Category Archives: Islam

Turkey’s ‘Jerusalem Fetish’

GATESTONE by Burak Bekdil May 30, 2015 It is truly fascinating that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a professor of political science, believes that Jerusalem, built a millennium before the birth of Islam, is originally a Muslim city. And, according … Continue reading

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Col. Richard Kemp: The Amoral Revolution in Western Values, and its Impact on Israel

BEGIN-SADAT CENTER by Colonel Richard Kemp May 20, 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: To fight for Israel on the international stage is also to fight for the values of democracy, freedom of speech and expression, and civilized social values everywhere. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading

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Obama’s Iran Deal is Good for America: A Debate

AMERICAN THINKER by Lauri B. Regan May 30, 2015 On Tuesday evening, I attended a debate in New York City sponsored by Intelligence Squared U.S. focusing on whether or not Obama’s Iran deal is good for the country….[Mark] Dubowitz, who was … Continue reading

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Remembering Malcolm Kerr: Assassinated by Islamic Terrorists

FRONT PAGE MAG by Lloyd Billingsley May 27, 2015 As Steve Kerr leads the Golden State Warriors toward the NBA finals, sportswriters are easily outpacing the old-line establishment media, and the Obama administration, on the subject of terrorism. Kerr, a former … Continue reading

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Foreign aid scandal: UK money is ‘STILL going to convicted Palestinian terrorists’

EXPRESS by Anil Dawar May 22, 2015 The Palestinian Authority (PA) has taken around £130 million in foreign aid from the [UK] Department for International Development over the past five years. The public cash is being used to help it fund … Continue reading

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France won’t sign Iran deal without military site inspections

TIMES OF ISRAEL by AFP May 26, 2015 French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Wednesday that France would oppose a nuclear deal with Iran if it did not allow inspections of military sites. An agreement “will not be accepted by … Continue reading

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Islamic scholars blast CAIR for trapping Muslims into a ‘trance of victimhood’

OBSERVER by Paul Miller May 27, 2015 In a recent solicitation email to supporters, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) attacked Jewish philanthropist Nina Rosenwald for donating to “groups that exist to make people fear and hate Islam.” Referring to Ms. Rosenwald as … Continue reading

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Amnesty International: Hamas committed war crimes against Gaza civilians

REUTERS May 27, 2015 Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday that Islamist Hamas committed war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip during last year’s war with Israel. A ceasefire last August ended 50 days of fighting between … Continue reading

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Counting Up Obama’s Cataclysmic Foreign Policy Failures

COMMENTARY by Peter Wehner May 26, 2015 ….A few summary thoughts on all this: There are limits to America’s capacity to influence world events. It’s difficult for even the best presidents to deal with an untidy and sometimes uncooperative world. … Continue reading

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Should America be the World’s Policeman?

Should America be the world’s policeman? Does the world even need a policeman? Or would humanity be better off if America weren’t the dominant military superpower? Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and foreign affairs expert Bret Stephens weighs in.

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