Tag Archives: Syria

Samantha Power wrote the book on how the U.S. government ignores and legitimates genocides. Or was it a handbook?

TABLET MAGAZINE The Ambassador from Hell by Lee Smith February 17, 2016 Even die-hard supporters of President Barack Obama’s “realist” approach to foreign affairs are nauseated by the White House’s Syria policy. New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, a vocal … Continue reading

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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

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Thanks to Obama, the #IranDeal and $100bn, Hezbollah is stronger than ever

WORLD AFFAIRS Hezbollah Devours Lebanon by Michael J. Totten February 8, 2016 Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah declared victory last week in Lebanon. He has made plenty of empty bombastic victory boasts in the past, most notoriously after the Israelis … Continue reading

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If Iran uses 90 percent of its released assets peacefully, it could still spend fifty times as much money on terrorism as it used to

WORLD AFFAIRS Iran Gets its Blackmail Money by Michael J. Totten February 1, 2016 The Iranian sanctions are over. The United States has now officially returned 100 billion dollars in frozen assets to the Iranian government as required by last … 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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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

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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

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The effort to conflate Syrian and Jewish refugees

JEWISH PRESS Why Today’s Syrian Refugees are not Yesterday’s Jews by Rav Zev Shandalov December 20, 2015 Reports today inform us that President Obama, during a speech at a naturalization ceremony of 31 petitioners seeking United States Citizenship held at … Continue reading

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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

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15 areas of concern with Obama speech

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Obama Speech a Disgrace, Full of Falsehoods and No New Policy by Staff December 7, 2015 President Obama’s terrorism speech was a frightening disgrace. Not only was there no new policy, but it was filled with … Continue reading

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