Category Archives: Islam

How President Obama turned over control of America’s Middle East policy to Vladimir Putin

MOSAIC Our Man in Moscow by Michael Doran December 1, 2015 …Obama’s headlong support for the Iran nuclear deal and his pursuit more generally of a concert system with Moscow and Tehran have encouraged the rise of a Russian-Iranian military … Continue reading

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The nexus between Identity Politics and anti-Zionism

ARUTZ SHEVA The death knell for Women’s Studies by Professor Phyllis Chesler November 29, 2015 The National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) has just voted to support a boycott of…ISIS. No, just joking. The boycott is against Israel – only. The recommendation was developed … Continue reading

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48% of Palestinians believe that the real goal of the “intifada” is to “liberate all of Palestine”. This isn’t about “despair and frustration”

GATESTONE Palestinians: The Real Goal of the Intifada by Bassam Tawil November 29, 2015 As the current Palestinian campaign of terrorism against Israel is about to enter its third month, it is still not clear to many what the Palestinians … Continue reading

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It’s no longer called the Israeli-Arab conflict because it has shrunk to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

YNET Israel remains the Middle East’s only anchor by Guy Bechor November 28, 2015 …And so, for about two years, the American administration focused on us, focused on past, while the Syrian meat grinder expanded, Iraq collapsed, Libya turned into … Continue reading

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A Free Kurdistan can be part of the solution

DAILY BEAST Why It’s Time for a Free Kurdistan by Aliza Marcus November 27, 2015 It’s time to stop debating whether or not the Kurds deserve an independent state. There are around 40 million Kurds across Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and … Continue reading

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Welcome to Molenbeek, Belgium

GATESTONE Longtime Belgian Mayor: A Godfather of Jihad? by Stefan Frank November 27, 2015 …The majority of the terrorists who have appeared in Europe in recent times originated from a single neighborhood, six square-kilometers in size — an astounding concentration. … Continue reading

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Israeli terrorism victims invisible to the West and that’s the way media wants it

JERUSALEM POST As I see it: Time to change the narrative by Melanie Phillips November 27, 2015 It is the West’s tragedy that it doesn’t understand it is up against exactly the same Islamic death cult that has attacked the … Continue reading

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Why you probably shouldn’t be reading Salon.com, “among the worst offenders of the new pseudo-journalism”

SAM HARRIS BLOG Sam Harris: The ‘Salon’ Interview November 24, 2015 …Just think of it: Here is a woman [Ayaan Hirsi Ali] who was raised in a condition of medieval theocracy in Somalia and subjected to FGM. Sensing that there … Continue reading

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When calls are made to unite to combat global Islamic terrorism, as in the aftermath of the Paris massacres, Israel, which is on the front lines of the battle, is simply ignored

JERUSALEM POST Saving innocent lives must have priority over civil liberties by Isi Leibler November 25, 2015 The indisputable prime responsibility of any government is to protect the life and limb of its citizens. This overrides all other considerations, including … Continue reading

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Muslims – yes ! Christians – not so fast

WASHINGTON TIMES No Christians and persecuted minorities allowed by Abraham H. Miller November 23, 2015 Standing before the cameras in Turkey, President Obama found his safe place to indict half his countrymen for raising the issue of religion in their … Continue reading

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