Once again, extremist Muslims tried but failed to prevent Jews from accessing the holiest site in the Jewish faith, with the threat of attacks. Dozens of Arab teens hurled rocks Sunday morning at groups of Jews who were touring the Temple Mount. The site was open on the eve of the final day of the […]
by Daniel Pipes March 29, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner I was appalled to learn a week ago that the Israeli prime minister had apologized to his Turkish counterpart for his government’s actions during the Mavi Marmara incident, seeing this as feeding the Turkish government’s inflated sense of grandeur and power. That […]
by Daniel Pipes March 22, 2013 updated Mar 27, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner On Feb. 27, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a conference in Vienna, “Just like Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, Islamophobia must be regarded as a crime against humanity.” His calling the Jewish nationalist movement that built the State of Israel […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times March 26, 2013 One key shift in U.S. policy was overlooked in the barrage of news about Barack Obama’s eventful fifty-hour visit to Israel last week. That would be the demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state, called by Hamas leader Salah Bardawil “the most dangerous statement […]
It may seem crazy in this day and age, but unfortunately, the “matzah blood libel” is alive and well. In a discussion with Arutz Sheva, Professor Moshe Sharon of Hebrew University said that there were still many instances of accusations against Jews that they use the blood of non-Jews to make matzah, but that these […]
Hugo Chavez may be gone, but the Jews of Venezuela are not resting any easier. Over the weekend, anti-Semitic graffiti was found scrawled on the walls and doors in the San Bernadino section of Caracas, the country’s capital city. The graffiti contained messages such as “Jews are murderers, Jews out,” and several comments that implied […]
1. Israel became a state in 1312 B.C.E., two millennia before Islam. 2. Arab refugees from Israel began calling themselves “Palestinians” in 1967 , two decades after (modern) Israeli statehood in 1948. 3. After conquering the land in 1272 B.C.E., Jews ruled it for a thousand years and maintained a continuous presence there for 3,300 […]
It is impossible to read this latest UN report, or to listen to its authors and its state sponsors, without knowing that the campaign to rid the world of Israeli settlements is a campaign to rid the world of Israel. On Monday, March 17, in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council will hold a first-ever […]
U.S is now less popular in the region than at the end of the George W. Bush administration. The White House has been lowering expectations for Obama’s trip to Israel all this week. If Israelis don’t like Obama, Palestinians are even less favorable. Obama has to assure Israelis and Palestinians that he is still engaged. […]
March 20, 2013 17:40 by Alex Margolin With President Barack Obama touching down in Jerusalem for his first official visit to Israel, the Middle East is once again the top story in the international press. While most media reports ahead of the visit noted the Obama administration’s desire to “reboot” relations between the US and […]
