Israel
3/9/2011 | Israel, Radical Islam, UN
U.N. Body Condemns Israel’s Treatment of Palestinian Women, but Ignores Plight of Women in Iran and Libya
CNS News
A U.N. policy-making body dedicated to “gender equality and the advancement of women” adopted a resolution accusing Israel of holding back the advancement of Palestinian women, but it took no action on the emergency in Libya or the legally enshrined discrimination faced by women in Iran.
The only country-specific resolution passed by the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at its recent session in New York was one condemning Israel over the Palestinian issue.
Libya is a member of the 45-country CSW, and Iran has just taken up a seat on the body for the next four years.
Recommended Guests:
Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USACliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of FaithDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com2/17/2011 | Israel, Radical Islam
‘Prepare to Invade Israel,’ Hezbollah Leader Tells Followers
Associated Press
Hezbollah's leader told his Shiite guerrilla group Wednesday to be prepared to invade northern Israel, a day after Israel's defense minister warned that the quiet along the tense border could erupt into violence.
The comments by the two sides illustrate the fragile situation along the frontier since they Israel and Hezbollah fought a bitter, six-week war in the summer of 2006. The war ended in a U.N.-brokered truce but officials on both sides of the border believe it is only a matter of time before hostilities resume.
"I tell the holy warriors of the Islamic Resistance to be ready for a day when, if war is imposed on us, your command might ask you to control the Galilee area," Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech Wednesday. The Galilee refers to land in northern Israel.
Recommended Guests:
Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of FaithDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com2/7/2011 | Israel
Israel jittery about gas supply from Egypt
Associated Press
An explosion at an Egyptian gas terminal that disrupted the supply of fuel to Israel had Israeli officials pressing Sunday to speed development of a natural gas deposit that they say can make Israel energy independent.
Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau wants the government to back loans so financing can be obtained to develop the Tamar field, off Israel's coast in the Mediterranean Sea, a spokesman said. Landau also favors exempting the field's developers from a proposed windfall tax.
"We have to do everything to improve Israel's energy security," Landau told Israel Radio on Sunday. "It is Israel's obligation to remove as soon as possible every obstacle" to developing Tamar, he said.
Recommended Guests:
William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith2/1/2011 | Economy, Israel
GOP Senator Favors Cutting US Aid to Israel
Associated Press
Freshman Republican Sen. Rand Paul is calling for deep cuts in foreign aid, including eliminating U.S. money for Israel, a plan that has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans.
The tea party-backed Paul unveiled a budget proposal this week that would slash overall government spending by $500 billion, saying the growing debt requires nothing less. It makes significant cuts in education, energy and defense while eliminating some agencies.
The Kentucky senator also is calling for cutting billions from foreign aid, and told CNN he would end the $3 billion in foreign military assistance to Israel.
The Republican Jewish Coalition called the idea misguided. Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, the top Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations, said the U.S. can't renege on an ally.
Recommended Guests:
Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Walid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelChuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateTom Wallace, Fortress of FaithJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res1/25/2011 | Israel, Radical Islam
Hezbollah ‘Coup’ Poses New Challenges for U.S., U.N.
CNS News
Two months after Israel’s top military officer warned of a potential Hezbollah “coup” in Lebanon, the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shi’ite militia is poised to take de facto control of the government in Beirut, without having fired a shot.
Supporters of embattled Sunni caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri called for fresh protests on Tuesday, after Hezbollah secured the necessary parliamentary support to nominate its favored candidate, pro-Syrian business tycoon Najib Mikati, as Hariri’s successor.
Hezbollah, designated by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, brought down Hariri’s U.S.-backed “unity” government two weeks ago by withdrawing Hezbollah-aligned ministers from the cabinet.
Recommended Guests:
Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of FaithDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com1/21/2011 | Israel
U.N. Security Council Considers Israeli Settlement Issue
Associated Press
Palestinian diplomats found international support Wednesday for their complaint that Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory are illegal, but the U.S. strongly opposed bringing the matter up in the U.N. Security Council.
During a council session that lasted most of the day, representatives of dozens of countries supported Palestinian complaints about continued construction of settlements while peace efforts falter.
