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“The persecution of Jews in Arab lands had not ceased since the rise of Muhammad who, in 626 C.E., enslaved, expelled or beheaded the three leading Jewish tribes of the Arabian Peninsula”

ISRAEL HAYOM Forgotten Jewish refugees by Yoram Ettinger April 8, 2016 …The CIA assessed that “a second Jewish Holocaust in less than 10 years” would be the response to the establishment of a Jewish state. In fact, 820,000 Jews were expelled … Continue reading

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Good thing we have that #IranDeal: Iran-backed militias takes new American hostages in Iraq. That didn’t take long.

OBSERVER The Fruits of a Poisoned Iran Deal Spread Across the Middle East by Joshua Sharf January 20, 2016 We can all be grateful for the safe return of five American prisoners (please don’t call them “hostages”) from Iranian jails.  … Continue reading

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“The implicit misogyny in this – that offending Muslim men is somehow worse than the rape and molestation of women, Muslim and not, is striking”

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM The New Terror Threat: Organized Rape by Abigail R. Esman January 15, 2016 It was a different kind of terrorist attack: a carefully orchestrated, coordinated mass rape and sexual assault on hundreds of women across Cologne, … Continue reading

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It’s no longer called the Israeli-Arab conflict because it has shrunk to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

YNET Israel remains the Middle East’s only anchor by Guy Bechor November 28, 2015 …And so, for about two years, the American administration focused on us, focused on past, while the Syrian meat grinder expanded, Iraq collapsed, Libya turned into … Continue reading

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A Free Kurdistan can be part of the solution

DAILY BEAST Why It’s Time for a Free Kurdistan by Aliza Marcus November 27, 2015 It’s time to stop debating whether or not the Kurds deserve an independent state. There are around 40 million Kurds across Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and … Continue reading

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Germany taking Europe to a new place

WEEKLY STANDARD The Rising Migrant Tide, What Merkel wrought by Christopher Caldwell October 26, 2015 …The flood of Middle Eastern refugees into Austria began in the summer. By September they were arriving at the southeastern border at the rate of … Continue reading

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How does the U.S. figure in this picture ?

COMMENTARY The New Axis of Evil by Max Boot September 28, 2015 The U.S. is not just being defeated in Iraq and Syria. It is being humiliated…On Sunday, the administration was taken by surprise for the umpteenth time when Russia, … Continue reading

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Pentagon confused about Russia’s military buildup in Syria

AMERICAN INTEREST Russia’s Third Circles by Adam Garfinkle September 17, 2015 ….Just as attacking a Baltic State [Ukraine] hoping to politically destroy NATO would be a high-risk undertaking, turning Syria into a free-fire zone in the hope of politically destroying … Continue reading

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DIA chief: Iraq and Syria may not survive as states

MILITARY TIMES by Ken Dilanian, Associated Press September 10, 2015 Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said Thursday in a frank assessment that is at … Continue reading

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The Secret Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians

GATESTONE by Khaled Abu Toameh August 10, 2015 According to the researcher, many Palestinians captured by Shiite militias in Iraq have been brutally tortured and forced to “confess” to their alleged involvement in terrorism. Since 2003, the number of Palestinians … Continue reading

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