(EoZ)In the Hurriyet Daily News, in an op-ed that starts off criticizing Israel for its reaction to Günter Grass’ poem, Burak Bekdil notes something very important: Hardly a day passes in the Islamic world (or in the western intellectual world) without people standing up against and decrying the occupation of “al-Quds” (otherwise known as Jerusalem). … Continue reading »
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Israel, Palestinians and Water Libel
By Jack L. Schwartzwald //On December 13, 2011, the French National Assembly issued a 320-page report entitled, The Geopolitics of Water, which dedicated 20 pages to an alleged “water war” between Israelis and Palestinians. Employing the incendiary terms “apartheid” and “water occupation,” the report’s lead author, Jean Glavany, accused Israel of usurping Palestinian water sources and … Continue reading »
Iranian claims to disputed islands whitewash history
(Peter Hellyer) On Tuesday, ministers from the six GCC states met in Doha to discuss the recent visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UAE island of Abu Musa. Not surprisingly, the other five GCC members expressed agreement with the deep concern expressed by the UAE at the visit. As UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh … Continue reading »
Iranian diplomat accused of molesting girls in Brazil; has diplomatic immunity
(EOZ)Brazilian news sources are reporting: Iranian diplomat in Brasília, Hekmatollah Ghorbani, is accused of abusing minors in a pool club in Brasilia on Saturday. Ten girls, aged 9 and 15, were swimming in a neighborhood club, the South Wing, and four of them reported that Ghorbani, swimming, approached to touch the private parts of the … Continue reading »
Somalia Mission Expands: EU To Target Pirates Up to Two Kilometers Inland
Last week, the European Union agreed to expand its anti-piracy mission to include land-based targets in Somalia. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that air attacks up to two kilometers inland will be allowed. But an expansion of the mandate could face obstacles in Berlin, where opposition politicians warn that EU forces could get dragged into fighting … Continue reading »
Islams Connection to Jerusalem vs. Israels
(a7) Despite 1,300 years of Muslim Arab rule, Jerusalem was never the capital of an Arab entity. Oddly, the PLO’s National Covenant, written in 1964, never mentioned Jerusalem. Only after Israel regained control of the entire city did the PLO “update” its Covenant to include Jerusalem. Overall, the role of Jerusalem in Islam is best … Continue reading »
Interpol issues “red notices” for 4 Iranian suspects in embassy bombing
From Interpol: INTERPOL, acting on a request from India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, has issued Red Notices for four suspects wanted in connection with the 13 February bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi. Details of the suspects Mohammadreza Abolghashemi, Houshang Afshar Irani, Seyed Ali Mahdiansadr and Masoud Sedaghatzadeh who are all … Continue reading »
Obama’s Muslim adviser criticizes Assad for not being able to deliver “resistance to Israel”
Obama selected Dalia Mogahed as an adviser on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. She is an open advocate of Sharia, so it’s no surprise that she supports the Syrian revolutionaries, who are the same as the other “Arab Spring” revolutionaries: pro-Sharia Islamic supremacists. But for her to characterize Assad as not … Continue reading »
Dilemmas of a protracted conflict/Annexation is needed
Exactly.. Now were thinking here…It’s time to retake Gaza, and annex it all and deport all the troublemakers and terrorists with haste.. There is no need to wait for terrorist groups to build up their weapons supply and start firing long-range, accurate missiles on Israel. By Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post The false sense of … Continue reading »
IDF dogs are crossbred between wolves and pigs. Really?
AT LEAST so say the ever so truthful Palestinians say anyways.. How can a collective be so stupid and continually set themselves up for perpetual inbreed, indoctrinated hate? from EOZ: (added another news itm on Hamas and Islamic Jihad‘s new version of Marvel team-up.) Palestine Times quotes the “International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights” as … Continue reading »
Muslim Antisemitism: What everyone needs to hear
Great read: :Muslim Antisemitism: What My Daughter’s Friend and Ambassador Gutman Need to Know by Richard Landes. One of my daughters recently wrote me about a friend who thought that “most of the Muslim antisemitism in Europe wasn’t based on their dislike of what is going on in Israel and not so much on religion.” … Continue reading »
Iranian general urges Afghanistan to fight U.S.
Mullah’s are starting to really push their luck… (AP) TEHRAN: A senior Iranian military commander urged Afghans on Saturday to use force to kick American troops out of their country, hinting that “new resistance groups” could launch attacks on U.S. interests in Afghanistan. Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, a senior figure in the powerful Revolutionary Guard … Continue reading »
Jerusalem: The Heart & Soul of the Conflict
Last month Qatar hosted representatives from Islamic countries attending the “International Conference for the Defense of Occupied Jerusalem.” Supposedly they convened to discuss “the legal status of Jerusalem before and after the Israeli occupation, the reality and the future of Jerusalem under occupation, and the status of the holy places under international law.” The real … Continue reading »
Deep in the heart… of Saudi Arabia
From the kings of conspiracy theories and all things Wabbism comes.. The veiled Zionist plot BY DR. SADAKA YAHYA FADHEL writing for The Saudi Gazette.. This should be good… Israel is planning to trigger a war in the region and has been encouraging the world to take action purportedly to stop Iran from developing nuclear … Continue reading »
Refuting Apologetics Over Islamic Taqiyya
Sam Shamoun of Answering Islam recently forwarded me an article titled “Tawriya: Islamic Doctrine of ‘Creative Lying’? Response to Raymond Ibrahim,” appearing on a website called Muslim Debate Initiative, and written by one Shadid (“Severe”) Lewis in response to my recent exposition on the doctrine of tawriya. Although this response—poorly written, poorly argued—would normally be ignored, I … Continue reading »
Will Hezbollah Attack Israel? Only if…
In the middle of a region experiencing unprecedented change, a question lingers: Will Israel attack Iran? As a result, a flurry of writings have appeared attempting to answer this pertinent question. A “yes” comes with a list of consequences of which the most troubling is the threat of an escalating regional conflict. In the middle … Continue reading »
