
The Associated Press used Palestinian children as props in staged photos meant to portray Israel negatively in its investigation into the Israel-Hamas war last summer and did not reveal to its readers that the photos were contrived, Richard Behar and Gary Weiss of the Observer write in their rebuttal of the investigation’s results.
by Jordan Schachtel11 Mar 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

The European Union has responded with outrage after learning that Israel destroyed illegally built, EU-funded Arab settlements within Israel’s sovereign territory.
by Jordan Schachtel11 Mar 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

I support Sen. Tom Cotton/ the GOP-47, and their March 9, 2015 “Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” as a means of clarifying, and then ending the self-destructive “negotiations” (elaborated here; here/here; and here) with a Shiite theocratic regime whose ugly and dangerous ideological pillars are: jihadism, Islamic Jew-hatred, and the active dehumanization of all non-Muslims via “najis”—“uncleanliness of the infidel”—doctrine.
by Andrew G. Bostom11 Mar 2015, 10:30 AM PST0

Kurdish news agency Rudaw tells the poignant story of Teleskof, a Christian town of some 4,000 souls in the Nineveh Plains evacuated last August before the advance of ISIS, save for two elderly women named Sarya Matto and Madi Salim, who adamantly refused to leave their home.
by John Hayward11 Mar 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), a former Iraq War veteran who served in the 101st Airborne Division and planned and led daily combat patrols, is a traitor. That’s according to Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), who called Cotton “Tehran Tom”
by Ben Shapiro11 Mar 2015, 9:34 AM PST0

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the main reason he signed the GOP senators’ letter to Iranian leaders is because President Barack Obama threatened to veto a bill requiring congressional review of any Iran nuclear
by Pam Key11 Mar 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

Secretary of State John Kerry said “we are not negotiating a legally binding plan” with Iran in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. “With respect to the talks, we’ve been clear from the beginning. We’re not negotiating
by Ian Hanchett11 Mar 2015, 8:56 AM PST0

Former Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) hostage Nicolas Henin, 39, spoke out recently about his ten months with the jihadist group. He told the BBC the militants enjoyed Teletubbies and Game of Thrones. He also claimed there were some who could not come to terms with the blood the group spills on an almost daily basis.
by Mary Chastain11 Mar 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

The Turkish government has announced plans to expand Internet access to the nation’s poorest families. The announcement follows a blanket ban on more than 68,000 websites and years of attempts at Internet censorship under the ruling AK Party, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
by Frances Martel11 Mar 2015, 7:25 AM PST0

A community college district in Orange County, California will keep its controversial $105 million consulting contract with two technical schools in Saudi Arabia, despite opponents who say the Middle Eastern country’s human rights record is incompatible with the district’s values.
by Daniel Nussbaum11 Mar 2015, 5:44 AM PST0

NBC News reports the latest ISIS recruitment video features “two deaf and mute fighters communicating in sign language in what analysts said was an attempt to demonstrate ‘normal’ life for everyone under the brutal terrorist group’s domination.”
by John Hayward10 Mar 2015, 9:08 PM PST0

The Saudi Arabian government has responded with fury to suggestions that its jailing and vicious punishment of a liberal activist was in any way unjustified.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 8:08 PM PST0

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sat down with Fox News’s Bret Baier on Monday and discussed a variety of issues concerning the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 7:38 PM PST0

On March 13-15, Egypt will hold an economic investment conference at Sharm el-Sheikh, with a major focus on the energy sector. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government sees the conference as an important component of a strategy to improve the economy through attracting private investment.
by Breitbart News10 Mar 2015, 3:40 PM PST0

Tuesday in New York City at the United Nations during her press conference, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took aim at the 47 Republican senators who wrote a letter to the Iranian leaders about the constitutional process a potential deal with President
by Pam Key10 Mar 2015, 2:20 PM PST0

In a use of extremely aggressive rhetoric to describe the punishment for those who commit treason against the State of Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Arab-Israelis who side with the enemy should have their heads “chopped off with an axe” as punishment.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 1:29 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, has urged Muslims across the world to use the internet and social media to wage a war on terrorism, reported state-run news agency SPA.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

An estimated 95 prisoners, including 30 Kurdish fighters, managed to escape from a prison in Syria run by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), revealed a monitoring group.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 10:44 AM PST0

The persecution of individuals speaking ill of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues, as more stories surface of people silenced or punished for disagreeing with the president. In an incident this week, a young cleaning lady in a private firm was fired after allegedly posting insults against Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Facebook.
by Mary Chastain10 Mar 2015, 9:19 AM PST0

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) fired back at Vice President Joe Biden for his criticisms of the letter to Iran sent by Cotton and 46 other GOP Senators on Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. “Joe Biden, as Barack Obama’s own secretary of defense
by Ian Hanchett10 Mar 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

According to reports from northern Iraq corroborated by photos shared on social media Tuesday, Islamic State militants have publicly beheaded three men, at least two of them for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Mar 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin pointed out multiple occasions when Congressional Democrats communicated with world leaders when Republicans were in the White House on Monday. Reacting to the criticism Republicans faced for writing a
by Ian Hanchett9 Mar 2015, 9:58 PM PST0

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean took aim at Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), who took the lead on a letter to the leadership to Iran that warns the regime that any
by Jeff Poor9 Mar 2015, 8:24 PM PST0

A female Lebanese TV host swatted down a London-based Islamic scholar and sheikh after he told her to “shut up” and said that it was “beneath” him to be interviewed by her because she is a woman.
by Adelle Nazarian9 Mar 2015, 7:02 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is fraying as the jihadist group fails to fulfill its promise of unifying Muslims of all origins under the caliphate and infighting between rival groups grows, The Washington Post reports.
by Edwin Mora9 Mar 2015, 6:53 PM PST0