NOTE: I did an interview with Jeremy Rothe-Kushel for his podcast. It was devoted to the murder of Shireen Abu Aqleh and the Yossi Cohen scandal. UPDATE: In the aftermath of the Jerusalem Day “festivities” throughout East Jerusalem, Palestinian have decided they’re “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.” Mass violence […]
Which Religion Thinks It’s OK to Beat Up Rivals, But Not for Them to Resist? Hint: It Ain't Muslims
مع انتهاء صلاة الفجر في #الحرم_الشريف بدأ مئات المشاغبين الفلسطينيين القيام بأعمال شغب عنيفة في باحة الحرم شملت رشق الحجارة واطلاق المفرقعات على محيط حائط المبكى, مما أجبر الشرطة على التدخل I لتفريقهم. حتى في آخر جمعة من شهر #رمضان, البلطجية يتعربدون في #الأقصى ولا يتقون الله. pic.twitter.comף/TFpPHK79VE — Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) April 29, 2022 […]
When Israeli Jews Defile Islam’s Third-Holiest Site, and Diaspora Jews Say Nothing Israeli Border Police desecrate Haram al Sharif with tear gas, stun grenades and flailing batons, binding and gagging, arresting and injuring nearly 1,000
UPDATE: Yesterday, Border Police once again stormed the Al Aqsa mosque and its defenders fought back to repel the desecrators of the holy shrine. One of them, 21-year-old Walid al Sharif, was shot in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet. Eyewitnesses and his family confirmed this. He was mortally wounded. Taken to Hadassah Hospital, he […]
Biden Sends US Diplomats to Israel on Fool’s Errand Oh the nostrums and bromides on which US Middle East policy relies
There is nothing that makes me more ill than to read about a new US diplomatic initiative for Israel-Palestine. And today’s news that Pres. Biden is sending two senior diplomats covering the Middle East to the region for “talks” in Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, is no exception: Acting assistant Secretary of State for Near […]
