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UBL Slams U.S. For Celebrating Israel’s 60th
Usama bin Laden, al-Qaeda’s leader, condemned Western leaders for celebrating Israel’s 60th birthday. In a new audio tape, he says the war against Israel and its allies will continue, and that Muslims won’t cede “one inch of Palestine,” al-Jazeera reports. “Western leaders’ participation with the Je…
Rockets Rain Down On Israel
This weekend, Israel’s Negev region was bombarded. On Friday night, Hamas fired mortars, killing an Israeli civilian and wounding others, including an IDF soldier. On Saturday, Hamas fired more than 20 Qassam rockets, and on Sunday one struck a school bus. On Monday, rockets struck Ashkelon killing …
Israel’s Latest Population Stats
On the eve of Israel’s 60th Independence Day, the population stands at 7,282,000, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the Jerusalem Post reports. Some 5,499,000 of the population (75.5%) are Jews, 1,461,000 (20.1%) are Arabs, and 322,000 (4.4%) are non-Jewish immigrants and their of…
Hamas Makes A Mess in the Med
The UN says Gaza’s water authority dumped millions of gallons of sewage into the Mediterranean Sea that year, according to the Jerusalem Post. “The sewage discharge is contaminating Gaza seawater and posing health risks for bathers and consumers of seafood. The sewage flows northward to Israeli coas…
Iran Working To Build Regional Influence
The U.S. State division calls Iran the world’s “most active” state sponsor of terrorism considering of its efforts to build regional influence, Agence France Press reports. The entire report, “Country Reports on Terrorism 2007,” can be found on the State Department’s website. Iran builds regional in…
Palestinians Talk Truce on the Nile
Thirty members of various Palestinian factions will hold talks in Cairo with Egyptian mediators to discuss a comprehensive truce with Israel and the lack of unity among the divided factions, ash Sharq al-Awsat reports. Mohammed al-Baba of the Popular Resistance Committees says that the groups will m…
Iran’s Barbie Wars
Iran’s Prosecutor General says Barbie dolls are a cultural danger with “destructive cultural and social consequences,” Reuters reports. He plus deems Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter as “danger warning[s]”. In 2002, Iran banned Barbie, USA Today reported. Two years ago, police raided toy shops an…
Al-Qaeda’s #2 Wants Credit for Killing 3000+ Americans
In an argument that borders on foolish, al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is angry at Iran for spreading the theory that Israel was behind the 9/11 attacks, BBC reports. In a two-hour, online audio tape, Zawahiri insisted al-Qaeda carried out the attacks. He additionally accused Iran of…
Happy Passover
The Jewish Policy Center wishes you and your family a very happy Passover holiday.Original post by Matthew Brooks
New Israel Fund & Israeli Arab NGO Adalah
Dr. Aaron Lerner at IMRA notes today that an Israeli Arab NGO receiving funds via the New Israel Fund is complaining that Israel violates the human rights of Palestinian terrorists who murder Israelis by “classifying political prisoners as ’security prisoners’.” The NGO, Adalah, released a communiqu…















