The Jewish People's Rights to the Land of Israel

The author convincingly shows that the state of Israel was not a result of a guilty conscience or an invasion – the reasons for its existence are rooted deeply in the ancient history and many legal decisions made during the 20th century.Israel has a claim to that land sta …

Romney, Gingrich blame Palestinians for lack of peace

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich put the blame for the impasse in Middle East peace talks squarely on the Palestinians.The candidates were responding a a question at the latest GOP debate Thursday night, in Jacksonville, Fla., from an audience member, Abraham Hassan.“How wou …

Settlement freeze – an obstacle to peace

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's speech at the U.N. on Sept.

On remembrance day, Norway offers Holocaust apology

Norway apologized for the first time on Friday for the country's complicity in the deportation and deaths of Jews during the Nazi occupation in World War Two."Norwegians carried out the arrests; Norwegians drove the trucks and it happened in Norway," Norwegian Prime Minister Je …

PA officials: Israeli border proposal a non-starter

Palestinian officials said Friday that Israel's presentation of its ideas for border and security arrangements of a future Palestinian state at a meeting in Amman on Wednesday was a non-starter, envisaging a fenced-off territory of cantons that would preserve most Jewish settle …

PA skeptical ahead of third meeting with Israel

Erekat said that the talks in Amman would not continue after January 26 unless Israel agreed to halt all settlement construction and accepted the two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 "borders." Erekat said that the resumption of the negotiations over final status issues …

One killed in explosion at PRC leader's Gaza home

At least one Palestinian man was killed and four others wounded in an explosion at the home of a militant leader in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian medics said. It was not immediately clear what had caused the explosion in the Rafah home of Zuhair al-Qaissi, chief comm …

US, Israel issue severe terror alert

The United States and Israel have issued a warning of possible severe terrorist attacks in Bangkok after Thai authorities arrested a Lebanese suspect.Police detained the man with suspected links to the Hizbollah militant group, which is backed by Iran, at Suvarnabhumi airport F …

'CIA, MI6 behind Iranian nuclear scientist's death'

Iran protested the United States and United Kingdom for their roles in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan Wednesday, implicating the two nations in the attack, the official Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Saturday. Iran sent a let …

Islamic States Pledge Tolerance as Report Says They Practice Persecution

Concerns about an Islamic-sponsored “combating intolerance” initiative at the United Nations are brought into sharp relief by results of a new world survey on religious persecution.Muslim nations make up nine out of the top ten countries where Christians face the &l …

Don't rehabilitate the guilty

Recent events in four different Eastern European countries have once again highlighted the ongoing assault on the accepted Holocaust narrative in the post-communist world.

UN chief visits Lebanon as Syria revolt seethes

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon arrived in Lebanon on Friday to discuss attacks on UN peacekeepers in the south, a UN-backed tribunal that has indicted Hezbollah men over Rafik al-Hariri's killing, and the fallout of a revolt in neighboring Syria. The secretary-general's trip …

Ex-Mich. Rep. gets year for role in terrorism funding

A former Michigan congressman was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison on for assisting a charity accused of funding Hamas and other terrorist groups.Mark Siljander, 59, of Great Falls, Va., was sentenced Wednesday to charges of obstruction of justice and acting as a …

'Israel not involved in Iran scientist killing'

President Shimon Peres on Thursday denied that Israel was involved in the killing of a nuclear scientist in Iran on Wednesday.

PA threatens to pull out of peace talks

The Palestinian Authority threatened Thursday to pull out from the Jordanian-sponsored talks with Israel if no progress is achieved by January 26. PA President Mahmoud Abbas told Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store that the Palestinians were prepared to resume direct p …

UNRWA welfare recipients protest they aren't getting enough free stuff

There is another protest against UNRWA at the Nusseirat camp today over an alleged reduction of services. Apparently a clinic reduced its evening hours.

EU to PA Arabs: We'll help you violate Oslo Accords

The battle for control of Judea and Samaria – and specifically Area C, which, according to the Oslo Accords, is under Israeli military and political control – may come down to a “horse race,” if the European Union decides to act on a policy paper that wa …

Former inspector: Iran 'one year from' bomb material

Tehran could easily "break out" from int'l obligations, begin stocking materials needed, but not necessarily build a bomb quickly, former IAEA inspector writes in 'FP' article.

Judea and Samaria are not "occupied territories."

The international community keeps referring to Judea and Samaria being “occupied territories” it relies on the Fourth Geneva Convention which applies only to territories of one High Contracting Party being occupied by another High Contracting Party during or after a …

Iran plans one-kiloton underground nuclear test in 2012

Tehran is preparing an underground test of a one-kiloton nuclear device during 2012, much like the test carried out by North Korea in 2006.

The Case for Military Action Against Iran

Iran has been killing Americans for 30 years with impunity, from the 241 military personnel killed in Beirut by a suicide bomber, to the hundreds more soldiers murdered in Iraq and Afghanistan by Iranian proxy terrorist outfits trained and armed by Tehran.

'PA joined talks unwillingly, doesn't want peace'

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman expressed skepticism that the Palestinian Authority is taking peace talks in Jordan seriously, speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. “Anyone who talks about a breakthrough with the Palestinians has no  …

A New Era of Mideast Energy?

Finally, a piece of good news from the Middle East after almost a year of mostly bad.The Middle Eastern energy picture took a turn for the better when Cyprus announced on December 28 that natural gas had been discovered off its southern coast where exploration had been taking p …

Plain and Simple: Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism

The contention that anti-Zionists are not enemies of Jews, despite the advocacy of policies that would lead to the mass murder of Jews, is, to put it as generously as possible, disingenuous.

Iran crosses another nuclear red line. Fordo soon on stream

Tehran media trumpeted the news Sunday, Jan. 8 that Iran's deep underground uranium enrichment site at Fordo near Qom goes stream soon, thereby crossing another line in its faceoff with the West on its weapons program.

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