Bashar al-Assad was sworn in on Wednesday as Syria’s president for a new seven-year term, in a red carpet ceremony in Damascus, after an election his opponents had slammed as a “farce.” Assad swore by the Koran before the country’s parliamentarians in an extraordinary session, 40 months into a conflict estimated to have killed
There is nothing for Jews in Europe, there never was. It does not matter what happens in Israel - that is where you are at home. Don’t believe the false whimpers and opportunistic tears after the last terror attacks. Anti-Semitism doesn’t shock people anymore in Europe. Jews are not welcome here where I live.
Hamas agreed on Wednesday night to a temporary humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, but not before firing another salvo of rockets towards Israel. "The group agrees to a ceasefire for five hours," starting from 10:00 a.m. local time Thursday, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement quoted by the AFP news agency.
Israel and Hamas have begun observing a five-hour humanitarian cease-fire, as fighting extended into a 10th day. The two sides agreed to the pause following a request by the United Nations so that supplies could be delivered to Gaza. Fighting continued in the lead-up to the 10 a.m. (0700 GMT) start of the
An Egyptian court has sentenced seven men to life in prison for sexual assaults on women during a number of public rallies in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square. They are the first such heavy sentences against perpetrators of sexual violence following the government’s decision to toughen penalties. Sexual violence has been on the rise
Radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada, who is being tried on terror charges in Jordan, on Tuesday denounced as "void" the declaration of a caliphate by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). "The announcement of a caliphate by the Islamic State is void and meaningless because it was not approved by jihadists
Boston Transit ads blame Israel for Gazan children's deaths - in effect, blaming the IDF for Gazan's using children as human shields. The war to destroy Israel has come to Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)—part of Greater Boston’s transit system-- has become a ground-zero in the propaganda war against Israel. Several
Islamization in the UK has, at long last, come to the attention of the educational system. If there is one special thing of which Great Britain is proud, it is its national school system. The mandatory national curriculum is uniform for all schools and every educational institution is expected to follow it scrupulously. Expected
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who launched yet another verbal tirade against Israel on Tuesday, singled out Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked for criticism. In his speech before members of his AKP party, Erdogan said that Shaked's mindset was no different than that of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. "An Israeli woman said
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired more accusations at Israel on Tuesday, even after Israel accepted a cease-fire agreement that saw Hamas rain tens of missiles on innocent Israeli civilians in its wake. "Israel is continuing to carry out state terrorism in the region. Nobody, except us, tells it to stop," Erdogan told
