Newscom Despite claims by the Obama Administration that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) budget couldn’t afford sequestration cuts without reducing personnel—thus causing longer wait times at airports—the agency had no qualms about adding a $50 million contract for new uniforms the week before the spending cuts officially began. On February 27, the TSA announced the […]
Palestinian Authority Lockup on New Prisoner Death March 5, 2013 15:45 by Pesach Benson Had Ayman Samarah been found dead in an Israeli prison cell, he’d be just as famous as Arafat Jaradat, who was all over the news last week. But Samarah died in a Palestinian Authority prison cell, not an Israeli one. The PA […]
Lawrence Korb, who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Jonathan Pollard affair, told a news conference on Tuesday that Pollard did not deserve to receive a life sentence. Korb noted that the usual sentence for offenses similar to those made by Pollard is only seven years, adding that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu raised […]
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Sunday voiced skepticism over any tangible results that may be yielded from talks between world powers and Iran. “We must be clear and unequivocal: we will not back down on sanctions and pressure just for Iran showing up at the negotiating table,” said Baird, who spoke alongside former Italian foreign […]
Iran’s behavior poses the greatest risk to stability in the Middle East, the commander of U.S. Central Command warned on Tuesday. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis said, “Iran remains the single-most significant regional threat to stability and prosperity.” Mattis, the top U.S. Commander in the Middle […]
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), a well-known environmentalist group, regularly publishes a report on the threats currently facing the natural environment in Israel. A man who researched the group’s latest report says it shows a clear ethnic bias, with a disproportionate focus on Jewish “threats.” Of the 119 situations that […]
The president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress narrowly escaped with his life on Monday after he was targeted in an assassination attempt in central Kiev. Vadim Rabinovich, a businessman and president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, said a bomb was hurled at his car as it pulled out from an office courtyard. A statement posted on […]
NPR: Israel Starving Gaza of Its Resources March 5, 2013 10:07 by Pesach Benson A blockade is only as strong as its weakest link. Until recently, all kinds of goods passed through Egypt’s Rafah’s crossing, through smuggling tunnels, and even the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel. But for Hamas, the situation took a turn for […]
The House version of the continuing resolution (CR) — necessary to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30 — was Congress’s opportunity to reprogram cuts from sequestration or cut even further. Regrettably, the bill fails to deliver on both counts. Worse, because of the Obama Administration’s decision to spread […]
U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank to Palestinians), according to an unconfirmed report by World Tribune. The report quotes anonymous “Israeli sources.” According to the report, Obama, who is scheduled to arrive in Israel on March 20, wants Prime […]
