Iran Experiences Rash of Mysterious Military and Industrial “Accidents” Massive damage to Natanz facility retards Iranian nuclear program. By Ari Lieberman Israel has requested the expedited delivery of advanced KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft. The request was made directly to the U.S. Department of Defense. Manufactured by Boeing, the KC-46…
Turkey’s New Mosque a Monument to Western Decline We may think we’re exhibiting high-minded principles, but our enemies know the score. By Bruce Thornton Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Last week Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that on July 24 Hagia…
Turkey's Hagia Sophia: "It's Like If Saint Peter's Had Been Turned Into a Mosque" By Giulio Meotti Originally Published by the Gatestone Institute. "The city that Constantine had protected for more than a thousand years... has now undergone, in this unfortunate year, the destruction by the Turks. I suffer at…
After Turning Hagia Sophia into a Mosque, Turkey's Islamist Tyrant Threatens Jerusalem By Daniel Greenfield The outcome was inevitable. The fake Reichstag coup that so many western nations fell for closed the door on any kind of independent authority in Turkey. All that remains is Erdogan, its insane Islamist tyrant,…
Trump and Netanyahu Face their Rendezvous with Destiny The next few weeks boils down to a historic moment of truth. By Caroline Glick Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needn’t take heed of the “friendly advice” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson proffered on Wednesday. As UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al…
Why are Palestinians Committing Suicide? By Khaled Abu Toameh Originally Published by the Gatestone Institute. The Palestinian terror group Hamas is making a serious effort to prevent journalists from reporting about a surge in suicide rates in the Gaza Strip. Hamas does not want the world to know that young…
The UAE Ambassador Has No Business Threatening Israel How the Jewish State needs to respond. By Caroline Glick Many Israeli media outlets hailed United Arab Emirates U.S. Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba’s decision to publish an article in Yediot Ahronot last Friday. Otaiba’s media fans proclaimed his piece—reportedly the brainchild of…
It’s Time to Reassess U.S. Policy Toward Turkey and Erdogan’s Islamist Agenda By Lela Gilbert Turkish aggression has been reported in at least five countries in June 2020. Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made power moves in Israel, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Greece. And it is well known…
14 Policy Challenges for the New Head of UNRWA Will donor nations demand that he act? By David Bedein The appointment of Swiss diplomat Phillipe Lazzarini as the new head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) provides a window of…
The Quiet Struggle Over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Jordan vs. Turkey. By Joseph Puder There is a quiet struggle going on over control of East Jerusalem’s Noble Sanctuary (Haram al-Sharif) or Temple Mount. It is not as you might guess between Israel and the Palestinians. It is actually between two Sunni-Muslim…