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In this article the author examines a number of topics concerning the instability of the Middle East. The author speculates on the possibility that Iran could make nuclear weapons and that Israel or the United States might take military action to prevent that happening. The degree of Arab retaliation in the event of such a raid is evaluated. The 2007 Israeli air raid on Syria's nuclear installations is discussed.

This article provides advice for establishing peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the wake of battles between Israel and Lebanon in 2006. Among the actions advised are involvement from the U.S. military, the inclusion of Palestine in peace talks, a guarantee of Israel's security, the stabilization of Lebanon, and handling of political insurgency in Iraq and Iran.

This article discusses the prospects of a potential war between Israel and Iran. The article cites philosophical differences between Israeli Jews and Iranian Muslims, and notes that tensions have been building between the two nations for decades. The impact of a potential war on each country is also discussed.

This article focuses on Iran's role in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should take this opportunity to negotiate with Iran face-to-face. Hezbollah has been damaged in this war and Iran, desperate to avoid losing Hezbollah as an effective surrogate, may be willing to sit down with Israel and negotiate.

Presents interviews conducted at the World Economic Forum in Davos with three key leaders of Muslim countries, Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, Mohammad Khatami, president of Iran, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prime minister of Turkey. Musharraf's views on terror groups in Pakistan and recent attempts on his life, which may have involved Al Qaeda; Musharraf's views on Pakistan's relations with India and the conflict over Kashmir; Musharraf's views on how to stop the transfer of nuclear technology to rogue nations; Khatami's views on Iran's relations with the United States; Khatami's response to U.S. president George W. Bush's inclusion of Iran in his "Axis of Evil" speech; Khatami's views on the future of Iraq; Khatami's explanation for why Iran is holding Al Qaeda prisoners; Khatami's response to charges that Iran is developing nuclear weapons; Khatami's justification for Iran's support of organizations such as Hizbullah and Hamas; Erdogan's views on a possible Cyprus settlement; Erdogan's response to opposition in some European countries to Turkey's bid to join the European Union; Erdogan's views about a possible breakup of Iraq and autonomy for the Kurds; Erdogan's views on Syria and Israel; Erdogan's views on terrorist groups in Turkey, and anti-Semitic attacks in the country.

Focuses on the State of the Union speech of U.S. President George W. Bush, with reference to the American foreign policy towards Israel. Indication of a shift in U.S. policy in Israel's favor; Role of Iran and the captured ship, the Karine A, in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Accusation that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat supports terrorism; Allegation of Bush that Arafat himself was importing massive quantities of arms from Iran; Implications of Iran's military involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Reply of Arafat to allegations of Bush.

The article discusses the illusion of Israeli democracy and the two-state solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict. A poem by German writer Günter Grass denounced the West's pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear power program while ignoring Israel's nuclear arsenal. The article also cites ways in which Israel is a closed society.

The article offers information on anti-establishment movements in Iran and Libya. Citing the recent movements in Iran and Libya, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the recent movements are indicative of people's preference for real democracy. The article also discusses the U.S. approach to Arab-Israeli conflicts.

The article presents the author's statements regarding Iran's adoption and acquisition of nuclear weapons and its effect to the conflict between Israel and the Palestine. The author mentions the international and regional issues on the nuclear weapons program of Iran. The author notes the country's claim regarding the peaceful nature of its nuclear program and cites how Israel considered the said program as a threat. Furthermore, the author also states how Israel can regain its dominance as the sole possessor of several nuclear weapons in the Middle East region.

The author focuses on the Middle East, which he claims is of little strategic importance. The author discusses the Arab-Israeli conflict and the region's oil production. He claims that Middle East experts make the mistake of crediting the region with the ability to sustain modern military forces, discussing Egypt, Iraq, and Iran as examples. The author mentions other errors made by experts and claims that too much attention is focused on the region and should be redirected elsewhere.

A nuclear Iran has become an increasingly contentious issue. In the light of Western impotence, many Israelis are calling for a preventive strike against a declared genocidal intention. According to Israeli analysts, without preventive military action production of an Iranian bomb is just a matter of time. Moreover, the annihilationist rhetoric used by Iran's leaders, chiefly by President Ahmadinejad, is not a matter of sloganeering but indeed a programme, in which the destruction of Israel is indispensable for the attainment of Iran's manifest destiny— the 'Islamisation' of the world. A quasi-consensus is emerging in Israel on the necessity of bombing Iranian nuclear installations. The scenario is still undefined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the foreign policy of U.S. President George W. Bush and other government officials regarding conflicts in the Middle East. The author describes how "neoconservatives" are dominant in military foreign relations. A thorough exploration into the political decisions and plans regarding the U.S. involvement with the Arab-Israeli conflict and war on terror is given along with predictions of future conflicts with Iran.

