Netanyahu: “The Party is Over” for Terror-Prisoners

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said benefits and privileges enjoyed by terrorists in Israeli prisons would be revoked following Hamas’ refusal Thursday to allow the International Red Cross to visit kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit. “I have decided to change Israel’s policy toward terrorists siting in Israeli jails,” Netanyahu said at the closing event of the […]

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Israel: Part Itself from the Palestinians?

by Daniel Pipes June 21, 2011 updated Jun 26, 2011 Ha’aretz is admittedly not the most reliable source but if one believes Barak Ravid’s report on what Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his cabinet two days ago, June 21, it has important implications. According to Ravid, he surprised many of the participants in the […]

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The Palestinian Authority’s 4 Unreasonable Preconditions for Talks with Israel Include Support at UN

The Palestinian Authority has presented the Quartet of peacekeeping nations (the United States, Russia, United Nations and European Union) with four pre-condition for resuming talks with Israel. Palestine Liberation Organization chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told Saudi newspaper Al-Watan in an interview Friday the list of demands included the following: 1. A complete halt to all […]

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Sleeping Dogs Don’t Lie – But the Press Does

Sleeping Dogs Don’t Lie – But the Press Does UPDATE: Hours after publishing this critique, the BBC published a separate followup reflecting Maariv’s apology, while the Daily Telegraph removed the story from its website. We wait for AFP and YNet News to correct the record as well. UPDATE 2: The BBC’s response is simply unacceptable. Find […]

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Delta adopts Saudi ‘no-Jew’ fly policy

Challenge to discrimination building as Congress, lawyers warned of plan Delta Air Lines’ plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam Alliance of partnering companies would require the American carrier to ban Jews and holders of Israeli passports from boarding flights from New York or Washington bound for Jeddah, prompting outraged accusations of illegal […]

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HR Comment: Media Crossing the Line

HR Comment: Media Crossing the Line This opinion piece by HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker was originally published on YNet News on 22 July 2011. “We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media.” So said Al-Qaeda’s new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in November […]

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VIDEO: Hamas Terrorist Tactics in the Gaza Strip Against Civilians

This video explains the background to operation Cast Lead, specifically the terrorist tactics that Hamas employs. It shows how Hamas smuggles in weaponry in order to arm itself and how it employs the civilian population and infastructure in order to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel. Hamas’ use of human shields during operation Cast Lead […]

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