Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Al Jazeera airing documentary about pro-Israel activity in Washington ‘through the eyes of an undercover reporter’

ARUTZ SHEVA Al Jazeera admits it planted reporter in US pro-Israel groups by Nitsan Keidar October 10, 2017 The Qatar-based Al Jazeera media network admitted that it planted an undercover reporter in pro-Israel organizations in Washington, and that it plans to broadcast … Continue reading

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Israel’s CorNeat Vision develops new nanotech solution that could one day help restore sight to millions who have gone blind due to diseases of the cornea

ISRAEL 21C Israeli company unveils revolutionary artificial cornea by Nicky Blackburn October 9, 2017 An early-stage Israeli ophthalmic medical devices startup has developed a revolutionary artificial cornea implant that holds out hope to millions of blind and visually impaired people … Continue reading

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Follow the money: Israel “formed a multiagency task force codenamed Harpoon to wage financial warfare against its enemies”

FOX NEWS Follow Israel’s example: We must wage financial warfare against terrorists by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner October 6, 2017 The United States and nations around the world battle ISIS and other terrorist groups with special forces and other ground combat troops, … Continue reading

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“New book by author David Goldstein explores some of the 800 black Americans who have come to play professional basketball in the Jewish state since the 1970s”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Alley-oop to the Holy Land: 40 years of African American hoopsters in Israel by Robert Sarner October 8, 2017 …In Alley-Oop to Aliyah: African American Hoopsters in the Holy Land [David Goldstein] presents the Jewish state from an … Continue reading

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EVENT: Operation Wedding Screening in Chicago [VIDEO]

Leningrad, 1970. A group of young Jewish dissidents who were denied exit visas, plot to hijack an empty plane and escape the USSR. Caught by the KGB a few steps from boarding, they were sentenced to years in the gulag … Continue reading

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Mideast: Trump and Obama, a difference without distinction

JERUSALEM POST Trump and Obama’s Third Term by Caroline Glick October 5, 2017 …The same of course can be said of the Trump administration’s policy toward Fatah and the Palestinian Authority. No matter how open PA President Mahmoud Abbas is … Continue reading

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Iran Deal: Why is Iran changing their mind all of a sudden

REUTERS Exclusive: Iran open to talks over its ballistic missile program by Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and John Walcott October 6, 2017 Iran has suggested to six world powers that it may be open to talks about its ballistic missile … Continue reading

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Trump says embassy move decision will be ‘in not too distant future,’says he wants to give peace proposal “a chance to work first”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Trump won’t move embassy to Jerusalem until peace plan ‘given a shot’ by Staff October 8, 2017 US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will not consider moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until an … Continue reading

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“Rules of engagement are classified, and military officials generally do not discuss them”

DEFENSE NEWS Mattis reveals new rules of engagement by Aaron Mehta October 3, 2017 U.S. forces are no longer bound by requirements to be in contact with enemy forces in Afghanistan before opening fire, thanks to a change in rules … Continue reading

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“One of the most difficult things for some here to grasp about the Las Vegas attack was why it took more than an hour for someone to knock down the hotel room door of the shooter”

JERUSALEM POST The Las Vegas massacre through Israeli eyes by Herb Keinon October 4, 2017 …Why did it take so long to locate the room? Why didn’t a security guard in the hotel take immediate action? Why didn’t someone else … Continue reading

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