PAUL ALSTER
Israel-based Broadcast Journalist
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Member of BAJ - British Association of Journalists
LATEST ARTICLES
FEARS OVER IRANIAN DEAL HASTEN NEW REGIONAL ALLIANCES
(November 26 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
WORLD FALLING FOR IRANIAN THREE-CARD TRICK
(November 21 - Times of Israel)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei greeting Hamas PM Ismael Haniyeh
FREED PALESTINIAN KILLERS SHOWERED WITH CASH, MILITARY PROMOTIONS
(November 19 - FoxNews.com)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas celebrates the prisoner release: Picture (Times of Israel)
U.S AMBASSADOR SEEKS TO LIMIT DAMAGE AFTER KERRY
"THIRD INTIFADA" COMMENT
(November 13 - FoxNews.com)
Ambassador Dan Shapiro was quick off the mark in attempting to limit the fallout from Sec. of State Kerry's remarks
SPARKLING DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY SWIM
(November 13 - The Jerusalem Report Magazine)
Thousands of Israelis tackle the challenge of the Kinneret Swim
IS THE U.S SPYING ON ISRAEL TOO?
(October 29 - FoxNews.com)
THE REMARKABLE UNTOLD STORY OF ISRAEL MICHELSON
(October 25 - Cover story - The Jerusalem Report Magazine)
EAGLE HELD AS 'SPY' BY LEBANESE TERROR GROUP
(October 17 - FoxNews.com)
Does Hezbollah really believe the eagle was spying for Israel?
CUTBACK OF US AID TO EGYPT LEAVES ISRAEL NERVOUS
(October 10 - FoxNews.com)
The lawless Sinai Peninsula is a hotbed of dangerous Islamist militias
AS WORLD WATCHES SYRIA, EGYPT LAUNCHES MAJOR
CAMPAIGN AGAINST JIHADISTS IN SINAI
(September 16 - FoxNews.com)
Egyptian forces arrest a suspected jihadist in the Sinai peninsula (Photo: Al Monitor)
TAMAROD TARGETS HAMAS RULE IN GAZA
(September 4 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
Tamarod spokesman records a video flagging up the November 11 day of protest against Hamas in Gaza
ARE U.S DOLLARS HELPING FUND PALESTINIAN 'HATE CAMPS'?
(August 24 - FoxNews.com)
Scene from recently released 'Camp Jihad' documentary
QATAR'S RISKY OVERREACH
(August 15 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
Sheikh Tamim, Qatar's new ruler, has some very important decisions to make about his nation's foreign policy direction
SPECIAL FEATURE: A FLYING LEGEND - MEMORIES OF FIGHTER PILOT URI YAARI
(August 12 - The Jerusalem Report)
Egyptian MIG downed by IAF on first day of the 1967 Six Day War
SINAI MISSILES FALL ON EILAT AS JIHADSTS WAGE WAR ON TWO FRONTS
(August 13 - FoxNews.com)
Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat is now a prime target for Al Qaeda-affiliated jihadists based in Sinai
PALESTINIAN'S TURN BLIND EYE TO PEACE TALKS,
CONTENT TO WAGE INTERNAL WAR
(August 8 - FoxNews.com)
Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh seems determined to do what he can to undermine rival Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority
INSIDE ISRAEL'S PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT HIZBALLAH CONFLICT
(July 17 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
On the spot de-brief during Nahal training exercise. Photo: Paul Alster
SECRET DOCUMENT APPEARS TO SHOW QATAR PAYOFFS TO KEY MORSI CRONIES
(July 9 - FoxNews.com)
The Muslim Brotherhood office in Cairo which was looted after the fall of President Morsi
ISRAEL GETTING MIXED SIGNALS FROM OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AMID MIDDLE EAST CHAOS
(July 1 - FoxNews.com)
The palatial new office of the Taliban in Qatar
MY FRIEND 'PORKY'
(15th June, 2013 - Times of Israel)
The Indian crested porcupine, or 'Porky', as he's known to his friends
SYRIA'S PROBLEM: IF ASSAD GOES CAN
REBELS BE TRUSTED?
