This story is about a conversation with an Israeli Arab Christian.  They talk about how the bungled Israeli war with Hezbollah and US war in Iraq has emboldened the whole Muslim world.
The Coming War with Islam by Solly Ganor
“As a matter of fact, the whole Moslem world, not only the Arabs, simply couldn’t […]

I’m sure there might be those who have received this opinion piece in an email before but it’s the first time I’ve read it.  With the situation between Israel and Hezbollah/Iran today it is especially poignant.
People who need to read this opinion piece won’t unfortunately.  My primary disagreement with the writer is he doesn’t believe the […]

Washington said it had contributed 50 million dollars to a United Nations emergency relief fund for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza.
US Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs David Welch announced the contribution following talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, a US consulate statement said.
The United Nations — which has received less than […]

Ollie North’s take on the situation in the Middle East reminds me of a posting from Mathew Heidt (Froggy) yesterday:
For the barons of bombast in print and broadcast “journalism” who have not noticed, there is a common thread to this catalogue of calamities: Democracy is under assault. And as so often before — the willingness […]

I’ve always heard that the Arab Palestinian population would quickly overtake the Jews in Israel. The previous demographics were produced (and I mean produced) by the Palestinian Authority. Turns out to be false! Big surprise, Yasser and his chums from the Palestinian Authority were fudging the numbers. How, you say?
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