Senior lawmakers in the United States said on Sunday that investigators had found no evidence thus far pointing to terrorism in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 three weeks ago, according to Reuters. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, speaking on Sunday talk shows, said they had […]
by Daniel Pipes Mar 24, 2014 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner An Egyptian court in short order sentenced some 529 people to death today for the killing of a single police officer. News like this gives one pause. Very tough treatment of Islamists is needed to repress this totalitarian movement, including rejection of […]
March 26, 2014 15:58 by Yarden Frankl For many years, we have published in-depth analyses that show the consistent and pervasive anti-Israel bias of the New York Times. Check out the reports here, here, and here. We even awarded the NY Times our “Dishonest Reporter” award for the most biased reporting of 2013. We have […]
Turkey has already blocked Twitter and YouTube, and more could be on the way. According to the Reuters news agency, government sources in Ankara said on Thurday the country could block access to other social media platforms if users publish recordings or documents which “threaten national security.” Earlier, Turkish telecoms regulators moved to block YouTube […]
The captain of Flight 370 was in no state of mind to fly the day it disappeared and could have taken the Boeing 777 for a “last joyride” before crashing into the Indian Ocean, a fellow pilot says. Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah’s world was crumbling, said the long-time associate. He had been facing serious family […]
Hamas is taking another step towards the full implementation of strict Islamic Sharia law in Gaza, and is planning to introduce a penalty of lashes for certain criminal offenses. Nafez Al-Madhoun, the secretary of Hamas’s parliament in Gaza, said on Tuesday that the government is working on passing a new law pertaining to lashes. Speaking […]
Hundreds of Israelis, including many journalists, have been threatened – allegedly by Hamas – in the past several hours via text messages. Among other things, the messages include warnings that Hamas is going to conquer Israel, and has threatened to shoot more rockets and kidnap civilians. The text messages are appearing from private or blocked […]
The Syrian conflict takes center stage at an Arab summit starting Tuesday in Kuwait, where a regional rift over Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been kept off the agenda because it is too hot to handle. The dispute which broke out in the run-up to the summit pits Qatar against Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the […]
March 23, 2014 16:13 by Simon Plosker According to an Israeli Channel Two TV report, PA President Mahmoud Abbas issued “three no’s” in his meeting with U.S. President Obama: Specifically, the report said, Abbas rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand that he recognize Israel as a Jewish state. He also refused to abandon the Palestinian […]
A lawmaker from Hamas recently called for a “massacre” of Jews, explaining that Koran indicates that this must be done. In a televised address the lawmaker, Yunis Al-Astal, also said that Jews must be forced to pay the “jizya” tax, which under the strict Islamic Sharia doctrine, non-Muslims living under Muslim sovereignty must pay in […]
