Category Archives: Islam

Why are the 250,000 Arab Israelis living in the Triangle area strongly opposed to the idea of becoming part of a Palestinian state?

GATESTONE The Real Reason Arabs in Israel Do Not Want to Live in ‘Palestine’ by Khaled Abu Toameh February 4, 2020 Arab citizens of Israel, who number nearly two million, are up in arms about US President Donald Trump’s plan … Continue reading

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“The antisemitic regime of Kuwait owns Kuwait Airways… and can change this situation with one phone call”

JERUSALEM POST German lawyer sues Expedia for denying service to Israeli by Benjamin Weinthal February 3, 2020 A prominent German attorney has filed a lawsuit against online travel agency Expedia for denying service to an Israeli passenger who wanted to … Continue reading

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Sudan leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds talks with Israeli PM in Uganda, marking dramatic turnaround; Israeli flights may soon be allowed over Sudan, cutting hours off route to South America

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu meets leader of Sudan; former foes to move toward normalization by Raphael Ahren February 4, 2020 Dramatically improving ties with a former bitter foe, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday met with the transitional leader of … Continue reading

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“President Trump is telling them to suck it up or lose because the Israelis are going to get what they need to survive”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The Palestinians’ bluff has been called by Melanie Phillips January 31, 2020 US President Donald Trump’s Middle East “deal of the century” offers the Palestinians a state. They have rejected it and threatened instead … Continue reading

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“Tel Aviv is, from the Muslim perspective, as much a “settlement” as any of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Jews cannot be legitimate sovereigns over either”

JNS Understanding the ‘deal of the century’ from a Muslim perspective by Harold Rhode February 2, 2020 Unsurprisingly, the Palestinian answer to the Trump administration’s historic “deal of the century” peace plan—as it would have been to any plan—was a … Continue reading

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Hey Sweden, spare us lectures about how the #hijab “empowers” women: “The Iranian authorities are employing the full machinery of the state to crush opposition to forced hijab, but with more than half the population against it, the tide is increasingly against them”

GATESTONE Sweden: Hijab is ‘Look of the Year’ by Judith Bergman February 1, 2020 …For years, women in Iran have been arrested and imprisoned for refusing to wear the mandatory headscarf and even for protesting its use…As women in Iran protested the … Continue reading

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“Abbas confirmed that he refused to accept phone calls and letters from Trump before the announcement of the plan”

JERUSALEM POST Abbas: Palestinians will cut all ties with Israel, US by Khaled Abu Toameh February 1, 2020 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Saturday that he has decided to severe all relations with Israel and the US in … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens: “The purpose of a Palestinian state ought to be to deliver dramatically better prospects for the Palestinian people, not tokens of self-importance for their kleptocratic and repressive leaders”

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Every Time Palestinians Say ‘No,’ They Lose by Bret Stephens January 30, 2020 Regarding President Trump’s peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the instant conventional wisdom is that it’s a geopolitical nonstarter, a gift to Benjamin Netanyahu and … Continue reading

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Guardian’s bigotry of low expectation sees Palestinians as nothing other than victim

CAMERA/UK MEDIA WATCH What does the Guardian think Palestinian leaders should do to advance peace? by Adam Levick January 30, 2020 …The Guardian’s silence in the op-ed [“The Guardian view on Trump’s ‘peace plan’: a con, not a deal“]on the … Continue reading

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Jimmy Carter — Mideast savant and international law scholar — opines on peace plan

ARUTZ SHEVA Jimmy Carter: Trump peace plan violates international law by Ben Ariel January 31, 2020 Former US President Jimmy Carter on Thursday dismissed President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, claiming it would violate international law. In a statement … Continue reading

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