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Newcomer to Israeli politics: Yair Shamir

Published on 2013-01-01 21:14:00

Son of former PM Yitzhak Shamir moves to public sector after serving as chairman of El Al and Israel Aerospace Industries. From Times of Israel, 31 Oct 2012, by Raphael Ahren: ...Shamir was speaking in English to participants of the “Conferenc

'Israel searching for remains of Eli Cohen in Syria'

Published on 2012-12-31 21:17:00

From JPost, 1/1/2013, by ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST.COM STAFF: Israel reportedly engaged in secret negotiations with Syrian rebels in order to secure remains of executed Israeli spy, and to lay groundwork for possible Israeli-American operation in Syr

In Egypt you won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction

Published on 2012-12-31 21:03:00

I'm posting this now, because of reports that Ahmed has been taken from his home last night (31 December 2012) by 5 men. The local Police Station have no record of any "arrest". From Ahmed Meligy's Blog in JPost, Monday Nov 05, 2012: I hope tha

“1967 Borders” Never Existed

Published on 2012-12-30 23:45:00

From JCPA, Vol. 10, No. 17, 21 Dec 2012, by Alan Baker: The Palestinian leadership is fixated on

The Vatican Violates its 1993 Agreement with Israel

Published on 2012-12-30 22:41:00

From J-Wire, December 28, 2012 by David Singer*: Diplomatic relations between Israel and the Vatican are set to considerably cool following the Pope granting a private audience to Mahmoud Abbas on 17 December... Pope Benedict

In response to legitimate questions, the NIF started a campaign of slander and lies

Published on 2012-12-30 00:38:00

From an article, 27 Dec 2012,

Roger Waters: front man for a rock band and hero to genocidal terrorists

Published on 2012-12-28 03:51:00

Iran is in social and economic meltdown

Published on 2012-12-28 03:27:00

From Commentator, 26 December 2012 by Wahied Wahdat-Hagh*

The Fall of Asad - The Winners and the Losers

Published on 2012-12-28 03:16:00

From The "Middle East and Terrorism" Blog, Friday, December 28, 2012, by Mordechai Kedar: According to all indications...the end of the dynasty of the house of Asad appears closer than ever. The bloody regime that began in November 1970 ends its

UN Israel bashing AGAINST the interests of Arabs on the ground

Published on 2012-12-27 23:13:00

From Commentary, 21 Dec 2012, by Evelyn Gordon: The UN General Assembly, as Elliott Abrams noted yesterday, just passed nine resolutions in a single day condemning Israel, mainly for its treatment of the Palestinians, while completely ignoring the re

Museum of Polish Jewry opens in 2013

Published on 2012-12-27 22:48:00

From YouTube, 7 Sep 2012: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, built on the site of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, will honor and celebrate 1000 years of Jewish life and culture in Poland. This film documents the Museum's development from its

New Israel Fund Response to Im Tirtzu is Riddled With Lies

Published on 2012-12-27 20:50:00

The following, from Algemeiner, 14 Dec 2012, analyses the New Israel Fund's response to an open letter from Zionist youth movement Im Tirtzu (see this previous JIW posting for background): ...The NIF response, posted below paragraph by paragraph wit

The Nazi Resurgence in Hungary

Published on 2012-12-27 18:41:00

From American Thinker, 9 Dec 2012:

The dark pedigree of the "Left"

Published on 2012-12-27 18:37:00

From Caroline Glick, 27 Dec 2012: ...By the early 1980s, the political Left in the US had already abandoned support for Israel. When I grew up in what would later become Barack Obama's neighborhood in Chicago, the black political machine in the nei

Know your enemy: How many extremists...?

Published on 2012-12-27 00:53:00

From the Results of an Opinion Poll by the "Arab World For Research and Develoment" (Ramallah), 15 Dec 2012: Introduction: These are the results and analyses of the latest Arab World for Research & Development (AWRAD) public opinion poll, focusing

Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue will be rebuilt

Published on 2012-12-27 00:03:00

From Israel Hayom, 25 Dec 2012, by Nadav Shragai: The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, circa 1940 (photo credit: CC BY Jerusalem Municipality, Wikipedia) On Friday, May 25, 1948 (Iyyar 12, 5709), several hours before the onset of Shabbat, the Nissa

Christianophobia...

Published on 2012-12-26 18:36:00

From Civitas, 23 december 2012:

Armistice lines are NOT "borders"

Published on 2012-12-25 16:23:00

From a letter to the Jerusalem Post , 25 Dec 2012, by CYRIL ATKINS, Beit Shemesh: ...the insistence by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and EU foreign police head Catherine Ashton, as well as most of the world’s governments, that the 1949 ar

Just look at the MAP, stupid.

Published on 2012-12-24 17:02:00

From Commentary, 24 Dec2012, by Rick Richman: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/12/24/the-times-dont-need-no-stinkin-map/ "The [New York] Times Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Map" On December 7, the New York Times website ran a “correction” to

New Israeli University in Samaria

Published on 2012-12-24 16:13:00

From JPost, 24 Dec 2012, by YONAH JEREMY BOB, YONI DAYAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=297153 Hours after A-G pens letter supporting giving Ariel University Center official university status, outgoing Defe

HAGEL – A LITMUS TEST OF OBAMA’S ATTITUDE TO ISRAEL

Published on 2012-12-23 16:23:00

From Isi Leibler, 23 Dec 2012: The possible nomination of former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense will represent a litmus test as to whether President Obama is poised to resume his anti-Israeli campaign, despite supporting Isra

Jerusalem residents, Jews & Arabs alike, want Jerusalem to remain united

Published on 2012-12-22 15:40:00

From Israel Hayom, 21 Dec 2012, buy Nadav Shragai: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=3092&hp=1 Is the High Commissioner of Palestine returning to the land of Israel? While the British left the land a long time ago, European Un

Australians rush to join war in Syria

Published on 2012-12-21 17:34:00

From The Australian, 22 Dec 2012, by PAUL MALEY AND CAMERON STEWART: http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/australians-rush-to-join-war-in-syria/story-fn59niix-1226542144750 AUSTRALIAN security agencies believe more than 100 Australians hav

UN Adopts 9 anti-Israel resolutions & ignores massacres in Syria

Published on 2012-12-20 16:37:00

From Breitbart, 10 Dec 2012, by AWR Hawkins: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/12/19/U-N-Adopts-Nine-Resolutions-On-Israel-Zero-On-Syria On December 18th, the U.N. adopted nine resolutions concerning Palestinian rights and the Golan. Not surpr

Hitler popularity is increasing in India

Published on 2012-12-20 15:58:00

From Bloomberg, 10 Dec 2012 edition, by David Shaftel: http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-06/hitler-has-a-following-in-india All that remains of the sign above the Hitler clothing store in Ahmedabad, India, is the swastika that used to

Hizb-ut-Tahrir could pose a threat in Australia

Published on 2012-12-19 03:58:00

From Future Directions International (FDI), Thursday, 13 December 2012 , by Mirza Sadaqat Huda*, FDI Associate: The radical Islamist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HUT) could pose a socio-cultural threat to Australia in the short term. It may instig

Estonia’s severe case of Holocaust amnesia

Published on 2012-12-19 03:15:00

From The Times of Israel, 18 Dec 2012, by Efraim Zuroff: ...

An Islamist disaster looms in Syria

Published on 2012-12-18 23:34:00

From a posting

Conversation on the Middle East with Dennis Ross and Elliott Abrams

Published on 2012-12-18 04:57:00

From The Washington Institute, 13 Dec 2012: (Washington, DC) Two long-serving U.S. troubleshooters in the Middle East -- Dennis Ross and Elliott Abrams -- received The Washington Institute's prestigious Scholar-Statesman Award* before nearly 400 gue

US poised for action on Iranian nuclear program

Published on 2012-12-18 04:42:00

From JPost, 18 Dec 2012, by REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF: Vice prime minister [Moshe Yaalon] says US effort on Iran issue has resumed since reelection of Obama, suggesting cautious optimism for international resolution of deadlock; Barak: determined to

NIF-funded organizations are at it again

Published on 2012-12-18 04:14:00

From Im Tirtzu, 18 Dec 2012: ...

PA misuse of foreign aid

Published on 2012-12-18 01:38:00

From Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin, Dec. 17, 2012: Three PMW reports for Dutch parliament On Dec. 18, the Foreign Affairs Committee of Dutch Parliament will be debating whether to support the Palestinian Authority's general budget in 2013. PM

UN Spin and Sinister Subterfuge

Published on 2012-12-17 16:16:00

From JPost, 6 Dec 2012, by Martin Sherman: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=294955 At the UN General Assembly last week, histrionic spin trumped historical substance, while sinister subterfuge went unchallenged. They are only

Israel: the number one growth economy of the developed world

Published on 2012-12-17 16:12:00

From JPost, 27 Dec 2012: http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=296265 Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz on Sunday announced that Israel's economy would grow faster in 2013 and 2014 than was initially predicted. Steinitz revealed th

Cancer Patients from Ashdod and Khan Yunis become Best Friends

Published on 2012-12-16 22:30:00

From The Daily Beast, 12 Dec 2012,

Abbas chooses: rejection and terror: same old choices

Published on 2012-12-10 15:56:00

From The Commentator, 10 December 2012, by Arsen Ostrovsky: http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2236/rejection_and_terror_same_old_palestinian_choices That Abbas would rather shun repeated offers from Israel, and instead embrace Hamas, indicates t

"Palestinian state": out of control, terrorist, undemocratic and bankrupt

Published on 2012-12-05 14:41:00

From The Australian, December 03, 2012, by Ron Prosor: http://m.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/israel-crucial-to-palestinian-state/story-fnay3ubk-1226528435446 FOR more than a year, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has

The new Middle East's new problems

Published on 2012-12-05 14:27:00

From The Australian, December 04, 2012, by Joschka Fischer*: http://m.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/world-commentary/the-new-middle-easts-new-problems/story-fnfi3iga-1226529106223 WHEN hostilities flared in Gaza last month, it seemed like the same old

US Tests EMP Bomb

Published on 2012-12-05 06:54:00

From Arutz Sheva, 5 Dec 2012: ...Boeing has successful tested an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) missile ... The U.S. Air Force and Boeing demonstrated the device more than two months ago over a military site in the Utah desert, reported the VR-Zone tec

Palestine is Not a State; it is the Name of a Geographical Area

Published on 2012-12-04 23:38:00

From "Palestine is Jewish" in The Algemeiner, December 4, 2012, by Eli Hertz: Jewish pilgrims dancing in Palestine. 51 member countries – the entire League of Nations [Today’s UN] – unanimously declared on July 24, 1922: “Whereas

Kuwait Expels 400,000 "Palestinians"

Published on 2012-12-04 21:59:00

From the Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2012, pp. 75-83, by Steven J. Rosen

Hypocrisy at the UN: Tyrannies oppose “country-specific” resolutions --

Published on 2012-12-04 18:59:00

From a UN Watch Briefing,

Some elements of the Australian government join Sudan in supporting misery and war in the Middle East

Published on 2012-12-04 06:19:00

From the ABC, 4 Dec 2012, by Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz: "Mr President: independence, freedom, the right to self-determination; these are principles that have been enshrined in the United Nations Charter." Those words were spoken by Daffa Alla Elhag Ali

The Palestine Mirage

Published on 2012-12-02 05:21:00

From The Wall Street Journal, 1 Dec 2012: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578149462995228692.html A futile U.N. gesture that violates the 1993 Oslo Accords. It was no accident that Mahmoud Abbas chose November 29 to seek a Un

Israel rejects UN fiction

Published on 2012-12-02 05:04:00

From JPost, 1 Dec 2012, by Herb Keinon: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=294270 ....The cabinet on Sunday unanimously passed a resolution completely rejecting the UN decision Thursday to upgrade the Palestinians to non-state

UN votes on a flat earth

Published on 2012-11-29 17:50:00

From the Address by Ambassador Ron Prosor to the UN General Assembly, 29 November 2012: ...Today I stand before you tall and proud because I represent the world's one and only Jewish state. A state built in the Jewish people's ancient homeland, with

Israeli Mother Vanquishes Knife-Wielding Terrorist Scum

Published on 2012-11-28 16:40:00

From http://www.naomiragen.com/israel/israeli-mother-vanquishes-knife-wielding-terrorist-scum/ by Naomi Ragen on November 28th, 2012: When Yael Ram-Matzpon heard the door open at 3:30 AM, she thought it was her husband returning from his job in the

Morsi’s Dictatorship and the Gaza Ceasefire

Published on 2012-11-28 06:04:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No.187, November 27, 2012, by Prof. Hillel Frisch*: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has proven himself to be a dictator in the footsteps of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak. He has consolidated hi

Philadelphi Corridor is the Key

Published on 2012-11-27 19:22:00

From Daniel Pipes, 27 Nov 2012: ...

Bankrupting terrorism – one interception at a time

Published on 2012-11-26 21:42:00

From JPost, 24 Nov 2012, by Akiva Hamilton*: Iron Dome is a game-changer that not only consigns Hamas’ and Hezbollah’s current terror model to the trash can, it completely undermines the military doctrines of all of Israel’s enemies. Photo: Mar

Spare the Pieties on Gaza

Published on 2012-11-26 20:22:00

This Op-Ed, first published in Arutz Sheva on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 , is as relevant today as it was then, and to the useful-idiot "activists" in the US and Australia as it is to those in Europe: by Jack Engelhard, the author of “The B

Syrian Rebels Advance

Published on 2012-11-26 15:36:00

From Washington Post, 25 Nov 2012, by Luz Sly: http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/syrian-rebels-making-advances/2012/11/25/1cfcc8cc-372c-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html BEIRUT — Syrian rebels are making significant advances in their battle against

Is the northern front next?

Published on 2012-11-25 17:01:00

From DEBKAfile, 25 Nov 2012: http://www.debka.com/article/22560/Middle-East-in-high-suspense-for-Gaza-operation-sequels Middle East in high suspense for Gaza operation sequels While Israel’s Pillar of Cloud was still in full spate over the Gaza S

US/Egypt collaborate to choke off Iran-Gaza supply line

Published on 2012-11-25 16:47:00

From DEBKAfile, 23 Nov 2012: http://www.debka.com/article/22557/Obama’s-pledge-of-US-troops-to-Sinai-next-week-won-Israel’s-nod-for-ceasefire Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to a ceasefire for halting the eight-day Israeli Gaza o

Hamas’ miscalculated - is now under Egypt's thumb

Published on 2012-11-25 16:25:00

From NOW Lebanon, 22 Nov 2012, by Tony Badran*: http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=459616 Hamas’ decision to escalate rocket attacks on Israel leading up to the latest conflagration was deliberate. ...What was Hamas’ calculation beh

“A-Dawla ma’ana” – the government is with us.

Published on 2012-11-25 02:23:00

From JPost, 22 Nov 2012, by Sarah Honig: Our successive confrontations with Gaza are an explicit acknowledgement that disengagement has failed, that we are not disengaged. Photo: Jerusalem Post archives When the blood-curdling battl

"Land for peace" doesn't work...

Published on 2012-11-25 02:15:00

From JPost, 22 Nov. 2012, by Caroline Glick: The cease-fire agreement that Israel accepted Wednesday night to end the current round of Palestinian rocket and missile attacks is not a good deal for Israel ...At best, Israel and Hamas are placed on t

'Son of Hamas' Says Israel Made a Mistake with Ceasefire

Published on 2012-11-25 02:07:00

From Arutz Sheva, 23 Nov 2012: Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of one of the founders of the Hamas terrorist organization and author of the book "Son of Hamas," said on Friday that Israel made a mistake by agreeing to a ceasefire with Gaza"s terrorist

News Flash: Egypt’s Islamist President Assumes Dictatorial Powers

Published on 2012-11-23 11:22:00

From Barry Rubin, 23 Nov 2012:The French press agency headline says it all: “Egypt's [President] Morsi assumes sweeping powers, branded new pharaoh.” Mursi has issued a decree giving himself virtually dictatorial powers and contradicting the assu

Russian warships in position opposite Israel

Published on 2012-11-23 11:02:00

From DEBKAfile Special Report November 23, 2012: The Russian Moskva missile cruiser The Black Sea Fleet's naval task force, including the missile cruiser Moskva, the destroyer Smetlivy, the large landing ships Novocherkassk and Saratov, t

Shoot out on Gaza border

Published on 2012-11-23 10:59:00

From The Washington Post Saturday, November 24, by Abigail Hauslohner and Ernesto Londoño:

Hamas kills six "collaborators", drags body through streets

Published on 2012-11-21 07:11:00

From Fox News,

Brazen faking of images reveals Hamas’ desperation

Published on 2012-11-21 05:56:00

From FoxNews.com, November 20, 2012, by Paul Alster:

NGO admonishes UN Human Rights custodians

Published on 2012-11-21 02:45:00

Letter from The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, November 18, 2012 to H.E. Navanethem Pillay, Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations H.E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council, United Nations U

Human rights NGOs, and their half-hearted, belated, and weasel-worded condemnations of rocket attacks

Published on 2012-11-21 00:54:00

From AIJAC, Nov21 2012: 'Code Red'- Israeli mum protecting child Human rights organisations are supposed to advance a universal approach, according to which every person in entitled to certain rights and liberties, based simply on his or

In Support of a Ground Offensive

Published on 2012-11-20 02:18:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 186, November 19, 2012, by Efraim Inbar and Dr. Max Singer*: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel needs to send IDF ground forces into Gaza to destroy the military capabilities of Hamas and other Islamic terror groups. W

Hamas launching rockets near civilian homes

Published on 2012-11-19 21:29:00

From PMWspecial report on Operation Pillar of Defense #6, 19 Nov 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: During the last few days, Hamas terrorists have fired more than 100 rockets and missiles per day at Israeli cities. Israel

What is Israel fighting for?

Published on 2012-11-18 18:40:00

From Arutz Sheva, 18 Nov 2012, by Daniel Greenfield, New-York-City-based writer and freelance commentator, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and blogger at sultanknish.blogspot.com: ...The Arab Spring put Islamists in

IDF Eliminates Another Top Hamas Terrorist

Published on 2012-11-18 17:48:00

From Arutz Sheva, 18 Nov 2012, by David Lev: In a precision strike Sunday afternoon, IDF aircraft eliminated another top Hamas terrorist – Yihya Abiya, responsible for managing and organizing Hamas' rocket terror campaign against Israel. Gaza Arab

Israel preparing to significantly expand Gaza operation

Published on 2012-11-18 08:17:00

From Israel Hayom, 18 Nov 2012, by Lilach Shoval, Shlomo Cesana, Daniel Siryoti and Gideon Allon: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: We are exacting a heavy price from Hamas Message from Jerusalem to the Egyptians and Turks, who are trying to medi

Hamas is killing its own civilians

Published on 2012-11-18 02:11:00

From JPOST.COM 17 Nov 2012:

Dead child cradled by Egypt's PM was killed by Hamas!

Published on 2012-11-17 21:45:00

From Elder of Zion, Saturday, November 17, 2012: The Mirror (UK) on Friday published this, as did many other newspapers: Egypt's Prime Minister wept today as he kissed the forehead of a boy killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza. ...CNN

Hamas: abandon terrorism NOW!

Published on 2012-11-17 18:12:00

From JPost, 18 Nov 2012, by Yaakov Lappin: Four days into the operation to repress the rocket fire long afflicting the South, Israel and Hamas have reached a crossroads. It is possible, at this stage, to scale back the conflict and reach a cease-fir

Morsi hoping for a ceasefire

Published on 2012-11-17 17:52:00

From Ynet News, 18 Nov 2012: Egyptian president says 'there are indications of imminent ceasefire.' Israeli state officials confirm negotiations being held but deny there is any outline for lull Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said at a joint pre

Update on the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Published on 2012-11-17 17:32:00

From Stratfor, 17 Nov 2012: http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/update-israel-gaza-conflict Uriel Sinai/Getty Images: An Israeli rocket fired from the Iron Dome in Tel Aviv on Nov. 17 New intelligence indicates forces in Gaza may be manufacturing long-

Rocket Attacks on Israel From Gaza

Published on 2012-11-17 00:00:00

From HonestReporting - Last update: November 17, 2012: Since 2001, more than 12,800 rockets and mortars, an average of 3 attacks every single day, have landed in Israel. Although Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005,

Exposed: Pallywood Returns to Gaza

Published on 2012-11-16 23:41:00

From HonestReporting, November 15, 2012, by Simon Plosker: What happens when the cameras turn up at the scene of an airstrike in Gaza and there simply aren’t enough Palestinian dead and injured to produce dramatic footage that can be used against

Iraq envoy backtracks on Arab action against Israel

Published on 2012-11-16 23:38:00

From JPost, 16 Nov 2012, by REUTERS:

Hamas video games

Published on 2012-11-16 03:10:00

From Daniel Pipes, 15 November 2012: An Israeli soldier works on the IDF's Facebook page. The old Arab-Israeli wars were military clashes, the recent ones are political clashes. The wars of 1948-49, 1967, and 1973 were life-and-death struggles

Read my lips: "Hamas is responsible"

Published on 2012-11-15 19:59:00

From the Telegraph (UK), 15 Nov 2012,

The future of UN Human Rights Council is now darker even than before

Published on 2012-11-15 19:35:00

From Huff Post World,

Israel changes the rules of the game

Published on 2012-11-15 19:23:00

From Israel Hayom, 15 Nov 2012, by Yoav Limor: A stunned Hamas was reminded once again of the balance of power • Although deterrence was restored, the goal now is to avoid a quagmire • Pillar of Defense will go down as a success if military gai

Air Force hits 70 Gaza Strip targets in an hour

Published on 2012-11-15 15:46:00

From JPost, 15 Nov 2012: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?ID=292102&R=R1 Israel strkes 320 targets in the Strip since launching Operation Pillar of Defense with assassination of Hamas military chief; 16 Palestinians killed; Gazans fire over

War of attrition in Gaza

Published on 2012-11-15 15:26:00

From Ynet News, 15 Nov 2012, by Ron Ben-Yishai: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4306195,00.html Analysis: Terror organizations have learned their lesson from Cast Lead, Second Lebanon War Operation Pillar of Defense is in the mutual attrit

Gaza rocket hits building, kills three in Kiryat Malachi

Published on 2012-11-15 04:58:00

From

Grad rockets hit Beersheba; Iron Dome intercepts rockets

Published on 2012-11-14 17:14:00

From YNet News, 15 Nov 2012, by Ilana Curiel:Gaza terrorists' response to Jabari hit includes Grad fire on Beersheba, Ashdod and Ofakim; air defense system intercepts several rockets At around 8 pm Wednesday, some four hours after Israeli air

Obama silent on Hamas terror attacks

Published on 2012-11-14 09:01:00

From Arutz Sheva, 13 Nov 2012, by Rachel Hirshfeld: "A weak or non-existent presidential response transmits a message that these attacks are insufficient to warrant presidential concern." Barack Obama - Reuters The Zionist Organization of Ame

The Truth About Yisrael Beytenu

Published on 2012-11-11 16:33:00

From The Daily Beast, Nov 9, 2012, by Hamad Amar: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/09/the-truth-about-yisrael-beytenu.html As a member of the Arabic-speaking minority in Israel and having known and worked alongside Avigdor Lieberman for

UNRWA Keeps Quiet on Syria

Published on 2012-11-11 16:01:00

From the Middle East Forum, November 9, 2012, by Asaf Romirowsky and Alexander Joffe: http://www.meforum.org/3373/unrwa-syria When two employees of UNRWA, the United Nations organization for Palestinians, were killed in Syria, one by a sniper and the

IAF Strikes More Terror Targets in Gaza

Published on 2012-11-10 23:18:00

From Israel national News, 11 Nov 2012, by Elad Benari: IAF targets Hamas weapons factory in Gaza Israel news photo: IDF / Archive IAF aircraft attacked a number of terror targets in Gaza overnight Saturday... ...the targets included a weap

Palestinians killed in Syria receive little attention

Published on 2012-11-09 03:43:00

From the Australia/Israel &; Jewish Affairs Council, 9 Nov 2012, by Sharyn Mittelman: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad once painted himself and his father as the champion of the Palestinian cause. But now the situation appears to have changed, a

For Palestinians refugees are a trump card to keep confronting Israel

Published on 2012-11-06 02:53:00

From JCPA, Vol. 12, No. 25 5 November 2012, by Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi: Claims that Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas – in an interview with Israel’s Channel 2 TV on Nov. 2, 2012 – had apparently relinquished the “ri

Arab Leader Urges full integration with Israel

Published on 2012-11-04 20:41:00

From The Times of Israel, 30 Oct 2012, By Philippe Assouline

Romney: more cooperation and a lot more trust with Israel

Published on 2012-11-04 20:04:00

From Commentary Magazine, 4 Nov 2012, by Jonathan S. Tobin: ...Let’s start with one clear fact. Israel’s survival does not depend on who is elected president of the United States. As important as the U.S.-Israel alliance may be — and it is ab

Why Daniel Pipes votes Republican

Published on 2012-11-04 16:09:00

From Daniel Pipes, 4 Nov 2012: http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2012/11/why-i-am-voting-republican ...I vote Republican because I support the party's core message of individualism, patriotism, and respect for tradition, in contrast to the core Democ

Sudan... what a Blast

Published on 2012-11-03 08:52:00

From Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2012, by Nicholas Bariyo: http://conman-currentmil-technews.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/sudan-after-blast-greets-iran-ships.html?m=1 KAMPALA, Uganda—Iranian naval commanders met Tuesday with their counterparts in S

Vote Obama? ... are you crazy?