Although a draft council resolution circulated on the matter never came to a vote Wednesday - and would surely have failed because of U.S. objections - the Palestinians drew renewed attention to their grievances in a campaign to isolate and pressure the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith1/18/2011 | Israel
Moscow reaffirms Soviet recognition of Palestine
Reuters
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Moscow had recognized an independent Palestinian state in 1988 and was not changing that position adopted by the former Soviet Union.
But on his first visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank as Russian head of state, Medvedev stopped short of making a ringing declaration of recognition of Palestinian statehood by the Russian Federation that he represents.
Israel has been alarmed in the past two months by a string of recognitions by Latin American states including Brazil and Argentina which some analysts say could be a precursor to a move by the Palestinians to seek full United Nations membership.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith12/14/2010 | Israel
Israel outlines easing of economic measures on Palestinians
CNN
The general in charge of the Israeli government's program to ease the economic blockade of Gaza, cited major progress Tuesday, saying the flow of goods into Gaza has increased many fold.
That message given by Major Gen. Eitan Dangot, the coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories, the Israeli army section responsible for handling Palestinian civilian affairs in the West Bank and Gaza.
Speaking at a news conference, he detailed how presently 180 to 200 double container trucks are entering Gaza daily compared with about 80 to 90 such trucks before the June decision.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith11/11/2010 | Israel
After Obama Criticizes Israel, Palestinians Push for Urgent U.N. Security Council Meeting
CNS News
Buoyed by President Obama’s criticism of Israel during his visit to Indonesia, the Palestinian Authority is seeking an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting to confront Israel on its housing plans in Jerusalem.
Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah told news agencies the P.A. wanted the Security Council to tackle “the issue of widespread settlement in Jerusalem and the West Bank.”
Recommended Guests:
William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith10/11/2010 | Israel
Netanyahu Sets Terms for Renewal of Settlement Freeze
Bloomberg.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was ready to renew a freeze on West Bank settlement building if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people.
The Israeli leader said he was prepared to convene his cabinet and ask for an extension of the freeze if “the Palestinian leadership says in an unequivocal manner that it recognizes Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Recommended Guests:
William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith9/29/2010 | Israel
US Envoy Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Rescue Mideast Talks
VOA News
U.S. special envoy George Mitchell is making a final effort to broker a compromise between Israel and the Palestinians before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decides whether to continue with talks.
Special envoy George Mitchell's aim is to convince Israel to reinstate a freeze on settlement construction - a condition that the Palestinians have placed if they are to remain in negotiations.
Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday in Jerusalem. At the start of the meeting, he said both sides have a historic mission to continue what he described as good talks.
Recommended Guests:
William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith9/7/2010 | Iran, Israel
Top Iran cleric rejects Holocaust as 'superstition'
Breitbart
A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, dismissed the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II as a new "superstition" for the West, media reported on Saturday.
"The Holocaust is nothing but superstition, but Zionists say that people of the world should be forced to accept this," he was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.
"Americans and Westerners are affected by newly appeared superstitions such as the Holocaust," he said according to ISNA news agency.
"The truth about the Holocaust is not clear, and when the researchers want to examine whether it is true or the Jews have created it to pose as victims, they jail the researchers," said Makarem Shirazi, who is a "marja," or among the highest authorities in Shiite Islam.
Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly branded the Holocaust a "myth" in his frequent anti-Israel diatribes drawing international condemnation, but Iran's prominent clergy have rarely echoed such comments.
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Joel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith6/21/2010 | Israel
Aluf Benn / Turkey can take credit for ending Israel's blockade of Gaza
Haaretz
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan can claim a big check mark for himself, despite the Turkish flotilla not having reached Gaza and nine activists aboard the Mavi Marmara ship having been killed during the raid in May. Erdogan achieved his goal: He collapsed the Israeli siege on "Hamastan." The cabinet announcement on Sunday put an end to the three-year-old civilian blockade on Gaza, initiated when Hamas took power.
