June 9, 2013 16:08 by Pesach Benson Worth reading: Gaza terror groups are tunneling under the entire strip, not just the Egyptian border. The new tunnels serve a variety of military uses. According to YNet, landowners have no say about what goes on underneath their property. Call it collateral damage waiting to happen. You know […]
Suicide of Europe. “Paris museum opens exhibit of Palestinian ‘martyrs,’” from the Jerusalem Post, June 8 (thanks to Golem): A Paris museum subsidized by the French government opened an exhibition of photos of Palestinian suicide bombers, which the museum calls freedom fighters. The exhibition of 68 photos entitled “Death” by Ahlam Shibli opened on May […]
An Israeli judge sparked an outcry during the hearing of a 19-year-old Israeli woman who was raped by four Palestinians when she was 13. The woman was petitioning the court for the rape to be considered “an act of terror” which would make her eligible for government compensation. “Some girls enjoy being raped,” Judge Nissim […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times June 5, 2013 N.B.: Washington Times title: “Reasons to smile in Israel” In a typically maladroit statement, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry recently complained that Israelis are too contented to end their conflict with the Palestinians: “People in Israel aren’t waking up every day and wondering if […]
Germany has given its support to a plan by the European Union to label products manufactured in Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, Army Radio reported Sunday. The report cited an official government document in which the German government has stated its stance on the issue for the first time. The document was issued in […]
How Does the Media Relate to Anti-Semitism? May 30, 2013 15:06 by Simon Plosker This opinion piece by HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker is republished from The Times of Israel. During the 4th International Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, which has been taking place this week in Jerusalem, I was asked to […]
The Almagor anti-terror organization expressed concerns Wednesday that Israel could be preparing for another mass release of Arab terrorists from Israeli prisons, among them terrorists who directly participated or plotted murders of Israelis. The organization said that it had obtained information that in recent weeks, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has ordered staff to examine the […]
May 29, 2013 16:29 by Pesach Benson Uh-oh: A UN peacekeeping official confirmed to the Times of Israel that Syrian rebels stole a number of their vehicles, including “at least two sophisticated armored personnel carriers.” What could troublemakers do to Israel with these babies? Use your imagination: The RG-31 Nyala is a South African-made, mine- […]
Norwegian Paper Publishes Anti-Semitic Cartoon May 30, 2013 12:02 by Alex Margolin Circumcision has been hotly debated in Scandinavian countries in recent times, but this week, Norway’s third largest newspaper, Dagbladet, took the issue well beyond the boundaries of civil debate and straight into the realm of blatant anti-Semitism. The cartoon Dagbladet published on Tuesday ostensibly […]
This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has touted the success of a new border fence that Israel built along its boundary with Egypt to stop illegal infiltrators. In a statement posted at his government website, Netanyahu reported that illegal crossings had declined 99.9%, from 2,000 per month to only two. “The fence that we […]