Published on 2012-11-02 18:24:00

Classic Martin Sherman* from JPost, 2 Nov 2012: Can anyone with Obama’s perception of Islam be expected to take the measures necessary to contend with the danger this theo-tyrannical political doctrine presents? ...although Israel has largely been

Syria war puts the anti-American alliance in the Middle East on the defensive

Published on 2012-11-02 05:40:00

From Yahoo News, 31 Oct 2012, by Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press: BEIRUT - When the Hamas rulers of Gaza recently gave a hero's welcome to the ruler of Qatar, an arch foe of the Syrian regime, it sent a strong message reverberating across the capi

Younger Israeli Arabs want engagement, not hostility

Published on 2012-11-01 18:10:00

From AIJAC, 2 NOV 2012, by Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz: Yousef Juhja (Oren Kessler, Tablet) ...On reaching 18, some form of national service is mandatory for non-ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel, but Arabs are exempt from the requirement. As a rule,

Stop Iran NOW!

Published on 2012-10-28 00:55:00

An Obama unshackled by considerations of reelection is a serious concern

Published on 2012-10-27 23:17:00

From JPost, 26 Oct 2012, by Martin Sherman: The prospect of a White House incumbent with an inherent affinity for Israel’s adversaries and unshackled by considerations of reelection is one that must be considered with the utmost seriousness. Photo: Yuri Gripas / Reuters

Richard Falk: extreme, anti-Jewish Jew

Published on 2012-10-27 22:55:00

From JPost, Saturday Oct 27, 2012:

US is not holding new Egypt regime to account

Published on 2012-10-26 18:20:00

From FoxNews, 26 Oct 2012, by Paul Alster: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/26/israel-rattled-by-rise-in-anti-semitic-rhetoric-from-egypt/ The new tone coming out of Egypt - punctuated by President Mohammed Morsi mouthing "Amen" to an Imam's call for the destruction of Israel - is rattling residents of the Jewish state, who claim the Obama administration isn't taking the ratcheted-up rhetoric seriously.... ...“There is no question that the rise to power of the Muslim Brotherhood has prompt [..]

CIA minders in Benghazi were denied readily-available support

Published on 2012-10-26 17:59:00

From Fox News, 26 Oct 2012, by Jennifer Griffin: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/ ...an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command... ... the special operator on the roof of the CIA annex had visual contact and a laser pointing at the Libyan mortar team that [..]

'Likud-Yisrael Beytenu merger will make Israel stronger'

Published on 2012-10-26 10:19:00

From Israel Hayom, 26 Oct 2012, by Mati Tuchfeld and Shlomo Cesana: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=6215 Netanyahu and Lieberman announce joint list for their parties and trigger a political earthquake that could solidify the right's dominance and diminish strength of ultra-Orthodox parties • PM: Now is the time to project strength in the face of threats. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman took the political world by surprise on T [..]

Bombing of the Khartoum weapons factory

Published on 2012-10-26 02:39:00

From an

Rockets Rain on Israel. Do You Care?

Published on 2012-10-25 06:50:00

From Huffington Post, 24 Oct 2012, by Arsen Ostrovsky, International Human Rights Lawyer: I'm angry. ...as most Americans were waking up this morning, and those in Europe and elsewhere around the world were going about their daily routines, here in Israel -- over one million people were running for cover from a hail of rockets being rained down by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. In the space of 24 hours, since Tuesday evening, 80 rockets have been fired on southern Israel... A dozen Israeli [..]

Hizbullah's Unspoken War in Syria

Published on 2012-10-25 05:58:00

From JCPA Briefs, Vol. 12, No. 23 24 October 2012, by

Libya - Failed Foreign Policy

Published on 2012-10-25 03:04:00

From SecureAmericaNow, 20 Oct 2012: America was attacked on September 11th, 2012 by Al Qaeda at our consulate in Libya. Our consulate was burned and four Americans including our ambassador were murdered. President Obama and his administration denied it was a terrorist attack for weeks. Since then, Americans have learned that Obama and his administration knew it was an act of terror all along and chose to tell the public it was because of a Youtube video protest. It's time for Obama to tell t [..]

Radicals at the White House

Published on 2012-10-25 02:59:00

From IPT News, October 21, 2012, by Steve Emerson and John Rossomando:

Israel's occupation is LEGAL

Published on 2012-10-24 21:10:00

From Myths and Facts, October 24, 2012, by Eli E. Hertz:

Hamas & Hizballah alliances with Iran weakened

Published on 2012-10-24 02:30:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No.185, October 23, 2012, by Dr. Ehud Eilam*: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ... in the event of an Israeli strike on Iran ...Hizballah and Hamas ...participation will be limited at best. Hizballah must consider its crumbling support from the weakened Assad regime, as well as popular opposition within Lebanon to its role in military conflict with Israel. Hamas’ recent feud with Iran over the group’s lack of support for the Assad regime could render it reluctant t [..]

Remembering San Remo

Published on 2012-10-24 02:03:00

From CBN News, April 2010: This 4-minute news item, aired on the 90th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, is a succinct reminder of the Jewish people's right to western Palestine, including the West Bank.

Obama's abysmal record on Israel

Published on 2012-10-23 17:14:00

From FoxNews.com, 23 October 2012, by Anne Bayefsky: Oct. 22, 2012: President Barack Obama answers a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP) [Click here for complete transcript of the final debate between Obama and Romney on US foreign policy.] During the final debate, President Obama pointed to his 2008 pre-election visit to Israel’s Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, as an answer to Governor Romney’s criticism of his fore [..]

Obama makes it easy for Assad

Published on 2012-10-21 06:56:00

From NOW Lebanon, 18 Oct 2012, by Tony Badran*: A cartoon depicting Bashar al-Assad thumbing his nose at Turkey, while shells were fired from his fingers. (Al-Hayat)

al-Qaida rises from Gadhafi's ashes...

Published on 2012-10-21 06:46:00

From Israel Hayom, 19 Oct 2012, by Dore Gold:

Is Australia aiding a Gazan Terrorist Front?

Published on 2012-10-21 06:20:00

From Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center, 21 Oct 2012, by Solicitor Andrew Hamilton:

An ideological war we have yet to fight.

Published on 2012-10-18 16:14:00

From the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 18th October 2012, by Clifford D. May, President: At the Aspen Security Forum this past summer, Peter Bergen, CNN’s intrepid national-security analyst and a director at the New America Foundation, gave a talk titled: “Time to Declare Victory: Al Qaeda Is Defeated.” Since then, AQ and/or its affiliates have launched lethal attacks on American diplomatic compounds in Libya and Yemen, hoisted an al-Qaeda flag above the U.S. embassy in Cairo [..]

More of this for another four years??!

Published on 2012-10-18 06:03:00

From GLORIA, 14 Oct 2012, by Barry Rubin: There are two problems with current U.S. policy toward the Middle East: both the analysis and response are not simply wrong, but rather make the situation in the region much worse. The White House has supported the antisemitic, anti-American Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria; insisted the Brotherhood is moderate; gave untrained, unreliable Libyans control over the U.S. ambassador’s security leading to his death; denied that revolutionary I [..]

Turkish-Kurdish-Egyptian Morass

Published on 2012-10-18 02:44:00

From The Jewish Press, 15 Oct 2012, by Dr. Mordechai Kedar*: The Iranian nuclear issue and the chain of disasters that the people of the Middle East have brought upon themselves, called the "Arab Spring," have placed Turkey in a rather bleak situation.

Romney/Obama: Great Differences on Security Issues

Published on 2012-10-17 19:11:00

From Secure America Now, 17 Oct 2012: In the second debate of the presidential election, Mitt Romney offered American voters a compelling alternative to the current security policies of the Obama Administration. Governor Romney forcefully presented and defended security positions that would put the United States on a very different course. Governor Romney charged that President Obama's policies on Iran failed, and gave Iran four years to develop a threatening nuclear program. Governor Romney c [..]

Hypocritical Churches

Published on 2012-10-16 22:08:00

From Word from Jerusalem, 16 Oct 2012, by Isi Leibler: The recent initiative by a group of Protestant Christian leaders calling on Congress to reevaluate military aid to Israel is a nauseating example of applying double standards against Jews and Israel under the cloak of piety and hypocritical sanctimoniousness.

"60-second recipe" for peace in the Middle East

Published on 2012-10-16 20:48:00

From YouTube, 4 Oct 2012, this "60-second recipe" for peace would be funny if it weren't so serious: Concerned that U.S. policies toward Israel and Palestinians are hampering, not helping the peace process, an organization of Rabbis and peace advocates turn to Hollywood for a new script...a trilogy of satirical videos of which this is the first. For more information, please visit Real Peace Middle East

Obama’s failure in Syria eclipses the one in Benghazi

Published on 2012-10-15 05:06:00

From the Washington Post, 15 Oct 2012, by Jackson Diehl: ...The deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi were a calamity.... The president’s handling of Syria, on the other hand, exemplifies every weakness in his foreign policy — from his excessive faith in “engaging” troublesome foreign leaders to his insistence on multilateralism as an end in itself to his self-defeating caution in asserting American power. The result is not a painful but isolated s [..]

Hezbollah’s CFO flees to Israel carrying stolen money, classified documents

Published on 2012-10-14 23:01:00

From Al Arabiya News, Dubai, 13 Oct 2012: Hezbollah’s CFO has fled over the border into Israel taking with him large

Many American Jews have rendered themselves unreachable

Published on 2012-10-14 22:39:00

From JewishWorldReview.com, 12 Oct 2012, by Caroline Glick: ...for American Jews to vote for Obama next month they must act against their economic interests. Obama's economic policies have taken a huge toll on the economic fortunes of American Jews who invest disproportionately in the stock market. His nationalization of the college loan business has given universities impetus to raise tuition rates still further thus dooming more young American Jews to starting their adult lives under a [..]

The anti-Israel President

Published on 2012-10-14 22:23:00

This 7-minute video from the David Horowitz Freedom Center, 1 Dec 2011, is particularly relevant now, in the days before the next US election:

Terrorists in Gaza get a slap on the wrist

Published on 2012-10-14 19:36:00

From "United with Israel", 14 Oct 2012: The Israeli Air Force has been targeting terrorists who have fired over 40 rockets into southern Israel in the last month. They struck a terror cell which was on the way to a launching site to fire a missile into Israel – killing on and seriously injuring the second.

Attack on Israel Must End "Interfaith" Sham

Published on 2012-10-11 21:53:00

From Commentary magazine, 10 Oct 2012, by Jonathan S. Tobin | @tobincommentary For mainstream American Jewish groups, it has long been an article of faith that strong alliances with liberal Protestant denominations with whom they shared a common agenda on domestic issues is integral to the safeguarding of the security and the rights of the Jewish community. That has been tested in recent years, as some of their liberal Christian partners debated supporting efforts to boycott, divest and sancti [..]

Switzerland: as "neutral" to Iran as it was to Nazi Germany

Published on 2012-10-10 23:46:00

From JPost, 10/04/2012, by BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT: Critics slam Bern government after Geneva-based oil company Vitol sells millions of barrels of Iranian oil. Photo: REUTERS/Tim Chong The Swiss government’s refusal to adopt comprehensive EU sanctions targeting Iran’s energy and finance systems – and the disclosure in late September that the Swiss-based company Vitol bought and sold millions of barrels of Iranian oil — has prompted concern from the US Embassy i [..]

Who is the REAL the enemy of the Arabs?

Published on 2012-10-09 21:18:00

From Arab News, Saturday 6 October 2012, by Abdulateef Al-Mulhim:

Obama exposed, and foreign policy is still to be debated.

Published on 2012-10-09 17:57:00

From the Toronto Sun, 5 Oct 2012, by Michael Coren: What a sheer bloody joy it was to see Barack Obama, peace be upon him, exposed as the mediocre, media-inflated, self-important regional politician he so obviously is. ...In spite of the massive amounts of media spin and Hollywood slander.... in spite of Obama’s blatant dishonesty, Mitt Romney looked the ...mature and responsible adult ...to a petulant and angry child. Perhaps the most startling moment of the debate was when Romney told Obama [..]

Are US and Israel preparing a surgical strike on Iran?

Published on 2012-10-09 17:15:00

From Foreign Policy, 8 Oct 2012, by DAVID ROTHKOPF: In Mitt Romney's "Hope Is Not a Strategy" speech at the Virginia Military Institute, the Republican challenger zeroed in on the current unrest in the Middle East as a sign that President Barack Obama's foreign policy is not working.... [Important] to the Republican critique of Obama is Romney's assessment that Obama's efforts to reverse Iran's course toward gaining nuclear weapons have been unsuccessful. ...hours before the speech was delivere [..]

Obama: Absolutely Uncertain

Published on 2012-10-05 21:45:00

From YouTube, 26 Sept 2012, by RightChange: A new, 18-minute mini-documentary follows the journey of Irina, a 23-year-old liberal, Jewish New Yorker who voted for Obama in 2008. Yet as her connection to Israel has grown, and she has learned more about the President's policies across the Middle East and towards Israel in particular, Irina has come to realize that "when the chips are down," the President may not "have Israel's back" as he says. The short film features: Exclusive interviews w [..]

The ever-expanding UNRWA gravy train

Published on 2012-10-03 23:32:00

From The Middle East Quarterly, FALL 2012 • VOLUME XIX: NUMBER 4, pp. 11-25, by Alexander H. Joffe*: The Palestinian refugee problem lies at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. But since the 1960s, the international institution charged with aiding the refugees...(UNRWA), has resisted their resettlement in the Arab host countries. It has done so by shifting to an educational mission, devising expansive redefinitions of who a refugee is, and expanding its legal mandates to "protect" and re [..]

Hamas' switch from Iran's camp to Egypt's is complete

Published on 2012-10-03 21:45:00

From NYTimes, 2 Oct 2012, by ANNE BARNARD and HANIA MOURTADA: BEIRUT, Lebanon — State television in Syria issued a withering attack late Monday on a longtime ally, the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshal, addressing him as if he were an ungrateful child, saying he was having a “romantic emotional crisis” over the Syrian uprising and accusing him of selling out “resistance for power.” Turncoat: Khaled Meshal, Hamas leader, in 2009. Photo: Mumtaz Al-Baloua [..]

March of the living descendents of the Nazis

Published on 2012-09-30 00:31:00

From Israel Channel 10, 1 Sept 2012 (published with English subtitles 11 Sept 2012):

Killed by their neighbors

Published on 2012-09-30 00:03:00

Photo by Beile Delechky from pre-war Kavarsk It took more than six decades, but a unique collection of blood-chilling survivor testimonies about Lithuanian collaboration in the Holocaust is finally available to the public. Expulsion and Extermination Holocaust Testimonials from Provincial Lithuania, by David Bankier. Yad Vashem, 232 pages, $58

When Egypt came for the Jews, the Christians said nothing....

Published on 2012-09-29 18:33:00

From the Times of Israel, 28 Sept 2012, by MAIKEL NABIL: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/egypts-christians-facing-the-fate-of-egyptian-jews/ After the Egyptian military took power in the country 1952, it started its campaign against Egyptian Jews, launching its propaganda against Jews in all the state-owned media. It freed all the terrorists who had committed violence against Jews before the coup, and jailed liberals and seculars instead. It encouraged aggression toward the Egyptian Jewish minor [..]

Abbas comes to the UN to shoot himself in the foot

Published on 2012-09-29 17:51:00

From Israel Hayom, 29 Sept 2012, by Dore Gold*: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=2607 PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has again declared his intention [seek] U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state with the opening of the U.N. General Assembly this past week. ...Saeb Erekat, the PA’s chief negotiator issued a statement that the Palestinians were ...requesting that the U.N. General Assembly upgrade their status from a “non-state observer” to a “non-member observer st [..]

Antisemitic bomb attack in Malmo, Sweden

Published on 2012-09-28 23:18:00

From the Times of Israel, 28 Sept 2012, by Yoel Goldman: http://www.timesofisrael.com/explosion-rocks-jewish-community-center-in-malmo-sweden/ An explosive device detonated in front of a Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden, early Friday morning. There were no injuries reported. The blast blew out some windows and caused damage to the front door of the building. The explosion was heard several blocks away... Two suspects were arrested following the explosion... Malmo, home to approximate [..]

Abbas in the UN. Who cares?

Published on 2012-09-28 18:42:00

From Commentary Magazine, 27 Sept 2012, by Jonathan Tobin: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/09/27/how-irrelevant-are-the-palestinians-very-abbas-un-israel/ ...Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas...had promised Jewish leaders he would recognize Jewish rights to the land...He moved a little closer to such recognition with his mention of the ties of the three monotheistic religions to the country and did say he didn’t want to delegitimize Israel–though much of his speech was clear [..]

Pay them to go

Published on 2012-09-28 18:00:00

From JPost, 27 Sept 2012, by Martin Sherman*: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=286388 ....44% of young Palestinians are willing to [e]migrate if given the opportunity. – Poll #28, Center for Development Studies, Bir Zeit University, September 20, 2006 There has been much talk in Palestine about emigration, especially among the young people...This is being done in search of a better life abroad. Many... rush to the gates of the embassies and consulates of the Western [..]

Abbas continues to libel and incite rather than seek peace

Published on 2012-09-28 01:00:00

From Israel National News, 28 Sept 2012, by

Bibi Netanyahu at the UN

Published on 2012-09-27 19:17:00

UN address by Benjamin Netanyahu, New York Sept 27 2012: This 31-minute speech is eloquent, dramatic, and a MUST-SEE video for everyone observing the progress of humankind. Bibi starts with: "3000 years ago, King David reigned over the Jewish state, in our eternal capital, Jerusalem..." Then he speaks of Jewish history and achievement, ancient and modern Israeli progress and leadership the struggle between modernity and mediaevalism; between love of life and glorification of death; between [..]

On Rosh Hashanah will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed ...

Published on 2012-09-25 01:10:00

From the IDF, for Yom Kippur, 24 Sept 2012 (turn up the sound, grab a box of tissues, and prepare yourself for Kol Nidrei...): The Cantor and choir of the IDF sing "U'netaneh Tokef," the moving Yom Kippur prayer about Hashem determining who will die and who will live in the coming year - with scenes from the Yom Kippur War.

According to the PA: Israel is "more loathsome" than Nazis

Published on 2012-09-24 23:01:00

From PMW, 23 Sept 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook: Israel's treatment of Palestinians is worse than anything carried out by Hitler and the Nazis during the Holocaust, according to the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper. Three recent articles in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida claim that Israel's behavior is worse than that of the Nazis. The articles use such terms as "loathsome," "dangerous and criminal" and "despicable" to describe Israel's treatment of Palestinians and Arabs. Pale [..]

PA hypocrisy: Don't defame religion (unless it's Judaism)

Published on 2012-09-24 22:56:00

From PMW, 24 Sept 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Documenting Palestinian Authority Antisemitism Mahmoud Abbas: "Insulting religions, faiths, or religious symbols

Armada of international naval power massing in the Gulf as Israel prepares an Iran strike

Published on 2012-09-23 08:38:00

From the Telegraph, 23 Sept 2012, by Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9545597/Armada-of-international-naval-power-massing-in-the-Gulf-as-Israel-prepares-an-Iran-strike.html An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme. Cruisers, aircraft carriers and minesweepers from 25 nations are converging [..]

Flunking History: Pappe-crap Book Review

Published on 2012-09-23 01:00:00

From the Middle East Quarterly, SPRING 2008 • VOLUME XV: NUMBER 2, pp. 70-75, by Seth J. Frantzman*: "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Ilan Pappé; Oneworld Publications, 2006. Among many Israeli academics and Western revisionists, it has become fashionable to examine Israel's war of independence from an Arab perspective in which Jews were the aggressors and Arabs the victims.[1] This trend began in 1989 with works by Ben-Gurion University professor Benny Morris[2] and Oxford Univer [..]

Obama administration misled about a premeditated terrorist attack

Published on 2012-09-22 23:41:00

From The Weekly Standard Magazine, Oct 1, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 03, by STEPHEN F. HAYES: Alerts Hide Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Send me alerts for: Bill Kristol Fred Barnes Jay Cost Your e-mail address: Confirm e-mail address: Please sign me up for The Weekly Standard weekly newsletter. The Weekly Standard reserves the right to use your email for internal use only. Occasionally, we may send you s [..]

Why Obama snubbed Netanyahu

Published on 2012-09-21 16:16:00

From FoxNews.com, September 20, 2012, by Edward Klein: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/09/20/real-reason-obama-snubbed-netanyahu/ [Iran is] six months away from being about 90 percent of having the rich uranium for an atom bomb. I think that you have to place that red line before them now, before it’s too late. —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to David Gregory on NBC’s "Meet the Press" One of the most enduring myths about Barack Obama is that he’s been a better foreign po [..]

Appeasement and the Lessons of History

Published on 2012-09-20 03:24:00

From Isi Leibler, September 19, 2012: There is an iron law in history. Appeasing xenophobic movements or totalitarian regimes invariably lead to disaster, encouraging escalating demands to levels which either culminate with surrender or make armed conflict inevitable. Had Chamberlain not continued appeasing the Nazis, we may have avoided World War II or at least been better prepared and substantially reduced casualties. President Reagan, besmirched by liberals as a warmonger, assumed a hardlin [..]

Iran on brink...

Published on 2012-09-19 15:15:00

From Reuters, Sep 16, 2012, by Matt Spetalnick and Dan Williams in WASHINGTON and JERUSALEM:

International Wargames in the Gulf

Published on 2012-09-19 14:55:00

From AFP, 18 Sept 2012, by Lara Sukhtian in DUBAI: Naval forces from more than 30 countries were on Monday engaged in a massive minesweeping exercise in the Gulf, US officials said, amid Iranian threats to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The US-led International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX), the first of its kind in the Middle East, comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran over the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear programme. The exercise kicked off on Sunday [..]

Israel, USA prepare for war

Published on 2012-09-19 14:40:00

From RT (Russia)

Israeli technology can capture and neutralize a wide range of deadly viruses

Published on 2012-09-13 06:13:00

From Israel21C, 13 Sept 2012, by Karin Kloosterman*: Vecoy Nanomedicines has a whole new approach: a virus ‘decoy’ to outwit the world’s worst enemy before it does any damage.

Another bad UN egg

Published on 2012-09-13 05:34:00

From

Jews also have justice and rights.

Published on 2012-09-12 23:06:00

From a presentation to a Conference on Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries, 11 September 2012, by Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon: ... For too long [the story of Jewish refugees from Arab lands] was unknown, their history and suffering unacknowledged and their rights ignored. We can see that this truth has a great power by the extreme and babbling responses by Palestinian officials, who have no answer to this issue except to say that it simply doesn’t exist. However, the fa [..]

