Category Archives: Islam

#IranDeal is off; message conveyed to PM Lapid in recent conversations with Biden and other US officials; Iranian demands to halt IAEA probes appear to have derailed talks

TIMES OF ISRAEL Nuclear deal with Iran off the table for time being, US has indicated to Israel Shalom Yerushalmi September 7, 2022 A new nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is off the table and will not be … Continue reading

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Moscow reportedly wishes to avoid the #Iranian militias in #Syria being targeted by #Israel

JNS Russia demands Iranian militias withdraw from Syrian province September 4, 2022 Russia has demanded that Iranian militias withdraw from military positions west of the Syrian province of Hama and from other positions in central and western Syria to prevent … Continue reading

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Munich 1972: “With hand grenades and bullets the terrorists butchered the remaining nine athletes in the helicopters that brought them there, as well as a German policeman”

GATESTONE ‘There We Will Strike Them’: The Munich Massacre and Its Aftermath by Richard Kemp September 4, 2022 Fifty years ago this week, 5th and 6th September 1972, the world watched in horror as Jews were again brutally murdered on … Continue reading

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“Just as words like apartheid and genocide have actual definitions, so does “occupation” have strict definition under international law and precedent”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) How to defeat the Israel ‘occupation’ myth with facts James Sinkinson September 6, 2022 …Most anti-Israel attacks in the media take the form of lies – from apartheid to ethnic genocide to the slaughter … Continue reading

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Boeing KC-46’s to arrive in 2025 at the earliest; deal to cost Israel nearly $1 billion, with funds coming from military aid Washington provides to Jerusalem

TIMES OF ISRAEL US inks deal to sell Israel 4 refueling planes needed for potential Iran strike Emanuel Fabian September 1, 2022 Aircraft manufacturer Boeing signed a contract with the US Department of Defense on Thursday to supply Israel with … Continue reading

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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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