Daily Archives: December 18, 2015

Syrian educational system: “The Jews are cancerous”

As the Western world reaches out to accept Syrian refugees, the Center for Near East Policy Research republished a study that was performed by Dr. Arnon Groiss of Syrian school textbooks that have been...

Abbas: Palestinian violence is “justified popular uprising”

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas referred to the last three months of violence Monday as a “justified popular uprising”. Abbas’s comments came as a new poll shows widespread Palestinian support for ongoing attacks on Israelis....

Reminder: B’Tselem Poster Boasts – Goal Ending Occupation – Not Human Rights

While B'Tselem poster in English reads: "“GIVE B’TSELEM €100,000 WITHOUT SPENDING A DIME!” the Hebrew version reads: “FOREIGN FUNDING FROM HOLLAND TO END THE OCCUPATION? CERTAINLY” For copy of the posters http://bit.ly/1iAkPQk Given that the goal of B'Tselem is...

“I didn’t leave journalism–it left me”

That’s the headline on this long and sympathetic story about the new media critic, me. It details why I have shed the role of reporter-editor-broadcaster and have assumed the role of calling out the Western media...

You couldn’t make this up…writes Michael Kuttner

Very often events occur which verge on or cross over into the unbelievable or the realm of apparent fiction. I discovered many years ago that when it comes to Israel however, no matter the apparent...

PMD Closure a Moral, Political, Legal Victory

The 35­nation governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution on Tuesday ending the IAEA's 12­year­long inquiry into suspicions of "possible military dimensions" (PMD) to Iran's nuclear work. "Now the main...

Turkey: Mixed Findings on Textbooks

WASHINGTON, D.C – A new study of textbooks used in Turkey’s compulsory “Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge” class found both improvements and issues of concern. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) sponsored...

Middle East: Cauldron of Conflict [only an idiot would suggest Israel rely on regional...

IMRA: Read Ambassador James F. Jeffrey's assessment of the tremendous instability in the region and one thing is clear: anyone suggesting that Israel engage in a program according to which it relies on regional "partners" or "arrangements"...

The ‘neo-Palestinians’

The “new Palestinian,” or “neo-Palestinian,” is the name the Israeli security establishment has coined to refer to the generation of young Palestinians leading the current terror wave that Israel continues to find difficult to define, characterize and restrain...

Muslim Brotherhood Review: Main Findings

1. In April 2014 the Prime Minister commissioned an internal review of the Muslim Brotherhood, including its origins, ideology, record in and out of government; and its organisation and activities in the UK and...