Americans most likely to harbor sympathy for Islamists are also more suspicious of guns and gun users. Hebron, December 7 – Palestinian activists sympathetic to the aims of Islamists in the US advised would-be terrorists planning attacks in that country ...
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Feed SubscriptionI Like To Think Of Jews As ‘Those People With No Political Rights’
By Jeremy Ben-Ami, director, J-Street You’ve heard me say it many times, and you’ve seen our publicity campaigns: we’re a pro-peace, pro-Israel organization. In practice, that means we suborn our idea of “pro -Israel” to our idea of “peace.” To ...
Read More »In Modern Hanukkah Miracle, Abbas’s 4-Year Term Lasts 10
“Scholars debate the historicity of the Jewish miracle, but ours is here for everyone to see.” Ramallah, December 6 – Curious and inspired pilgrims are streaming to the Palestinian administrative capital to set eyes on a development appropriate for the Hanukkah ...
Read More »To Get Obama’s Attention, ISIS Renames Self ‘Global Warming’
Baghdadi conceded that it was possible Obama himself would shrink from the confrontation, as he has so far failed to stand up to Putin, Khamenei, and Assad. Raqqa, December 6 – After years of attempting to directly engage with what ...
Read More »Arab Parties Demand Knesset Be Made ‘Safe Space’ For Antizionists
The facility is full of insensitive reminders that Jews have established their own state instead of serving as perpetual dhimmis. Jerusalem, December 2 – Members of the Joint Arab List delegation to the Israeli parliament submitted a petition to the ...
Read More »Fistfight At Elders Of Zion Over Whose Turn To Enslave Muslims Today
Administrators stressed that no diabolical plans were compromised as a result of the fracas. Tel Aviv, December 3 – Rival members of the International Zionist Conspiracy came to blows this morning over who had reserved today’s session overseeing the subjugation and ...
Read More »Mossad Tells Kerry San Bernardino Shooting Also Had “Rationale”
“That will help the families and friends cope better with their loss,” said Kerry. Washington, December 3 – In a bid to reassure Secretary of State John Kerry in the wake of the fatal shooting spree in California yesterday, the ...
Read More »Archaeologists Unearth Evidence US Presidents Once Had Balls
To the modern ear, the notion of a US president with balls strikes a dissonant chord. Washington, December 2 – Researchers excavating in the US capital have discovered what they say are indications that there was a period in the ...
Read More »Wait, I Was Supposed To Bring Journalistic Integrity To The Job?
By Jodi Rudoren, NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief It’s been a challenging, exhilarating, fulfilling stint here at the Jerusalem bureau, and I’m grateful for all of you who helped make my time here so wonderful. It is a bittersweet departure ...
Read More »ISIS Waiting For Westerners To Decide Whether It’s Real Islam
Western elites serve as the ultimate arbiters of what is and is not Islam. Raqqa, December 1 – Leaders of the Islamic State expressed anxiousness as liberal elites in the West failed to reach a consensus over whether the group’s Islamic ...
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