by Gil Ronen As the march by First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s family and supporters neared Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took a step Thursday to preempt public pressure on him and gave a clear statement of his policy on freeing terrorists. In a live news conference, Netanyahu said that Israel agreed to free 1,000 Hamas […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
A University of California, Irvine, disciplinary committee ruled that a Muslim student group should be suspended for at least a year because of a protest that disrupted a talk by Israel’s ambassador and led to the arrest of 11 students, according to documents released Monday. The letter from a student affairs disciplinary committee to Muslim […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
