Folks, Batya of Shiloh Musings, has a very important message to Jews about Israel’s current governmental crisis, and the message is unity amongst Israelis (and the Jews in Diaspora, I might add) is critical: Unite! The Israeli political system has been evolving over the years, and just as I’m writing this I realize that I’ve been a “participant” for a majority of...
It’s still not a Red Star of David
Magen David Adom and Palestine Red Crescent Society Sign Memorandum of Understanding Magen David Adom in Israel (MDA) and the Palestine Red Crescent Society have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva which top officials said should help end a decades-old dispute and ease Israel’s entry into the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.. Signing the agreement was Noam Yifrach, Magen...
New Lesson for Palestinians: Those Who Live by Terror Can Die by It
Folks, Jim Sinkinson of FLAME writes: The terror attacks in Amman, Jordan, should be a wake-up call to Jordanians, who have never thought of themselves as potential targets of Muslim extremism. In this article, commentator Daniel Pipes makes a similar observation about the Palestinians, also newly awakened to the price of terror. You see, many of those who died in the Amman attacks were...
Rafah opening brings senior Hamas terrorist
Barak, owner and gatekeeper of IRIS Blog, has written the following: Prediction Confirmed: Rafah Opening Brings Senior Hamas Terrorist On Friday, the day of the opening of the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza, I predicted that the “anti-terrorist security measure” of a live video feed given to Israel in exchange for five sweeping strategic concessions was a “charade”. My...
Debate in the Arab and Muslim World Over Normalization With Israel
Since Israel’s disengagement from Gaza, leaders of Arab and Muslim countries have warmed their relations with Israel. During the U.N. General Assembly of September 2005, meetings took place between Arab foreign ministers and Israel’s foreign minister; Pakistan declared its willingness to normalize relations with Israel; and Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Mubarak...
White supremacist David Duke holds rally in Syria
Louisiana-based white supremacist leader David Duke visited Syria last week, where he delivered an anti-Semitic speech attacking “Zionists occupying New York” and the State of Israel.
The speech was carried by Syrian state television.
The Culture of Martyrdom
From The Culture of Martyrdom: Mohammad Sidique Khan, who blew himself up at Edgware Road in London on 7 July, in a video recorded just before his death, says in a distinctly Yorkshire accent, “Muslims, I strongly advise you to sacrifice this life for the hereafter.” Blowing yourself up in the middle of a crowd is an act of ethics in the name of Allah, according to Khan. The impulse...
How Did We Forget that Israel’s Story Is the Story of the West?
From How Did We Forget that Israel’s Story Is the Story of the West?: If you read Bernard Donoughue’s diaries, just published, of his life as an adviser to Harold Wilson in the 1970s, one difference between then and now that hits you hard is Donoughue’s (and Wilson’s) firm belief that the cause of Israel is the cause of people who wish to be free, and that its enemies are...
Charity Cash for “palestinian Poor” Was Siphoned to Suicide Bombers
Well folks, here is more proof indicting the “poor palestinians” ain’t so poor as much as they are devious, murderous thieves: Millions of pounds donated by British and other European charities to help the “palestinian poor” were diverted to fund terror and support the families of suicide bombers, Israeli prosecutors said Sunday. Ahmed Salatna, 43, a Hamas activist...
I bow to Meryl and Lynn
I want to thank Meryl Yourish of www.yourish.com and Lynn B of In Context for their kind mention of my blog on their sites. I am deeply honored by their mention. However, I want to set something straight: I’m just a peanut but Meryl and Lynn are the captains of pro-Israel defense. And so is Yael of Boker Tov, Boulder, by the way. All three are brilliant, educated, gifted, skilled, informed...