Israel incited worldwide condemnation on Monday after its commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists in a raid on their flotilla about 72 miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The majority of those killed were Turkish citizens. This prompted Turkey, Israel’s most important ally in the Muslim world, to call it a “bloody massacre”… Read more.
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Bush’s promise of peace in the Middle East goes up in smoke
I believe there’s going to be a signed peace treaty [between the Israelis and Palestinians] by the time I leave office . . . I’m on a timetable . . . I’ve got 12 months. (President George W. Bush, January 11, 2008) Just weeks ago, President Bush went to Iraq hoping to be serenaded with… Read more.
To Israel, 1 dead Jew is worth 100 living Palestinians…?
Kidnapping is the only language Israel understands [Gaza militant as reported by the Associated Press] The Israel government is being criticized at home and abroad for a prisoner swap it executed with the Hezbollah terrorist group yesterday, which involved exchanging one notorious terrorist, four Gaza militants and the bodies of 199 Arab fighters all for the bodies of just… Read more.
Hamas ‘Terrorists’ Wins Democratic Elections: The Irony Is Not Lost
Western democracies should be celebrating Gaza’s democratic elections on Wednesday. Instead, they’re acting as if Gaza morphed into a theocratic autocracy overnight. Hamas wins in Gaza Of course, Western democracies have branded Hamas a terrorist organization. And they accuse Iran and its “wipe Israel off the map“ president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of funding the organization’s terrorist activities. That’s why Western democracies had… Read more.