Obama acknowledges Islamists' excuse to murder

Published on 2012-09-12 21:11:00

A personal opinion: Check out this 2-minute video of Obama's statement about the killing of the US Ambassador and other personnel in Libya. The Islamist murderers

Deadly Islamist Violence in Libya and Egypt

Published on 2012-09-12 20:42:00

From Reuters, WASHINGTON/BENGHAZI, Libya, 13 Sept 2012: ...U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans ...died after Islamist gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate and a safe house refuge in Benghazi on Tuesday night. The attackers were part of a mob blaming America for a film they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad. The violence in the eastern city, a cradle of Libya's U.S.-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi last year, came on the 11th anniversary of al Qaeda's attacks on the Un [..]

If Obama wins on Nov. 6, then Israel's troubles will really begin

Published on 2012-09-12 18:39:00

From National Review Online, September 4, 2012, by Daniel Pipes: "President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus." That's what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party's nomination last week, repeating a slang phrase for sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons. Romney had deployed this phrase before, for example in May 2011 and Jan. 2012. This criticism of Obama fits a persistent Republican critique. Specifically, severa [..]

Democrats pretend to be pro-Israel (for electoral reasons)

Published on 2012-09-12 18:18:00

From National Review Online, September 11, 2012, by Daniel Pipes*: Last week saw a dispute over Jerusalem at the Democratic National Convention that, in the context of similar incidents, provides an important insight into the party's covert distancing of itself from Israel. The story broke on Sept. 4, when the Washington Free Beacon reported that "Jerusalem is unmentioned" in the 2012 Democratic Party platform. This made news because, since it became U.S. law in 1995 that "Jerusalem should be r [..]

Israel's population nears 8 million

Published on 2012-09-12 17:10:00

From Ynet, 11 Sept 2012, by Yaron Drukman: Data published Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reveals that on the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5773 (2012), the population of Israel numbers approximately 7,933,200– with 5,978,600 Jews, 1,636,600 Arabs, and approximately 318,000 persons categorized as "others". In addition, there are some 203,000 foreign workers currently living in Israel. ...In 2011, the rate of growth of the Jewish population was 1.8% (similar to previous years), of the [..]

US has no right to stop Israel acting on Iran

Published on 2012-09-11 18:23:00

From JPost, 11 Sept 2012, by Herb Keinon: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=284646 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that ..."Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines in front of Iran, don't have a moral right to put a red light in front of Israel...." "So far we can say with certainty that diplomacy and sanctions have not worked," Netanyahu continued. "The sanctions have hurt the Iranian economy, but have not stopped the Iranian [..]

Canada denounces Iran as "the most significant threat to global peace"

Published on 2012-09-11 01:36:00

From AIJAC, 11 Sept 2012, by Or Avi-Guy: Canada announced on Friday (7/9/2012) that it is closing down its embassy in Iran, and has also expelled all Iranian diplomats from the country. "Canada has closed it's embassy in Iran, effective immediately, and declared persona non gratae all remaining Iranian diplomates in Canada," states Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in a press release, which later further explains that "Diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran have been suspe [..]

US and Israel clocks on Iran are ticking at different paces

Published on 2012-09-10 15:01:00

From the TIMES OF ISRAEL, September 10, 2012, by RON FRIEDMAN and STAFF: http://www.timesofisrael.com/disappointing-israel-clinton-says-us-wont-set-deadlines-for-iran/ The US will not set deadlines for Iran and still considers negotiations and sanctions the best way to halt it from developing nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday. The comments were sure to disappoint Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week welcomed reports that the US was considering s [..]

What "Red Line" on Iran?

Published on 2012-09-10 01:25:00

From INSS Insight No. 369, September 9, 2012, by Asculai, Ephraim: ...The issue [of “red lines”] is now resurfacing as part of a proposed understanding between the US administration and Israel, with the intention of lowering the tension between them. The main point of contention is that Israel assesses that Iran has already gone far enough with its nuclear weapons development program to produce them at will, while the US administration thinks that there is time enough for a “diplomati [..]

Does Germany Still Want Its Jews?

Published on 2012-09-10 01:09:00

From Der Spiegel, 5 Sept 2012: Charlotte Knobloch was president of the Council of Jews in Germany from 2006 until 2010.

What "Palestine"?

Published on 2012-09-08 19:00:00

From JPost, 6 Sept 2012, by Martin Sherman: ...

Rewriting History in Lithuania

Published on 2012-09-08 18:24:00

NEW AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY ON THE HOLOCAUST SBS TV, FRIDAY THE 14TH SEPTEMBER 9.30-10.30 PM Rewriting History looks at how the Holocaust happened, how it is remembered and how it affects the lives of Jews today. Rewriting History is a film about the Holocaust in Lithuania, the current attempt rewrite an inconvenient history, and the inspiring David Vs Goliath campaign of two individuals to fight for the historical truth. Rewriting History is about a clash of historical experiences, the Nazi [..]

Will "friends of Palestine" boycott Syria?

Published on 2012-09-08 18:11:00

From Reuters, 8 Sept 2012, by Oliver Holmes:BEIRUT, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Syrian troops stormed into a Palestinian refugee district in Damascus,

JIW inspires genealogical research

Published on 2012-09-06 15:28:00

A personal note, 7 Sept 2012: Our long-lost cousin in Philadelphia continues his tireless research to reconnect the branches of our family tree. In his communication with a family in Israel, with the same family name as my paternal grandmother, he found that they are inspired by this previous posting on JIW: "bridging the generations": http://jiw.blogspot.com.au/2008/07/bridging-generations.html?m=1

Israel readies 'secret weapon' for Iran attack

Published on 2012-09-05 18:11:00

From WND RADIO, 6 September 2012: Israel sees Iranian nuclear weapons as an existential threat, and plans are in place to carry out strikes to cripple the nuclear program by the middle of next month. Middle East expert Mike Evans says his discussions with top Israeli officials this week suggest there is a strong likelihood the attacks will take place between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15. Evans estimates a 75 percent chance that strikes will be carried out in that 30-day window. Evans says high-ranki [..]

Obama's "animus and incompetence" pushing Israel to strike Iran.

Published on 2012-09-02 17:36:00

From Arutz Sheva, 3 September 2012: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wap/Item.aspx?type=0&item=159547 The Wall Street Journal, in a scathing editorial, justifies Israel's mistrust of Obama ...says Obama's "animus and incompetence" are pushing Israel to strike Iran. The largest-circulation newspaper in the United States, the Wall Street Journal, has penned a scathing editorial against the Obama Administration's handling of the crisis with Iran, saying that its attitude is pushing the Jewish sta [..]

Declare diplomatic war on the Two-state Solution

Published on 2012-08-30 19:36:00

From Martin Sherman, 30 Aug 2012: ...the two-state-solution (TSS) proposal... even if implemented would ...eliminate few of the threats to Israel’s security, and exacerbate many. .... to sustain itself as the nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel must address two imperatives: a. The geographic imperative, which implies it cannot make any significant territorial concessions in Judea and Samaria; and b. The demographic imperative, which implies it cannot incorporate large segments of the [..]

Jewish life in Egypt ends after 2,000 years

Published on 2012-08-30 06:09:00

From The Point of No Return, Thursday, August 30, 2012: The Eliyahu Hanavi (Nebi Daniel) synagogue

Corrie Lawyer: "Nazi Germany's founding was legal but Israel's founding was theft"

Published on 2012-08-29 09:34:00

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'Breaking the Silence' Recycles the Headlines

Published on 2012-08-28 23:27:00

From AIJAC, 29 AUG 2012, by Ahron Shapiro: 'Breaking the Silence' Recycles some 30 self-styled "testimonies" cherry picked from the organisation's 850-case archives (collected gradually over the past seven years) in an attempt to portray the IDF as systematic abusers of Palestinian children

Chaim Herzog's Response to the "Zionism is Racism" libel

Published on 2012-08-28 03:28:00

From the Address by Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Chaim Herzog to the General Assembly of the United Nations, November 10, 1975 (old as it is, it's still brilliant and very relevant today): ...It is symbolic that this debate...should take place on November 10. Tonight, thirty-seven years ago, has gone down in history as Kristallnacht, the Night of the Crystals.

More self-hating Jews: "Breaking the Silence"

Published on 2012-08-27 21:03:00

From Israeli researchers on recipients of New Israel Fund ("NIF") support (in this instance, the organisation whose allegations have received prominence in the Australian media recently, and which is financially supported by NIF, the EU, the NGO Development Center, Holland, Britain and Spain): Overview “Breaking The Silence” (BTS) is a fringe group of former Israeli soldiers who served in the Territories during the height of the Intifada. They claim they support Israel, but they charge th [..]

"Raus mit Uns" - the self-hating Jews are still with us

Published on 2012-08-27 20:37:00

From Israeli researchers on recipients of New Israel Fund ("NIF") support (in this instance on The Israel Committee against House Demolitions ("ICAHD"), which received funds from NIF, Spain the NGO Development Center, and the EU): The Israel Committee against House Demolitions ("ICAHD") is composed of activists who claim they have accumulated first-hand knowledge of the "brutality of the Occupation," and also operate against the expansion of the settlements, the expropriation of land, the closu [..]

Fairfax media: crude propaganda and double standards

Published on 2012-08-27 18:01:00

From a statement by the President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Dr Danny Lamm, 27 August, 2012, about a story alleging maltreatment of children by the

Sinai and the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty

Published on 2012-08-27 02:06:00

High Court was wrong to stop 'war crimes' extradition

Published on 2012-08-27 01:48:00

From the Canberra Times, August 27, 2012, by Professor Gregory Rose, director of the Institute for Transnational and Maritime Security at the University of Wollongong: In 2005, the Australian government and ALP opposition stated their firm principled position on war criminals:

Can Israel trust the United States on Iran?

Published on 2012-08-26 22:48:00

From

Abu Mazen: Diplomatic Terror and Inability to Deliver Anything

Published on 2012-08-25 03:38:00

From Yisrael Beiteinu, August 23, 2012, by Foreign Minister Liberman:

Jewish anti Israel activists and Obama flock together

Published on 2012-08-24 17:48:00

From a Letter, Thursday, August 23, 2012 to President Obama on the inclusion of numerous anti-Israel figures in his campaign, by William Kristol, Chairman of the Emergency Committee for Israel: http://www.committeeforisrael.com/uncategorized/letter-from-eci-chairman-william-kristol-to-president-obama/ Dear Mr. President: This week, your campaign launched a group called “Rabbis for Obama” ...[which] your campaign says, are “committed to re-electing” you due to your “policy agenda that [..]

The Hebron Massacre, 117 years ago today.

Published on 2012-08-23 10:11:00

From Israeldailypicture.com, Wednesday, August 22, 2012: The Hebron Massacre, August 24, 1929. Re-Posting Photos Discovered in the Library of Congress Archives The destruction of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue in Hebron in 1929

Greens Party bullying, backbiting and divisions

Published on 2012-08-21 22:47:00

From the Australian, August 22, 2012, by CHRISTIAN KERR: Greens Senate candidate Cate Faehrmann, right, has been heavily criticised in an internal party report. Picture: John Grainger Source: The Daily Telegraph THE NSW Greens' leading Senate candidate for the next election has been accused of questioning the integrity of party staff and levelling unfounded charges. A harshly worded 87-page internal party report on the bitterly fought preselection won by Cate Faehrmann has ...revealed the d [..]

War criminals allowed to escape prosecution

Published on 2012-08-21 02:13:00

From SMH, 21 August 2012, by Barney Zwartz: After seven years of fighting a bid to extradite him to Hungary, a court has confirmed that accused war criminal Charles Zentai could remain in Australia. Photo: Barry Baker NAZI and other war criminals have been allowed to live comfortable lives in Australia thanks to "fickle and cynical" government morality, according to a Jewish community leader. "There has been a gross distortion of decency, allowing fugitives to take the places of re [..]

Israel’s Rights in the West Bank

Published on 2012-08-20 03:53:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 176, July 31, 2012, by Avi Bell: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Commission to Examine the Status of Building in Judea and Samaria (the “Levy report”) has drawn a flurry of overwrought criticism due to its inclusion of a section concerning the lawfulness of Israeli settlement activity. But the report’s argument is surprisingly modest in substance; it does little more than endorse the traditional official Israeli position that the Fourth Geneva Convention does [..]

JPost.comMiddle East Abbas urges Egypt to destroy underground tunnels

Published on 2012-08-15 22:30:00

From JPost, 11 Aug 2012, by KHALED ABU TOAMEH: For first time, Palestinian Authority publicly calls for destruction of underground tunnels, asking Egypt to destroy those along its border with Gaza to tighten blockade. Buoyed by growing tensions between Hamas and Egypt in wake of last week's terror attack in Sinai, the Palestinian Authority Saturday called on the Egyptians to tighten the blockade on the Gaza Strip by destroying all underground tunnels along their shared border. The PA said that t [..]

The war against the Jews

Published on 2012-08-15 22:25:00

From Israel Affairs, July 2012, pp. 319-343, by Efraim Karsh The sustained anti-Israel de-legitimization campaign is a corollary of the millenarian obsession with the Jews in the Christian and the Muslim worlds. Since Israel is the world's only Jewish state, and since Zionism is the Jewish people's national liberation movement, anti-Zionism—as opposed to criticism of specific Israeli policies or actions—means denial of the Jewish right to national self-determination. Such a discriminatory [..]

Charles Zentai case is the last straw

Published on 2012-08-15 22:23:00

From The Australian, 16 August 2012, by Nicola Berkovic and Cameron Stewart:

Holocaust Survivors yet again, see justice denied

Published on 2012-08-15 21:53:00

From the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Descendants, 16 August 2012, by Anna Berger, President: The decision by the Australian High Court not to extradite Charles Zentai is deeply disappointing and disturbing. A properly constituted judiciary in post Holocaust Hungary found that this man had a case to answer and has been attempting to have him do so for decades. The judgement not to comply with Hungary’s extradition request seems to rest on an odd interpretation of [..]

AUSTRALIA’S TOTAL FAILURE TO BRING NAZI WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE

Published on 2012-08-15 21:41:00

From the WIESENTHAL CENTER, August 15, ‏2012: DECISION TO BLOCK EXTRADITION OF ZENTAI TO HUNGARY FOR WAR CRIMES SEALS AUSTRALIA’S TOTAL FAILURE TO BRING NAZI WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE SWC Israel director Dr. Efraim Zuroff Jerusalem-The Simon Wiesenthal Center harshly criticized this morning’s decision by the Australian High Court to block the extradition to Hungary for war crimes of suspected Nazi collaborator Charles (Karoly) Zentai. In a statement issued here by its chief Nazi-hunte [..]

Charles Zentai Still Stands Accused

Published on 2012-08-15 21:18:00

Charles Zentai: accused of a brutal murder

Australian High Court decision on extradition of Charles Zentai

Published on 2012-08-14 21:25:00

15 August 2012:The President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Dr Danny Lamm, said today:“The High Court’s decision today means that Charles Zentai will not be extradited to Hungary. This is a sad day for the family of Peter Balazs and those who wish Zentai to face his accusers. Zentai himself initially said that he was anxious to return to Hungary to clear his name, but that line was quickly abandoned.”“The violent death of the young boy Peter Balazs in Hungary in 1944 was c [..]

"Palestine" is where the Jews are

Published on 2012-08-11 01:22:00

From JPost, 9 Aug 2012, by Martin Sherman: I do not think there is a Palestinian nation at all. I think there is an Arab nation. I think it’s a colonialist invention – a Palestinian nation. When were there any Palestinians? Where did they come from? I think there is an Arab nation. – Azmi Bashara The Palestinian people are an integral part of the Arab nation.... The Palestinian people believe in Arab unity. In order to contribute their share toward the attainment of that objective, howeve [..]

Marion Le Pen joins French aryan royalty

Published on 2012-08-06 18:09:00

From The Australian, August 07, 2012, by Matthew Campbell

Syrian PM defects

Published on 2012-08-06 17:59:00

From The Australian, August 07, by AFP

IDF thwarts infiltration attempt by terrorists at Israel-Egypt border

Published on 2012-08-06 01:29:00

From the IDF Website, 5 August 2012:

Riyadh deports 35 Ethiopian Christians for praying

Published on 2012-08-06 00:09:00

From JERUSALEM POST 5 Aug 2012, by BENJAMIN WEINTHAL: 29 women, 6 men assaulted while in jail for months after being detained for holding an all-night prayer vigil in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Baz Ratner / Reuters BERLIN – Saudi Arabia deported 35 Ethiopian Christians last week after incarcerating them for over seven months for praying in advance of the Christmas season in December 2011... International Christian Concern [ICC] wrote on its website that “Saudi Arabia deporte [..]

Tom Friedman: ‘Robbed Cossack’?

Published on 2012-08-05 01:06:00

From JPost, 2 August 2012, by Martin Sherman: Robbed Cossack’: Hebrew idiom for a villain who complains about the wrongs (imaginary or not) done to him that he has done to others. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided – Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) at the annual AIPAC conference, June 4, 2008 Congress maintains its commitment to relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and urges the President, pursuant to the Jerusalem Emba [..]

Some plain facts about the "settlers"

Published on 2012-08-04 18:31:00

There is so much bullshit published, and

On Iran: US and Israel using different clocks

Published on 2012-08-01 21:08:00

From JPost, 3 Aug 2012, by Herb Keinon: ...if Iran does not voluntarily and peacefully decide to halt its program, “we cannot allow the nuclearization of Iran,” [PM Bibi Netanyahu] said. In an interview with Channel 1, Netanyahu made clear that Israel and the US had different time references regarding the problem. “The US is big and distant, Israel is smaller and closer to Iran, and – of course – we have different capabilities,” [Netanyahu] said. “So the American clock regard [..]

Arab Spring of Imposed Islamism

Published on 2012-08-01 20:49:00

From PMW, 1 August 2012, by by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook:

Thank Israel that Saddam Hussein and Assad Never Got Nukes

Published on 2012-07-31 22:26:00

From the Huffington Post, 30 July 2012, by Alan Elsner: As the death toll mounts in Syria and the country slides deeper into civil war, the world should be thankful that the Assad regime never succeeded in developing nuclear weapons -- which almost happened in 2007. The danger presented today by the presence of Syrian chemical and biological weapons is bad enough. Just think how much more dangerous the situation would have been if there were loose nukes lying around. According to a new history [..]

Romney Stands with Israel

Published on 2012-07-31 05:11:00

From Daniel Pipes, 29 July 2012: Mitt Romney in Jerusalem Mitt Romney ...delivered a stem-winder of a speech to the Jerusalem Foundation today, packing emotional support with frank policy statements. The contrast with Obama could hardly be more dramatic. Indeed, one could go through the speech and note the many refutations of Obama. For example, the opening comment that "To step foot into Israel is to step foot into a nation that began with an ancient promise made in this land" directly cont [..]

Gaza drifts away from West Bank and towards Egypt

Published on 2012-07-31 04:37:00

From the Council on Foreign Relations (USA),

The White House can't name the capital of Israel?

Published on 2012-07-30 18:00:00

White House press secretary Jay Carney is asked by a reporter what is the capital of Israel.Reporter: What city does this Administration consider to be the capital of Israel? Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?Jay Carney, White House press secretary: Um... I haven't had that question in a while. Our position has not changed. Can we, uh...Reporter: What is the capital [of Israel]?Jay Carney: You know our position.Reporter: I don't.Lester Kinsolving, World Net Daily: No, no. She doesn't know, that's why she a [..]

Iran adopts an agressive stance in the Mediterranean

Published on 2012-07-30 04:30:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 175, July 26, 2012, by Dr. Shaul Shay*:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: As tensions rise in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear weapons program, Tehran has upped the ante by developing an aggressive new naval strategy and sent warships to the Mediterranean for the first time since 1979. In addition, it threatens to block key straits in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf that would cripple Western shipping routes. Such bold moves by the Iranian navy are clearly meant to intimi [..]

Israel and the U.S. congressional elections

Published on 2012-07-25 19:57:00

From Israel Hayom, 26 July 2012, by Yoram Ettinger: During a June 15, 2012 seminar at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bill Schneider, a leading expert on U.S. politics, reaffirmed that both chambers of Congress play a key role in determining U.S.-Israel relations. In 1990, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Henry Garrett II asked Senator Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, to delete from the proposed defense bill an amendment stipulating the u [..]

The "peace treaty" with Egypt looks shaky...

Published on 2012-07-25 19:50:00

From JPost, 24 July 2012, by Isi Leibler: We in Israel are on the front lines. This means that our border with Egypt will need to be strongly secured and Israel must gird itself for an increase in terrorist attacks. Photo: REUTERS

World Bank: PA economy not strong enough to support a state

Published on 2012-07-25 18:59:00

From JTA, July 25, 2012: The Palestinian economy is not yet strong enough to support a sovereign state because of its heavy reliance on foreign aid, according to a World Bank report. “The Palestinian Authority ...economy is currently not strong enough to support such a state,” economist John Nasir said in a statement accompanying the report, which was released Wednesday. The PA says it is facing its worst financial crisis since it was founded in 1994, with debts of $1.5 billion and an i [..]

What "Occupation"?

Published on 2012-07-23 21:45:00

From The Weekly Standard, 20 July 2012, by Dore Gold*: In January 2012, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yaakov Neeman, the justice minister, turned to former Israeli supreme court justice Edmond Levy to head a panel of legal experts that would look into questions of land ownership in the West Bank. The initiative came about when it was discovered that a housing project in the settlement of Beit El, north of Jerusalem, had been built years earlier on Palestinian private land, and th [..]

Iranian Global Terror

Published on 2012-07-23 21:14:00

15-minute video published on YouTube, Jul 22, 2012 by RightSightings: With Civil War raging in Syria, and Israel charging Iran was behind a bombing that killed five tourists, Chris Wallace is joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to a compelling interview to expose the truth, and to determine which steps need to be taken to avoid further death in the future. Transcript: ….WALLACE:

Jewish blood is cheap to the Olympic Committee

Published on 2012-07-21 03:07:00

From Tablet, 17 July 2012, by Deborah Lipstadt: For the past few months there has been a concerted effort to get the International Olympic Committee to set aside one minute of silence at the opening ceremony at this year’s games to commemorate the Israeli athletes who were murdered—not killed, murdered—at the Munich games in 1972.  Jacques Rogge president of the International Olympic Committee FOR WHOM JEWISH BLOOD IS CHEAP  The games, held this year in [..]

Olmert: Count Your Blessings and Retire Graciously

Published on 2012-07-21 02:49:00

From Isi Leibler, July 16, 2012: Following the verdict of the Jerusalem District Court, I was very relieved that Ehud Olmert will not be behind bars, unless the “Holyland” trial determines otherwise. It would have reflected adversely on the state of Israel for a former Prime Minister to be incarcerated in addition to our former president. However, there is a surrealistic tone to Olmert’s triumphalist responses and the arrogant predictions of his acolytes that he is now on the road to regai [..]

West-Bank-istan on top of Gaza-stan?

Published on 2012-07-21 02:48:00

From JPost, 20 July 2012, by Martin Sherman: "The major issue is not [attaining] an agreement, but ensuring its actual implementation in practice. The number of agreements the Arabs have violated is no less than number which they have kept." – Shimon Peres, Tomorrow is Now (1978) ... in redoubling their efforts to reach their preferred mode of resolution of the Palestinian issue, [two-state advocates] seem to have forgotten that the real aim is not an agreement on the establishment of a Pales [..]

Israeli Tourist bus bombed in Bulgaria

Published on 2012-07-18 20:56:00

From JPost, 19 July 2012, by HERB KEINON, YAAKOV KATZ: Netanyahu blames Iran for bombing near Burgas airport, vows to act "forcefully" against Tehran-backed terror on targets abroad. Photo: REUTERS Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Wednesday for the bomb attack that killed at least seven people and wounded dozens more on a bus carrying Israelis just outside the airport in Burgas on the Black Sea coast. Netanyahu, who said “all signs lead to Iran,” warned that Israel wo [..]

Deconstructing Discriminatory Dershowitz

Published on 2012-07-13 20:38:00

From JPost, 12 July 2012, by Martin Sherman:  Martin Sherman  Alan Dershowitz ...I feel a certain discomfort in ...[contradicting] such a staunch supporter of Israel as Dershowitz. But his good intentions are no guarantee of the quality – or the consequences – of his political prescriptions, and given his significant public influence and considerable media access, his well-meaning but ill-advised proposals cannot go unchallenged. This is particularly true of his recent offering [..]

