The aftershocks of the French National Assembly’s law criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide continue. Valerie Boyer, an author of the bill and Vice President of the France-Armenia Friendship group, has been threatened and the threats extend to her children and parents. “ Death threats, threats of rape and threats of destruction, name-calling and insults. […]
by Jeff Kunerth The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that the Department of Defense will begin allowing Muslim and Sikh students who wear an Islamic head scarf (hijab) or a turban to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC). “We welcome the fact that Muslim and Sikh students nationwide will now […]
Barbaric textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools are teaching children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law. The shocking books, paid for and printed by the Saudi government, also tell teenagers that Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be ‘put to death’. Recent editions were obtained by […]
The Palestinian Authority is beginning to prove Abraham Lincoln’s adage, “You can’t fool all of the people all the time.” Chicago Sun-Times columnist Steve Huntley didn’t buy inherent contradictions made during an interview with a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official. Maen Rashid Areikat, the representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States, recently met […]
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, Moshe Ya’alon, spoke on Sunday at a Likud Anglo event in Jerusalem. In his talk, Ya’alon spoke about the security issues Israel currently deals with. Addressing the relatively calm security situation right now, despite the rocket barrages coming from Gaza once in a while, Ya’alon said that […]
Dis-Chem, a pharmacy chain in South Africa, is embroiled in a spat with a Durban woman over its decision to sell Israeli-made skin care products. According to a report in the South African-based IOL News, the spat began when Fathima Moosa visited a branch of Dis-Chem and noticed that Dead Sea products made in Israel […]
The White House responded to the coordinated church bombings in Nigeria on Christmas Day with a routine condemnation. “We condemn this senseless violence and tragic loss of life on Christmas Day,” read the White House statement. British Foreign Secretary William Hague labeled the attacks cowardly as did UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Boko Haram a.k.a. People Committed to the […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that if Hamas joins the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) government, Israel will not be able to negotiate with the PA. Speaking at a conference of Foreign Ministry delegation heads, Netanyahu stressed: “We are prepared to meet the Palestinians at any time and place.” “The Palestinians will have to recognize […]
Bedouin and other Arabs in the northern Negev are increasingly involved in predatory relationships with young Jewish girls, according to Voice of Israel government-run radio. The relationships sometimes begin as romantic involvements, often with under-aged minors, and develop into rape, abductions and abuse. Seven victims last month alone are aged 11-18. These are only cases […]
Hizbullah on Saturday blamed the United States for Friday’s twin car bombings in Damascus that killed at least 44 and wounded at least 100, saying Washington was the “mother of terrorism.” “These bombings which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of people, mostly women and children, are the specialty of the United States, […]
