The Iranian Rial Collapsed as the Process of Triggering the United Nations ‘Snapback’ Mechanism Began with the E3
The Choice Isn’t Between Diplomacy and Security, but Between Accepting Normalized Terror Operations and Imposing Real Costs
Intelligence Agencies Warn That the Technology Could Accelerate Development of Ballistic Missiles Capable of Carrying Nuclear Warheads
While Misinformation Swirls around Syria’s Conflicts, It Cannot Obscure the Stark Realities of Sectarian Violence and the Urgent Need for Equitable Disarmament and Reform
If the Kurds Want Respect on the World Stage, They Should Nominate Someone Respectable; They Once Were Iraq’s Engine for Democracy
A Number of Factions Declaring Loyalty to Druze Spiritual Leader Shaykh Hikmat Al-Hijri Will Merge Into an Initiative Called the ‘National Guard’
As the Israeli Foreign Minister Just Told the Dutch Government, ‘Good Luck with Radical Islam’
U.K.-Headquartered Charity Finances Hamas Terror Proxies
Called Repeatedly on Its Falsehood, the United Nations Responded Not with Correction, but with Changing the Definition of Famine to Fit Their Preferred Narrative
Spotlight: The False Narratives of the Palestinians
False narratives of Palestinian settlement in parts of the modern state of Israel claim that “Palestinians” are the original inhabitants, while Israelis are “colonizers” with no historical claim to the land. Yet, as Daniel Pipes wrote in 2024, “Palestinians … are not an aboriginal, autochthonous, first, indigenous, or native people; most of them are as recently arrived as Zionists. They are also as ethnically diverse.”
What are these ahistorical narratives, and how can they be corrected? How do they affect the current wave of recognitions of a “State of Palestine” and public perceptions of Israel?
What are these ahistorical narratives, and how can they be corrected? How do they affect the current wave of recognitions of a “State of Palestine” and public perceptions of Israel?
Whatever Its Goal—Be It to Destroy Israel or Only Reduce Its Size—The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Is Israel’s Most Intimate and Permanent Enemy
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Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan, Widely Regarded as Turkey’s de Facto Crown Prince, Declared Jews Are a Cursed Race -
PHILADELPHIA – August 20, 2024 – A member of Maryland’s “Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention” is out of a job. Ayman Nassar, the second Islamist commissioner to get tossed from the hate crimes board within three months, resigned on August 19 amid public outrage over his role in terror-linked organizations and his history of anti-American, antisemitic, and homophobic hate speech.
Nassar has accused Israel of harvesting the organs of living Palestinians and shared posts referring to Gaza as a “Holocaust.” He is chairman of the Aafia Foundation, a “terrorist support group” that seeks to free “Lady Al Qaeda” Aafia Siddiqui and other convicted terrorists from prison.
