The former head of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, expressed support on Tuesday for Palestinian Authority violence against Israel. In a published report, The 68-year-old ElBaradei said the “resistance” was the only path open to PA Arabs because “the Israeli occupation only understands the language of violence.” ElBaradei, who recently […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online February 16, 2010 The violence and cruelty of Arabs often perplexes Westerners. Not only does the leader of Hizbullah proclaim “We love death,” but so too does, for example, a 24-year-old man who last month yelled “We love death more than you love life” as he crashed his car […]
The director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, paid secret visits to Cairo and Jerusalem Thursday, Jan. 28, to prepare the ground for expanding US military intervention in Yemen against al Qaeda strongholds, thereby opening a fresh front in the war on Islamist terror organization. In Cairo, he met Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, defense minister Field […]
by David J. Rusin • Jan 13, 2010 at 11:14 am To ban or not to ban? That is the question being asked across the West regarding Islamic veils that cover the face. One of the more active fronts of this battle: college and university campuses. Daniel Pipes recently broke the news that a dean […]
Israel will build a fence on its border with Egypt to prevent the infiltration of terrorists and migrant workers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered the construction of a barrier fence along its southern border at a cost of more than $270 million. Thousands of migrants have entered Israel through its Egyptian border in […]
Egypt’s minister of intelligence Omar Suleiman and foreign minister Ahmad Abul Gheit are due in Washington Friday, Jan. 7, to present US president Barack Obama with a new Egyptian-Saudi proposal for reviving Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources disclose. At its core would be a presidential letter of guarantee for Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of […]
by Daniel Pipes Jerusalem Post December 23, 2009 Invited recently by the newly formed Pechter Middle East Polls to ask three questions of 1,000 representative Egyptians and 1,000 urban Saudis, the Middle East Forum focused on Iran and Israel, the countries that most polarize the region. The results are illuminating. Some Egyptians and Saudis support […]
A new report entitled “The Disappearance, Forced Conversions, and Forced Marriages of Coptic Christian Women in Egypt” has been released by the Christian Solidarity International and the Coptic Foundation for Human Rights on the ongoing struggle for freedom and dignity of Coptic Christian women in Egypt. “Reports of Muslim men abducting and forcibly marrying and […]
From VirtualJerusalem.com: Responding to a rocket attack on southern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli air force struck deep in Gaza during the night. The IAF targets included factories used in the production of arms near Khan Younis and two tunnels used for weapons smuggling. The tunnels were located in the south of the Gaza region, […]
The administration of President Barack Obama has approved an Egyptian request for the advanced F-16 multi-role fighter. Under the proposal, Egypt would receive 24 F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft in a $3.2 billion deal. “The proposed sale will allow the Egyptian Air Force to modernize its aging air force by acquiring new fighter aircraft, thereby enabling […]
