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by Lawrence A. Franklin • August 13, 2025 at 5:00 am
Macron's announcement to recognize a fantasy "Palestinian state" not only demolished the negotiations that were reportedly nearing completion for a ceasefire and the return of the 50 remaining hostages; it also might cause the death by starvation, shooting or explosives possibly strapped to them, of the 20 hostages believed to be alive The Druze -- a small ethnically Arab religious minority that originated as a breakaway from the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam -- do not consider themselves Muslim. Therefore, the other Arabs in Syria do not consider them Muslim either. For months, regime "security forces" have been slaughtering them. Islamic terrorists believe that they are obligated to slaughter anyone not Muslim, based on passages in the Qur'an. Something appears wrong with this picture. Al-Sharaa promised Trump that he would protect Syria's minorities; so far, he seems to be doing everything but that. In the latest of these opposition demonstrations, on July 21, dozens of protestors in Gaza shouted "Hamas Out." There is still strong reason to doubt, however, however, if Gazans would be more favorably inclined toward Israel if Hamas were gone. Israel is already over-extended in defending virtually every minority in the region – while receiving nothing but opprobrium from most of the insensate media and many in Europe. They seem not to realize that they are the beneficiaries of Israel's actions, even as they keep on giving away their continent to newcomers who seem intent on replacing Europe's values with their own. The question remains, however, if Syria's al-Sharaa in is not still just a terrorist, but in a suit and tie.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to protect the Druze in Syria represents the finest dimension of Jewish ethical principles. Israel is already over-extended in defending virtually every minority in the region – while receiving nothing but opprobrium from most of the insensate media and many in Europe. Pictured: Israeli Druze rally at the border with Syria, near Majdal Shams, in support of Israeli intervention to protect the Druze in Syria from massacres at the hands of the Syrian regime and armed Islamist groups, on July 16, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
Israel has not only been protecting virtually every persecuted minority in the Middle East; it has, with the help of US President Donald J. Trump, also been protecting the West itself. Has anyone heard a breath of gratitude? On the contrary, many leaders in the West -- most prominently President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, followed closely by Prime Minister Micheal Martin of Ireland and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway -- have doubled down on the side of terrorists, this time Hamas.
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by Gordon G. Chang • August 12, 2025 at 5:00 am
Here is a suggestion: Instruct the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Tan. It is time to establish accountability in corporate America when it comes to the People's Republic of China. The sales were illegal under U.S. law — the university was added to the Commerce Department's Entity List in 2015 — and Cadence in late July pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit export control violations. Additionally, the company agreed to pay a fine of more than $140 million. To establish accountability, the Justice Department must investigate Tan's role in Cadence's long series of sales to the Chinese military. "[S]omeone operating at his level and who engaged with Chinese military-affiliated businesses cannot be a reliable partner to the U.S. ... So long as Tan remains as CEO of Intel, the U.S. government can never do substantial business with that firm because the risk of compromise is too great." — Brandon Weichert, senior national security editor of The National Interest, to Gatestone, August 2025.
Pictured: Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet met Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, on August 11. "The meeting was a very interesting one," Trump posted on Truth Social immediately afterwards. "His success and rise is an amazing story. Mr. Tan and my Cabinet members are going to spend time together, and bring suggestions to me during the next week." Here is a suggestion: Instruct the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Tan. It is time to establish accountability in corporate America when it comes to the People's Republic of China. First, the good news. Tan can save the ailing American chipmaker. He has the right vision for Intel, is extremely capable, and has the strength to take on the chairman of the company's board of directors, who wants to implement a misguided restructuring.
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by Khaled Abu Toameh • August 11, 2025 at 5:00 am
Hamas is now trying to incite Arabs to revolt against their own governments under the pretext that the Arab leaders have failed to help the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Apparently, the Arab leaders understand the dangers of allowing Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization, to drag their countries into war with Israel. That is why many Arab countries have banned or outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and recently, Jordan. These countries view the Muslim Brotherhood as a threat to national security and political stability. If the Trump administration wants to promote peace and stability in the Middle East and protect its Arab allies, it must follow suit and designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization. "Al-Hayya's statement is part of a systematic campaign orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood worldwide with the aim of discrediting Egypt's role and disrupting its political and humanitarian efforts to stop the war and alleviate the suffering of [Palestinian] civilians." — Former Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Hussein Haridi, Sky News Arabia, July 28, 2025. The Hamas leader's goals are "completely in line with the main objectives of the Muslim Brotherhood: toppling the Egyptian regime and turning Egypt into a quagmire of chaos.... The Muslim Brotherhood believes that the current economic situation in Egypt could be an opportunity to pressure the Egyptian people by mixing religious sentiments with economic conditions, thereby destabilizing the country's domestic situation." — Saeed Okasha, Egyptian expert at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, almashhad.com, July 28, 2025. Hamas leaders, who claim they were betrayed by their Arab brothers, now seek to export their group's own crisis and place the responsibility for the suffering of the Palestinians on other parties, especially the Arab countries. They are doing so from their safe villas and luxury hotel suites in Qatar, one of the leading sponsors of Islamist groups, especially the Muslim Brotherhood. Were it not for Qatar's backing, Hamas leaders would not have had the courage to incite unrest and instability in Egypt and Jordan. It is time for the Trump administration not only to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization, but also finally to call out Qatar and its Al-Jazeera TV network for promoting Islamist terror groups that target Israel and America's Arab allies.
