Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 03:35 am CEST
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PM Netanyahu Statement on Obama’s Speech: Slams call for ‘Palestine’ based on ’67 lines

A day before their scheduled meeting in Washington, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama staked out… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 00:00 am CEST
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Obama’s Muslim Outreach 2.0: Doing business with the Muslim Brotherhood

President Obama’s latest paean to what he calls “the Muslim world,” delivered at the State Department today, was an exercise in whistling past the… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 23:32 pm CEST
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Obama’s Middle East Speech Stuns Israelis

U.S. President Barack Obama’s declaration in his policy speech Thursday, May 19, that Israel should withdraw to the 1967 lines… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 20:00 pm CEST
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IHH Leader Yildirim: “We Will Not Hesitate to Sacrifice Shaheeds to Achieve the Flotilla’s Objective”

IHH, which plays a central role in organizing the upcoming flotilla to the Gaza Strip, joined Turkish Islamist organizations in… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamism • Jihadism • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 23:24 pm CEST
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The West’s Foreign Policy Theme – Like Me Before You Kill Me – Applied to Israel

Recently, it was revealed that President Barack Obama had consulted Tom Friedman in formulating his Middle East policy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 22:00 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Threshold

Turkey faces what could be historic elections on June 12. Opinion polls suggest the ruling Justice and Development Party… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 21:00 pm CEST
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The Myth of President Obama’s Middle East Speech

I don’t want to speculate about President Barack Obama’s Middle East speech. I’ll wait to hear it. But the… Continue reading

Topics: The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 14:19 pm CEST
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Mahmoud Abbas is ‘Grossly Distorting’ Documented History

National correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg writes in the Atlantic on Tuesday… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Taqiyya 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 23:30 pm CEST
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Belgium: Half of All Muslim Immigrant Children Are Antisemitic

The Flemish-language newspaper De Morgen has a major article about a survey of Muslim students in Brussels high schools… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Belgium • Eurabia • Global Islam • Jew-Hatred 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 17:52 pm CEST
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Obama: Muslim Outreach 2.0

On Thursday, President Obama will “reach out” yet again to what he insists on calling “the Muslim world.” Think of it as… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 17:12 pm CEST
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Mahmoud Abbas about Nakba: “We Left Galilee on Our Own”

After the “Nakba” riots on Sunday may 15, widely reported by the mass media as the killing of several unarmed “peacefull” protesters… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 13:41 pm CEST
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A Brief Guide to Why 1948 Was a Palestinian Arab and Arab Disaster

In 1947 the UN voted to partition the British mandate of Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. The Jews accepted partition… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamofascism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Nazi Germany 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 00:49 am CEST
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PM Netanyahu: Root of Conflict is Palestinian Refusal to Recognize the Jewish State

The root of the conflict is, and always has been, their refusal to recognize the Jewish state… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Zionism 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 00:01 am CEST
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Iran: Tougher Measures to Enforce the Islamic Dress Code

This week, the morality police chief has announced tougher measures to enforce the Islamic dress code in Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • Iran • Sharia Law • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 20:21 pm CEST
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Tell Me What They’re Reading and I’ll Tell You Who Will Win?

There’s an interesting point about pre-World War One Europe that applies very well to today’s international situation as well… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Global Jihad • Islamism • Jihadism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 19:11 pm CEST
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Eye on Europe: Supreme Leader’s remark on spread of “Islamic Awakening” to Europe makes waves

Speaking at a meeting with thousands of teachers held on the occasion of Teacher Day, marked in Iran last week, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Europe • Iran • Shia Islam 
Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 17:49 pm CEST
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The Middle East: The Possible/Probable Main Crisis for 2012

Save this note. Last year I predicted that Egypt’s instability might well be the big story of 2011. Why wait until December… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 15:04 pm CEST
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Radical Islamist Hamas Movement Struggles to Present a Moderate Image Since the Palestinian Reconciliation Agreement

Statements made by senior Hamas figures since the internal Palestinian reconciliation agreement attempt to present a moderate image… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Hamas • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 
Posted on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 13:23 pm CEST
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The Foreign Policy Elite and Bureaucracy Starts Parting Ways with Obama

Perhaps the most important policymaking development of the last month has been President Barack Obama’s increasingly visible loss of… Continue reading

Topics: Leftist-Islamic Alliance • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 21:19 pm CEST
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PM Netanyahu on Nakba Day: ‘We’re determined to defend our borders’

In face of attempts to cross Israel’s northern and southern borders, Netanyahu says he instructed the IDF to stop all attempts to infiltrate… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 
Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 15:54 pm CEST
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PM Netanyahu on Nakba Day: ‘There is no place for incitement, violence and rage’

The state was founded 63 years ago on the basis of the declaration of independence which promises equality of rights for… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Democracy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jew-Hatred • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 13:29 pm CEST
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Terroristische Daad Eist Slachtoffers Tijdens Palestijnse Nakba-dag

Tenminste één persoon gedood en 17 gewond — waarvan twee ernstig — na een terroristische daad door een 22-jarige Israëlische Arabier… Lees verder

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jew-Hatred • Nederlands • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 01:07 am CEST
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By The End of This Year Egypt Might Be Run By a Radical Islamist Regime

I’m not saying this lightly. For the first time, there is serious evidence not only for an Islamist-controlled parliament but even… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 19:33 pm CEST
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Israeli Police ‘Hand-Cuffed’ In Face of Riots on “Nakba Day”

Middle East expert Dr. David Bukai expressed concern Thursday over the expected ‘show of force’ by Israeli Arabs on “Nakba Day”… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Gaza and Westbank • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Pro-Palestinianism