The second person to take credit for Israel easing the siege on Gaza is U.S. President Barack Obama. The White House made an announcement praising Israel's new policy toward Gaza, stressing that Israel responded "to the calls of many in the international community" – or, in less diplomatic language, Israel succumbed to the unbearable pressure and preferred to open the crossings and allow the transfer of civilian goods and building materials rather than absorb additional condemnation or worse.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith6/9/2010 | Israel
Barack Obama to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
BBC News
US President Barack Obama is meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Washington to discuss how to revive the Middle East peace process.
The White House visit was scheduled before the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last week.
Correspondents say Mr Obama will try to use the meeting to contain some of the fallout from the Israeli operation.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith6/7/2010 | Israel
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Ready to Escort Gaza-Bound Ships
CNS News
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is ready to provide military escorts to ships attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, a senior official said Sunday. Leading Islamic countries, meanwhile, are suggesting a range of responses to last week’s deadly maritime clash between Israeli troops and pro-Palestinian activists.
“The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy is ready to escort the peace and freedom convoys that carry humanitarian assistance for the defenseless and oppressed people of Gaza with all its strength,” Ali Shirazi, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative to the IRGC, told the Mehr news agency.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith6/2/2010 | Israel
Isolated Israel Begins to Deport Activists, But Stands Firm on Need for Blockade
CNS News
As its isolation at the United Nations deepened, Israel’s government on Tuesday ordered the speedy deportation of all foreign activists who were on ships trying to break the Gaza Strip blockade, and trucked the ships’ cargoes to the Hamas-ruled territory.
At the same time, the Israeli Navy was mulling its response to yet another ship of activists attempting to reach Gaza, days after a six-vessel flotilla was boarded in international waters. On one of the ships, nine people were killed Monday after soldiers were confronted by what Israel describes as a waiting “lynch mob.”
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith6/1/2010 | Israel
Armed Activists Attacked Our Troops, Says Israel Amid World Outrage
CNS News
Facing the world’s wrath over the deadly clash at sea between its troops and pro-Palestinian activists, the Israeli Defense Forces released video footage Monday showing groups of activists using what appear to be clubs or bars to attack Israeli soldiers the moment they landed on deck.
The footage, along with an array of weapons found onboard the Turkish-flagged ship Mavi Marmara – now docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod – presents a picture at odds with accounts given by pro-Palestinian groups of a massive, disproportionate assault on peaceful civilians.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith5/5/2010 | Israel
Jewish alliance rallies for Israel
One News Now
A pro-Israel grassroots alliance is concerned about the Obama administration's increasing hostility toward Israel, so the group recently showed public support for the Jewish state.
Thousands of pro-Israel supporters recently gathered in front of the Israeli consulate in Manhattan to show support for Israel in the face of the growing tension between the Jewish state and the Obama administration. The rally was organized by the Jewish Action Alliance.
Alliance spokesman Rabbi Aryeh Spero explains the rally was in response to the humiliating treatment the president gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Israeli leader visited Washington recently.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith4/30/2010 | Israel
Clinton, Speaking to Jewish Audience, Warns Iran and Syria on Threats to Israel
Associated Press
The Obama administration Thursday warned Iran and Syria that America's commitment to Israel's security is unshakable and that they should understand the consequences of threats to the Jewish state.
In a speech, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry including rockets to militants in southern Lebanon and Gaza could spark new conflict in the Middle East. And she said a nuclear-armed Iran would profoundly destabilize the region.
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William Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of Faith4/26/2010 | Israel, Terrorism
Hamas Video Shows Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Returning Home in a Coffin
CNS News
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu described as “despicable” an animated video clip released by Hamas Sunday which depicts an Israeli soldier who was abducted by the terrorist group in Gaza nearly four years ago, being returned to his father in Israel in a coffin.
The clip demonstrated “the true character of Hamas,” Netanyahu said.
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationJoel Anderson, Assemblyman, California State AssemblyWilliam Devlin, Senior Pastor-Manhattan Bible ChurchMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationJim Showers, Executive Director, President, The Friends of IsraelTom Wallace, Fortress of FaithTimothy Watkins, Producer/Director, Renegade Productions