Iran has warned that it could send Revolutionary Guard naval units to escort humanitarian aid convoys seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza – a move that would certainly be challenged by Israel. Any such Iranian involvement, raised today by an aide to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would constitute a serious escalation […]
YAAKOV LAPPIN– Organizer tells Gaza crowd: Everything is heading towards Islam. Radio messages sent from the Turkish Gaza flotilla to the Navy contained chilling anti-Semitic abuse, the IDF revealed on Friday when it released audio recordings of communications with the vessels. “You are approaching an area which is under a naval blockade,” a Navy radio […]
The Washington Times daily wrote a rare verbal attack on the venerable Associated Press Wednesday, exposing clear anti-Israeli bias and false reporting in coverage of the flotilla clash. The AP usually is outside of the range of critics, but the Times ridiculed the most widely known news service for “falsely” reporting, “The pro-Palestinian flotilla had […]
VIDEO: “I want the world to understand what would happen if we didn’t have the blockade. Iran would have its own port in Israel, a few kilometers from Jerusalem. It would be pending death for every citizen in Israel and a grave danger to the safety of the country.” [youtube pk7ZREDSw_A nolink] What the ‘peace […]
Five planes flew out of Israel Wednesday night, June 2, carrying hundreds of foreign passengers and nine bodies from the Turkish-led flotilla Israeli commandos raided and prevented from breaking the Gaza blockade two days ago. After surrendering to Turkey’s ultimatum to release all the passengers, including the seven members of Islamist terrorist groups who assaulted […]
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli officials have identified many of the protestors who took part in the Gaza freedom flotilla as Islamic radicals. Some see Monday’s bloody confrontation less as a botched Israeli commando raid, but one more attempt to destroy the Jewish State. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and an expert on […]
How did the media skew the Gaza Flotilla event to portray Israel as the aggressor? [youtube jV6DVk04HkM nolink]
Thursday, June 03, 2010 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – The rapid condemnation of Israel by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), made without a full knowledge of the facts, makes the international body look “ridiculous,” says a leading Middle East expert. “It makes the United Nations look ridiculous when it comes to […]
by Daniel Pipes May 24, 2010 updated May 29, 2010 European Union diplomats are warning that unless a breakthrough toward a Palestinian state emerges sometime soon, its roughly €300 million a year in aid could cease, Reuters reports. The aid is supposed to prepare the Palestinians for a peace treaty with Israel that will give […]
PAUL L. WILLIAMS, PH.D.A statement from the Turkish government promises “unprecedented and incalculable reprisals” against Israel for the Israeli Navy’s seizure of the Marmora, a Turkish vessel, which was leading a fleet of ships through the Gaza blockade yesterday. The statement has received the support of Hezbollah, an arm of the Iranian government, and Hamas, […]
