Whether you are an Israeli who supports the IDF’s defense of Israeli civilians and faults Hamas not just for raining 10,000 missiles at Israel over the last 8 years but also for also for booby-trapping civilian homes and forcefully setting rocket launchers in homes of Palestinians who beg them to leave… …or whether you are [...]
Here is a message I got from Mowaffaq Alami from OneVoice Palestine, who co-directs the Gaza office, and who learned of our baby’s birth amidst the beginning of the war in Gaza: Habebi Daniel Mabrook. Thank you Darya for lighting my dark night. You know what Daniel; yesterday I was counting when you informed us [...]
Nazila Fathi reported in the New York Times that Iran recently executed a man it claimed was a "spy" and has arrested another one also for "spying." This second man, Hossein Derakhshan, is among the most famous Persian bloggers. Hossein is jailed & threatened with the same fate of execution by the Iranian government. His [...]
Years ago, terrorist attacks by pseudo-Islamic terrorists were not aggressively condemned by Muslim leaders. Their position was, "why should we have to take a stance on this? We didn’t do it and do not need to go out of our way to deny such vicious acts." Plus significant portions of the Muslim population did not [...]
I got a note from a friend in Gaza a couple weeks before the latest breakdown of the cease-fire, which means what you read below has only gotten worse. "you can hear the people complaining about the situation and cursing the day that Hamas was voted in. The people say that Hamas had tricked them [...]
Read the entire article pasted below or in this link about Hezbollah’s Boy Scouts – to appreciate the challenge before society: the institutionalized hatred and seriousness of the threat posed by Hezbollah, its backers, and other movements with such nihilistic visions. It is chilling. We have no alternative but to counteract this in a smart [...]
After all of Sean Hannity’s admonitions about how an Obama Administration would cave into the Iranian regime, guess who is scared of Obama?! The Iranian "revolutionary" leaders – who apparently recognize that Obama’s nuanced approach and integrationist vision is a threat to their divisive vision. Facing Obama, Iran Suddenly Hedges on Talks By Thomas Erdbrink [...]
Several friends called or emailed to let me know Danny DeVito was hilarious at the Israel Film Festival, where he also encouraged the audience to get involved with OneVoice. This article will give you an idea… “Look around. A lot of you are bald,” said the actor, who was introduced by Michael Douglas — DeVito’s [...]
Ehud Olmert is on his way out. He was attacked by former supporters who turned on him when his political positions evolved. Now he has nothing to lose. And it shows – finally he is standing up to extremists Jewish settlers, freezing funds and deploying legal tools like administrative detentions, arrests, and trials against Illegal [...]
At the onset of the Iraqi war of 2003, Saddam Hussein’s media clamored about the Baathist Army’s impending victory. Its conviction was so strong, you had to wonder if they possessed information the West was not privy to. Then, within hours of the invasion, the house of cards imploded. It was clear that Iraq’s State-run [...]