Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Mattis in Israel: “As far as Centcom is concerned, Israel is not part of the Middle East. Israel is in Europe”

JERUSALEM POST General Mattis and the Fatah tautology by Caroline B. Glick April 19, 2017 …[General[ Mattis is reputedly a very smart, well-read man. And yet, his claims show that despite his intelligence, he has a stunning lack of intellectual curiosity … Continue reading

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Iran helped Assad murder Syria’s civilians

JERUSALEM POST How Iran enables Syria’s chemical warfare against civilians by Benjamin Weinthal April 17, 2017 The 59 Tomahawk missiles the US fired at the Shayrat Air Base served to punish dictator Bashar Assad for his use of chemical weapons … Continue reading

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New York Times: Whoops, our bad ! “There was no justification to ‘skimp’ on Palestinian terrorist’s background when publishing an op-ed by him, says in-house watchdog” [VIDEO]

TIMES OF ISRAEL NYT public editor: Failure to detail Barghouti’s crimes discredits us by Stuart Winer and TOI staff April 18, 2017 The New York Times’s public editor Liz Spayd on Tuesday criticized the paper’s op-ed department for its failure … Continue reading

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New York Times blasted for concealing Palestinian terrorist’s murder convictions

FREE BEACON New York Times Publishes Op-Ed by Convicted Terrorist, Describes Him as a ‘Palestinian Leader’ by Alex Griswold April 18, 2017 The New York Times published an op-ed Monday written by a convicted terrorist, without informing readers that he … Continue reading

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“For the world’s most dangerously ambitious and threatening tyrannies — from Russia to China, from North Korea to Iran — Obama’s neutering of American power over the past eight years created a host of opportunities that they eagerly seized”

THE HILL Trump juggles the foreign policy balls Obama dropped by Claudia Rosett April 16, 2017 The Trump administration is taking heat for striking a Syrian air base with Tomahawk missiles and hitting ISIS terrorists in Afghanistan with a MOAB, … Continue reading

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“Under Palestinian law, willful, premeditated murder and treason as well as collaboration with the enemy — usually Israel — are punishable by death”

MA’AN NEWS AGENCY Public prosecutor: 26 death sentences to be carried out in Gaza April 10, 2017 Some 26 death penalties will be carried out next year in the Gaza Strip, a public prosecutor in the besieged Palestinian enclave said … Continue reading

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“TV report reveals Hannah Bladon’s ‘final act of kindness'”

TIMES OF ISRAEL UK student was standing near killer because she gave up her seat for woman with baby by Staff April 15, 2017 Hannah Bladon, the British student who was stabbed to death on the Jerusalem light rail on … Continue reading

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Haaretz: “Yossi Klein, who wrote that Religious Zionist Jews are more dangerous than Hezbollah terrorists stands by article”

ARUTZ SHEVA Haaretz writer refuses to apologize for libelous article by David Rosenberg April 13, 2017 Haaretz columnist Yossi Klein (not to be confused with author Yossi Klein Halevy) has refused to apologize for claims made in a highly controversial … Continue reading

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Passover on campus

ALGEMEINER With Jews Away for Passover Holiday, US Campuses See Flurry of Activities Targeting Jewish State by Rachel Frommer April 14, 2017 Amid a slew of anti-Israel activities taking place at universities across the US during the Passover holiday this week, … Continue reading

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Yaakov Katz & Amir Bohbot, ‘The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower’

FREE BEACON The Mother of Invention by David Isaac April 15, 2017 … They [IDF] also have an admirably dismissive attitude toward army regulations. The premier example is Brigadier General Danny Gold, who developed the Iron Dome. Gold met “overwhelming opposition” to … Continue reading

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