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Category Archives: Islam
Syrian rebels seize UN weapons in the Golan
YAHOO NEWS by Staff September 16, 2014 United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda have seized UN weapons, uniforms and vehicles from peacekeepers in the Golan and set up a “safe zone” to wage attacks, the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Al-Nusra, al-Qaeda, Golan, Syria, UN Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, United Nations
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Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here’s how I chose peace [TED VIDEO]
Published on Sep 9, 2014 If you’re raised on dogma and hate, can you choose a different path? Zak Ebrahim was just seven years old when his father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His story is shocking, … Continue reading
Northerners uneasy after official warns Hezbollah could capture towns
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Marissa Newman September 15, 2014 Residents complain army had said situation was calm, fear tourism could suffer after future war assessment Residents of northern Israel expressed alarm Monday over statements by a senior IDF officer a … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Galilee, Hezbollah, IDF, Lebanon, Upper Galilee
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End of an Era: UN Peacekeepers Stop Pretending to Keep Peace
COMMENTARY by Seth Mandel September 15, 2014 The United Nations has come up with a strange follow-up to Israel’s credible accusations that UN facilities allowed themselves to be used essentially as human shields for Hamas in Gaza: the UN is … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Golan Heights, Peacekeeping, Syria, United Nations
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Is Islamism compatible with democracy?
THE HILL by James Jeffrey and Soner Cagaptay September 5, 2014 The Aug. 10 election of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the nation’s first directly elected president provides significant new fodder for the Washington debate that started following … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Islamism, Marxism, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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Why They Behead Us
ALGEMEINER by Lawrence Siskend September 9, 2014 Daniel Pearl. Nicholas Berg. James Foley. Steven Sotloff. Four American noncombatants have been beheaded by Islamic fanatics, and the videos of their murders brazenly circulated over the internet for the world to witness. … Continue reading
Ross Shouldn’t Do That
PJ MEDIA by David P. Goldman September 13, 2014 I had to read the penultimate paragraph of Ross Douthat’s New York Times piece on “friendless Middle East Christians” before the enormity of it sunk in. Douthat wrote: If Cruz felt … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Middle Eastern Christians, Rouss Douthat, Ted Cruz
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Turning Against Israel: Review of “Making David into Goliath”
[My personal recommendation. Buy this book. It’s excellent] WEEKLY STANDARD by Ronald Radosh September 8, 2014 The downward trajectory of global prestige When Joshua Muravchik wrote this book, he could not have known how timely it would turn out to … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 