WebMemo posted February 6, 2012 by James Phillips, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
If Israel Attacks
Israel has signaled once again that it is weighing an attack, if all else fails, to halt Iran’s advancing nuclear weapons program as an act of anticipatory self-defense. This time, more officials in Washington and other capitals are listening. Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that Tehran will retaliate against the…
Testimony posted June 20, 2007 by James Phillips
Hezbollah's Terrorist Threat to the European Union
Testimony before
the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe
Delivered June 20, 2007
Hezbollah ("Party of God"), the radical Lebanon-based Shiite
revolutionary movement, poses a clear terrorist threat to
international security. Hezbollah terrorists have murdered
Americans, Israelis, Lebanese, Europeans, and the citizens of many
other nations. Originally founded in 1982, this Lebanese group has
evolved…
WebMemo posted February 9, 2012 by James Phillips, Helle Dale
U.S. Urgently Needs to Reset Its Bilateral Relationship with Egypt
Egypt’s transitional military regime threw down a direct challenge to the Obama Administration on Monday when government prosecutors announced that 43 people, including 19 Americans, will stand trial for allegedly interfering in Egypt’s internal politics. Egyptian officials claim that they illegally funded political groups in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, while the…
WebMemo posted June 5, 2007 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Lessons of the Six-Day War
On June 5, the world will commemorate the 40th anniversary of
Israel's triumph in the Six-Day War. The outcome was one of the
most convincing conventional military victories of the 20th
century, one that removed the threat of annihilation from the
Jewish State for the next four decades.
The Existential Threat
In May 1967,…
Backgrounder posted July 7, 1986 by James Phillips
America's Security Stake in Israel
(Archived document, may contain errors)
I 521 July 7, 1986 AMERICA'S SECURITY. STAKE IN ISRAEL
INTRODUCTION The United States and Israel, longstanding friends
bound together by congruent national interests and shared value
systems, have been engaging in increasingly close strategic
cooperation y ears, Israel's importance in American strategic
thinking has been growing. One reason…
WebMemo posted May 11, 2011 by James Phillips
The Palestinian Facebook Intifada and Campaign for Unilateral Statehood
Palestinians are getting ready to divert the international spotlight away from the “Arab Spring” and focus it on their efforts to gain international recognition for a Palestinian state. Palestinian activists have called for a popular uprising against Israel on May 15. The two strongest Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, signed…