Nigeria’s Boko Haram is now officially the deadliest terror group in the world. That they have reached this position is a direct consequence of Cameron and Co’s war on Libya – and one that was perhaps not entirely unintended. Continue reading
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Putin imposes sanctions, says country ‘fully mobilized’ to tackle threats from Turkey
“The circumstances are unprecedented. The gauntlet thrown down to Russia is unprecedented. So naturally the reaction is in line with this threat.” Continue reading
Yaakov, the Temple and the Temple Mount
When will the day come that we truly appreciate the holiness of Har Habayit? Continue reading
IN PICTURES: Thousands of Iranian soldiers stage mock siege of Temple Mount
Constructing a plastic replica of the al-Aksa Mosque and Dome of the Rock, Iranian media reports tens of thousands of soldiers staged exercises dubbed ‘Towards the Holy City.”
A peek at Hitler’s final hours, from the “living corpses” in his bunker
Premiering Monday in English, ‘The Day Hitler Died’ features rare interviews conducted by a Nuremberg trials judge with the Nazi dictator’s confidants
We won’t give up Temple Mount, Israeli rabbis tell Obama
Some 70 religious Zionist rabbis and educators issue a petition directed at the Israeli and American leaders, stating that the Jewish ownership of the holy site preceded the existence of Islam. Therefore, they say, the current visitation and prayer arrangements at the Temple Mount are ‘only temporary.’ Continue reading
Op-Ed: Labeling Jewish goods: then and now
The EU’s decision to label Jewish goods from Judea and Samaria coincides almost to the day with the anniversary of Kristallnacht. What an unhappy, yet utterly appropriate coincidence. Continue reading
UN marks 40 years since voting “Zionism is racism”
UN chief Ban Ki-moon will attend ceremony to mark anniversary of ‘anti-Semitic’ resolution famously torn up by Chaim Herzog. Continue reading
Turkey Still Besieges Its Kurds
- “They attacked even the wounded. Many people throughout Kurdistan have been arrested wholesale lately. Some of them participated in the election campaigns for our party. Many Turkish mainstream media outlets distort the facts and put the blame of the conflicts on Kurds. But it was the police that started the violence and conflicts… they murdered civilians knowingly and intentionally” — Ferhat Encu, Kurdish MP for the People’s Democratic Party (HDP).
- “The police broke F.A.’s teeth, tortured him, beat him and inserted a gun in his anus. … When we saw him, there were bruises and marks of torture all over his body.” — Zozan Acar, F.A.’s lawyer.
- “We sent ambulances, but the police opened fire even at the ambulances. They open fire at anyone who go outside.” — Seyfettin Aydemir, co-mayor of Silopi.
- Even though the AKP won the majority of votes this week, on Nov. 3 a curfew was imposed on the Kurdish town of Silvan — for the sixth time since Aug. 17. Just before the curfew, Muslum Tayar, 22, was killed by the police. They shot him from their armored vehicle.
For the past few years, the AKP government has proudly proclaimed that it wanted to resolve the Kurdish issue: “bring peace” to Turkey. But the government has kept attacking Kurds, including their legal political party, the People’s Democratic Party (HDP). Continue reading
How Russia’s military presence in Syria complicates Israeli affairs
Israel’s defense establishment quietly preparing for an expanded presence of the Iranian-led axis in southern Syria. Continue reading