This article discusses the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon as though it were a precursor to a direct confrontation with Iran. The author highlights the events leading up to the war and what he concludes were mistakes on both sides of the issues as the plans were implemented. He argues that this war was fundamentally different from previous conflicts and the Israeli Defense Force reacted in unexpected ways. He suggests that it was probably the fear of a Hamas-Hezbollah link which caused Israel to act. The author also discusses Israel's relationship with Syria and the United States during the conflict. He focuses on Israeli internal politics and the position of Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert which may have influenced the strategy for the war in Lebanon.

The article focuses on the influence of the U.S. on the war of Israel against Lebanon. The unwillingness of Hezbollah to disarm its militia led the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to push Israel to take military action to crush the movement. Bush encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to launch an attack on Lebanon. Iran appears to be the target of the U.S. in pushing Israel into war.

This article analyzes the battle between Israel and Hizbollah that occurred during the summer of 2006. The author tries to refute popular assertions that Israel lost (and Hizbollah won), and that Iran and Syria were strengthened as a result of the conflict. He also believes U.S. President George W. Bush accomplished his administration's goal by allowing Israel to weaken Hizbollah but still support Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

In this article the author describes and analyses the response of the administration of president George W. Bush to the crisis that erupted in Lebanon in July 2006. At that time a conflict between the Islamic movement Hezbollah and Israel erupted, leading to an armed struggle. The author states that the U.S. was heavily involved with Israel in planning the attacks. The attacks on Hezbollah were supposed to provide a dry run for a U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

The article reports that the conflict between Israel and Hizbullah is a proxy war between the U.S. and Iran. Daily video of wounded Lebanese children unsubtly attributed to U.S. President George W. Bush flood Middle Eastern television. The conflict and Western support for Israel is making Iran more resistant to demands from the United Nations Security Council that the country suspend its uranium enrichment program.

The article suggests that the attacks made by the Iranian-backed Islamic extremist group Hezbollah and the rising crisis in the Middle East explain why Iran is becoming the greatest hindrance to the U.S.-led global war on terrorism. Counterterrorism expert Fawaz Gerges believes that Iranian leaders signaled their proxy Hezbollah's attack on Israel in part to relieve international pressure on the nuclear issue. Hezbollah is considered the most deadly Islamist terror group that was established at the height of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The U.S. intelligence service found strong evidence of ties between Hezbollah and Al Qaeda.

This article discusses how the Middle East has become the United States' primary foreign policy concern. The United States has had critical interests in the Middle East for as long as it has been a global power. Still, even as Washington dealt with crises ranging from Iranian hostage-taking to Iraqi aggression to Arab-Israeli fighting, its main foreign policy agenda has generally focused elsewhere, such as in Europe or Asia. As George W. Bush's new administration surveys U.S. interests and threats to them, it will find that its principal concerns now emerge from the Middle East, broadly defined. The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may be at a turning point, since Yasir Arafat's death and Israel's decision to withdraw from Gaza offer new possibilities as well as the potential for even greater chaos. The prospect of a nuclear Middle East is worrisome. The risk of an accident or even inadvertent war cannot be dismissed.

The article considers the effect of the Israel-Lebanon conflict on the rest of the Middle East. Sentiment in the Arab world against Israel has grown stronger since Israel began its bombing campaign. Arab countries that at first backed Israel have seen support for their regimes weakening. It is likely that Iran and Syria will be dragged into the conflict, all without decreasing and possibly increasing support for Hamas and Hezbollah.

This article reports on the Islamist militant group Hizballah, the organization that touched off fierce fighting with Israeli forces in July 2006. Hizballah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah were hailed around the Middle East for engaging Israel when other states in the region would not. The organization is considered to be a tool of the Iranian and Syrian governments, who support it financially and use Hizballah as a proxy to further their anti-Israel goals.

The author claims that conservative officials in Iran are considering softening their pro-Palestinian radicalism in hopes of repairing Iran's relations with the West and shoring up Iran's ailing economy. Though the West still thinks of Iran as a cauldron of anti-Israel passion, a new generation of pro-democracy Iranians increasingly speaks out against the government's seeming obsession with the Palestinians. And these youths are finding cohorts in an unlikely quarter: a group of senior conservative officials who are beginning to question the utility of Iran's close ties to anti-Israel groups. In places where young people congregate, Iranians constantly question their government's support for terrorist groups. Reformist newspapers and reformist clerics have begun questioning Iran's hard-line stance on Israel. This disaffection with the Palestinian cause stems in part from many Iranians' frustration with Iran's economic and political problems. They see Iran's moribund economy partly as a result of the country's embrace of international radicalism, which has damaged foreign business ties. Conservatives are realizing that Iran's sinking economy, which will need to find hundreds of thousands of jobs for its young people, desperately needs foreign investment. As a result, despite claims of Islamic and revolutionary solidarity, Tehran quietly favors pragmatism above ideology in its foreign policies. If Iran were to put its anti-Israel stance on the table, what would it expect in return? Most likely, a comprehensive package that would include a security agreement and assurances that Washington would move toward removing sanctions.

