Tag Archives: Hamas

Analysis: Suddenly, the Arab World Wakes Up to Yemen’s Rebellion

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 20/12/2009 The 30th summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, meeting in Kuwait this week, expressed its solidarity with Saudi Arabia in its fight with the Shi’ite Houthi rebels in northern Yemen. The Kuwaiti emir noted that Saudi Arabia … Continue reading →

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Iran Hasn’t Won the Cold War Yet

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 07/01/2010 The salient strategic fact in the Middle East today is the Iranian drive for regional hegemony. This Iranian objective is being promoted by a rising hardline conservative elite within the Iranian regime, centred on a number of … Continue reading →

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Hamas Fans Flames of Islamic Anger Following “Day of Rage”

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 19/03/2010 Hamas leaders are seeking to escalate Palestinian unrest over the supposed Israeli threat to Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. In addition to reflecting the movement’s ideological goals, this effort makes good political sense. Hamas seeks to supplant … Continue reading →

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Al-Qaida-Style Islamism Comes to Gaza

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 19/08/2009 Quiet has now returned to the Gaza Strip after the weekend violence which claimed the lives of 28 people. The last of the funerals of the Jund Ansar Allah fighters killed in the suppression of the organization … Continue reading →

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Growing Islamization in Gaza

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 29/09/2009 Deriving accurate and reliable information from within the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip is not easy. The Strip is largely closed to journalists, and its inhabitants are reluctant to speak in detail of events there. Nevertheless, reliable sources confirm … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Palestinian Authorities

Posted on April 5, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 24/04/2010 Four years after the Hamas victory in elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council, and three years since the movement’s successful coup in Gaza, the split in the Palestinian national movement has an increasing look of permanence about … Continue reading →

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An Increasing Possibility

Posted on April 4, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center-09/11/2009 The possible emergence of a nuclear-armed, Islamist Iran committed to the destruction of the Jewish state is the key security issue currently occupying the attention of Israel’s political and security elite. It is one of the few issues … Continue reading →

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Arab Summit, Iranian Agenda

Posted on April 4, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Gloria Center- 05/04/2009 The issues that dominated the 21st Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, this week testified to the weakness and disunity of the Arab states. Sunni Arabs are the majority population group in the Middle East. Yet the … Continue reading →

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Northern Sinai: A Desert Playground for Smugglers, Jihadis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by jonathanspyer

13/11/2008 The 25 Egyptian police officers taken hostage by Beduins in northern Sinai on Tuesday have now been freed. The men were released on the Egyptian border with Israel, reportedly unharmed. The freeing of the hostages concludes a series of … Continue reading →

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This War’s real Masters

Posted on March 31, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Guardian- 14/07/2006 The kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah on the Israel-Lebanon border and the killing of eight others was an unprovoked act of war. Israel is now involved in a two-front confrontation with well-armed Islamist organisations that have … Continue reading →

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