Category Archives: Islam

Late Night TV luminaries Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah put “seal of approval” on Ilhan Omar

JNS Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitism wins the pop-culture primary by Jonathan Tobin May 9, 2019 …If smears of Jews and of Israel have become mainstream fare, it’s not because of anything Congress did or didn’t do. It’s because the late-night television … Continue reading

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Iran Judo: We’ll stop throwing matches with Israel

TIMES OF ISRAEL Iranian judo agrees to end decades-long boycott of Israeli athletes by Joshua Davidovich May 12, 2019 In a historic move, Iranian judo officials have agreed to stop boycotting Israeli athletes on the mat, ending a practice that … Continue reading

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“While Facebook claims to go after so-called “violent” and “dangerous” accounts, it ignores the thousands of Muslims on Facebook who threaten to rape and murder me on their platform”

FRONT PAGE MAG If Facebook Were Actually Concerned With Violent And Dangerous People On Its Platform… by Bosch Fawstin May 8, 2019 If Facebook were actually concerned with violent and dangerous people on its platform. . . It would be … Continue reading

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Eye-opening video on Gaza corruption; Israel is clearly not their big problem

JERUSALEM POST Corruption: A Major Cause of Palestinian Suffering by Pierre Rehov May 6, 2019 …But when you talk to Palestinians about the misappropriation of funds allocated by the international community, the first term they use is “corruption.” Indeed, a … Continue reading

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“Since around 10 a.m. on Saturday, around 300 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza”

JERUSALEM POST 1 killed as 300 rockets slam southern Israel by Tzvi Joffre May 5, 2019 One man has died and 83 people have been injured, since terror groups in Gaza began firing rockets into Israel around 10 a.m. on … Continue reading

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“The Palestinians are right to believe that the Arab world no longer cares about them and their problems”

GATESTONE Palestinian Leaders and Inconvenient Truths by Khaled Abu Toameh May 4, 2019 …The Arab betrayal of the Palestinians is not new. Instead of supporting their Palestinian brothers, the Arab states have been cutting aid to them. According to one report, … Continue reading

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“Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist designation could complicate Washington’s relationship with NATO ally Turkey”

REUTERS Trump weighs labelling Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group by Steve Holland April 30, 2019 President Donald Trump is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO), the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions … Continue reading

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Iran Sanctions New State Department waivers “leave intact sanctions that apply directly to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and its proxies”

PBS NEWS HOUR U.S. grants exemptions to sanctions on Iran Revolutionary Guard by Matt Lee, Associated Press April 24, 2019 The Trump administration on Wednesday granted important exemptions to new sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, watering down the effects of … Continue reading

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“A new bill in Quebec prohibiting some public displays of religious symbols would bar observant Jews from serving in courts and classrooms”

TABLET MAG Kippahs in the Crossfire by Adam Kovac April 21, 2019 Kippah-wearing Jews in the Canadian province of Quebec would be banned from teaching in public schools, serving as judges and from holding an array of government jobs under … Continue reading

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The term “Nakba” was first referenced in George Antonius’s influential 1938 book “The Arab Awakening” and had nothing to do with Israel; it referred to the “post-WWI creation of the modern Middle East”

BESA CENTER The False “Nakba” Narrative by Col (Res.) Dr. Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen April 16, 2019 The term “Nakba,” originally coined to describe the magnitude of the self-inflicted Palestinian and Arab defeat in the 1948 war, has become in recent … Continue reading

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