Israeli Army Preps for Incursion by Islamic State
TEL AVIV – Israel is readying itself for the possibility that Islamic State forces will cross the border from Sinai into Israel.
EXCLUSIVE: Days Before Sanctions Relief, Iran Offers to Upgrade Relations with Hamas Terrorists
Report: Hezbollah, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Take Over Beirut Airport
Gaza Journalist Says he Won’t be Writing About Politics After Being Tortured in Hamas Jail
Israel Bans Sweden From Playing Role in Negotiations With Palestinians
#TousAvecUneKippa: Campaign Urges French People to Wear a Skullcap in Solidarity With Jews
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Former Israeli Ambassador: Obama Has a Problem–with America
The most explosive passage in Michael Oren’s new book on the frayed U.S.-Israel relationship is not about President Barack Obama’s repeated fights with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Rather, it is about Obama himself.
Report: Iran Behind Hezbollah Plan to Attack Jews, Israelis in Europe
Iran has been accused of providing support to an alleged Hezbollah operative in Cyprus who was planning to carry out a series of terrorist attacks against Israeli and Jewish sites in Europe, according to news reports.
Open Your Eyes To Terror: Israel Mocks Foreign Journalists’ Bias With ‘South Park’ Style Animation
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday released a short ‘South Park’ style video that mocks the way foreign journalists covered last summer’s conflict in the Gaza Strip. The 50 second clip (see below) shows a series of everyday scenes in Gaza being reported incorrectly
ADL’s Foxman Panics over Liberal Support for Israel
Outgoing Anti-Defamation League chief Abe Foxman has reportedly panicked over what he calls declining U.S. support for Israel, and blamed Israel for taking Americans, and American Jews, for granted. Foxman’s claims contradict polls showing that American support for Israel is near an all-time high. The real reason for his freakout: liberals support Israel less, which means that American Jews support Israel less, because of President Barack Obama’s confrontational policy toward Israel.
NPR Owns Up to Diane Rehm’s ‘Bungled Interview with Bernie Sanders’
From NPR Ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen: Rehm said the idea of dual citizenship, “did not seem to me to be such an outrageous question because people have it.” But, she added, “The terrible mistake was not realizing that these lists had been
#MossadStoleMyShoe: British Muslim Rights Spokesman Accuses ‘Zionists’ Of Intimidation
Prominent British Muslim activist Asghar Bukhari came under fire yesterday for accusing “Zionist” spies of a psychological conspiracy against Muslims – including breaking into his house and stealing one of his shoes. Having been accused of sabotaging Iran’s nuclear programme, and conducting a campaign
Israel Hopes to Use Current Lull to Prepare for Radical Islamic Storm
If you ask defense officials in Israel today for a short-term security forecast, chances are good that you will hear an optimistic outlook and an expectation of relative quiet and stability.
NPR Distances Itself from Diane Rehm After Bernie Sanders ‘Israel’ Interview Question
When WAMU radio host Diane Rehm spouted off an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about Jewish Senator Bernie Sanders this week, her national syndicator, National Public Radio (NPR), refused to shoulder responsibility for her actions, telling Breitbart News that “context matters” and that WAMU, not NPR, should be reached for comment.
Senior US Official: We Will Maintain ‘Unshakable’ Alliance with Israel After Iran Talks
An unnamed senior administration official stressed that the United States remains committed to its alliance with Israel despite differences in opinion over policy with regard to Iran in an interview Thursday in Jerusalem with Defense Media Activity, the Pentagon’s primary media outlet.
French Islamic Group Accused of Plotting Attacks on Jewish Stores
Fourteen members of a banned Islamic group called Forsane Alizza (“Knights of Pride”) are on trial in Paris for planning a wave of attacks against Jewish-owned stores, similar to the hostage standoff and killings that took place at the Hyper Cacher grocery store after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January.
Poll: Palestinians Back Hamas Rockets, but Not Its Leadership
Palestinians in Gaza largely support the Hamas terrorist group and its indiscriminate and unprovoked rocket fire into Israeli population centers but have problems with the leadership they have been displaying as of late, according to a new poll.
NPR Host Accuses Jewish Sen. Bernie Sanders Of Being Israeli Citizen Based on ‘Facebook Comment’
In a wide-ranging interview with Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, NPR Host Diane Rehm stated as fact that the Jewish lawmaker is a dual citizen of both the United States and Israel. She later revealed, in a statement provided to Breitbart News, that she had mistaken a Facebook comment asserting Sanders’ alleged dual citizenship as fact.
