As a former service member, Congressman Allen West (R-FL) brings a valuable perspective to his work on the House Armed Service Committee. That knowledge and passion was on display during his speech yesterday at The Heritage Foundation on the importance of having clear foreign policy objectives and a military prepared to tackle any challenge. West’s […]
Despite their open hostility to Israel, Iranian officials recently tried to purchase military equipment formerly owned by the Jewish state, Spanish officials have reported. A group of five Spanish businessmen and three Iranians were arrested in Spain as the former attempted to sell the latter nine Bell-112 military transport helicopters formerly used by Israel. Police […]
A women’s rights activist, Manal al-Sharif, spent the past week in jail, until being freed Monday, for posting a video on YouTube of herself driving in Saudi Arabia. The video was part of an online campaign encouraging Saudi women to take to the driver’s seat in defiance of a restriction on female drivers in the […]
A cynic may be excused for saying that there was vintage Chicago in Barack Obama’s recently concluded trip to Europe. It started with the Irish and finished with the Poles and, at the Warsaw ghetto Memorial, the president even met with some Polish Jews to assure them that he would be there for Israel. The […]
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper proved himself to be Israel’s champion at the G8 summit last week. Despite intense pressure, Harper blocked calls to force Israel into final status talks based on the 1949-1967 Armistice lines, with land swaps. He also opposed major aid packages to Egypt and Tunisia, where continued unrest has dogged transitional governments […]
An independent poll reveals that two-thirds of Israelis oppose a Palestinian Authority presence in Jerusalem and favor building for Jews. Sixty-six percent of Israelis polled by a Geo-cartography Knowledge survey this week said they are against allowing the Palestinian Authority to have control of any part of the capital, whose reunification is being celebrated Tuesday […]
Minister without portfolio Benny Begin (Likud), in an Israel National News Radio interview on Monday, rejected the creation of an Arab state west of the Jordan River saying the right of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland was ‘obvious’ and that such a state would become a ‘haven of impunity’ for terror. Begin’s remarks mark […]
Recent rallies in Hamas-controlled Gaza featured speakers shouting, “Bin Laden shattered Crosses” and “America is the enemy of Allah.” Footage of the rallies in memory of the Al-Qaeda terrorist leader was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Several western countries have said that Hamas should be recognized as a”peace partner” because it […]
Although the Palestinian Authority has been one of the greatest beneficiaries – perhaps the greatest beneficiary – of the UN’s largesse, PA Arabs don’t care for the United Nations; in fact, in a poll released this week by the Gallup organization of how much people around the world liked or disliked the UN, the PA […]
Representative Allen West (R–FL) said in a speech today that funding America’s Armed Forces is the No. 1 responsibility of the federal government. Without the protection they provide, America would cease to exist. West spoke at The Heritage Foundation, delivering the closing address for “Protect America Month.” In keeping with the month’s theme, West spoke […]
