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Here’s a surprise from the Middle East: the son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef spied for Israel for more than ten years. The son of one of Hamas’s founding members was a spy in the service of Israel for more than a decade, helping prevent dozens of Islamist ...
A carefully assembled series of CCTV videos from Dubai shows the mysterious hit team that assassinated Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al Mabhouh, as they arrive in Dubai, don disguises, and move about the city preparing for the operation. (There are three parts in this playlist — hover over the video to ...
During the 2008 Presidential election one of my main concerns about Barack Obama was that he would take a soft line toward the Hamas terrorist gang. And there were reasons to be concerned; to name just a couple, Obama was closely acquainted with several well-known Palestinian advocates in the US, ...
Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Russia, Barack Obama, Terrorism
Israel has been quietly developing an anti-missile system that really works, at least on the small scale — when you have hostile groups living right next door with no compunctions about using missiles to kill people indiscriminately: Israel says tests on Iron Dome missile shield have been a success. ...
Israel, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Palestinians, Hamas, Terrorism, Missile Defense
Robert Bernstein, a former chairman of Human Rights Watch, had an extraordinary op-ed in the New York Times yesterday, blasting his former organization for its overwhelming bias against the state of Israel: Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast. AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for ...
Another eruption of antisemitism from Turkey. JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A Turkish television drama series which depicts an Israeli soldier shooting dead a Palestinian baby, strained already tense relations on Thursday between Israel and Turkey, a strategic Muslim ally. Previously close ties between the Jewish state and Turkey, ...
I must admit this is a real surprise; after three years I was very afraid that kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was dead: Video Shows Captive Israeli Soldier in Good Health. [Video]
The United Nations, for the first time, is planning to introduce lessons about the Nazi Holocaust to Palestinian students in Gaza. In the twisted world of Hamas, however, this amounts to a war crime. Hamas spiritual leader Younis al-Astal lashed out after hearing that the U.N. Relief and Works ...
Even for someone like me who expects very little in the way of ethics from the astoundingly biased NGO Human Rights Watch, this report is a jawdropper. The author of the last HRW report accusing Israel of “war crimes” is a radical Marxist who has written in explicit support of ...
Human Rights Watch, Israel, Anti-Israel, Hamas, Human Shields, IDF, NGO, Munich Olympics
There’s absolutely nobody to root for, as Hamas puts down a threat to their control of Gaza by invading a mosque and slaughtering more than 20 people. GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian Islamists Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to their grip on the Gaza Strip by storming a ...
Palestinians, Terrorism, Hamas, Gaza, Warriors of God, Al Qaeda
This video from January 2009 was released by the IDF to counter the Human Rights Watch report that just came out, which claimed that HRW could find no evidence that Hamas terrorists employ human shields in the Palestinian population. [Video] Also see: Augean Stables » Human Rights Complex Take 13476: ...
Human Rights Watch, Israel, Anti-Israel, Hamas, Human Shields, IDF, NGO, Video
Remember that Human Rights Watch report accusing Hamas of war crimes? I hope you didn’t think that meant they were changing their ways, because they’re right back at their main occupation again: Human Rights Watch Earns Their Saudi Pay, Publishes Another Thinly-Sourced Report Demonizing Israel.
Human Rights Watch, Israel, Anti-Israel, Saudi Arabia, Hamas, Human Shields
Ladies and gentlemen, the pig has left the hangar, as Human Rights Watch issues a new report on war crimes committed by — Hamas. Airborne porker sighted over Middle EastJERUSALEM (AFP) – Rocket attacks carried out against Israel by the Hamas rulers of Gaza and other Palestinian militants amount ...
Human Rights Watch, Hamas, War Crimes, Rockets, Israel, Terrorism, Palestinians
The journal Azure has a detailed and thoughtful examination of Operation Cast Lead and the Ethics of Just War by Israeli philosopher Asa Kasher, as the usual non-governmental organizations issue the usual reports accusing Israel of “war crimes.” On Saturday, December 27, 2008, after eight years of continuing rocket ...
Islamist advocate Tariq Ramadan’s backers and supporters have been patiently working away at getting him into America for almost a decade, and last Friday a federal appeals court decided to allow him a new visa hearing. Apparently they believed Ramadan’s claim that he had no idea he was giving money ...
Tariq Ramadan, Muslim Brotherhood, Radical Islam, Notre Dame, Hamas, Terrorism
Michael Totten talks with the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg about The Real Quagmire in the Middle East. MJT: You have talked to Hamas people. Should the Israelis or Americans talk to them? Goldberg: I don’t know what they’d get out of it. MJT: What did you get out of it ...
Michael J. Totten, Middle East, Journalism, Israel, Palestinians, Hamas
Two very different spins here, from the New York Times and Fox News: Carter, in Gaza, Urges Hamas to Seek West’s Acceptance - NYTimes.com Carter to Obama: Remove Hamas From Terror List - FOXNews.com Meanwhile, a rumor was flying around today that Hamas had foiled a plot to assassinate Carter ...
Some Somali Muslims in Minneapolis are figuring out that CAIR is not on their side. Relatives, friends and neighbors of a Minneapolis teen killed in Somalia pressed their argument Thursday that a Muslim civil rights group is hampering a federal investigation into the disappearances of dozens of Twin Cities ...
CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hamas, Radical Islam, Propaganda, FBI, Minneapolis, Somali
Hamas: the eHarmony of Radical Islam. About 40 marriages have been arranged since Tayseer opened its matchmaking department in 2007. Most women apply in secret because it’s taboo for women in Gaza to seek husbands outside the traditional route. Most girls are married in matches set up by their ...
No matter how you look at it, this seems like a stunningly bad idea: ‘Brotherhood’ Invited To Obama Speech By U.S. A sign that the Obama administration is willing to publicly challenge Egypt’s commitment to parliamentary democracy: various Middle Eastern news sources report that the administration insisted that at ...
Barack Obama, Egypt, Diplomacy, Muslim Brotherhood, Militant Islam, Hamas
One of the ringleaders of the Hamas-linked Muslim “charity” called the Holy Land Foundation has been sentenced to 65 years in prison. DALLAS (AP) — A founding member of what was once the nation’s largest Muslim charity was sentenced to 65 years in prison Wednesday for funneling millions of ...
Holy Land Foundation, Hamas, CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Terrorism, Trial
The Investigative Project has new details on the FBI’s decision to sever its ties to the Hamas-linked radical Islamic front group CAIR: FBI Explains Its CAIR Cut Off. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is not “an appropriate liaison partner” for the FBI because of evidence linking the organization ...
CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hamas, Radical Islam, Harassment, Propaganda, FBI
Charles Krauthammer knows what’s behind Hamas’ latest phony offer of a temporary truce: The Hamas ‘Peace’ Gambit. WASHINGTON — The Times conducted a five-hour interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal at his Damascus headquarters. Mirabile dictu, they’re offering a peace plan with a two-state solution. Except. The offer is ...
Charles Krauthammer, opinion, Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, Hudna, Truce
Here’s a very good video presentation created by the IDF, showing the tactics used in the Gaza Strip by the terror gang Hamas. [Video]