Terrorists hiding behind sand dunes fired on a bus filled with soldiers at the border near Eilat Sunday afternoon. The bus was damaged. The attack occurred several hours after another explosion on the Egyptian-Israeli gas pipeline. The two incidents are not necessarily connected but underscore the ability of Muslim terrorists to operate freely in
Another wildfire that erupted late Saturday night on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem has raised suspicions of more terror arson activity. The blaze ignited very close to where another major fire burned through forestland earlier this summer. In that incident, the flames spread to a nearby IDF army base, and 12 soldiers were evacuated
A pro-Israel group must be allowed to place a paid advertisement on New York City public buses that equates jihadists with savages, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. The opinion by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan said a 1997 rule by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that barred demeaning language in advertisements was
The Muslim terrorist group Ka’adat el-Jihad claimed responsibility Saturday for a terrorist bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria. The bombing in Bulgaria last week killed five Israelis, one a pregnant woman. The Lebanese paper El-Nashra reported that the group, which has ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in an email to the Arab press. The email
The fighting in Syria continued on Friday, as army helicopters pounded Damascus with rockets and heavy machine guns and tanks bombarded the capital from the ring road, to try to reverse relentless gains by rebels since much of President Bashar al-Assad's entourage was assassinated. “The regime has been rudderless for last three days. But
Forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday struck back at rebels following a bombing that killed several key members of the embattled leader's inner circle. Assad – whose grip on power in increasingly tenuous – dropped out of public view following Wednesday's bombing. While the Syrian president does not appear in public often,
The Hizbullah terror organization on Thursday denied involvement in this week's bombing of a tourist bus in Bulgaria that left at least five Israelis dead and dozens more wounded. Israeli officials have vowed to the avenge their dead saying they plan to "settle the account," while Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pointedly accused Iran and
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the media on Thursday, condemning Wednesday’s terror attack against Israelis in Bulgaria, and once again blaming Hizbullah and Iran for the attack. {youtube}fxlqpoAvXMg&feature=player_embedded{/youtube} “Yesterday's attack in Bulgaria was perpetrated by Hizbullah, Iran's leading terrorist proxy,” said Netanyahu. “This attack was part of a global campaign of terror carried out
The leader of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement which rules the Gaza Strip, met new Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi on Thursday and hailed Mursi’s election as the start of a “new era” for Egypt and the Palestinians. It was Khaled Meshaal’s first visit to Egypt since Mursi won the country’s first free leadership vote.
Michele Bachmann, former Republican presidential contender and representative of Minnesota's 6th congressional district, challenged President Barack Obama's record on Israel during her keynote address at the 7th annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) national summit in Washington, DC. Her address took place on Tuesday evening, July 17th at the organization's "Night to Honor Israel" program.
