On Friday the UN General Assembly passed a series of resolutions pertaining to the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. Most of them simply duplicate what the UN has said before.So why bring it up again? Because the wording of these resolution is couched in terms that are unfavorable to Israel. They use terms like “occupying power”, and … More Rewriting History in the UN
The Hamas government in Gaza has been gloating over how the last round of hostilities has resulted in the resignation of Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman. They claim they were responsible for his resignation. Well, that’s partly true. He wanted a stiffer response to th firing of over 450 rockets at Israeli civilians. The Prime … More And the Minister Resigned
September 20th was the Muslim Holiday of Ashura. It commemorates the death of the last members of the prophet Mohammed’s family. Historically they were killed in the battle of Karabala. But the Shiites have been waiting for their return (a second coming?) for some 300 years, There are some interesting aspects to the holiday according … More The Ashura Muslim holiday
Israeli MTB Action off Port Said, July 1967 Israel emerged from the six day war of 1967 with a much longer coastline to protect. The land borders were shorter, but the sea now included the entire Sinai coast. The actual fighting was over, but the state of war was not ended. Egypt sent intelligence operatives … More Israeli MTB Action off Port Said
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