Meriam Yahya Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman whom an Appeals Court freed yesterday, has just been re-arrested at the airport trying to leave Khartoum. She is now in more danger than ever before. Here’s why. A man, Al-Samani Al-Hadi, has come forward who claims to be her brother. Meriam denies that he is. Nevertheless, he […]
“My friends all say I'm losing it big time…I'm going back there again/Back to the house of pain “ – Deep Purple
The U.S. releases military aid to Egypt after a year-long freeze; Sec'y John Kerry promises 10 Apache helicopters to fight terror in Sinai.
By Alan Bauer
Despite official documents and voting rights, the U.S. no longer sees a Jew in Israel as one of its citizens.
By Rachel Levy
Rocket attack from Gaza starts off the morning in southern Israel to show the new PA unity government is the 'same old thing.'
The Prime Minister didn't mince words at Sunday's cabinet meeting, slamming the int'l community for embracing the Hamas government, while praising Australia for its moral clarity.
"There is no fig leaf large enough to cover Hamas' blood-drenched legacy," said the heads of the SWC.
By Batya Medad
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should be using this opportunity to totally close off all negotiations and tell the world the truth.
The price tag perpetrators have become the symbol for leftist hatred of the "settler" movement.
No matter what the PLO did, you blamed Israel. Like you blamed America, no matter what the Viet Cong did.
Boko Haram enforces a patriarchal oriented society in which women are treated as “sexual slaves.”
By Jeff Dunetz
While the Obama administration has moaned about Palestinians taking “unhelpful” steps, their “scolding” has not approached the criticism that has been leveled at the Jewish State.
Islamic law is not based on the Quran so much as it based on the Arab world’s struggle to destroy Israel as a Jewish country.
Strongly titled, but Danon's op-ed captured the feelings of many Israelis and Israel supporters.
Rather than pushing the parties toward an agreement, Kerry has sabotaged the process.
I do not for a minute think he ever believed that Israel was or will be an Apartheid state. He simply misspoke.
Jerusalem? No way. Its out of central casting for It's A Small World.
Kerry has made such a mess that no matter what he says about Israel or the PA, he is wrong. And he is a diplomat?
By Shalom Bear
With all due respect to President Obama, he's got nothing, and I mean nothing, on Secretary of State John Kerry.
By JTA
Jewish Democrats called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Monday to apologize for warning that the failure to achieve a two-state solution could lead to apartheid. “We express our deep disappointment that the Secretary of State has chosen to invoke the specter of ‘apartheid’ in discussing his concerns about the failing peace process,” the […]
Kerry: I do not believe nor have I ever said that Israel is or intends to become an Apartheid State.
Kerry’s mouth is too big for him or his spokespeople to put their foot into it.
The last one out of the Peace Talks Cemetery is requested to please lock the gate and throw the key away.
The Palestinian Authority has granted itself its death wish, unless Obama wants to make a death wish for Israel.
Card-carrying Israeli citizens in a totally Arab city in the western Galilee already are preparing celebrations for what they expect will be the return of their “heroes” who killed Israelis in terrorist attacks. The United States is trying to work out a deal with Israel to allow freeing several Arab terrorists with Israeli citizenship in […]
By Steven Plaut
One grey night it happened, Bibi caved no more & Poof that Foggy Bottomer, he vanished from our sight
What won’t we do for the privilege of chatting with Mahmoud Abbas for another half year?
Tit-for-tat retaliation for terror is a form, of Russian Roulette that leaves southern Israel living on miracles.
Every time Kerry opens his mouth about his Peace Talks Follies, he only makes things worse, especially for himself.
The Peace Process dummies think that Arabs play by Western rules while Islam says “you are allowed to lie in politics.”
Kerry has literally been "begging" Abbas to agree to the extension of the peace talks.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall and who even wants to put him together again?
If not now, then later, the Arabs will again prove they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
A sports broadcaster would have his hands full trying to keep up with Wednesday’s fast-paced frantic Peace Talks Game.
“No I get by with a little help from my friends/Mm I get high with a little help from my friends” – the Beatles.
Abbas is the number one candidate for Best Actor of the Year in the Worst Play of the Century
By Barry Shaw
Israel must assert its legitimate claim to the land or its credibility will be forever forfeited.
Kerry and Abbas are making fools out of themselves.
