Category Archives: Islam

Hamas leadership “wants to signal to Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority that it is willing to go all the way in its quest to end Gaza’s isolation”

JNS Hamas is taking the region to the brink of war by Yaakov Lappin August 9, 2018 The security escalation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours shows that Hamas is prepared to take the … Continue reading

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“On Sunday, the Iranian rial plunged to 112,000 on the unofficial market”

REUTERS Iran currency extends record fall as U.S. sanctions loom by Staff July 29, 2018 Iran’s currency hit a new record low on Sunday, dropping past 100,000 rials to the U.S. dollar as Iranians brace for Aug. 7 when Washington … Continue reading

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Saudis to Trump: “What we could do for you before Jerusalem, we won’t be able to do now”

HAARETZ Saudi King Tells U.S. That Peace Plan Must Include East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital by Amir Tibon July 29, 2018 Saudi Arabia and other key Arab countries have told the Trump administration they won’t be able to support its … Continue reading

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Hamas TV network urging kids to “Shoot the Jews” may not be so helpful for peace efforts

THE JEWISH VOICE IDF Cuts off Hamas-Related TV Station by Ralph Hedderman July 31, 2018 IDF forces in the Binyamin area early Monday morning made sure one television station couldn’t carry Hamas propaganda over the airwaves anymore as the Israeli … Continue reading

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New York Times enthusiastically promotes Hamas agenda

JNS ‘New York Times’ shills for ‘largely peaceful’ Gazan rioters and arsonists by Andrea Levin July 26, 2018 A shill is the surreptitious partner of a huckster salesman, revving up an audience to believe a sales pitch and buy a … Continue reading

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“After Netanyahu meets Moscow’s FM, senior official says Jerusalem insisting Iranian forces leave Syria entirely”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel rejects Russian offer to keep Iran 100 km from Syrian border by Raphael Ahren July 23, 2018 Israel has rejected a Russian proposal to keep Iranian forces in Syria 100 kilometers (62 miles) away from Israel’s … Continue reading

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“Washington and Western powers scrambled to coordinate the U.N., Israel and Jordan as crisis worsened on Golan and Syrian regime closed in”

JERUSALEM POST Inside Israel’s Secret and Unprecedented Rescue of Syria’s White Helmets by Seth J. Frantzman July 23, 2018 An operation of this type had never been done before. Evacuating hundreds of people from Syria into Israel with the support … Continue reading

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“TV report says Cairo, when fixing ceasefire late Friday, emphasized to terror group that Israeli strikes were the direct result of IDF soldier’s killing by Gaza sniper”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Egypt warned Hamas: Israel will go to war ‘in two hours’ if you respond to raids by Staff July 21, 2018 An unofficial ceasefire reached overnight Friday-Saturday between Israel and Hamas came after Egypt warned the Palestinian … Continue reading

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“On Sunday, the IDF’s 162nd Armored Division conducted a highly-publicized exercise simulating an invasion of enclave, in what was widely construed as a threat to Hamas”

MEDIA LINE Israeli Military Instructed To Prepare For Large-scale Gaza Op by Charles Bybelezer July 18, 2018 The Israeli government has instructed the military to prepare for a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip, to be initiated if Palestinians in … Continue reading

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“The nuclear deal was really quite straightforward. The Iranians pretended they did not have nuclear ambitions and we pretended to believe them”

NEW YORK TIMES How Israel, in Dark of Night, Torched Its Way to Iran’s Nuclear Secrets by David E. Sanger and Ronen Bergman July 15, 2018 The Mossad agents moving in on a warehouse in a drab commercial district of … Continue reading

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