Archives for January 2006

I’ll be discussing the Hamas victory also tonight on the Gunny Bob Newman Show, which comes out of Denver and is syndicated in 38 states, at 9:35PM EST.

I am scheduled to appear at 8:30 PM EST or thereabouts on Michael Savage’s The Savage Nation to discuss, you guessed it, the Palestinian elections.

I am scheduled to be on the Mike Reagan Show tonight at 7:15 or 7:20PM EST to discuss the Palestinian Authority elections and more.

“Prophet drawings anger Saudi consumers,” from the Copenhagen Post, with thanks to Filtrat: Saudi Arabian consumers threaten to protest drawings of the prophet Mohammed by boycotting Arla Foods. Arla Foods is concerned that a boycott of the company’s products in Saudi Arabia could cost billions if it takes widespread effect. Saudi Arabian religious and political […]

It looks as if it was a landslide for the Tiny Minority of Extremists: “Hamas Wins Landslide 76 Seats,” from AP. Note something that Ashrawi says: “The Americans insisted on having the election now.” Indeed, the Americans did, operating out of the widely held fantasy that free elections are a good thing in themselves, and […]

“We-Win!-Free-Elections-In-the-Middle-East” Update. Pressure will be growing steadily for the U.S. and Israel to change this stance and deal with Hamas. After all, Chamberlain went to Munich; why can’t Israel parley with Hamas? From AP: WASHINGTON – President Bush said Thursday that Hamas cannot be a partner for Middle East peacemaking without renouncing violence, and he […]

So as to make it easier to knock planes out of the sky? From Airwise News, with thanks to Tombeth: Iran has asked the United States to allow direct flights between the two countries after a break of more than two decades, a senior civil aviation official said on Thursday. The request comes as the […]

No connection to the Jill Carroll kidnappers’ demand. We are not dhimmi tribute payers. Move along. Nothing to see here. I hope all the people who are kidnapped from now on will send a personal note of thanks to the U.S. military for making their kidnapping such an enticing prospect for the jihadists. “U.S. Military […]

January 30, 1933 Alert: “Officials: Hamas Wins Palestinian Election,” from AP: Earlier, Fatah legislator Saeb Erekat said after a meeting with Abbas that the party has already decided to serve in the opposition. “Hamas will be asked to form the new government,” Erekat said. “We in Fatah will not join them. We will be a […]

Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses what to do about the Thug-In-Chief and the Mad Mullahs: Perhaps there are still those in Washington who still counsel avoiding military action against Iran for fear of offending those who, within Iran, are just waiting to “overthrow the mullahs” and who are “our natural allies.” The […]

I am glad of this. I hope this will enable DHS to release some of the information on Tariq Ramadan that led them to the decision to keep him out of the country. I discuss Ramadan in my book Onward Muslim Soldiers, detailing the careful ambiguity of his Muslim moderation. There is a great deal […]

An update on the Brandeis terror threat/Newton library fiasco. From the Daily News Tribune, with thanks to Rafic: NEWTON — FBI agents responding to a terrorist threat last Wednesday could lawfully have seized library e-mail records, but decided not to, a bureau spokeswoman said yesterday. “For a threat kind of event, you don’t necessarily need […]

“Time to confront failures, not ignore them: Even left-leaning support for multiculturalism is starting to flag,” a superb piece from Miranda Devine in the Sydney Morning Herald (thanks to David): THE prospects of an Australia Day race riot by flag aficionados look remote today, especially with the precautionary boost to the numbers of police sipping […]

Dhimmis will always tell you how wonderful, how magnanimous, how kind their masters are. They will carefully omit any evidence to the contrary. From JTA, with thanks to Teri: WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (JTA) “” The grand mufti of Jerusalem made an alliance with Adolf Hitler during World War II. Yet, visitors to the U.S. Holocaust […]

The Tiny Minority of Extremists has won the Palestinian elections, which in itself is not actually a demonstration that the jihad ideology enjoys broader support among Muslims than most analysts would like to admit, since Fatah itself was not exactly an epitome of opposition to that ideology. As Hugh Fitzgerald pointed out yesterday, this was […]

Reporters Without Borders (thanks to Filtrat) lines up on the right side of the ever-expanding cartoon rage, in contradistinction to the fulminating “moderate” Jordanian Parliament: Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about the Jordanian parliament’s call yesterday for the punishment of the cartoonist who drew 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that appeared in the […]

The 1938 Updates are coming thick and fast. From YnetNews, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: Iran threatens again: Iran’s Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said Wednesday that the country and its allies could put Israel “in an eternal coma,” like that of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, if Israel attempts to attack the Muslim republic. “Israel […]

Tiny Minority of Extremists Update from USA Today, with thanks to GTG: Islamic fundamentalists who oppose U.S. interests in the Middle East have benefited from the U.S. policy of promoting democracy, making significant gains in recent elections. Hamas is the latest to rise. Its likely strong showing in Palestinian parliamentary elections today poses a dilemma […]

1938 Alert from Iran Focus, with thanks to Mackie: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 25 — Iran accused Britain on Wednesday of involvement in two bombings this week in the south-western city of Ahwaz. At least eight people died and dozens were injured when two bombs exploded at a bank and a government building in the oil-rich […]

Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald once again assesses the vexed question of Muslim moderates: Islamic moderates remain elusive. Despite protestations and ostentatious displays, there is still no large-scale effort on the part of such people to distinguish themselves from “Islamist extremists.” Meanwhile the moderates cause a great deal of confusion. Look at My […]