Can the US free Pollard if he refuses to attend his parole hearing, apparently a protest to being exchanged for terrorists?
Israel’s collective stomach is wrenching over the prospect of massive concessions for Pollard and more “peace talks.”
Feel sorry for Pollard. He is doomed in jail but would feel doomed if freed in exchange for prisoners and “peace talks.”
The fact that Hamas and Gaza are two words that Kerry never mentions underscores his illusions.
Kerry may force Israel to free more terrorist; the problem is he won’t take them with him when he leaves.
By Batya Medad
Today's supposedly Center-Right politicians are more like the Extreme Left of earlier, safer time
Perhaps John Kerry will suggest Israel make a “goodwill” concession and ban Jews from praying at the Western Wall.
For the record, Rumsfeld did not compare Obama or Kerry with apes, but that is not necessarily a compliment.
The Arab League has finished digging the grave, and Abbas is walking Kerry to the cemetery.
Kerry is on a mission to convince Abbas to reverse his position that he has no intention of continuing negotiations with Israel over the U.S. sponsored “framework agreement.”
The entire world quotes Abbas’ blaming Israel for wiggling out of freeing terrorists. The facts show it is Abbas who is wiggling.
By JTA
Likud MK Danon tries outflanking Netanyahu by telling US Jews he will quit as minister if more terrorists are freed.
A Fatah party official carries Kerry’s torch that the Palestinian Authority will get it wants either by diplomatic war or terror.
If Israel releases terrorist Barghouti, it will have elected him as Arafat and Abbas' successor.
The thundering silence from the White House after Abbas’ exit was the calm before the coming storm.
Even if Abbas is forced -- under U.S. Pressure and threats -- to make concessions, the Palestinians will not "relinquish their rights."
DM Ya'alon has a habit of speaking harsh truths. Not everyone likes to hear the truth. It upsets them.
President Obama has an unshakeable and eternal bond with himself.
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said Jewish diplomat Daniel Rubinstein would replace Robert Ford as the diplomat guiding the U.S. response to the crisis in the country. “It’s more than fair to say that he is among our government’s foremost experts on the Middle East and has served with distinction in some […]
Did Obama know who was sitting next to him when he said his guest “consistently renounced violence”?
The State Dept. is absolutely blind and deaf to what is happening in Ramallah.
The IDF held its fire after a couple of post-ceasefire attacks, but enough is enough.
The Obama administration has rejected an appeal from the interim government in Ukraine that the United States send arms, ammunition and intelligence support, senior officials said Thursday. With Vladimir Putin breathing down his neck, the last thing President Barack Obama needs is doing anything to aggravate the Russian bear, who already is fuming at the […]
Abbas will not end the wrongly-named peace talks until he achieves his aim for starting them – freeing 104 terrorists.
Wednesday night’s retaliation leaves Hamas in a smaller corner of survival.
It is up to Defense Minister Ya’alon to decide if a court ruling in favor of Hebron Jews has any meaning at all.
By JTA
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman blamed the Palestinians for lack of progress in peace negotiations, and said Israel would not agree to additional conditions for the continuation of the talks. “The Palestinians are the ones torpedoing the talks by setting conditions,” Lieberman told Israel Radio Thursday, according to the Times of Israel. “Israel would not […]
By JTA
Netanyahu called for enhanced sanctions on Iran, despite Obama's objection.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Without mentioning Secretary of State John Kerry by name, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) apparently took a shot at comments on boycotts of Israel that Kerry made last month in Germany. Those with “even with the best of intentions” who warn Israel that it will face increased boycotts if it does not reach a peace […]
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told AIPAC’s annual policy conference that he would always oppose boycotts targeting Israel. “I will continue to staunchly, loudly and unapologetically oppose boycotts of Israel,” Kerry said Monday evening at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s conference, drawing a standing ovation. “That will never change.” Last month, Israeli leaders […]
The United States proves how weak its foreign policy really is every time it tries to solve the world's problems
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet for a second day to discuss core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Kerry and Abbas met for two hours on Wednesday evening in Paris, where they “had an in-depth discussion about the core issues” surrounding a peace deal […]
The Obama administration is taking off its mask from its being the negotiator for the Palestinian Authority.
