National Security

The Islamic State terrorist group, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), rose to prominence from the ashes of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in 2013. They have a storied history of brutality throughout Iraq and Syria, with no sign

While salvaging Qurans from the rubble of the Al-Farouq Mosque in Gaza, junior imam Muhammad Hamad told the New York Times, “This is a house of God” – as though this proved the mosque is a peaceful place of worship.

The ferocity of Friday’s unanimous rejection by the Israeli government of Secretary of State John Kerry’s cease was kept quiet to prevent a formal rupture of relations between the two erstwhile allies, reports Israel’s Channel 2 Television.  The popular and

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official says the group has rejected a four-hour extension of a humanitarian truce proposed by Israel. Sami Abu Zuhri sent a text message to reporters Saturday, saying: “No agreement to extending the

The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, took over a Syrian army base outside of Raqqa and killed at least 85 soldiers. The terrorist group posted pictures of the dead bodies before and after they beheaded the soldiers. The siege

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel rejects 7-day ceasefire, agrees to 12-hour ceasefire Ebola victim escapes from hospital, putting Freetown at risk Israel rejects 7-day ceasefire, agrees to 12-hour ceasefire US Secretary of State John Kerry has been running

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort as fighting intensified between rival militias. Secretary of State John Kerry said “free-wheeling militia violence” prompted

A report released by the United Nations’ resident and humanitarian coodinator in Iraq, Jacqueline Badcock, suggested that the terrorist group Islamic State had issued a fatwa demanding all women between the ages of 11 and 46 undergo female genital mutilation.

GAZA BORDER, Israel– The demilitarization of Hamas is the only solution in the Israel Hamas conflict. This is the clear message here in Israel. This conflict is different than previous conflicts. “It will be ceasefire after ceasefire if you don’t

The UN Human Rights Council held a special session in Geneva on July 23, 2014 to declare effectively that Israelis do not have human rights. The session ended with a resolution that launched an “investigation” into what the Council decided

It was only a matter of time. Today, Ali Abunimah’s Electronic Intifada published a piece titled “Ending Zionism is a feminist issue.”  I would say just the opposite is true: “Supporting Zionism is a feminist issue.”  Today must be the day assigned

General Hugo Carvajal, a high-ranking retired military general and former chief of Venezuela’s military intelligence, was arrested in Aruba this week on charges of helping Colombian Marxist rebels smuggle cocaine into the United States. Carvaja is expected to be extradited to

Israel’s 35th soldier was killed in Gaza after a militant fired a rocket on his position from a highly populated civilian area. Hamas has continuously throughout Operation Protective Edge utilized civilians and crowded areas as human shields so they could

Christians expelled from Mosul, Iraq, are speaking out about the treatment they endured by the Islamic State, a jihadist group formerly known as ISIS. The jihadists told the Christians to convert to Islam, pay a protection tax, or die. “Yes,

Thousands of Hamas-linked terrorists planned to invade Israel on the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), which begins on September 24, according to an Israel security source.  First reported by Ma’ariv, then in English by i24news, “thousands of terrorists were meant to cross over

A day after a UN report said the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, ordered female genital mutilation (FGM), the terrorist group told women to wear a full-face veil.  “The conditions imposed on her clothes and grooming was only to

Between the international press, New York Times, and the Obama administration, it’s easy to believe that Israel doesn’t have many friends. However, a new social media campaign reveals that the Jewish State has worldwide support, even in places notorious for

The Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), has had months to establish its jihadist rule of terror in Raqqa, Syria, its “capital.” As The New York Times reports, ISIS is stealing from banks and redistributing

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security officers checked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his top aides with a metal detector as they arrived for a meeting on Tuesday with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, an unusual screening for a senior State

In remarks delivered to Shi’ite faithful in Iran this week, the nation’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei called on “anyone who cares about the fate of Palestine” to provide arms to Palestinians to kill Israelis. “Total armed resistance” against Israel was

The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, continues its destruction of Iraq’s historic city Mosul. The radical jihadists blew up a shrine to Jonah, the biblical prophet, and Yunus in the Koran. “Islamic State completely destroyed the shrine of Nabi

On July 25 the Islamic State warned that women in Mosul must wear full veils “to end the pretext of debauchery.” The women were also told they “risk severe punishment” for not complying.  This comes amid news that the Islamic

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has drafted his own ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas, and has presented it to both sides in the conflict, according to a senior Israeli official. The official told Haaretz that Kerry presented

In an otherwise excellent article on the Hamas terror tunnel network in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post buries the lede. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in the field told the Post that while Hamas fighters offered fierce resistance when the ground operation began,