Via Egypt Today: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak died on Tuesday at the age of 91. Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years before he was forced to step down on Feb. 11, 2011. Before becoming president, Mubarak served as commander of the Egyptian Air Force during the October War in 1973. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat, whom he served as vice...
Lost 1,000-Year-Old Hebrew Bible Found in Cairo Synagogue
Via Times of Israel: In 2017, Israeli historian Yoram Meital stumbled upon a handwritten 1028 CE biblical codex in the Karaite Moussa Der’i Synagogue in Cairo. At 616 pages, the Zechariah Ben ‘Anan Manuscript is one of the most complete examples of the “Writings,” the concluding section of the Hebrew Bible. It had been lost to scholars for almost 40 years. See also A...
How Israel Saved American Lives in Vietnam
Via Washington Examiner: During the 1967 Six-Day War, the Syrian army in the Golan Heights abandoned its posts and left Soviet-supplied equipment behind. Consequently, the Israelis captured state-of-the-art Soviet military technology intact – the very same equipment that American soldiers were facing in Vietnam. Israel captured nine Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missiles, along with their...
Arab-American Researchers: Arabs Don’t Want Peace with Israel – They Want Respite in Order to Regain Power and Wage War Again
Via MEMRI-TV: Speaking on Al-Hurra TV on Feb. 6, 2020, Egyptian-American researcher Samuel Tadros said: “What will we gain if we add to the 21 Arab states a 22nd state with the same corruption, oppression, and so on? If the people really demand a free Palestine, it means that it should be…free from corruption, oppression, dictatorship, and all those things that exist in our countries...
U.S. Criticizes French Failure to Try Jewish Woman’s Killer
Via JTA: U.S. special envoy on anti-Semitism Elan Carr on Monday criticized the decision by a French judge in December not to try Kobili Traore for the killing of Sarah Halimi in 2017 while shouting about Allah. The judge cited psychiatric evaluations saying Traore’s consumption of marijuana made him not legally responsible for his actions. Carr, a former prosecutor in Los Angeles, said...
Iran Orders Islamic Jihad to Block Any Long-Term Calm for Gaza
Via Ynet News: With the latest round of rocket fire, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is seeking to prevent any long-term agreement between Hamas and Israel. In addition to seeking to conduct a holy war to destroy Israel, PIJ is also motivated by its need for financial assistance from its Iranian sponsors. Tehran has instructed the PIJ and other Iranian proxies to increase their terror activity in...
Palestinians Fire 90 Rockets at Israel in Two Days
Via Times of Israel: On Sunday and Monday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired 90 rockets at Israel from Gaza. 90% of those heading toward populated areas were intercepted by the IDF’s Iron Dome system. In response, Israel launched multiple retaliatory air raids against Islamic Jihad bases in Gaza, as well as an airstrike on a squad as it was preparing to launch rockets. There was some damage...
Jihadi Textbooks in Palestinian Schools Are Funded with 100 Million British Pounds
The Daily Mail has discovered that tens of millions of pounds of UK foreign aid is helping fund Palestinian schools in Gaza and the West Bank that use textbooks on martyrdom and radical Islamism. The textbooks include a reading exercise for six-year-olds with the words “martyr” and “attack,” plus poems for eight-year-olds which include phrases such as “sacrifice my...