Your Opinion Needed for the State Department
The State Department wants your opinion. No, not on weighty matters like the Arab Spring/Winter, relations with Russia, the state of NATO, or Chinese free-trade violations. The pressing question of the day is whether it should rename its blog DipNote. To tell the truth, the options are not exactly mind-blowing, a reflection of State’s […]
QE4: Another Big Step Down a Dangerous Road
The Federal Reserve Board today announced the introduction of yet another hyper-aggressive monetary policy, dubbed “QE4” by some for the fourth round of quantitative easing. Three times a dud, fourth time a charm? Not likely. The Fed’s concerns for the economy are well-founded. The economy continues to struggle badly under President Obama’s economic policies of […]
Israel Forces Palestinian Authority to Pay Its Debts After Their Unilateral Appeal to UN
Israel has decided to pay off Palestinian Authority debts for electricity by using tax money the government collects for it. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz ordered that 435 million shekels – more than $110,000 – not only will be withheld from the Palestinian Authority but also will be transferred to the Israel Electric Corp, leaving an […]
Next Congress Will Be ‘Less Jewish’
The new Congress has fewer Jews for the second straight time. Israel is less of a drawing card. Just ask outgoing non-Jewish Rep. West. Jewish representation in the next Congress will drop by nearly 20 percent, the second consecutive time fewer Jews were elected. Although the number of Jews voting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney […]
New Palestinian Authority Fatah Logo Erases Israel
Official logo celebrating Fatah’s 48th anniversary includes map that shows all of Israel as “Palestine” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik The official Palestinian Authority daily published a picture of the official logo chosen by Fatah for celebrations marking the movement’s 48th anniversary. The logo features various symbols, including a map of “Palestine” that […]
Second Amendment: Illinois Gun Ban Struck Down
On December 11, in a major win for Second Amendment rights, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Illinois’s virtual ban on the carrying of any guns, whether concealed or otherwise. In Moore v. Madigan, the state of Illinois claimed that there was no historical evidence of a “generally […]
North Korean Missile Defiance Requires Stern Response
North Korea again defied the international community today by launching a Unha-3 rocket, which is the same vehicle as its Taepo Dong-2 ICBM. Despite North Korean claims that the launch was of a civilian satellite, it is a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolutions. The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) presidential statement, passed after North […]
Vijanti Meghwar : The Face of Persecuted Hindus in Pakistan
On 4 December 2012 six year old Vijanti Meghwar was brutally raped in Ghulam Nabi Shah village, district Taluka Pithoro Umerkot, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Vijanti belongs to the Meghwar community of the country’s minority Hindu population. She was found unconscious and lying in the street. Such a heinous crime was made […]
Tax Increases Won’t Solve Washington’s Spending Problem
“We make some tough spending cuts on things that we don’t need; and then we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay a slightly higher tax rate. And that’s a principle I won’t compromise on.” At yesterday’s fiscal cliff campaign stop in Redford, Michigan, President Obama delivered these remarks and hammered away at his “balanced” plan […]
Elected Islamists Are Worse Than Dictators
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times December 11, 2012 Washington Times title: “Islamists are worse than dictators” Who is worse, President Mohamed Morsi, the elected Islamist seeking to apply Islamic law in Egypt, or President Husni Mubarak, the former dictator ousted for trying to start a dynasty? More broadly will a liberal, democratic order more […]
Hamas: 25 Facts For 25 Years
December 11, 2012 11:30 by Simon Plosker Much of the media covered the weekend’s events in Gaza, where Hamas leader Khaled Meshal commemorated his terror organization’s 25th anniversary. What is Hamas really celebrating? Here are 25 facts to remind you: 1. Hamas takes its name from an acronym that means “Islamic Resistance Movement” in Arabic. […]
