Accepting Israel as the Jewish State

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online May 11, 2010 When a major Arab state would finally sign a peace treaty with Israel, it was long assumed, the Arab-Israeli conflict would end. The Egypt-Israel peace treaty of 1979, however, buried that expectation; it had the perverse effect of making other states and also the Egyptian populace […]

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Thoughts on the Start of Israeli-Palestinian “Proximity Talks”

by Daniel Pipes May 10, 2010 Cross-posted from National Review Online U.S.Middle East Special Envoy George Mitchell issued a statement confirming that the first round of “proximity talks” began yesterday between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority. Here follow some reflections on what Mitchell calls “serious and wide-ranging” discussions and I call a counterproductive […]

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Embracing Iran

by Janet Doerflinger American Thinker May 9, 2010 Flynt Leverett and his wife Hillary Mann Leverett, both former officials of the National Security Council, are prominent advocates for appeasing Iran, a case they make in a steady stream of articles, public appearances, and postings on their website, raceforiran.com. He has a perch at the New […]

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Schemes to Illegally Issue Drivers’ Licenses Uncovered in California, Pennsylvania

By Susan Jones, Senior Editor (CNSNews.com) – On both the East and West Coasts this week, state employees were arrested for allegedly issuing illegal drivers’ licenses – some to illegal immigrants and foreign residents. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Friday that a PennDot license examiner accepted bribes in return for issuing “hundreds” of driver’s licenses […]

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Islam Becomes Taboo Topic on TV in Wake of ‘South Park’ Threats and Times Square Scare

It isn’t worth endangering the safety of an entire staff or network by pursuing a storyline that Muslim extremists might find offensive, media executives and writers tell Fox411.com Don’t mess with Allah. That’s the new, unwritten code in Hollywood following the one-two punch of Islamic extremists’ threats against the creators of “South Park” and the […]

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BBC’s Non-Response to HR Report

The BBC prefers to shoot the messenger rather than address the message. Having sent the BBC our latest in-depth analysis of its Israel coverage, we have yet to receive a direct response. However, this didn’t stop the BBC from making the following statement to the UK’s Jewish Chronicle: It’s not uncommon to hear these sorts […]

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Turkey Helping Hamas Prepare for Anti-Israel Ships

Turkish aid is instrumental in helping Hamas clean and prepare the Gaza port, in preparation for the arrival of the anti-Israel protest flotilla later this month. Pro-PLO organizations in Europe that have aligned themselves with Hamas are planning a flotilla of aid to the Gaza Strip. The coordinators of what some call the “ship intifada” […]

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Tehran Develops New Missile, War Helicopter

The development of the “Mesbah 1” (Lantern), a new air defense system for countering aircraft, cruise missiles, choppers and other low-altitude threats, was announced by Iran’s defense minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi Wednesday, May 5. It will go into operation in the near future. debkafile’s military sources say that if Iran has indeed designed a […]

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Trickle-Down Self-Censorship

by David J. Rusin  •  May 6, 2010 at 11:30 am Remember that old public service ad with a father confronting his son about drug use? Asked where he learned to do such things, the son replies, “You, all right? I learned it by watching you!” A similar process applies to self-censorship. When those in […]

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