Category Archives: Islam

Plan to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu thwarted

ISRAEL HAYOM Terrorist cell plotted to assassinate PM Netanyahu by Lilach Shoval and Edna Adato January 8, 2016 Two east Jerusalem residents were indicted Friday after allegedly plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hazem Ziad Amran Sandouqa, 22, and Fahdi … Continue reading

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At New Years Festivities, Women Asked To Be Sexually Assaulted

FrontPage Mag Cologne Mayor to Victims of Migrant Sex Assaults: You Asked For It by Robert Spencer January 8, 2016 Feminism dies on multiculturalism’s sacrificial altar…On New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany, around 1,000 Muslim migrants congregated by the city’s … Continue reading

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The Facebook Experiment: They shut down the anti-Palestinian pages but not those anti-Jewish [VIDEO]

JERUSALEM POST When it comes to incitement, is Facebook biased against Israel? by Coral Braun January 5, 2016 …Shurat HaDin, an Israeli based civil rights organization, set out in late December to test whether Facebook holds double standards when it … Continue reading

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Russia pressures Hezbollah to keep peace with Israel

ALGEMEINER Russia Tries to Rein in Hezbollah After IDF Convoy Attack by Eliezer Sherman January 5, 2016 Russia encouraged Hezbollah to keep the peace with Israel on the Lebanese border, Israeli national radio reported on Tuesday. According to Saudi-owned Al Arabiya, Moscow wants … Continue reading

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8 minutes for an excellent overview of Israel’s security challenges [VIDEO]

JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS As the Mideast Descends into Chaos, Israel Must Have Defensible Borders January 3, 2016 The Middle East is imploding in waves of violence whose impact has reached Israel. To the north, radical Islamists in Syria linked … Continue reading

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“The Iranians hold the Obama legacy in their hands”

BLOOMBERG Obama’s Middle East Balancing Act Tilts Toward Iran by Josh Rogin and Eli Lake January 4, 2016 As the cold war between Iran and Saudi Arabia heats up, the Barack Obama administration is trying to straddle the fence and … Continue reading

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Friends of the IDF among Jewish charities targeted by CAIR lawsuit

FRONT PAGE MAG CAIR’S lawyer claims pro-Israel charities are terrorists by Daniel Greenfield January 5, 2016 The lawyer of an Al Qaeda founder goes to war against Israel…Forget academic boycotts and protesting Israeli oranges in the produce aisle. The new … Continue reading

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Bassam Tawil: “Unfortunately, the Israelis already know that so far, at least, Palestinian promises are not worth an old shoe”

GATESTONE Palestinians: Save Us from the Good-Hearted Westerners! by Bassam Tawil January 1, 2016 What can be done with these Americans and Europeans? They always seem pining for a dialogue between the Israelis and the Palestinians that would end in … Continue reading

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Saudi Arabia and Iran break ties

LA TIMES Saudi Arabia cuts off relations with Iran, recalls diplomats in dispute over execution by Nabih Bulos, Amro Hassan and Ramin Mostaghim January 3, 2016 Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Sunday and recalled its diplomats … Continue reading

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Iran’s control of Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sana is a much bigger deal than anything Islamic State controls

MIDDLE EAST FORUM The ISIS/Iran Conundrum by Lee Smith December 29, 2015 The obsessive international preoccupation with ISIS notwithstanding, Iranian expansionism poses a far greater threat to U.S. interests and regional allies than the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Tehran boasts control of … Continue reading

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