Hamas leaders continue insisting that the riots on Israel's border with Gaza are "peaceful demonstrations." Now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has jumped into the fray, accusing the IDF of massacring Gazans. I can summarize it no better than Amir Tsarfati did in his post yesterday, entitled Netanyahu Defends "Most Moral Army in the World" . PM Netanyahu …
Continue reading Protests on Israel’s Border, and Now the War of Words
On Sunday, Vladimir Putin won re-election as Russia's president for 6 more years. No great surprise, as there were no other viable candidates, and the election was totally rigged. (News reports showed poll workers stuffing ballot boxes...as if Putin really needed fraudulent votes to win the election.) Mark my words...Putin is no ordinary man, and …
Continue reading Vladimir Putin: New Czar Rising…but is He Gog?
These remain interesting days in the Middle East, as tensions stir and factions plot their next move. Earlier this week, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave an impassioned speech denouncing Israel, following confirmation of parameters of the US peace plan provided by Saudi officials. The plan allegedly calls for something less than statehood for the …
Continue reading PA Fury and Talks between Turkey and the Vatican
After almost a week of protests-turned-riots in Iran, world leaders have reacted in various ways. Let's take a look: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's outrageous claim that Israel was behind the uprising by Iranian people, Netanyahu responded with a 90-second video that went viral. He refuted the Iranian claim as …
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