Syria moves chemical weapons

Published on 2012-07-13 20:21:00

From Israel Hayom, 14 July 2012: WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said that Syria has started to move part of its chemical weapons arsenal out of storage facilities... The country's undeclared stockpiles of sarin nerve agent, mustard gas and cyanide ...[are] believed to be the world's largest stockpile. ...Some fear Assad may want to use the weapons against rebels or civilians, while others said perhaps he is trying to safeguard them from his opponents... "This could set the precedent of WMD [weapo [..]

Syrian Regime massacres 200 civilians in rebel village of Tremseh

Published on 2012-07-13 20:20:00

From Israel Hayom, 14 July 2012: ...

Genocidal Sudan to Win Seat on U.N.’s top human rights body

Published on 2012-07-13 20:14:00

From UN Watch, 12 July 2012: GENEVA, July 12 - The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch urged United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay to urgently speak out against the African-backed bid by Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir, indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court, for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council. Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir, indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court Last week, the [..]

Lifestyles of Rich, Palestinian Cronies

Published on 2012-07-12 04:40:00

From the Washington Free Beacon, July 11, 2012, by

Syria Running for the UN Human Rights Council...really!

Published on 2012-07-11 23:35:00

From UN Watch, 4 July 2012, by Hillel Neuer:  This murderous dictator may become a "UN Human-Rights champion" ...even he finds this funny GENEVA - In the past decade, the U.N. Human Rights Council elected Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya as chair, hailed Sri Lanka’s “promotion and protection of all human rights” after its army had killed thousands of civilians, and convened an emergency session to lament the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of the Hamas terrorist or [..]

Is Assad's regime unravelling?

Published on 2012-07-11 23:26:00

From Fox News, 11 July 2012, by Associated Press writers*: The Syrian ambassador to Iraq has defected, denouncing President Bashar Assad in a TV statement Wednesday, becoming the most senior diplomat to abandon the regime during a bloody 16-month uprising. Nawaf Fares, a former provincial governor, is the second prominent Syrian to break with the regime in less than a week. Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass, an Assad confidant and son of a former defense minister, fled Syria last week, buoying Western [..]

Western rabble-rousers promote extremism

Published on 2012-07-11 23:15:00

From JPost, 11 July 2012, by KHALED ABU TOAMEH: Anti-Israel foreign nationals living in the West Bank...participated in ...protests in Ramallah.... The first protest, which was organized by a group called "Palestinians for Dignity", was held to demand the cancellation of a planned visit to Ramallah by Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz. PA policemen and intelligence officers used force to prevent the protesters from marching on PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s presidential compound. At least seven protes [..]

Don't whitewash the role of collaborators in the Holocaust

Published on 2012-07-11 22:58:00

From the Times of Israel, June 22, 2012, by Dr Robert Rozett, Director of the Yad Vashem Libraries: ...On [June 22] in summer 1941 Nazi Germany attacked its ally, the Soviet Union. It was the start of a new and extraordinarily bloody and destructive phase of the Second World War. It was the move that ultimately contributed more than anything else to Hitler’s downfall. Like Napoleon before him, Hitler and his armies could not bring “Russia,” to her knees, and in this “Russia” was helped [..]

Egypt's Real Ruler: Mohamed Tantawi

Published on 2012-07-11 05:31:00

From Daniel Pipes.org, July 11, 2012, by Daniel Pipes and Cynthia Farahat: What does it mean that Mohamed Morsi is president of Egypt? ...Morsi is not the most powerful politician in Egypt or the commander in chief. Arguably, he does not even run the Muslim Brotherhood. His job is undefined. The military could brush him aside. For the first time since 1954, Egypt's president is a secondary figure, assigned the functionary role long associated with its prime ministers. A picture of Morsi and [..]

Interview With the Chief Pilot of the Entebbe Rescue

Published on 2012-07-11 05:09:00

From IDF Blog,

Jurists back legalizing West Bank outposts

Published on 2012-07-09 19:08:00

From CBNews.com, July 09, 2012: http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?catid=57468386&feed_id=999&videofeed=999 JERUSALEM: A [panel of jurists] has recommended that Israel legalize dozens of unsanctioned West Bank settlement outposts.... The panel of jurists, headed by former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy, also concluded that the West Bank is not occupied territory and therefore Israel has the legal right to settle it... ...Dozens of outposts dot the West Bank, in addition to more than 120 fu [..]

The Zentai Case: silencing the ‘memory of offence’

Published on 2012-07-09 05:38:00

From “Genocide Perspectives IV: Essays on Holocaust and Genocide” edited by

Palestine in 1695

Published on 2012-07-09 04:32:00

From Think Israel, by Avi Goldreich (Translated from the Hebrew by Nurit Greenger): ...The author [of Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata, Hadriani] Relandi, a real scholar, geographer, cartographer and well known philologist, spoke perfect Hebrew, Arabic and ancient Greek, as well as the European languages. The book was written in Latin. In 1695 he was sent on a sightseeing tour to Israel, at that time known as Palestina. In his travels he surveyed approximately 2500 places [..]

Farewell Yaakov Meidad: Nazi-hunter

Published on 2012-07-09 04:12:00

From JPost, 7 July 2012. by EFRAIM ZUROFF*: It is a shame that [Latvian Nazi war criminal Herberts] Cukurs’ many heinous crimes were never presented to a court of law, but at least he was not able to escape punishment [at the hands of

Don't let Jonathan Pollard die in prison

Published on 2012-07-04 16:32:00

From the Jewish Press, 18 Nisan 5772 - April 10, 2012, by Yishai Fleisher: http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinion-jonathan-pollard-is-dead/2012/04/10/ ....If Jonathan Pollard dies in prison then our whole generation will die just a little. We will all bear the stain of having not helped the man who risked his life to protect Israel. When our children will ask us: “Were you around when Jonathan Pollard was alive? Why did he die in prison?” The shameful answer will be: “Yes I was around [..]

Spring has sprung...

Published on 2012-07-02 23:29:00

Egypt is fighting both religious and military fascism

Published on 2012-07-02 17:41:00

From the Egypt Zindependent, 3 July 2012: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/brotherhood-dominant-liberals-look-scaf-support-0 The political landscape over the past few weeks has largely been described as divided among an Islamist bloc, a military bloc and a third one that remains rather undefined. The division was best manifested in the presidential runoff election, in which the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsy beat former air force commander Ahmed Shafiq. Amid the polarization, many l [..]

Obama administration turns its back on Israel

Published on 2012-07-02 14:34:00

From the NRO, 2 July 2012, by Anne Bayefsky: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/304559/obama-turns-his-back-israel-un-anne-bayefsky Today, at the United Nations, the Obama administration is turning its back on Israel. For the very first time, the U.N. Security Council has invited the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to “brief” the Council specifically on the subject of Israel and the commissioner’s list of trumped-up sins. Though the U.S. is a veto-holding power, the extraordina [..]

More bluster from the Iranian dictators

Published on 2012-07-01 20:48:00

From

Barack Hussein Obama: A view from Israel

Published on 2012-06-30 16:52:00

From JPost, 28 June 2012, by MARTIN SHERMAN: Three years after Obama’s ‘Beginning’ speech in Cairo, prospects are bleaker for everyone – except the Muslim Brotherhood. ...Almost exactly three years have elapsed between Obama’s June 2009 “New Beginning” speech in Cairo, designed to be a US gesture of outreach to the Muslim world, and the Islamist takeover of Egypt by the Muslim Brothers and their more radical coreligionists, the Salafis. The transformation of America’s relationsh [..]

Just a minute

Published on 2012-06-30 16:40:00

From JPost, 28 June 2012, by Israel Kasnett: Israel has competed at the Olympic Games since 1952. Forty years later, in 1992, Israeli athletes won, for the first time, the silver and bronze medals and Israel has since gone on to win a total of seven medals, including a gold by Gal Fridman in the 2004 sailing competition in Athens. But this year, the number 40 has special significance for a different reason. Israel’s participation and success in the Olympic games has remained overshadowed by th [..]

Dennis Ross proposes population transfer

Published on 2012-06-22 19:56:00

From JPost, 21 June 2012, by MARTIN SHERMAN: ...The entire edifice of conventional wisdom regarding the Arab-Israel conflict is collapsing. ...The folly of a deal on the Golan with the Assad regime, the absurdity of an agreement with the unelected Fatah regime, the myopia of reliance on the durability of the peace with Egypt are all becoming increasingly obvious. Yet to judge from the public discourse on developments in the Middle East it seems that nothing has changed.Refusal to recogniz [..]

US & Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts

Published on 2012-06-20 07:27:00

From the Washington Post, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, by Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Julie Tate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-israel-developed-computer-virus-to-slow-iranian-nuclear-efforts-officials-say/2012/06/19/gJQA6xBPoV_print.html The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according t [..]

PA Doublespeak

Published on 2012-06-19 23:41:00

From PMW, 19 June 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Information has published a book instructing Palestinians which words to use and calling to replace "...poisoned terms." The book, which is called Terminology in Media, Culture and Politics, includes a chart with the "poisoned terms" to be replaced by Palestinian terms. This book and the chosen terms are significant as they officially and accurately reflect PA beliefs, poli [..]

3 strikes against Gazan terror groups

Published on 2012-06-19 00:22:00

From JPOST, 19 June 2012: Airstrike hits terrorists planting explosives on Gaza border; earlier strikes targeted Islamic Jihad operatives. Photo: REUTERS The Israel Air Force on early Tuesday morning struck a terrorist cell which was in the process of planting an explosive device near the border with Central Gaza. The IAF confirmed a direct hit on the terrorist target. This was the third airstrike in twenty four hours....Only hours before the latest airstrike, terror groups fired two rockets, [..]

Greatest Church Soon To Be Mega Mosque?

Published on 2012-06-18 19:13:00

From FrontPage Magazine, 8 June 2012, by Raymond Ibrahim: Though ostensibly dealing with a building, a recent report demonstrates how Turkey’s populace—once deemed the most secular and liberal in the Muslim world—is reverting to its Islamic heritage, complete with animosity for the infidel West and dreams of Islam’s glory days of jihad and conquest. Thousands of devout Muslims prayed outside Turkey’s historic Hagia Sophia museum on Saturday [May 23] to protest a 1934 law that bars [..]

Egyptian Jihad Against Israel (Apparently) Begins

Published on 2012-06-18 07:52:00

From PJ Media, 18 June 2012, by Barry Rubin: Muslim Brotherhood (Probably) Wins Presidency; Egyptian-Islamist/Hamas Jihad Against Israel (Apparently) Begins A well-organized, well-equipped group of terrorists has attacked Israel from Egyptian territory Monday morning, possibly the second such Egyptian-assisted assault in a week. As for the presidential election, the Brotherhood candidate, Muhammad al-Mursi, seems the likely winner. His rival, Ahmad Shafiq, won Cairo by a big margin but it was n [..]

Obama's Pressure on Israeli settlements has undermined peace prospects

Published on 2012-06-17 09:06:00

From JCPA, 17 June 2012, by Steven J. Rosen*: Summary only. Follow the link to view the study (PDF) http://jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/StrategyRosen-14jun12.pdf Mahmoud Abbas participated in 18 years of direct negotiations with seven Israeli governments, all without the settlements freeze that he now insists is an absolute precondition to begin even low-level talks. President Obama's failure to distinguish construction in east Jerusalem from settlement activity in the West Bank put him [..]

Ugly EU foreign policies

Published on 2012-06-16 23:46:00

From The Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2012, by Caroline Glick: With her unbridled hostility towards Israel, the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton provides us with an abject lesson in what happens when a government places its emotional aspirations above its national interests. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, many of Israel's elite have aspired to be embraced by Europe. In recent years, nearly every government has voiced the hope of one day seeing Israel join the EU. To a s [..]

Mohamed Mursi or Ahmed Shafiq? MB or an MB/SCAF alliance?

Published on 2012-06-16 17:24:00

From JPost, 15 June 2012, by Herb Keinon: When Egyptians go to the polls on Saturday and Sunday to decide the first democratic election in Egypt’s long history, one question will be foremost in the minds of the public: Who poses the biggest threat? Is it Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, who many fear will thrust the country on a fast track to Islamic radicalization? Or is it Ahmed Shafiq, a former prime minister, air force commander and “old guard” member whom many cons [..]

Will Islam allow critical thinking and independent judgment?

Published on 2012-06-16 11:35:00

From Gatestone Institute, June 15, 2012, by Harold Rhode: Until Muslim countries and Muslim communities in the West allow their people to express themselves freely -- without fear of reprisal -- it is unlikely that the Muslim world will be able to think creatively and again become a center of science and knowledge, as it used to be in the early centuries of Islam. The exercise of critical thinking and independent judgment – or Ijtihad --was an important way to address questions in the early ce [..]

Russia sends troops to Syria

Published on 2012-06-15 19:20:00

From NBC News, 15 June 2012, by Jim Miklaszewski*: NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports that a Russian military ship carrying troops is on its way to Syria to protect a Russian deep water port. Russia is sending armed troops to Syria amid escalating violence there, United States military officials told NBC News Friday, in a move certain to frustrate Western efforts to put pressure on the regime of President Bashir Assad. Moscow has sent a ship carrying a small contingent of combat forces to g [..]

J Street: anti-Israel, anti-peace and cannot tell the truth

Published on 2012-06-14 23:03:00

From The Gatestone Institute, June 14, 2012, by Alan M. Dershowitz: President Obama recently ...reiterated to me in private what he had previously said in public: namely, that he would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons; that containment of a nuclear Iran was not an option; that sanctions and diplomatic pressures would be applied and increased first; but that, as a last recourse, the military option would not be taken off the table. What the President said is now the officia [..]

Stay out of the Syrian Morass

Published on 2012-06-14 18:09:00

From The Washington Times, June 13, 2012, by Daniel Pipes*: As the Syrian government makes increasingly desperate and vicious efforts to keep power, pleas for military intervention, more or less on the Libyan model, have become more insistent. This course is morally attractive, to be sure. But should Western states follow this counsel? I believe not. Those calls to action fall into three main categories: a Sunni Muslim concern for co-religionists, a universal humanitarian concern to stop torture [..]

Sanctions and other alternatives may be given more time to stop Iran

Published on 2012-06-14 08:36:00

From the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 14 June 2012: Over the last six months, the prospects of an Israeli preemptive strike against the Iranian nuclear weapons program have been much discussed. Back in early February, media reports suggested that the US Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, was increasingly concerned about a possible ‘window’ for an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities during the months of April, May and June. The Israelis said they feared the Iranian n [..]

Teaching hatred in kindergarten

Published on 2012-06-12 20:07:00

From Ynet News, 12 June 2012, by Elior Levy: Kids at Islamic Jihad kindergarten celebrate end of year

Face facts: Iran wants nucear weapons

Published on 2012-06-12 01:00:00

From The Australian, June 12, 2012, by Emanuele Ottolenghi: AS negotiations over Iran's nuclear program are about to resume in Moscow next Monday, Western leaders insist that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has yet to make a decision about whether to build nuclear weapons, despite evidence that Iran has been seeking nuclear weapons ever since the beginning of its nuclear program, almost 30 years ago. ...On February 25, for example, the Director of US National Intelligence, James [..]

Waves of Freedom

Published on 2012-06-11 18:50:00

“Aliya Bet,” facilitated the “illegal” immigration of the wretched survivors of the Holocaust into pre-state Israel. For four decades, the role that about 200 North American volunteers played in Aliya Bet has remained one of history’s forgotten chapters. Not until Murray Greenfield’s book The Jews’ Secret Fleet was first published in 1987 did the heroic story of the young American volunteers come to light. Last year, an hour-long documentary film by Alan Rosenthal called Waves of [..]

UN-supported puppet show:"don't smoke - carry a machine gun"

Published on 2012-06-11 03:59:00

From PMW, 4 June 2012: Puppet 1: "I wanted to stand before the audience and sing to Jerusalem, which is being kept from us. Jerusalem, whose youth are being killed by the Jews. To sing and to say: Jerusalem, we are coming, Jerusalem, the time of death has arrived. Jerusalem, we will not surrender to the enemies or be humiliated." Puppet 2: "What am I doing to myself [by smoking]? I, and many other youth like me, think that through cigarettes we will be adults and men. Jerusalem doesn [..]

North Korea still poses a threat to Israel

Published on 2012-06-10 03:12:00

From the North Korea Herald, 3 June 2012, by John Power:North Korea still poses “a constant threat to Israel,” 40 years after a Pyongyang-sponsored terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, the Israeli ambassador has said....The roots of the Lod Airport massacre, which took the lives of 26 people and injured 72 others in Tel Aviv on May 30, 1972, trace back to the North Korean regime. “This attack was the first of its kind, but unfortunately the fight against terrorism has become a daily routine [..]

Recipe for War: Unilateral Withdrawal from West Bank

Published on 2012-06-10 02:59:00

From Gatestone Institute, 08 June '12, by Khaled Abu Toameh: .Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak believes that Israel should consider a unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank if negotiations with the Palestinian Authority fail to bear fruit.Under the current circumstances, such a move would lead to the creation of another radical Palestinian Islamic entity, this time in those parts of the West Bank that would be handed over to Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad. Any land that is handed over [..]

Comparative Demographics 101

Published on 2012-06-09 19:09:00

From Israel Hayom, 1 June 2012, by Yoram Ettinger: (Also see this recent JIW posting on the subject) ...the fertility rate among young Arabs in Judea and Samaria — at an average of three births per woman — has converged with the respective fertility rates of young Israeli Arabs and Jews, while (mostly secular) Jewish fertility rates are currently trending upwards and Arab fertility rates are trending downwards. The Arab fertility rate in Judea and Samaria is declining at an acceler [..]

"RE-EMERGING: The Jews of Nigeria"

Published on 2012-06-09 19:01:00

From YouTube, Apr 18, 2012: "RE-EMERGING: The Jews of Nigeria"A Documentary Film by Jeff L. LiebermanSeveral years ago, the Internet was introduced into the more rural parts of southeast Nigeria. As it has done for so many people around the world, it opened the eyes of a few young Igbo people and began answering some difficult questions of identity. For Shmuel (who was then called Sam), the nagging question he wanted answered was whether there was any truth to the long-told lore that the Ig [..]

"How are such people supposed to govern?"

Published on 2012-06-08 12:09:00

From Raymond Ibrahim, 4 June 2012: http://www.raymondibrahim.com/11798/graphic-video-tunisian-muslims-slaughter-convert Liberal talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today" airing a video of Muslims in Tunisia slicing a young man's head off for the crime of apostasy, in this case, the crime of converting to Christianity and refusing to renounce it. The video—be warned, it is immensely graphic—[can be seen in the posting on Raymond Ibrahim's blog] ....(the actual executio [..]

Touring Muslim lecturer has two messages

Published on 2012-06-08 04:54:00

From:The Australian, June 07, 2012, by Rowan Callick, Asia-Pacific editor:

OECD: Israeli technology can alleviate global water crisis

Published on 2012-06-07 18:15:00

From Ynet News, 7 June 2012, by Billie Frenkel: Angel Gurría says OECD will use Israeli technology, knowhow in third world countries in efforts to halt global water crisis Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurría announced Wednesday that the organization intends to distribute Israeli technology and know how to third world countries as part of the efforts to deal with the global water crisis. Gurria made his announcement at a meeting held at the Mekorot National Water Company in Tel Aviv in [..]

End the Fake Palestinian Refugee Farce!

Published on 2012-06-07 00:53:00

From:The Australian, June 04, 2012, by Daniel Pipes*: THE fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or "settlements". Rather, it concerns the so-called Palestine refugees. So-called, because of the nearly five million official refugees served by the UN's Palestinian refugee relief agency UNRWA, only about 1 per cent are real refugees who fit the agency's definition of "people whose normal place of residence was P [..]

Fertility Decline in the Muslim World

Published on 2012-06-06 17:41:00

From Stanford University Policy Review #173, June 01, 2012, by Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt and Apoorva Shah (Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt chair in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute, where Apoorva Shah served as research fellow): ... the United Nations Population Division (UNPD) and the United States Census Bureau (USCB) — regularly estimate and project population trends for all the countries in the world.... ...The unpd provides estimates and projections for period [..]

UN appoints Murderous Mugabe as "Leader for Tourism"

Published on 2012-06-06 11:57:00

From AIJAC's Australia Israel Review, 1 June 2012 by Sharyn Mittelman: The UN has often suffered from a ‘credibility' issue because of its choice of appointments (see previous AIJAC blog post), and the latest appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as "Leader for Tourism" illustrates once again why. UN 'Leader for Tourism'

Is Syria Immune from the Arab Upheavals?

Published on 2012-06-05 21:04:00

Jonathan Spyer is in Australia. The following is from my notes of his various speaking engagements in Perth: On Middle-East geopolitics in general: the expulsion of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in the early 1990s heralded a period of undisputed US dominance of the region (the Oslo "peace process" with Israel was a consequence) within the Iranian regime, "radical conservatives" rose to the fore. Their "ticket": to act as a counterforce to US hegemony AND to destroy Israel. the antisemitism of th [..]

Jewish voters sour on Obama

Published on 2012-06-05 18:29:00

From the Washington Free Beacon, June 5, 2012: Typically liberal Jewish voters appear to be souring on President Obama, according to a recent poll conducted by a left-leaning Jewish social values organization. Obama was selected by 59 percent of those Jewish voters polled—down significantly from the 78 percent of the Jewish electorate Obama garnered in 2008, according to a Workman’s Circle Poll. Twenty-seven percent of those polled selected a general Republican candidate over Obama. Repla [..]

Update on the Kofi Annan "peace plan" in Syria

Published on 2012-06-05 17:46:00

From The Australian, 6 June 2012, by by AFP & AP: ...According to the UN monitors, 108 people -- 59 of them children and 34 women -- were slaughtered in rebel-controlled villages near the town of Houla in central Syria. The UN says pro-government Shabiha militiamen were responsible for up to 80 per cent of the killings in Houla on May 25 -- cutting throats and shooting their victims at point-blank range after tanks bombarded the villages. ...[Syrian] troops and pro-government militia backed by t [..]

More trouble looms for Iran

Published on 2012-06-04 19:07:00

From Commentry Magazine, 4June 2012, by Emanuele Ottolenghi: When OPEC meets later this month for its ministers’ summit, price-hawk Iran will confront a new reality – for the first time since the beginning of international sanctions against the regime in Tehran, oil prices are in free fall. In the last few days, Brent Crude is finally trading below $100, a barrel benchmark. Crude traded at the New York Mercantile Exchange was trading today around $83 a barrel. For Iran, this is bad news. Fo [..]

Eichmann: may he never rest in peace

Published on 2012-06-02 23:15:00

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A great time for a fresh look at the Armenian Genocide

Published on 2012-05-29 17:38:00

From National Post, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, by Jonathan Kay, Managing Editor for Comment at the National Post, and a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies: This week, a Turkish court approved a criminal indictment against four former Israeli military commanders for their alleged role in the deaths of nine Turkish activists who were trying to break Israel’s blockade of Hamas-run Gaza in 2010. The indictment calls for between 8,000 and 18,000 life sentences for each of the Israeli [..]

The 'Flame' ('Worse Than Stuxnet') Computer Virus Strikes Iran

Published on 2012-05-29 08:14:00

From INN, 28 May 2012, by Chana Ya'ar: Iranian security experts report a virus far more dangerous than the Stuxnet worm has struck the country's computer systems. Iranian security experts report a virus far more dangerous than the Stuxnet worm has struck the country's computer systems. Dubbed the “Flame,” the virus is one that has struck not only Iran, however, but a number of other enemies of Israel as well. The Kaspersky Internet security firm is calling the “Flame” data-stealing viru [..]

We need wise leadership...

Published on 2012-05-29 07:32:00

From Rabbi Sacks, 29 May 2012: ...If we are to negotiate the coming years safely ...we need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher. It’s an idea at the heart of Judaism. The story, though never set out explicitly, lies just beneath the surface of the Mosaic books. The surface narrative, told in the books of Exodus and Numbers, is about miracles. Moses leads the Israelites to freedom, and all along the [..]

