Category Archives: Islam

“Fights break out in Ramallah on fourth day of protests over death of Nizar Banat in Palestinian Authority custody”

ALJAZEERA Rival Palestinian groups clash at protest over activist’s death June 27, 2021 Rival groups of Palestinians clashed in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday during a fourth day of protests over the death of Nizar Banat, … Continue reading

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Lapid: “Israel wants peace with its neighbors – with all its neighbors. We aren’t going anywhere. The Middle East is our home”

REUTERS Inaugurating embassy in UAE, Israel tells region: ‘We’re here to stay’ by Lisa Barrington June 30, 2021 Israel’s new foreign minister inaugurated its embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and offered an olive branch to other former … Continue reading

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A cautionary tale for all: “The Lebanese are living through a terrible economic experiment”

SPECTATOR What happens when your currency collapses? by Paul Wood June 23, 2021 I’m a millionaire. A million in crisp, new bills is stacked up on the table in front of me. Unfortunately, it’s Lebanese lira and cost me about … Continue reading

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“Hundreds of angry Palestinians marched towards Abbas’s presidential compound in Ramallah to demand he resign over Banat’s death”

REUTERS Autopsy shows head blows in death of Abbas critic, Palestinian group says by Ali Sawafta June 24, 2021 A Palestinian activist who died in the custody of President Mahmoud Abbas’s security forces on Thursday took blows to the head, … Continue reading

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“Israeli national security leaders are reluctantly coming to the conclusion that they may soon be forced to take unilateral military action to neutralize the Iranian threat”

ALL ISRAEL NEWS Meet the only living Israeli prime minister ever to order the IDF to destroy a foreign nuclear reactor by Joel C. Rosenberg June 18, 2021 Israel is the only country in the world to have ever used … Continue reading

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“Parties in Germany’s coalition government have agreed to ban the flag of Hamas, as a mark of respect for Jewish citizens in the wake of anti-Semitic attacks linked to last month’s Middle East violence”

POLITICO German government agrees to ban Hamas flag after anti-Semitic incidents by Helen Collis June 20, 2021 …Germany witnessed attacks on synagogues, the burning of Israeli flags and a surge anti-Semitic slurs during demonstrations over a violent 11-day conflict between … Continue reading

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“If we want to make an impact, we need to enlist not Jews but Arab Israelis. They have the credibility to turn the success idea into a progressive Israeli ideal”

JNS How Do You Fight Antisemitism? With Arab Israelis by David Suissa June 20, 2021 We’ve reached a point where it’s impossible to separate Jew-hatred from Israel-hatred. If you single out and unfairly malign the world’s only Jewish state, you’re … Continue reading

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Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called Iranian president elect Raisi the “Butcher of Tehran” and “an extremist responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iranians”

JERUSALEM POST ‘Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi wins Iran election amid low turnout by Lahav Harkov, Reuters June 19, 2021 Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge under US sanctions for human rights abuses, secured victory as expected on Saturday in Iran’s presidential … Continue reading

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“The presence of the Egyptian construction teams in the Gaza Strip means that Hamas and other Palestinian factions will not be able to resume the rocket attacks on Israel, Palestinian sources told The Jerusalem Post”

JERUSALEM POST Is Egypt planning to retake control of the Gaza Strip? by Khaled Abu Toameh June 10, 2021 Scenes of dozens of Egyptian bulldozers, cranes and trucks entering the Gaza Strip last Friday have left some Palestinians wondering whether … Continue reading

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The Squad’s ideas “which are now mainstream in universities, are dividing the country by race, religion, and income and pitting those angry factions against each other”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Ilhan Omar and Contempt for America by Charles Lipson June 15, 2021 …The problem here goes well beyond Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee who was welcomed to American and now sits in Congress, seething with contempt for … Continue reading

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