The Palestinian ambassador said that if Israel expanded the operation in Gaza, it must work to overthrow Hamas, instead of stopping in the middle, as it did in Operation Cast Lead in 2008. “If there should be a ground operation in Gaza, this time he expects to see [Hamas prime minister] Ismail Haniyeh and [high-ranking […]
Today, a ceasefire was announced in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas. With the current crisis apparently over, America must reflect back on what happened and how surrounding nations—including some of our allies in the region—reacted. Of note are Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements toward Israel. On Tuesday, Erdogan […]
by Daniel Pipes November 15, 2012 updated Nov 16, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Two observations about the hostilities that began on Nov. 10: (1) The old Arab-Israeli wars were military clashes, the recent ones are political clashes. The wars of 1948-49, 1967, and 1973 were life-and-death struggles for the Jewish state. […]
November 19, 2012 17:16 by Simon Plosker As Operation Pillar of Defense continues, here are the Top 5 Media Fails as HonestReporting inaugurates its Hall of Shame. 1. Jon Donnison, BBC for retweeting a dramatic photo of two children wounded in war without making any effort to verify the photo’s authenticity. Turns out the children […]
The Israeli government has approved the call-up of 75,000 reservists to participate in the Gaza fighting, as infantry, armor and engineering units mass near Gaza awaiting the command to enter the Hamas-controlled terror state. No one outside the IDF’s leadership knows if the IDF intends to invade Gaza, when the IDF incursion will start, and […]
Hamas has once again back to its old dirty tricks. Due to the internet age, may with iphones an twitter accounts Hamas was caught faking an image of a dead Palestinian child. They have no shame and were using a child killed by its own rocket fire and claiming that an Israeli attack was responsible. […]
Operation Pillar of Defense: What You Need to Know November 15, 2012 14:05 by Simon Plosker Israel is not interested in stoking the flames, but for the past five days there has been constant missile fire at Israel and mothers and children cannot sleep quietly at night … There is a limit to what Israel can […]
There is only one precedent of a modern democracy besieged under rocket attacks. During the afternoon of September 7, 1940, 348 Nazi bombers appeared over London’s skies. For the next two months, London was bombed day and night. Fires consumed many portions of the city. Residents sought shelter wherever they could find it – many […]
Obama said he would bring change and that he did. When elected he first went to Egypt, then later forced former Egyptian president Mubarak to step down. The Muslims brotherhood is now breaking their peace treaty with Israel. Two major Israeli newspapers are reporting that rockets fired from Egypt have hit Israel. “Egyptian Terrorists in […]
Yamit Talker-Shefer in a green sari dances with family and friends during her Indian wedding ceremony in Rehovot, Israel, 2009. The creation of Israel provided the Jews with both a homeland and sanctuary free from the ravages of anti-Semitism which culminated in the Holocaust. While the persecution of Jews in Europe is well known […]
