Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
On August 14, 2006, MSNBC's Tucker Carlson interviewed on Azzam Tamimi, director of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought and a senior member of the Muslim Association of Britain. In the interview, which you are about to watch, Tamimi claims that the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights using liquid explosives, which had just been uncovered at the time, was a hoax, and even if it wasn't,
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen has been in Damascus this week, where he met with the leaders of all of the 'radical Palestinian' groups - except for Hamas. Abu Mazen was warned that a meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal could cost him $7.4 billion. But it's 'okay' in the eyes of the Bush administration for him to meet with the other groups with whom he shares the
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A police commander admitted to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Sunday that he gave the order to brutally remove two members of Knesset - Effie Eitam (pictured at the protest) and Arye Eldad - from a protest against the demolition of the Jewish neighborhood of Amona in the Samarian town of Ofra in January 2006 (Hat Tip: IMRA). A senior Israeli police officer has admitted that he ordered police
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
A new Iranian documentary film called 'Assassination of a Pharaoh' glorifies the assassins of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and calls him a traitor for - surprise - signing a peace treaty with Israel. The Sadat family is outraged. Recently screened on the sidelines of a festival organized by the Committee for Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Movement in Iran, the film has generated
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Shavua Tov, a good week to everyone.Last Sunday, I reported that UN 'Human Rights Commissioner' Louise Arbour has announced her resignation. At the time I quipped that her successor could not possibly be worse for reasons I listed in my post. Now, the Israeli government is concerned that her successor actually could be worse. Two candidates in particular are worrisome from Israel's standpoint -
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
An Arab driving a bulldozer rammed into a bus and other vehicles on Jaffa Street, Jerusalem's busiest street, a short while ago. He was shot and killed by police, who apparently waited way too long because of the strict 'open fire orders.' Anywhere from two to four people have been killed and 'dozens' have been wounded. The driver was apparently an 'east' Jerusalem Arab. He drove from Sarei
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Detroit Judge Gerald Rosen refused to recuse himself from sitting on judgment in the case of 48-year old Fawzi Mustapha Assi on Tuesday. Assi has admitted to attempting to smuggle military equipment to Hezbullah in 1998, and Rosen has to sentence him. Fawzi Mustapha Assi, 48, who rose to address the court against the advice of his attorney, said he heard rumors U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen
Boker tov, Boulder! (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Ilan writes: It's hard to believe that this conference-going, confidence-building, institution-creating, pledge-making, prisoner-releasing, money-transferring has been going on for more than three years and (1) not a single terrorist group has been dismantled, (2) no independent judiciary, free press, or security on the streets exists, (3) most of the Palestinians are on welfare (I mean "budget support"),...
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
On Friday night in Paris' 19th arrandissement, 17-year old Rudy Haddad was attacked with steel bars by a group of 'African youths' and beaten into a coma. The attack was clearly pre-meditated, and although the mainstream media isn't telling you this - and probably won't - the attackers were most likely Muslims. At Pajamas Media, Phyllis Chesler wonders why the mainstream media has been silent
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton appeared on Fox News Sunday morning by telephone. He was asked about potential Iranian responses to an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities (in light of Friday's disclosure of a 'massive' Israeli dry run) and said that Iran's options were not as good as they are generally believed to be. Among other things, while they would never say so openly,
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
We now have a fuller version of the interview with Mohamed ElBaradei on Al-Arabiye from Friday, and it's a doozer. The bottom line is that Iran is six to twelve months away from a nuclear weapon according to the UN's feckless nuclear 'watchdog.'Let's go to the videotape. A transcript follows.Following are excerpts from an interview with IAEA Director-General Dr. Muhammad Al-Baradei, which
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
I wonder what the Laundryman will have to say about that. No further comment necessary.
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Now this is an idea whose time has come. More than 60 Congressmen are supporting a non-binding resolution that would demand that the Iraqi government recognize Israel or lose billions of dollars in American aid. Neither the Bush administration nor the Israeli government has raised the issue.Florida Democratic Congresswoman Alcee Hastings thought about introducing the resolution after a recent
Solomonia (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Israel Matzav: 'Palestinian' caught with 6 pipe bombs at Hawara road block Condi wants opened...
Israelated - English Israel blogs (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
We have more obfuscation on Jerusalem Friday morning from the campaign of Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Hussein Obama.Of his feelings about dividing Jerusalem, Obama said: "As a practical matter, it would be very difficult to execute. And I think that it is smart for us to -- to work through a system in which everybody has access to the extraordinary religious sites in Old Jerusalem but
