Category Archives: Islam

Netanyahu bashes Iran deal, but no longer demands zero enrichment

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Raphael Ahren March 4, 2015 The speech had everything you’d expect: A solid case against letting Israel’s “genocidal enemies” anywhere near nuclear weapons, a cut and dried rejection of Western rapprochement with Iran, tributes to the unbreakable … Continue reading

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Obama needs to provide real answers to Netanyahu’s arguments

WASHINGTON POST The Editorial Board March 3, 2015 THE CONCERNS about a prospective nuclear agreement with Iran raised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech to Congress on Tuesday are not — as the White House was quick … Continue reading

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Arab Commentators Strongly Back Netanyahu on Congress Speech, Iran Nuclear Threat

ALGEMEINER by Shiryn Ghermezian March 3, 2015 Leading Arab opinion makers weighed in on the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Tuesday and expressed strong support for his stance on the Iranian nuclear threat. In an op-ed … Continue reading

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You’ve Got a Friend (Iran)

PJ MEDIA by Richard Fernandez March 2, 2015 One of the reasons why president Obama can’t let Benjamin Netanyahu stand in the way of Iran’s nuclear ambitions is because he needs Tehran’s troops to fight ISIS.  Today the long awaited … Continue reading

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Czech Republic President Milos Zeman: We All Must Say ‘I am a Jew’

ALGEMEINER by Shiryn Ghermezian March 2, 2015 Czech Republic President Milos Zeman on Monday urged the global community to show solidarity with the Jewish people and Israel. His remarks were made in a speech at the 2015 American Israel Public … Continue reading

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RJC Launches Ad Campaign for Netanyahu Speech

REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION February 27, 2015 The Republican Jewish Coalition announced today that it will launch two full-page ads in the New York Times in advance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress. A complementary online video ad campaign … Continue reading

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Empowering Jihad: The Deadly Myth of a ‘Root Cause

NEW YORK POST by Phyllis Chesler February 26, 2015 Reports that “Jihadi John,” the British-accented narrator of ISIS snuff videos, is Mohammed Emwazi — an educated young man from a middle-class background — ought to put the final stake in … Continue reading

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The fatal flaw in the Iran deal

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer February 26, 2015 A sunset clause? The news from the nuclear talks with Iran was already troubling. Iran was being granted the “right to enrich.” It would be allowed to retain and spin thousands of centrifuges. … Continue reading

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Anderson Cooper speaks with Princeton University Professor Bernard Haykel who makes the case that ISIS is NOT un-Islamic.

…..But Muslims who call the Islamic State un-Islamic are typically, as the Princeton scholar Bernard Haykel, the leading expert on the group’s theology, told me, “embarrassed and politically correct, with a cotton-candy view of their own religion” that neglects “what … Continue reading

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No Policy Like an Iran Policy

MOSAIC by Michael Doran February 24, 2015 Even his former adviser agrees that the president’s Iran policy is collapsing. Can anything be done, or is it too late? I’ve been stunned by the reception of “Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy.” In … Continue reading

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