WWW.MYTHSANDFACTS.ORG ELI HERTZ: UN RESOLUTION 181…NOVERMBER 29, 1947 In 1947 the British put the future of western Palestine into the hands of the United Nations, the successor organization to the League of Nations which had established the Mandate for Palestine. A UN Commission recommended partitioning what was left of the original Mandate – western Palestine, […]
www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001071.html BETTER THAN NEW YORK?www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001071.html Six cities that beat the Big Apple? Whether or not you believe that New York City is losing its edge, these capital cities are worthy alternatives for a break By Stefanie Marsh The Times November 23, 2009 www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/holiday_type/breaks/article6927382.ece A thrillingly colourful and chaotic city, “eternal as air and water”, said […]
www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001071.html ) Tel Aviv: Miami of the Middle East By Paul Clements The Daily Telegraph November 25, 2009 www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/middleeast/israel/6650728/Tel-Aviv-Miami-of-the-Middle-East.html Founded 100 years ago on a vacant stretch of Mediterranean coast, Israel’s second city was dreamt up as an overspill for Jaffa, the nearby medieval port town mentioned in the Old Testament. Now, Tel Aviv is […]
OBAMA’S GRANNY IS SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM LEFT…OR IS IT THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT? Â On Thanksgiving eve, Obama issues special Hajj message to world’s Muslims LA Times (hat tip Joe)
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/22308/peerage-muslim-council-britain-head  Peerage for Muslim Council of Britain head? By Martin Bright, November 25, 2009 Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain The government is preparing to give a peerage to the head of the Muslim Council of Britain, even though government links with the organisation are officially suspended. Ministers are […]
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_terror0908_11_23.asp Threat of jihad infiltration did not factor into U.S. Army’s screening process WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army, fearing political repercussions, refused to consider the prospect of infiltration by Al Qaida supporters. A former senior army official told Congress that the military service drafted guidelines on a range of scenarios, including racism. But the army, […]
Steve Milloy: Climategate’s Perry Mason Moment (PJM Exclusive) By Steve Milloy What’s the real smoking gun among the emails allegedly “hacked†from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit? We’ll get to that in a moment, but let’s first address the alarmists’ first line of defense — that the emails were stolen, and more […]
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018003/climategate-five-aussie-mps-lead-the-way-by-resigning-in-disgust-over-carbon-tax/ James Delingpole Climategate: five Aussie MPs lead the way by resigning in disgust over carbon tax Australia is leading the revolt against Al Gore’s great big AGW conspiracy – just as the Aussie geologist and AGW sceptic Professor Ian Plimer predicted it would. ABC news reports that five frontbenchers from Australia’s opposition Liberal party […]
Nov. 27, 2009 By Caroline B. Glick http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu weakened Israel this week. And he did so for no good reason. Thursday’s headlines told the tale. The day after Netanyahu bowed to US pressure and announced a total freeze on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria for ten months, Yediot Ahronot […]
An Unreasonable Decision Eric Holder’s defenders substitute their own reasoning for his. By Andrew C. McCarthy Touting what they call Eric Holder’s “reasonable decision†to transfer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 plotters to Manhattan for a civilian trial, my friends Jim Comey and Jack Goldsmith put themselves in a quandary. When their Washington […]
