The Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, is on Friday to make a visit to Iran, which is celebrating the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian government officials said. Read More »

Right after the Super Bowl, Madonna announced that she is kicking off her next tour in Israel: Pop icon Madonna will launch her upcoming world tour in Israel, her Israeli show producer, Shuki Weiss, announced Tuesday.The tour for Madonna’s new album, MDNA, will set off on May 31 at Ramat Gan Stadium. Read More »

Those 6000 people murdered in Syria? That’s not the issue.From George Galloway’s radio show: (h/t Yoel) Read More »

From the IDF: Since the soldier abducted by Hamas terrorists and kept in captivity in the Gaza Strip for five years, SFC Gilad Shalit, was returned to Israel, there were over five attempts to kidnap soldiers in northern Israel. Read More »

As a followup to my post about how Hassan Nasrallah is denying that Hezbollah takes any orders from Iran, I got an email from Zach that showed: The Wilayat al-Faqih claims worldly, political and social authority over all Shia. Read More »

Palestine Today reports that “the city of Gaza will sink into darkness within 72 hours” if no fuel is found to run the power plant.The Energy Authority in Gaza sent out a distress call to the Arab and Muslim countries for urgent intervention to resolve the crisis.Of course, they can get plenty of fuel – from Israel. Read More »

Here’s another example of co-existence that the Leftists don’t want people to see: School children from the Efrat settlement and residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of Jurat al-Shama planted trees together in an initiative that promoted co-existence in the West Bank, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday. Read More »

JCPA’s Jonathan D. Halevi has published an analysis of the latest agreement between Hamas and Fatah signed at Doha, and it is a nice expansion of things I have been writing as well. The agreement makes Abbas the supreme authority for all PA institutions. Read More »

As I noted last year , BDSers want you to boycott tons of exports of strawberries, peppers and cherry tomatoes grown by Palestinian Arab farmers – simply to hurt the Israeli exporter they rely on to reach the European markets.These hypocrites would rather see thousands of Arab farmers unemployed. Read More »

From The Sun : Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan told The Sun in an exclusive interview that his country’s relations with America are at their lowest ebb….On Iran, Mr Hasan said: “We would not like Israel to attack any country, irrespective of whether it’s Iran or any nuclear country. Read More »

From ITIC: On February 8, 2012 the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center posted a 400-page Farsi translation of Hadassa Ben-Itto’s book The Lie That Wouldn’t Die: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. It can be accessed at http: //terrorism-info.com/book/ The Introduction includes a section written by the author specifically for Iranians. Read More »

From the Jerusalem Post: Palestinians across the political spectrum on Tuesday criticized the Qatar-sponsored Hamas-Fatah reconciliation agreement according to which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would also serve as prime minister of an interim unity government. Read More »

The annual festival of hate towards Israel, absurdly called “Israel Apartheid Week,” is coming up. The schedule as I understand it is: Europe February 20 – March 10West Bank March 12-19United States February 26 – March 3Canada March 5-9Arab World March 5-11South Africa March 5-11Yes, it is a month long “week. Read More »

From Israel HaYom/AP: While Israeli leaders are increasingly sounding belligerent warnings of a potential military strike against Iran’s nuclear installations, a group of Iranian-Israelis are transmitting a different message. Read More »

From Reuters: Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Tuesday for the first time that his armed movement received financial and material support from Iran, but denied it took instructions from the Islamic Republic. Read More »

Today is Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees.Here are some vintage Zionist posters with the theme of fruit: Hebrew Watermelons! Read More »

30 homes were destroyed in the territories yesterday – and there is no outcry.The reason, of course, is that the homes were in Gaza City and it is Hamas doing the destruction. Read More »

From Ha’aretz: A top Iranian military official is activily aiding the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in suppressing popular unrest throughout the country, a top member of the National Syrian Council said on Monday. Read More »

From the JTA Archives, February 9, 1923: A very representative gathering of notables, with the exeption of the Arabs, gathered to hear Professor Albert Einstein lecture on his theory of relativity at the Hebrew University House on Mt. Scopus, Wednesday night. Read More »

I am not as optimistic as this paper, but the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy thinks that if Assad falls, Hezbollah might give up their weapons .”The Jew is a Satan in human form” says a Palestinian Arab scholar in Lebanon. Read More »