A new dilemma in hosting a German president

Published on 2012-05-29 07:21:00

From JPost, 28 May 2012, by Efraim Zuroff: ...the visit to Israel this week of recently elected (this past March 18) German President Joachim Gauck poses a serious dilemma for Israeli leaders. For the first time ever, the visiting German head of state does not share the heretofore-accepted narrative of the uniqueness of the Holocaust and its recognition as a sui generis event in the annals of mankind. Given the fact that in Germany the primary function of the president, who does not have executi [..]

PA TV glorifies armed attacks against Israel

Published on 2012-05-29 04:03:00

From a PMW Bulletin, May 28, 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Palestinian Authority TV recently broadcast a music video glorifying and calling for armed attacks against Israel. The official PA TV broadcast, which resembles videos that were common on PA TV during the 5-year PA terror campaign (the Intifada, 2000-2005), shows masked fighters shooting automatic weapons, launching rockets and RPGs, and blowing up an Israeli tank. While showing numerous armed att [..]

Stolen Lives and a Stolen Minute

Published on 2012-05-29 03:37:00

From the Zionist Council of Victoria, 29 May 2012, by Jack Chrapot: In less than two months, the Games of the XXX Olympiad will take place in London; a sporting pageant featuring athletes from over 200 nations competing in 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines. The programme will cover nineteen days and hundreds of hours of competition and yet,

Boycott Israeli products? Not in the PA.

Published on 2012-05-28 05:03:00

From Ynet News, 25 May 2012, by Elior Levy: The storm surrounding South Africa's decision to boycott Israeli products manufactured in the West Bank is the result of a successful Palestinian campaign. Yet a Ynet probe reveals that the Palestinian Authority continues to market Israeli products, with locals seeing no reason why they should stop purchasing the products. The boycott, which was recently announced in South Africa, is set to spread to Denmark and Ireland has also announced that it is c [..]

At Shavuot, we remember the Farhud

Published on 2012-05-27 14:16:00

From Point of No Return, 27 May 2012: This Shavuot marks 71 years since the outbreak of the pro-Nazi pogrom in Iraq known as the Farhud.... Jihad is considered no less important of the five pillars of Islam (أركان الإسلام) but this aspect of militant Islam had been neglected in the 20th century... The cause of such neglect was not only European military power, but also the fact that Hashemite Hejaz family led by Sharif Hussein Ben Ali and his sons Princes Faisal and Abd - Allah coope [..]

Breaking the silence on Jewish property rights

Published on 2012-05-27 07:19:00

From The Point of No Return, 4 May 2012: If you listened only to leftwing and human rights groups, you would conclude that Jews had no rights in 'Arab' East Jerusalem, argues Lyn Julius in the Times of Israel. This Lag BaOmer, Jewish pilgrims will be flocking to the tomb of a Second Temple-era high priest, Simeon the Just (Shimon Hatzaddik), in East Jerusalem. But the celebrations will be subdued compared to times gone by: in the 19th century, witnesses report that the entire city, in [..]

Palestine's Self-Inflicted Wound

Published on 2012-05-27 07:06:00

From Huffington Post, 17 May 2012, by Alan Dershowitz: I just returned from a visit from several university campuses during which I spoke about the Israeli-Palestine conflict. On these and other campuses anti-Israel students commemorate the Palestinian Nakba. They call this the Day of Catastrophe on which the Palestinians were deprived of their homeland and were made refugees from their birthplace. They compare their catastrophe to the Holocaust. Perhaps out of deference to the suffering of [..]

The Iranian Leadership's Continuing Declarations of Intent to Destroy Israel

Published on 2012-05-27 06:33:00

From JCPA, 25 May 2012, by Joshua Teitelbaum and Michael Segall*: 　 Iranian declarations calling for Israel's destruction are being voiced by a broad spectrum of the Iranian leadership, including different senior officers in the Revolutionary Guard. These spokesmen are not talking about a long historical process regarding Israel's elimination, but rather a development that is to take place in the near term. These calls for the destruction of Israel for the most part are not made in the con [..]

What Iran's Dictators really Want...

Published on 2012-05-26 03:46:00

From The Jerusalem Center, 25 May 2012:

The Treblinka Gold Rush

Published on 2012-05-21 18:57:00

An essay about human depravity, from Tablet Magazine, May 21, 2012, by Jan T. Gross*: After World War II, Polish peasants hunted for jewels and gold amid the human remains at former Nazi death camps (Muzeum Walki i Męczeństwa Treblinka copyright Agencja Gazeta) In Treblinka, Bełżec, and Sobibór over a million and a half Jews were murdered, including the Jewish population of several large cities. And monies as well as valuables, which Jews took on their final journey, hoping aga [..]

Jerusalem hospital shows off a new vaccine that destroys cancer

Published on 2012-05-07 20:35:00

From YourJewishNews.com, 9 April 2012: Early human test results suggest a vaccine can train cancer patients' bodies to seek out and destroy tumour cells.The therapy, which targets a molecule found in 90 per cent of cancers, eventually could provide an injection that would allow patients' immune systems to fight off common cancers including breast and prostate cancer.The first results of trials in people, at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, suggest the vaccine can reduce levels of diseas [..]

Israel warns Hizbollah over Iran

Published on 2012-05-07 19:25:00

From The Telegraph, 6 May 2012, by Adrian Blomfield, on the Israel-Lebanon border: Any Hizbollah retaliation to an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would prompt Israel to launch a war in Lebanon so ferocious that it would take a decade to rebuild the villages it destroys, a senior Israeli military officer has warned. Despite the inevitable international outcry, Israel would be left with no choice but to lay waste to swathes of southern Lebanon because Hizbollah has entrenched itse [..]

Hitler's Long Shadow over Israel

Published on 2012-05-07 08:21:00

From American Thinker, May 4, 2012, by Karin McQuillan: Why do so many Arabs sound like Nazis when they talk about Jews? The answer lay buried for decades in the archives of the Third Reich. Then a generation of younger German scholars expanded their attention beyond the death camps of Europe to Hitler's activities in the Middle East. What they discovered: it was Hitler who financed the modern jihadi movement. Nazi-Arab collaboration was crucial to the Final Solution. The Thir [..]

US military drills Day One after strike on Iran, deploys F-22s to Gulf

Published on 2012-05-07 08:05:00

From DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 28, 2012: USAF F-22s deployed to Persian Gulf US Navy, Air Force, ground, intelligence and special forces units based at home, in Europe and the Middle East, took part this week in a special exercise ordered by President Barack Obama to simulate reactions to a potential US-Israel strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities... Sunday, April 22, the US also transferred a number of advanced stealth F-22 fighter bombers, believed to be from the 302nd [..]

How Anti-Zionism Seduced the Intellectual Left

Published on 2012-05-06 23:29:00

From Quadrant, Volume LVI Number 5, May 2012, by Leslie Stein: [From the Introduction] Can one be an anti-Zionist without being an anti-Semite? Many years before the establishment of the State of Israel one could reasonably adopt the view that the very notion of Zionism was a chimera, for the chances of successfully launching and then consummating the Zionist project seemed rather fanciful. Accordingly, the sprinkling of Zionist pioneers making their way to Palestine in the late nineteenth and [..]

Jewish property rights

Published on 2012-05-06 06:04:00

From Point of no return, 4 May 2012: ...This Lag BaOmer, Jewish pilgrims will be flocking to the tomb of a Second Temple-era high priest, Simeon the Just (Shimon Hatzaddik), in East Jerusalem. But the celebrations will be subdued compared to times gone by: in the 19th century, witnesses report that the entire city, in which Jews were a majority, took part in a massive festival, watched by Christians and Muslims. There was candle lighting, dancing, prayers, haircuts for children. The pil [..]

Beinart Book a Colossal Flop

Published on 2012-05-04 18:44:00

From Commentary Magazine, 3 May 2012, by Jonatan S. Tobin: Both conservative and liberal Jewish critics have panned Peter Beinart’s book about the so-called Crisis of Zionism, giving the onetime neo-liberal scribbler a series of spankings that would daunt a less conceited author. But because the disillusioned lover of Zion didn’t let his own abysmal ignorance about both Israel and the Palestinians stop him from writing a book about the topic, there’s no reason to assume he won’t go on [..]

United Church report shows how Israel-haters have lost the argument

Published on 2012-05-03 06:09:00

From the National Post, May 1, 2012 by Jonathan Kay, Managing Editor for Comment at the National Post, and a Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C.: According to a new report from the United Church of Canada, “the deepest meaning of the Holocaust was the denial of human dignity to Jews.” Oh, really? Actually, I’d say that the “deepest meaning of the Holocaust” was the slaughter of six-million human beings. Being strip-searched by police for no good r [..]

PA celebrates Abu Jihad's terror

Published on 2012-05-02 01:27:00

From PMW, 1 May 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Six sporting events named after the arch-terroristPA TV and PA official news agency WAFA venerate Abu Jihad's 125 killings PA TV broadcast of Abu Jihad speaking in the 1960s and 1970s: "On one street, for example, we will hold 500 people [hostage]... at any moment, he can blow up everyone; blow up their building, or the whole thing, no matter how many people are there... We want to turn the Tel Aviv day black. We want to t [..]

1-4 May, 1948: Arab Legion massacres Jewish residents of East Jerusalem

Published on 2012-05-01 17:35:00

From Aish.com: This time, in 1948: 1 May, 1948: an Arab force ambushed a Jewish convoy on the way to Hadassah Hospital (in "East Jerusalem"), killing 77 Jews, including doctors, nurses, patients, and the director of the hospital. Another 23 people were injured. This massacre attracted little attention and is never mentioned by those who are quick to bring up Deir Yassin. Moreover, despite attacks such as this against the Jewish community in Palestine, in which more than 500 Jews were killed in [..]

Egypt on the Brink of Starvation

Published on 2012-05-01 11:51:00

From The Asia Times, 1 May 2012, by Spengler:Egypt's national tragedy took a turn towards farce April 27, when Saudi Arabia closed its embassy and several consulates after demonstrations that "threaten the security and safety of Saudi and Egyptian employees, raising hostile slogans and violating the inviolability and sovereignty", according to a Saudi statement. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States were supposed to anchor an international aid package that will forestall a disorderly financial [..]

Kadima would Give the Palestinians 100%

Published on 2012-05-01 11:32:00

From INN, 7 April 2012:Kadima head Shaul Mofaz says he will give the PA 100% of its territorial demands if he is elected Prime Minister. Shaul Mofaz Opposition leader Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) told the The New York Times that he would "respond to 100% of the territorial demands of the Palestinians" if elected Prime Minister. “I intend to replace Netanyahu,” Mr. Mofaz, 63, said. “I will not join his government.” Mofaz said that he believed Israel should keep the main settlement blocs, [..]

Middle East Myths and Facts

Published on 2012-04-30 03:20:00

From Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr 2012

Peter Beinart attracts the dersion of almost every senior figure in the American foreign policy world

Published on 2012-04-28 04:30:00

From AIJAC, 27 April 2012, by Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz: Peter Beinart...has been a figure of much controversy lately due to his new book The Crisis of Zionism -- an extension of his 2009 essay 'The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment' in the New York Review of Books -- in which he makes the case that the Jewish community in America is taking an incorrect line on Israel and provides his own perspective on how the Israeli/Palestinian conflict ought to be addressed. The book provoked a li [..]

Record birth rate in Israel over past year

Published on 2012-04-27 22:38:00

From Israel Hayom Newsletter, April 25, 2012, by Zeev Klein: As Israel turns 64, it takes the command to "be fruitful and multiply" to heart • Population reaches 7.8 million, an almost tenfold increase since the state's establishment in 1948, when it was home to 806,000 people. Baby boom: Israel's population is almost 10 times larger than on its first Independence Day in 1948. | Photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef B [..]

The West must match Russia’s strategic clarity in Syria

Published on 2012-04-27 22:31:00

From NOWLebanon, April 26, 2012, by Tony Badran, research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies: A picture of the Syrian president splattered with fake blood next to a Russian flag ahead of an anti-Assad protest in Beirut. Russia wants Assad’s Alawite-led regime to continue as its only foothold in the region. (AFP photo) Russian foreign policy scored another victory last week with the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 2043, which established a supervision mis [..]

Iran is only months from becoming a nuclear power.

Published on 2012-04-27 22:21:00

From AIJAC, Apr 26 2012, by

Iran vs Israel

Published on 2012-04-21 00:56:00

This 5-minute video from TheLandofIsrael.com, 19 April 2012, has already had almost 2 million views in 2 days!:

Intellect is not wisdom

Published on 2012-04-21 00:27:00

Intellectuals and the Left by Isi Leibler, April 20, 2012

Queensland allows neo-Nazi festival to go ahead

Published on 2012-04-19 18:54:00

From Ynet News, 19 April 2012:Queensland AG says 'disgusting' Hammered music festival not illegal. Former lawmaker claims major white-pride event violates anti-discrimination legislation Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said banning the Hammered music festival, is expected to draw white supremacists from Australia and overseas, is out of the question in the interests of free speech. Bleijie was quoted by the Brisbane Times as saying that he was "disgusted" by the major wh [..]

Australian NGO funding called into question

Published on 2012-04-19 18:39:00

From:The Australian, March 30, 2012, by Jason Edelstein: THE problematic nature of massive funding from European governments to NGOs active in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict is regularly part of the public debate in Israel. Now issues related to Australian funding for such organisations has become part of this important conversation. In a new report, Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Centre) presents "conclusive evidence" that a Gaza-based organisation supported by two Australian gr [..]

Obama support for "Zionist lobbies" is just "rhetoric" ...?

Published on 2012-04-19 18:20:00

This 2-minute video from Youtube, published on on Mar 6, 2012 by CNSNews, is essential viewing: The full question, and her full reply, as posted on the U.S. State Department website follows (follow this link to the full transcript): Questioner: After the electoral campaign starts in the United States – it started some time ago – we noticed here in Tunisia that most of the candidates from the both sides run towards the Zionist lobbies to get their support in the States. And after [..]

Minister Wants Nazi's Nobel Prize Withdrawn

Published on 2012-04-13 18:47:00

From SPIEGEL ONLINE 9 April 2012: Furious Israel Bars Günter Grass for Critical Poem picture alliance / dpa Günter Grass (2010 photo)Israel declared Günter Grass "persona non grata" on Sunday for calling the country a threat to world peace. Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai went further, saying the author should have his Nobel Prize withdrawn... The Israeli government has responded sharply to the controversial poem "What Must Be Said" by Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass, d [..]

PA calls for unity to destroy Israel

Published on 2012-04-10 22:12:00

From PMW, 10 April 2012, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: A Palestinian Authority minister stated last month that the Palestinians should unite in order to focus on the destruction of Israel. At an event with the participation of three PA ministers, Minister of Social Affairs Majida Al-Masri called for Palestinian unity and reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas in order "to turn to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine - all of Palestine.'" Palestinian Media Watch has documen [..]

"Forgotten Refugees": forgotten no more

Published on 2012-04-05 20:07:00

From JPost, Thursday Apr 05, 2012: Justice for Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim countries has at long last become official Israeli government policy. ...On Tuesday, the deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon held a conference in Jerusalem to launch his ministry's report and recommendations for highlighting the issue of 870,000 Jewish refugees driven out of Arab countries. See excerpts of the report below, including a link to the full document. Israel's Jewish population is made up of 52% Se [..]

We must avoid fatal folly that helped to create Europe's 'leaderless jihad'

Published on 2012-04-04 19:51:00

From: The Australian March 31, 2012 by: Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor:CONSIDER this moment. The young jihadist Mohamed Merah, 23, a Frenchman of Algerian background, has recently killed three French soldiers, two of African heritage and one West Indian. He did this to avenge the actions of French soldiers in Afghanistan. He said to one of the soldiers he killed: "You killed my brothers; I kill you." Now he has gone to a modest Jewish school in a peaceful, middle-class suburb of Toulouse and sho [..]

Rev. Wright's Role in the 'Destroy Israel March'

Published on 2012-04-04 07:01:00

From The Patriot Post, Monday, April 2, 2012, by Arnold Ahlert:Obama's mentor served as an adviser to the anti-Semitic Global March to Jerusalem. On March 30th, the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ), an attempt to mobilize millions of demonstrators aimed at converging on the state of Israel and inevitably breaching its borders, took place. Joining the likes of Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Mavi Marmara flotilla veterans, were the inevitable horde of useful idiots from the West, including Brit [..]

March on Jerusalem Fizzles

Published on 2012-04-04 06:53:00

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A Heartfelt Plea for Increased Light by Mrs. Chava Sandler of Toulouse

Published on 2012-04-04 06:38:00

From Chabad, March 2012: My heart is broken. I am unable to speak. There are no ways for me to be able to express the great and all-consuming pain resulting from the murder of my dear husband Rabbi Jonathan and our sons, Aryeh and Gavriel, and of Miriam Monsonego, daughter of the dedicated principal of Ozar Hatorah and his wife, Rabbi Yaakov and Mrs. Monsonego. May no one ever have to endure such pain and suffering. Because so many of you, my cherished brothers and sisters in France and ar [..]

Obama has Israel's back?

Published on 2012-03-28 19:45:00

Clipped by SassVideo from the US Dept of State Press Briefing, 28 March 2012: According to the Obama administration, Jerusalem's final status is "subject to negotiations" ... ALL of Jerusalem, not just "East Jerusalem" (which includes the ancient Jewish Quarter).

It's wrong to make victim of child killer

Published on 2012-03-28 09:36:00

From the Sydney Morning Herald, March 29, 2012, by Paul Sheehan: "Mohammed Merah did not kill without distinction. He was highly specific. He wanted to kill Muslim soldiers in the French army. He wanted to kill Jews. His killings were premeditated." ...On March 20, after Europe was rocked by a string of murders in France, The New York Times ran a prominent story which inferred the killings were a byproduct of anti-immigrant sentiment: For the Times, the greatest threat to social cohesion in Fra [..]

Technion Centenary!

Published on 2012-03-28 09:02:00

From Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar 2012: One hundred years after the Technion’s cornerstone was laid, the now world-famous science and technology institute celebrates its achievements ...Technion alumni played a leading role in creating Israel’s industrial infrastructure and pioneering its technology-based enterprises – which now constitute the highest concentration of high-tech startups outside Silicon Valley. Google, Yahoo!, Intel and IBM all set up R&D facilities in [..]

Warsaw honors fighter killed in ghetto uprising

Published on 2012-03-23 00:12:00

From JPost, 21 Mar 2012: Sixty-nine years after he died in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, a plaque was dedicated to Jewish fighter Pavel Frankel in a ceremony held Tuesday in the city where he died. Composite drawing of Pavel Frankel - a portrait drawn by Gil Gibli* a police artist, based on descriptions provided by the last remaining people who knew him. The ceremony was attended by Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar, former defense minister Moshe Arens, a native of Poland, as well as Warsaw May [..]

Israel inks sixth sub deal with Germany

Published on 2012-03-21 17:38:00

From JTA, March 21, 2012:BERLIN (JTA) -- Israel will receive a sixth Dolphin-class submarine from Germany, significantly increasing the country's self-defense capabilities. The deal was signed Wednesday at the Israeli Embassy in Berlin by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, according to his office. German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere had announced the deal a day earlier. Under the contract, Israel will purchase the submarine, which is capable of delivering missiles. Germany will assume o [..]

U.N. unites on Syria, violence spills into Lebanon

Published on 2012-03-21 17:28:00

From Reuters, Wed Mar 21, 2012, by Khaled Yacoub Oweis:AMMAN (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council, including Russia and China, threw its weight on Wednesday behind efforts by Kofi Annan to end the bloody conflict in Syria, providing a rare moment of global unity in the face of the year-long crisis. In a statement approved by all its 15 members, the council threatened Syria with unspecified "further steps" if it failed to comply with Annan's peace plan, which calls for a ceasefire and demands sw [..]

"Post-Zionist" antisemites and Jews

Published on 2012-03-17 09:53:00

From National Post · Mar. 17, 2012, by David Frum: Over the past 100 years, the world has seen the creation of some 100 new states - perhaps more states in a shorter period than ever before in the history of the world. Most of those new states have not proved very successful. But there is one among the states that has succeeded magnificently: the state of Israel. So guess which is the one state that people worldwide seek to overthrow? Terrorist-sponsoring Pakistan? Oil-corrupted Nigeria? Oppres [..]

Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for "Destruction of All Churches in Region"

Published on 2012-03-15 23:42:00

From Jihad Watch, March 14, 2012, by Raymond Ibrahim: According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is "necessary to destroy all the churches of the region." The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response to a question posed by a delegation from Kuwait ...

Egyptian Parliament is "Israel’s bitter enemy".

Published on 2012-03-15 20:36:00

From JCPA, 15 March 2012, by Jonathan D. Halevi*: The new Egyptian Parliament recently issued a statement undermining the 1979 peace agreement by proclaiming it was Israel’s bitter enemy. On March 12, 2012, Dr. Mohamed Al-Saed Idris, Chairman of the Arab Affairs Committee in the new Egyptian Parliament, presented the committee's official outline of Egypt's regional policy.  The committee's operative recommendations called for an official definition of Israel as an enemy, severing  diploma [..]

It is time to annex Judea and Samaria

Published on 2012-03-15 06:01:00

From a comment on Mordechai Kedar's article on Gaza, dated 15 March 2012, by "Salubrious": ...It is the Soviet dezinformatsia that invented the Palestinian Arab People and the notion that they had a passion for self government. If you look closely at the preamble of the 1964 charter of the PLO drafted in Moscow, you will see its reference to the Palestinian Arab People for the very first time that that collective noun has been employed to describe Arabs local to Palestine. It also asserts they h [..]

Hamas has turned into a standard Arab state

Published on 2012-03-15 05:31:00

From Middle East and terrorism Blog, Wednesday, March 14, 2012, by Mordechai Kedar:

Contemporary Re-Emergence of A Hoax of Hate

Published on 2012-03-15 05:14:00

From ADL: Anti-Semites around the globe still actively circulate the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion". It has appeared in Japan-where bestsellers by anti-Semite Masami Uno cite them as evidence of a "Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world’-and in Latin America (including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay). The document is also favored by such U.S. right-wing extremists as the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations. The most common U.S. edition was published by hatemonger Geral [..]

Iran's War in Gaza

Published on 2012-03-15 05:01:00

From FP, MARCH 13, 2012, BY JONATHAN SCHANZER: This time, it's not Hamas firing rockets into Israel -- it's Iranian proxies seeking to create havoc. Israeli jets pounded the Gaza Strip on March 12 in the latest volley of fire since violence broke out late last week. But they were not fighting Hamas, Israel's traditional bête noire in Gaza. Though radical factions have now fired more than 200 rockets into Israel, the self-described Islamic Resistance Movement has yet to claim responsibility fo [..]

Put Hamas on notice NOW

Published on 2012-03-13 23:08:00

From Word from Jerusalem, March 13, 2012, by Isi Leibler: Last Friday, the IDF struck out against the Iranian controlled Popular Resistance Committees which our intelligence discovered were orchestrating another attack on the Egyptian border. Zuhair al Qaisi, the Secretary-General of the PRC (who had orchestrated the previous terror attack a few months on the Egyptian border near Eilat) and his collaborator Mahmoud Hanani, recently released in the course of the Schalit exchange, were both killed [..]

Another Round of Escalation in Southern Israel

Published on 2012-03-13 00:05:00

From The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center March 11, 2012: Zuhir al-Qaisi's car after it was hit by the Israeli Air Force(Hamas' Palestine-info website, March 9, 2012). Overview 1. On March 9, 2012, a new round of escalation began in southern Israel following the targeted killing of Zuhir al-Qaisi, the secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC). More than 120 rockets were fired at population centers in southern Israel (as of the early morning hours of Mar [..]

