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Ruth King

ISRAEL’S WELFARE THREAT; P. DAVID HORNIK

Israel’s Welfare Threat Posted By P. David Hornik Dan Ben-David, an economics professor at Tel Aviv University and executive director of the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Jerusalem, has been stoking fears lately in Israel with a 350-page report that says the country’s economic picture is grim. The problems, Ben-David says, arise from […]

THE MOSQUE: ANOTHER ATTACK AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER….DIANA WEST

Do We Deserve a Mosque at Ground Zero? May 14 http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1394/Do-We-Deserve-a-Mosque-at-Ground-Zero.aspx Written by: Diana West This week’s syndicated column: The second attack on the World Trade Center is coming. It will stand 13 stories high, cost $100 million dollars and include a mosque. Known as Cordoba House — the name echoing an early caliphate that, […]

THE TIMES SQUARE BOMBERS’ IMMIGRATION HISTORY….

Times Square Bomber’s Immigration History Center for Immigration Studies Offers Analysis, Recommendations WASHINGTON (May 13, 2010) – The Center for Immigration Studies has prepared a synopsis of the information that has been released on Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad’s immigration history, plus policy recommendations that would reduce the risks inherent in U.S. visa and immigration […]

KAFKA IN WASHINGTON; DECEPTIVE CARTOGRAPHIES AND HIDDEN MEANINGS

  http://www.jewishpress.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=43738   Kafka In Washington: Deceptive Cartographies And Hidden Meanings By: Louis Rene Beres               Many people prowl round Mount Sinai.  Their speech is blurred, either they are garrulous or they shout or they are taciturn.  But none of them comes straight down a broad, newly made, smooth road that does its own […]

STILL HOLDERING OUT ON SAYING THAT RADICAL ISLAM IS A CAUSE OF TERRORISM ANDREW McCARTHY

NRO — The Corner Thursday, May 13, 2010 AG Eric Holder Refuses to Say “Radical Islam” Is a Cause of Terrorism Committed by Muslims   [Andy McCarthy] This YouTube clip from the Attorney General’s testimony today will be the most painful two minutes of video you will ever watch. Mr. Holder would obviously rather get […]

ARE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS REALLY ILLEGAL? MOSHE DANN

Are Israeli settlements in the West Bank really illegal? Moshe Dann Although many substantive legal arguments support the right of Jews to build in Judea, Samaria (the West Bank) and eastern Jerusalem, Israeli communities are accused of being “illegal,” according to international law. But, what is this “law” and who decided that Israel was guilty? […]

A STRIKING AND DISTURBING MOMENT OF CLARITY AT UC SAN DIEGO

A Most Disturbing Moment of Clarity Posted By Michael J. Totten On May 13, 2010 @ 4:13 PM In Contentions | Following David Horowitz’s talk earlier this month at the University of California, San Diego, was one of the most chilling brief conversations I’ve heard in a while. A semi-polite yet coldly hostile student in […]

ANNE BAYEFSKY: UN U.N. Human Rights Council Welcomes Some New Members

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2010 Contact: Anne Bayefsky info@eyeontheun.org U.N. Human Rights Council Welcomes Some New Members This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on National Review Online. On Thursday, the General Assembly elected 14 members to its top human-rights body, the U.N. Human Rights Council. U.N. human-rights policymakers now include Libya, Angola, Malaysia, […]

“INTERFAITH” MEETING IN CONNECTICUT EXPOSES SOME TERROR TIES

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=153433 Thursday, May 13, 2010 ——————————————————————————– HOMELAND INSECURITY WorldNetDaily Exclusive Interfaith meeting rocked by terror accusation Muslim leader unexpectedly confronted with group’s ties to parent of al-Qaida By Art Moore ——————————————————————————– WorldNetDaily ISNA President Ingrid Mattson An American […]

TERROR TRIALS UPHELD IN SPITE OF “TORTURE” CHARGE; ANDREW McCARTHY

National Review Online Andrew C. McCarthy NR Contributing Editor May 13, 2010 4:00 A.M. http://article.nationalreview.com/434108/terror-charge-upheld-despite-torture-claims/andrew-c-mccarthy Terror Charge Upheld Despite ‘Torture’ Claims Will Holder push to try KSM in NYC? Anti-anti-terrorists don’t much care what happens to al-Qaeda so long as we’re treated to the “reckoning” against Bush-administration officials promised by Eric Holder during the 2008 […]