How Does the Media Relate to Anti-Semitism?

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 […]

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Russia Supplying Syria With Advanced Missiles to Prevent International Forces From Getting Involved

May 19, 2013 15:32 by Pesach Benson Russia’s supplying Syria with advanced Yakhonts anti-ship missiles. The NY Times, which broke the story, explains why these “ship-killer” rockets matter in a civil war where rebels have zero naval capabilities: Unlike Scud and other longer-range surface-to-surface missiles that the Assad government has used against opposition forces, the […]

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Report: Pentagon Can Destroy Iran’s Underground Nuclear Facility

The Pentagon has redesigned its biggest “bunker buster” bomb with more advanced features intended to enable it to destroy Iran’s most heavily fortified and defended nuclear site, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. U.S. officials see development of the weapon as critical to convincing Israel that the U.S. has the ability to prevent Iran […]

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Israel: We Will Always Be a Friend to Cyprus

At a meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would continue to maintain good ties with Cyprus, regardless of its newly-rekindled relationship with Turkey. Netanyahu met with the newly-elected Anastasiades on Sunday night, before he departed for China. At a press conference after the meeting, Anastasiades said that Israel […]

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WSJ, Amb. Oren Confirm A7 Iran Red Line Estimate

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has confirmed the analysis by Arutz Sheva’s Mark Langfan that the “red line” set by Iran’s adversaries for that country’s nuclear weapon development is approximately 250 kilograms of 20% Uranium Hexafluoride UF6 gas.  In the April 2, 2013 WSJ news article entitled, “Iran Cools Nuclear Work as Vote Looms,” WSJ’s […]

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On Second Thought … Maybe that Israeli Apology to Turkey was a Good Idea

by Daniel Pipes March 29, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner I was appalled to learn a week ago that the Israeli prime minister had apologized to his Turkish counterpart for his government’s actions during the Mavi Marmara incident, seeing this as feeding the Turkish government’s inflated sense of grandeur and power. That […]

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An Israeli Apology to Turkey

by Daniel Pipes March 22, 2013 updated Mar 27, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner On Feb. 27, Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a conference in Vienna, “Just like Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, Islamophobia must be regarded as a crime against humanity.” His calling the Jewish nationalist movement that built the State of Israel […]

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Obama Finally Shows True Intentions: Demands Israel Withdraw From West Bank

U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank to Palestinians), according to an unconfirmed report by World Tribune. The report quotes anonymous “Israeli sources.” According to the report, Obama, who is scheduled to arrive in Israel on March 20, wants Prime […]

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