IDF Officer: Latest Terrorist Attacks ‘Very Alarming’
A senior officer in the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Brigade expressed concern on Thursday over the series of recent terror attacks. The officer said that the latest attacks are an alarming sequence of events which show that Palestinian Authority Arabs are very much motivated to carry out attacks. “We view the attempted attack tonight very […]
Rep. Steve King Sees ‘Bright Side’ to Failed Republican Effort to Protect the American People from Obamacare
(CNSNews.com) – There is a “bright side” to the failed Republican effort to protect the American people from Obamacare, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) told Fox News’s Megyn Kelly Wednesday night. He spoke after Congress passed a deal ending the government shutdown, raising the debt limit, and commencing bipartisan budget negotiations. “I think we’ve identified 20 […]
Farm Bill: A Response to President Obama
In his recent remarks, President Obama made a push to get a new farm bill enacted by the end of the year. Sound agriculture and food stamp policy should be the goal, not getting a farm bill done at all costs based on an artificial timeline. The House and Senate are going to conference on […]
Syria’s Assad: If People Object, I Won’t Run for Re-election
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said Friday morning that he has not yet decided whether he will run for re-election next year, the Associated Press reported. Interviewed by Turkey’s Halk TV, Assad stressed that if the Syrian people are not interested in his serving another term, he won’t run. Assad says “the picture will be clearer” in the next […]
SEALs who Aborted Mission in Somalia were Told to Catch, not Kill Terrorist
U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six pulled out during a raid in Somalia to capture suspected Al-Shabaab leader Ikrima when it became clear that he couldn’t be taken alive, a senior U.S. official told CNN. “Their mission was to capture him. Once it became clear we were not going to (be) able to take him, the […]
Bennett: Oslo Caused Huge Damage, Sorrow, Grief; Nuclear Iran is a Danger to the Entire World
Economics Minister and Bayit Yehudi party chairman Naftali Bennett issued a statement Saturday evening as a memorial for slain former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was held in Tel Aviv. “On the memorial day for the murder of Yitzhak Rabin z”l,” write Bennett, “I will state the obvious (perhaps it is not obvious to everyone) – the […]
Muslim Cleric: Israel Trying to Destroy Al-Aqsa
A senior Muslim cleric denounced on Monday the incident in which Jews prayed and sang Israel’s national anthem “Hatikva” on the Temple Mount, and warned that this incident was further proof that Israel was planning to “destroy” the Al-Aqsa mosque. The 10 Jews in question were arrested by Jerusalem police. Following their arrest police closed […]
£1.95 Billion in Aid to Palestinians Disappeared
October 13, 2013 15:49 by Pesach Benson Auditors say £1.95 billion EU aid lost in Palestine. The Sunday Times reports: Brussels transferred more than £1.95bn to the occupied territories between 2008 and 2012 but had little control over how it was spent, the auditors say in an unpublished report seen by The Sunday Times. EU […]
Would Israel Distance Itself From USA?
October 1, 2013 13:48 by Pesach Benson While President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu met (CBS News nailed the nuance), Bret Stephens (Wall St. Journal via Google News) argues that Israel needs to strategically distance itself from Uncle Sam and not rely on American diplomacy or promises of military action to deal with Iran: That […]
Has the World Learned from History? Iran Talks Must Not Be Another Munich
Israel is keeping up the pressure on the West to demonstrate that it has learned the lessons of history, as it engages Iran at the P5+1 talks currently underway in Geneva. In remarks broadcast on Wednesday by Army Radio, International Relations Minister MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) compared the talks between world powers and Iran with the 1938 […]
Govt Shutdown Delays UN Probe of US Human Rights Record; Liberal UN Blames GOP
(CNSNews.com) – A United Nations’ review of the United States’ compliance with international human rights norms will not happen as scheduled because of the partial government shutdown, and the chairman of the reviewing body blames the Republican Party. The Geneva-based Human Rights Committee was due to have examined the U.S. record on Thursday and Friday, […]
