Hamas Incites Violence to Hide Its Own Shortcomings – Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin and Ari Heistein (Ynet News via Daily Alert)
May 15, 2018 Hamas Incites Violence to Hide Its Own Shortcomings – Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin and Ari Heistein Hamas’ decision to lead violent protests along Gaza’s border with Israel seeks to confront Israel in the fight for global public opinion. The IDF has operated with exceptional professionalism. It has protected the integrity of Israel’s border […]
Read More →Upsurge in Gaza Violence Expected – Col. Richard Kemp (Gatestone Inst. via Daily Alert)
May 15, 2018 Upsurge in Gaza Violence Expected – Col. Richard Kemp The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is intent on turning a “demonstration” this week into an orgy of death and bloodshed. Culminating six weeks of violence along the border, now they intend to pile the bodies higher still. Hamas claims that their purpose is to […]
Read More →For first time, European Parliament condemns Hamas terrorism, by Eldad Beck (Israel Hayom)
Apr. 20, 2018 Resolution censuring Hamas’ acts of terrorism and use of human shields passes with an overwhelming majority of 524-30, with 92 abstentions • Motion slams Hamas abuse of Gaza population, calls on Israel and the Palestinians “to respect human rights.” Click here for full article
Read More →UK: Funding Textbooks That Teach Children to Blow Themselves Up by Douglas Murray (Gatestone Inst.)
Apr. 4, 2018 Any government genuinely interested in promoting peace would withdraw funding from any entity — wherever in the world it was — which taught violence as such a core part of its curriculum. Another textbook urges that “Giving one’s life, sacrifice, fight, jihad and struggle are the most important meanings of life.” This […]
Read More →Oh Canada, who stands on guard for thee? by Tarek Fatah (Toronto Sun)
Mar. 7, 2018 If there was any doubt Canada’s political discourse has become hostage to small, but highly effective ethno-religious groups, it was evident in how the Opposition Conservative Party buckled under the pressure of Sikh organizations that advocate a break-up of India and the creation of a new religious state for Sikhs called Khalistan. […]
Read More →The Gray Lady’s Baby Steps, by Bruce Bawer (PJM)
Mar. 6, 2018 It’s getting so you can’t even rely on the New York Times anymore. To print wholesale lies about Europe, I mean. A few weeks ago, I noted that the Times, which has long led the way in all but ignoring the catastrophic consequences of the ongoing Islamization of Europe, had actually published a reasonably honest December 10 report […]
Read More →It’s not Just the Terrorists: al-Sisi’s Government Persecutes Egypt’s Christians by Raymond Ibrahim (Coptic Solidarity via M.E. Forum)
Feb. 20, 2018 It is one thing for Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi not to be able to prevent surprise Islamic terror attacks against Egypt’s Christians, the Copts. But what does one make of the fact that his own government also discriminates against and persecutes Copts? Click here for full article
Read More →The ties that bind Jerusalem, by MATTI FRIEDMAN (Globe & Mail via HonestReporting)
Dec. 15, 2017 …”the impression that Jerusalem is a violent place, but that’s misleading. If you count every single violent fatality reported here this year in this city of 860,000 – not just political violence but apolitical homicides, too – the number is 27. That’s 27 too many, obviously. But it’s worth pointing out that 27 […]
Read More →Violence Should Not Determine Policy, by Alan Dershowitz (Gatestone Inst. via Algemeiner)
Dec. 9, 2017 Many who are opposed to President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital point to the call for violence by Hamas and the scattered violence on the West Bank as evidence that Trump was wrong. But violence should never influence US policy. The leaders of Hamas and other Palestinian groups use […]
Read More →Germany: Surge in Migrant Attacks on Police, by Soeren Kern (Gatestone Inst.)
Nov. 29, 2017 “The police cannot win a war with the Lebanese because we outnumber them…. This applies to all of Gelsenkirchen, if we so choose.” — Lebanese clan in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Observers surmised that the real reason for the judge’s leniency was that he feared his family might be subjected to retribution from the […]
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