By JTA
The chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on the Middle East urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cooperate with John Kerry in advancing Middle East peace. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is touring the Middle East with Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), and met Sunday with Netanyahu and his defense minister, Moshe Yaalon. The senators also […]
Netanyahu’s comments about the Boycott Israel movement is a sign he is seriously worried about its potential damage.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will talk with Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Wednesday in his non-stop diplomatic assault to break the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s stated refusals to agree to American ideas for the establishment of the Palestinian Authority as a new country within Israel’s current borders. State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki said […]
By JTA
Kerry can like it or not, but sooner or later he has to deal with the issue of the Temple Mount.
The Palestinian Authority announced on Sunday that "the part that defines the religion of the Palestinian citizen has been erased” has been erased from identification cards. Hassan Olwi, a director in the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, told the Chinese news agency Xinhua that the decision was made a few days ago in accordance with PA law […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praised Indonesia for its religious tolerance on Monday, six months after the last synagogue in the country was destroyed. “Yesterday, I had the privilege of going to the Istiqlal mosque,” Kerry said at a press conference during his visit. “And it’s my pleasure to not only say good morning […]
Netanyahu may have to follow Sharon and form a new party if he insists on selling out to the Kerry-Obama-Abbas trio.
Has the United States done anything right in the Middle East in the last few decades?
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during the AIPAC convention in March, U.S. State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday. “I would not be surprised if they have a meeting, of course, or they see each other while he’s here,” she said in answer to […]
Israel cannot dare say a bad word about Secretary of State Kerry, but the State Dept. can curse the EU.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizing him for his threat that Israel faces boycotts if the American-backed peace talks with the Palestinian Authority do not succeed. ADL’s director Abraham H. Foxman also sharply rapped Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his “unwillingness to accept […]
Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett started threatened Monday to pull his party out of the government coalition if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accepts an American “framework” that is inconsistent with the party’s principles. He also made it clear at the annual Jerusalem Conference that he will back the Prime Minister if there is no […]
Kerry’s spokeswoman, Jennifer Psaki, denied that her boss proposes U.S. military involvement.
The New York Times once again serves as a mouthpiece for bald-faced Arab deception disguised as the truth.
By JTA
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas told The New York Times he would be willing to allow a U.S.-led NATO force to patrol a Palestinian state for an indefinite amount of time. Israeli soldiers and Israeli settlements could remain for five years from the state’s establishment, Abbas said in an interview with The New York Times […]
By Tibbi Singer
Kerry shares many of his unique and original solutions for Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley and Tel Aviv.
By JoeSettler
Threats to abandon Settlers to terrorists, and boycotts of Israel are creating opportunities that can be exploited for the good, says JoeSettler.
The Kerry approach appears to follow the pattern of other recent pacts of the Obama administration in the region.
By JTA
The Obama administration will soon present a framework for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement that the sides may accept with reservations as a basis for a final deal by year’s end, the top U.S. negotiator told Jewish leaders. Martin Indyk, the State Department’s lead envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, told Jewish leaders on Thursday that the framework […]
No one illustrates the posture of power of the United States of America more than John Kerry.
The Palestinian Authority promotes terror as “resistance” and speaks the truth in inaction more than in words.
Israeli security forces in 2013 foiled 40 attempted or planned attacks by terrorists who were freed by Israel in November 2011 for the return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) reported Monday in its annual summary of terror. In addition, several attacks were carried out by other terrorists freed in […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli negotiator and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni are the only two people who still believe in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said in Tel Aviv Monday night. “The Israelis are the Palestinians are ambivalent towards their future and towards the […]
No one seems to remember that Netanyahu once won a stalemate with chess master Natan Sharansky.
By JTA
Israeli negotiators are discussing a series of limited withdrawals linked to progress by the Palestinian Authority in maintaining security, a senior Palestinian official said. The withdrawals are part of a plan for a peace agreement being brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, according to an interview with Yasser Abed Rabbo published in the […]
Al Qaeda operates in Judea and Samaria through the Internet in Gaza.
It’s all over but the shouting.
Kerry is whistling Dixie to think that everything that helps the Palestinian Authority helps Israel.
Hamas has castigated Twitter for closing its account, an action that it said “exposes the ‘unprofessional’ policy of the latest, and the total ‘bias’ to the Israeli occupation and real terrorism in the world,” according to the terrorist organization’s website. Of course, Hamas says Israel is a terrorist organization, while Hamas, in its own words, […]