A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
- By Middle East Monitor After driving Palestinians out of their villages to purportedly set up military exercise bases, the Israeli daily, Haaretz, accused Israel on Monday of carrying out the “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians in certain areas of the West Bank. In its editorial, the newspaper mentioned when and how many times Israeli displacement […]
A 10-mile strip filled with troops and tanks is being considered to fend off Islamists should Assad fall, writes Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv - By Uzi Mahnaimi, The Sunday Times February 03, 2013 – ISRAEL is considering creating a buffer zone reaching up to 10 miles inside Syria to protect itself from fundamentalist rebels on […]
- By Philip Podolsky, Times of Israel ‘You took a brave step against extremist Islamic terrorism,’ PM tells Francois Hollande Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday praised the French military intervention in the African nation of Mali, thanking France’s president for combating Muslim extremism. “You took a brave step against extremist Islamic terrorism,” Netanyahu told […]
Plan brings total approvals to 5,500 in just over a week as right urges Binyamin Netanyahu to drop two-state solution pledge – By Peter Beaumont Israel has given the green light for the fast-track development of a further 1,200 settlement units around Jerusalem. It brings the total number of new approvals to 5,500 in just over […]
- By RT Israel and Palestine are momentarily at a ceasefire, but the potential reasoning behind the recess could have some real international implications. Israel’s Debka reports that the pause in fighting comes after the US promised to send troops to Sinai. According to Debka, US troops will soon be en route to the Sinai […]
- By Alex Kane Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continued for much of the day (Middle Eastern time) as a ceasefire agreement was announced in Cairo. Earlier today, before the ceasefire agreement, a bus was bombed in Tel Aviv and rocket and mortar attacks continued on Israel. Both Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a […]
- By Alex Kane This post is a continually updated news resource. Click on the links for Mondoweiss’ coverage of Day 1; Day 2; Day 3; Day 4; and Day 5 of the Israeli attack on Gaza. As regional efforts to broker a cease-fire continue, Israeli forces have bombarded the Gaza Strip for six days. The death and injury toll for […]
The US was once part of the international consensus against extra-judicial assassinations. Now it is a leader in that tactic. – By Glenn Greenwald Israel‘s escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this conflict. Overwhelming Israeli force slaughters innocent Palestinians, including children, which is preceded (and followed) by far more limited rocket attacks into […]
