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Somali jihadists threaten Israel
An update on the "> "> " target="_blank">expanding aspirations of al-Shabaab. The story below notes how al-Shabaab has somehow "mutated" from a "nationalist" movement to an international jihadist organization, with rhetoric indistinguishable from that of al-Qaeda. This is easier to explain ...
America, stop sucking up to Israel
haaretz.com — Barack Obama has been busy - offering the Jewish People blessings for Rosh Hashanah, and recording a... flattering video for the President's Conference in Jerusalem and another for Yitzhak Rabin's memorial rally. Only Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah surpasses ... (more) America, stop sucking up to Israel
JStreet–The American Kadima?
volokh.com — The mystery of just what JStreet is, or intends to be, is growing deeper. “The party and... the viewpoint that we’re closest to in Israeli politics is actually Kadima,” JStreet’s founder Jeremy Ben-Ami told the Jerusalem Post . (Hat tip: Ilya) You ... (more) JStreet–The American Kadima?
No class, bad memory
powerlineblog.com — Hillary Clinton continued her farcical visit to Pakistan today by blaming Obama's failure to make any progress... with respect to Israeli-Palestinian relations on George W. Bush. Clinton told a group of Pakistani journalists I think that, look, we ... (more) No class, bad memory
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Somali-based al-Qaeda group threatens Israel
Israel Matzav — ... (Hat Tip: Jihad Watch ). "The Jews started to destroy parts of the holy mosque of Al Aqsa and they routinely kill our Palestinian brothers, so we are committed to defend our Palestinian brothers," said Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, a prominent Al-Shabab commander. His threat was part of a series of fiery sermons delivered after Friday prayers in Baidoa in southwest Somalia. Al-Shabab controls the region, which is part of a country that has been without an effective national government for nearly 20 years. Other leaders of the group also threatened Israel, the first time the ...

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