The Palestinian Leadership is Responsible for the Continuing Israeli Occupation of the West Bank by Alan M. Dershowitz http://www.hudson-ny.org/1723/israeli-occupation-west-bank HOW UNSKILLED HE IS IN LITIGATING FOR ISRAEL…HE LAYS OUT ISRAEL’S CASE AND THEN CONCLUDES WITH THE SAME OLD DRIVEL FOR THE OPPONENTS:“The time has come for those Palestinians who seek peace to take control over […]
The Palestinians: Possible Coup? by Khaled Abu Toameh December 10, 2010 at 5:00 am http://www.hudson-ny.org/1724/palestinian-coup Until recently, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas used to claim that Hamas was plotting to overthrow his government in the West Bank. Abbas’s claim was aimed at justifying the massive crackdown that his security forces have been waging against Hamas […]
http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/local/ground_zero_mosque_imam_has_high_uAiHkHOirSP9FCBfyj1nJL Ground Zero mosque imam has high hopes for plans Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf saw his plans for an Islamic center near ground zero derided as a victory mosque for terrorists, exploited as campaign fodder and used as a bargaining chip by a Florida pastor who vowed to burn the Quran. After that summer of […]
by Jonathan Schanzer Foreign Policy http://schanzer.pundicity.com/8445/a-palestinian-state-means-war With the U.S.-led peace process looking increasingly moribund, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has begun enlisting foreign leaders in a dangerous effort to recognize a Palestinian state without Israel’s agreement. Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, began this effort earlier this year to strengthen the Palestinian negotiating position, and […]
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2010/12/09/wikileaks-latest-a-minefield-in-eastern-europe/ WikiLeaks Latest: A Minefield in Eastern Europe by Srdja Trifkovic Chronicles Online, December 9th, 2010 An interesting batch of WikiLeaks documents—probably the most disquieting to date—was published by the Guardian earlier this week. Some concern the decision, made by NATO’s Military Committee less than a year ago, “to expand the NATO Contingency Plan for […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2010/12/10/homegrown_hate_crimes_against_our_troops Homegrown Hate Crimes Against our Troops By Michelle Malkin When jihad-bent American Muslims target American soldiers on American soil, why does America yawn? The Fort Hood massacre has faded from view. The Little Rock Army recruiting station ambush barely registered on the national radar screen. And the arrest this week of a Baltimore-area bomb […]
Wikileaks Exposes Obama’s Failure in Countering-Terrorism Yoram Ettinger http://www.israpundit.com/archives/31351 SORRY BUT PRESIDENT BUSH WAS EQUALLY CULPABLE NEVER UNDERSTANDING THE THREAT OF HOME GROWN TERRORISM AND PERSEVERATING THE “RELIGION OF PEACE” DRIVEL….RSK Recently published Wikileaks documents expose the failure of President Obama’s counter-terrorism policy. While reaffirming a 1,400 years old Muslim track record, the documents refute […]
Egypt after Mubarak by Lee Smith Middle East Quarterly http://www.meforum.org/2792/egypt-after-mubarak The Middle East Quarterly is pleased to inaugurate a new section dedicated to the region’s current affairs. Written by scholars, journalists, and practitioners, Dateline offers succinct analyses of recent trends. Its main focus will be capitals and flashpoints, but it will offer regular reporting from […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6530214/a-burning-madness.thtml A burning madness Melanie Phillips When Turkey’s President Erdoğan offered help to Israel during the recent terrible fire in the Carmel Forest which killed upwards of some 41 people, deluded western souls who stubbornly persist in their belief that inside every Islamist fanatic beats a heart of melting butter took this as a signal […]
The Palestine question Op-ed: The Palestinian leap toward statehood is not only premature; it is immature Moshe Dann http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3996986,00.html The Palestinian end-run around Israel and the US to gain recognition as an independent, sovereign state was predictable. They realized that whatever Israel and the US put on the table was, for them, insufficient. That explains […]