Posts Tagged: Gatestone Institute
After Victories in Iraq, Jihadists Threaten to Invade Jordan and Israel
JNS.org - Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group are reportedly threatening to invade Jordan and Israel after their...
In 10th Year of 4-Year Term, Critics Say Abbas Has No Mandate to Sign Peace Deal
Now in his tenth year of a four-year term, critics of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas say he lacks electoral legitimacy within his Fatah party,...
Arab Political Refugee Mudar Zahran: ‘We Arabs and Muslims Are Harming Al-Aqsa, Not Israel or the Jews’
Arab political writer, Jordanian academic and exile, Mudar Zahran, said he realized that it was Arab control of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, called Al-Aqsa in Arabic,...
As Kerry Visits Jerusalem, PA Police Arrest Outspoken Businessman for Calling for Abbas’s Downfall
As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Jerusalem on Thursday, reports about the Palestinian Authority intimidation and arrest of a Canadian businessman in Ramallah...
Egyptian Christian Rights Group Alarmed by Consideration of Sharia Law in New Constitution
JNS.org - The U.S.-based Egyptian Christian human rights group Coptic Solidarity says that it is "extremely alarmed" about the possible inclusion of Sharia law...
Christian Persecution Incidents Continue in Mideast, Asia and Africa
In 2013 Christians continue to be persecuted in the Middle East, Asia and Africa through church attacks, blasphemy accusations and murders, states a January summary...
Did Head of Anti-Israel Organization Anna Baltzer Fabricate Background to Gain Legitimacy?
Anna Baltzer was named head of an organization called the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation partly because of a background she promotes as...
The Palestinian Authority Leadership’s Inconvenient Truths
The truth sometimes hurts; that is why the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been working hard to prevent the outside world from hearing about many occurrences...
Egypt Fully Remilitarizing Sinai – with U.S. Help
Egypt has moved forces into the Sinai beyond what was agreed to in the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. Getting them in wasn't that difficult - Israel...
Gaza Christians Fear Kidnappings and Forced Conversions to Islam
The Greek Orthodox Church in the Gaza Strip says that at least five Christians have recently been kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. According to...
