Mar 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from HAARETZ: Palestinian protesters raised their hands and tried to wave away the helicopter that brought U.S. President Barack Obama to the West Bank on Thursday, accusing him of siding with Israel. Around 150 demonstrators chanted anti-American slogans, saying they wanted weapons not presidential visits. "We want RPGs, not collaboration with the CIA," they shouted, referring to ...
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Mar 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from JP: Iran's Supreme Leader says Islamic Republic would destroy Tel Aviv, Haifa if Israel launches a military attack against it. DUBAI - Iran's most powerful authority said the Islamic Republic would destroy the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if Israel launched a military attack against it. "At times the officials of the Zionist regime ...
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Mar 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
"Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people." ~ Barack Obama Excepted from USA TODAY: RAMALLAH, West Bank – President Obama told Palestinians they "deserve an end to occupation" and an "independent state of their own," during a visit Thursday to a territory that Palestinians want as a nation. Back in Israel, Obama said the Jewish state is ...
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Mar 21, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: Hamas on Thursday denied that it or any other Gaza terror group had fired rockets at Israeli targets in the midst of U.S. President Barack H. Obama's visit to Israel. “Israel has fabricated these reports in order to mar the reputation of the resistance forces,” a spokesperson for Hamas said. A rocket ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from BIG PEACE: Caroline Glick, Senior Contributing Editor of the Jerusalem Post said the Israeli people consider President Obama "a hostile president overall," on "Mornings on the Mall" on WMAL-FM in Washington DC. Appearing with Brian Wilson and myself Wednesday morning, Glick said the Israeli people "can't figure out what he's doing here," when ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON: A Florida Republican House member plans to introduce a bill halting U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until it formally “recognizes Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state” and cuts off all ties with the terror group Hamas. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) will introduce on Thursday “The Palestinian Accountability Act,” ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON: Israeli Justice Minister Tells CNN Chemical Weapons Being Used In Syria Tzipi Livni: 'it is clear for us [chemical weapons] are being used' Israeli Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni said it is “clear” that chemical weapons have been deployed in Syria in an interview Wednesday with CNN: JESSICA YELLIN: Have ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from TIMES OF ISRAEL: Ynet is reporting that by order of the Agriculture Ministry, the magnolia tree brought from the US by the president and planted by Obama and Peres earlier this afternoon is being dug up. Really. Plants cannot be brought in from abroad “without undergoing a check” by the ministry, the report quotes the ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON: Back when this photo of me, Obama, Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said was taken, even I didn’t expect him to be THIS bad twitter.com/AliAbunimah/st…— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) March 20, 2013 One of Israel’s loudest critics released Wednesday what he claims is a previously unpublished photo of himself enjoying dinner with President Barack Obama ...
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Mar 20, 2013 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
(CBSNewYork) – President Barack Obama left for the Middle East on Tuesday evening. He’s on a mission to charm the Israelis into making peace concessions and to find some way to peacefully stop Iran from building a bomb. However, as CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported, there is cynicism about what he can accomplish. Even before Air Force ...
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Mar 19, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from TIMES OF ISRAEL: — A 22-year-old Jewish woman was assaulted at a pro-Palestinian rally in Oakland, Calif., last week after writing “Am Yisrael Chai” in chalk on the sidewalk. The incident, which was captured on video, took place at a March 13 rally held at the Frank Ogawa Plaza to mark the fourth anniversary ...
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Mar 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON: The map of the Middle East displayed in an Obama administration video released days before President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel shows the Jewish state dispossessed of substantial parts of its current territory, including its capital. The map of Israel, displayed repeatedly during the video, shows the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, northern Israel, and ...
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Mar 18, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE TOWER: The Tower has learned that just days before President Barack Obama arrives in Israel for discussions on sensitive regional issues, a high-ranking group of Egyptian army intelligence officers has made a quiet trip to Israel to meet counterparts. The discussions this week come at a time of increasing strain between Hamas, the Iran-backed ...
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