Most Clicked This Week
- "A fight over the regulation of settlements becomes a fight over the character of Israel"
- BDS efforts to curb Israel travel have failed badly
- Media reporting on hate crimes against Jews: "One major media outlet, however, stood out as an exception, even though it is New York-based"
- DePaul Professor Kwall: "We need our houses of worship to be a refuge from strife and political discord, and not a source of such conflict"
- In failing to stop the Islamic State, U.S. ignores the lessons of Auschwitz
- "To hear the news media tell it, Israel’s Knesset has approved extreme right-wing legislation that will steal Palestinian land by legalizing illegal outposts and thereby demolish the last hopes for Middle East peace"
- “Zeldin, who is Jewish, and Omar, who is Muslim, might be the most controversial members of the kumbaya clique”
- "The fact that a large number of Palestinians are desperate to work in Israel is a sign of the failure of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to improve the living conditions of their people"
Tag Archives: Iraq
Defending New Kurdish Borders with the PKK: The Battle For Iraq [CLICK FOR VIDEO]
VICE NEWS August 29, 2014 After conquering large swathes of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State is now tearing up the near century-old map of the region and drawing new boundaries. The ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK
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A Beheading Ends All Illusions About Islam
FRONT PAGE by Daniel Greenfield August 27, 2014 In August 2012, James Foley retweeted a link to a CNN story asking “Right-wing extremist terrorism as deadly a threat as al Qaeda?” The article concluded that indeed it was. Three months later, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged CNN, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, James Foley, Jihadists, Lebanon, Peter Bergen, Syria, Turkey
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Who Will Stand Up for the Christians?
NEW YORK TIMES by Ronald S. Lauder August 19, 2014 WHY is the world silent while Christians are being slaughtered in the Middle East and Africa? In Europe and in the United States, we have witnessed demonstrations over the tragic … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Boko Haram, Christians, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Nazi, Nigeria, Yazidis
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How the U.S.-favored Kurds Abandoned the Yazidis when ISIS Attacked
DAILY BEAST by Christine Van Den Toorn August 17, 2014 Interviews with witnesses show the Kurds who are now getting weapons and air support from Washington left the Yazidis defenseless earlier this month. DOHUK, Iraq — Not the least of … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Iraq, IS Fighters, Islamic State, Kucho, Kurds, Muslims, Slavery, Syria, Yazidis
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Pity America’s Friends
NATIONAL REVIEW by James Kirchick August 8, 2014 People in the Middle East who put their trust in Barack Obama are suffering right now In January, President Obama likened fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to a “jayvee … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Assad, Iraq, Libya, Qaddafi, Syria, Yazidis
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The Islamic State’s bloody campaign to exterminate minorities: ‘Even Genghis Khan didn’t do this’
WASHINGTON POST by Terrence McCoy August 7, 2014 From Ed Lasky: The world seemingly has no interest in the human rights abuses that go on daily at a breathtaking rate and with a viscousness that far exceeds anything seen in the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ed Lasky, Ira Forman, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Samantha Power, Sinjar, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yazidi
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Why No One Cares About the Christians of Mosul. We know why that is.
COMMENTARY by Tom Wilson July 29, 2014 No one cares about the Christians of Mosul–or perhaps we should say the Christians formerly of Mosul. The reports in recent days suggest that the last Christians have now fled that city, forced … Continue reading
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