NY Judge Rules: Jordanian Bank Can Face Trial Over Terrorism
Arab Bank, Jordan’s largest lender, has lost a bid to avoid a U.S. trial in a lawsuit brought by terrorism victims who accuse it of supporting attacks in Israel, Bloomberg reports. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon rejected the bank’s request to throw out the case, sending it toward trial. The victims claim in […]
Bolton: Israel’s Situation With Iran ‘Very Perilous’
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said that the situation with Iran “is very perilous” because the regime “is close to achieving its twenty year long objective of getting nuclear weapons.” “I don’t think the economic sanctions have slowed the program down at all […]
UAV from Lebanon Shot Down over Israel
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) penetrated Israeli air space from Lebanon Thursday, and was shot down. At around 2:00 p.m. Israel time (11:00 GMT), IAF aircraft belonging to the aerial defense array identified an aircraft making its way from Lebanon into Israeli airspace. Fighter jets and combat helicopters were scrambled. The UAV was still over […]
Canada Tried to Deport Suspected Terrorist
Canada tried to deport one of the two terrorists it caught this week, CBC News confirmed on Thursday. According to the report, Canada tried nine years ago to deport Raed Jaser, one of the two men accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a passenger train, but authorities didn’t proceed and later granted him permanent […]
Bostonbomber was “angry that the world pictures Islam as a violent religion”
Murdering innocent people at the Boston Marathon might seem a strange way to persuade the world that Islam is not violent, but since it has led to an avalanche of mainstream media assurances that Islam is a Religion of Peace, it seems to have worked, as Mark Steyn notes here. “Boston Suspects Are Seen as Self-Taught […]
Michelle Malkin Wins 2013 Breitbart Award for Excellence in Journalism
ORLANDO—The Heritage Foundation and Franklin Center for Government Public Integrity presented the second annual Breitbart Award to Michelle Malkin, syndicated columnist and Fox News Channel contributor. Malkin was honored at tonight’s Krieble Dinner at Heritage’s Resource Bank. The award was presented by Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint and Franklin Center President Jason Stverak. The Breitbart […]
Internet sales tax embraced by “no-tax” Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — You don’t see this very often: a majority of Senate Republicans voting to make people who buy stuff on the Internet pay state and local sales taxes. Anti-tax guru Grover Norquist isn’t happy about it and the conservative Heritage Foundation is questioning the senators’ conservative credentials. But the issue of taxing Internet […]
Iranian TV Claims Starbucks Blocks Its Website
A cup of coffee at Starbucks won’t buy access to Iran’s official Press TV website, the media outlet claims, based on a blogger. The website, a propaganda mouthpiece for the government, was blocked at a Starbucks outlet last year, according to the blogger, named by Press TV as “N. Salem.” He supposedly asked Press TV, […]
Erdogan’s Decade as Prime Minister of Turkey
by Daniel Pipes March 14, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has served longer than any person as prime minister of the Republic of Turkey, today marks his completion of a full decade in that office, having entered it on March 14, 2003. Born in February 1954, he is […]
PA vows to continue paying salaries to prisoners – among them terrorists
PA vows to continue paying salaries to prisoners – among them terrorists PA Deputy Minister: “Salaries and allowances to Palestinian prisoners will not be stopped, whatever the cost may be. The prisoners are our joy.” Head of Prisoners’ Club: “When salaries are paid to those working in government offices and institutions, they will also be […]
Tunisian Jews Hope for High Attendance at Annual Pilgrimage
Organizers of a Jewish pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue, on the Tunisian island of Djerba, said Wednesday they are hoping for a revival this year, after an Al-Qaeda attack in 2002 and post-revolution unrest caused a slump in attendance. Some 450 foreign pilgrims as well as Tunisian Jews are expected for the event that runs […]
