Of the 380 foreign-born individuals, at least 24 came to the U.S. as refugees and at least 33 were in the U.S. illegally on expired visas. According to the Subcommittee, at least 62 of the foreign-born terror convicts were from Pakistan, 28 were from Lebanon, 22 were Palestinian, 21 were from Somalia, 20 were from Yemen, 19 were from Iraq, 16 were from Jordan, 17 were from Egypt, and 10 were from Afghanistan.
TEL AVIV – The parents of a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed and murdered two rabbis in Jerusalem last week made a “pilgrimage” to the site of the attack, with the terrorist’s mother posing for a photograph while making the victory gesture.
In the aftermath of the terror attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona complex, a Palestinian columnist writing in the London-based daily Al-Hayat condemns the methods of Palestinian armed resistance, claiming that even though attacks like the one in Tel Aviv have elements of “heroism and sacrifice,” they ultimately do more harm than good in advancing the Palestinian cause.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement posted a photoshopped picture of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman superimposed on an image of Islamic State terrorist known as Jihadi John.
The Palestinian Authority Minister of Education visited a school this week to “honor the souls” of three terrorists who had attended the school, including one who murdered an Israeli policewoman earlier this year.
TEL AVIV – Following the terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona market, Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam published an article claiming that while Palestinian armed struggle must be “ever-present,” spontaneous acts such as the Tel Aviv shooting warrant a reexamination of their benefits.
Responding to the terror attack at Pulse Orlando by pushing more gun control is a not-so-subtle way of treating law-abiding Americans like terrorists.
“I’m concerned there are unidentified national security and public safety risks in a population that large, which has historically been the primary means for terrorist entry to the United States,” Rep. Martha McSally said Tuesday at a subcommittee hearing examining the national security risks posed by illegal immigrants who overstay their visas.
TEL AVIV – Two terrorists who killed four people on a shooting spree in Tel Aviv first sat down at the Max Brenner restaurant and ordered a dessert called “milky brownies,” a bartender told The Times of Israel. Yousef Jabarin
TEL AVIV – The leftist mayor of Tel Aviv said on Thursday that the “occupation” and the Israeli government were responsible for the terror attack on the Sarona marketplace that claimed four lives on Wednesday evening.
TEL AVIV – Hamas praised the terror attack in Tel Aviv that left four people dead and another 16 injured on Wednesday evening, saying it was to avenge Israeli “violations” at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. “The Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV – Top tier news outlets including CNN, the BBC, and the Independent covered the deadly Palestinian terror attack in Tel Aviv with skewed headlines and misinformation.
TEL AVIV – The four victims of Wednesday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv have been identified respectively as a university professor, a mother of 4, an engaged woman, and an ex-commando.
JERUSALEM – A Central Committee member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party praised terrorists who carry out stabbing attacks on Israelis, saying they “performed miracles” and adding that anyone who supports peace efforts with the Israelis is not a real Palestinian.
The Visa Waiver Program allows foreign nationals from 38, largely European, countries to travel to the U.S. without a visa for tourist and businesses stays up to 90 days. The program requires participating countries to enter into information sharing agreements to report travel threats. The GAO reports, however, that many VPW countries are not living up to their ends of the bargain.
A “joke” posted on the official Facebook page of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party portrays Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a baby killer.
Two Republican senators filed legislation Thursday demanding the full declassification of the terrorist activities by detainees released from the detention center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
TEL AVIV- The Israeli citizenship of a terrorist who rammed his car into soldiers before going on a stabbing spree may be revoked, the Interior Minister said Sunday.
JERUSALEM – The anniversary of a 2002 suicide bomb carried out by a Palestinian teenager was marked by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction in a special event on Thursday.
JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement promoted a Palestinian university’s student group with a poster showing a knife dripping in blood and the accompanying instruction to plant the knife in the heart of your enemy.
CASABLANCA – Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal published an article claiming that Hezbollah has morphed from being a resistance organization to a “Frankenstein’s monster” controlled by Iran and an occupier of Arab lands.
TEL AVIV – In the wake of the Brussels attacks, the Arab press has been awash with explosive articles acknowledging the Muslim world’s responsibility for global terror. The views expressed by writers from Kuwait to Jordan to Saudi Arabia represent a brutal reckoning
The head of the National Border Patrol Council says a breach in the fence along a ten-mile area in remote areas of the Mexico-Arizona border should cause concern about terrorist threats.
TEL AVIV – Newsweek corrected an article that included the misleading claim that Israeli authorities have been shooting dead “any Palestinian” suspected of targeting Israeli civilians. The article analyses the past six months of Palestinian violence and Israel’s response to it. Early in the
Tunisia scored a victory in its pushback against the Islamic State, which is seeking to expand from its North African stronghold in Libya, by taking down an ISIS terrorist cell that was operating on the Libyan border.
TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked Islamic State terrorism to that of the Palestinians, saying on Wednesday that both are motivated by hope and pursue the same goals. “I already said many times that terrorism is caused not
Ynetnews reports: Since the beginning of the current escalation of violence, there have been 13 attacks committed by pairs of terrorists from the West Bank or East Jerusalem. This trend is slowly beginning to challenge the perception that attacks are
Despite complaints of violations from all sides, and some ominous comments from faction leaders, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insisted on Monday that the Syrian cease-fire is holding “by and large.”
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan unleashed a furious rant against the United States on Wednesday, holding America responsible for the “sea of blood” spilled in Syria, and supporting other terrorist organizations while it focused too intently on defeating the Islamic State.
President Obama criticized Hollywood and the television industry for contributing to Muslim stereotypes by frequently portraying them as terrorists.
The Shin Bet on Wednesday released the full details of its investigation into Nashat Melhem, a terrorist who murdered three people in Tel Aviv this month, revealing recreational drug use, support for ISIS, and a bizarre message calling on US President Barack Obama to convert to Islam.
A gun store in Jackson, Mississippi has a new sign in the window announcing store policy is no gun sales to “Terrorists or Democrats.”
Republicans are reinvigorating their warnings that terrorists are able to infiltrate the U.S. via Obama’s refugee resettlement efforts following the arrests to two Middle Eastern refugees on terrorism-related charges.
CNN’s national security analyst, Juliette Kayyem, has come to the stark conclusion that the protests at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, are an act of terrorism and not peaceful.
The poll found that 40 percent of Americans say the terrorists are winning the war on terrorism, while just 18 percent said the U.S. and its allies are currently winning. Another 40 percent of Americans said “neither side” is winning and two percent had no opinion.
A new report on Friday suggests that Enrique Marquez, the neighbor and relative-through-marriage who bought the long rifles used by terrorists Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik in their attack on the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino last week, also helped them build pipe bombs.
The Council on American Islamic Relations condemned GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to stop Muslims from entering the United States “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”
In the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks, there has been increased pressure on social media companies to take down Islamist material to interfere with their recruiting efforts, but the companies are also worried about allegations of censorship.
Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey is urging county residents with a concealed permit to carry guns with them and be mentally prepared to use those guns to defend themselves from terrorists.
Sen. Rand Paul’s amendment would have designated 33 countries as “high risk” and placed moratoriums on refugee resettlement and visa issuance to nationals from those countries until the Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence certify and new processes to identify security risks.
