Operation Desert Storm Plus 20
by Daniel Pipes August 2, 2010 It was twenty years ago on this day, that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, initiating a crisis that lasted half a year and beginning the slow turn of events that led eventually to his own overthrow and execution, followed by the American-led occupation. While immensely important in the history of […]
CA may weaken limited-English-proficiency (LEP) requirements
Tell the CA Assembly to vote NO on SB 930! Tomorrow, the California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing to consider SB 930, a bill that will weaken limited-English-proficiency (LEP) requirements under the Public School Performance Accountability Program. Currently, students who have limited English skills have one year to take the CA standardized test […]
Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama to a ‘Man-to-Man’ Debate
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has challenged U.S. President Barack Obama to a public and “man-to-man” debate when the Islamic Republic leader visits the United Nations next month for the next session of the General Assembly. President Obama is unlikely to accept the offer. Ahmadinejad criticized the American leader for missing “historic […]
Jihadi Animated Clip Shows Sword Decapitating Obama
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu New jihadi anti-American incitement features an animated clip of a sword beheading U.S. President Barack Obama. Other candidates for beheading in the clip are U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. General David Petraeus and Pope Benedict. The website’s message, translated by Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), was posted Monday […]
Hamas Honors Turkey by Haniyeh’s Naming Grandson ‘Erdogan’
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Turkey’s rapid drift to the Iranian-Hamas axis has reached new heights, with de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh naming his grandson “Erdogan,” after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The honor bestowed by Haniyeh came a week after Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met in Damascus with Hamas’s top leader, […]
US: We Have an Iran Strike Plan
by Elad Benari The US military announced on Sunday that it has a plan in place to strike Iran should the need arise to do so. During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US, said that although he believes that a military […]
Going on Offensive to Expose World Hypocrisy vs. Israel
by Eli Stutz If you heard about an attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in which hundreds of civilians were killed, would you assume that the attack had been perpetrated by Israel? According to Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, you very likely would – and you’d be wrong. In an op-ed that appears today in […]
Israel “Ethnically Cleansing” Bedouin Arabs?
The demolition of an unrecognized Bedouin settlement in the Negev attracts some foreign media looking to fit the story into their own one-sided agenda. It had all the elements that the foreign press in Israel could have hoped for – a mass eviction accompanied by the destruction of homes, a large Israeli police presence, the […]
First Female Arab Combat Soldier in IDF
Cpl. Elinor Joseph, a Christian Arab from Haifa, has completed an important stage of her combat training in the IDF’s Karakal Battalion – notable in that she is the first Arab female combat soldier in IDF history. Having grown up in a mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood, she attended an Arab school and later to moved to […]
Student told to lose Christianity or face expulsion
Georgia student told to read ‘gay’ lit, attend ‘pride parade,’ change beliefs
Obama religion adviser linked to unindicted co-conspirator
By Aaron Klein– A religion adviser to President Obama has close ties to a radical Muslim group that was an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to raise money for Hamas. The group, the Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, has an extensive relationship with the Obama administration. In February, Obama named a Chicago Muslim, […]
