The Jerusalem District Court will hear on Thursday a motion by Arab MK Taleb A-Sana (Raam Taal), Arab local authority heads and Muslim clerics, to block Israelis’ access to the trailer for the movie “The Innocence of Muslims.” The video hurts Muslim religious sensibilities and constitutes racist incitement, the petitioners claim. The video “is very […]
During a live broadcast monitored and translated by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), Palestinian Authority TV chose to censor PA citizens several times when they openly criticized the PA leadership. PMW has documented that PA TV is directly controlled by Chairman Abbas’ office and serves as a mouthpiece for the government. PMW’s Itamar Marcus and Nan […]
Assad Has Plans to Give Hezbollah Chemical Weapons September 19, 2012 16:50 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Yup, Hamas is laying the groundwork to declare Gaza’s independence. Mahmoud Zahar told Maan News in no uncertain terms that Israel does not occupy Gaza. (Hey, that’s my line!) He also dissed the one and two-state […]
Israeli Cruise Review Sinks in Ocean of Garbage September 19, 2012 12:55 by Simon Plosker On September 15, Gabriella Le Breton published her review of a cruise to Israel in The Times of London (paid subscription only). What followed was a stunning display of ignorance and a lack of fact checking. It started with the […]
The White House, after insisting for eight days that the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was a “spontaneous” act, conceded Thursday that it was “self evident” that it was an act of terror. “It is, I think, self evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack,” White House Spokesman Jay […]
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius has misled the American public again. HHS just announced that enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) is projected to increase by 11 percent next year. That’s good news. But the Secretary goes terribly wrong when she credits the increase to Obamacare, stating, “Thanks to the Affordable Care […]
Tensions between China and Japan over the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands have increased due to the recent presence of Chinese patrol boats near Japanese waters. Only a handful of Japanese Coast Guard ships currently patrol the Senkaku Island area, and rumors of a flotilla of 1,000 Chinese fishing vessels heading toward the islands could potentially overwhelm […]
A new article published yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, featuring new research by The Heritage Foundation, tries to slice through the rhetoric on trade policy during a week when the Obama Administration announced a new trade suit against China. The article reaffirms the basic benefits that free trade brings to our economy. Not only […]
When Bill Clinton is awarded two out of four “Pinocchios” for legitimatizing President Obama’s gutting of welfare’s work requirements as a pro-work move, maybe there’s hope yet for the occasional fact-based assessment of a policy debate from the mainstream media. The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler finds that the former President stretched the truth in defending […]
Dismal jobs reports and high unemployment continue to weigh down the U.S. economy, but there are a few bright spots. Most notable among them: energy production, particularly the shale oil and shale gas revolution. The technological one-two punch of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has created a remarkable energy boom and created hundreds of thousands […]
