By Jonathan F. Keiler The other day Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, appeared on the “Huckabee Show” on FOX News to make the case that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. Huckabee is a strong supporter of Israel, instinctively on the right side of the issue, but could do little … Continue reading
Obama’s Muslim Founding Fathers
by Robert Spencer In his message to Muslims on their holiday Eid al-Fitr, issued Sunday, Barack Obama asserted that “Eid also reminds us of the many achievements and contributions of Muslim Americans to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy.” He did not, unfortunately, provide even a single … Continue reading
Gaza is not occupied by Israel under international law – if you actually read international law
EoZ A number of so-called “fact checks” have been written that claim (among other things) that Israel legally occupies Gaza. This is a topic I have discussed many times, so here are the highlights. The Hague Conventions definition of 1907 is the only legal definition of occupation. That’s it. The Fourth Geneva Conventions does not define … Continue reading
How Muslims Think
by Dr. Arieh Eldad I was instrumental in establishing the “Israeli National Skin Bank”, which is the largest in the world. The National Skin Bank stores skin for every day needs as well as for war time or mass casualty situations. This skin bank is hosted at the Hadassah Ein Kerem University hospital in Jerusalem … Continue reading
IRS and State Department conspired in targeting pro-Israel group
By Thomas Lifson The IRS scandal has just gained another dimension, and it is more than a “smidgen.” Emails uncovered by the House Ways and Means Committee show that the State Department was involved in the IRS’s attempt to deny tax-exempt status to Z-Street, the pro-Israel organization founded and run by AT contributor Lori Lowenthal … Continue reading
The UN, Hamas, and Alice in Wonderland
By IRWIN COTLER The UN Human Rights Council’s vote to launch an international inquiry into alleged Israeli war crimes in “Occupied Palestinian Territory” has a distinct quality of déjà-vu. THE MEETING hall of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: Reuters The UN Human Rights Council’s vote to launch an international inquiry into alleged Israeli … Continue reading
#GazaUnderAttack? Meet the Hamas billionaires
Ella Levy-Weinrib “Among the Palestinians, they tell you straight out, ‘I want to get rich.’” In recent days, various media have been publishing photographs of Hamas leaders in luxurious homes with fitness equipment, at luxury hotels around the world, etc. On the other hand, distressing pictures are being shown of the suffering of the Palestinian … Continue reading
Hamas Killed 160 Palestinian Children to Build Terror Tunnels
Militant group used child labor to construct underground network in Gaza An Israeli soldier is seen at the entrance of a tunnel dug by Palestinians beneath the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel on October 13, 2013. ( DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images) By Myer Freimann — Jul 25, 2014 As the death toll of Operation … Continue reading
The Hate-Wave All Over the Islamicized West
Dr. Inna Rogatchi The wave of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred has sprung all over Europe readily seizing the pretext of the completely justified Israeli military operation in Gaza. Mass demonstrations in London and the other cities of the United Kingdom, violent riots in Paris, ‘Kristallnacht’-style attacks on synagogues in France, Ireland and Poland, public hate … Continue reading
Islamic State Stones to Death Second ‘Adulteress’
By Raymond Ibrahim Less than 24 hours after the Islamic State stoned a woman to death on the charge of adultery in the town of Tabaqa, in Raqa province, news comes out again that the new “caliphate” has stoned to death yet another woman on the same charge in Raqa. A source said that the … Continue reading
ISIS orders female genital mutilation for all in Iraq
Al Arabiya News The al-Qaeda-Inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ordered all girls and women between the ages of 11 and 46 in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on Thursday. “It is a fatwa (or religious edict) of ISIS, we learnt … Continue reading
ISIS tells Iraqi shops to veil mannequins
Mosul shop owners said they had been told to cover the faces of both male and female mannequins. (Photo courtesy: The Associated Press) Al Arabiya News The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has reportedly given shopkeepers in the Iraqi city of Mosul strict instructions to cover the faces of mannequins, months after seizing … Continue reading
Peace? Destroy Hamas
Israel Opinion The Israeli political left says that an agreement and compromise with the Palestinian Authority will destroy Hamas. In my opinion, it’s quite the opposite: Destroying the Hamas regime is a condition for a compromise agreement with the Palestinians. It’s not a sufficient condition – there are many other conditions and moves (for example, … Continue reading
Obama to the Rescue – of Hamas
by Caroline Glick Originally published by the Jerusalem Post. Operation Protective Edge is now two weeks old. Since the ground offensive began Thursday night, we have begun to get a better picture of just how dangerous Hamas has become in the nine years since Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip. And what we have learned … Continue reading
Inside ISIS and the Iraq Caliphate
Hamas Terrorists Charges with Babies in Hand
By Shimon Cohen, Maayana Miskin Children in Gaza Wounded soldiers have given shocking testimony regarding Hamas’ use of young children as human shields. Parents of wounded soldiers spoke to Kol Yisrael on Tuesday and shared some of the disturbing stories they had heard from their sons. They said soldiers have repeatedly seen young children … Continue reading