Israel 's Defense Requires Action Not Reaction

Published on 2012-03-12 18:09:00

From "Israel Hayom” March 12, 2012, by Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger: The war on terrorism cannot be won by defensive - but only by offensive – means, notwithstanding the impressive performance of the Iron Dome missile defense system. The BackgroundMore than10,000 Gaza-based missiles have been launched, systematically and deliberately, at Israeli cities, kibbutzim and villages since Israel's disengagement from Gaza in September 2005 (1,700 annually), compared with 700 missiles launche [..]

Israel can and will defend itself

Published on 2012-03-12 08:09:00

From Word From Jerusalem, March 12, 2012, by Isi Leibler: Few would envy Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‘s role during the forthcoming months. Whatever spin is applied, the Obama Administration is refusing to draw red lines in relation to military action to forestall Iran’s nuclear threat. In fact there is no clear indication of what their response would be to such an eventuality. Besides, much of the public debate on the issue is conjecture as most commentators are simply not equipped [..]

Does Obama really "have Israel's back"?

Published on 2012-03-12 01:55:00

From JPost, 8 Mar 2012, by Martin Sherman: ...After the first three years of his presidency, political exigencies, domestic and foreign, have forced Barack Obama to try to reinvent himself with regard to his attitude toward Israel. The initial hallmark of his administration’s foreign policy was his outreach to the Muslim world and blatant – some might say brutal – belligerence toward Israel. It is important to remember this in assessing just how much store Israel – and pro-Israeli Amer [..]

The Plight of Mideast Christians

Published on 2012-03-12 00:22:00

From WSJ, 9 March 2012, by MICHAEL OREN: Just as Jews were once expelled from Arab lands, Christians are now being forced from countries they have long inhabited. ...[The Christians'] share of the [Middle East] population has plunged from 20% a century ago to less than 5% today and falling. In Egypt, 200,000 Coptic Christians fled their homes last year after beatings and massacres by Muslim extremist mobs. Since 2003, 70 Iraqi churches have been burned and nearly a thousand Christians killed [..]

Obama at AIPAC -- Truth in Advertising?

Published on 2012-03-08 16:20:00

From American Spectator, 8 March 2012, by Daniel Mandel: President Barack Obama's address this week to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was a remarkable performance of salesmanship. But was there truth in advertising? Striking all the right notes for his audience, President Obama talked up his record of supporting Israel materially, intoning about Israel's security being non-negotiable, preserving Israel's qualitative military edge "with more advanced technology -- the types o [..]

If it looks, feels and smells like a bomb....

Published on 2012-03-05 22:32:00

From Reuters VIENNA, Mon Mar 5, 2012, by Fredrik Dahl: Iran has tripled its monthly production of higher-grade enriched uranium and the U.N. nuclear watchdog has "serious concerns" about possible military dimensions to Tehran's atomic activities, the agency's chief said on Monday. ...[International Atomic Energy Agency head Yukiya] Amano told a news conference at the IAEA in Vienna there were indications of unspecified "activities" at an Iranian military site which his inspectors want to visi [..]

On Iran: "We need actions, not words"

Published on 2012-03-04 22:57:00

From YouTube, 4 March 2012: Netanyahu's former Chief of Staff reacts to Obama's speech on Fox News: "Obama is speaking strongly, but carrying a small stick". "We need actions, not words". SHARE to protect Israel! (Use the buttons below)

The Psychology of Jews Who Embrace Their Enemies

Published on 2012-03-04 04:17:00

From Israel, Jews and Judaism, Sunday, March 4, 2012: Psychiatrist-author Kenneth Levin: "Those of the Jewish community who live and work in environments hostile to Israel, commonly embrace the anti-Israel bias around them. And they often insist they are being virtuous by doing so." ...“This phenomenon reveals great similarity, at the level of human psychology, to the response of children subjected to chronic abuse. Such children tend to blame themselves for their suffering. In their helpless [..]

Obama: Commander-in-Chief gone AWOL

Published on 2012-03-04 03:52:00

From PJ Media, 2 March 2012, by Anne Bayefsky*: On the eve of a meeting between President Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ...[a] most revealing interview ...is proof-positive of [Obama's] dangerous animus towards the Jewish state and its elected leaders. ...During the interview the president claimed to “have Israel’s back” at the United Nations, among other places. The administration’s actions at the UN allegedly corroborate that his “relationship [with Israel] [..]

"Daylight" between Obama and Israel

Published on 2012-03-03 23:24:00

From the Emergency Committee for Israel, Mar 3, 2012: Barack Obama ran for president as a pro-Israel candidate -- but his record tells a different story.

U.S. Bulks Up Iran Defenses

Published on 2012-02-26 20:40:00

From WSJ, 25 Feb 2012: The Pentagon is beefing up U.S. sea- and land-based defenses in the Persian Gulf to counter any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military has notified Congress of plans to preposition new mine-detection and clearing equipment and expand surveillance capabilities in and around the strait, according to defense officials briefed on the requests, including one submitted earlier this month. The military also wants to quickly modify weapons systems on sh [..]

All the Israeli concessions have proven to be worse than useless

Published on 2012-02-26 19:53:00

From JPost, 23 Feb 2012, by Martin Sherman: Syria is not lost. Assad is Western educated and is not a religious man. He can still join a moderate grouping - Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Haaretz, November 13, 2009 I fear that the appalling brutality we are witnessing in Homs, with heavy weapons firing into civilian neighborhoods, is a grim harbinger of things to come – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, February 9, 2012 None so blind Askhenazi is not the only senior Israeli leader to articulate an [..]

"Eventually, All Humans Will Be Palestine Refugees"

Published on 2012-02-23 01:25:00

From The Washington Times, February 21, 2012, by Daniel Pipes: Of all the issues that drive the Arab-Israeli conflict, none is more central, malign, primal, enduring, emotional, and complex than the status of those persons known as Palestine refugees. The origins of this unique case, notes Nitza Nachmias of Tel Aviv University, goes back to Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations Security Council's mediator. Referring to those Arabs who fled the British mandate of Palestine, he argued in 194 [..]

The watchdogs

Published on 2012-02-23 00:12:00

From JPost 22 Feb 2012, by YISRAEL MEDAD AND ELI POLLAK*: photo by Mohamad Torokman / Reuters If Israel is bashed, if anti-Zionism rages, if anti-Semitism is allowed to run rampant without response, we have only ourselves to blame. The audience that had gathered for a special showing of the new documentary by Gloria Greenfield, Unmasked: Judeophobia, at Jerusalem’s Cinematheque on Thursday, February 16, was quite upset. The scenes that had been shown from campuses, media reports, pockets of [..]

New Israel Fund: End the secrecy!!

Published on 2012-02-20 21:42:00

by GERALD M. STEINBERG, 20 Feb 2012: NGO Monitor brought to NIF's attention that one of their major grantees was scheduled to speak at this year's "Apartheid Week" ‘Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” This adage might have occurred to the officials, donors and supporters of the New Israel Fund (NIF) when they learned that an official from Adalah – one of their major grantees – was scheduled to speak at this year’s “Apartheid Week” at an event sponsored by BDS [..]

Reliable first-hand report from Syria

Published on 2012-02-17 17:38:00

Dr. Jonathan Spyer, GLORIA Center senior fellow, has just returned from Syria where he met with oppositionists, members of the Free Syrian Army, and local inhabitants. Here’s his first interview on his experiences and observations. Barry Rubin: Dr. Spyer, please tell us about your visit to Syria, what you saw and your impressions. Jonathan Spyer: Well, I spent a week in Idleb province, traveling between a number of different towns. The most striking aspect was the extent of de facto contro [..]

Documenting Hateful Palestinian Incitement

Published on 2012-02-03 01:02:00

From a Word From Jerusalem, February 1, 2012, by Isi Leibler:We are told, day after day, that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is a genuine moderate committed to achieving a peace settlement with Israel. In addition to the international community, even some Israelis – admittedly a dwindling minority – also chant this mantra. Abbas and his spokesman Saeb Erekat bolster this theme by uttering soothing statements in English, endorsing peace to the gullible international community. Y [..]

Israel among world's most educated countries

Published on 2012-02-02 21:56:00

From JPost, 1 Feb 2012: OECD report indicates that Israel ranks second in percentage of population with post-secondary degrees. Israel is among the world's most highly educated countries, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The organization's 2011 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators," highlights Israel for its high percentage of the population in possession of post-secondary degrees. With 45% of Israelis completing university degrees, I [..]

Israel Needs to Build Up Military to Strike Iran

Published on 2012-02-02 19:53:00

From Bloomberg, 2 Feb 2012, by Jonathan Ferziger and David Lerman: Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz said his country must build up its military capabilities and be prepared to strike if economic sanctions fail to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Israel must be “willing to deploy” its military assets because Iran may be within a year of gaining nuclear weapons capability, Gantz said yesterday. ...“There is no doubt that Iran is striving for a bomb,� [..]

Arab League calls for regime change in Syria

Published on 2012-01-23 16:51:00

From FT.com, 23 Jan 2012, by Borzou Daragahi in Cairo: The Arab League will seek United Nations Security Council endorsement for a plan to peacefully end the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and pave the way for a democratically elected government within six months, it was announced on Sunday night. Announcement of the plan, which came near midnight, followed a marathon day of closed-door meetings of Arab ministers trying to end the violence between Mr Assad’s regime, which has used br [..]

Lebanese Army Leader urges Hezbollah to disarm

Published on 2012-01-19 20:16:00

From The Daily Star (Lebanon), 19 January, 2012: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea arrives to attend a meeting in Bkirki, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. (The Daily Star)BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes the Syrian regime is doomed to fall, and is urging Hezbollah to make a historic deal to disarm. “The situation in Syria is getting more complicated. The regime of President Bashar Assad will inevitably fall because it has become weak and lacks internal, Arab and internatio [..]

Syrian tribal leader praised Assad at gunpoint

Published on 2012-01-19 20:01:00

From Asharq Al-Awsat, 18 Jan 2012, by Mohammed Al-Shafey:London – Sheikh Nawaf al-Bashir, head of the prominent Baqara tribe in Syria, revealed that the Syrian authorities forced him to conduct an interview with a Syrian satellite television channel “with a gun to his head”, before releasing him 20 days later. The Baqara tribe is one of the largest tribes in Syria, and estimates indicate that the tribe’s membership stands at 1.2 million Syrian nationals.In a telephone interview with Ash [..]

Groveling to the Muslim Brotherhood

Published on 2012-01-19 04:27:00

From JPost, January 19, 2012, by Isi Leibler: It is profoundly disconcerting to read media reports of the unseemly competition between the US and Western governments to curry favor with the Muslim Brotherhood in the wake of its electoral victory in Egypt. There are chilling parallels to such behavior with the disastrous European policy of appeasing the Nazis which paved the way for World War ll.What those attempting to embrace the Muslim Brotherhood fail to comprehend is tha [..]

There is almost no difference in per capita consumption of natural water between Israelis and Palestinians

Published on 2012-01-18 21:05:00

New BESA Center Study Published The Israeli-Palestinian Water Conflict: An Israeli Perspective by Prof. Haim Gvirtzman This important new study by Prof. Haim Gvirtzman, based on previously classified data, refutes Palestinian claims that Israel is denying West Bank Palestinians water rights negotiated under the Oslo Accords. The study also proposes a practical plan for Israeli-Palestinian water sharing in the future. In this BESA Center study, hydrologist Prof. Haim Gvirtzman of the Institut [..]

Don't believe Iran's hype

Published on 2012-01-18 21:01:00

From WSJ, 17 January 2012, by Emanuele Ottolenghi*: Iran's recent threats to close the Strait of Hormuz have elicited worldwide concern about escalation in the Persian Gulf. The unrest along the strategic waterway has raised the specter of war and spiraling oil prices; Hormuz is the obligatory daily transit point for nearly 20% of world energy resources. Concern about escalation is so high that the Obama Administration this week postponed a scheduled joint military exercise with Israel, lest [..]

Israel's "Peace Partners" continue to glorify terrorism and incite hatred

Published on 2011-07-05 22:05:00

From PMW, 5 July 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Palestinian college class and Fatah summer camp group are named after arch-terrorist Mughrabi who led killing of 37 in bus hijackingA Palestinian summer camp for children and

Hamas looks forward to "the great massacre" of Jews

Published on 2011-07-04 03:55:00

From The Wire, Thurs. 30 Jun. 2011: Hamas foreign minister: as a ‘matter of principle’ Hamas will never relinquish ‘a single inch of the Palestinian land’. ‘In just a few years, all the Zionists and the settlers will realize that their

University and College Union (UK) "inhospitable to Jews"

Published on 2011-07-04 00:03:00

From The Jewish Chronicle Online, July 1, 2011, by Jennifer Lipman: A British academic has announced that he is taking legal action against the Universities and Colleges Union ["UCU"] after it made the "indecent" decision to distance itself from th

Tarek Fatah: “The Jew is Not My Enemy”

Published on 2011-07-03 22:26:00

In this special edition of The Agenda on TVO, Tuesday, April 5, 2011, host Steve Paikin talks to author Tarek Fatah about his new book, “The Jew is Not My Enemy.”

"Stand Up to Islamism!!"

Published on 2011-07-03 21:59:00

Speech by Tarek Fatah* to Ideacity (Canada), 28 June 20011: Excerpts: "...there's a difference between Islam as a faith ...and Islamism, which is ...a political ideology that says that Western civilisation has to be destroyed..." "...I've never

Hezbollah accused of Hariri murder

Published on 2011-06-30 09:18:00

From ABC News, 30 June 2011, by BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY Associated Press:BEIRUT June 30, 2011 (AP) A U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri delivered four arrest warrants Thursd

"Occupied territories" is a politically incorrect term

Published on 2011-06-30 08:32:00

From Yesha Council, 8 June 2011: [PRESS "CC" AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME FOR ENGLISH SUBTITLES]

Flotilla 2 supports terrorism

Published on 2011-06-30 07:02:00

From the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs Vol. 11, No. 6 29 June 2011, published June 2011 by Ehud Rosen: The second flotilla is coordinated by Muhammad Sawalha, a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure connected to Hamas. Many of the participating org

Announcing a breath of "Fresh AIR"

Published on 2011-06-28 02:54:00

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) is pleased to announce the launch of their completely re-designed new website. This is a top to bottom overhaul with the goal of turning AIJAC's already popular site into your one-stop shop fo

Egypt - from bad to much worse?

Published on 2011-06-21 00:22:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 145, June 19, 2011, by Jagdish N. Singh: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Developments in post-Mubarak Egypt are beginning to mirror the process of Islamization that took place in Iran following the 1979 revolution. The Mu

Egypt - from bad to much worse?

Published on 2011-06-21 00:22:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 145, June 19, 2011, by Jagdish N. Singh: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Developments in post-Mubarak Egypt are beginning to mirror the process of Islamization that took place in Iran following the 1979 revolution. The Mu

Palestinians keep adding catastrophes to their history

Published on 2011-06-20 22:55:00

From PMW Bulletins, June 19, 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Palestinians present Oslo Accords as tragedy like Israel's creation and the Six Day War [their problem is that they can't seem to see that the catastrophes ar

Palestinians keep adding catastrophes to their history

Published on 2011-06-20 22:55:00

From PMW Bulletins, June 19, 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Palestinians present Oslo Accords as tragedy like Israel's creation and the Six Day War [their problem is that they can't seem to see that the catastrophes ar

Erdogan’s Imperial wet dreams

Published on 2011-06-18 05:11:00

From HotAiur Greenroom, 13 June 2011, by J.E. Dyer: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a comfortable majority in Turkey’s parliamentary election on 12 June – not enough to change the national constitution without th

Erdogan’s Imperial wet dreams

Published on 2011-06-18 05:11:00

From HotAiur Greenroom, 13 June 2011, by J.E. Dyer: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a comfortable majority in Turkey’s parliamentary election on 12 June – not enough to change the national constitution without th

Massacres in Syria, UN Debates Israel

Published on 2011-06-18 01:16:00

UN Watch Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Agenda Item 7: “Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories” delivered by Hillel Neuer, June 14 [FOLLOW THE LINKS TO TAKE ACTION BY EMAIL]: Mr. President, Hist

Massacres in Syria, UN Debates Israel

Published on 2011-06-18 01:16:00

UN Watch Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Agenda Item 7: “Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories” delivered by Hillel Neuer, June 14 [FOLLOW THE LINKS TO TAKE ACTION BY EMAIL]: Mr. President, Hist

Colonel Richard Kemp: A True Friend

Published on 2011-06-18 00:59:00

From Honest Reporting, June 13, 2011, by Simon Plosker: Richard Kemp Today, Israel faces a conspiracy of delegitimization, which aims to give validity and justification to attacks on Israel by groups such as Iran’s proxies Hamas and Hezbollah,

Colonel Richard Kemp: A True Friend

Published on 2011-06-18 00:59:00

From Honest Reporting, June 13, 2011, by Simon Plosker: Richard Kemp Today, Israel faces a conspiracy of delegitimization, which aims to give validity and justification to attacks on Israel by groups such as Iran’s proxies Hamas and Hezbollah,

Egyptian delusions

Published on 2011-06-15 22:19:00

From the JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL 15 June 2011: If the Grapel scandal is an indication of where the Arab Spring’s winds of change are headed, the portents are dismal indeed.You need not be privy to classified intelligence information or have a

Egyptian delusions

Published on 2011-06-15 22:19:00

From the JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL 15 June 2011: If the Grapel scandal is an indication of where the Arab Spring’s winds of change are headed, the portents are dismal indeed.You need not be privy to classified intelligence information or have a

Ten crucial lessons of the Six-Day War

Published on 2011-06-14 19:56:00

From Aish.com, 14 June 2011, by David A. Harris: Forty-four years ago this week, the Six-Day War broke out. While some wars fade into obscurity, this one remains as relevant today as in 1967. Many of its core issues remain unresolved and in the new

Ten crucial lessons of the Six-Day War

Published on 2011-06-14 19:56:00

From Aish.com, 14 June 2011, by David A. Harris: Forty-four years ago this week, the Six-Day War broke out. While some wars fade into obscurity, this one remains as relevant today as in 1967. Many of its core issues remain unresolved and in the new

Tribute to Al Schwimmer, founder of Israel's airforce and Israel Aircraft Industries

Published on 2011-06-13 19:36:00

Al Schwimmer, who died on Saturday at 94 and whose funeral was held on Monday, was branded a “legend” by President Shimon Peres for his vital life’s work in Israeli aviation. This extract from the book Start- Up Nation, the best-seller on Is

Tribute to Al Schwimmer, founder of Israel's airforce and Israel Aircraft Industries

Published on 2011-06-13 19:36:00

Al Schwimmer, who died on Saturday at 94 and whose funeral was held on Monday, was branded a “legend” by President Shimon Peres for his vital life’s work in Israeli aviation. This extract from the book Start- Up Nation, the best-seller on Is

Gingrich blasts Obama over Israel

Published on 2011-06-13 05:08:00

From CNN, 13 June 2011: Republican Newt Gingrich ...Appearing before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Beverly Hills... focused almost the entirety of his speech on Israel and the Middle East. "Both Israel and America are at a dangerous cros

Gingrich blasts Obama over Israel

Published on 2011-06-13 05:08:00

From CNN, 13 June 2011: Republican Newt Gingrich ...Appearing before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Beverly Hills... focused almost the entirety of his speech on Israel and the Middle East. "Both Israel and America are at a dangerous cros

Gulf Monarchies Confront the “Arab Spring"

Published on 2011-06-13 04:07:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 144, June 12, 2011, by Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The events of the “Arab Spring” are still unfolding, but for the monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), this “spring” offers

Gulf Monarchies Confront the “Arab Spring"

Published on 2011-06-13 04:07:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 144, June 12, 2011, by Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The events of the “Arab Spring” are still unfolding, but for the monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), this “spring” offers

What Islamists plan for our wives and daughters

Published on 2011-06-12 22:16:00

From Translating Jihad, 31 May 2011: ...Egyptian Salafi Shaykh Abi-Ishaq al-Huwayni: We are in the era of jihad. The era of jihad has come over us, and jihad in the path of Allah is a pleasure. It is a real pleasure. ... The poverty that

Turkey's Islamist Revolution

Published on 2011-06-12 19:31:00

From Rubin Reports, 13 June 2011, by Barry Rubin: ...By the end of 2011 more than 250 million people in the Middle East may well be living under what are in reality anti-American Islamist governments, mainly in Iran, Turkey, and Egypt, plus the Ga

BE PATIENT. "The window is closing" on radicalism, not on peace.

Published on 2011-06-12 18:57:00

From The Asia Times Online, 7 June 2011, by Spengler [David P Goldman]: Sometimes, the best thing to do is nothing at all. A generation from now, the Palestinians will make peace with Israel, for a simple reason: they will grow up - literally. Pal

Kiddush clubs declare boycott on Scotch whiskies.

Published on 2011-06-12 09:19:00

From JPost, 12 June 2011, by Samuel Sokol: The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) – a partnership of 250 Jewish men’s clubs that claims more than 25,000 members throughout North America – has joined with synagogues both in Israel and

Will Turkey choose dictatorship?

Published on 2011-06-11 11:54:00

From The Washington Post, 11 June 2011, by Gul Tuysuz: ISTANBUL — Turkey’s ruling party ...is expected to easily win parliamentary elections on Sunday. [but read an alternative view, below - SL] But the true test for the ruling Justice and Dev

US Senators oppose Israel return to 1967 lines

Published on 2011-06-11 11:11:00

From AFP, 10 June 2011: WASHINGTON — US senators proposed a resolution Thursday opposing any Israeli withdrawal to 1967 lines, dealing a symbolic blow to President Barack Obama's efforts to renew peace talks. "It is contrary to United States pol

A nuclear armed Iran could be the price of the Libya campaign

Published on 2011-06-08 02:47:00

From The Commentator, 7 June 2011, by Emanuele Ottolenghi*: Iran is emerging as the great beneficiary of a bombing campaign over Libya with little strategic benefit to the West... Say what you will about the wisdom of NATO’s Libya bombing campaign

Hitler’s First Anti-Semitic Writing

Published on 2011-06-08 00:31:00

From NYT, 3 June 2011: FRANKFURT — In 1919, a soldier in Munich discovered that he could galvanize small groups of fellow trench warfare veterans with virulently anti-Semitic oratory. A superior officer, impressed with the soldier’s oral skills,

How many Palestinian refugees?

Published on 2011-06-05 19:19:00

From a letter to the editor of JPost, 5 June 2011, by Trevor Davis: Sir, ... the number “4.7 million” Palestinian refugees...is patently absurd and is a result of UNWRA having unilaterally defined the descendants of the original refugees as

Palestinianian self-determination, or bigotry?

Published on 2011-06-05 19:17:00

From The Toronto Sun, 4 June 2011, by Salim Mansur, QMI Agency: Recently Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority, took to the pages of The New York Times with a plea for “The Long Overdue Palestinian State.” Abbas’ Time

How to Block the Palestine Statehood Ploy

Published on 2011-06-05 19:13:00

From WSJ, 3 June 2011, by JOHN BOLTON*: Congress can take a cue from Jim Baker in 1989 and threaten to cut U.S. money for the U.N. Now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his recent sparring partner Barack Obama are back in their corn

Jerusalem Arabs Prefer Israel

Published on 2011-06-01 23:59:00

From INN, 1 June 2011: Arab residents of Jerusalem prefer Israeli rule over Arab rule, according to a survey conducted by the Palestinian Authority. Most of those questioned said they would rather live under Israel than the PA. A majority said the

US-Saudi split

Published on 2011-06-01 03:54:00

From WSJ, 27 May 2011, by MATTHEW ROSENBERG, JAY SOLOMON and MARGARET COKER: Saudi Arabia is rallying Muslim nations across the Middle East and Asia to join an informal Arab alliance against Iran, in a move some U.S. officials worry could draw

PA continues to deny Israel's right to exist

Published on 2011-05-31 22:12:00

From PMW, 31 May 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: The Palestinian Authority's ideology is to refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist. The media it owns and controls regularly publish articles that demonize the modern State of Isr

Obama wants to defend Israel, but not from bombs

Published on 2011-05-31 06:21:00

Canada's Harper steers G8 to Israel-friendlier stance

Published on 2011-05-31 06:14:00

From Winnipeg Free Press, 31 May 2011, by: Samuel Segev: TEL AVIV -- The new Canadian government of Stephen Harper is emerging as one of the friendliest countries to Israel in the Western world. This new direction became apparent in the last G8 summ

The Palestinian leadership makes peace impossible

Published on 2011-05-31 06:05:00

From PajamasMedia, May 25, 2011, by Barry Rubin: You can read for yourselves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the U.S. Congress. ...He said: ...They [the Palestinians] ...continue to educate their children to hate. They continue to

Israel is what is right about the Middle East.

