Hamas by the Numbers

Just ran across this informative 4-minute video.  $4.5 billion in international aid has gone to Gaza since 2009, yet poverty is rampant there.  Watch this video and you'll know where the money went, and the attitude of those who took it.  Well worth a look! The video references Ismael Haniyeh and Khaled Mashal, two leading …

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The Love-Hate Relationship between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority

Perhaps my western mind simply does not understand Middle Eastern thought, but the relationship between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority boggles my mind.  One day they are forming a unity government together, another day they seem to mistrust or oppose all that the other does.  They go to incredible lengths to destroy Israel, but any …

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What will ISIS do with WMD in Syria and Iraq?

In 2003, President Bush sent troops into Iraq, but was later disparaged when no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were found there.  However, the New York Times has recently released clear evidence that WMD were indeed existent in Iraq before, during and after the Iraqi invasion.  NYT Journalist CJ Chivers writes: "From 2004 to 2011, American …

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European Nations Turn Their Backs on Israel

Since the beginning of October, at least three European nations have very clearly turned against Israel by pledging their support to a “State of Palestine” to be gained, not via negotiations with Israel, but through unilateral movement at the UN.   Behind the smoke screen of a “two-state solution,” the goal of the Muslim Arab world …

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