Tag: Middle East

‘Lone soldiers’ from Kansas City serve in Israel’s army

It started as a vacation: Israel. Jake Fichman had never been there. Though Jewish, the former Barstow School and Park University graduate from south Kansas City concedes that, other than being bar mitzvahed and attending...

The ideological roots of media bias against Israel

On 26 January 2015 the former AP reporter Matti Friedman delivered the keynote speech at BICOM’s annual dinner in London. Expanding on a widely-noted argument first set out in Tablet and The Atlantic, Friedman...
Kurdish peshmerga prepare to combat IS forces south of the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq on January 21.

Research on the Islamic State

Middle East Forum Shillman/Ginsburg Fellow Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi is one of world's leading researchers on the Islamic State (IS) group terrorizing Iraq and Syria. The overwhelming majority of his writings and translations are too...

EDITOR’S REPORT: FOLLOWING KOSHER SUPERMARKET ATTACK, NETANYA, ISRAEL READIES ITSELF FOR INFLUX OF FRENCH...

This past July in Netanya during the Israel-Hamas war, I spoke with Jacques, a middle aged Jew who had immigrated from France a few years ago, as he was taking his poodle out for...

Leaked report indicates Islamic State contingency’s capability to mount attacks in Turkey, targeting Western...

EVENT A leaked intelligence report by the Turkish national police raised an "urgent" alarm about potential terrorist attacks in the country linked with the Islamic State. The report warned about the presence of "sleeper cells" throughout...

Israel Sees New Market In EU

Israel has been bracing for an expanded security market in Europe. Industry sources said the Israeli government and industry were intensifying talks with European Union states in efforts to stop attacks by Al Qaida and Islamic State of...

West’s anti-Israel propaganda encourages terror

    Op-ed: The jihad's brainwashing machines are not alone; they are backed by the lies against Israel in the media and in the academia. Blatant statements against Zionism, Jews and Israel, which usually include blatant...

State Dept. Stumbles For Six Minutes Trying To Explain Paris No-Show By US Officials

Deputy State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf struggled to explain the absence of a high profile member of the Obama Administration at Sunday's massive rally in Paris against Islamic terror. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtR_0oeyLeM

No Longer the Leader of the Free World

Perhaps President Obama instinctively understood that any mass unity rally in Paris would be more of a feel-good photo-op than a genuine response to Islamist terror or anti-Semitic violence. Perhaps the Secret Service sought...

01/05 Links Pt2: Mohammad Zoabi Breaks His Silence; The Miseducation of Chris Gunness

From Ian: Mohammad Zoabi Breaks His Silence Mohammad Zoabi has posted his first message since being forced to leave Israel due to threats against his life for supporting Israel and the Jewish people. Hello everybody. First of all...