Published on 2011-05-31 05:54:00

Transcript &Video From "Ironic Surrealism": Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Speech U.S. Congress May 24, 2011: Speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress, May 24, 2011 I am deeply honored by your

Obama on Israel: genuine antipathy or blundering amateurism?

Published on 2011-05-31 05:28:00

From Washington Post, 27 May 2011, by Charles Krauthammer: Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The long-standing American solution has

Obama: the US leader most hostile to Israel, ever?

Published on 2011-05-31 02:46:00

From JPost, 30 May 2011, by CAROLINE B. GLICK: ...Since his policy speech, president has taken a series of steps that only reinforce sense that he is most hostile US leader Jewish state has ever faced.Photo by: REUTERS In the aftermath of US Presiden

Dispatch Assad to the dustbin of history

Published on 2011-05-27 02:22:00

From National Review Online, May 24, 2011by Daniel Pipes: The revolt in Syria offers great opportunities, humanitarian and geo-political. Western states should quickly and robustly seize the moment to dispatch strongman Bashar al-Assad and his accomp

Netanyau's masterful response to Obama

Published on 2011-05-27 01:25:00

From a posting by Isi Leibler on May 26th, 2011:Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has responded in a masterful manner to Obama’s unanticipated Middle East policy statement - presented without prior consultation on the eve of the Israeli leader’s

Israel's 'leftist intelligenstia" - shooting ourselves in the foot

Published on 2011-05-27 01:19:00

From an email, 27 May 2011, by Martin Sherman: ...Despite some generally praiseworthy performances of the prime minister on his visit to the US - at his press conference with president Obama, in his speech at the AIPAC conven

Palestine Declares Independence and Its Currency Is: the Israeli Shekel?

Published on 2011-05-27 01:05:00

From Hudson New York, May 25, 2011, by Malcolm Lowe: Worldwide euphoria has been generated by the Palestinian threat to "declare independence" in September 2011. Never mind that Palestine no longer has a legitimately elected parliament or president,

Saudi Arabia and USA: incompatible values, but still bedfellows

Published on 2011-05-24 05:40:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 140, May 23, 2011, by Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum*: [brief excerpts only - follow the link to read the full article] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Many in the West have looked upon the “Arab Spring” with hopeful optimism.

Israel's defence should respond to the wider Middle East environment, not just the "Palestinians"

Published on 2011-05-24 05:30:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 141, May 23, 2011 by Dr. Jonathan Rynhold*: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Following US President Barack Obama's May 19 speech, the focus of debate has been on his endorsement of the 1967 borders. Yet, the overwhelming bul

Israel: last man standing....

Published on 2011-05-24 00:31:00

From The Asia Times Online, 24 May 2011, by Spengler (David P Goldman): ...At constant fertility, Israel will have more young people by the end of this century than either Turkey or Iran, and more than German, Italy or Spain. Population aged 1

Fatah also wants to destroy Israel

Published on 2011-05-23 01:49:00

From an email, 22 May 2011, by Martin Sherman: Much fuss is being made about the recent agreement between Fatah and Hamas. Great emphasis being placed on the latter's pernicious and implacable rejection of the right of Israel (and the Jews) to

Defensible Borders

Published on 2011-05-22 10:36:00

From JCPA: Israel, in any future agreement with the Palestinians, has a critical need for defensible borders. This 5-minute video outlines the threats to Israel from terrorist rockets, ballistic missiles, and conventional ground and air threats fr

Joint Remarks of Obama and Netanyahu after 20 May Meeting (15min video)

Published on 2011-05-22 10:21:00

President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Joint Remarks Following Oval Office Bilateral Meeting. Delivered 20 May 2011. (15min video From YouTube) PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU's concluding remarks: ... It’s a great

Obama reneges on Bush commitment

Published on 2011-05-21 16:49:00

From J-wire, May 22, 2011 by David Singer: Remarks made by President Obama at the State Department in Washington on 19 May indicate he is prepared to honour some – but not all – commitments made to Israel by former American President George W B

Obama's speech criticized by a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committe

Published on 2011-05-20 18:09:00

19 May 2011 Washington, DC -- Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on Middle East and North Africa policy. “The

Netanyahu is one of 12 Mid East leaders saying no to Obama

Published on 2011-05-20 13:43:00

From a DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis May 20, 2011: Binyamin Netanyahu locks horns with Barack Obama By rejecting US President Barack Obama's proposal for Israel and its troops to pull back from the West Bank to behind the indefensible 1967 lines, Isr

Obama slammed

Published on 2011-05-20 13:32:00

Senator Joe Lieberman slammed Obama's ham-fisted "peacemaking" yesterday: “Unfortunately, President Obama’s important and constructive speech embracing and supporting the peaceful, democratic revolutions in the Arab world was also undermined by

Aid to PA will fund salaries for terrorists

Published on 2011-05-19 21:01:00

From PMW, May 20, 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: A law published in the official Palestinian Authority Registry last month grants all Palestinians and Israeli Arabs imprisoned in Israel for terror crimes a monthly salary from

Republicans blast Obama's Recognition of Pre-1967 Borders

Published on 2011-05-19 20:46:00

From Newsmax Wires, Thursday, 19 May 2011: Conservatives led by Florida Republican Allen West Thursday were quick to blast President Barack Obama's game-changing recognition of a Palestinian state existing along Israel's pre-1967 borders — a deci

Mahmoud Abbas and the persistence of Palestinian mythology

Published on 2011-05-19 19:41:00

From guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 May 2011, by Matthew Brodsky:How depressing that, even as the plates are shifting in the Middle East, the PA president is still peddling a wornout narrativeThe Palestinian president

US should not tolerate Hamas

Published on 2011-05-19 19:34:00

From Politico 17 May 2011, by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), House majority leader, and Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), chief deputy whip: Terror in the Palestinian territories has taken a decisive step forward. Peace is in retreat. Under the new accord,

Sceptical Reaction to Obama's speech

Published on 2011-05-19 19:24:00

From IsraelNationalNews.com, 19 May 2011, by Gavriel Queenann: Nationalist Israeli lawmakers were taken aback by US President Barack Obama's "new chapter in American diplomacy" outlined Thursday during his much expected Mideast policy address at the

The myth of Palestinian Arab non-violent "resistance"

Published on 2011-05-18 19:23:00

From the "elder of ziyon", Wednesday, May 18, 2011: In Foreign Policy, Yousef Munayyer writes about "Palestine's Hidden History of Nonviolence." He implies that the first violence done by Palestinian Arabs was only in 1935: It wasn't until nonv

The PA is not a true partner for peace

Published on 2011-05-18 18:30:00

From The WJC, 17 May 2011: Israel was willing to have real peace with the Palestinians, but the current Palestinian administration in Ramallah was not a true partner for peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Knesset. The Jewish s

The "Arab Spring" should learn from the “Jewish Spring”

Published on 2011-05-18 18:19:00

From Huffington Post, May 17, 2011, by Danny Ayalon: It is extraordinary that many supporters of the so-called 'Arab Spring' have criticized and condemned the only real 'Spring' to have successfully brought democracy and freedom to the Middle

Palestinian Authority incitement in schools

Published on 2011-05-18 18:11:00

From a Palestinian Media Watch Special Report, 18 May 2011: On the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Israel's independence, Palestinian Media Watch has prepared a comprehensive report describing how the establishment of the state is dep

"Peaceful" Palestinian Nakba Rally: "Massacre the Jews Like We Massacred Them in Hebron "

Published on 2011-05-17 04:39:00

MEMRI Video clip #2929 92-Year-Old Palestinian Woman on Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas/Gaza) - May 13, 2011 - 01:32: Palestinians Should Massacre the Jews Like We Massacred Them in Hebron [often called "occupied Palestinian territory" - SL] Following are exce

Why Isn't Obama Pressuring the Palestinians?

Published on 2011-05-17 04:27:00

From FP JANUARY 4, 2011, BY STEVEN J. ROSEN: Mahmoud Abbas says he won't negotiate with Israel. Why is Obama letting him get away with it? For the first time since the Oslo peace process started 18 years ago, Palestinian leaders are openly refus

Why Is the World Expecting Israel to Make Peace With Hamas?

Published on 2011-05-17 04:18:00

From New York Post, May 11, 2011, by Michael Goodwin: Imagine this nightmare. Instead of sending a team of SEALs to ice Usama bin Laden, President Obama sent a team of negotiators to see if we could talk the terror lord into promises of pe

Israel has the moral high ground and should use it in public diplomacy

Published on 2011-05-17 02:25:00

From YnetNews, May 12, 2011, by Yoram Ettinger:Secretaries of State, Schultz and Baker did not agree with Prime Minister Shamir's worldview, but they respected his principle-driven tenacity. Upon concluding a meeting with then Senate Majority an

Arabs Repeating their mistakes again

Published on 2011-05-17 02:20:00

From a JPOST EDITORIAL 12 May 2011: Instead of devoting so much energy to emphasizing their victimization, Arab Israelis and Palestinians would do well to learn from their mistakes.For Arab Israelis and Palestinians, the creation of Israel was a “n

The hunger to come in Egypt

Published on 2011-05-17 02:13:00

From The Asia Times, 10 May 2011, by Spengler (David P Goldman): Egypt is running out of food, and, more gradually, running out of money with which to buy it. The most populous country in the Arab world shows all the symptoms of national bankruptc

Has Israel lost the will to fight?

Published on 2011-05-17 01:52:00

From JPost, 16 May 2011, by MORDECHAI KEDAR*: ...Recently, a few things changed in the Arab milieu, and we saw the consequences on Sunday. First and foremost is the development of ...the belief that unarmed masses can overcome and defeat dictator

Hamas prepares for genocide of the Jews

Published on 2011-05-17 01:27:00

From The Wire, 16 May 2011: Hamas MP argues that Jews were brought to Palestine for a ‘great massacre’, in order to ‘relieve humanity of their evil’. Following the comments made last Wednesday by Hamas’ foreign minister, Mahmoud Zahar,

Arabs revert to blaming Israel for all of their problems (again)

Published on 2011-05-16 23:22:00

From The Wall Street Journal, MAY 17, 2011: Sunday's coordinated attacks on the Israeli border mark a dangerous turn back toward Mideast conflict. Such a coda to the Arab Spring would be cheered only by Iran, Arab dictators and Islamists. And as per

Ehud Barak’s latest Nakba

Published on 2011-05-16 22:45:00

From JPost, 16 May 2011, by CAROLINE B. GLICK:. ...On Sunday, Israel was invaded along its border with Syria. More than 100 Syrians successfully infiltrated the country and rioted violently in Majdal Shams for several hours. The IDF was reportedly

Italy rules out recognition of unilateral statehood declaration by Palestinians

Published on 2011-05-16 22:18:00

From WJC, 12 May 2011: Italy will not recognize a unilateral declaration of statehood by the Palestinians, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said. At a celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut in Rome he praised the Jewish state as the only democracy in t

Violence on Israel's borders

Published on 2011-05-15 09:10:00

From Reuters, 15 May 2011, by Haim Shafir, MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights*: Violence erupted on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, leaving at least eight dead and dozens wounded, as Palestinians marked what they term "the catastr

Happy birthday Israel!!

Published on 2011-05-10 02:43:00

From Isi Leibler, 9 May 2011: ... Israel represents the greatest national success story of the past century; there is no remotely comparable example of a people renewing its nationhood after 2,000 years. Yes, we are saddened that peace with o

Surge in foreign investment in Israel

Published on 2011-05-08 04:28:00

From "Straight from the Jerusalem Boardroom" #152, May 06, 2011, by Yoram Ettinger (here's what's happening in Israel while Hamas and Fatah kiss and make up, to work on the two pillars of their economy: international aid and terrorism): 1. Isr

Fatah, Hamas and Co. have Slain 981 Israeli Civilians Since 2000

Published on 2011-05-07 07:04:00

From IsraelNationalNews.com, 5 May 2011, by Gil Ronen: Nine hundred and eighty three civilians have been murdered by Muslim Arab terrorists since 2000. The vast majority of the murders were carried out by the Fatah and Hamas terror groups. About

Will the "Arab Spring" halt at the Syrian border?

Published on 2011-05-07 06:59:00

From guardian.co.uk, Sat 30 Apr 2011, by Jonathan Spyer: 'If you mess around with Assad [right], you are issuing a challenge also to Iran [and Ahmadinejad, left] … the west doesn't want to do that.' Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP ...Syria's strategic

Global double standards: Bin Laden versus Yassin

Published on 2011-05-03 23:08:00

From Ynet News, 3 May 2011, by Manfred Gerstenfeld: Double standards applied against Israel: compare the international reactions to the killing of Osama bin Laden by USA, with those to the killing of Hamas terrorist leader Ahmed Yassin by Israe

The time has come to call a spade a spade. Their "resistance" is war.

Published on 2011-05-01 03:27:00

From JPost, 29 April 2011, by CAROLINE B. GLICK: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s response to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority’s peace deal with Hamas [was] “The PA must choose either peace with Israel or peace with Hamas. There is no

Not by bread alone

Published on 2011-04-30 19:08:00

It’s before dawn on Yom Hashoah (27th of Nisan 5771) and the Yahrzeit candles for: my grandmother, Chaya bat Yitzchak; my grandfather, Zvy ben Yosef; and my great-uncle, Mordechai ben Zvy; are alight nearby. I dedicate this personal note to their m

PA capitulates to Hamas

Published on 2011-04-29 01:50:00

From JPost, 29 April 2011, by KHALED ABU TOAMEH: No matter how one looks at it, the Palestinian reconciliation deal is a victory for Hamas. ...Moreover, the timing could not have been better for Hamas. The Egyptian-sponsored deal came amid signs t

USA got Lost on the Road to Damascus

Published on 2011-04-28 10:43:00

From Yahoo News, Wed Apr 27, by Anthony Ventre: ...It was 2007 when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hit the road for Damascus, overriding Bush state department criticism of her attempted rogue diplomacy. What wish-fulfillment fantasies compelled Pelosi t

Assad under pressure as hundreds of Baathists quit

Published on 2011-04-28 10:37:00

From AFP, Wed Apr 27: DAMASCUS (AFP) – Foreign pressure mounted on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and hundreds of members resigned from his party, as troops kept their grip on the flashpoint town of Daraa. ...233 members of Syria's ruling Baat

The Obama Catastrophy

Published on 2011-04-28 06:23:00

From "Word from Jerusalem", April 28, 2011, by Isi Leibler: At every conceivable level, the Obama administration's Middle East policies are spiraling into a disastrous free-fall. Even Obama's friend, PA president Mahmoud Abbas, has explicitly accuse

Dangerous liaisons (particularly for the West) between Egypt and Iran

Published on 2011-04-28 05:25:00

From Il Giornale, April 23, 2011, by Fiamma Nirenstein*: ...after thirty hostile years, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Egypt are preparing to exchange ambassadors. The passage of two Iranian ships into the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal some wee

PM Netanyahu responds to the Palestinian Authority-Hamas agreement

Published on 2011-04-28 05:05:00

From the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 April 2011 (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this evening (Wednesday), 27 April 2011, referred to the anticipated agreement between the Palestinian

Hamas and Fatah try reconciliation (again)

Published on 2011-04-28 05:01:00

From Christian Science Monitor, April 27, 2011, by Kristen Chick, Correspondent: Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah say they've agreed to end a four-year rift. If the agreement holds, it could pave the way for the first Palestinian elect

US: Assad is no peace partner but Gaddafi is worse

Published on 2011-04-26 22:13:00

From JPost 27 April 2011, by HILARY LEILA KRIEGER: Top US State Department official says it's difficult to pursue other diplomatic missions while Syrian regime violently puts down protests.WASHINGTON – After two years of pushing Israel to reach a

'Annexation for declaration' idea advancing in Knesset

Published on 2011-04-26 22:07:00

From JPost, 26 Apriil 2011, by GIL HOFFMAN: MK Danon preparing bills to annex West Bank, repeal Oslo Accords...Ideas about annexing parts of the West Bank that until recently were considered extreme have been gaining traction in the Knesset in recen

Syria Could Soon Join UN Human Rights Council

Published on 2011-04-26 22:02:00

From Huffington Post, 24 April 2011, by David Harris: No, this isn't a bad joke. The very same Syria that today is mowing down its own people in the streets could well be elected a member of the UN Human Rights Council on May 20th. Here's how it w

US radicals participate in planning the next blockade-busting "flotilla"

Published on 2011-04-25 23:46:00

From Canada Free Press, Sunday, April 24, 2011, by Jim Kouri: The main organizers of last year’s so-called Gaza Flotilla ...and assorted radical-left leaders such as President Obama’s friends and colleagues William Ayers and Jodie Evans, are pre

What is the point of dragging Israel, victim of Hamas terrorism into the question of Arrigoni’s death?

Published on 2011-04-20 22:03:00

From Il Giornale, April 16, 2011, by Fiamma Nirenstein: The cruelty of the public execution of a young man who had family and friends, as it was the case with Vittorio Arrigoni's killing, is always awful. And this is clear. What isn’t clear to t

Iran implicates Siemens in Stuxnet cyberattack

Published on 2011-04-20 21:32:00

From Computerworld, April 18, 2011 by Gregg Keizer: ...Iran's Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali laid some of the blame for the Stuxnet worm that attacked his country's nuclear facilities, on Siemens. ...Jalali heads Iran's Passive Defense O

How good an ally is Israel?

Published on 2011-04-20 21:26:00

A Passover Hymn (Da'ye'nu) 2011, about US-Israel relations, from Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, Jerusalem, Israel: "How many degree of beneficence hath the Almighty conferred upon us?! If He had brought us forth from Egypt, and had not exec

US Impotence in the face of Hysterical Hypocrisy at the UN

Published on 2011-04-20 21:20:00

From Fox News, April 18, 2011, by Anne Bayefsky: ...Democracy-seekers are dying all over [Syria]. Meanwhile, at the United Nations, negotiations over what would be the organization’s first-ever definition of terrorism ended with deadlock on Friday

Assassinating Hope

Published on 2011-04-15 00:56:00

From the translation of an op-ed in El Imparcial, a new prestigious Spanish digital daily, April 2011, by Ely Karmon, PhD, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IP

Israel must not succumb to false alarms

Published on 2011-04-13 01:53:00

From an article published 12 April 2011, by Moshe Arens: The important thing is to stay calm, not press the panic button, and not listen to those familiar faces who reappear every now and then with a new-old initiative suggesting that Israel announc

The baby dictator prepares for a long battle

Published on 2011-03-31 07:40:00

From JPost, 31 March 2011, by JONATHAN SPYER: Assad wants to keep his job - his speech indicated he will use all the violence and subterfuge he deems necessary to do. President Bashar al-Assad’s speech to the Syrian parliament was noteworthy mor

U.S. leaders should not excuse the brutality of Syria’s dictator

Published on 2011-03-31 07:30:00

From NRO, March 30, 2011, by Claudia Rosett, journalist-in-residence with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and heads of its Investigative Reporting Project: If Pres. Barack Obama prefers not to intervene on behalf of the protesters being sl

Egypt Minister Proposes Opening ‘New Page’ With Iran

Published on 2011-03-31 05:55:00

The bad guys include Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas...then Lebanon, Turkey ....now EGYPT TOO??? From Bloomberg, Mar 30, 2011, by Mariam Fam: Egypt is ready to “open a new page” with Iran, with which it hasn’t had full diplomatic relations sinc

ALL South Koreans study Talmud

Published on 2011-03-31 05:32:00

From Ynet (Hebrew version), 24 March 2011, translated by The Muqata, 27 March 2011, by Jameel: Close to 50 million people live in South Korea, and almost everyone is taught the Talmud at home by their parents. "We tried to understand why the Jews

Hamas is to blame for Palestinian misery

Published on 2011-03-30 21:18:00

From an interview of IDF spokesman Captain Avichai Adraee on Al Jazeera, 24 October 2009, but freshl;y relevant now: (In Arabic with English subtitles) "...if they store weapons in a civilain house then we will strike it because otherwise they'll us

Jordan Facing Violent Demonstrations, Demands for Change

Published on 2011-03-28 17:33:00

From Arutz Sheva, 28 March 2011, by Chana Ya'ar: Jordan is facing violent demonstrations and political protests that have the potential to destabilize the country...On Sunday, the Jordanian parliament voted to make sure there would be no legislative

Abbas prefers Hamas to the US

Published on 2011-03-28 17:20:00

From JPOST.COM, 28 March 2011, by STAFF*: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to give up hundreds of millions of dollars of US aid if that is what is necessary to forge a reconciliation deal with Hamas, the Associated Press quot

Canada condemns rocket fire on Israel

Published on 2011-03-26 01:21:00

From AFP, 26 March 2011: OTTAWA — Canada "vigorously condemns" a spate of rocket fire by Gaza militants against Israel, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday. "Canada vigorously condemns the rocket attacks on Israel launched from the Gaza

Disintegrating Arab World may enable Islamism to Flourish

Published on 2011-03-26 01:19:00

From Reuters, Fri Mar 25, 2011, by Cynthia Johnston and Mohamed Sudam: SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah said on Friday he was ready to cede power, the third Arab ruler who may be forced out by popular protests which began in North Afr

It's Also Time for Regime Change in the Palestinian Authority

Published on 2011-03-26 00:39:00

From FoxNews.com, March 25, 2011, by Mitchell Bard: While Arabs throughout the Middle East engage in ...[an] effort to overthrow the dictatorial regimes that have enslaved them for decades, the Palestinians have watched ...their plight [fall] off th

The Arab Democracy Anthem: Love, Freedom and Khaibar Yahoud [subjugation of the Jews]!

Published on 2011-03-23 21:25:00

From Quadrant, Nov 2003, by Mark Durie: When Amrozi bin Nurhasin, the smiling Bali bomber, entered a Bali courtroom on the day of his sentencing, he was shouting "Jews, remember Khaibar. The army of Muhammad is coming back to defeat you." What was

Dozens hurt, woman killed in Jerusalem bombing

Published on 2011-03-23 20:03:00

From Ynet News, 24 March 2011: ... woman killed in Jerusalem bombing; Explosive device detonated at phone booth near Jerusalem bus stop Wednesday afternoon wounds nearly 40 people, most of them aged 15-30. [Arab] groups laud attack ...A wom

Now, the Palestinians are on their own

Published on 2011-03-21 04:59:00

From the ARAB NEWS, 21 March 2011, by ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM, Commodore (Retd.), Royal Saudi Navy, now based in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia: ...What if the Palestinians and the Arabs accepted the presence of Israel on May 14, 1948 and recognized its right

The Arab Revolutions: An Israeli Perspective

Published on 2011-03-21 02:21:00

From The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Policy Watch #1778, March 15, 2011, by Ehud Yaari: Israel has been watching the ongoing upheaval in the Arab world with steadily growing concern. While they hope to see a happy, democratic end to t

Here's why Gaza is blockaded

Published on 2011-03-20 18:45:00

From idfnadesk, Mar 17, 2011: A two-minute ummary of the incident in which the IDF Navy uncovered on-board the cargo ship "Victoria" weaponry intended for the use of terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip. The ship had come from Latta

Is a 50-mortar barrage on civilians acceptable?

