Egyptian police pull-back seen as opportunity to reintroduce military By F. Michael Maloof WASHINGTON — An “Israeli” official in Washington refuses to comment on the prospect that its military forces may try to reoccupy the Sinai Peninsula in response to an Egyptian pull-back of its police, the continued sabotage of a natural gas pipeline that […]
by Stephen Schwartz American Thinker July 17, 2011 Gertrude Stein, the controversial modernist author, spent part of her childhood in Oakland, California, a city on the southern border of Berkeley, home of the flagship campus of the University of California system. Returning to Oakland later in life, Stein is supposed to have complained, “there’s no […]
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has made the democratic State of Israel the target of incessant condemnation while neglecting its mandate in challenging the oppressive regimes around the world. The following film clip uncovers the factors behind the United Nations bias against Israel. We encourage you to view the clip, forward to friends, and […]
Turkish authorities arrested 15 suspected al-Qaeda militants this week and foiled a plot to bomb the U.S. embassy in Ankara shortly before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was scheduled to arrive in Turkey for a diplomatic conference regarding Libya. This should serve as a reminder that al-Qaeda has survived the loss of its founder, Osama […]
Hi Ho Hari: Plagiarizing Columnist Suspended Johann Hari HonestReporting and Independent columnist Johann Hari have something of a history: In 2008, Hari compared Israel to excrement: ““Whenever I try to mouth these words [of reassurance for Israel], a remembered smell fills my nostrils. It is the smell of shit.” In the same opinion piece, he […]
This past week, the Obama administration informed Congress that it had approved the sale of 125 M1A1 Abrams Tanks to the new unknown government of Egypt. The question of just who is running the government of Egypt was apparently insignificant to Obama and the decision-makers. This goes to the heart of the problem, as the […]
The head of the Iranian regime is not the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but rather the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Iranian regime, according to its 1989 constitution, is […]
America’s new secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, has a reputation for candor. Panetta was characteristically outspoken about Iranian involvement in support of Shiite insurgents in Iraq. During his visit to Iraq and after missiles were fired from a Shiite neighborhood into the protected “Green Zone” of the city, Panetta blamed Iran for supporting the insurgents […]
Qatar is mediating talks between the Taliban and the United States, the Pakistani weekly Nida-i-Millat has reported. The talks come as US President Barack Obama faces a self-imposed deadline to draw-down troop counts in Afghanistan and end the US military presence in Iraq. Both pull-back initiatives have become increasinly problematic as violence continues unabated in […]
The US House of Representatives voted 407-6 to pass a non-binding resolution backing the suspension of funds to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority should it pursue its bid for a unilateral declaration of statehood by the United Nations in September. The resolution comes a week after the US Senate unanimously approved a similar resolution. The House […]
