Ireland Votes but Irish Eyes Are Not Smiling; Country Near Bankruptcy
The Irish go to the polls on Friday (some of the remote islands have already voted) in elections that are all but certain to bring the Fine Gael Party led by Enda Kenny to power. The Fianna Fail Party that has been in power for 14 years is set to receive the worst political drubbing […]
Germany Pays Iran’s Price to Secure Reporters’ Release
Now that the two German journalists from the popular daily Bild are back in Germany, it is clear that the victor in the exchange between Iran and Germany was the former. To secure the release of the journalists, Germany had to dispatch its Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to Iran to collect them personally and in […]
Attack on Be’er Sheva, Israel; Terrorists Fire Two Rockets; Have Increased Rocket Attacks Recently
Gaza terrorists fired two Grad rockets at Be’er Sheva on Wednesday evening. The rockets hit the city. First responders are scouring the area. No injuries have been reported. The attack was the first of its kind since the conclusion of Operation Cast Lead in early 2009. It follows a steady trend of escalation of terrorism […]
Building Boom and Prosperity in Golan Heights
The Golan Heights, demanded by Syria, is enjoying an unprecedented building boom, and virtually no apartments are available for rent or sale, according to a regional official. “The wave of building is at a record high, Sammy Bar-Lev, chairman of the regional council in Katzrin, the region’s largest city, told Arutz 7. “There are 8,000 […]
Israel’s Netanyahu Allows 300 Libyan Arabs to ‘Return’ to Judea, Samaria to Escape Violence
Due to the ongoing violence in Libya, 300 “Palestinian refugees” from the north African country will be allowed to seek refuge “temporarily” in Judea and Samaria. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who approved the move, said the 300 would be allowed in as a humanitarian gesture. As far as is known, this will be the first […]
Revolts Will Topple Ahmadinejad and Nasrallah, Peres Says
The people of Iran and Lebanon will overthrow Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hassan Nasrallah, President Shimon Peres told Spanish Jews during a visit marking 25 years of Spanish-Israeli ties. He also called on world leaders to denounce Ahmadinejad “on the red carpet of the United Nations.” Speaking at the headquarters of the Jewish community in Spain, […]
2 Libyan Air Force Colonels Seek Asylum in Malta After Refusing to Bomb Protesters
Two Libyan air force colonels piloting two Mirage F1 fighter jets arrived in Malta Sunday, asking for political asylum after being order to bomb protesters amid the chaos of a budding civil war, according to Associated Press. Airport immigration officials questioned the two pilots as well as seven others – civilians claiming they were French […]
House Hearing: Could the Individual Mandate Create a National Police Power?
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of the individual mandate. The mandate has been declared unconstitutional by federal courts in Virginia and Florida, and appeals are pending in those cases. The committee heard from three legal experts: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Duke University law professor Walter Dellinger, and […]
Al-Qaradawi: Kill Qaddafi
Egyptian Islamic theologian Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who heads the International Union of Islamic Scholars and the European Council for Fatwa and Research, issued a religious edict Monday in which he called for Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar Qaddafi, to be killed. “Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Gaddafi should […]
In Cuba, Castro Marks an Anniversary By Unleashing the Hounds
As Muammar al-Qaddafi clings to power by ordering his troops to shoot on their Libyan compatriots, across the globe in the Caribbean one of his last remaining global buddies is doing his best to keep the lid on his own victims. Fidel Castro, presiding over the wreckage of what was once the thriving island of […]
De Borchgrave: $400 Barrel Oil Imminent With Mideast Upheaval
Award-winning journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave tells us that the increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East could push the price of oil quickly to $300 or even $400 a barrel. De Borchgrave, who has interviewed Moammar Gadhafi six times, also says the Libyan leader is manic-depressive who is going through a manic phrase where he […]
