From Portrait of a Palestinian Suicide Bomber: Research showed that economic hardship was not the motive behind most suicide bombers as the majority of the bombers belonged to relatively affluent families. The majority of those who carried out such attacks were pursuing higher education and came from stable families. Thus it is difficult to link poverty and suicide operations. See also How the PA...
Benny Morris defends Israel
For the past two decades, Benny Morris – a prominent Israeli and international academic, and a leading figure in Israel’s Post-Zionism camp – has been advocating the notion that Israel’s official version of history is filled with misconceptions and misleading myths. Benny Morris, to the chagrin of Jew bashers and palestinian apologists, has changed his perspective and says...
Not in your backyard? Think again.
From Five Relatives of Terror Suspect Arrested in California and Utah: Five relatives of suspected senior al-Qaeda operative Shawqi Omar, a U.S. citizen from Jordan, were arrested in California and Utah on charges of defrauding banks of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The FBI said it was investigating whether any of the money was used to finance Middle East terrorism. The FBI said Omar’s...
Myths and Facts
MYTH: “Israel created Hamas.” FACT: Israel had nothing to do with the creation of Hamas. The organization grew out of the ideology and practice of the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s. Hamas was legally registered in Israel in 1978 as an Islamic Association by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin. Initially, the organization engaged primarily in...
Mark your calendars
Since the legitimage and sovereign nation of Israel was restored in 1948, four new holidays have been added to the Jewish national calendar – Yom HaShoah v’ HaGevurah (Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs’ Day), Yom Ha-Zikaron (Memorial Day), Yom Ha-Aatzmaut (Independence Day), and Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day). In Israel, these holidays are widely observed as national holidays, but...
What’s wrong with this picture?
The truth of the matter is that Arab Muslims who loathe Israel don’t really know history or geography. Click on the pic below for a larger look. What’s wrong is that even as Israel completes its evacuation of more than 20 “settlements” in the Gaza Strip, palestinians still make the argument that Gaza remains “occupied” territory, even though palestinians...
How Radical Muslims Took Over the American Prison System
From How Radical Muslims Took Over the American Prison System: Radical Muslim chaplains trained in a foreign ideology, certified in foreign-financed schools, and acting in coordination to impose an extremist agenda have gained a monopoly over Islamic religious activities in American prisons, establishing an Islamic radical regime over Muslim convicts. Imagine each prison Islamic community as a...
Sweden Rejects Air Force Exercise with Israel
From Sweden Rejects Air Force Exercise with Israel: Sweden called off its participation in international air force exercises in Italy next month because of the involvement of the Israel Air Force. Swedish Defense Minister Leni Bjorklund said that her country is withdrawing because of the participation of “a state that does not take part in preserving international peace.” An Israeli...
Jewish holy site vandalized in Israeli Arab village in Galilee
From Jpost: Vandals desecrated the tomb of talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel, shattering iron bars at the entrance to the structure and setting it alight. Located in the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Kana, just west of the Golani junction, the tomb is the final resting place of one of the most prominent rabbis of the talmudic era. It consists of a small stone building, which stands over an...
Palestinians stop bombing at Karni
I hope that this civilized act is the beginning of a critical, long over-due cultural policy growing among the palestinians and that it is also a sign that the palestinians have learned that committing acts of terror simply galvanizes all of the civilized world against them. From The Israel Herald: Palestinians Wednesday prevented a bombing at the Karni crossing between Gaza and Israel. Three...