Category Archives: The Middle East

Now that the idiotic pullout is over, we can start the realization that it didn’t do anything because Israel still exists. JERUSALEM, Aug. 28 – A Palestinian man carrying explosives blew himself up during rush hour in Beersheba today, the … Continue reading →

Here’s a newsflash. Pulling out of Gaza will not stop terrorism. Hamas has said so. Surely you know of Hamas. The humanitarian organization that the left loves soooooooooo much that they can’t bear to not compare them to the people … Continue reading →

Howard Dean wasn’t impressed with John Conyers’ meeting of the wackjobs or the literature they were handing out: “As for any inferences that the United States went to war so Israel could ‘dominate’ the Middle East or that Israel was … Continue reading →

Muslim protesters today called for the bombing of New York in a demonstration outside the US embassy in London. There were threats of “another 9/11″ from militants angry at reports of the desecration of the Koran by US troops in … Continue reading →

My wife made an interesting observation after reading an article I already read this morning (apparently I didn’t read it as closely as she did!): The photos have not provoked much of an outcry in the Middle East but raised … Continue reading →

The Jawa Report: Fast forward to Crappergate. It’s not the fault of Newsweek for shoddy reporting, nor of the Muslim clerics who daily whip their followers into a frenzied bloodlust ready to rampage at the slightest provocation. No, it’s the … Continue reading →

When in April EBay offered a consecrated host for sale, imagine if Catholics had rioted and seventeen people were killed. The media would have been full of stories about the dark side of the “Christian Right.” Imagine if, when Muslims … Continue reading →

No calls for Jihad. No murder of innocents. No rioting. No car swarms. No arab killing. No muslim hate crimes. What happened? They wiped their ass with our bibles in the most sacred church in the world: The Palestinian gunmen … Continue reading →

Note the tagline in the upper right corner. Yep. They’re embarrassed by the extremists among them. Only problem is, they run every newspaper and news outlet in their countries. Via LGF

Gaza lull shaky as Palestinians fire rocket at settlers’ school bus By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press Palestinians on Friday morning fired an anti-tank rocket on Friday morning at school bus carrying children outside the southern Gaza … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News – Palestinians Attack Israeli Settlements Palestinians Attack Israeli Settlements By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM – Palestinian militants on Thursday fired dozens of mortar shells and homemade rockets at Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip (news – … Continue reading →

I usually look at any news that comes out of the Middle East about peace talks and the like with a certain amount of skeptical hope. With that in mind, we get to the recent “summit” between Israel and “Palestine” … Continue reading →

If they didn’t, you wouldn’t find this in the World Tribune: “At this stage there will be two states,” Khaddoumi told Iran’s Al Aram television last week. “Many years from now, there will be only one.” And this in the … Continue reading →

After Arafat died, there was a general sense that things may improve. Olive branches were being extended, apologies for the armed uprising prompted by basically nothing were flowing, and all seemed to be improving. But don’t make the mistake of … Continue reading →

Yahoo! News – Sharon says Arafat “will get what he deserves” “Sharon says Arafat “will get what he deserves” JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news – web sites) renewed his threats against arch enemy Yasser Arafat (news … Continue reading →

I know I said no more news and politics, but this story is just so ripe it had to get a mention: Globes [online] – Magal to participate in tender for European separation fence Magal to participate in tender for … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saudi dismay that amnesty ignored Saudi Arabia’s interior minister has expressed disappointment that a recent amnesty for Islamic militants appears to have been largely ignored. So far only three militants have handed themselves in … Continue reading →

Saudis Kill Suspect in Hostage Beheading Doesn’t anyone find this to be a bit disturbing? We’ve so far captured Saddam Hussein, Khalid Sheikh Mohamed, Ramsey Binalshibh, and many others that were on the terrorism/Al Qaeda/Bad Guy docket. None of them … Continue reading →