One of the most controversial issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been the security barrier between the West Bank and Israel proper. Built in the wake of the Second Intifada to protect Israeli lives, it has since been a hot-button issue, with Israel’s most vehement critics describing it as an “apartheid” wall or barrier. However, […]
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and ten other House Democrats have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, requesting information about how information from the FBI-administered terrorist watchlist is shared with foreign governments – including governments with poor human rights records. In doing so, she pointed to the support of the Council on American-Islamic […]
The radical leftist terror group Antifa has threatened to attack participants of an upcoming Free Speech rally in Washington D.C. with muriatic acid. A left-wing ANTIFA user called “POUND ON YOUR BOY” made the threats on a conservative Telegram channel, prompting the rally’s co-organizer Enrique Tarrio to contact the FBI and DHS, who’ve assured additional […]
A key refrain in the Israeli-Palestinian narrative is the issue of the Palestinian poverty, allegedly resulting from the Israeli occupation. Surveys cite statistics that anywhere from 26 to 53 percent of Palestinians are poor. In October 2018, the United Nations warned that humanitarian aid to the Palestinians is at an all-time low, a sign of […]
(CNSNews.com) – Several of the Democrats running for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination gave a less than resounding endorsement during Wednesday night’s NBC News debate for President Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, characterizing it as imperfect. The Obama administration touted the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as one of its foremost foreign policy […]
An online bullying campaign targeting an Israeli Jewish charity site scored a major win recently, when Facebook shuttered the charity’s page, following a wave of reports claiming the charity page had “abusive” content. According to Breaking Israel News, hundreds of Arab social media users have engaged in a concerted effort to shut down the Karmey […]
The 7-year-old haredi girl who was allegedly raped by a Palestinian Authority Arab and two of his friends told her friend about the sexual assault short after it occurred, News 12 reported Tuesday night. A welfare worker in the city where the rape occurred reported the incident to the police, who requested the victim’s friend […]
(CNSNews.com) – The top U.N. human rights official called Monday for governments to ensure that the tens of thousands of captured ISIS fighters and their family members are put on trial, or released. Many countries have shown a reluctance to take back citizens who traveled to the region to join ISIS’ jihad. High commissioner for […]
(CNSNews.com) – Iran’s globe-trotting foreign minister, Javad Zarif, will be designated for U.S. sanctions later this week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said at the White House on Monday. “The president has also designated – instructed me that we will be designating Zarif later this week,” he told reporters, while discussing the latest sanctions developments. President […]
The details of US President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” economic plan to jump start the Palestinian and regional economies has been publicly released ahead of a Bahrain Conference. Anyone can read on the White House website where $50 billion of investment is supposed to go. Much of the criticism of the plan, including from […]
