BULLETIN No.140

Washington Institute Syria, Hamas, and the Gaza Crisis
MEMRI Jul 11 IA# 286 - Wave of Arrests of Syrian Intellectuals Following the Beirut-Damascus Declaration
Syria Comment
Asad Interview in al-Hayat 29/06/06
Al-Qa'ida and the Hariri bombing – many interesting questions remain (by t_desco)
Syria Today
State releases Islamists from prison Read...
Travel ban on pro-democracy activists
Syria holds Israel responsible for Gaza military escalation
Syrian vice president meets Kurdish intellectuals
ChamPress
Abbas orders envoys to Syria over Gaza crisis
Moallem and Rafsanjani in Talks
Kuwait 3rd largest investor in Syria with USD 541 million
Syria and Libya to Boost Economic Relations

Washington Post Aggression Under False Pretenses By Ismail Haniyeh, The current Gaza invasion is an effort to destroy the results of fair and free elections. We Palestinians were yet again besieged by our occupiers.
Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Arm-wrestling within Hamas on talks with Israel Khaled Meshal's call for a prisoner swap is meant to assert his role as Hamas' sole political architect
Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Arm-wrestling within Hamas on talks with Israel Khaled Meshal's call for a prisoner swap is meant to assert his role as Hamas' sole political architect
Criticism of West Bank pullout growing in Kadima
The experiment was a success Israel isn't on North Korea's target list, but Kim Jong-Il's behavior could set an example for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian leaders.
Yedioth Ahronoth 'War with Israel over'
Daily Star Turning Abbas into a missed opportunity By Anna Mahjar-Barducci
In vowing to defend Israel, Bush added nothing new By Jalil Roshandel
Alain Gresh of Le Monde Diplomatique writes of Israeli war crimes
Israel Rejects Hamas Terms for Exchange of Prisoners
IHT Israel and Iran: The bonds that tie Persians and Jews STANLEY A. WEISS Animosity between Iran and Israel is an historical aberration.

Iraq's neighbors statement
New York Times Send in the Advisers By ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH It is clear that success or failure in Iraq lies in the hands of the American officers and sergeants embedded as combat advisers in the new Iraqi security forces.
United States Institute of Peace: Who Are Iraq's New Leaders? What Do They Want?
Jerusalem Post Eye of the Storm: Iraqis won't run by Amir Taheri
Iraq says to ask UN to end US immunity
Iraq Qaeda says Iran wants to 'destroy' Sunnis - Web
Iraq Shi'ites See Reasons for Death Squads
PBS Iraqi Violence Escalates as Government Calls for Unity
General: Security Better in Northern Iraq

Time Up for Iran's Answer on Weapon Viewing Delay as a Test, U.S. Ready To Pressure U.N. to Penalize Tehran
Iran holds the key Dilip Hiro Only the active involvement of Iraq's neighbour can now stop the country from toppling over into civil war.