The current seismic developments in Arab countries have removed the Middle East “screen saver,” exposing the real Mideast: top heavy on violence, fragmentation, volatility, hate-education and treachery, and low on predictability, certainty, credibility and democracy. The collapse of Arab regimes reflects the collapse of superficial assumptions, which have underlined Western policy-making and public opinion molding. […]
(CNN) — The chairman of a U.N. mission whose report accused Israel of “actions amounting to war crimes” during its fight against Hamas says he would have reached different conclusions if the Israeli military had been more forthcoming and if he had known the results of subsequent investigations. “If I had known then what I […]
Reuters Redefines Terrorist Attack Nothing captures the media’s attention like a bomb in the heart of Jerusalem. At this time, one person was killed and over 30 wounded as a bomb detonated next to a busy bus stop near the city’s central bus station and international conference center. Incredibly, Reuters included the following […]
Turkey informed a UN Security Council panel it seized a cache of weapons Iran was exporting in violations of a UN arms embargo, Reuters reported on Thursday. The report to the council’s Iran sanctions committee, said a March 21 inspection turned up the weapons, which were listed as “auto spare parts” on the plane’s cargo […]
The IDF will remain in the Jordan Valley to defend Israel, regardless of any future Palestinian Authority state, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a tour of military posts and bases in the area. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas responded by demanding sovereignty of the area, along with all of Judea and Samaria. In remarks that may […]
United States Senator John McCain said he supports the release of Jonathan Pollard, who has been in prison for 25 years for passing classified information to Israel. Pollard was sentenced to life in jail. McCain expressed his support for Pollard’s release during a phone call with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, on Thursday. He joins a […]
Colombia has not joined the parade of Latin American nations that have recognized the Palestinian Authority as a sovereign country over the past year. President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon informed the World Jewish Congress on Wednesday that as a “matter of principle,” his government would not recognize any unilateral declaration of statehood by the PA. […]
Students from the University of California, Irvine met with a Hamas leader during a student trip to Israel. Posters of Aziz Duwaik The Institute for Jewish and Community Research said it learned recently that the university’s branch of the Olive Tree Initiative, an Israeli-Palestinian peace organization, arranged for a meeting between the Irvine students and […]
Judge Eilata Ziskin of the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Jewish man convicted of attacking arabs and assaulting a police officer to two months in prison and five months probation. Another defendant in the same case was sentenced to community service. The conviction stems from an incident that occurred two years ago at the […]
Arab Knesset Member Mohammed Barakeh has justified the public burning on Tuesday of a photo of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, saying it was a “legitimate” protest and not an act of incitement. Hate chants also were heard at the annual Land Day demonstration in the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Lod, located near Ben Gurion International […]
