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http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/magdi-cristiano-allam-has-seen-the-future-and-it-looks-to-be-islamist.premium-1.436582

Magdi Cristiano Allam has seen the future, and it looks to be Islamist Egyptian-born Italian politician warns Israel: Prepare for the worst.

For nearly a decade, Egyptian-born Italian politician Magdi Cristiano Allam has been advocating for Israel from every possible stage, portraying it as a frontline bastion in the struggle against what he calls Islamic terror’s threat to Western civilization. “We haven’t learned anything from history,” the 2006 Dan David Prize laureate says, referring to the legacy of the Islamic revolution in Iran. In his opinion, the blame lies firmly with the West.

Last week Allam made a quick visit to Israel for the world premiere of “To Davide,” a vocal fantasy composed and conducted by Nili Harpaz, based on a poem written by Allam in 2007 to celebrate the birth of his third child, Davide. He also attended the annual reception in celebration of Republic Day – Italy’s national holiday, on June 2 – at the Ramat Gan residence of Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo, in the presence of Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar.

The gentle and reserved Allam looks younger than his 60 years. He was born and raised in Egypt to a Muslim family and arrived in Italy at age 20. Over the years he became a journalist and an author engaged with matters of the Middle East. During the past decade, he has been one of the loudest voices in Europe speaking out in support of Israel and in condemnation of Islamic terror. For these views Hamas passed a death sentence on him in 2002. Since 2003 he has been surrounded by bodyguards 24 hours a day and has not visited his native land.

“This is the least evil option for continuing to express my opinions,” he says. Allam visited Israel in the week when the Egyptian court sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to life imprisonment for his part in the deaths of protesters during last year’s uprising. According to Allam, the decision is “not humane and does not take into account his status, his age and his poor state of health.” The ruling in Mubarak’s case is “another sign of the barbarization now underway in the country,” which, he says, has already become Islamist: “The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis now have an absolute majority in the parliament and it is almost certain that the Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the presidency, Mohamed Morsi, will be the next president.”

Illegals From Afar June 17, 2012 Nurit Greenger I do not live in Israel and thus my perspective on the illegal infiltration of natives from the African continent is based on what I read and see on the screen. However, as my understanding of the situation goes, the way Israel found itself swarmed and swamped […]

Al Qaeda Threatens a “Scorching Summer” The organization has called upon its operatives and supporters to carry out fire attacks as part of its struggle against its enemies Shaul Shay 17/6/2012 http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=1385 While Israel awaits the State Comptroller’s report concerning the Mount Carmel fire, al Qaeda is threatening and preparing for a “forest jihad” – […]

http://newmediajournal.us/indx.php/item/5932 President Obama’s move to provide not only ipso facto amnesty to the children of illegal immigrants but work permits as well, signals that he has come to grips with the notion that he very well may not achieve re-election. It also signals that for the remainder of his tenure he will be pushing through […]

http://www.shmuelkatz.com/ A recent article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Israelis Cling to Faith in Peace Treaty,” reports that many Israeli officials “are finding solace in the view” that the peace pact with Egypt will hold despite the advent of the Muslim Brotherhood. This is startling given the September 2011 ransacking of the Israeli embassy […]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/302987/stay-out-syria-andrew-c-mccarthy Like all long-suffering fans of the New York Mets, I am on Cloud Nine courtesy of Johan Santana, whose recent no-hitter — in the team’s 8,020th game, during its 51st season — was the first in Mets history. My enthusiasm did not ebb, not by a fraction of a quark, when Hugo Chávez briefly […]

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=273919 The wildly irreconcilable positions of pre-Oslo and post-Oslo Peres raise troubling questions as to the integrity of Israeli leaders. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue – Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), Roman historian and politician, […]

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=2063 Graduation, Palestinian style It’s that time of year again. June is the month when parents across Israel scramble to find affordable and appropriate day-camps for those of their children who are too young to stay at home alone while Mommy and Daddy are at work. It’s also the period when every educational institution, from […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/have-conservatives-been-bought-off-on-shariah?f=puball

Look at the disturbing articles below. Two conservative publications – Townhall and National Review – are decrying any threat to America from Shariah!

In the Townhall piece, Steve Chapman chalks up opposition to shariah to religious intolerance. He states that no one has been able to find a case in which shariah was considered in a Kansas court. However, we know from a review of a small sample of published appellate court cases performed by the Center for Security Policy that there were 50 examples in 23 states that involved conflicts between shariah and constitutional law. Shariah had been applied or formally recognized in these cases.

Matthew Schmitz goes a step further into the absurd by claiming that the anti-shariah movement endangers our national security by alienating loyal Muslim citizens and “assaulting” their religious liberty. He refers to those who want to curtail the insinuation of shariah into American courts as “anti-Muslim bigots.”

An important note: Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS reportedly gave $4 million to Grover Norquist’s group Americans for Tax Reform.

A Brief case for a Renewed Alliance of Free English-Speaking Peoples by DANIEL HANNANYou can find this online at: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/a-brief-case-for-a-renewed-alliance-of-free-english-speaking-peoples

I’ll go to the ends of the Earth to argue against the EU. Almost literally in this instance.

But there was a particular reason why I wanted to take the battle to New Zealand. At the beginning of the year, I set myself the goal of touring the core Anglosphere nations to make the case for a renewed alliance of free English-speaking peoples.

I’ve duly harangued audiences in Ireland, the United States, Canadaand Australia.New Zealand completes the set: thanks to Oliver Hartwich and the NZ Initiative. All I now want is to get through the summer without another longhaul flight (sorry, Singapore!)

Still, I learned one thing. The Anglosphere isn’t fanciful or romantic or passé. Across the Anglophone democracies, there is a continuity of values that is immediately palpable to anyone who has travelled elsewhere: common law, representative government, private property, control of the executive by the legislature, equality before the courts, free enterprise, habeas corpus, residual rights, trial by jury, limited government. It’s especially moving to see how easily these values are embraced by people with non-British backgrounds.