Daily Archives: June 6, 2013
Israel Sees PA Committed To Uprising
Israel's intelligence community has determined that the Palestinian Authority was committed to another revolt in the West Bank.
The open-source arm of the intelligence community asserted that the PA decided to wage what was termed...
Abbas: Palestinians Will Never Give Up on Jerusalem
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=22561
RAMALLAH, June 5, 2013 (WAFA) - President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that the Palestinian people will never give up their right to Jerusalem as the capital of their state in spite of all the...
When Sunni and Shiite Extremists Make War
http://www.danielpipes.org/12961/syria-sunni-shiite-extremists
In his article "The Muslim Civil War," Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal disagrees with my argument about Syria. He characterizes the position I hold this way:
If al Qaeda fighters want to murder...
Make Room for Islamistgate: The Obama Administration’s Newest, (Biggest?) Scandal
http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2013/06/04/make-room-for-islamistgate-the-obama-administrations-new-scandal/
Currently the Obama administration is facing three big scandals - the IRS targeting, the bugging of AP and Fox, and Benghazi. Now we have scandal Number Four, just as large in scope.
For the last...
The coming Hamas whitewash
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=4545
On May 16, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to travel to Hamas-ruled Gaza in June. Standing next to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Erdogan expressed hope "that my visit can...
J Street’s Spin Reversed by CAMERA Op-Ed
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=118&x_article=2474
The Washington Jewish Week featured J Street, the self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby in page one articles twice in April, published J Street opinion columns once that month and again in the May 16 edition,...
Happy Israel
http://www.danielpipes.org/12962/happy-Israel
In a typically maladroit statement, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry recently complained that Israelis are too contented to end their conflict with the Palestinians: "People in Israel aren't waking up every day...
Manipulating International Law as Part of Anti-Israeli “Lawfare”
http://jcpa.org/article/manipulating-international-law-as-part-of-anti-israeli-lawfare/
Vol. 13, No. 16 2 June 2013
Israel’s record of compliance with international law is remarkably strong. In a long series of decisions, the Israeli High Court has ordered the Israeli government, army, and security...
Radical Islam Arrives in Ramallah
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3751/radical-islam-ramallah
What happened on Tuesday In Ramallah -- often referred to as the bastion of Palestinian secularism and moderation -- serves as a reminder that radical Islam has found its way to this West Bank...
June 6, 2013: Not Acceptable
http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/
On May 16, I had written about plans to establish a new Palestinian Arab city near Jericho, reportedly to be called Nu'aimah, which would house tens of thousands of residents and require the transfer...