(28th May, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) ON THE FRONTLINES
(23rd May, 2013 - Jerusalem Post Magazine)
Sgt Carmel Cohen (20) of the Kfir Paramedics in the West Bank supervising treatment of an injured soldier. Photo: Paul Alster
(Click) QATAR'S DUPLICITOUS GAME
(9th May, 2013 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
(Click) AUTHOR SAYS MUSLIM GROUP'S $30 MIILION LAWSUIT WILL EXPOSE TERROR TIES
(1st May, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) DAY OF SHAME FOR SHEIKH MOHAMMED
(24th April, 2013, Times of Israel)
Sheikh Mohammed, ruler of Dubai, is reportedly livid at the shame brought on his Godolphin organisation
(Click) BOSTON'S NAIVE TRIUMPHALISM
(22nd April, 2013, Times of Israel)
Boston's youth celebrate their victory over the 'Marathon Bomber'
(Click) THE NEW LOVE IN THE LIFE OF CHAIM TOPOL
(7th April, 2013, The Jewish Daily Forward)
Topol, Israel's first international movie star
(Click) TIME'S UP FOR HAMAS DISSENTERS
(April 11th, 2013 - Times of Israel)
(Click) BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES SNIPER RIFLES IN HANDS
OF SYRIAN REBELS
(3rd April, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) TROUBLING TIMES FOR ONCE MIGHTY HIZBALLAH
(27th March, 2013 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
Sheikh Nasrallah - Things ain't what they used to be
(Click) ISRAEL CLOSELY MONITORING JIHADIS
MOVING INTO THE GOLAN
(19th March, 2013 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
Lookout on Syria-Israel border in Golan Heights
(Click) VICTIMS OF HAMAS ATTACKS SUE FRENCH BANKS
THAT FACILITATED ACCOUNTS
(10th March, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) JUDGE CLEARS PATH FOR TRIAL AGAINST FRENCH
BANK'S HAMAS ACCOUNTS
(5 March, 2013 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
French banking giant Credit Lyonnais wil go to trial in New York accused of knowingly facilitating an account for a Hamas-affiliated client
(Click) COVERT AUCTIONS IN EGYPT PUT LIBYAN ARMS
INTO TERRORIST HANDS
(26 February, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) THE TRUTH ABOUT HAMAS' SMUGGLING TUNNELS
(February 15, 2013 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
Smuggler emerging from the Gaza tunnels
(Click) HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ADOPTS HAMAS' VERSION
OF GAZA OFFENSIVE
(February 18, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) THE NEW SILK ROUTE; WEAPONS TO GAZA AND BEYOND
(published February 7, 2013 - Investigative Project on Terrorism)
(Click) BAHRAIN PRINCESS ON TRIAL FOR TORTURE DURING
ARAB SPRING PROTESTS
(published February 8, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) IS U.S. UNWITTINGLY PAVING THE WAY FOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TAKEOVER OF SYRIA?
(published February 5, 2013 -Times of Israel)
(Click) 'AIDE TO EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MORSI CLAIMS
HOLOCAUST A U.S HOAX'
(published January 29, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'THE DUCK THAT JUST QUACKED!'
(published January 23, 2013 - Times of Israel)
(Click) 'OBAMA'S POSSIBLE ELECTION DIG AGAINST NETANYAHU COULD BACKFIRE'
(published January 16, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'PALESTINIAN LEADERS TURN THEIR BACKS ON REFUGEES'
(published January 8, 2013 - FoxNews.com)
(published 5th January 2013 on Times of Israel)
(Click) 'LET THE REAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN BEGIN'
(published 29th December 2012 on FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'EXCLUSIVE: HOW ISRAEL'S DRONES HELP MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES'
(published 7th December 2012 on FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'HOW CLOSE DID ISRAEL JUST COME TO ITS OWN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?'
