zvi Bar'el
Haaretz

Rebutting Nasrallah
Hizbullah continues its psychological warfare.
A Jerusalem Post Editorial

News
Posted Wednesday, August 11, 2010
7:57 PM EDT
Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad To Stand Up Against Israel?
Pravda

News
Posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010
10:51 AM EDT
Military Implications of the Israel-Lebanon Border Incident
Jeffrey White
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

News
Posted Monday, August 9, 2010
2:40 PM EDT
Iran vows to support Lebanon against Israeli 'aggression'
Foreign Minister Mottaki says Israel reached dead end, 'Zionist regime' desperate in joint press conference with Lebanese counterpart
Dudi Cohen
Israel News

Mottaki: Ahmadinejad in Lebanon After Ramadan
Al Manar

Lebanon's 'hot summer'
Carol Malouf in Lebanon
Al Jazeera

News
Posted Saturday, August 7, 2010
8:52 PM EDT
The truth about Lebanon
Giora Eiland

United by hate for Israel
Hagai Segal

The Failure of Long Range Planning
Ari Bussel

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Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010
7:36 PM EDT
Israel’s eroded deterrence
Shmuel Gordon

Israel’s foolish leadership
Our government forgot that attacks call for military response, not diplomacy
Moshe Dann

News
Posted Thursday, August 5, 2010
6:50 PM EDT
Lots of Questions, Few Answers in Border Skirmish
Ulrike Putz in Southern Lebanon
Spiegle

Splintered silence
The last four years have been quiet for Israel but that quiet will not last unless Prime Minister Netanyahu acts to change Israel's strategic landscape.
Ari Shavit
Haaretz

LEBANON, ISRAEL:
Regional fears helping prevent war, says International Crisis Group
The LA Times

News
Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2010
4:32 AM EDT
What's Behind the Latest Lebanon Clash?
Karl Vick
Time Magazine

Sayyed Nasrallah: Israeli Hand That Attacks Army Will Be Cut Off
Al Manar

Iran's Defense Minister: Counter-Strike Plan Ready
FNA

Israel’s deterrence needs a boost
Yaakov Katz
The Jerusalem Post

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Posted Tuesday, August 3, 2010
4:47 PM EDT
Israelis mull war on multiple fronts as STL indictment looms
Possible outbreak of Lebanon strife will prompt Tel Aviv to react
The Daily Star

Beirut's Crisis Foretold
Planned Arrest Warrants Create Political Challenge for Lebanon's Hariri
Spiegle

News
Posted Monday, August 2, 2010
11:16 PM EDT
Turning up the heat on Iran
Victor Kotsev
Asia Times

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Posted Monday, August 2, 2010
7:01 AM EDT
Illusion and Reality Clash in Lebanon
Jonathan Spyer

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Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010
8:18 PM EDT
Playing three-ball billiards in Beirut
Michael Young
The Daily Star

Supertanker damage raises alarm in Persian Gulf
Adam Schreck
The Washington Post

Obama The Muslim
Major Gen. Jerry Curry

The Broken Link: What Peace Won't Fix
James Kirchik
World Affairs Journal

The New, Improved Obama
Carolyn Glick
The Jerusalem Post

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Posted Monday, July 26, 2010
6:08 PM EDT
The Gulf heats up
Yoel Guzansky

News
Posted Saturday, July 24, 2010
2:39 PM EDT
Freedom's Edge
Iran's Mini-Empire At The U.N.
Claudia Rosett

No, Israel Is Not About to Attack Iran Now, Here's Why
Barry Rubin
RubinReports

Five Israeli spies flee Lebanon
Tehran Times

Hariri calls for 'calm' after Nasrallah revelations
Al Alam

News
Posted Friday, July 23, 2010
5:43 PM EDT
Israel deploys navy to stop aid ships
Press TV

News
Posted Thursday, July 22, 2010
4:39 PM EDT
Syria’s old habit of dominion over Lebanon dies hard
Michael Young
The National

News
Posted Sunday, July 18, 2010
8:26 AM EDT
Should Israel Bomb Iran? Better safe than sorry
Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Weekly Standard

Will Confrontation with Iran Lead to War?
Patrick Seale

News
Posted Monday, July 12, 2010
5:27 AM EDT
Sending Hizbullah a message: Israel is ready
Yaakov Katz
Jerusalem Post

News
Posted Friday, July 9, 2010
5:54 PM EDT
'This Is Not How You Fight A War'
Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Merlin” Ashkenazi Wishfully Predicts Deterioration in Lebanon in September
Al Manar

