Tag Archives: Yemen

Yemen Jewish community under more duress

Posted on October 13, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG Israeli MK: Yemen’s Persecuted Jews Want Out ‘Fast’ by Jonathan Zalman October 13, 2015 Yemen’s Jewish population, a once thriving community of tens of thousands of people in the 1940s that is today estimated at around 100 “at best,” … Continue reading →

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While women overseas face true oppression, Western feminists dream up petty hashtags

Posted on August 26, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH by Christina Hoff Sommers August 25, 2015 In August 2014, 12 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard charged into 28-year-old artist Atena Farghadani’s house, blindfolded her, and took her to prison. She had posted a satirical cartoon on Facebook … Continue reading →

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Israel Alone

Posted on April 23, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Bret Stephens April 20, 2015 Previous quarrels between Washington and Jerusalem were about differing Mideast perceptions. Now the issue is how the U.S. perceives itself. Recent conversations with senior Israeli officials are shot through with a … Continue reading →

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The Battle For Saudi Arabia Begins

Posted on March 25, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

PJ MEDIA by Richard Fernandez March 25, 2015 “…Now, as the [Yemen] conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia moves directly to the borders of the Kingdom itself, Obama is like a deer in the headlights, incapable of any meaningful action. … Continue reading →

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The Orwellian Obama Presidency

Posted on March 24, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Bret Stephens March 23, 2015 Under Mr. Obama, friends are enemies, denial is wisdom, capitulation is victory. The humiliating denouement to America’s involvement in Yemen came over the weekend, when U.S. Special Forces were forced to … Continue reading →

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Yemen worshipers were cursing Jews when mosque blown up

Posted on March 23, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

Karma’s a bitch TIMES OF ISRAEL by Justin Jalil March 22, 2015 Shiite congregants in Sana’a called for death of Israel and the US; then an IS suicide bomber killed scores. A video recording of a deadly terrorist attack at a Shiite … Continue reading →

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Losing Yemen

Posted on March 22, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

PJ MEDIA by Richard Fernandez March 22, 2015 The last US special forces have been withdrawn from Yemen without exciting much notice from the US press.  Max Boot tweets: “All US SOF evacuating Yemen. Huge win for AQAP, huge defeat for … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got a Friend (Iran)

Posted on March 3, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

PJ MEDIA by Richard Fernandez March 2, 2015 One of the reasons why president Obama can’t let Benjamin Netanyahu stand in the way of Iran’s nuclear ambitions is because he needs Tehran’s troops to fight ISIS.  Today the long awaited … Continue reading →

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Yemen’s last Jews may leave: Houthis’ motto “curse Jews, victory to Islam”

Posted on February 15, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JIHAD WATCH by Robert Spencer February 16, 2015 This Reuters article is deeply anti-Israel: “Yemen’s Jewish community numbered over 40,000 until 1949, when Israel organised their mass transfer to the newly-established state. Those who stayed say they had lived in … Continue reading →

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Say It Like It Is

Posted on January 22, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

A rare exception for me–posting a Thomas Friedman article–but here goes. NEW YORK TIMES by Thomas L. Friedman January 20, 2015 ….When you don’t call things by their real name, you always get in trouble. And this administration, so fearful … Continue reading →

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