Security Experts: Israeli Spy Virus Targeted Hotels Used for Iran Nuke Talks
Kaspersky Lab ZAO, one of the top anti-virus firms in the world, claims to have discovered a virus favored by Israeli intelligence in the computer systems of three luxury hotels used for nuclear negotiations with Iran. If this discovery is verified and definitively linked to Israel’s intelligence apparatus, it would represent the first concrete evidence that Israel was spying on the negotiations, as everyone informally assumes they were doing.
NPR’s Diane Rehm Surprises Bernie Sanders By Telling Him He Has Dual US-Israeli Citizenship
In an interview with long-time National Public Radio personality Diane Rehm on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a candidate for the 2016 presidential nomination, was asked about having dual United States and Israeli citizenships. The question took Sanders by surprise
‘Ally’: Michael Oren’s Memoir to Expose Obama Administration’s Abuse of Israel
Former Israeli ambassador Michael Oren is set to release a new memoir June 23: Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide. The book tells the story of Oren’s four years (2009-13) as Israel’s representative in Washington–and reveals just how hostile the Obama administration is towards Israel. Though he argues Obama is not anti-Israel, Oren notes that his administration did all it could to bully Israel into compliance with its hopelessly naïve new agenda in the Middle East.
Starting Them Young: Palestinian Preschoolers Hold Toy Rifles at Graduation Ceremony
A West Bank kindergarten held a recent “graduation ceremony” that saw preschoolers covered head to toe in military fatigues and equipped with toy rifles, a Middle East analysis organization has uncovered.
Israeli Defense Minister: Palestinian State Not Happening in My Lifetime
Israeli defense minister Moshe ‘Bogey’ Ya’alon told a conference Tuesday that there will be no Palestinian state in his lifetime, given the refusal of Palestinian leaders to make a deal. The best-case scenario, he said, would be to manage the conflict in its present form–not to force drastic concessions towards “impossible goals that could cause instability.”
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Heckled at Jerusalem Post Event
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew was given the unenviable job of defending President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran on Sunday at a conference in New York sponsored by the Jerusalem Post.
Reports: ISIS Closing In on Israel’s Golan Heights
Evidence continues to mount that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terror group has staked claims over territory that is mere miles from Israel’s territory in the Golan Heights, which borders southern Syria.
Supreme Court Denies ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ in Passports; Roberts Slams Majority
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in the case of Zivotofksy v. Kerry that the Constitution does not permit Congress to force the president to allow a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem to list his birthplace as “Israel” in his American passport.
Treasury Secretary Lew Heckled by Jews as He Discusses Iran Deal
On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, believed to be a religious Jew, was heckled by the audience at a Jerusalem Post conference when he defended the actions of the Obama administration vis-à-vis Iran over its nuclear program.
Israeli Druze Call on Benjamin Netanyahu to Bomb Islamic State
Israel’s ethno-religious Druze community is calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bomb Islamic State jihadists in Syria who continue to encroach upon Israeli territory. Not only are they moving closer to Israel, ISIS fighters are also threatening the Syrian Druze community, who remain dangerously vulnerable to an assault, Israeli Druze leaders warned.
Israel, Saudi Arabia Secretly Meet to Discuss Iranian Threat
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The growing Iranian influence in the Middle East has brought two historic enemies together, Israel and Saudi Arabia, officials from both countries revealed during a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) event.
UK Govt Refuses to Raise Hamas Brutality Report With Palestinians
The British government has today admitted that despite numerous, Hamas-induced human rights violations listed in a recent Amnesty International report, it has not raised the issues with government counterparts in the Palestinian territories. The government risks being accused of hypocrisy, as many
Israel, Saudis Reveal Secret Talks on Iran
President Barack Obama’s foreign policy in the Middle East is a failure, but he is responsible for at least one accidental success: bringing Israel and Saudi Arabia, once implacable foes, together in opposition to his agenda. On Thursday, Israel’s Dore Gold, the incoming director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appeared in Washington, DC at the Council on Foreign Relations alongisde Anwar Majed Eshki, a former adviser to the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., and revealed secret Israeli-Saudi talks on Iran.
