Terrorist attacks nearly doubled in frequency in 2013, according to new data released by the IDF. There were 62 terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) in 2013, compared to 35 the year before. The IDF website quoted senior sources as saying that the violence is still nowhere near “Intifada” levels. “There is a significant […]
Hamas’s military wing faced a front of another kind last week: a cyber war. Several of the terror organization’s twitter accounts have been suspended since January 9 without prior notice, according to various news outlets – and Hamas is not happy about it. The accounts: @AlqassamBrigade, @qassambrigades, @qassambrigade, and @qasambrigade – all twitter handles for the media […]
The United Nations’ cultural body has cancelled a Jewish exhibit following Arab pressure, the European Jewish Press (EJP) reported on Friday. The exhibition, entitled “People, Book, Land – The 3,500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel”, was co-organized by UNESCO, the UN body for education, science and culture, and the […]
It’s less than comforting to hear the President make light of terrorist threats. In a recent interview with The New Yorker, President Obama referred to today’s al-Qaeda fighters as the “jayvee” team. “The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t […]
Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran officially takes effect today, Jan. 20. The deal was called an “historic mistake” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama believes it marks an opportunity for a new era in US having relations with the radical Islamic regime of Iran, Obama has made the claim his deal is the […]
The myth of the poor, oppressed jihadist never dies. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is the latest Obama administration official to peddle this odious narrative. Cue John Lennon’s cloying “Imagine,” don your plaid pajamas, and curl up with a warm cup of deadly naivete. While meeting with Catholic Church officials at the Vatican in […]
Iran is set to become the “alpha dog” – the dominant power – in the Middle East, according to Fox News commentator Kathleen Troia “K.T.” McFarland, the network’s National Security Analyst. As the United States relaxes sanctions against Iran in the wake of the agreement Tehran signed with Western powers, in which it promised to […]
AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/GettyImages/Newscom A Senate panel’s bipartisan conclusion that the terrorist attacks that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, “were preventable” is bound to increase pressure on House Speaker John Boehner to convene a select committee with wide-ranging powers to get to the bottom of unanswered questions. That doesn’t mean a muscular probe is imminent. “The […]
January 16, 2014 15:17 by Alex Margolin Everything you need to know about fighting BDS and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop comes out hard against the BDS Movement, calling it anti-Semitic and hypocritical in an exclusive interview with The Times of Israel. She strongly condemned […]
January 15, 2014 16:23 by Alex Margolin Everything you need to know about fighting BDS and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Rock legend Neil Young and hitmaker Justin Timberlake announced plans to perform in Israel in setbacks for the BDS movement. At the same time, a petition to boycott the […]
