Italy Plays Hot Potato With African Migrants
The natives of the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, off the coast of Africa, complained bitterly to the Italian government that their island was being inundated with refugees from Africa. Some of these refugees were fleeing the turbulence in North Africa. A large number of them were economic migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who had no […]
Trump: World Has a ‘Muslim Problem’
Potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Donald Trump says there “absolutely” is a Muslim problem in the world, and he “couldn’t believe” a mosque is being built near the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Trump also told Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly Wednesday night it is important President Barack Obama produce his […]
“Syria After Asad”
by Daniel Pipes March 30, 2011 That up-to-the-moment title comes from an article I wrote almost a quarter century ago, in February 1987, looking at the potential sectarian ramifications of Hafez al-Assad’s demise. Although reputedly sickly at the time, the dictator eeked out another thirteen years and managed to pass the rule on to his […]
Obamacare Is Billion-Dollar Cash Cow for AARP
The powerful seniors lobby AARP stands to make more than a billion dollars over the next 10 years from the sale of supplemental Medicare policies under Obamacare, a House GOP report reveals. The report from Reps. Wally Herger, R-Calif., and Dave Reichert, R-Wash., alleges the Affordable Care Act will result in great demand for the […]
UCI Students Met with Hamas Leader
Students from the University of California, Irvine met with a Hamas leader during a student trip to Israel. Posters of Aziz Duwaik The Institute for Jewish and Community Research said it learned recently that the university’s branch of the Olive Tree Initiative, an Israeli-Palestinian peace organization, arranged for a meeting between the Irvine students and […]
An Opportunity to Throw Kids A Lifeline
In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, children suffer in a public education system rife with violence and ranked among the worst in the nation. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives took action to give those students some hope when it voted to reauthorize the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (D.C. OSP), which provides scholarships to […]
Israeli Victim of Muslim Kidnapping Attempt Given Jail Time
Judge Eilata Ziskin of the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Jewish man convicted of attacking arabs and assaulting a police officer to two months in prison and five months probation. Another defendant in the same case was sentenced to community service. The conviction stems from an incident that occurred two years ago at the […]
Nuclear Energy Will Remain An Essential Energy Source, Says Obama
Washington (CNSNews.com) – Despite the nuclear crisis in Japan, nuclear energy will remain a safe and important source of electricity in the U.S., President Obama said on Wednesday. “America gets one-fifth of our electricity from nuclear energy,” the president said in a speech at Georgetown University. “It has important potential for increasing our electricity without […]
Arab MK of Israel Re-Defines Incitement: Burning Ministers Photo OK
Arab Knesset Member Mohammed Barakeh has justified the public burning on Tuesday of a photo of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, saying it was a “legitimate” protest and not an act of incitement. Hate chants also were heard at the annual Land Day demonstration in the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Lod, located near Ben Gurion International […]
Israel Video: ‘Expert’ Predictions About Palestinians and Muslims Don’t Always Come True
The Yisrael Sheli (My Israel) movement, a patriotic group which works to spread Zionism and pro-Israel propaganda, released on Tuesday a clip which reviews some of the predictions made by the Council for Peace and Security over the years. The council is made up of leftists who are vocally against the Jewish communities in Judea […]
Next Arab Facebook Campaign: Get Millions to Invade Israel
Palestinian Authority activists have recreated the Third Intifada page that was banned by Facebook on Tuesday in response to thousands of member requests. An Israeli Cabinet minister, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and a massive Internet campaign were only some of the measures used to pressure the popular social networking site into removing the page, which […]
