What really happened in the Middle East.

Terrorism Awareness Project has a presentation that puts the current and historical issues of the Middle East into perspective. It helps to dispel some common myths such as the one that Israel somehow stole the land from the Palestinians.

Be aware, however, that some of the photos are quite graphic. Watch it HERE

Bibi’s Bold Message

Bibi’s Bold Message

By P. David Hornik

FrontPageMagazine.com Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Israeli papers carried reports on Monday (here, for instance) about an article in the London-based Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat claiming Egypt was warning Hamas to strike a deal with Israel before Binyamin Netanyahu forms the next government. Otherwise, the Egyptian officials are supposed to have said, Hamas stands to “lose everything.” Read more...

Gaza Doctor Says Death Toll Inflated

Some of Lori's news links:

Analysis: Testing Israel's deterrence

U.S. Consulate Mistakenly Sells US Secret Files in Jerusalem

Abbas blames Hamas for Gaza destruction

Jerusalem Conference: 'Jerusalem Was Always a Jewish City'

R&R from the Rockets Suggests the Resilience of Israeli Youth

Netanyahu: 'Sooner or later we'll have to finish the job in Gaza'

IDF struck tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border

US president: We must talk to Iran

Netanyahu: Obama Will Try to Internationalize Jerusalem Sites

Obama hails 'anti-Israel' Arab plan

Charge: Ahmadinejad Rants to Hide His Jewish Roots

Hamas armed wing clashes with Israeli troops in central Gaza

Netanyahu: A divided J'lem would mean Iranian base mere meters away

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Von Campe radio interview with Jan Markell

This week Jan Markell interviewed Hilmar Von Campe. I suggest every American listen to what this man has to say. Jan's Radio Show. Scroll down to January 24, 2009 - Hour 2.

Hilmar Von Campe was a member of the Hitler Youth movement. His book is "Defeating the Totalitarian Lie: A Former Hitler Youth Warns America." Von Campe says that the same totalitarian issues that were present in Germany in the 1930s when Hitler came to power are now becoming evident in America. It is must-listening even if bits are lost due to Hilmar's German accent. It is also another wake-up call though it seems few are listening. www.voncampe.com

Myths and Facts about the Fighting in Gaza

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) takes a look at some Myths and Facts related to the Gaza conflict...

Myth: Israel’s attacks against Hamas are illegal since Israel is still occupying Gaza through its control of Gaza’s borders and airspace, and it is therefore bound to protect the civilian population under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Israel has control over Gaza’s air space and sea coast, and its forces enter the area at will. As the occupying power, Israel has the responsibility under the Fourth Geneva Convention to see to the welfare of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. (Rashid Khalidi, What You Don’t Know About Gaza , New York Times Op-Ed, Jan. 8, 2009)

Read more HERE

Recently, several papers and the UN have variously inferred, and accused, Israel of using White Phosphorous in its incursion into Gaza. Camera takes a look at some of the claims HERE

Huge gas reserves discovered off Haifa

A historic natural gas reservoir found offshore from Haifa is poised to meet Israel's natural gas demand for about 15 years and reduce the country's dependence on gas imports from Egypt and offshore from Gaza.

The discovery of the natural gas field 90 km. offshore from Haifa, known as Tamar, was made by a US-Israel consortium including the Delek Group, through its subsidiaries Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration, Isramco Negev 2, Dor Gas Exploration and US oil operator Noble Energy Inc.

Preliminary estimates indicate that the Tamar field might contain over 88 billion cubic meters of gas...Read more

Joel Rosenberg comments on the find HERE

Israel implements unilateral Gaza cease-fire

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel implemented a unilateral cease-fire early Sunday in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas. But Israeli troops will stay in the Palestinian territory for now and Hamas threatened to keep fighting until they leave...Read more

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Update from Joel Rosenberg

U.N. outrage – but only when it's safe

Article by Hal Lindsey at WorldNetDaily.

According to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters and elsewhere, Israeli forces deliberately shelled a United Nations compound filled with "hundreds of refugees" and buildings filled with "humanitarian supplies."

"The U.N. compound in Gaza had only that morning become a makeshift shelter for hundreds of Gaza City residents seeking sanctuary from relentless Israeli shelling," said a U.N. official in Gaza. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

The official claimed that shortly afterwards a shell hit one of the U.N. schools used as a sanctuary. Three people were wounded. He also said that two other shells hit a warehouse that contained humanitarian supplies and a U.N. parking lot.

A school. A warehouse housing humanitarian supplies. Three Israeli shells also hit a hospital in the al Quds neighborhood, setting its pharmacy afire. It couldn't sound any worse.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the damage caused to the al Quds hospital was "completely and utterly unacceptable based on every known standard of international humanitarian law."

U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon thundered into the region to express his outrage at the targeting of the U.N. school and compound being used to shelter hundreds of refugees. He expressed "strong protest and outrage" at the shelling of the compound and demanded an investigation...Read MORE

More articles and news:

Academic Jew-Hater

Israel Must Defeat Hamas

A Petition to the U.N. on Hamas’s Crimes

IAF Pounds Hamas; 40 Targets Hit