Category Archives: Islam

Why are so many Gaza residents killing themselves?

GATESTONE Palestinians Commit Suicide as Their Leaders Live in Hotels and Villas Khaled Abu Toameh August 3, 2022 It has been 15 years since the Islamist Hamas group seized control of the Gaza Strip, home to some two million Palestinians. … Continue reading

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“Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa was dismissed by the Bahraini king after reportedly refusing to shake the hand of Israel’s ambassador to Manama”

JERUSALEM POST Bahraini official, royal family member sacked over Israeli ambassador snub July 25, 2022 A top Bahraini official and member of the ruling family was dismissed from her position by the Bahraini king after she refused to shake hands … Continue reading

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“To predict our future, we must first understand our past, especially the huge changes since the founding of the Jewish state”

JEWISH CHRONICLE Half of all Jews now live in Israel and that is a source of strength Vernon Bogdanor July 26, 2022 …At the recent celebrations of the 74th anniversary of independence, then-Israeli PM Naftali Bennett reminded Israelis that the … Continue reading

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Argentina’s prosecutor, Alberto Nisman (who was assassinated likely for his investigation into the AMIA bombing) described in granular detail how Iran used embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Germany in the planning of the 1994 massacre

NEWSWEEK Iran is Testing Us. So far, we are failing Toby Dershowitz July 18, 2022 In February, a jet carrying Iran’s minister of the interior, Ahmad Vahidi, landed at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base and he was not arrested. He … Continue reading

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This mostly peaceful Cori Bush fundraiser wants to “watch Israel burn to ashes along with every Israeli in it”

JEWISH JOURNAL Cori Bush 2020 Fundraiser Organizer Once Said She Wanted to Burn Down Israel Aaron Bandler July 19, 2022 An organizer behind a 2020 fundraiser for Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) is under fire for some of her past tweets, … Continue reading

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“A review of recent scholarship on the shaping of the modern Middle East in the aftermath of the Holocaust”

TABLET MAG The Nazi Roots of Islamist Hate Jeffrey Herf July 5, 2022 …In the past 30 years, historical scholarship has confirmed what American liberals and leftists, French Socialists, Communists, and Gaullists, and Communists in the Soviet Union, Poland, and … Continue reading

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#UNWatch: “Evidence continues to emerge of widespread torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees held in #Palestinian custody in the #WestBank and #Gaza””

UN WATCH Rights Group Exposes Palestinian Torture Ahead of First UN Review July 14, 2022 The Palestinian Authority and Hamas routinely torture human rights activists, women, LGBT persons, political opponents, so-called “collaborators,” and Palestinians who sell land to Jews, the … Continue reading

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“Under a nuclear umbrella, Khamenei might feel tempted to first force Israel to commit national suicide through a demographically stacked referendum. Khamenei’s website has even eerily termed this “the final solution””

THE ATLANTIC When Iran Says ‘Death to Israel,’ It Means It Behnam Ben Taleblu July 15, 2022 …Always intended for export, Iran’s Islamic revolution was and remains aided through Tehran’s skillful creation, co-option, and control of terror and proxy groups … Continue reading

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Iraq, the country that is central to American plans for the region has just formally outlawed normalization with Israel — and made it punishable by death

TIMES OF ISRAEL US and Israel want to unite Middle East against Iran, but Iraq could pose a problem Ron Kampeas July 16, 2022 It has become a kind of mantra in Washington and Jerusalem: Integrate much of the Middle … Continue reading

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“Tehran revealed this week it is for the first time producing highly enriched uranium using advanced centrifuges at a nuclear site buried deep within a mountain”

NEW YORK POST Biden needs to share intel, get out of the way and let Israel end Iran nuclear threat July 13, 2022 Richard Goldberg President Biden’s private meeting Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will likely become one … Continue reading

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