Left: Larudee with Hamas leader Haniyeh, in Gaza.- California Olive-Oil Fraud Funds the BDS and Hamas Olive oil is not only a food product but a commodity that is extremely valuable. BDS leader and ISM activist Paul Larudee, who has laundered and … [Read more...] about Would You Like Hamas-Pure BDS Olive–Oil in Your Salad?
Terrorist Financing
Free Speech, Libel Tourism and the Little Sabra Who Could*
How a feisty Israeli-American scholar faced down a Saudi billionaire banker and an arrogant British judge-and strengthened free speech rights in the process. I first heard of Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld in the spring of 2005. A New York-based, Israeli-born … [Read more...] about Free Speech, Libel Tourism and the Little Sabra Who Could*
Sponsoring Hamas’s Murderous Indoctrination
Left: The video produced for the Palestine Festival for Childhood and Education, credits:: Interpal and the Bank of Palestine, the festival sponsors. (YouTube, April 4, 2016). Hamas needs cannons and cannon-fodders to attack Israel. Hamas cannons … [Read more...] about Sponsoring Hamas’s Murderous Indoctrination
Misnavigating America
As if seven years of Obama’s efforts to diminish the world’s superpower were not enough, recent events in the Middle East highlight the need for American leadership capable of righting the ship. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s statement that the … [Read more...] about Misnavigating America
The Counter-Terrorist-Financing Farce
Left: The chart on the right shows the intricate money-laundering system the Lebanese Canadian Bank used to divert money to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, according to United States officials. (The NYT, Dec 13, 2011). And on June 25, 2013, the … [Read more...] about The Counter-Terrorist-Financing Farce
Stupidity is Not a Crime – Funding Terrorism Is
The opaqueness that marks both the Obama administration and Ayatollah Khamenei's regime, makes it difficult to know how many unfrozen billions of dollars are going to the coffers of the Islamic Republic following the lifting of the sanctions. The … [Read more...] about Stupidity is Not a Crime – Funding Terrorism Is
Feeding Iran’s Terrorist Agenda
Left: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif waving [goodbye] to the Peace Dove. (cartoon by Keyvan Varessi, Iranian daily Iranian daily Ghanoon) - The lifting of the sanctions on Iran is significant not only because … [Read more...] about Feeding Iran’s Terrorist Agenda
Obama’s Selective Hearing
President Obama’s showmanship is reaching new highs. He even shed tears to promote his gun-control agenda last week. Today, during his widely televised State of the Union Address, he will be calling attention - emotionally, no doubt - to an empty … [Read more...] about Obama’s Selective Hearing
Stopping The Palestinians’ Simmering Terrorism*
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*
The Salafis Daddy Warbucks – Saudi Arabia
The first-ever global meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) network of some 200 jurisdictions over the weekend in Paris, “to discuss actions…to combat the financing of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) …and to combat the … [Read more...] about The Salafis Daddy Warbucks – Saudi Arabia