Norway Embraces Islamist Tyranny

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2581/norway-islamist Anti-Semitism in Norway, where I have lived for twelve years, is over the top. I have never quite gotten used to it. Every now and then I hear or read something that reminds me...

The Gaza War: Appearance vs. Reality

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4624/gaza-war-reality Why is Hamas putting its weapons in the middle of homes, schools, hospitals and mosques in the first place? Palestinian violence has been persistent in violating all rules of engagement, despite the signed Oslo II...

Whither UNRWA?

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Whither-UNRWA-371016 UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness breaks down in tears during interview with Al Jazeera. Photo: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, has joined Hamas’s clamor for...

Holy War Arrives in Germany

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4590/germany-jihad "Never before have the sympathizers of Islamic terror appeared so openly in Germany." - Editorial, Westfalen-Blatt. "Anyone who thought the civil war in Syria or the barbarity of the Islamic State in Iraq does not...

Winning a Lose/Lose War

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383942/winning-loselose-war-victor-davis-hanson Once again neighboring enemies are warring in diametrically opposite ways. Hamas sees the death of its civilians as an advantage; Israel sees the death of its civilians as a disaster. Defensive missiles explode to save...

There Must Not Be a Ceasefire

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4513/gaza-hamas-ceasefire With their usual mixture of human rights concern and hypocrisy, several countries have stepped into the fresh Israel-Gaza conflict by demanding a cease-fire. Egypt has played an important role in this demarche; Hamas has...

Parashas Masei 5774. Glad Not to Be Prime Minister Netanyahu; Miracles All Around

http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1708/parashas-masei-5774 Glad not to be Prime Minister Netanyahu I am convinced that Israel had no choice but to undertake a major ground operation into the Gaza Strip, and that the time has never been so propitious...

Hamas Enhances Strike Capability

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies improved rocket, ground attacks as well as command and control in the latest war with Israel, In a report,...

Israel, the FAA, and International Isolation

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/07/22/israel-the-faa-and-international-isolation/ For years, peace processors and pundits have threatened that to stop its “growing international isolation,” Israel must make “painful concessions” and withdraw from territory. The “growing isolation” was always a myth. Israel’s trade with...

Palestinian Suffering Used to Demonize Israel

http://besacenter.org/uncategorized/palestinian-suffering-used-demonize-israel/ Executive Summary: As long as Palestinians continue to serve as lightning rod against Jews, their supposed victimization reaffirming the latter’s millenarian demonization, Israel will never be allowed to defend itself. No sooner had Israel launched...