The job of leader of Hizballah these days seems to be experiencing a high turnover. “Fate of assumed successor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah unclear after Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut,” by Zoe Hussain, New York Post, October 4, 2024: The assumed successor to assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of an Israeli airstrike […]
BBC livestreams Khamenei propaganda speech: Oct. 7 jihad massacre was ‘logical and legal’
What f*ck is going on? Seriously. Look at both of these images. The BBC have just live streamed Ayatollah Khamenei’s propaganda speech for 40 minutes and put on their banner his quotes: “October 7th was logical and legal” “Missile Attack on Israel ‘legal and legitimate”… pic.twitter.com/8Su2lxtO0C — Kosher🎗🧡 (@K0sher_C0ckney) October 4, 2024 Well, now it’s […]
Do Factors Other Than Islam Explain the Violence in the Middle East?
Does the West have an Islamophobic obsession with Islam? A still relevant five-year old article asserts this:”Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019: Autocracy, radicalism and sectarianism in the Middle East are mostly to do with plain old politics and institutional failure. So if the West really wants […]
How Long Until Israel’s Foreign Aid Consists of Rewards for Dead Terrorists?
There’s a $10 million reward on his head. Or at least there was. Do you have a tip where Muhammad Ja’far Qasir, a “key Hizballah financier,” who funnels money from Iran to the Islamic terror group might be found? There’s a $10 million reward on his head. Or at least there was. Qasir is now […]
The Revenge of Israel’s Women on Hezbollah
Dividing and taking apart an Islamic terrorist group. Some were shocked to learn that Israel’s successful ‘Pagergeddon’ operation had been the work of a female intelligence operative under thirty. But they shouldn’t have been. Israel’s digital intelligence capabilities rely on the work of young women operating in arenas like Unit 8200 which monitors enemy communications, […]
IDF eliminates Hizballah jihadi responsible for rocket attack that killed 12 Druze children
Israel didn’t target Lebanese children, or even children of Hizballah members, in revenge. It just took out the man responsible for the attack. This, beyond all the propaganda, is the difference between the two sides. “IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for rocket attack that killed 12 Druze children | LIVE BLOG,” by Matthias Inbar and […]
University of Wyoming women’s volleyball team forfeits game instead of facing transgender opponent
Women’s rights groups, which generally spring from the left, have failed miserably in protecting women’s rights from aggressive trans activism. Trans activism is once again pitted against women’s rights in this story. “Volleyball team forfeits instead of facing transgender foe”, by Dan Bilicki, Toronto Sun, October 1, 2024: For the third time this season, the […]
Iran’s supreme leader warned Nasrallah of Israeli ‘plot’ to kill him
Despite the show of 180 missiles that Iran fired into Israel, the Islamic Republic has been on edge ever since Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was eliminated, and it remains nervous about Israel’s reach, especially after the death of Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah. No one knows which jihad leader Israel will choose to be its next target. […]
Yazidi woman, 21, kidnapped from Iraq by ISIS, freed from Gaza after 11 years captivity
The abuse of Yazidis by the Islamic State (ISIS) was widely published. Many mistakingly think that ISIS is different from other jihad groups. The only differences with ISIS were its claim to be the new caliphate, and its sudden rise in the modern era. The rapidity of its expansion by the sword was reminiscent of […]
‘Nationalism’ is Not the Problem in the Islamic World
Some say that the West is “Islamophobic.” Such claims are made in an old article that is worth revisiting: “Obsession with Islam blinds West to real problems,” by Omer Taspinar, Asia Times, March 13, 2019: Take the Sunni-Shiite sectarian wars, for instance. Instead of an ancient Islamic rivalry rooted in theology, the sectarianized conflicts in Syria, Iraq, […]