Incoherent, contradictory and wrong about major policy issues Hagel lacks policy grasp. At his Senate confirmation hearings, he was confused and contradictory about containing Iran and had to be informed by Senator Carl Levin that the Obama Administration’s policy is that Iran not obtain nuclear weapons, not that it seeks to contain a nuclear […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to further alarming statements from Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. During Hagel’s confirmation hearings, it emerged that Hagel, during a 2009 Al-Jazeera interview, agreed with a questioner that the U.S. was “the world’s bully”; that Palestinians were the victims of Israeli war […]

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We are used to seeing headlines of “settlers” “storming” Jewish holy places in Eretz Yisrael in Arabic media, specifically in media associated with Islamists. Here’s one from today: Settlers storm “Joseph’s Tomb” in Nablus Dozens of extremist settlers led religious prayers in “Joseph’s Tomb” near the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus after a number […]

From YNet: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blasted Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal for asserting that his group will never recognize Israel, hinting that the statement hinders the chances of the two-state solution, according to the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet. “I don’t agree with Khaled Mashaal’s statement on the non-recognition of Israel because we, in fact, recognized […]

Here is how Palestine Press Agency reports the shooting of a 17-year old in Hebron yesterday: When a child is born no one knows what will happen to him from the hassles and difficulties of life, but the most beautiful thing is the feeling that Allah has prepared for martyrs who believed in their covenant […]

I recently posted about a literal torture chamber run by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. That was only the tip of the iceberg: On 5 December, violent clashes raged for hours between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy, after the latter attacked a sit-in outside the presidential palace by protesters rejecting the constitutional declaration […]

(Not my cup of tea, but a lot of people like this.)

From Now (Lebanon): Exchange, or tradeoff, marriages provide a suitable solution to address the problem of high dowries and dire living conditions in Yemen. The idea sounds strange, more like a bartering of goods as in the past, except that goods are replaced by women in this case. Basically, whoever is unable to pay the […]