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Russian President Meets Khaled Mashaal in Damascus

Before Israel’s president Shimon Peres had time to unpack his bags from his Moscow visit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was closeted with the Palestinian terrorist leader, Hamas’ Khaled Meshaal. Medvedev’s surprise meeting with the Hamas leadership was perceived as yet another slap in the face to both Washington and Jerusalem… Continue reading

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The Obama Administration’s Middle East Disaster

Here are nine huge problems going on right now that are not being addressed by the U.S. government and are barely comprehended by the U.S. debate and large portions of the mass media… Continue reading

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Turkey’s New Political Balance: Old AKP and New Kemalism

Turkey’s protracted political battle between the governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and its opponents reached a crescendo this month with the Turkish Parliament’s vote on proposed constitutional amendments… Continue reading

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Syria and Hizballah are Building a Massive Wall in Lebanon

It’s no secret that the Syrian government is highly involved in supporting terrorist groups such as the Hizballah in Lebanon. The latest plan of the Hizballah/Syrian threat to Israel is a massive fortified wall designed as an obstacle against any Israeli tank forces heading… Continue reading

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Iran’s Intellectuals’ Views On Policy Towards Israel, Palestinians and Lebanon

A debate between two leading Iranian intellections offered a fascinating glimpse into concerns brought up since the 90s on the periphery of Iranian intellectual debate on the country’s policy towards Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict… Continue reading

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Another Matter of Taste

On April 29, the United Nations elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a [totalitarian] theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and… Continue reading

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A Matter Of Taste

The elections to the UN Human Rights Council brought onto that body such human rights’ violators as Libya, Angola, Malaysia, and Uganda. Indeed, 80 percent of UN members, thought the Qadhafi dictatorship… Continue reading

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“Pakistan Knows Where Osama Bin Laden Is”

Every week or so, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reminds us that the wrong Democrat was elected president in 2008. In these cases, she gets… Continue reading

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De Moslimbroederschap in Nederland

Eind mei vergadert de Moslimbroederschap in Amsterdam. Deze organisatie verhult zijn doelstellingen niet: vernietiging van Israel en het bevorderen van islamitische wereldoverheersing. Maar volgens sommigen… Continue reading

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Funding Terrorism: Sources and Methods

Rachel Ehrenfeld recently wrote an article about the financing of Islamic Terrorism and Jihad with Drug Money by the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Drug money is funding the Taliban’s increasingly numerous and bolder attacks in Afghanistan. Yet, the United States has… Continue reading

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Egypt isn’t Israel’s Friend

Hosni Mubarak’s policy is premised on the following principle: Egypt does what’s good for Egypt. Cairo’s foreign minister recently referred to Israel as an “enemy state…” Continue reading

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“Slavery Is A Part Of Islam”

Sheik Saleh Al-Fawzan is a leading Saudi Government cleric and author of the country’s religious curriculum and he believes Islam advocates slavery. Remember that Saudi Arabia… Continue reading

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Will Turkey Lead a Revived Islamic Empire?

In 2005, the National Intelligence Council, or NIC, produced a report called, “Mapping the Global Future: Project 2020.” According to this report, within the next several years, we may expect to see the emergence of a fledgling caliphate, or revived Islamic empire… Continue reading

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Saudi Arabia and the Rise of the Wahhabi Threat

Al-Qaeda represents Wahhabism in its purest form – a violent fundamentalist doctrine that rejects all non-Wahhabi Islam, especially the spiritual forms of Islam. Wahhabism is an expansionist sect intolerant of… Continue reading

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Is Iran Creating a Defensive Umbrella for Aggression?

Ahmadinejad’s apparently pacifist-style, peacenik stance at the UN conference fits into his strategy. Nuclear weapons may well provide the umbrella for him to seek regional hegemony with weapons of mass destruction unused but highly visible in his back pocket… Continue reading

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Operatives of a Hezbollah Group Sentenced to Prison Terms

On April 28, the State Security Court in Cairo, Egypt, issued sentences to 26 operatives of a Hezbollah network. The network was planning to perpetrate attacks against tourist sites and groups of Israeli tourists in Sinai, and to smuggle weapons… Continue reading

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Use of Foreign Words Banned in Iranian Movie Names

Iran’s government has recently decided to ban the use of foreign words in commercials and on billboards. Karimi noted that his ministry also intended to ban the use of Latin letters on bags, shoes, and writing utensils for students… Continue reading

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Stricter Enforcement of Islamic Dress Code Ahead of Iran’s Summer Season

Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has said this week that the authorities intended to implement the Islamic dress code enforcement program in the country. This year the program will apply to men as well… Continue reading

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Tensions Escalate Once Again Between UAE And Iran

Political tensions between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reached new levels this week following a statement made last week by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE foreign minister, comparing the Iranian occupation of the three disputed islands… Continue reading

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Cracks In The Islamist Curtain

I am worried about what will happen in the coming decades to the world while Islam is undergoing possible reform and change. Muslims are leaving Islam in large numbers and more will leave. Tyranny cannot last for ever, not even under Sharia Law… Continue reading

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Cruel and Usual Punishment

Every time I tried to find a solution to all the ills of Muslim society, such as jihad, oppression of women and minorities, I was confronted with an Islamic law that stood in the way of a solution… Continue reading

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Now They Call Me Infidel

They criticized me for befriending and marrying an American. They rejected me when I refused to cover my head; something I have never done before. Some even called Americans stupid or naïve for being such an open society… Continue reading

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UN Human Rights Council Charged with Anti-Semitism

The UN Watch organization has sent a detailed letter to the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights demanding an end to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic discrimination… Continue reading

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Sharon’s Statement on Czechoslovakia – Background

Do you see much difference between what happened with Bush and Sharon and what is happening now between Obama and Netanyahu? The subversive elements in the US-Israeli relationship have been playing their role much… Continue reading

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Obama Again Avoids To Use The Word ‘Genocide’ In Armenian Remembrance Message

US President Barack Obama declined, for a second time, to use the word “genocide” to describe the atrocities experienced by Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire a century ago… Continue reading