Published on 2011-03-20 18:36:00

From the Sderot Media Center, 20th MARCH 2011: The Gaza Regime Launched 50 Aerial Attacks on Israel on March 18th - 19th Over this past weekend while the people of Israel were preparing to celebrate the Festival of Purim, the Gaza regime launched 5

Killing babies is not a tactic. It is a crime against humanity

Published on 2011-03-18 18:31:00

From THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ONLINE, March 17, 2011, by Emanuele Ottolenghi, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies: The silliest of all Western reactions to the slaughter of the Fogel family has been to suggest that the murder of t

Swatikas fly in the Lithuanian capital

Published on 2011-03-17 18:32:00

From The Simon Wiesenthal Center, March 13, 2011: Jerusalem - The Simon Wiesenthal Center has labeled a neo-Nazi march of approximately 1,000 participants held this past Friday in the heart of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius “the worst type of a

Israel Seizes Ship Loaded With Iranian Arms for Gaza

Published on 2011-03-15 11:35:00

From The New York Times, March 15, 2011, by ISABEL KERSHNER: JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos intercepted and commandeered on Tuesday a cargo vessel en route from Turkey to Egypt that was loaded with weaponry, Israeli officials said. Military

Let's stop pretending that the PA is "moderate"

Published on 2011-03-15 11:12:00

From PMW, 15 March 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: In the following op-ed PMW argues that Palestinian cessation from incitement to hatred and glorification of terror is not just another issue - it is a prerequisite to a peace proce

Gazans celebrate the Itamar Massacre

Published on 2011-03-15 10:27:00

From The Glenn Beck Show, 15 March 2011:

The "moderate" Palestinian Authority incites terrorism

Published on 2011-03-13 20:36:00

From a PMW Bulletin, 13 March 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: who killed 3 in 2002 terror attack in the town of Itamar PA TV glorified terrorist A Palestinian Authority video TV tribute to "Martyrs" three wee

The grisly work of Arab "peace activism"

Published on 2011-03-13 17:56:00

The Fogel family has permitted the publication of these horrifying photographs of their murdered loved ones so that the world can see the work of despicable terrorists. See this posting for further details.  

Brutal killings of a sleeping family

Published on 2011-03-12 16:55:00

From the Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2011, by Edmund Sanders, reporting from Awarta, West Bank: A grisly trail of toys and blood led paramedics to the first three bodies: a mother, father and their 4-month-old infant, stabbed to death in their bed

New Trends in Arabic Anti-semitism

Published on 2011-03-09 01:47:00

New Trends in Arabic Anti-semitism from Henrik Clausen on Vimeo.

The UN honours a suicide bomber

Published on 2011-03-09 01:36:00

From PMW, 8 March 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: UNRWA youth center names football tournament after first Palestinian female suicide bomber Wafa Idris The Al-Amari Palestinian youth center has announced a football tourn

The two-state solution has sown seeds for the de-legitimization of Israel

Published on 2011-03-08 01:35:00

From Ynet News, 6 March 2011, by Martin Sherman: “…The maximum that any government of Israel will be ready to offer the Palestinians … is much less than the minimum that any Palestinian leader can accept.” The foregoing citation from the

Arabs don’t want a "two-state solution"

Published on 2011-03-08 01:27:00

From Ynet News, 27 May 2010, by Dan Calic: Facts speak for themselves: Arabs don’t accept vision of two sovereign states Twenty five years after the British gave away 76% of the land they promised as a homeland for the Jewish people [1922]

Obama prepares to live with Islamism

Published on 2011-03-07 19:04:00

From The Washington Post, Friday, March 4, 2011, by Scott Wilson: The Obama administration is preparing for the prospect that Islamist governments will take hold in North Africa and the Middle East, acknowledging that the popular revolutions there w

War plans and peace plans

Published on 2011-03-07 18:51:00

From The Wall Street Journal, MARCH 8, 2011, by RICHARD BOUDREAUX And BILL SPINDLE: JERUSALEM—Israel may need to boost military spending and could seek as much as an additional $20 billion in U.S. security assistance over the coming years to help

Iran deserves what Libya got

Published on 2011-03-04 00:07:00

From WSJ, MARCH 3, 2011, by Emanuele Ottolenghi, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the author of "Iran: The Looming Crisis" (Profile Books, 2010): The West should show the same moral clarity against Tehran's human-rights

40 million Egyptians are about to become very, very hungry (but they still mutilate their women)

Published on 2011-03-03 20:20:00

From The Asia Times Online, 10 Feb 2011, by Spengler (David P Goldman): ...Not until June will we know the extent of the damage to China's winter wheat crop, virtually all its production. Extremely low rainfall this winter parched more than 5 millio

USA condemns UN Human Rights Council's 'structural bias' against Israel

Published on 2011-03-03 05:10:00

From American Thinker, March 02, 2011, BY Leo Rennert: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Geneva on Feb. 28 for a major U.S. policy address to the UN Human Rights Council. ...[she] welcomed the ouster of Libya from the Council ...[but] her sp

Can the Arab world leave anti-Semitism behind?

Published on 2011-03-02 02:59:00

From The Washington Post, Monday, February 28, 2011, by Richard Cohen: During World War II, the leader of the Palestinians lived in a Berlin villa, a gift from a very grateful Adolf Hitler, who clearly got his money's worth. Haj Amin al-Husseini, th

Mideast turmoil vindicates Bush and exposes Obama's errors

Published on 2011-03-02 02:16:00

From The NY Post March 1, 2011, By MATTHEW MAINEN*: ...his June 2009 Cairo speech on US-Islamic reconciliation...and Obama's subsequent policies showed the same single-minded belief that delivering a Palestinian state would be the panacea for America

India-Israel trade will triple to $15 billion (equalling EU-Israel trade)

Published on 2011-03-02 02:04:00

From MSN News, 1 March 2011, by Lalit K Jha: Washington, Mar 1 Describing as dynamic its relationship with India, Israel has said that it has been of assistance to New Delhi in its security needs. ...However, [Israeli Ambassador to New Delhi, Mark] S

Why are Obama and Clinton Propping Up Human Rights Demons?

Published on 2011-02-28 21:22:00

From Eye on the UN, 28 Feb 2011, by Anne Bayefsky: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration are on an urgent rescue mission – for the United Nations Human Rights Council. Clinton is not in Geneva today to do something about

Hypocrisy Exposed: UN Report Praises Libya's Human Rights Record

Published on 2011-02-28 19:16:00

From UN Watch, 1 March 2011, by Hillel Neur : Report hailing Gaddafi's human rights record scheduled for adoption in current session GENEVA, February 28, 2011 -- UN Watch, which heads the Global NGO Campaign to Remove Libya

Palestinian myths of victimization

Published on 2011-02-28 04:10:00

From The Canadian Jewish News, Thursday, 06 January 2011, by Gerald Steinberg: Palestinian myths of victimization have been the major obstacle to peace for more than 60 years, but they’re largely ignored by journalists, diplomats and would-be peace

Grave Robbing and Other Stories of Polish Complicity with the Nazis

Published on 2011-02-26 19:31:00

From The Jewish Daily Forward issue of March 04, 2011, by Donald Snyder: Photo from Gazeta Wyborcza: ‘Golden Harvest’: Polish peasants with skeletal remains at Treblinka, where Gross said they dug for gold and jewels in the killin

WAKE UP Syrians!!

Published on 2011-02-26 19:20:00

From The Huffington Post, February 26, 2011, by Saad Khan, Freelance journalist from Islamabad: Where are the Syrians? There are millions of protesters on the Arab street but Syrians are surprisingly missing from the crowd. This eerie absence is dis

Russians arm Hezbollah

Published on 2011-02-26 19:13:00

From JPost 26 Feb 2011*: Following Russia's announcement that it will transfer missiles to Syria, Defense Ministry fears weapons could fall into "wrong hands." ...Security officials warned that the Russian cruise missiles "are potentially dangerous

Europe's absurd obsession with Israel is laid bare

Published on 2011-02-26 19:01:00

From The Observer, Sunday 27 February 2011, by Nick Cohen: The Middle East meant only Israel to many. Now the lives of millions of Arabs have been brought to Europe's attention. The Arab revolution is consigning skip-loads of articles, books and s

Israel aware of additional Syrian nuclear facilities

Published on 2011-02-26 09:40:00

From JPost, 25 Feb 2011, by YAAKOV KATZ: Israeli intelligence agencies are aware of additional Syrian nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday, amid reports that Syria was harboring a uranium conversion reactor near the town

Libyan regime's crimes against humanity

Published on 2011-02-26 09:39:00

From JPOST.COM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS, 26 Feb 2011: ...A UN Security Council draft resolution circulated council members on Friday says attacks against Libyan civilians may be "crimes against humanity." The draft resolution, penned by Fra

Sean Hannity & Brigitte Gabriel "debate" radical UK Islamist Anjem Choudary

Published on 2011-02-24 22:38:00

No.1 Nazi War Criminal Dr. Sandor Kepiro Indicted

Published on 2011-02-24 21:29:00

From The Simon Wiesenthal Center, February 14, 2011: Jerusalem-The Simon Wiesenthal Center today expressed its deep satisfaction that the number one suspect on its list of most wanted Nazi war criminals, former Hungarian gendarmerie officer Dr. Sand

Sweeping the eccentric, nasty, and repressive tyrant Qadhdhāfi into the dustbin of history

Published on 2011-02-24 21:13:00

From The National Review Online, February 24, 2011, by Daniel Pipes: The violent demise of the Middle East's longest-ruling leader – who came to office in September 1969, just a few months after Richard Nixon ...[is welcome]. Moammer Gaddafi

Egypt tries to reconcile 'Twin Terrors' Hamas and Fatah

Published on 2011-02-24 20:49:00

From IsraelNationalNews, 25 Feb 2011, by Gil Ronen: The Egyptian effort to mediate between Hamas and Fatah has resumed, Wasel Abu Yousef, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, said Thursday. Abu Yousef said that senior Egyptian intelligence off

Does the Arab World Truly Want a "Palestine"?

Published on 2011-02-23 21:58:00

From Middle East Quarterly, January 25, 2011, by Alessandra Grace: A briefing by Efraim Karsh Multimedia for this itemAudio Recording Efraim Karsh is editor of the Middle East Quarterly and Professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studie

Extreme "Human Rights" activism

Published on 2011-02-23 21:17:00

A Islamist antisemite and supporter of genocide is outed by David Horowitz at a speech during "Israel Apartheid Week" at the University of California San Diego. Horowitz was hosted by Young Americans for Freedom. Follow this link to visit the Horo

Praise for Libyan Human Rights achievements in the UN

Published on 2011-02-23 21:07:00

Civil War in Libya

Published on 2011-02-23 16:27:00

From Canada Post, 24 Feb 2011, by Paul Schemm: Libya's east celebrates freedom from Gadhafi and braces for his assault TOBRUK, Libya — Thousands in the coastal town of Tobruk celebrated their freedom from Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday by waving fl

United ...in bashing Israel

Published on 2011-02-23 02:44:00

From Pajamas Media, February 22, 2011 - by Anne Bayefsky: ...Number of UN Security Council presidential statements or resolutions on the current atrocities perpetrated by Arab and Muslim dictators in Iran, Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabi

Exposing Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Jihad Against Jews, Judaism, and Israel

Published on 2011-02-22 23:34:00

From a CRUCIAL NEW REPORT ("Hitler Put Them in Their Place: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood’s Jihad Against Jews, Judaism, and Israel"), released February 22, 2011, by Dr. Harold Brackman, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Senior Historic Consultant: ...

The Coming Plagues of Egypt

Published on 2011-02-22 03:53:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 131, February 21, 2011, by Dr. Mordechai Kedar*: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In Egypt, there is almost no social contract to govern the conduct of its citizens – as there is in democratic societies. The norm, then, i

Israel: A unique Western Ally

Published on 2011-02-20 23:48:00

From YnetNews, February 18, 2011, by Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger: The seismic developments in Egypt and throughout the Arab Middle East highlight Israel's unique contribution to vital US interests. The significance of Israel's strategic added-

Unrest Spreads Through Arab World: Interactive Map

Published on 2011-02-20 23:38:00

See this useful graphic summary of the state of play in the Middle East from The Israel Project.

WAKE UP! Islamism is bringing the frog to the boil.

Published on 2011-02-20 23:08:00

p>From Pajamas Media, 19 Feb 2011, by Rachel Lipsky: One positive outcome to draw from Egypt’s crisis is the public’s elevated awareness about the Muslim Brotherhood. It is now clearer to many that the Brotherhood’s members are exploiting o

Tariq Ramadan: Western Apologist for Islamist Totalitarianism

Published on 2011-02-20 02:42:00

Now that the pot is boiling throughout the Middle East, the stirrers in the West are out in their suave suits, trying to hoodwink us into being relaxed about the threat of totalitarian Islamism. Tariq Ramadan: apologist for his grandfather, Hassan a

Jimmy Carter sued for deception and fraud

Published on 2011-02-18 03:23:00

From a Press Release, February 2, 2011, by David Schoen and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, co counsel for the Plaintiffs: An historic class action suit has been filed against former President Jimmy Carter and the Simon & Schuster publishing company al

Qaradawi: Egypt's Khomeini?

Published on 2011-02-18 01:49:00

From the Rubin Report, Friday, February 18, 2011, by Barry Rubin: Friday, February 18 may be a turning point in Egyptian history. On this day Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the best-known Muslim Brotherhood cleric in the world and one of the most famous Islamis

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: ...to be, or not to be?

Published on 2011-02-17 01:40:00

A hopeful analysis from The National Review Online, February 16, 2011, by Duncan Currie: Democratization will be a messy and turbulent process... What is the best possible outcome in Egypt? Short term, the ideal scenario is a nonviolent, military-bro

What is the Muslim Brotherhood?

Published on 2011-02-17 01:23:00

From CBN News, Tuesday, February 15, 2011:Walid Shoebat, who was once a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, has authored many books about Islam and the Middle East, including his most recent, God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy, and the Bible.Shoebat

UK’s Foreign Secretary Hague joins the ignorant Israel bashers

Published on 2011-02-16 01:02:00

From JPost, 9 Feb 2011, by JONNY PAUL: LONDON – British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned on Wednesday ...that the public protests which have swept the Arab world could put the Middle East peace process in jeopardy. ...“This should n

Shoah survivors seek reparations from French railways

Published on 2011-02-16 00:50:00

From JPost 15 Feb 2011, by JORDANA HORN: NEW YORK – A new website ... is the latest line of attack in a longstanding quest of a group of Holocaust survivors to get reparations from the French national railway company that transported people t

Collective suicide of the West?

Published on 2011-02-15 21:27:00

From: The Australian February 15, 2011, by Melanie Phillips*: THE future of Egypt following the departure of president Hosni Mubarak remains opaque. No one can currently predict whether it will end up as a democracy with free elections, a military

War crimes charges against Sandor Kepiro

Published on 2011-02-15 08:49:00

From WJC, 15 February 2011: In Budapest, a 97-year-old man was charged ...for allegedly committing war crimes during World War II. According to the charge sheet, Sandor Kepiro was complicit in the execution of four innocent civilians in Novi Sad, Se

"Egypt isn't moving toward democracy, it's moved into martial law and where it goes is now subject to debate."

Published on 2011-02-11 21:33:00

Behind the celebrations, there was a note of caution over how far the armed forces under Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's veteran defense minister, were ready to permit democracy, especially since the hitherto banned Islamist Muslim B

The greatest enemies of Egyptian democracy are amongst it's protestors

Published on 2011-02-11 18:34:00

From an op-ed by Clifford D. May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies: ...not just Israelis -- are concerned that Egypt’s revolution could be commandeered by radicals... ...Do the Egyptians demonstrating in Tahrir Square apprec

Israel has Never Looked So Good

Published on 2011-02-06 22:27:00

From OLAM Magazine, February 2, 2011, by David Suissa: ... For decades now, they have been warning us that if you want "peace in the Middle East," just fix the Palestinian problem. A recent variation on this theme has been: ...if all those Jews

Egypt - it's not the fall, it's the landing....

Published on 2011-02-06 20:21:00

Christian Friends of Israel Speak Up in Support

Published on 2011-02-06 19:56:00

From Israel Today Magazine, Thursday, February 03, 2011, by Ryan Jones: Joel Osteen and his wife Victoria, pastors of the 43,000-member Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, are in Israel this week to express their love and support for the Jewish peopl

The Real Story of the Egyptian "Revolution"

Published on 2011-02-03 22:40:00

From American Thinker, February 02, 2011, by Sam Tadros: ...One week ago, Egypt was a stable authoritarian regime, prospects of change were minimal and every expert in Washington would have betted on the endurance of its regime. Today, Egypt is in a

War-mongering crap from the UK Guardian

Published on 2011-02-01 17:04:00

From The Wall Street Journal, 1 February 2011, by MICHAEL WEISS: The real outrage is that the Guardian would object to peace overtures in favor of continued intransigence.Images.com/Corbis Last week Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera and Britain's Guardi

Australian Bigot: a wake-up call to anti-Israel “social-justice activists”

Published on 2011-01-31 01:39:00

Last week Brendon Lee O'Connell was convicted on 6 counts of anti-Jewish harassment and vilification in the Western Australian District Court by a 12-person jury, after a 2-week trial in which the accused prominently exhibited his guilt by repeating

"Peace" with Egypt is doomed

Published on 2011-01-30 18:45:00

From JPost, 28 Jan 2011, by CAROLINE B. GLICK: ...Today, the Egyptian regime faces its gravest threat since Anwar Sadat’s assassination 30 years ago. As protesters take to the street ...demanding the overthrow of 82-year-old President

Egypt deploys troops along Gaza border

Published on 2011-01-30 18:28:00

From JPost, 31 Jan 2011, by YAAKOV KATZ : With Israeli permission, Egypt sets up troops to avoid terrorist infiltrations across Gazan border. Egyptian security forces beefed up their presence along the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a

BDS, Anti-Semitism's New Face

Published on 2011-01-29 02:22:00

From Israel National News, 16 January 2011, by Moshe Dann: No need for swastikas and terrorism ...Anti-Semites around the world have found a new and more subtle form of attack: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigns.The Ramallah-based Palest

Why the Call to "Boycott Israel" Is Crap

Published on 2011-01-28 21:51:00

From Huffington Post, 25 January 2011, by Bernard-Henri Lévy,French philosopher and writer:...we are faced here with a skilfully orchestrated but calumnious, bellicose, anti-democratic and, in a word, perfectly despicable campaign. ...because one bo

Clinton: “Let the Egyptians eat cake.”

Published on 2011-01-28 13:10:00

From Commentary Magazine, 28 January 2011, by Abe Greenwald: ... As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians defy a state-imposed curfew, set fire to Hosni Mubarak’s party headquarters, overturn cars, and set off explosions nationwide while demandi

"Friend of Palestine" convicted of anti-Jewish harassment and vilification

Published on 2011-01-28 12:36:00

From the Friends of Israel Western Australia (FOIWA), 28 Jan 2011: [A Western Australian,] Brendan Lee O'Connell was today convicted on 6 counts of anti-Jewish harassment and vilification in the Western Australian District Court by a 12-person jury.

Lebanon faces isolation as Hizballah rises to power

Published on 2011-01-25 04:33:00

From Israel Today magazine, Sunday, January 23, 2011, by Ryan Jones: Obama Administration officials were quoted by Arabic media on Sunday as saying all US foreign aid to Lebanon will cease if the Hizballah ends up controlling the government in Beiru

New Section of Ancient Sewer Discovered in Jerusalem

Published on 2011-01-25 04:13:00

From TIP: Jerusalem, Jan 25 – Israeli archaeologists have discovered a new section of an 2,000-year-old drainage channel that links the ancient City of David to the plaza in front of the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site. “It connects the

Australian ‘Friend of Palestine’ Charged with Anti-Semitism

Published on 2011-01-25 02:22:00

From IsraelNationalNews.com, January 24, 2011: An Australian man is in court for assaulting a Jewish man and making anti-Semitic remarks during a protest against Israel. Brendon Lee O’Connell, 38, is accused of telling Stanley Keyser, who is Jewis

Abbas: We can't expect Israel to take in a million refugees

Published on 2011-01-25 01:51:00

From JPost, 24 January 2011, by HERB KEINON: In leaked documents, PA prime minister acknowledges that insisting on the "right of return" would be "illogical" and "would mean the end of Israel." A second cache of Palestinian documents released by

Al-Jazeera declares PA leadership Treacherous

Published on 2011-01-25 01:43:00

From JPost, 25 Jan 2011, by KHALED ABU TOAMEH: After assuming the role of prosecutor and judge, Al- Jazeera, the Arab world’s most influential TV network, has ruled that the leaders of the Palestinian Authority have betrayed their people and must

Which "Occupation"?

Published on 2011-01-20 22:44:00

From Ynet News, 19 January 2011, by Martin Sherman: Restoring historical memory ...Palestinian enmity towards Jews is not about borders but about Israel’s existence Israel is continuously accused by its detractors of "occupying" Palestinian terr

Israel will hold the PA to account and disconnect from Gaza

Published on 2011-01-20 19:46:00

From The Jerusalem Post, 20 January 2011:The Palestinian Authority’s insistence on confronting Israel in international forums at every opportunity cannot go on forever, and will lead to a breakdown in ties between Israel and the PA, Foreign Ministe

UN met only 52% of target for Palestinian aid in 2010

Published on 2011-01-19 19:05:00

From JPost, 20 January 2011, by TOVAH LAZAROFF: First time such large gap exists between initial aid request, amount of money donated since UN began humanitarian appeal to member states, international organizations in 2003. The UN was only able to

Intel pumps $2.7b into Israeli plant

Published on 2011-01-19 18:55:00

From Israel21C, January 19, 2011, by Viva Sarah Press: U.S. chipmaker Intel has confirmed plans to invest $2.7 billion in its southern Israel facility in order to produce 22-nanometer technology for semiconductors. The two-year investment plan in

A New York Jew in China - What Do Chinese People Think of Jews?

Published on 2011-01-19 18:45:00

This very interesting 10-minute video is in Yiddish, with English subtitles: A New York Jew in China - What Do Chinese People Think of Jews? from Forverts on Vimeo.

Israel must defend itself

Published on 2011-01-19 03:42:00

From Hadar Israel, recorded at Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem December 26, 2010: Not relying on foreign forces to defend Israel was a key principle of Ben Gurion and the state's founders, and it is still as true today, according to Mag. G

Likud and new Independence faction reach coalition agreement. Government has become 'much stronger'

Published on 2011-01-19 01:39:00

From JPost, 18 January 2011, By GIL HOFFMAN: Barak will remain defense minister; Agricultural Minister Shalom Simhon to replace Ben-Eliezer as Industry, Trade and Labor minister. The sides agreed upon who would replace the three Labor ministers wh

Netanyahu is determined to advance peace talks

Published on 2011-01-19 01:31:00

From Ynet News, 18 January 2011, by Attila Somfalvi: ...Prime minister briefs Americans on political drama ...he will work to renew negotiations ...Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to speed up the dialogue with the United States in

Historians: Peres caused initial downfall

Published on 2011-01-19 01:24:00

From Ynet News, 18 January 2011, by Nir Cohen: Professors offer in depth analysis of Labor Party's fall from grace. From its origins as workers' party, Ben-Gurion's rise to power, divisions, leaders, succession, through to loss of voter confidence a

Palestine – Time for Hard Questions and Even Harder Answers

Published on 2011-01-19 01:13:00

From J-Wire, January 19, 2011 by David Singer: The international failure to accept the final breakdown of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority was yet again highlighted in the communique issued in Sydney on 18 January 2011

Hezbollah Aiming for Lebanon Takeover

Published on 2011-01-17 10:07:00

From The Israel Project 14 January 2011, by Alan Elsner (Senior Director of Communications): •Iranian-backed organization has 45,000 rockets aimed at Israel •U.S.-backed government is powerless to oppose Hezbollah •Its members helped murder

Stuxnet virus sets back Iran's clock

Published on 2011-01-16 02:33:00

From The new York Times, January 15, 2011, by WILLIAM J. BROAD, JOHN MARKOFF and DAVID E. SANGER: ...Israel has spun nuclear centrifuges virtually identical to Iran’s at Natanz, where Iranian scientists are struggling to enrich uranium. They say

Lieberman is simply telling the truth

Published on 2011-01-13 20:45:00

From BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 125, January 13, 2011, by Prof. Efraim Inbar, Professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lie

More Palestinian conspiracy theories

Published on 2011-01-12 04:26:00

From PMW, 12 January 2011, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik: Blaming Israel, the Jews and America for the Arab world's problems, is a recurring theme of Palestinian ideology. The latest Palestinian Authority libel accuses Israel of involv