Category Archives: Islam

A Terrible Slaughter Is Coming

THE ATLANTIC by Jeffrey Goldberg October 6, 2014 On the Turkish border, the world stands idly by as ISIS threatens a massacre in a Syrian town. The theme of the week in the Syria conflict—that airstrikes are of only limited … Continue reading

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#JSIL Hashtag Compares Israel to #ISIS

BREITBART by Breitbart London October 3, 2014 In an attempt to pull the focus of international attention from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria back to their bête noire, anti-Israel campaigners have attempted a rebrand, and have floated the … Continue reading

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The rules of war need to change

ISRAEL HAYOM by Dan Margalit October 5, 2014 It was clear from the very beginning that the cruelest most terrible terror organization since the Khmer Rouge would not fold in the face of a flimsy, ill-timed attack by a few … Continue reading

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Maher, Sam Harris Battle Affleck, Kristof on Radical Islam [VIDEO]

BREITBART by Staff October 3, 2014 Author Sam Harris and HBO’s “Real Time” anchor Bill Maher debated actor Ben Affleck and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Maher’s earlier comments on radical Islam on Friday. Harris argued, “liberals have … Continue reading

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The Middle East Masquerade Party

ARUTZ SHEVA by Mordechai Kedar October 1, 2014 A masquerade party is a social event in which participants’ faces are covered, allowing them to say and do all the things they would either be ashamed or afraid to say if … Continue reading

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Hamas Agrees with Netanyahu: ‘We want an Islamic State’

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS by Mark Langfan October 2, 2014 The US disputes Netanyahu’s statement that ‘Hamas is ISIS, and ISIS is Hamas’ – but Hamas itself does not. While it may reject Israel’s existence, Hamas certainly agrees with Prime MInister … Continue reading

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Free Speech: A Motorway Pile-Up of Moral Confusion

GATESTONE by Douglas Murray October 2, 2014 Who has the “right” to talk about Islam? The question arose thanks to the response of a Muslim student society at an American university. Last week saw the latest in the apparently interminable … Continue reading

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Ehr Daw 2014 – Given on Rosh Hashanah, 5775

CONGREGATION ETZ CHAIM BLOG Rabbi Shalom Lewis September 29, 2014 I thought that maybe I’d start with a rendition of Paul McCartney’s plaintive masterpiece “Yesterday”… “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here … Continue reading

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Shifting Alliances in the Middle East

COMMENTARY by Ofir Haivry October 1, 2014 The old Middle-Eastern border has collapsed. Like a glacier that has been undermined gradually by hidden trickles from within and then subjected to a final spring thaw, it has come crashing down. The … Continue reading

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Iran Rising

WASHINGTON TIMES by Clifford D. May October 1, 2014 In his address to the UN General Assembly last week, President Obama called the conflict in the Middle East “a fight no one is winning.” I think the evidence suggests he’s … Continue reading

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