Iran may be preparing to use a heavy water reactor for producing weapons-grade plutonium, according to U.S. and European officials cited in the Wall Street Journal. This is an alternative method for reaching a nuclear bomb, which joins its existing uranium enrichment project. A heavy-water reactor is an easier target to hit than the underground […]
(CNSNews.com) – As Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday a goal of achieving a “final status agreement” between Israelis and Palestinians within nine months, secrecy surrounds what concession or goodwill gesture – if any – Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas made to get the process underway. The P.A. only agreed to send negotiators to […]
by Daniel Pipes July 27, 2013 updated Jul 29, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Israeli leaders have a long history of making lopsided trades with their Arab enemies. These include: 1985 – 1,150 prisoners for 3 captured Israelis 2000 – 450 Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli bodies and a kidnapped Israeli; 2008 […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s agreement to free terrorist murderers in order to bring Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas back to the negotiating table has caused shock and consternation among surviving family members. “How is this possible? How?” demanded Mazal Karmani, whose son Ronen was kidnapped and murdered by one of the terrorists who is to […]
The European Union’s decision to boycott Israeli bodies located beyond the 1949 Armistice lines is nothing short of economic terrorism, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) said on Tuesday. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Bennett said, “This is an economic terror attack against peace. If the Europeans want to be involved in the diplomatic process, […]
A law that would have provided a “balance” between the release of Arab terrorist prisoners and Jewish prisoners was soundly defeated in the Knesset on its first reading Wednesday. Fifty three MKs voted against, while only nine voted in favor – almost all of them from Shas, which proposed the law. Only one coalition MK […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times July 5, 2013 With Syria aflame and Egypt at the precipice, why did Secretary of State John Kerry disproportionately just devote his fifth visit since February to Israeli-Palestinian shuttle diplomacy? In part, because he and other liberals think that the Arab and Iranian (and now Turkish?) war on Israel […]
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 […]
Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant has had an electric generator malfunction, an Iranian official admitted on Monday, according to the Israel Hayom daily. The flaw at the Bushehr plant was not caused by recent earthquakes in Iran, Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying. Sajjadi’s comments […]
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 […]
