Hamas hanged two men accused of collaborating with Israel on Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry of the terror group’s government in Gaza said, according to the AFP news agency. The ministry said that it had executed the two men in accordance “with what Palestinian law stipulates”, identifying them as “the collaborator with the […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned the international community not to be fooled by Iran’s new “moderate” president. Speaking to the Washington Post’s Lally Weymouth on Thursday, Netanyahu said that the elections in Iran “reflect a deep dissatisfaction of the Iranian people with its regime. Unfortunately, this result doesn’t have the power to change Iran’s nuclear […]
White House officials met this month with Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayyah, a deputy of radical Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who has been banned from entering the United States, reported the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT). The June 13 meeting took place on the same day the Obama administration […]
June 24, 2013 15:50 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Islamic Jihad fired rockets at southern Israel this morning. Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome, the others landed in open areas causing no injuries or damage. Israel retaliated with air strikes on Gaza arms depots. Take your pick of YNet, […]
A Neturei Karta rabbi was assaulted by a Muslim man in the Dutch capital Amsterdam on Sunday, Channel 2 News reported. The man, Rabbi Yosef Antebi, 50, has been hospitalized, the report said. A friend of the rabbi told Channel 2, “As he was walking down the street, a car stopped next to him, and […]
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Industries has announced that Israel will be the first nation to receive its F-35 stealth fighter jets, the most expensive weapon in U.S. history. The company’s vice president, Steve O’Bryan, made the announcement Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. The F-35 is a fifth-generation aircraft capable of evading radar and integrated air […]
Israeli health officials said they were keeping a close eye on the potential spread of a new virus that has been spreading throughout the Middle East, and were ready with plans to present an epidemic in Israel. The existence of the new disease, MERS – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – has been known to scientists […]
June 18, 2013 16:16 by Pesach Benson 1. YNet picked up on a startling revelation about the “moderate” Hassan Rohani: . . . his elder son took his own life in 1992 in protest of his father’s close connection with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “I hate your government, your lies, your corruption, your […]
American writer Alice Walker, who has long made clear her antipathy toward the state of Israel, “has taken her extreme and hostile views to a shocking new level” in her latest book of meditations on life and her personal activism, according to a review of the book by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Walker’s “The Cushion in […]
June 17, 2013 10:50 by Simon Plosker On June 12, USA Today published a story concerning efforts by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to force Alicia Keys to cancel a concert in Israel. It included some particularly nasty language such as a reference to “reports from rights organizations documenting Israel’s violation of Palestinian […]
