In an interview with a Turkish newspaper on Monday, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a jab at Bashar Assad, saying the Syrian president is a terrorist and no longer a political figure. “I don’t regard Bashar al-Assad as a politician any more. Assad is a terrorist who uses state terror," Erdogan told
Phyllis Chesler took a break from writing opeds for Arutz Sheva to write this book, just published and a must read. I would have loved to have been part of the packed audience at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on the night of October 1st, when Professor Phyllis Chesler talked about her newly
The United States will cut off aid to Egypt in the wake of the July coup against President Mohammed Morsi and the turmoil that has followed, a U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the full suspension has been prompted by an "accumulation of events," including recent
Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll are announcing their departure from the English Defence League. This move has come after many months of deliberation and many years of constant efforts by Robinson and Carroll to prevent the EDL from being infiltrated and co-opted by racists, anti-Semites, fascists, neo-Nazis, and far-right elements. Increasingly, Robinson's time has
Prime Minister Binymain Netanyahu delivered a speech Sunday evening at Bar Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center, in which he discussed the key security-diplomatic issues facing Israel: the Iranian threat and the attempts to reach an accord with the Palestinian Authority. Unlike Netanyahu's first speech at the same venue in 2009, a speech in which he
Syria may split into multiple states, according to recent reports in the Arab-language media. Opposition leaders are weighing the option of establishing their own government, which would rule the territories that rebel troops have conquered in their war against Syria President Bashar Assad. Al-Hayat reports that the heads of the Free Syrian Army,
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood appealed on Monday a court verdict ordering the seizing of the group’s funds by the interim government, Egyptian news source Ahram Online reported. The lawsuit, which was filed by the group’s legal representative Othman El-Khateeb with the administrative court, also challenges the establishment of a panel to administer its frozen assets
In a surprisingly powerful and frank speech at Bar Ilan University, delivered in a calm and almost informal manner, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pointed to a deep link between the Palestinian national movement and the Nazi regime in Germany. At the heart of the oration was the determination that Arab rhetoric notwithstanding, the “territories”
Is it Israeli or not? Plenty of blood was shed to make it part of Israel. Israelis are afraid of Muslims in the most important piece of real estate on earth. They panic at the possibility of being involved in a real struggle for control of the Temple Mount. Instead of turning the 150,000
At least 72 people were killed and 109 others were injured after nine blasts rocked the Iraqi capital on Monday evening, Al Arabiya’s correspondent reported. However, according to Agence France-Presse, eight car bombs and two roadside bombs exploded in eight areas in and around Baghdad. Meanwhile, Reuters said eight of the 10 blasts in
