When Bill Clinton was president, he envisioned a ‘New Middle East” based on the failed Oslo Accords, which blew up in 2000 with the Second Intifada, also known as the Oslo War. Iran now says a new Middle East indeed is on the way, but one with the Islamic Republic as its axis. “Iran’s pivotal […]
The New York Times has a stroy out today purporting to show that “Majority in Poll Back Employees in Public Sector Unions.” But like much of what The New York Times publishes, this poll is completely worthless. To understand why just look at the question they used to justify their headline: Collective bargaining refers to […]
by Daniel Pipes October 7, 2009 updated Jan 21, 2011 I congratulated Avigdor Lieberman when he took office as Israel’s foreign minister in April 2009. Here I shall occasionally follow his outspoken and unconventional role in office. “Lieberman fashioning new foreign policy” writes Haviv Rettig Gur in the Jerusalem Post, showing that the foreign minister […]
Shattered Lens: Part 4 – Lighting Candles, Inflaming Bias In Part 3 of our Shattered Lens study, we highlighted how wire service photographers use clever photographic techniques to present a false impression that enhances images of Palestinian “suffering”. In that particular case, we focused on the use of bars. In this chapter we see how […]
by David J. Rusin • Feb 28, 2011 at 4:06 pm What do victims of the Fort Hood massacre have in common with scores of raped British girls? Both are evidence that failure to speak and act against Islamist threats due to fear of being called a racist or “Islamophobe” can lead to terrible suffering. […]
While members of Congress, former cabinet members, long-time aides and assorted VIPs were celebrating Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday at the Reagan Presidential Library in sun-baked Simi Valley, California, I was nearly 6,000 miles away in snow-bound Tallinn, Estonia, a small Baltic country bordering on the former Soviet Union. As a Reagan biographer, I was invited […]
A video that has been uploaded to the Internet video site YouTube by Jewish Judean activists provides a rare, up-close look at the strange world of radical leftists. The video was shot on February 11, at the Har-Sinai farm near Susiya in the southern Hevron Hills. It shows Avidan Ofir, manager of the farm, being harassed […]
Diplomats from the international Quartet – the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations – announced this week that they plan a new effort to push negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The PA walked away from talks with Israel in late 2010, demanding that Israel freeze all Jewish construction east […]
A dual U.S.-Lebanese citizen charged with supporting the Hizbullah terrorist organization has been extradited from Paraguay to Philadelphia. U.S. officials have announced that 38-year-old Moussa Ali Hamdan appeared in court there over the weekend. He faces 28 counts on various charges, including conspiracy to provide funds to Hizbullah from the sale of counterfeit money and […]
The IDF announces that it is seeking the help of the public in finding – not a missing person, but a name for its newest plane. The IDF has recently purchased 20 F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets from United States manufacturer Lockheed-Martin. Though delivery to Israel of the world’s most advanced attack aircraft is expected […]
