Contrary to the inflammatory title of the Middle East Eye article below, Israeli Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is not trying to ban the Islamic call to prayer (adhan), but to restrict it. The bill deems its noise level “unreasonable.” The adhan is particularly disruptive at dawn before sunrise. It translates to this: Allahu akbar (Allah […]
MK: Israel has to ‘stop surrendering to….people that never existed and suddenly popped up’
Zvika Fogel’s words are reminiscent of a 2011 comment by Newt Gingrich that caused a flurry of attention when Gingrich was Republican presidential hopeful. Gingrich “declared that the Palestinians are an ‘invented’ people who want to destroy Israel.” History proves this statement, which was deemed inaccurate and harsh by Gingrich’s opponents, to be correct. The […]