By Frederick W. Kagan, Danielle Pletka, Kimberly Kagan
AEI Online
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Introduction
The conflict between Iran and the United States began in 1979 with the Iranian Revolution and the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran. Born partly of ideological differences and partly of real and perceived differing national interests, it has [...]

By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com
In the war on terrorism — specifically Islamic terrorism — law enforcement would like nothing more than to have the cooperation of the Muslim community. But, many times, those searching for answers are greeted with a wall of silence. One of the groups working hard to build up this wall [...]

Caroline Glick’s Column One from the Jerusalem Post, 2-14-08
It is quite possible that terror master Imad Mughniyeh was not killed Tuesday night in Damascus for his past crimes, but to prevent him from carrying out additional attacks in the future.
On January 30, French security services raided a Paris apartment and arrested six Arab men. Three [...]

The Arab League and the anti-Israel left wing activists in the US, Europe and Israel commonly claim that any Jewish building outside of the 1949 Armistice lines is illegal and contravenes international law. They fail to point out what provision of which international law is violated, but they point out that most of the members [...]

Memri recently published yet another valuable article, which is included below. Iran and Syria appear to be moving to the next stage of their takeover of Lebanon, and many signs point to this beginning soon after July 15, 2007, as explained in the Memri article.
The intention of Iran and its ally, Russia, is obvious. The [...]

Resolution 242 (1967)
of 22 November 1967

The Security Council,
Expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the Middle East,
Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security,
Emphasizing further that all Member States [...]

Separation of Forces Agreement Between Israel and Syria; May 31, 1974
A. Israel and Syria will scrupulously observe the cease-fire on land, sea and air and will refrain from all military actions against each other, from the time of the signing of the document, in implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 338 dated October 22, [...]

In April 1949, talks started at Gesher B’not Yaacov, on the River Jordan. The major problem was areas occupied by the Syrian forces during the War of Independence. Israel demanded that Syria evacuate them. Syria in the end concurred, provided that certain areas were demilitarised. Israel accepted this and, on 20 July, the agreement was [...]