ISRAEL: Army declassifies intelligence material showing Hezbollah's tactics
Batsheva Sobelman in Jerusalem
The Los Angeles Times

Iran plans to launch new satellite: minister
Tehran Times Political Desk

Russia: Bushehr N. Power Plant's Efficiency Test Finished
FNA

"Spiking our Cannon on the Home Front!"
Andrew P. O’Meara, Jr.
Colonel, United States Army, Retired

IDF: Hizbullah Holing Up Near Schools, Hospitals Again
Gil Ronen - A7 News

Posted Tuesday, July 6, 2010
6:34 PM EDT
Muslims Lying About Islamic Atrocities
Robert Spencer

Lebanon buries leading Shia cleric
Al Jazeera

Iran, Israel, And Air Defense: What, Exactly is the "Threat?"
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

UNIFIL losing power as Hezbollah expands deployment
Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel
Haaretz

News
Posted Thursday, July 1, 2010
3:44 PM EDT
Islam and the Left - Two Sides of the Same Coin
Daniel Greenfield

Israel’s fateful withdrawal
Lebanon exit marked zenith of Israel’s shift from offensive to defensive posture
Gabriel Siboni

In praise of wars of choice
Israel Harel

News
Posted Wednesday, June 30, 2010
9:34 AM EDT
Beware the Iranian Military
James Zumwalt

Red Team
CENTCOM thinks outside the box on Hamas and Hezbollah.
Mark Perry

Iran is Surrounded by US Troops in 10 Countries
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

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Posted Saturday, June 26, 2010
8:18 AM EDT
Assad seeks investment for Syria in Latin America
The Daily Star

Flirting with danger
Hanin Ghaddar, Now Lebanon

Exploiting the Mideast power vacuum
Tommy Steiner
Haaretz

Can Israel Make Peace With Syria?
Patrick Seale

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• The long road to Syria
  New book reveals full story behind bombing of Syrian reactor by Israel
  Yedioth Ahronoth
   
• Arming Hizballah? U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute for Near East policy
   
• Nasrallah's dilemma over Hariri probe
  Zvi Bar'el
  Haaretz
   
• Rebutting Nasrallah
  Hizbullah continues its psychological warfare.
  A Jerusalem Post Editorial
   
• Hezbollah, Hamas, slamic Jihad To Stand Up Against Israel?
  Pravda
   
• Military Implications of the Israel-Lebanon Border Incident
  Jeffrey White
  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
   
• Iran vows to support Lebanon against Israeli 'aggression'
  Foreign Minister Mottaki says Israel reached dead end, 'Zionist regime' desperate in joint press conference with Lebanese counterpart
  Dudi Cohen
  Israel News
   
• Mottaki: Ahmadinejad in Lebanon After Ramadan
  Al Manar
   
• Lebanon's 'hot summer'
  Carol Malouf in Lebanon
  Al Jazeera
   
• The truth about Lebanon
  Giora Eiland
   
• United by hate for Israel
  Hagai Segal
   
• The Failure of Long Range Planning
  Ari Bussel
   
• Israel’s eroded deterrence
  Shmuel Gordon
   
• Israel’s foolish leadership
  Our government forgot that attacks call for military response, not diplomacy
  Moshe Dann
   
• Lots of Questions, Few Answers in Border Skirmish
  Ulrike Putz in Southern Lebanon
  Spiegle
   
• Splintered silence
  The last four years have been quiet for Israel but that quiet will not last unless Prime Minister Netanyahu acts to change Israel's strategic landscape.
  Ari Shavit
  Haaretz
   
• LEBANON, ISRAEL:
  Regional fears helping prevent war, says International Crisis Group
  The LA Times
   
• What's Behind the Latest Lebanon Clash?
  Karl Vick
  Time Magazine
   
• Sayyed Nasrallah: Israeli Hand That Attacks Army Will Be Cut Off
  Al Manar
   
• Iran's Defense Minister: Counter-Strike Plan Ready
  FNA
   
• Israel’s deterrence needs a boost
  Yaakov Katz
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israelis mull war on multiple fronts as STL indictment looms
  Possible outbreak of Lebanon strife will prompt Tel Aviv to react
  The Daily Star
   
• Beirut's Crisis Foretold
  Planned Arrest Warrants Create Political Challenge for Lebanon's Hariri
  Spiegle
   
