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Islam: Religion of Injustice

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Muslims do not respect Western ideals of human rights and do not assimilate into Western nations. When they hear the word Islam, most Americans think of terrorism. However, terrorism is only one manifestation of the fundamentally alien nature of the religion practiced by 1.8 billion world-wide. Americans and other westerners believe that people have natural rights and that these are the foundation... 

Rabbi Tries To Gloss Over Remarks Which Called To Massacre Palestinians

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Rabbi Manis Friedman has come under intense criticism for appearing to call on Israel to massacre Palestinians. A prominent Chabad rabbi is seeking to clarify remarks in which he renounced “Western morality” and seemed to call on Israel to massacre Palestinian civilians. “The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way,” wrote Rabbi Manis Friedman in the current issue of Moment magazine.... 

Israelis "beats up Palestinian children"

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An example of a Palestinian boy being beaten by the IDF randomly, for no reason at all. He broke his hand here at the wrist. Broke his hand at the wrist, broke his leg here. And started to stomp on his stomach, three times, and left… The next day I go out with him on another patrol, and the soldiers are already starting to do the same thing. – Israeli soldier describing assault by his commander... 

In Israel, Obama is accused of 'anti-Semitism'

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An Israeli parliamentarian accuses the Obama administration of ‘anti-Semitism’ ahead of a planned speech addressing the Muslim world. Knesset (parliament) member Yaakov Katz, head of the National Union party, said Wednesday that US President Barack Obama’s repeated calls for halting the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank is “nothing less than anti-Semitism,”... 

Israel: Zionist Student organization Im Tirtzu give Nazi salutes cause row at Hebrew University

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A student organization that promotes Zionism on campus is fuming after its members were given the Nazi salute by left-wing students during student elections at the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus last week. Members of the Im Tirtzu (If You Will It) group said that as they made their rounds on last Tuesday, singing songs and waving the national flag, a member of another student organization,... 

Israel will ignore Obama's call at Cairo for a 2-state solution

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Israel will not heed President Barack Obama’s powerful appeal to halt all settlement activity on lands the Palestinians claim for a future state, officials said Friday, a position that looks sure to cause a policy clash with its most important ally. The government plans to allow construction inside existing West Bank settlements to accommodate for growing families, said the officials. In... 

Jewish town in Galilee demands ‘loyalty oath’

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Misgav. A community in northern Israel has changed its bylaws to demand that new residents pledge support for “Zionism, Jewish heritage and settlement of the land” in a thinly veiled attempt to block Arab applicants from gaining admission. Critics are calling the bylaw, adopted by Manof, home to 170 Jewish families in Galilee, a local “loyalty oath” similar to a national scheme recently... 

Young Israelis don't trust Obama

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The Israelis are not happy about Obama intervening over illegal Jewish settlements in Palestine’s occupied territory and on the two state solution.  Read More »

Iranian Jews refuse cash 'bribe' to move to Israel

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In Iran today, the country’s Jewish minority unanimously rejected cash offers from supporters of the state of Israel to leave Iran and move to Israel. The Israeli government promised to provide a package of housing and jobs for the twenty-five-thousand Iranian Jews. A special fund created by Israel supporters promised a ten-thousand-dollar cash award for any Iranian Jew who moved to Israel. The... 

Israel would rather make Palestine drown in blood than give Jerusalem away

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Israel can be deprived of Jerusalem. The world’s leading countries are trying to solve the crisis in the Middle East against the background of yet another conflict between Palestine and Israel. Arab countries are about to convince Israel ’s major ally, the USA, to approve the Saudi initiative, in accordance with which Israel will no longer have Jerusalem. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov... 

Israel’s independence based on 61 years of never-ending wars

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Israel celebrated the 61st anniversary of its independence on April 29. The country has been waging wars throughout all these years. Violence remains strong in the region for over 60 years already, and there is not even a glimmer of hope for better times. Arabs perform terrorist acts, Israelis respond with military attacks. New explosions and new military actions continue to occur. Each side in... 

First French Military Base Opens in the Persian Gulf

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France inaugurated its first military base in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, underlining an ambition to help meet the strategic challenge from Iran and capture a share of the region’s rich arms market for the French defense industry. President Nicolas Sarkozy, on a one-day visit to the United Arab Emirates’ capital, formally opened a 900-foot quay allocated to the French navy in Abu Dhabi’s... 

Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants Israel to stop illegal Israeli settlements

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In an interview for the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published on Saturday, May 30, Steinmeier said it was “not acceptable” to build new settlements or expand existing ones in East Jerusalem or the West Bank. Steinmeier called for fresh efforts in the Middle East peace process, and said the European Union and US President Barack Obama’s administration needed to “speak... 

Israeli Knesset considers bill making it illegal to criticize Israel as a Jewish state

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First there was the Nakba law, then the loyalty oath, now the Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would institute a one year jail sentence for anyone who speaks “against Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state.” According to Ynet, the act of criticizing Israel as a Jewish state becomes illegal when “it may lead to acts of hatred, scorn or lack of loyalty... 

More Eastern European girls become victims of Human trafficking

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Everyone believes Israel to be the “Holy Land”, the Jewish lobby tries very hard to label anyone critical of Israel as “hate”, would be embarrassed if everone knows about the continous abuse of poor Eastern Europeans, trafficked to work in Israel’s thriving brothels businesses, some of those women are as young as 12, but nobody would dare to raise this issue seriously... 
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