(published 2nd December 2012 on FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'BEHIND THE IRON DOME:KEY ENGINEER TELLS HOW ISRAEL DEFENSE SYSTEM SAVED LIVES'
(published 23rd November 2012 on FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'TIME FOR US TO REVIEW LINKS WITH HAMAS SPONSOR QATAR'
(published 21st November 2012 on FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'BRAZEN FAKING OF IMAGES REVEALS HAMAS' DESPERATION'
(published 29th October 2012 on Times of Israel)
(Click) 'JIMMY SAVILE DUPED BRITISH JEWISH COMMUNITY TOO'
(published 26th October 2012 on FoxNews.com)
(Click) 'ISRAEL RATTLED BY RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC RHETORIC FROM EGYPT'
(published 20th October 2012 in Canada's 'National Post')
(click) 'YEAR AFTER GILAD SHALIT RELEASE, DEAL FOR 1027 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS DRAWS CRITICISM'
(published 11th October 2012 in the Washington-based 'The Hill')
(click) 'IS IT REALLY ROMNEY OR BUST FOR NETANYAHU?'
RECENT AUDIO ARTICLES
HOW TO CATCH AN ISRAELI SPY
9 December, 2012
WITHIN SNIFFING DISTANCE OF SERIOUS MONEY!
5 October, 2012
Camelot, streaking clear to win the Epsom Derby, needs to do the same on Sunday to keep Paul's hopes alive
BIG BOYS DO CRY
9 September, 2012
Israel's gold medal hero Noam Gershony breaks down and cries during the medal ceremony for the men's wheelchair singles
THE FARCE THAT IS IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY
17 August, 2012
The Chinese navy docking at Haifa, Israel
MIXED MESSAGES FROM ROMNEY'S ISRAEL VISIT
31 July, 2012
Mitt Romney is mobbed at Jerusalem's Western Wall
'MI5 BOSS BACKS ISRAEL VIEW'
30 June, 2012
Jonathan Evans, the boss of Britain's MI5
'BRACE YOURSELF FOR ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC DOWNTURN'
(13 June, 2012)
We might not be dining out quite so often if Israel's economic fortunes take a turn for the worse!
'HOBSON'S CHOICE' FOR MAINSTREAM
EGYPTIAN SOCIETY
(6 June, 2012)
Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood could win the Egyptian presidency without a vote being cast!
WILL TURKEY BECOME ISRAEL'S NEW OLD BEST FRIEND?
(20 May, 2012)
Turkish PM Erdogan (centre) did himself no favours with his unfortunate choice of new best friends - Assad of Syria and Ahemdinejad of Iran
A STORY OF TRUE HOPE AND INSPIRATION
(April 23, 2012)
STUNNING SUCCESS OF ANTI-ISRAEL MP AS BRITAIN
MOVES CLOSER TO THE ABYSS
(April 1, 2012)
George Galloway on his way to victory in Bradford West
'THE PRINCIPLES THAT COST TZIPI LIVNI
HER POLITICAL CAREER'?'
(March 28, 2012)
Tzipi Livni lost the Kadima party leadership to Shaul Mofaz and may now retire from politics
Selected recent blogs
'Homeless Hamas hierarchy focus on Jordan'
(January 29,2012)
'Israel's 'Rosa Parks' moment'
(December 23rd, 2011)
'To bomb or not to bomb; that is the question?'
(November 2nd, 2011)
'The dream came true; Shalit comes home at last'
(October 25th, 2011)
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
THE '5' MOST POPULAR AUDIO BLOGS
A full audio blogs archive can be found by clicking the 'Audio Blog' tab at the top of this page
'Jerusalem's Big Match' - 3rd December, 2009
'Time For a Three-State Solution?' - 12th August, 2010
'A Personal Account of the Carmel Disaster' - 4th December, 2010
'Why I'm Proud Our Former President is a Convicted Rapist' - 18th January, 2011
