When most people hear the word “Palestine” they immediately think “occupation” and “oppression.” People imagine that Palestinians are the most impoverished people in the world, living in ramshackle refugee camps—not because their own leaders have stolen their money and forced them into endless war with Israel—but because Israel, is allegedly, a “colonialist,” “apartheid,” and “Nazi” [...]
What do you say to an Irish Foreign Affairs Minister who thinks the Jewish state is tormenting Palestinians?
Apologists sometimes posit that “defensive” jihad is somehow less nasty than its offensive counterpart. It’s not. All a would-be jihadist needs is a grievance to “defend” against — no caliph? No problem! Only the excuse du jour changes; the jihad and its driving ideology remain, as this case demonstrates. “State…
Andrew Sullivan is one of the Left’s most prolific and popular bloggers. He enhances his quirky persona by donning the mantle of Catholicity with all the legitimacy of a vegetarian Jeffrey Dahmer. (Allegiance to a religion generally requires intellectual assent to and compliance with at least one doctrine and moral ordinance.) Since the terrorist attempt [...]
Demonstrators fire back for Israel’s defensive measures in the Gaza flotilla debacle.
Following Hamas’s lead. Abbas Accuses Israel of ‘State Terrorism,’” from News Core, June 2: (NewsCore) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of “state terrorism” over a deadly commando raid on activist aid boats bound for the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, AFP reported. “The Palestinian people were facing state…
Why wouldn’t these Islamic scholars, of all people, know that Islam respects women and grants them more rights than they enjoyed in pre-Islamic Arabia? Ingrid Mattson, call your office! “Kwara: Islamic Scholars Rise Against Female Gov,” by Hammed Shittu in This Day, June 1 (thanks to Twostellas): [...] Also, some…
Wouldn’t the avowed enemy of the Democratic West be happier in Putin’s Russia, Ahmadinejad’s Iran or Chavez’s Venezuela?
Drawing back from the full condemnation of Israel that the Islamic countries wanted — at least for now. “U.N. Condemns ‘Acts’ in Israeli Flotilla Raid,” from AP, June 1: UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called early Tuesday for an “impartial” investigation of Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships…