The article comments on the aim of the Israeli government to attack Iran in response to the latter's nuclear weapon program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is criticized for putting the issue of Iran on the world's agenda in order to shift attention away from the war in Gaza. The support received by Israel from the Republican majorities in the U.S. Senate and House is also discussed.

The recent visit to five Middle Eastern capitals by Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze is the most important Soviet diplomatic mission to the region since Nikita Khrushchev flew in to consolidate friendship with Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964. Shevardnadze has established the Soviet Union as an indispensable broker in the main regional disputes the Arab Israeli conflict and the Iran-Iraq war and has increased pressure on the George Bush Administration to produce a coherent new U.S. policy.

The article offers information on the summit conference on the island of Guadeloupe originally named as Cannibal Island by Christopher Columbus by the four leaders including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, British Prime Minister James Callaghan and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. French President Valery Giscard d' Estaing states that their goal in the said gathering was to evaluate the situation in the world. It mentions that the four leaders discuss the West's relations with underdeveloped countries as well as the political aspects of the international energy situation. It also states that the summit's final session focused on hot points including the turmoil in Iran, the Arab-Israeli relations, and the war in Cambodia.

The article presents the author's statements regarding the nuclear proliferation issue in some countries in the Middle East region. The author mentions the countries within the region possessing the nuclear stronghold including Iran and Israel and cites the control of nuclear arms proliferation in Iraq. In addition, the author notes the Iran and Israel's efforts for the intensification of their nuclear program and fortification of their military tactics. The author looks at the danger on the conflict that occurred between Israel and Palestine, in which the Israel could possibly use its nuclear arsenals against its state enemy. Furthermore, the author also highlights the purpose of implementing the Nonproliferation Treaty in the said region.

The article discusses the state of international affairs in the Middle East. The author suggests that, following the Iraq War, the increase of Iran's power may create a solution to the Middle East's balance of power. Topics of discussion include the conflict between Sunni and Shia in the Middle East and the marginalization of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The article offers author's comments on the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker. He says in the report that the U.S. cannot win there and it's time to get out of Iraq. The author applauds Baker's suggestion for an American dialogue with Iran and Syria. Baker reminds United States to deal directly in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Apart from the report, the author says Baker is one of the few who could stand against Israel and its powerful lobby in U.S.

The article focuses on the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah following the outbreak of military hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. The author analyzes the history of the conflict; role of the international community; and the internal politics of Israel. The author believes that Hamas and Hezbollah have connections to governments in Iran and Syria. The article presents a timeline of the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and the subsequent escalation of the conflict and bombing of Lebanon.

The author comments on U.S. President Barack Obama and the status of his domestic and foreign policy initiatives. He believes that domestic success will serve Obama in his foreign initiatives. He notes tradeoffs in progress on foreign matters when pursued with diplomacy versus belligerence. He notes Arab-Israeli relations, the Iranian nuclear threat, and the presidential election in Afghanistan.

This article analyzes claims that the Israeli military intervention in the Gaza Strip is striking a blow to the regional power wielded by Iran. The potential political gains that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can accrue through the exaggeration of the international influence held by his government are noted. The author believes that Arab countries of the Middle East and Israel are both threatened by the power of Iran, but the intervention in Gaza has overshadowed that common concern.

The article presents lessons learned and strategies of focus by Israel in its war against Lebanon's Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah. Lessons learned were Israel should have responded earlier to the arsenal of rockets being stockpiled by Hezbollah on Lebanon's border with Syrian and Iranian backing. Strategies for future focus should be on the nuclear threat in Iran.

The article focuses on the pilotless Iranian-built planes used by Hizbullah in the Lebanon war between Hizbullah and Israel. The article discusses whether this Ababil unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), if used by terrorists, could be a significant threat. The U.S. Air Force has ordered a classified study of the UAV. U.S. analysts are especially worried about the possible sale of the planes by Iran to the Iraq insurgency.

This article discusses the 2006 military conflict between Israel and Lebanon from the perspective of Iran. While many Western critics call the Hizballah terrorist organization a puppet of the Iranian government, Iranian citizens are portrayed as not concerned with battles in Lebanon. Iran's nuclear weapon development is also discussed.

Presents striking quotations from public figures during the previous week. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas vowing to find those responsible for a suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv; President George W. Bush on the idea that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran; Barry Bonds on the use of steroids by baseball players; Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean on being a Democrat in the U.S.; Others.