Tag: Middle East
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...
Palestinians are “Desperate” for…
On January 1, 2015, the New York Times editorial page led with a piece titled “The Palestinians Desperation Move.” The opinion piece advanced the case that acting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas must be...
Gazans Unite Under ISIL, The Islamic State
Jihadist factions in the Gaza Strip are uniting to support Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.
Factions affiliated with Al Qaida have thrown their support to ISIL. Islamic sources said the factions were helping recruit...
Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood Have Their Sights on the West Bank and Jordan
Hamas directly threatened Fatah that it will take over the West Bank. Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar declared on December 10, “Just as we liberated Gaza, just as we established a real national government...
Israel Reports ISIL In W. Bank
Israel's intelligence community has determined that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant was operating in the West Bank.
The intelligence community has assessed that ISIL was operating in several cities under Palestinian Authority control. Officials...
Review of the book “Bullets of Palestine”
“Howard Kaplan is probably without peer in his grasp of the delicate and explosive relationship between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Bullets of Palestine is a terrorist thriller by an author who knows the...
One for the Gunness Book of Records: The myth of an UNRWA policy of...
“We Are Returning
Returning, returning, we are returning
Borders shall not exist, nor citadels and fortresses
Cry out, O those who have left:
We are returning
Returning to the homes, to the valleys, to the mountains
Under the flag of...
UNRWA Expands Refugee Status To Pets, Furniture
Jerusalem, December 19 – The United Nations agency tasked with caring for the descendants of Arab refugees from the 1948 war over Israel’s creation has broadened its unique definition of “refugee” to include the...
EU Gives Hamas Green Light to Attack Israel
The EU court's decision represents a "severe blow to the Palestinian Authority and Egypt," according to Palestinian political analyst Raed Abu Dayer.
Any victory for Hamas, albeit a small and symbolic one, is a victory...
Legislators who Fund UNRWA Confronted with Reality of… UNRWA Education for War
11 December 2014
To: Ms. Imogen Atkinson
Office of David Burrowes MP, Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate
From: David Bedein, Director, Israel Resource News Agency & Center for Near East Policy Research
Thank you for your kind...