‘Palestine’ and ISIS: Different branches, same tree

By LOUIS RENE BERES— Credo quia absurdum. “I believe because it is absurd.” Plainly, a Palestinian state – any Palestinian state – would directly benefit anti-American terrorists. Why, then, does the President of the United States effectively support a prospectively Jihadist “Palestine,” and simultaneously make war against Islamic State (ISIS)? In Washington, the issues of…

Islam: A peaceful religion?

By Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director International Christian Zionist Center— How can people continue to insist – in the face of the recent wave of awful massacres, inhumane terrorist attacks etc that have without exception been perpetrated in the name of Allah and ISLAM – that the religion of ISLAM is itself peaceful and that…

Obama’s denial empowers Islamic State

By RON JAGER— The fundamental fabrication and rejection of historical, political, and religious truths about the Palestinian Arabs has created a universal discourse inflicted with intellectual myopia enabling the majority of Islamic nations of the world to violate basic human rights of their own people. The nowadays almost automatic acceptance of legitimizing the rejection of…

Why is Hamas smiling?

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The Palestinian Fatah faction, whose leaders are supposed to be working toward preparing Palestinians for an independent Palestinian state, is currently embroiled in a bitter and violent power struggle between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his major rival, Mohamed Dahlan. This is a power struggle, however, that casts doubts…