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The rumors that President Obama would throw Israel under the bus appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Palestinian moderates say hope in President Obama has “evaporated.” That’s the damning message contained in a memo circulated among the top leadership of the Palestinian faction Fatah, the faction which is led ...
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]
Violence broke out this morning on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, when Muslim protesters began shouting and throwing rocks at a small group of Jews who entered the compound. Twelve policemen and 15 rioters were wounded Sunday in riots on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and later in the ...
Here’s a video clip from the Israeli Defense Forces, showing what happened September 25, 2009, when Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza prepared to launch rockets into Israel to attempt random murder, unaware that their every move was being watched. [Video] In the above video an Unmanned Air Vehicle captures ...
In his speech to the United Nations this morning, President Obama reiterated his call for Israel to cease building settlements, and for the Palestinians to end incitement against Israel. I will also continue to seek a just and lasting peace between Israel, Palestine, and the Arab world. Yesterday, I ...
United Nations, Israel, Palestinians, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama
A new blog is keeping an eye on the biased stories about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that continue to pour out of one of the world’s main sources of news: Reuters Middle East Watch.
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
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
This is the mind-numbingly obvious technique the Palestinians have been getting away with for decades — talking about the “peace process” while threatening (and often committing) violence. Why would anyone expect Mahmoud Abbas to change this pattern of behavior now? Palestinians to keep resistance an option: Abbas. BETHLEHEM, West ...
It’s a good thing we’re not having any kind of recession or financial crisis or massive deficit or anything like that here in the US, so we can afford to send $200 million in aid to Palestinians. And that’s just the first installment — we’ve promised almost a billion smackeroos ...
Palestinians, Foreign Aid, Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy, Terrorism, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, PLO
I had to read this one twice to be sure I wasn’t imagining it: Netanyahu says West Bank barrier to stay for now. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Wednesday any notion he would order Israel’s barrier in the West Bank to be torn down in ...
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 ...
Here is a long clip from Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today, in response to Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world. [Video] Some key points from the Jerusalem Post article on the speech: “I support the idea of regional peace that is being led by Obama,” Netanyahu said, adding that ...
Charles Krauthammer’s column today is about Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world, and his call for Israel to cease settlement growth: Barack Obama’s Israeli Settlements Canard. This first paragraph is the truly important point, and it’s the reality that most diplomats and politicians are constitutionally unable to acknowledge: ...
Charles Krauthammer, opinion, Barack Obama, Israel, Palestinians
This is a little surprising, given his history of associations with radical pro-Palestinian activists like Rashid Khalidi, but maybe Barack Obama isn’t completely clueless about the Palestinian culture of hate. Following a meeting Thursday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, President Obama told the Palestinian leader that “ ... ...
Barack Obama, Israel, Palestinians, Hate Speech, Indoctrination, Antisemitism
The radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Association Of Britain has launched a campaign to have Israeli tourism advertisements removed from London subway stations. The hypocrisy is stunning, of course — because even though it’s a regular feature of Palestinian propaganda to publish maps of the state of ...
Palestinians, Britain, Israel, Radical Islam, Muslim Association of Britain, MAB
Every year, when the Palestinian whinefest known as “Nakba” rolls around, the wire services dutifully publish photo after photo of Palestinians holding keys, “symbolizing” the loss of their houses in 1948 when the state of Israel was established. But this year we have the most ridiculous example yet — an ...
Palestinians, Nakba, Propaganda, Fauxtography, staging, Associated Press, Media Bias
When the “Chief Islamic Judge” of the “moderate” Palestinian Authority launched a vicious tirade against Israel at a meeting attended by Pope Benedict today (even though he wasn’t scheduled to speak at all), the Pope walked out. Chief Islamic Judge of the Palestinian Authority, Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, launched ...
Leave it to the Palestinians to try to turn a visit from Pope Benedict into a propaganda show: IDF bans Palestinians from hosting pope next to West Bank fence. A Palestinian official says the Palestinian Authority has scrapped plans to host Pope Benedict XVI next week on a stage ...
Palestinians, Terrorism, Propaganda, Security Barrier, Pope Benedict
As delusional diplomats continue pushing for a Palestinian state living in peace next to Israel (a state that might be named “Fantasyland,” with apologies to Walt Disney), “moderate” Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas rejects calling Israel a Jewish state. JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday dismissed ...
Palestinians, Terrorism, Israel, Statehood, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu
Sinn Fein and Hamas: together at last. And the IRA head is now reporting to Barack Obama. What could go wrong? GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The leader of Irish Republican Army-linked Sinn Fein party met with the head of the internationally shunned Hamas government during a two-day visit ...
Hamas, IRA, Sinn Fein, Ireland, Palestinians, George Mitchell
Barack Obama’s speech in Turkey: Obama backs Palestinian state, conciliatory to Muslims. ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Turkey’s largely Muslim but secular democracy on Monday the United States was not at war with Islam and that it wanted to reinvigorate efforts toward creating a Palestinian state. ...
This morning in the Israeli town of Bat Ayin, an Arab terrorist attacked two young boys with an axe, killing one and wounding another, then escaped. Soccer Dad has a report: Terror in bat ayin. Also see: The Muqata: Newsflash; Terror attack in Gush Etzion The Day in Israel: Thurs ...
Two good posts on the absolutely disgraceful mainstream media reporting about Israel’s invasion of Gaza, and the “war crimes” that never happened: Soccer Dad: Now he tells us. CAMERA Snapshots: NY Times Backpedals on Gaza Atrocities Story.