What’s Down There? China’s Tunnels and Nuclear Capabilities
Recent news reports have highlighted Chinese construction of a system of underground tunnels and raised serious questions about what they might imply regarding China’s nuclear capabilities. One story highlighted that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) may have some 3,000 miles of tunnels, sufficient to move systems underground across the breadth of the country. Much […]
Obama Succeeds: Libya’s new leader declares an Islamic state
Posted By Blake Hounshell In February, when Libya erupted in spontaneous protests that quickly turned into an armed revolt, Muammar al-Qaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam had a ready response: This was an al Qaeda-backed uprising, a plot to install “Islamic emirates” paying homage to Osama bin Laden. The world scoffed (especially after the Qaddafis […]
Gov. Rick Perry: US Should Reconsider Paying UN Dues
Calling the Palestinian Authority statehood bid at the United Nations a “travesty,” Texas Governor Rick Perry has called for the United States to reconsider funding the world body. The United States currently underwrites 22% of the United Nation’s annual budget, and 27% of its so-called peace keeping operations. “I think it’s time not only to […]
Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem Denies Jewish Connections to the Temple Mount
Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor, David Hadari, dismissed on Tuesday the rejection by the Waqf (Department of Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem) of an opinion by Jerusalem’s city engineer that the Mughrabi Gate Bridge, which links the Western Wall Plaza to the Temple Mount, be demolished. Hadari told Arutz Sheva that the bridge must be demolished because it […]
The BBC’s Heroic Terrorists
The BBC has a vacuous idea of balanced reporting. While it is happy to pass judgment on Israel in almost entirely negative terms, value judgments and even values themselves are dispensed with when it comes to pushing the Palestinian narrative. How then to explain the latest piece of BBC coverage of the Gilad Shalit prisoner […]
Doing Business with Terrorists
by Daniel Pipes October 18, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online That Gilad Schalit has been released after five years of captivity by Hamas brings joy to anyone who watches the Israeli soldier’s reunion with his parents and the ecstatic welcome he received by his countrymen. It also reminds one of the Israel Defense Forces’ […]
Over 2,400 Tea Partiers Arrested
Newspaper headlines in New York on Sunday, October 16, 2011 report on the Occupy Wall Street protest in Times Square the previous day. The liberal perspective on the “Occupy” movement is really something spectacular. Before the movement had really even announced a position or set of “demands,” progressives were pushing each other out of the […]
Hamas Rewards Freed Terrorists
The Hamas terror organization has decided to reward the terrorists who were released as part of the deal to release Gilad Shalit. Israel’s Channel 10 News reported on Wednesday that Hamas’ government in Gaza, headed by Ismail Haniyeh, has decided to reward each terrorist who will be freed to Gaza with a sum of $2,000. […]
Shalit Deal Has Already Led to Terrorism: Stabbings, Rock Throwing, Bombs, Violence
Meir Indor, head of the Almagor Terror Victims’ Association, called on Israel Security Agency (ISA) Chief Yoram Cohen to apologize to the family of the teen who was stabbed by an Arab terrorist on Shabbat. In a statement, Indor said that Israel’s deal with Hamas, which saw the release of 477 terrorists in exchange for […]
EU Hopes for Debt Crisis Deal by Wednesday Despite Problems
Act II of the European Summit is going to take place on Wednesday (Act I concluded on Sunday), when the world will see whether the hints about “progress” in stanching the European debt crisis have a basis in reality. It is now apparent that what Europe had tried to avoid for the past half year, a […]
The Pipes Rule of Arab Elections
by Daniel Pipes October 23, 2011 Offered on the occasion of the “first free” elections in Tunisia: If you know the result ahead of time, you are voting for the real powerbroker. If you don’t know the result in advance, then you are voting for a position that hardly matters. (October 23, 2011) Source material […]