• Turning up the heat on Iran
  Victor Kotsev
  Asia Times
   
• Illusion and Reality Clash in Lebanon
  Jonathan Spyer
   
• Playing three-ball billiards in Beirut
  Michael Young
  The Daily Star
   
• Supertanker damage raises alarm in Persian Gulf
  Adam Schreck
  The Washington Post
   
• Obama The Muslim
  Major Gen. Jerry Curry
   
• The Broken Link: What Peace Won't Fix
  James Kirchik
  World Affairs Journal
   
• The New, Improved Obama
  Carolyn Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• The Gulf heats up
  Yoel Guzansky
   
• Freedom's Edge
  Iran's Mini-Empire At The U.N.
  Claudia Rosett
   
• No, Israel Is Not About to Attack Iran Now, Here's Why
  Barry Rubin
  RubinReports
   
• Five Israeli spies flee Lebanon
  Tehran Times
   
• Hariri calls for 'calm' after Nasrallah revelations
  Al Alam
   
• Israel deploys navy to stop aid ships
  Press TV
   
• Syria’s old habit of dominion over Lebanon dies hard
  Michael Young
  The National
   
• Should Israel Bomb Iran? Better safe than sorry
  Reuel Marc Gerecht
  The Weekly Standard
   
• Will Confrontation with Iran Lead to War?
  Patrick Seale
   
• Sending Hizbullah a message: Israel is ready
  Yaakov Katz
  Jerusalem Post
   
• Beware the Iranian Military
  James Zumwalt
   
• Red Team
  CENTCOM thinks outside the box on Hamas and Hezbollah.
  Mark Perry
   
• Iran is Surrounded by US Troops in 10 Countries
  Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
   
• Assad seeks investment for Syria in Latin America
  The Daily Star
   
• Flirting with danger
  Hanin Ghaddar, Now Lebanon
   
• Exploiting the Mideast power vacuum
  Tommy Steiner
  Haaretz
   
• Can Israel Make Peace With Syria?
  Patrick Seale
   
• Iran Changes Course on Ship; Israel Trains for the Worst
  Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
   
• Syrian VP Arrives in Tehran
  FNA
   
• Stan the Man – General Stanely McCrystal
  Kerry Patton
   
• Syria's new alliances
  Helena Cobban
   
• There Will Be War
  Reza Kahlili
   
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  Cyprus Mail, By George Psyllides
   
• Iran's new revolutionary politics
  Chris Zambelis
   
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  Al Manar
   
• Syria's Bashar al-Assad:
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  Jeremy Bowen
  BBC News, Damascus
   
• Removing Israel’s bomb from the basement
  Louis Rene Beres
   
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  Scott Winchell
  Stand Up America Editor-In-Chief
   
• Weathering the approaching storm
  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israel reserves right to stop Lebanon-Gaza flotilla
  Reuters
   
• Official Warns EU about Iran's Response to Fresh Sanctions
  FNA
   
• Hezbollah denies backing of another Gaza-bound aid mission
  RIA Novosti
   
• Russia's Risky Business With Syria
  Dmitry Sidorov
  Forbes
   
• Bracing for an Israeli-Iranian Faceoff in the Waters off Gaza
   
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  The Huffington Post
   
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  Gordon G. Chang
   
• How the West Is Losing Turkey
  Bernhard Zand
  Spiegle
   
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  Alan W. Dowd
   
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  Al Jazeera
   
• U.S. Deploys Tech Firms to Win Syrian Allies
  Jay Solomon
  The Wall Street Journal
   
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  Roula Khalaf
  Financial Times
   
• NATO Watches Syria Smuggle Weapons to Hizbullah
  Hana Levi Julian
   
• Iranian Flotilla Departs for Gaza
   
• Syria - Freedom Flotilla to Set off for Gaza in the Coming Weeks
   
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  Zvi Mazel
  Israel Opinion
   
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  Nikolas K. Gvosdev
   
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  David Solway
   
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  Thomas Erdbrink and Colum Lynch, Staff Writers
  The Washington Post
   
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  Xinhua
   
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  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
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  Yassin Musharbash
  Spiegle International
   
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  John Bolton
  The New York Post
   
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  James Hider
  The London Times
   
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  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  Moshe Arens
   
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  Anthony H. Cordesman
   
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• Gaza’s waves will crash on Turkey’s shore
  David Aaronovitch
  The London Times
   
