by Israel Today Her journalism career in America may be over, but if 89-year-old Helen Thomas still has the energy, there is an enormous audience willing to hang on her every word in the Middle East. Thomas was compelled to resign as White House correspondent and columnist for the Hearst newspaper group after she told…
Detailsby Victor Davis Hanson, Townhall A Turkish Islamic group — the “Humanitarian Relief Foundation,” often associated by Western intelligence agencies with terrorist sponsorship — orchestrated the recent Gaza flotilla. It was hoping for the sort of violent, well-publicized confrontation with the Israeli navy that later followed. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, immediately issued veiled…
DetailsBy Haaretz Service Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday that Israel should not lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip unless Hamas agreed to goodwill gestures such as allowing representatives of the Red Cross to visit captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Lieberman told Amir Oren and Gabriela Shalev, Israel’s ambassadors to the United States and…
Detailsby Joshua Teitelbaum, guardian.co.uk Support for Turkey is at an all-time high in the Arab world. The last time Turkish flags were carried through the streets of Middle Eastern capitals was during the first world war, as people took to the streets in continued support for the Ottoman sultan-caliph against the western entente powers. The sultan-caliph…
Detailsby Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Israel National News The “myth of the siege of Gaza” has been exploded in a research report that quotes Arab sources that say “Gaza markets are saturated with goods.” The Washington Post reported last week that Gaza “pharmacies look as well-supplied as a typical Rite Aid.” Reserve IDF officer Lt. Col.…
Detailsby The Israel Project Turkish leaders have angrily denounced Israel and threatened to downgrade Turkish-Israeli ties in the aftermath of Israel’s campaign last week to prevent an illegal flotilla from reaching Gaza. Turkey’s actions came after nine activists – all Turks or of Turkish descent – were killed after self-described human rights activists aboard a…
Detailsby Dennis Prager With the exception of the United States, nearly all the world’s nations; newspapers, radio and TV news stations; the United Nations; and the world’s Leftist academics and organizations have condemned Israel over the Gaza flotilla incident. The characterizations of the Jewish state range from a society so evil that it should not…
Detailsby Bret Stephens Questions for liberals: What does it mean to be a friend of Israel? What does it mean to be a friend of the Palestinians? And should the same standards of friendship apply to Israelis and Palestinians alike, or is there a double standard here as well? It has become the predictable…
Detailsby Ed Barnes, Fox News The British-based Reuters news agency has been stung for the second time by charges that it edited politically sensitive photos in a way that casts Israel in a bad light. But this time Reuters claims it wasn’t at fault. The news agency reacted to questions raised by an American blogger…
Detailsby Asaf Romirowsky, FrontPageMagazine.com It is predominately understood that Israel was in the right in her actions during the latest operation against the Gaza flotilla. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on the mark when he unequivocally stated that Israel “will never apologize for defending itself.” The problem is not always being right but also…
Detailsby Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post In other times, Hearst Newspapers White House Correspondent Helen Thomas’s demand that the Jews “get the hell out of Palestine,” and go back to Poland, Germany and America would have been front page news in every newspaper in the US the day after the story broke. In other times, had…
Detailsby Greg Burke, Fox News It’s not easy walking through the minefield called Middle Eastern politics, and a Vatican document released Sunday managed to criticize Israel, Egypt, Islam and even Christian fundamentalists. The 46-page text, “The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness,” will serve as a working document for an October meeting…
DetailsBy Brian J. Hennessy, www.bhennessy.com I find many Christians who support the restoration of the Jewish people to their homeland in Israel also subscribe to the end-time teaching known as the pre-tribulation rapture. This teaching holds that Jesus will return first as a “thief in the night” to snatch away the Church prior to…
Detailsby Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch PA TV chose to honor the female Palestinian terrorist Sanaa Shehadeh by visiting her home, interviewing her family and broadcasting her two young nieces dedicating an anti-Israel war song to her. Sanaa Shehadeh is serving 3 life sentences in an Israeli prison for transporting a…
DetailsA new search engine connects would-be travelers to the Holy Land with an application that can integrate the ancient land of the Bible with modern-day Israel. Travelers to the Holy Land can now integrate the Bible with their travel plans using a first-of-its-kind application that searches the scriptures and the Travelujah website, www.travelujah.com , yielding…
DetailsBy Joseph Farrah, WorldNetdaily I worked for the Hearst Corp. for a long time – almost 10 years. Therefore, I have some really important and good advice for my old employer and any colleagues who might still be around. Get rid of Helen Thomas now! She is an embarrassment to the Hearst Corp., to the…
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