Arab / Islamic Terror

Arab / Islamic Terror

On Friday, They Buried Rina

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If ever there was a week that illustrated the dramatic difference between the lives of Israeli Jews and American Jews, this was it. Over the course of the past week, Palestinian Arab terrorists stabbed and wounded an Israeli in the Old City of Jerusalem, drove a car into Israelis standing at a bus   read more ...

The Law of War Permits Israel to Destroy Hamas

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Summary ... The double standards imposed on the IDF are yet another symptom of international anti-Semitism. As of this moment, a fragile truce holds in southern Israel. After Hamas volleyed 600 missiles at Israeli civilian targets on Saturday and Sunday [May 4-5, 2019], prompting Israel to attack   read more ...

The False 'Nakba' Narrative

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Summary ... The term "Nakba," originally coined to describe the magnitude of the self-inflicted Palestinian and Arab defeat in the 1948 war for Israel's survival, has now become a synonym for Palestinian victimhood — with failed aggressors transformed into hapless victims and vice versa. Israel   read more ...

Blood Money, Not Benevolence: The PLO's Justification of 'Pay for Slay'

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Summary ... Terrorists and their families have no need for the Palestinian social welfare system, and they would be foolish to use it. Palestinian terrorists have access to a far superior system that pays better than the miserly public assistance system. On Dec. 9, 2018 , Shira Ish-ran was shot in   read more ...

Palestinian Casualties Are No Accident for Hamas

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Leave it to Hamas to make nonviolence violent. This is what happened over the weekend [March 3-4, 2018] as thousands of Gazans swarmed the Israeli border crossing on what they called a "march of return." It's not just that the Israeli Defense Force claims to have video showing peaceful marchers   read more ...

'Pay for Slay' - When Will It End?

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Back in 1982, when Israel was fighting the First Lebanon War and was close to wiping out the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), US President Ronald Reagan sent several requests to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to not destroy the PLO. Reagan wanted to make a deal for peace between the   read more ...

Are "Palestinian" Terrorists Immune From Extradition?

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After Oslo, the American government for the first time was in a position to ask the Palestinian Authority to hand over killers of Americans — but that hasn't materialized despite the numerous Americans murdered in Palestinian [sic] terror attacks. Poor Diego Alfonso Beltran! The U.S. Department   read more ...

Hamas Uses Medical Facilities and Ambulances for Military-Terrorist Purposes

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Summary ... Hamas and the other terrorist organizations have frequently made use of hospitals and other medical facilities in Gaza for various military purposes. That is because they know the IDF does not attack medical facilities, and using a medical facility provides their terrorist operatives   read more ...

Let Us Finish the Job

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The feeling of disconnection between the government and the army has never felt higher than when our unit awoke this morning [July 16, 2014] to hear the embarrassing, demoralizing, and disheartening news. Israel agreed to a ceasefire while Hamas refused the offer with righteous indignation vowing   read more ...

The Myth of the Moderate Hamas

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Summary ... Those involved in the Israeli-Arab peace process — well at least all those except Israel — have been quick to try to repaint Hamas as a political party, preferring to ignore its well-earned "terrorist organization" label. Back as far as July 2010 senior intelligence officers of the   read more ...