Iran is Obtaining Materials in Violation of UN Sanctions
The United States said on Friday that both Iran and North Korea are trying to obtain high-tech materials linked to their nuclear programs, in violation of UN sanctions. According to Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, Iran was also sending weapons and ammunition to Syrian government forces despite a ban. “Both Iran […]
Netanyahu: Conflict is Over Israel’s Existence, Not Land
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is not over land, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, speaking in a meeting with senior officials in the Foreign Ministry. The conflict, he said, is over Israel’s very existence. In proof, he pointed to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, which included the forced removal […]
3 explosions heard in Tehran near missile facility
Three explosions were heard in western Tehran on Tuesday, in an area where Iran carries out missile research and storage, according to a Tweet by a BBC Persian journalist. It was not immediately clear if there were injuries or damage in the incident. In January, both Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency denied reports […]
Obamacares Plan: Destroy and ‘Rescue’
You the patient, at first, won’t know that you “belong” to the ACO. But the government has assigned you, if you are a Medicare recipient, to a specific ACO. The ACOs will then be held responsible for quality – as defined by government – and for cost containment. Here is how it will work. Step […]
Jews Happy to be Living in Jerusalem, Muslims Not So Much
Jerusalem is Israel’s biggest city, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced Monday. In a slew of Jerusalem-related statistics, released in honor of Jerusalem Day, to be celebrated later this week, the CBS announced that at the end of 2011, there were 804,400 people living in the city, 499,400 (62%) of them Jewish. Of the rest, […]
Is There a Muslim Terrorist Training Camp Near YOU?
Jihadis training in your neighborhood? Investigator describes setup as infrastructure for attack One of the investigators who worked on a report about terror training camps operating inside the United States describes the network as no more or less than an infrastructure for attack. Its a documentary called “Homegrown Jihad: Terrorist Training Camps Around the U.S.,” […]
Keystone XL and Natural Gas Provide Energy Trade Opportunities
Jim West/ZUMA Press/Newscom In June 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “If we continue to let our trade policy be dictated by special interests, then American workers will continue to be undermined, and public support for robust trade will continue to erode.” That’s exactly what’s happening with respect to energy trade. Special interests want to […]
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 […]
Jewish Victim of Palestinian Islamic Terror in Serious Condition
A Jewish man aged 50 is in serious condition at Tel Hashomer Hospital after a rock thrown by Arabs struck him in the head Saturday night as he was driving in a car near the Dolev-Talmonim Bloc in the Binyamin region. At the same time, more or less, Arabs attacked a group of Jews who […]
Immigration Group Tests Claim That Americans Won’t Do Some Jobs
(CNSNews.com) – Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released an analysis showing that only 1% of the U.S. workforce is employed at jobs that are held by legal and illegal immigrants. Among the findings of the analysis: Of the 472 civilian occupations, only six are majority immigrant […]
Critics Looking at Old Data Instead of New Heritage Research on Amnesty
Some proponents of comprehensive immigration reform (including amnesty) are trying to find support for their position in Heritage Foundation papers from long ago. In the first paper they point to, from March 2006, Heritage rejected amnesty but also considered the economic effects of immigration. Since that time, there are two major differences to consider. First […]