Fifteen police officers and some 40 Palestinian protesters were injured in East Jerusalem on Tuesday in a series of clashes during the orchestrated “Day of Rage” announced by Hamas.
Police predict that Palestinian rioters will continue to stage violent protests on Wednesday in East Jerusalem and elsewhere.
Police predict continued violence in Jerusalem – Haaretz – [...]

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Iran attempted to buy a nuclear bomb from Pakistan as early as 1987, a leading Middle East analyst has told Haaretz.
Documents obtained by Simon Henderson, a research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former journalist, offer crucial evidence that Iran’s nuclear program is not wholly for civilian purposes as it [...]

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Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors over the issue of holy sites have provoked a wave of condemnation in the Arab press for Israel’s behaviour.
BBC News – ME anger at Israeli ‘escalations’

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Experts are suggesting that Iran may be “inviting” Israel to attack one of its nuclear sites, following the recent unusual and puzzling transfer of a significant portion of Iran’s enriched uranium aboveground at its Natanz facility.
Experts: Iran may be ‘inviting’ Israel attack to unite support – Haaretz – Israel News

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Syria’s prime minister warned Israel Saturday that any new Middle East war would be catastrophic for the region and beyond.
Premier Naji al-Otari told reporters after meeting with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in Damascus, that a new war will have dangerous repercussions not only in the Middle East but also on the international level.
Syria’s [...]

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Uranium particles found by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Syria are an indication that a site bombed by Israel in 2007 could indeed have been a nuclear reactor, the organization said in a new report Thursday.
‘Syria site bombed by Israel in 2007 likely to have been a nuclear reactor’ – Haaretz – Israel [...]

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To the casual observer, people on the streets of Beirut show no fear of war. But talk to many Lebanese today, and you’ll soon find war is very much on their minds.
Neither side wants to be guilty of starting the next war, but people in Lebanon say tension is now so high the smallest [...]

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem recently told Israelis that “you know that war at this time will reach your cities.” The statement bolsters the recognition that the Syrian strategy in a future war will be based on targeting population centers in Israel. It seems that after the enemy’s attempts to act through conventional military means [...]

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An hour before Netanyahu’s plane took off on Sunday, Russian officials said that Moscow sees no reason to delay the sale of the S-300, a powerful air-defense system, to Iran. In addition, on Friday, Russian intelligence officials leaked comments expressing their displeasure with plans by an Israeli firm to close a major arms deal with [...]

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Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday vowed to stand by Lebanon’s side against any Israeli “aggression,” in an escalating war of words between Damascus and Jerusalem.
Assad’s remarks to Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabil Beri were the latest in a renewed round of threats and counter-threats that began last week.
Syria vows to respond to any Israeli ‘aggression’ [...]

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