The United Nations has been a “major disappointment” in the 21st Century and has “inverted right and wrong,” human rights scholar and activist Anne Bayefsky tells Arutz Sheva in a special interview. The UN “was founded in the middle of the 20th Century to offer a new world order based on peace and security and […]
In a statement to Al Manar TV, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave his clearest admission to date that the Shi’ite Islamist group is offering active support to Syrian government troops and other pro-regime forces. Nasrallah declared that “Syria has real friends in the region and in the world who will not allow Syria to fall into the hands of […]
What’s wrong with the Gang of Eight’s immigration plan? Heritage President Jim DeMint said, “It’s unfair, it costs too much, and it’s going to make the problem worse.” On “The Kudlow Report” April 30, DeMint told host Larry Kudlow that it’s important to focus on what we know about the bill—not merely what is promised […]
BBC Terminology: Mitigating Terror April 30, 2013 11:06 by Simon Plosker This morning, an Israeli was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist at the Tapuah junction in the West Bank. As reported by The Times of Israel: The attacker stabbed the Israeli, grabbed his weapon, and according to some accounts shot him at close […]
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, said Friday that former President George W. Bush did not respond properly to the Beslan school bombing in 2004 in which Islamic separatist militants – mostly Chechen – killed over 380 people – about 180 of […]
The North Caucasus has emerged as an ungovernable safe haven for terrorists, as the government of Russia is at the end of its wits as to how to stem the Islamist insurrection. The brothers who allegedly undertook the Boston Marathon bombing and reportedly planned to hit Times Square in New York, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, […]
The Academic College in Tzfat held a conference Monday on the subject, “The borders of democracies’ war on terrorism.” Faculty member and terrorism expert Shimon Carmi explained to Arutz Sheva that the way society reacts to terrorism affects the society itself, first and foremost. “If we were to decide to ignore all the treaties and wage […]
In a recent debate at New York University Law School, Ryan T. Anderson, co-author of the book What Is Marriage? and Heritage’s William E. Simon Fellow, asks Professor Judith Stacey the essential question: What is marriage? Stacey gives a very clear answer: “Why should there be marriage at all?” Stacey concedes that we live in […]
Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom As we work to rein in wasteful spending and improve retirement security, our nation cannot afford to overlook Medicaid’s long-term care financing crisis. We’re completely unprepared for the coming “age wave.” More than 15 million Americans will be 85 years or older in 2040. While seven in 10 seniors will need […]
“No one would believe a big strong man was hit by his little wife,” stated Professor Sarah Ben David. However her research shows it happens more often then one might think. A conference in Israel is focusing on battered men and Prof. Ben David is one of the speakers at the two-day event which is […]
