by Daniel Pipes March 6, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner With Washington, D.C., talking Israeli politics, National Review Online asked experts: “Going into a presidential-election year, what’s a sane, responsible Israel policy?” For the responses of the other eight respondents, click here. Two premises shape my preferred U.S. policy toward Israel. Negatively, […]
by Daniel Pipes February 29, 2012 Apologies for only learning of Jerusalem in the Qur’an by Imran N. Hosein, 2d ed. abridged (Long Island, New York: Masjid Dar-Al-Qur’an, 2003) nearly a decade after its publication, but it nonetheless bears notice, for two main reasons. First, how amusing is it to find a 142-page book on […]
Top Tweet on Gaza Proven False March 12, 2012 11:17 by GuestPost This article is republished courtesy of the IDF Blog. Two photos tweeted in the past 24 hours, both allegedly depicting the results of Israeli air strikes in Gaza in recent days, have been proven false. 1. The photo first tweeted by Khulood Badawi (@KhuloodBadawi) […]
The IDF said late on Monday it is ready for major ground incursion into Gaza. “The IDF is prepared for any development, including a situation where we are forced to launch a ground operation,” IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai told Army Radio Monday night. “We have everything we need and are ready to step it […]
Our guest post from the IDF revealed how a photo, allegedly depicting the results of Israeli air strikes in Gaza in recent days, has been proven false. The offending photo was originally tweeted by Khulood Badawi. Read Top Tweet on Gaza Proven False for the full story on how this photo was exposed. Khulood Badawi […]
Southern Israel was hit by a barrage of at least 35 rockets and missiles on Friday evening, resulting in casualties. Three foreign workers were injured after a mortar shell was fired from Gaza and exploded in an area in the Eshkol Regional Council, according to a Channel 2 News report. Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki […]
The IDF hit and killed on Friday several Gaza-based terrorist gangs, including a senior leader of the Popular Resistance Committees terror group. Shortly before 5:00 p.m. (Israel time) on Friday afternoon, IAF aircraft struck and killed the head of the Popular Resistance Committees, Zuhir Musa Ahmed Qaisi and his deputy, Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud Hanani. The […]
Hamas has decided to show its pride in terrorist Ahlam Tamimi by giving her a talk show. Tamimi now hosts the weekly program “Nassim al-Ahrar,” which focuses on terrorists imprisoned in Israel. The show is broadcast on Al-Quds TV, and is heavily promoted by the channel. Tamimi took part in the bombing at Sbarro restaurant […]
Syrian civilians are being murdered on a daily basis. Iran continues its quest for nuclear weapons capability. The Middle East is undergoing a period of unprecedented uncertainty in the wake of the Arab Spring. But for Oxford academic Avi Shlaim, writing in The Independent, there is only one source for all the trouble in the […]
The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI), which has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on public campaigns prior to the upcoming U.S. presidential elections and pivotal AIPAC policy conference, has come out with a new video blasting President Obama’s commitment to ensuring the safety and security of the State of Israel. The 30-minute video entitled […]
