Category Archives: Islam

“The rescue, spearheaded by Likud Knesset member Nir Barkat, involved intense efforts by Israel’s National Security Council and the use of a Boeing 767 belonging to billionaire philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson”

JNS Stranded Israelis extracted from Morocco to Israel in secret operation by Yehuda Shlezinger and Erez Linn May 14, 2020 Twenty-six Israelis who had been stranded in Morocco for several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic landed safely in Israel … Continue reading

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“Ala Dakka, who plays Palestinian boxer Bashar in the hit show’s third season, grew up between Israel’s Jewish and Arab worlds”

JEWISH INSIDER The newest ‘Fauda’ star doesn’t want to play identity politics by Amy Spiro May 15, 2020 …Dakka has long been one to swim against the tide. The 25-year-old actor, born to Muslim parents, grew up in Beersheba, the … Continue reading

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#CyberAttack “Iran used American servers to hack into the Israeli water and sewage facilities”

JERUSALEM POST National cyber unit warns of incoming Iranian, anti-Israel cyberattack by Yonah Jeremy Bob May 13, 2020 The Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) issued a warning on Wednesday that Iran and other anti-Israel activists were expected to stage a … Continue reading

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“In the West Bank, shots were fired at the bank’s branch in Jenin and Molotov cocktails thrown at another branch in Jericho”

ALGEMEINER Palestinian Banks Targeted With Violence After Closing Accounts of Terrorists by Benjamin Kerstein May 11, 2020 A series of violent incidents occurred in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the last few days as Palestinians have reacted with … Continue reading

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“A bittersweet and sometimes contentious relationship between African American and American Jewish communities has existed for many decades”

TABLET MAG Where Black Nationalism Meets White Supremacy by Jack R. Fischel May 10, 2020 …Malcolm X’s comments about Jews as exploiters of the black community would become a staple of black nationalism into the 21st century, carried forth by … Continue reading

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Arizona professor punished by employer, told that he “would likely need to take a class taught by a Muslim before teaching about Islamic terrorism”

PJ MEDIA Arizona: Muslim Students Threaten to Kill Prof for Suggesting Islam Is Violent by Robert Spencer May 8, 2020 This will teach those Islamophobes that Islam is a religion of peace: a professor is facing death threats for suggesting … Continue reading

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Iran: ‘It makes little sense to lift an arms embargo on a regime that has steadily increased its violent behavior over the past year”

NEWSWEEK Extend the Arms Embargo on Iran by Richard Goldberg and Mark Dubowitz May 7, 2020 In line with a request issued Monday by 387 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing a … Continue reading

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“Annexation of the Jordan Valley is a long-standing Israeli objective, going back to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin”

AL-MONITOR Netanyahu’s Annexation Plan Can’t Be Stopped by Efraim Inbar April 29, 2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley is not just a far-right wish, but the fulfillment of long-standing Israeli security objectives. Further, despite … Continue reading

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“Amid increased reports of IDF strikes on Tehran-linked bases, security officials say Israel wants to make clear to Damascus that Iran is a burden, not an ally”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Defense officials: Iran pulling out of Syria as Israel pummels its forces there by Judah Ari Gross May 5, 2020 Iranian forces are pulling out of Syria and closing military bases there, Israeli defense officials said Tuesday, … Continue reading

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“In San Remo, the League of Nations decided to turn much of the former Ottoman Empire into new nation-states: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan all emerged from this process, along with Israel”

JERUSALEM POST 100 years since San Remo, when Israel became a sovereignty by Eugene Kontorovich April 30, 2020 The 1920 international conference in San Remo, Italy, is finally getting some of the attention it deserves. That conference created Mandatory Palestine … Continue reading

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