
An alleged Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) supporter was fatally shot Tuesday in the Gaza Strip by Hamas security forces who have launched a crackdown against radical jihadists in the disputed territory, according to various news reports.
by Edwin Mora3 Jun 2015, 5:18 PM PST0

Tuesday in an interview with Ilana Dayan for Israel’s Channel 2 “Uvda” TV show, President Barack Obama said he believes the “direct line between the the Jewish experience and the African-American experience,” means African-Americans have a “special empathy and a
by Pam Key3 Jun 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

In her new book, Living History: On the Front Lines for Israel and the Jews 2003-2015, best-selling author, lecturer, columnist and retired psychotherapist Dr. Phyllis Chesler explores the growth of the anti-Israel campus movement and the alliance of leftist academic intellectuals with leaders of anti-Semitic Islamist movements in the East.
by Frances Martel3 Jun 2015, 6:17 AM PST0

On Wednesday “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, co-host Joe Scarborough debate his counterpart Mika Brzezinski on the authenticity of President Barack Obama’s remarks to Israel’s Channel 2 television program Uvda regarding his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Scarborough said
by Jeff Poor3 Jun 2015, 5:52 AM PST0

President Barack Obama told Israel’s Channel 2 TV network in an interview that aired Thursday that Netanyahu’s statements on Palestinian statehood indicate Israel has no commitment to a two-state solution, according to The Hill.
by William Bigelow3 Jun 2015, 4:54 AM PST0

The official Palestinian Authority television network aired a children’s program over the weekend in which a schoolgirl recited a poem that described Jews as “monkeys” and the “most evil of creations.”
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jun 2015, 9:25 PM PST0

The UK-based Palestinian Return Center (PRC) has been granted observer status by the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), allowing for the terror-connected outfit to advance its legitimacy and access once unattainable funding.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Jun 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

Thousands of Muslim Turks marched this past weekend to observe the anniversary of the Israeli raid of a Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla in 2010, chanting, “Muslims, don’t sleep, protect your brothers!” Commemorating the event, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed longing for Muslims “to hoist the Islamic flag over Jerusalem again.”
by Michael Lucchese1 Jun 2015, 1:03 PM PST0

Last Thursday, opponents of the anti-Israel BDS movement won a huge victory when the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously voted 9-0 to allow a lawsuit to proceed from five members of the Olympia Food Co-op against board members for their 2011 decision to boycott Israeli products.
by William Bigelow1 Jun 2015, 6:53 AM PST0

Israeli water technology experts will help California navigate through its worst drought in history. According to Ynet News, several Israeli water technology firms are already competing for contracts in the Golden State.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 May 2015, 9:33 AM PST0

California is mired in the fourth year of the worst drought in state history.
by Daniel Nussbaum30 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

“A 22-year-old Arab citizen of Israel and resident of Umm al-Fahm, located in the ‘triangle’ region of northern Israel which is home to over 300,000 Arab citizens, was indicted on Thursday for supporting the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization,” reports Israel National News. “The indictment was submitted against Jamal Suleiman Abu Ra’ad, who was found thanks to an unusual investigative method – looking at his Facebook page.”
by John Hayward29 May 2015, 7:40 PM PST0

For decades, our global betters have been urging Americans to take more of an interest in soccer. And we have–though not the interest the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) had in mind. This week, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that 14 FIFA officials had been indicted for corruption. In somewhat related news, FIFA is to vote this weekend on suspending Israel from international soccer because of security-related travel restrictions on some Palestinian players.
by Joel B. Pollak29 May 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

News surfaced this week that U.S. authorities are charging 14 world soccer figures, including officials of world soccer’s governing body known as FIFA, with racketeering, bribery, money laundering and fraud to the tune of $150 million. And this incident is only the latest revelation of alleged criminal behavior.
by Paul Miller29 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

There’s a website called ‘Canary Mission‘. I don’t know who’s behind it. Nor, it seems, does anyone else. But I think it’s a great exercise in turning the tables on anti-Israel activists who have been ‘shaming’ people online for years.
by Raheem Kassam28 May 2015, 5:50 PM PST0

According to a diplomatic source speaking to Palestinian Ma’an news, Egyptian officials told Israeli security forces to “hold their aggression” and restrain their response to recent rocket attacks coming from the Gaza Strip.
by Michael Lucchese28 May 2015, 1:18 PM PST0

Midburn, an Israeli version of the popular “Burning Man” festival, is under fire for causing damage to a neighboring historic archaeological site.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 May 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

Israel’s embassy in the Netherlands has highlighted passages in a state-mandated Dutch history textbook that provides false representations of Israel’s history in its pages.
by Jordan Schachtel27 May 2015, 3:31 PM PST0

Muslim clerics gathered in Beirut on Wednesday to kick off the Khomeinist International Union of Resistance conference, where “scholars” discussed how to stand up against the “cancerous tumor of Israel,” according to reports from Lebanese and Iranian media outlets.
by Jordan Schachtel27 May 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

On Saturday evening, November 8, 2003, I addressed a free-standing feminist “networking” conference of mainly African-American and Hispanic-American women at Barnard College. The conference was sponsored by WERISE (Women Empowered through Revolutionary Ideas Supporting Enterprise), which was described as a grassroots, multi-cultural, multi-generational, and multi-disciplinary organization for women in the arts. The women ranged in age from 20 to 65 and were dressed in corporate business suits, colorful African and ethnic attire, and youthful jeans.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler26 May 2015, 7:18 PM PST0

In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic, President Obama has launched a fresh tirade against Israel, criticising it for comments Prime Minister Netanyahu made during the recent Israeli election, and articulating his personal agenda to “remake the world”. Here
by Eric Worrall25 May 2015, 12:53 AM PST0

A top Iranian official has threatened Israel that Tehran’s proxy, the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, has over 80,000 missiles at its disposal, and that the Shiite jihadists are ready to fire upon Jerusalem at a moment’s notice.
by Jordan Schachtel22 May 2015, 4:01 PM PST0

With the rise in anti-Israel (anti-Semitic) activities capturing more headlines in recent years, especially on college campuses, Christians United For Israel is combating the trend with a new program that has been part of the Progressive playbook for nearly a generation.
by Paul Miller22 May 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

In a disturbing sign of the Islamic State’s expanding influence, Israeli customs officials at Ben Gurion Airport have intercepted a suspicious package from Turkey that turned out to be packed with 120 shiny new ISIS rings, adorned with ISIS logos and slogans in Arabic, bound for Palestinian Authority customers.
by John Hayward21 May 2015, 2:25 PM PST0

In the latest case of ‘vehicular jihad,’ two female Israeli police officers stationed in Jerusalem were injured on Wednesday when a Palestinian man attempted to run them over with his SUV. The Palestinian driver was within close proximity to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem when he drove off the road and struck the cops with his vehicle.
by Jordan Schachtel20 May 2015, 9:06 AM PST0