FIFA Bans ‘Free Shalit’ Flags

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu The world soccer federation FIFA has banned the waving of “Free Shalit” flags at the World Cup, calling it a political act. Fearing lawsuits and political recriminations, the Johannesburg Jewish Community Center called off a planned flag-waving protest at the World Cup finale between Spain and Holland Sunday.   The FIFA […]

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Libyan Ship With Gaza Aid to Set Sail Tomorrow

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son reportedly organized a humanitarian ship to sail from Greece to the Gaza Strip no later than Saturday. The Hope cargo ship will carry 2,000 tons of food and medicine and about 27 supporters who want to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, AFP, the French news agency, reported. Organizers said […]

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Trust the Palestinian Authority?

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online July 6, 2010 Under Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization notoriously said one thing to Arab/Muslim audiences and the opposite to Israeli/Western ones, speaking venomously to the former and in dulcet tones to the latter. What about Arafat’s mild-mannered successor, Mahmoud Abbas? Did he break from this pattern of […]

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Europe: Worst for Jews Since End of WW2

by Hillel Fendel European Jewry is in its worst condition since the end of World War II. This bleak evaluation was delivered by European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor on Tuesday. “Jews are afraid to walk the streets in Europe with Jewish symbols”, Kantor said. “Synagogues, Jewish schools and kindergartens require barbed-wire fences and security, […]

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Will the Media Remember Gilad Shalit?

After 4 years in Hamas captivity, make sure that the mainstream media doesn’t forget the tragic plight of the kidnapped Israeli soldier. This Friday marks the fourth anniversary of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit’s kidnapping and incarceration by Hamas in Gaza. Israel has, during this period, allowed tonnes of humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and has […]

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California’s Middle East Studies Profs Target Israel

by Cinnamon Stillwell FrontPage Magazine June 15, 2010 [Ed. note: title differs slightly from publisher’s.] In recent months, two University of California campuses, Berkeley and San Diego, have been embroiled in fierce debates following the introduction of anti-Israel divestiture resolutions by their respective student senates. Both were defeated, but not before a number of California’s […]

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Middle East Studies Profs Usurp New Roles to Censure Israel over Gaza Flotilla

by Brendan Goldman American Thinker June 13, 2010 “The martyrs of the [Gaza flotilla] ships are heroes,” writes Mark LeVine, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. “They are warriors every bit as deserving of our tears and support as the soldiers of American wars past and present.” In the aftermath of the […]

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Reuters’ Double Exposure

Days after being caught cropping photos for political effect, Reuters releases a photo bank of Hamas propaganda images from Gaza. Following hot on the heels of Reuters exposure cropping images of beaten and bloodied Israeli naval commandos, a look at some more photos taken in Gaza demonstrate that the news organization’s bias isn’t limited to […]

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