Non-Muslim authorities the world over assume that the vast majority of Muslims in their countries are “moderates,” and that if they give financial incentives to those “moderates,” all will be well and there will be no reason for jihad, which they think is a reaction to poverty. So these idiotic authorities end up paying for […]
Israel and the Flydubai Event
The Flydubai event has shown that Israel, despite the worldwide attempts to isolate the Jewish state, still has its friends, beginning with the U.A.E. More on this story, by former Hudson Institute Fellow Mike Watson, can be found here: “Israel’s Growing Allies on the Ground—and in the Sky,” by Mike Watson, Washington Free Beacon, October […]
Crew of hijacked Flydubai plane demanded that Israeli passengers free jihadi pilot
Clearly, the crew was in on the jihad plot. And that is not surprising. It isn’t hard to find people who have jihadist sympathies, even in “moderate” places such as Dubai. “Crew of hijacked flydubai plane clashed with heroic Israeli passengers, demanded tied-up terror pilot be freed,” by David Spector, New York Post, October 3, […]
The Lessons of the Flydubai Event
The co-pilot’s attempt to crash a Flydubai plane with 174 Israelis aboard somewhere in Israel was foiled. The pilot, though wounded, managed to unlock the cockpit door, and four Israeli passengers rushed in to subdue the co-pilot. One of the four, a plumber by trade, was able to right the plane because, he later explained, […]
Flydubai co-pilot who tried to crash plane was ‘religious extremist’ — how was he cleared to fly?
It seems likely that someone at Flydubai was sympathetic to the jihad against Israel and wanted to see this Omani jihadi take down a plane full of Israelis. “Omani hijacker who stabbed fellow pilot ‘was a religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women’: Israel launches probe into how ‘terrorist’ was cleared to fly […]
Muslim Pilot ‘Tried to Do 9/11’ and Kill a Planeload of Israelis
He didn’t reckon, however, on the indomitable spirit of the passengers. By now, the whole world knows, as the New York Post reported Wednesday, that “an Israel-bound passenger plane pilot was reportedly stabbed several times by the jet’s co-pilot in the cockpit — and the terrifying scenes caused the aircraft to plunge almost 20,000 feet in minutes, […]