by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times September 24, 2013 WT title: “A common culture for refugees” The lull in the chemical weapon crisis offers a chance to divert attention to the huge flow of refugees leaving Syria and rethink some misguided assumptions about their future. About one-tenth of Syria’s 22 million residents have fled across […]
Mark Langfan, a successful New York attorney and staunch supporter of Israel, came to the conclusion one day that the truth about Israel must become accessible and easily understood. Not one for letting things stop at the idea stage, the talented attorney created an original and easy to grasp visual method that can – in minutes – explain the problems Israel faces when […]
by Daniel Pipes July 9, 2013 updated Jan 4, 2014 In a column that appeared four days ago, “Is Netanyahu Turning Left?” I relied on David Weisberg’s analysis of this topic and drew some conclusions about it (principally that this is a matter of the prime minister’s ego). Here follow opinions of other informed observers, […]
by Daniel Pipes July 2, 2012 updated Jan 11, 2014 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner The Islamist destruction underway in Timbuktu (including the tomb of Sidi Mahmoudou, d. 955, and the doors of the Sidi Yahya Mosque, ca. 1400) raises a question: What is it about Islam that so often turns its adherents […]
Barack Obama used his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening to make the best case for the interim nuclear deal with Iran–and against bipartisan sanctions legislation that enjoys majority support in both houses of Congress. The president’s “best case,” however, stretched the truth significantly, and in one respect was a plain lie: Iran […]
by Steven J. Rosen and Daniel Pipes The Jerusalem Post July 10, 2012 Critics of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the organization tasked with oversight of Palestine refugees, have tended to focus on its sins. Its camps are havens for terrorists. Its bureaucracy is bloated and its payroll includes radicals. Its schools […]
January 27, 2014 16:54 by Alex Margolin Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky says the BDS campaign against SodaStream shows that the movement is less concerned with the Palestinians and more concerned with harming Israel. “BDS claims it wants only what is good for Palestinians, no matter how many of […]
Just one week after he was released from an Israeli prison, Hamas leader Hassan Yousef said on Sunday that a third Arab armed uprising – or intifada – is just a matter of time. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Yousef said that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas does not represent anyone other than himself. […]
Germany Adds Lessons in Islam in Schools to Better Blend Its Melting Pot SANITIZING EVIL Germany has a long history of creating fantastic fairytales. It was the Brothers Grimm, who catalogued such great fairytales as Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and many more. The elites of Germany have now […]
Some people have a deep animosity toward immigrants, but I am not one of them. I do not like nor dislike immigrants; for me they are just strangers who live in my country. And my attitude toward them is conditioned by just one simple criteria: if they make my life and my country better- or […]
