Members of the convoy’s Turkish delegation, most of them affiliated with the IHH (organizer of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was raided by the Israeli naval forces on May 31), visited terrorists of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and their positions. The PIJ’s website and other websites posted pictures… Continue reading
As usual, a nice cartoon by Dry Bones about how TV anchors are concerned about political correctness when talking about mail bombs like those that were mailed to synagogues in Chicago by al-Qaeda jihadists in Yemen… Continue reading
Almost one month after the World Masters Weightlifting Championships held in Poland in September, this week Iranian media gave extensive coverage of the award ceremony, during which the Iranian former world champion Hossein Khodadadi appeared on the podium beside Sergio Britva, the Israeli representative… Continue reading
Seyyed Mehdi Khamoushi, the head of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization, announced this week the coming launch of Wikifeqh, an online encyclopedia which is based on “wiki” technology and includes articles on Islamic religious law and the principles of Islam… Continue reading
Only hours ago I wrote about the Turkish regime’s decision, in its official main strategy document, to drop revolutionary Islamism or Iran as threats–because they are now its allies–in the main NSC document. It was only a matter of time, I added, before they declared Israel or… Continue reading
Jihad is supposedly only defensive. However, it is easy to portray anything as defensive by dissociating cause and effect. Why did U.S. forces go into Afghanistan? It was as a response to the September 11 attacks. If there had been no September 11 attacks U.S. forces would not have attacked… Continue reading
The Viva Palestina convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and was given festive ceremonies by senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures. They stressed the Hamas themes of the establishment of a Palestinian state instead of the State of Israel and glorified shaheeds of the Palestinian terrorist… Continue reading
There is only one country in the Middle East that recognizes Feminists, Christians, Professors for Academic Freedom and Gays as having human rights. There is only one nation in the entire Middle East which respects their right to live openly as… Continue reading
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday urged intensified international efforts to make progress in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the state-run Petra news agency reported. At a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu El Gheit and… Continue reading
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said the PA will declare an independent Palestinian state in 2011. “The deadline is next summer, when the Israeli occupation of the West Bank must end,” Fayyad said… Continue reading
On a short visit to France, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin told his counterpart, President of the French Senate, Gérard Larcher, that the settlements are not an obstacle to peace and that the settlement construction is just “an excuse for the Palestinians to… Continue reading
On October 21 the Viva Palestina convoy entered the Gaza Strip. The de facto Hamas administration gave extensive media coverage to the convoy’s stay in the Gaza Strip in order to boost its image in Arab and Western public opinion and to defame Israel. Hamas activists headed by… Continue reading
The root cause of the mess in the Middle East is really quite simple. In 1947 The United Nations (General Assembly Resolution 181) called for the area of Palestine between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to be partitioned into… Continue reading
After fifteen years of following the Palestinian Authority (PA) media on a daily basis, I’ve never seen anything that sums up the problem of why there’s no peace better than this cartoon in al-Hayat al-Jadida, the official PA newspaper. If only the Western mass media ran this cartoon the situation would be crystal-clear and… Continue reading
Tussen 30 september en 2 oktober 2010 heeft het Palestijns Centrum voor Beleid en Opinieonderzoek een opiniepeiling uitgevoerd onder Palestijnse Arabieren woonachtig op de Westelijke Jordaanoever en de Gazastrook. Hieruit blijkt dat de meerderheid terroristische aanslagen op kolonisten goedkeuren… Lees verder
The Israeli Government, together with the IDF, coordinates the delivery of a variety of humanitarian aid and development assistance to the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. These reports details the humanitarian measures taken during the… Continue reading
Syria has helped Hizbullah entrench itself in northern Lebanon with 40,000 long-range missiles and 10,000 militia men, increasing its war capability against Israel, the French daily Le Figaro reported Tuesday… Continue reading
On may 08, 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush discussing the role of religion in foreign policy matters, the U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S.-Israel relationship, human rights (Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib prison), the establishment of the State of Israel and Iran’s right to nuclear program. In the letter, Ahmadinejad criticizes Bush and suggests that… Continue reading
DFM Ayalon criticizes Vatican Synod communique and describes remarks made by Archbishop Bustros as a “libel”. Dep FM also calls for the Vatican to distance themselves from these comments. Bishops from across the Middle East held a two week long meeting… Continue reading
For the first time in 36 years, Iran will assume the presidency of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). It will hold the presidency for one year starting January 1, 2011. Iran’s Oil Minister Mas’ud Mir-Kazemi was unanimously elected as… Continue reading
President Ahmadinejad stated this week that Iran is willing to resume talks on its nuclear program with the G5+1 (United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany) if they are based on “dignity and justice”. That was the president’s reply to an announcement made by EU Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton according… Continue reading
Israel’s relationship to the Palestinians has always been globally approached with standardized heavy criticism made to Israel. The main charges waved in Israel’s face have always been “the Disapropriate use of force” and… Continue reading
Egypt and Saudi Arabia secretly carried out their first ever joint exercise this week with the participation of their special operations, marine, armored, missile, air and naval forces, debkafile’s military sources reveal… Continue reading
Ali Akbar Salehi, Chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said the country has produced roughly 30 kg of 20-percent enriched fuel so far, ISNA News Agency reported… Continue reading
First, beginning with the 1993 Israel-PLO agreement, it has been clearly mutually agreed that the issue of boundaries would be settled in negotiations. Negotiations are supposed to be a give and take process: Israel would give more on boundaries if it got more on other issues… Continue reading
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