The impulse here is understandable, but nevertheless unrealistic. It is better to have a full and accurate understanding of what we’re dealing with. Rabbi Yakov Nagen here claims that Hamas has perverted Islam apparently because of its “use of suicide bombers, missile attacks against civilians, and genocidal aspirations, in the case of Hamas annihilating the […]
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem offers to exchange himself for Israeli children Hamas is holding hostage
The contrast between Pizzaballa and Hamas is the contrast between Christianity and Islam. “Jerusalem Catholic Patriarch offers to be exchanged for Gaza hostages,” Reuters, October 16, 2023: Pope Francis’ representative in the Holy Land said on Monday he was willing to exchange himself for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza. Cardinal […]
Jerusalem mosques called for jihad over loudspeakers as massacres began in Israel
Good thing the loudspeakers are now in place and in use at mosques in New York City, Minneapolis, and elsewhere, no? They’ll come in handy someday. “Mosque Loudspeakers in Israel Call for ‘Holy War’ During Hamas Surprise Attack: Report,” by Aaron Feis, The Messenger, October 7, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Mosque loudspeakers […]
Egypt and Jordan Enraged Over Jews Visiting Temple Mount
Haaretz ran a story on Tuesday, October 3, entitled “Egyptian Mediators: Continued Jewish Ascent to Temple Mount Will Lead to Escalation.” It said that “a source told Haaretz that the events in Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as stricter conditions imposed on Palestinian security prisoners in Israel, could have a direct impact on […]
Israel: ‘Palestinian’ Muslim wounds security guard in Jerusalem stabbing attack
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Israeli wounded in Jerusalem stabbing attack, perpetrator ‘neutralized,’” i24News, September 21, 2023: An Israeli security guard in his 20s was wounded in a stabbing […]
Palestinian Authority: Israel plans to destroy al-Aqsa Mosque and harm all Christian and Muslim holy sites
This is victimhood fantasy propaganda, designed to rile the “Palestinians” and lead them to commit acts of violence against innocent Israeli civilians. “PA: The ‘covetous’ Jews ‘defile’ the Al-Aqsa Mosque, have begun preparing for ‘building the alleged Temple,” by Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, September 6, 2023: One of the Palestinian Authority’s annual libels […]
Itamar Ben Gvir Visits Temple Mount, and Washington Gets its Knickers in a Twist
Tisha b’Av is an annual fast day, the “saddest day in the Jewish calendar,” on which five calamities in Jewish history are observed. The two most important that Jews mourn on this day are the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The First, or Solomon’s, Temple, was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 […]
Israel: IDF foils ramming attack in Judea and Samaria
Enraged by Jews visiting Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on the Jewish fasting holiday of Tisha B’Av on Thursday, the Islamic and Palestinian terrorist groups are stepping up attacks against Israel. On Friday, a Palestinian ploughed his car though two military checkpoints in Israel’s Judea and Samaria region, aiming at hitting soldiers. The attacker failed in his […]
Biden administration condemns Ben Gvir Temple Mount visit, Saudis call it ‘provocation to all Muslims’
The Biden administration has again condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount, while Saudi Arabia called the visit a “provocation to all Muslims around the world.” Back in January, Senator Ted Cruz ripped Biden’s condemnation of an earlier Ben-Gvir visit to the Temple Mount, stating an undeniable and simple truth: A […]
Hamas fires rocket at Israel, says it is enraged by Israeli minister visiting Temple Mount
Once again Jews visiting their holiest site has angered Palestinian jihadis. The Islamic terror group Hamas fired a rocket on early Thursday after Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and other Israeli Jews visited Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on the Jewish fasting holiday of Tisha B’Av. “Hamas claims to fire rocket from Jenin in response to […]