Epstein Secrets

u can't publicly admit this policy because it would alienate his right-leaning political base. The settler lobby, which has a strong footing in the Likud Party, constantly criticizes Netanyahu for not permitting "sufficient" construction. To placate them, it appears that Netanyahu's government has b

r in the Middle East. The kingdom's closest ties remain with Pakistan. The Pakistani press has reported that Riyadh provided a $1.5 billion loan to Islamabad to help Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's effort to get Pakistan's economy out of its slump. The Saudis have a close relationship with Sharif, who live

de/extra/0,1518,632135,00.html> 11/15/2012 — Beirut -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hopi=g the offensive in the Gaza Strip wins his Likud party more votes in Janua=y's election. But the move is extremely risky. Skirmishes could escalate i=to a full-blown war that might weaken Hamas but

icipate and offset Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. It is also investing=in detection and surveillance technologies aimed at both monitoring the st=te of Islamabad's nuclear preparedness and revealing its conventional vuln=rabilities. These Indian capabilities have in turn changed Pakistan's nucl=ar and convent

ted. Rather than rising to the level of a strategic dialogue, the secularist constituency of Kadima confronted the religious constituencies of the Likud coalition and failed to create a government able to devise a platform for decisive action. This is Israel's crisis. It is not a sudden, life-threat

tant here. Following the 9/11 attacks the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban — a regime that had harbored and supported Al Qaeda. But Islamabad had also harbored and supported Al- Qaeda, was a longstanding sponsor of terrorism, and a dictatorship with a dismal human rights record that had al