Archive for the ‘Palestinian affairs’ Category
Monday, June 28th, 2010
by Uri Goldflam
A lot of forces, some deliberately some unwittingly, are pushing us towards war.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cares nothing for the Palestinian people. He is driven by personal ambition to bring Turkey once again to the leadership of the Islamic world. He knows that the best way ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Iran, Israeli Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Palestinian affairs | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
From missiles to suicide bombings, Israel has been under attack by Hamas for years. And no matter where the Hamas terrorists get their weapons, they will use them against Israel. This is why there is an arms blockade of Gaza. Because Hamas cannot be allowed to receive more weapons. If ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Hamas, Palestinian affairs | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Here is an op-ed by the National Post's Lorne Gunter:
It is possible for intelligent people to disagree over the way Israel stopped the flotilla that set out for Gaza from Turkey last month. Even after what we have learned about the "humanitarians" on board in the past two weeks -- ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
This National Post op-ed is by Clifford May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies:
Israel is at war, and if Israel were to be defeated, much of the world would not shed wet tears. What would happen after such a defeat? No one can seriously doubt that Hamas ...
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at the deluge of media attention following the Gaza flotilla incident.
At the time this column was being written, on the evening of June 2, the popular news aggregator Google showed ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
In a piece for Hudson New York (affiliated with the Hudson Institute think tank), Jerusalem Post writer (and Israeli-Arab) Khaled Abu Toameh explores how Hamas is terrorizing its own people in Gaza:
As Israeli naval commandos raided the flotilla ship convoy that was on its way to the Gaza Strip, Hamas ...
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
In the past week, there have been repeated calls for Israel to lift the arms embargo on the Gaza Strip, and allow Hamas to receive uninspected goods at the Gaza port. This, despite the fact that Hamas has fired thousands of missiles at Israeli communities, has called for the genocide ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Palestinian affairs | 3 Comments »
Monday, June 7th, 2010
On the same day a team of heavily armed terrorists were intercepted en route to Israel from Gaza via the sea, authorities released a list of five known terrorist operatives who were aboard the Mavi Marmara.
The five operatives in question had undertaken a range of activities on behalf of various ...
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Monday, June 7th, 2010
Here is an editorial from the June 5, 2010 Washington Post:
Western governments have been right to be concerned about Israel's poor judgment and botched execution in the raid against the Free Gaza flotilla. But they ought to be at least as worried about the Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Middle East, Palestinian affairs | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 4th, 2010
As shown in this powerful video, while Israel makes the headlines, children like Aisha Hassan are not even news.
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Palestinian affairs | No Comments »
