Arab writer claims "Zion" is Arab
Salah al-Sayer, writing in Al Arabiya, says that "Zionism" refers to the Jews wanting ownership of Mount Zion, that ancient Arab mountain.He says that there are Arab families with the name "Zion" who...
View Article08/26 Links Pt2: Exposing Edward Said as academic fraud; Survivors for Hamas...
From Ian:Exposing Edward Said as academic fraudIn Making David Into Goliath, Joshua Muravchik dissects many of the myths and frauds that Edward Said built up around himself. And yet the myths can never...
View ArticleWoman killed in Gaza - by celebratory gunfire
From AP:In Gaza City, a 20-year-old woman was killed and several dozen people were wounded by celebratory gunfire after the truce was announced.The Gaza NGO Safety Office elaborates:1 Palestinian...
View ArticleIn Lebanon: Second victim of "Hamas victory celebration" gunfire - and AP...
Yesterday I reported on an unnamed Gaza woman killed, and 20 injured, as Hamas fans shot bullets in the air in celebration of their "victory."Now a second person has been killed by celebratory gunfire...
View ArticleThe great media whitewashing of Hamas and Gaza terror groups
If you go through the mainstream news media during the past month, you will be hard pressed to find the word "Jihadists" or "Islamic extremists" or "Islamists" in reference to Gaza terror groups like...
View Article89% of Gazans support shooting rockets at Israeli civilians, 16% of French...
The latest Palestinian Center for Public Opinion poll, released today, asks this question from adults in Gaza.”Would you please tell us your opinion about the issue of firing rockets at Israel?”60.3 %...
View Article08/27 Links Pt1: Hamas's "Victory"; UN, How Did Hamas Rockets End Up In Your...
From Ian:Hamas's "Victory"What is sad is that the Gazans have not yet been able to free themselves from the yoke of Hamas.The world seems not to understand that Hamas, like ISIS and the Muslim...
View Article"We And ISIS Are Totally Different Kinds Of Genocidal Barbarians"...
More from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Also, check out their new Facebook page.By Mahmoud A-Zahar, Hamas LeaderZionist leader Binyamin Netanyahu tried to get the West to believe that the...
View ArticleAntisemitic Muslim Clerics of the Day
Lebanese site Al Ankabout reports that Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, said that what Israel did in Gaza "exceeded what Hitler did in his alleged Holocaust against the...
View Article08/27 Links Pt2: Academic left and Islamists joined at the anti-Israel hip;...
From Ian:Step Away, Do Nothing, Pat Self on BackObama administration officials spent much of the spring and summer trying to position themselves as grand strategists. The president's West Point speech...
View ArticleSo what exactly are the terms of the ceasefire, anyway?
It has been hard to find the actual terms of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas (officially, the PA.)The closest I've seen was published in Arabic at Youm7:The [Egyptian Foreign] Ministry...
View ArticleThe Teflon Terrorists of Fatah
The Al Asifa Army, part of the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, held a press conference Wednesday where they said that they had shot 620 rockets at Israel during Protective Edge.The Asifa Army, by the...
View ArticleJordanian State TV says Jews use Christian blood for matzoh
ANtisemitic Muslim Cleric of the Day:From MEMRI:In a Friday sermon delivered in Amman on August 22, 2014, Sheik Bassam Ammoush said that the Jews slaughter children to use their blood for matzos....
View ArticleAdministrivia
I am traveling a bit between now and Monday, so blogging will be a bit lighter than usual most of the time.At the moment, this is my view:
View Article08/28 Links Pt1: Liberman: Take Away Their Guns -- Then We'll Talk; Pallywood...
From Ian:Khaled Abu Toameh: Is the Gaza War Really Over?It is important to note that these cease-fire demands are not part of Hamas's or Islamic Jihad's overall strategy, namely to have Israel wiped...
View ArticleEgyptian media blames Israel for Egypt's siege of Gaza
From Egypt's Al Ahram, which is close to the government:The World Food Programme (WFP) said that a humanitarian convoy has crossed from Egypt's Rafah border crossing into the war-torn Gaza Strip,...
View ArticleI guess I should be flattered, but... (update)
A couple of weeks ago I noted that the Simon Wiesenthal Center had taken one of my posts, word for word, as part of a submission to the UN.This is very flattering, but they didn't use my name (which I...
View Article08/28 Links Pt2: Abbas aide: Israel 'fabricated' beheading of James Foley,...
From Ian:Abbas aide Dr. Husam Zomlot: Israel 'fabricated' beheading of James Foley, the Holocaust Hanan Ashrawi attacks Obama for acknowledging Jewish historyPalestinian Media Watch has documented that...
View ArticleReport: Malaysian women joining ISIS for "sex jihad"
Last year there was a flurry of news stories that resulted when the Tunisian Interior Minister claimed that some Tunisian women had gone to Syria to have sex with multiple jihadists. Some of the...
View ArticleUnity! Abbas slams Hamas (and threatens Israel)
Mahmoud Abbas, in the same interview where he lied about Netanyahu accepting a Palestinian Arab state on the 1949 armistice lines, also attacked Hamas - and accused Hamas of stealing humanitarian...
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