Monthly Archives: January 2014

Right-wing Turkish official killed in Istanbul

By | 2014-01-27T14:52:09-04:00 January 27th, 2014|News|

An attack on the offices of Turkey’s far-right movement’s campaign killed the spokesman for the country’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and wounded seven others in Istanbul, according to media reports on Monday.   Police arrested six suspects in connection with the attack which took place after the office's inauguration ahead of local polls due in

Jihadist group claims downing of Egypt army helicopter

By | 2014-01-27T14:24:11-04:00 January 27th, 2014|News|

An al-Qaeda inspired group has claimed it shot down an Egyptian military helicopter in the Sinai peninsula, in what the army said was an accident that killed five soldiers. {youtube}yEuzRm1Ho9g{/youtube} The Ansar Beit al-Madqis group, which has taken responsibility for a series of deadly attacks across the country, said its fighters brought down the helicopter

Erekat: There Will be No ‘Settlers’ in ‘Palestine’

By | 2014-01-27T14:01:21-04:00 January 27th, 2014|News|

As expected, the Palestinian Authority (PA) reacted with outrage on Sunday to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s idea that if a Palestinian state is established in Judea and Samaria, Jews  who wish to remain in that state should be allowed to do so.   While Netanyahu did not publicly make this statement, a source in the

Hamas Leader: Third Intifada ‘a Matter of Time’

By | 2014-01-27T13:44:18-04:00 January 27th, 2014|News|

Just one week after he was released from an Israeli prison, Hamas leader Hassan Yousef said on Sunday that a third Arab armed uprising - or intifada - is just a matter of time.   Speaking to Channel 2 News, Yousef said that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas does not represent anyone other than

Israel Among Ten Most Powerful Nations In World

By | 2014-01-26T22:01:46-04:00 January 26th, 2014|News|

Israel, the tiny nation that defied history in coming back to life after 2,000 years of exile, is among the top 10 most powerful nations in the world according to a recent research study.   Market Business News recently reported on the 2012 National Power Index (NPI), released by the Foundation for National Security Research

A One-way Ticket to the Zero-State Solution

By | 2014-01-25T21:35:29-04:00 January 25th, 2014|Op-Eds|

A "boycott" is comparatively harmless to the Zero-State Solution.   Earlier this month, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni stated that “the boycott is moving and advancing uniformly and exponentially.”   Exactly to her point, Defense Minister Ya’alon responded that if security compromises would lead to “rockets from Nablus, Ramallah and Jenin onto Ben Gurion Airport, then

It’s Out in the Open: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism

By | 2014-01-25T21:02:36-04:00 January 25th, 2014|Op-Eds|

We have lost the first round in the Battle of Ideas, but at least with this admission, the lines are drawn.   Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, has just announced that "anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism." May he live long and prosper.   In 2002,  I wrote that "Anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism," as is

Clashes leave 88 dead in Libya

By | 2014-01-25T20:21:52-04:00 January 25th, 2014|News|

Two weeks of ethnic clashes in Libya's main southern city Sebha have killed at least 88 people and wounded more than 130, the city's hospital director said on Saturday.   "Between the outbreak of the fighting on January 11 and Friday evening, the number of dead totalled 88," Abdallah Ouheida told AFP.   He said

Kidnapped Iranian diplomat found beheaded in Yemen

By | 2014-01-25T19:37:00-04:00 January 25th, 2014|News|

An Iranian embassy official kidnapped in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in July was found beheaded in central Yemen on Saturday, a provincial official said.   But Iran’s Student News Agency (ISNA) quoted an Iranian embassy official as denying that the headless body belonged to the missing employee, kidnapped by armed men while he was travelling