Less than a month after the 100th anniversary of the single shot that set the world on fire, many scholars are comparing then and now. One of the most cogent assessments comes from Walter Russell Mead. In “Have We Gone From a
I was busy washing dishes yesterday evening when all of a sudden I heard a wailing sound and doors slamming in my building. An air raid siren; the first in Tel Aviv since Operation Pillar of Defense back in November
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials discovered 50 bodies, many of them blindfolded and with their hands bound, in an agricultural area outside a city south of Baghdad on Wednesday, raising concerns over a possible sectarian killing amid the battle against
Operation Protective Edge may look like its predecessors–Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012–in that it is a response to Palestinian terrorism launched from Gaza against Israeli civilians. The previous two rounds of the conflict
It has been an exceptionally dramatic week so far for Israelis, as the terrorist group Hamas launched an offensive consisting of dozens of rockets from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While many rockets were intercepted, Israelis across the country were forced on
The BBC has investigated, and found inaccurate, numerous graphic images which are being shared on social media to show how people in Gaza have been affected by the renewed tensions with Israel. Hamas has been firing hundreds of rockets from
Israeli military forces struck more than 150 targets in Gaza overnight in what might be a protracted campaign to stop the latest wave of rocket fire from Hamas and other terrorist groups aimed at Israeli civilians. Officials called up 40,000
Israelis living in the field of attack of the terrorist group Hamas endured a dramatic day in which Israeli Defense Forces fended off Hamas attacks on land, air, and sea. While the IDF was successful in protecting many, the terror
Rockets from Gaza continue to be fired into Israel, targeting the millions of civilians residing in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem metropolitan areas. On two separate occasions Tuesday evening, rocket attacks were launched from the Gaza strip into Tel Aviv.
While Dinesh D’Souza’s America is sure to make waves with its stirring defense of the country against philosophical attacks, one aspect of it is surprising: the screen time he gives to leftist leaders including Noam Chomsky and Ward Churchill in fresh
As we all expected, Israel have escalated its airstrikes against Hamas assets in the Gaza Strip, in an effort to stop the ongoing rocket attacks against Israeli’s living in the country’s southern region. The talk coming out of the Netanyahu
President Barack Obama has weighed in on the conflict escalating in Israel as the Israeli government begins a full-scale military effort against Hamas after the kidnapping of three Israeli teen boys, one a U.S. citizen. Writing for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper,
Figures are just out disclosing the millions of taxpayers’ money the European Union paid in 2013 to unelected, unaccountable non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other special interest groups, especially to the “global warming” lobby. One of the most disturbing figures is
Today, President Obama appears in the pages of Ha’aretz— on the very day that Israel’s left-wing newspaper is hosting a “peace” conference at which Obama’s anointed (anti-)Israel Lobby is also present: J Street’s Peter Beinart, Avi Shavit, Gideon Levy, et
As Republicans get more conservative, 25% of those affiliated with the GOP dislike their own party, according to a new Associated Press-GFK poll. The poll also found that “13 percent of Democrats say they dislike their own party.” According to
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his military commanders to be fully prepared for a ground operation into the Gaza, the strip of territory controlled by Muslim Brotherhood affiliated terrorist group Hamas. A senior Israeli official said of
Time magazine’s Mark Halperin and MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski questioned the accuracy of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s response to criticisms over her defense of a child rapist in the 1970s. Halperin did argue that Clinton could defend herself by
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted a photograph of Hamas firing a rocket at Israel from within a civilian area of the Gaza Strip, accusing the terror group of using “human shields,” as it has done in previous conflicts. #EXPOSED:
As Israel undertakes Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, questions linger about the strategic objective. Is it just to stop and deter Hamas rocket fire against Israeli civilians? Or is it to invade and reoccupy the Gaza Strip, with the aim
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking nearly 100 sites in Gaza and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a heavy barrage
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Gaza militants early on Tuesday, dubbing the offensive “Operation Protective Edge.” More than 50 targets were hit in the offensive, according to Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. Meanwhile, rocket fire on Israel’s south continued. Militants
On January 28, 2014, State Senator Rod Wright was found guilty of eight felonies by a jury of his peers in a courtroom in Los Angeles. All eight crimes were related to the fact that while Wright had declared that
At 1:22 a.m. local time Tuesday, Israel officially declared that a military operation – Operation Protective Edge – was underway to respond to the rocket attacks carried out by Hamas, a terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip. According to a senior
In Canada today, helping Muslim girls is “racist.” Edmonton Transit last year caved in to Islamic supremacist demands and took down bus ads sponsored by my organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), offering help to Muslim girls who were
In a video interview with a UK website, Hillary Clinton contradicts her earlier story about how she came to represent a child rapist. Hillary now claims she had no choice in representing the 41-year-old who raped a 6th grader, a
