Two explosions in Tehran Monday morning killed one nuclear scientist and seriously wounded another. Both were university lecturers and worked on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Both men, and their wives, who also were wounded, were attacked shortly before 8 a.m. as they drove to work. Iranian media said that the assassinations were carried out […]
A Daily Telegraph online video report leads with the dramatic headline: “Israeli police use grenades in Jerusalem“. This might very well conjure images more attuned to a Rambo movie as Sylvester Stallone pulls the pin with his teeth before lobbing a deadly explosive towards his enemies. In fact, as the Daily Telegraph report says, the […]
News reporters are duty bound to avoid expressing their subjective viewpoint or wilfully promoting social and political causes. Yet sometimes reporters’ opinions and agendas, whether conscious or unconscious, are revealed in their news coverage. Instead of doing straightforward reporting, some reporters use the public platforms of the media outlets they work for to slip in their […]
The Israeli Security Cabinet convened Wednesday to prepare for a Hizbullah takeover of Lebanon in the wake of the Hariri probe crisis, while Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Beirut to preach unity. An increasing number of foreign officials and analysts have stated the past several months that it is only a question […]
The Associated Press reported yesterday that “cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.” The article goes on to report that while the rest of the public is still subject to either a […]
American pro-Israel activists are planning a massive national “Buy Israel Goods (BIG)” campaign next Tuesday and hope it will continue every day. The www.BuyIsraelGoods.org website includes a locator for finding stores in different areas that carry Israeli products. Previous “buy-cotts” in the United States and Canada have been highly successful, leaving many stores with empty […]
Once again, the issue of Israeli building in Jerusalem is making headlines threatening a full-blown crisis. But just how accurate are those headlines? Settlements are not a consensus issue both within and outside of Israel. However, it is incumbent upon the media to present the facts and the necessary context in order for readers to […]
The United States says the new Golan-Jerusalem referndum law is an Israeli issue, and it declined to comment on it despite criticism from the Arab world . The law blocks any surrender of United Jerusalem or the strategic Golan Heights without approval by the public in a referendum. Asked if the Obama administration is “concerned” […]
Jews finally moved into a home in Jerusalem on Tuesday with help from the police after a court ordered Arab squatters to leave. The building is located in Jabal Mukaber, located near the Old City that is already home to several Jewish families and in part of the capital where the Palestinian Authority claims sovereignty. […]
The United States may have created a Frankenstein in the Palestinian Authority, which human rights groups fear is using U.S.-trained forces to build a police state. “I feel real concern that we are reaching the level of a police state,” according to Ramallah-based human rights group director Shawan Jabarin, quoted by the Financial Times. The […]
