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U.S. will Work with Israel in Preventing a Nuclear Iran, said Obama

Jim Kouri — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:44 +0000

"Obama has been attempting to regain his political support by American Jews, many of whom were angered at his rhetoric about Israel and his treatment of Netanyahu. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in what he's been saying on a number of issues." President Barack Obama stated on Sunday that the United States will cooperate with the Israeli [...]

Murderers of the Fogel family in Israel are Heroes

Dan Miller — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:34:23 +0000

Five members of “an Israeli family” — antiseptically left unnamed by the Times — were knifed to death in their sleep but the gravamen of the story was that the Israelis responded by deciding to build more settlements on the West Bank, a decision, our former paper of record sniffed, that “the attack and the [...]

The Point of No Return

Mark Silverberg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:14:16 +0000

It was Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, not the Obama administration, who called off a joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise. Debkafile recently disclosed that it was Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, not the Obama administration, who decided to call off the largest joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise Austere Challenge 12 ever planned between the two countries. That exercise had [...]

The Power of the Pen – Abused

Mark Silverberg — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:28:25 +0000

The New York Times' bias against Israel continues to get worse. Israeli Prime Minister has declined to contribute op-eds anymore.

The unceasing drumbeat of Israel-bashing on the pages of the New York Times is not exactly a secret. But in mid-December, the limit on the NYT’s image of promoting “objective journalism” was reached. When [...]

Obama Response to Rockets Fired on Israel called Absurd

Jim Kouri — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:56:07 +0000

"While Israel's enemies threaten them with harsh diatribes and hurl missiles at Israeli towns, the Obama administration and the world community want the Israeli government to negotiate with their attackers? Only a government full of cowards would do such a thing."

The Obama State Department called the rocket attacks from southern Lebanon into Israel this week a "provocative [...]

Hezbollah Boasts: We’ve Beaten the CIA and Mossad

Jim Kouri — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:12:29 +0000

Hezbollah claims it has discovered CIA operatives and agents from Israel's intelligence group Mossad within its ranks.

Following last week's report that the top leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah warned the United States government that any attack by the U.S. military on Iran would result in violence throughout the Middle East, the Syrian [...]

The Vanishing Little Star of Bethlehem: Christianity Under Attack in the Middle-East

Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:23:35 +0000

Why are the same leaders who so passionately protect Muslim rights in America doing nothing for Christians who are dying in record numbers? Why has the church been virtually silent about the suffering of our brethren?”

News coming out of the Middle-East in the last few months has focused on two principal areas: [...]

Israel Prepares for Another Flotilla Confrontation

Jim Kouri — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:36:10 +0000

Two ships are current headed for the Gaza Strip and the Israeli government is prepared to stop them.

The Israeli military issued a statement Wednesday night that it is ready and waiting to interdict two ships currently sailing for the Gaza Strip, in order to thwart a radical group's attempt to challenge Israel's blockade against the coastal enclave.

"The Israel Navy has completed the [...]

The Trauma of the Shalit Affair

Mark Silverberg — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:59:29 +0000

The Shalit case represents the classic struggle between heart and mind. Israel can expect to pay a terrible price for this exchange given that the deal to free Gilad Shalit involves reducing the life sentences of two hundred and eighty mass murderers responsible for hundreds of Israeli deaths.

Much has been written of the [...]

Do Palestinians Really Want Their Own State?

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:49:19 +0000

Essentially all of the evidence so far seems to indicate that they don't. It is widely expected that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will submit an application to the UN Security Council to recognize Palestine as an independent state later this week. It is also widely expected that the Obama Administration will use [...]