Category Archives: Islam

Hussein al-Sheikh is moving to seize control of the movement’s critical positions once #MahmoudAbbas (now in the 17th year of his four-year term) leaves office

JNS Abbas’s designated successor has begun takeover of Fatah Yoni Ben-Menachem September 1, 2022 The Palestinian Authority’s succession battle has kicked into high gear. Hussein al-Sheikh, confidant and designated successor of 86-year-old Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, has begun the … Continue reading

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Civilians injured, Masyaf area ablaze following alleged Israeli strike on Iranian missiles

JPOST Israeli strike destroyed over 1,000 Iran-made missiles in Syria August 28, 2022 An airstrike Thursday on the Syrian city of Masyaf that was attributed to Israel struck a missile warehouse containing more than 1,000 Iranian-made missiles, the Syrian Observatory … Continue reading

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“Khomeini’s decree stoked Muslim anger and paralyzed the West’s response to Islamic fundamentalism”

WALL STREET JOURNAL How the Salman Rushdie Fatwa Changed the World Reuel Marc Gerecht August 25, 2022 Apart from Iran’s Islamic revolution, for which Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini could claim only partial credit, his most momentous achievement was the February 1989 … Continue reading

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Thanks to Biden’s #IranDeal, Kuwait and the UAE can see the coming “realignment” in the Middle East

BREITBART Distrust of Biden Administration Leads UAE, Kuwait to Restore Ties with Iran John Hayward August 24, 2022 Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took steps this week to restore diplomatic relations with Iran, a tacit acknowledgment that President … Continue reading

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Saudi news outlet says Israeli drones and mid-air refueling aircraft took part in exercises, managed to avoid Russian and Iranian sensors

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israeli F-35s penetrated Iranian airspace repeatedly during war drills Ash Obel August 24, 2022 Israeli F-35 stealth fighters penetrated Iranian airspace on multiple occasions in the last two months, a Saudi-run news outlet reported Wednesday, as Israel … Continue reading

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“Is it now a little bit clearer that radical Islam is today one of the biggest threats to Western culture and that we are not winning, but instead becoming like turkeys celebrating Thanksgiving?”

GATESTONE Forget Free Speech: Rushdie’s Fatwa Is Winning Giulio Meotti August 21, 2022 …Many of the slogans, paraphrases on “free speech” and demonstrations of solidarity to the author of The Satanic Verses hide a terrible and different reality: the fatwa … Continue reading

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From my pal Yishai Fleisher, Fireworks in Hebron for the Children of Abraham

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“The Inquirer portrays Abulhawa as being fired for purely being “pro-Palestinian.” The newspaper posits her dismissal as being part of a dastardly plot to silence “pro-Palestinian” voices”

ALGEMEINER The Philadelphia Inquirer Hides Antisemitism — Again Sean Durns August 24, 2022 Antisemitism, The Philadelphia Inquirer warned in 2018, is “rising.” But the newspaper is doing its best to hide what it once acknowledged was a growing problem. Indeed, … Continue reading

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“The IDF learned that Islamic Jihad commanders wanted the terrorists to use the tunnel, but the terrorists in the field were too scared”

JERUSALEM POST Islamic Jihad wanted to infiltrate Israel through tunnels in Breaking Dawn Walla August 18, 2022 The Islamic Jihad was preparing to carry out operations that included infiltrating into Israeli territory during Operation Breaking Dawn which led to a high … Continue reading

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Israel and Turkey withdrew their respective ambassadors in 2010, after Israeli forces stormed a Gaza-bound flotilla that defied orders to dock at an Israeli port. The incident resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israel, Turkey to exchange ambassadors in diplomatic reset AP August 17, 2022 Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations and dispatch ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in months … Continue reading

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