Once again Jews visiting their holiest site has angered Palestinian jihadis. The Islamic terror group Hamas fired a rocket on early Thursday after Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and other Israeli Jews visited Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on the Jewish fasting holiday of Tisha B’Av. “Hamas claims to fire rocket from Jenin in response to […]
Judea and Samaria: Muslims attack Jewish worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb
It is quite clear which side is the aggressor and which side is the aggrieved party in this dispute. The refusal of the global political and media elites to acknowledge this manifestly obvious fact, and their determination to behave as if the opposite were true, reveals their sinister agenda. “Palestinian Islamic Jihad members attack worshippers […]
No Homage To Catalonia: Former Barcelona Mayor Untwinned Her City From Tel Aviv
Ada Colau is the former mayor of Barcelona, capital of Catalonia and Spain’s second city. For some time she has been the object of investigation for two practices. First, as mayor she is believed to have provided municipal subsidies to those individuals and organizations that have supported her politically. Second, she has been investigated for […]
Avi Shlaim, ‘Historian’ of Israel
Avi Shlaim is a famously far-left Israeli academic who has spent almost his entire life teaching in England, where he has been “revising” Israeli history to bring the sins of the Israelis to the world’s attention. Along with Ilan Pappe, he’s the Palestinians’ favorite Israeli historian. Now he has published a study of why he […]
Palestinians Pressed Financially From All Sides
Arab donors to UNRWA have cut their donations by 90% — from $200 million in 2018 to a mere $20 million in 2022, and show no signs of reversing course. Meanwhile, the Bidenites have been put on notice by a letter from fifty Congressmen, demanding that the State Department must force the PA to end […]
Arab Support for UNRWA Is Down 90%, But Western Donors Hold Steady
UNRWA, that most corrupt and corrupting of international aid agencies, is financially on its uppers. The organization’s media advisor, Adnan Abu Hasna, has warned of the possibility of UNRWA being forced to stop services in September with its budget projected to run out by that time. It wouldn’t be able to pay salaries or other expenses […]
Israel: Hamas jihadi who shot Jewish father of two is apprehended inside mosque
Why did he hide in a mosque? Western policymakers and analysts would likely offer pragmatic explanations and completely ignore the larger significance of his chosen hiding place. Islam is the one aspect of the conflict that supporters of the “Palestinian” jihad regularly cite as their primary impetus for the Israeli/ “Palestinian” conflict itself. Yet it […]
Hamas Unable to Pay Salaries in Gaza After Qatar Stops Its Aid
For reasons that are still unclear, Hamas’ financial supporter Qatar has stopped payments to the terror group. This has led Hamas, in turn, to stop paying the salaries of 50,000 government employees in Gaza. More on the financial crisis in Gaza can be found here: “Hamas unable to pay salaries in Gaza after Qatari aid […]
The Palestinians Keep Dreaming That They Are Close to Victory
Five Arab armies entered Israel on May 15, 1948, encouraging the local Arabs to temporarily leave the area, so they would be safely out of the way of battles. Then, after what would surely be a quick victory over the Jews by the Arab armies, they would be able to return to their homes, and […]
Ska Band Defies German Attempts to Ban Song ‘Intifada’
Objections to the Spanish band Ska-P’s upcoming appearance in Germany have been raised by those offended by the band’s song “Intifada,” in which Jews are accused to treating Palestinians the way the Nazis treated the Jews — i.e., genocidally. The photograph above says it all. But piquant details about Ska-P, their song “Intifada,” and why […]