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  Barry Rubin
   
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  Deutsche Welle
   
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  Ely Karmon
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  Strutting from Teheran to Damascus, from Beirut to Gaza
  David Harris
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  World Bulletin - Turkey
   
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  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  The Hindu
   
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  Jonathan Ferziger and Calev Ben-David
  Bloomberg
   
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  FNA
   
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  John T. Bennett
   
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  Ephraim Sneh
   
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  Ari Shavit
  Haaretz
   
• President Assad Interview with La Repubblica
   
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  High expectations ahead of withdrawals paralyze Israel later on
  Yehuda Wegman
  Israel Opinion
   
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  FNA
   
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  Hizbullah Moderation
  Brig. General (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira
   
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  Yaakov Katz
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  Phil Sands
  Le Monde Diplomatique
   
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  Mark Mazzetti
  The New York Times
   
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  Haaretz
   
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  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
   
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  Hanin Ghaddar
   
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  Al Manar
   
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  Barry Rubin
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  FNA
   
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  Did Iran help Lebanese militants obtain unmanned planes?
  Lisa Myers & the NBC Investigative Unit
   
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  World Tribune
   
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  Bilal Y. Saab
  The Christian Science Monitor
   
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  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  Joshua Landis
   
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  Arieh O'Sullivan
   
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  Al Ahram
   
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  FNA
   
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  The futility of containment.
  William Harris
  The Weekly Standard
   
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  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
   
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  Tel Aviv , Israel (UPI)
   
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  Deutsche Welle
   
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  The London Times
   
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  FNA
   
• Ahmadinejad attends NPT conference in New York
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
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  Reuters
   
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  Ioannis Michaletos
   
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  SANA
   
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  Al Jazeera
   
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  Bruce Riedel
  The Daily Star
   
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  Abu Najm - Iraq
   
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  FNA
   
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  'Syria Is Today a Vassal State of Tehran'
  Spiegle Online
   
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  Oliver North
   
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  Israel has a legal right and a moral obligation to keep Syrian arms out of Lebanon.
  Elliott Abrams
   
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  Al Jazeera
   
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  Tribune Washington Bureau
   
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  The Los Angeles Times
   
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  Tehran Times
   
• Israel warns Syria over Hezbollah attacks
  Uzi Mahnaimi
  The London Times
   
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  Luke Pachymuthu and Seng Li Peng
  Reuters
   
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  Bret Stephens
   
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  Frida Ghitis
  The Miami Herald
   
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  David Bedein
  The Bulletin
   
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  Mistaken nuclear policy puts U.S. on the wrong road
  Louis Rene Beres, Thomas McInerney and Paul Vallely
  The Washington Times
   
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  The Los Angeles Times
  Aaron David Miller
   
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  Andrew Tabler
   
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  FNA
   
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  Xinhua
   
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  JTA
   
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  Charles Levinson and Jay Solomon
   
• Seeking composure amid chaos
  Relentless rebuilding demonstrates hope for peace
  John R. Thomson
  The Washington Times
   
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  Professor Louis René Beres
  Lt. General (USAF/Ret.) Tom McInerney
  Major General (USA/Ret.) Paul Vallely
   
• (Syria has been designed by Obama a peace loving country)
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  Israel News
   
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  David Ignatius
  The Washington Post
   
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  Pravda
   
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  Ralph Peters
  The New York Post
   
• Obama announces new START treaty with Russia
   
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  SANA
   
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  Maj. Gen. Paul E. Vallely
   
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  Patrick Seale
   
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  Caroline B. Glick
   
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  The answer to Israel’s strategic dilemma may reside in Gaza
  Efraim Halevy
   
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  Ben Evansky
   
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  Akiva Eldar
  Haaretz
   
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  Barry Rubin
   
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  Moshe Arens
   
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  Charles Recknagel
   
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  Tehran Times
   
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  Charles Krauthammer
   
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  The White House
  Office of the Press Secretary
   
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  Roee Nahmias
   
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  Moshe Arens
   
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  FNA
   
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  Maj Gen. Paul E. Vallely
   
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  The Washington Times
   
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  Robert Malley and Peter Harling
  The Washington Post
   
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  David Bedein
   
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  Lisa Armstrong
  The London Times
   
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  The Huffington Post
   
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  Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
   
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  The Washington Institute
  David Schenker and Matthew Levitt
   
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  Barry Rubin
   
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  Barry Rubin
  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  James Kirchick
  The New York Daily News
   
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  JINSA Report # 966
   
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