Hamas' police force in the Gaza Strip chose a rather strange way of exhibiting its skills at "keeping the peace" earlier this week, as policemen in military fatigues took part in a public drill simulating the seizure and destruction of an IDF lookout tower. Tens of armed fighters wielding assault weapons took part in
“The best estimate of the number of Jews living in Australia is about 120,000. There are many others with one or more Jewish great-grandparents. Approximately 50,000 Jews live in Melbourne, 45,000 in Sydney, and close to between 7,000-10,000 in each of Perth and Brisbane/Gold Coast. There are smaller communities in other state capitals and major
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been stepping up its libel that Israel is "destroying" the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in order to build the "alleged" Temple. The highest PA religious authority, Mufti Muhammad Hussein, asserted in late March that Israel was making an "attempt... at lay[ing] hands on the blessed
The article, Remaking a Life, After Years in an Israeli Prison (Jodi Rudoren, NYTimes, March 29, 2014) is about Muqdad Salah, one of the Palestinian Arab terrorists freed from Israeli jails as part of the American-brokered "peace talks" that started last summer. The New York Times did say that Salah killed Israel Tenenbaum, a
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas repeated his threats to disband the PA on Tuesday if peace talks remain stuck in their current dead-end. He further demanded his price for continuing the talks: a three-month construction freeze. Speaking to Israeli journalists at his offices in Ramallah ahead of the April 29 deadline for the
Reports indicate that a massive US military operation in Yemen on Saturday and Sunday killed well over 55 Al Qaeda terrorists. Among the dead reportedly is Ibrahim al-Asiri, the chief bombmaker of the terrorist organization. A 4x4 truck which the 32-year-old al-Asiri was thought to be in was ambushed by US special forces over
The White House is debating handing rebels a deadly weapon to fight Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, in what analysts have dubbed a possible "game-changer." Syrian rebels were caught on camera for the first time earlier this month using US-made anti-tank missiles. Now, according to TIME, the White House is considering handing over
Canada is "tremendously concerned" about the Muslim Brotherhood, according to an announcement made shortly after the UK announced a probe into the terror organization. “Canada has taken an aggressive stand when it comes to listings [of terror groups] ... but there is a certain process,” John Baird, Canada’s foreign minister, said at a news
The Palestinian Authority (PA) stubbornly clings to its resolution not to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, despite the move's contribution to the failure of peace talks - and the PA's faltering image. On Thursday, PA official Mahmoud Khalifa called Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman's demands that the PA recognize Israel as a Jewish state
The Lebanese Army arrested a high-level Al-Qaeda operative on Thursday, who is allegedly involved in the murders of UNIFIL soldiers in Arsal and the raiding of a large weapons depot in Tripoli. The suspect: Palestinian Arab Bilal Kayed, a suspected member of the Al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades who has several arrest warrants out
