Epstein Secrets

ct was getting a lot of attention: Iran's nuclear program. April 28 was Holocaust Remembrance Day, and that was the context in which Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke about Iran at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Netanyahu discussed the world's blind refusal to see what was coming in the 1930s despite a

dogs (and not a few political pundits) worry about Adelson's growing influence. Adelson is an avid supporter and long-time friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "As a very strong backer of Prime Minister Netanyahu — not that there's anything wrong with it — Adelson owns a paper that is rarely, if ever, cr

ied command-and-control structure. Second, Muslim extremists are gaining a foothold in the south, just as they did two years ago in northern Syria. Jabhat al-Nusra, linked with al-Qaeda, has set up checkpoints on some roads just north of the Jordanian border. Finally, Assad's forces have regained control of ma

ael gets no credit from Obama for a year of moderate settlement construction Elliott Abrams and Uri Sadot March 14 -- Last week's meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama must have been tense. Two days before the meeting, the president publicly accused Israel of more "aggressive settlement construct

natural growth. So much for the president's claim of "aggressive construction." EFTA00684178 In fact, what the much-cited CBS data reveal is that Netanyahu's track record on this issue is more restrained than that of Ehud Barak, the last Labor Party prime minister, whose government approved three times

han anything I've heard from the opposition in recent months. Maarouf says his forces must simultaneously fight Assad's army and the fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islami tat of Iraq and Syria, two jihadist groups with al-Qaeda roots. That's easier said than done, but Maarouf has actually accomplished

been even slower to retreat. His verbal offensive was reported last Tuesday in the daily Ha'aretz. By the next day, Kerry had called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to complain, and a "senior official" in Washington had told the Israeli media that Ya'alon was "undermining" the U.S.-Israel relationship. At the S

ies can't solve all problems. EFTA00662931 Ya'alon never learned to think outside the box of the war room. Besides that, Ya'alon wants to succeed Netanyahu as leader of the Likud Party and as prime minister. To appeal to the party's base, he is playing on two classic themes of the Israeli right: First,

e imposed on the camp by Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad. The purpose of the siege is to root out foreign Sunni jihadist militias, e.g. Jabhat al-Nusra, who now occupy the camp. These militants have set up bases within the camp, and have been able to recruit new fighters from within the vulnerable

adherence to the goal. • We're talking about ALQ, Jabhat al- Nusra in Syria, Lashkar-e-Taiba in India, the Hout

- to help us achieve a breakthrough with the Palestinians, though the effort did not succeed. Nor did we succeed (Rabin and Peres, myself, Olmert and Bibi as well). They shouldn't be ridiculed and debased for this. They should be appreciated. Even if we do not agree on all the details. • We will yet nee

rictly restricted resources - and demonstrates operational flexibility, survivability and a fanatic adherence to the goal. • We're talking about ALQ, Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, Lashkar-e- Taiba in India, the Houthis in Yemen, the Shabab in Sumali, Boko Haram in Nigeria and many more - all across the Muslim strip, f

SE_OVERSIGHT_029378 --- PAGE BREAK --- the Palestinians, though the effort did not succeed. Nor did we succeed (Rabin and Peres, myself, Olmert and Bibi as well). They shouldn't be ridiculed and debased for this. They should be appreciated. Even if we do not agree on all the details. • We will yet nee