On October 3, 1980, a bomb went off just outside a synagogue on the rue Copernic in Paris. Several people were killed: a student on a motorbike, an Israeli journalist, a driver, and a caretaker. In addition, 46 people were wounded, many of them seriously. Eventually, over many years, the French authorities, with help from […]
Professor in Canada Convicted of Bombing Synagogue, Media Focuses on His ‘Ordeal’
New in PJ Media: The headline in Sunday’s Ottawa Citizen was strange: “‘The ordeal’ is not over for Hassan Diab after French court sentences him to life in prison.” Clearly, the Citizen’s sympathy is with Diab, despite the fact that he must have been convicted of something extremely serious to warrant being given life in prison. And the Citizen is not alone. […]
Lebanese Prime Minister Accuses Israel of Being Behind Oil Spill
A huge oil spill in the eastern Mediterranean has caused colossal damage to Israel’s beaches, now gooey with clumps of tar that thousands of volunteers are laboriously picking out of the sand. It has been an unparalleled ecological disaster that has already done, and will continue to do, great harm to the coastal flora […]
Lebanon seeks $10,000,000,000 bailout from the IMF as Hizballah’s power increases
“Lebanon is set to request a $10 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to stem the country’s economic crisis, as part of the country’s financial rescue plan.” Meanwhile, the jihad terror group Hizballah has been gaining power in Lebanon, and holds 10% of parliamentary seats and two key ministry positions, including the Health […]