Category Archives: Islam

Oman Joins Saudi Arabia in Opening Airspace to Israel

REUTERS Israel thanks Oman for opening its airspace February 23, 2023 Israel’s foreign minister on Thursday thanked Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said for opening Oman’s airspace to all carriers, including Israeli airlines, which will now be able to offer shorter … Continue reading

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Many Muslims see Israel as a leader in the battle against tyranny and jihad.

JNS Three Muslims and a settler Yishai Fleisher February 14, 2023 …At no point did she seem to mind that I was a Jew, an Israeli and a “settler” who works in Hebron. All that mattered was that I was … Continue reading

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“Can the whole world be wrong?”: A new book is essential to understanding the current lunacy over Israel and the global jihad.

JNS Can the whole world be wrong? Melanie Phillips February 16, 2023 One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel and the Palestinian Arabs—casting the former as evil … Continue reading

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Iranian hit squads would be deployed if Israel ever attacked #Iran

JEWISH CHRONICLE Iran ‘mapping’ Jews in diaspora for kill squads David Rose February 16, 2023 Iran has been “mapping” the Jewish diaspora for an assassination campaign that will be triggered if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, a Jewish woman who … Continue reading

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It’s unclear what “latest polls” Amanpour might be referring to, given that every major recent poll from the Palestinian side shows exactly the opposite

CAMERA Christiane Amanpour’s Dubious, and Likely Fabricated, Polling Data David Litman February 16, 2023 In yet another display of Christiane Amanpour’s prioritization of her disdain for Israel over journalistic integrity, the CNN anchor appears to have fabricated poll results to … Continue reading

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The Nakba story, “perhaps the most persistent big lie of the past 75 years”

COMMENTARY The Truth Behind the Palestinian ‘Catastrophe’ Sol Stern March 2023 Israel will soon celebrate the 75th anniversary of its independence. Around the same time, Palestinians will stage their annual Nakba Day, the official commemoration held every year on May … Continue reading

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Foreign Ministry denies report that United Hatzalah team sent to provide disaster relief to Turkey left early following a verified security threat

JERUSALEM POST IDF to conclude Operation Olive Branch after saving 19 lives in Turkey Staff February 12, 2023 Israel’s Operation Olive Branch delegation will conclude its rescue operations in Turkey and return to Israel in the coming days, according to a … Continue reading

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Mazzig: “There is nothing more inconvenient to the political mobilization against Israel than the discovery that the Jewish state actually is made up of a majority of Jews of color who were refugees from murderous Arab regimes”

JEWISH CHICAGO ‘Wrong Kind of Jew,’ right kind of book Aaron B. Cohen January/February 2023 Many who oppose Jewish self-determination distort and seek to delegitimize Jewish memory, history, and identity by calling Israel a white, European, colonial, settler state. The … Continue reading

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Saudi news site quotes unnamed Israeli military official saying any move by Tehran to ‘take advantage of tragic situation’ will be met with military response ‘without hesitation’

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel warns Iran against sending arms to Syria under guise of quake aid Emanuel Fabian February 9, 2023 The Saudi-owned Elaph news site on Thursday cited an Israeli military official as saying if Iran ships weapons to … Continue reading

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Why is Israel under threat from a terrorist group for allowing Jews to pray at Judaism’s holiest site? Why is it okay for everyone else to pray there and not for Jews? And why do these Palestinian groups get away with making such threats?

COMMENTARY Moshe Dayan’s Tragic Blunder Meir Y. Soloveichik February 2023 …The current contretemps, like all others concerning the Temple Mount, reveals that [Moshe] Dayan’s original decision was a terrible mistake, the worst in Israel’s history. Rather than pacifying Jewish–Muslim relations, … Continue reading

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