Left: Arabic Caption: “We’ve come to slaughter you.” Published after the massacre of four rabbis and a Druze policeman in Jerusalem in November 2014. The Palestinian terror wave is not letting up, and fighting it more effectively requires a … [Read more...] about Stopping The Palestinians’ Simmering Terrorism*
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Dancing with Tyrants*
Left: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal. The communist leadership of China; President Putin of Russia; Turkey’s Erdogan, King Salman of Saudi Arabia. Should Israel deal with such regimes? They are all wholesale … [Read more...] about Dancing with Tyrants*
Characteristics of Palestinian “Popular Activists” Confronting the IDF (Oct 3 – Nov 22, 2015)
Left: Cartoon from the website of Fatah's information unit accusing Israel and the United States of executing Palestinian children (website of Fatah's information department, December 12, 2015). The latest ongoing Palestinian terrorist attacks … [Read more...] about Characteristics of Palestinian “Popular Activists” Confronting the IDF (Oct 3 – Nov 22, 2015)
What Should Israel Worry About?
A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency recently stated that the intelligence community in the U.S. has a perfect record of identifying future threats: "We have never been right". The one thing we know nothing about is the future. … [Read more...] about What Should Israel Worry About?
Palestinian Propoganda Fueling Anti-Israeli Terrorism
Left: A cartoon by Hamas-affiliated Omaya Joha (Facebook page of PALDF, November 8, 2015). Spreading Lies: Riyadh Mansour, the permanent Palestinian observer in the UN, sent a formal complaint to the president of the Security Council claiming … [Read more...] about Palestinian Propoganda Fueling Anti-Israeli Terrorism
Do the Palestinians Want Two States?*
Is the Palestinian “popular uprising” in its current manifestations the preferred form of struggle for the Fatah leadership – as opposed to small-scale demonstrations at focal points of friction? When an interviewer on a prominent TV show on the … [Read more...] about Do the Palestinians Want Two States?*
One Year of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula*
Left: Egyptian President al-Sisi (C) inspects weapons, found with militants, in Sinai peninsula on July 4, 2015.(Photo: Reuters) Sinai militancy changed over 2015, following the decision of the peninsula’s main violent jihadi group to pledge … [Read more...] about One Year of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula*
Weekly Review, October 12-16, 2015
Obama's Palestinian Legacy in the Making - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Being caught taking a leaf out of the Palestinian blood-libel against Israel, the Obama administration had to retract its statements, which in essence repeated the Palestinians’ false … [Read more...] about Weekly Review, October 12-16, 2015
For Palestinians, Conflict With Jews Is Existential in Nature*
Left: "Jerusalem is thirsty, and this thirst will be quenched with blood." Today, "three Israelis are killed and dozens injured during a Palestinian 'day of rage.' Two Palestinians shot and stabbed passengers on a Jerusalem bus. Another Palestinian … [Read more...] about For Palestinians, Conflict With Jews Is Existential in Nature*
Canadian judge: Israeli military Gaza acitivity a righteous act of self-defense
Judge Gallagher asserted that it’s illogical to claim that Israeli government is targeting all Palestinians, when in truth Israel has been defending itself for years and “It is not a ‘political opinion’ to demand and work towards the destruction of … [Read more...] about Canadian judge: Israeli military Gaza acitivity a righteous act of self-defense