Then blames Israel and demands Hamas protection. If it’s Tuesday, then it must be time for more cries of a fake famine in Gaza. Gaza, as you know, has been starving to death now since Oct 2023 which is the longest rate of starving to death on record. Weeks after the brutal Hamas assault of Oct 7, […]
Pope Francis Again Maligns Israel for What He Calls Its ‘Cruelty’
Pope Francis has repeatedly defended Islam, claiming that “Islam is a religion of peace.” He has called on Muslims to proselytize for what he has described as the “peaceful religion of Islam,” and in his 2023 book Non Sei Solo: Sfide, Risposte, Speranze (“You Are Not Alone: Challenges, Answers, Hopes”), Francis asks Europeans to be more open to […]
After outcry, Walmart removes shirts glorifying slain jihad terror chiefs Sinwar and Nasrallah
If these t-shirts had glorified any terrorists or criminals who didn’t target Jews, do you think Walmart would have stocked them in the first place? What do you think? “Walmart removes at least 4 shirts glorifying slain terror chiefs Sinwar, Nasrallah,” Times of Israel, December 25, 2024: US retail giant Walmart has apparently removed at […]
Syria: Patriarch John X calls for ‘a civil state in which everyone has the same rights and duties’
In issuing this call, Patriarch John X has indirectly rejected the idea of dhimmitude, the elements of Islamic law that institutionalize the subjugation of Christians as inferiors in the Islamic state. “ASIA/SYRIA – Patriarch Yohanna X and the new Syria: ‘We Christians are not “guests” in this land,’” Agenzia Fides, December 16, 2024: Damascus (Agenzia Fides) […]
UK: Man converts to Islam, plots mustard gas jihad massacre
Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the crazy idea that his new religion calls for violence against unbelievers. Authorities remain resolutely incurious about this recurring phenomenon. “‘Islamic State supporter’ accused of plotting mustard gas terror attack,” Telegraph, December 23, 2024: An alleged Islamic State supporter allegedly plotted a terror attack using mustard gas, a […]
Hamas and the Gazans
Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007, when its gunmen killed hundreds of Fatah members and drove the rest out of the Strip. It rules through torture and terror. Four of its leaders — Moussa abu Marzouk, Khaled Meshaal, the late Ismail Haniyeh and the late Yahya Sinwar — have stolen a total of $14 billion […]
Vatican ambassador to Israel summoned by Israeli Foreign Ministry over pope’s anti-Israel Gaza comments
The pope’s rhetoric is dangerous in that it emboldens and encourages terrorists who systematically spread manipulative propaganda as they take aim at Israeli civilians. While Pope Francis is playing into Hamas’ hands, nothing is more disturbing and cruel than Hamas using Palestinian children and civilians as human shields in the way of jihad. The pope […]
Pakistani daily: ‘The possibility cannot be rejected that the Syrian mujahideen will not hesitate to invade Israel’
Indeed, it cannot. “Editorials In Pakistani Dailies: ‘Syrian Mujahideen… Will Not Hesitate To Invade Israel’; ‘The Rolling Of Jewish Tanks Inside Syria Hours After Assad Fled Must Be Repulsed,’” MEMRI, December 23, 2024: Following the opposition victory over the Bashar Al-Assad regime in Syria and the fall of the Damascus, many dailies in Sunni-majority Muslim […]
The Still Point of the Turning World
Christmas reminds us of the certainties in a world of uncertainty. “At the still point of the turning world,” T. S. Eliot writes in “Burnt Norton.” That’s where Christmas is. “Except for the point, the still point,” he adds, “There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.” For Christians, Christmas is one […]
Chanukah Over Syria
Miracles can still happen here. On this Chanukah, menorahs will be lit not only in the land of Israel, from Jerusalem to Gaza, but in Lebanon and on the heights of Mt. Hermon overlooking Syria. Vacationing families will visit the waterfalls of the Hermon Stream in the Golan Heights from which the Syrian Greek armies […]