Most Clicked This Week
- Ted Cruz: "I would not make fighting same-sex marriage a top priority"
- I rarely post Al Jazeera, but this is worth a read: “Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded”
- "Visitors will be able to “touch history” by walking in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims through a 380-yard stretch of tunnel along the ancient street that ran uphill to the Jewish temple"
- “Israeli officials fear that the scenario in which Iran's regime remains in power even after the current military campaign is now more realistic”
- Has Biden ever called on Palestinians to compensate Israeli victims?
- Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Daniel Meron, called the report "scandalous" and "fake," saying it had been authored by "Hamas proxies"
- Eric Cantor's loss was not about religion
- “The future of Israeli diplomacy will be shaped not only by alliances or declarations, but by technologies so essential that they bind nations together in ways traditional diplomacy cannot”
Tag Archives: Syria
The international consensus that the Golan belongs to Syria no longer fits the facts and the law
REAL CLEAR POLITICS Why Israeli Rule of Golan Is Lawful — and Wise by Peter Berkowitz February 19, 2016 In exercising its right of self-defense in the Six Day War, Israel seized from Syria the Golan Heights, a strategically important … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Alawite, Bashar al-Assad, Golan, Golan Heights, Syria
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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
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Berlin, Cologne, German, Hamburg, Iraq, rape, Stuttgart, Syria
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Russia pressures Hezbollah to keep peace with Israel
ALGEMEINER Russia Tries to Rein in Hezbollah After IDF Convoy Attack by Eliezer Sherman January 5, 2016 Russia encouraged Hezbollah to keep the peace with Israel on the Lebanese border, Israeli national radio reported on Tuesday. According to Saudi-owned Al Arabiya, Moscow wants … Continue reading
The 1979 baby-killer from Hezbollah finally receives Israeli justice
JERUSALEM POST Will Hezbollah retaliate for the assassination of Samir Kuntar? by Yossi Melman December 20, 2015 The big question disturbing Israel after the assassination of Samir Kuntar is whether Hezbollah will respond, and if so, how and on which front. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Damascus, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Samir Kuntar, Syria
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Those who question US policy on Syrian refugees, labeled “bigots, xenophobes, and worse”
CONTRA COSTA TIMES The Syrian refugee resettlement and the veil of silence by Abraham Miller December 10, 2015 Walnut Creek is about to absorb anywhere from 200 to 2,000 Syrian refugees. The ambiguity of the number itself is indicative of … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Angela Merkel, DHS, Germany, Refugees, Syria, UNHCR, United Nations
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