Middle East Pundit

Christian Science Monitor - From Israeli jails, Hamas activists press middle way
Hamas does not recognize Israel’s existence.
We get it.
What I think most people don’t get and never expected was for a poll showing a majority of Palestinians would like to recognize Israel and support a two state solution between Israel and […]

Der Spiegel - “Interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad”
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (MA) would deny the earth was round if such an admittance would benefit the Israelis.
To begin with, he denies the Holocaust ever happened.
Der Spiegel said, “the Holocaust occurred, there were concentration camps, there are dossiers on the extermination of the Jews, there has […]

Asia Times - Palestinians Knocking on Asia’s Doors
The Arab world’s* assistance to the Palestinians should make any American liberal proud.
In their indignity and rage, the Arab world protested a Dubai based company who offered to buy fully functioning factories in the Gaza that employed thousands of Palestinians because it would’ve meant buying them from Israelis. […]

Jerusalem Post - PA troubles deteriorate into spat
In America, if a politician spit in the face of a cop who insulted him, he would probably lose his job.
In the Palestinian territories, things work like Seinfeld’s bizarro world.
According to the article, “When the policeman saw Zahar, he went up to his car […]

Haaretz - Hamas PM Haniyeh: Retreat to 1967 borders will bring peace
The real headline should be - “Terrorist Government - Give Us Land and We Won’t Attack You…For a While”
Hamas is asking for a return to 67 borders, borders that were established by Israel in a war of self-defence in which Egypt and Syria were […]

Jerusalem Post - Fatah and Hamas renew violent face-off
So you’re a newly elected Palestinian and you don’t like the press coverage in the Palestinian territories…
Perhaps you think they’re too biased towards Fatah or those Zionist infidels.
Or perhaps you just don’t like the way they characterized your hair or shirt/tie combo.
Most government officials (civilized […]

Arutz Sheva - Former IDF Chief Ya´alon: “Israel´s Leaders Selling Illusions”
“Kill Jews and they run, therefore kill more Jews” - This is the platform that got Hamas elected along with corruption and inefficiency within Fatah.
Former IDF Chief of Staff (equivalent to the U.S.’s Donny Rumsfeld) Moshe Ya’alon lost his position due to criticism […]

Khaleej Times - Hamas-led govt deploys 3,000-strong force, defying Abbas
Hamas and Fatah have recently gotten into a pissing match to see who has the most street cred.
Hamas released 3,000 security force “militants” into Gaza streets in response to Fatah’s release of their own security force.
The articles says, “There were no […]

Al Jazeera - Jordan airs Hamas ‘confessions’
What’s the world coming to when Muslims seek to kill moderate Arabs as well as Jews?
Jordan has accused Hamas and now Iran of attempting to attack Jordanian citizens in Jordan, in addition to recruit and train Jordanians to carry out the attacks.
Hamas, on script, has denounced the […]

Chicago Sun Times - Pakistan advice on attack: ‘Hit Israel’
Iran’s solution to getting attacked by anybody - hit Israel.
Whether the attack is started by the Americans, Europeans, whoever, it really doesn’t matter, Iran’s solution to an attack is to attack Israel.
At least, that’s what former Pakistani military chief told Iran when asked how […]