It is time for the Trump administration not only to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization, but also finally to call out Qatar and its Al-Jazeera TV network for promoting Islamist terror groups that target Israel and America's Arab allies. Pictured: The logo of the Muslim Brotherhood.
After rejecting all proposals for a ceasefire-and-hostage deal, the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas is now trying to incite Arabs to revolt against their own governments under the pretext that the Arab leaders have failed to help the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Recently, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, who together with his family moved from the Gaza Strip to Qatar before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led invasion of Israel, called on Arabs to "march toward Palestine by land and sea and besiege the [Israeli embassies in Arab countries, especially Egypt and Jordan]." Addressing the Egyptian people, al-Hayya said: "O people of Egypt, how can you allow your [Palestinian] brothers near your border to die?" The Hamas official was referring to Egypt's refusal to open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to allow in humanitarian aid.
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by Robert Williams • August 10, 2025 at 5:00 am
[T]he EU organization itself... -- once again –- is at the center of a new corruption scandal.... While Huawei has been effectively banned in the US – and has closed all its official and direct lobbying operations in Washington in early 2024 – the company has been free to do its influence peddling in the EU, where it is not banned. China's influence in Europe in a multitude of areas is already highly present... The Belgian raid came roughly two years after the so-called Qatargate: In December 2022, Belgian authorities uncovered the bribery of Members of European Parliament by Qatar... Politico reported on the leaked files, dubbed "the Qatargate files" in December 2023: "The actions recorded in the documents include some with a significant impact on the workings of the European Union — such as scheming to kill off six parliamentary resolutions condemning Qatar's human rights record..." Qatargate is far from over. Trials are only scheduled to begin in late 2025. The EU, therefore, currently has not just one, but two huge corruption scandals on its hands. The president of the unelected European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her second term in the position, having first maneuvered her way into this post after serving as a scandal-ridden minister of defense in Germany for many years, is herself under scrutiny in what has become known as "Pfizer-gate"... Qatar has not only bought and invested in large swathes of European real estate, it is also a huge contributing factor to the Islamization of Europe. Qatar funneled -- at an extremely conservative estimate -- at least €71 million (approximately $78 million) to build 140 mosques and Islamic centers in Europe just as of 2014, according to the latest authoritative report on the issue, the 2019 book Qatar Papers by French journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot.
Belgian police raided more than 20 locations in Belgium and Portugal in March in an investigation of alleged "active corruption within the European Parliament," for the benefit of China's tech giant Huawei, according to Belgium's federal prosecutor's office. Huawei's main lobbying office in Brussels was raided, alongside European Parliament offices. (Image source: iStock/Getty Images)
"The European Union is one of the least corrupt regions in the world," boasts the European Commission on its website. Oh really? Let us take a look at the EU organization itself, which -- once again –- is at the center of a new corruption scandal. Belgian police raided more than 20 locations in Belgium and Portugal in March in an investigation of alleged "active corruption within the European Parliament," for the benefit of China's tech giant Huawei, according to Belgium's federal prosecutor's office. Huawei's main lobbying office in Brussels was raided, alongside European Parliament offices.
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by Amir Taheri • August 10, 2025 at 4:00 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping has introduced a new letter, C for consumer. Twenty years ago, the Chinese were producers, supplying the world with inexpensive products that most citizens of the People's Republic couldn't afford. Today, however, China has the second-largest consumer market after the United States and is set to surpass it in consumer purchasing power parity. Bastiat was not familiar with the modern state structures that have transformed Hobbes's "Leviathan" into a regulating machine in the service of special interests, fashionable ideologies and the cult of the imaginary victim. The current war of tariffs pits Trump as a protectionist inspired by David Ricardo, not to say Marx, against Xi, who has discovered Smith via Bastiat. The duel shows that ideas, too, have a free market and could spread in different directions with different time-spans.
Pictured: A lithograph of a portrait of Frédéric Bastiat from 1848, by Auguste-Hilaire Léveillé. (Image source: National Library of France)
Even long after Deng Xiaoping had led China out of the Marxist impasse created by Mao Zedong, official discourse was always centered on the letter P for Proletariat. The leadership emphasized its legitimacy with reference to the working class, that is to say producer in supply-side economics. From that angle, the producer of surplus value was the focus of economic policy. In his latest interventions in public debate, however, Chinese President Xi Jinping has introduced a new letter, C for consumer. He has emphasized the need to prioritize the interests of the consumer in shaping the economic strategy of the People's Republic of China. The switch from P to C reflects the dramatic changes China has experienced in its emergence as a modern global economic powder.
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by Majid Rafizadeh • August 9, 2025 at 5:00 am
Iran's regime is built on the belief that it must export its revolutionary Islamist vision, overthrow secular governments, and unify the Muslim world under a single Shiite Islamist state. This project is its purpose. It is what gives the Islamic Republic of Iran its identity. Its constitution enshrines that vision, and its institutions — from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its intelligence services — are structured around advancing this goal. A regime built on these foundations does not abandon its mission when it suffers setbacks. It adapts, regroups and strikes again when the world is distracted or divided. It is important not misread its current weakness as evidence of defeat. This danger is not limited to the Middle East. It is now reaching deep into Europe and North America. Recently, the United States, joined by thirteen NATO members and Austria, issued a joint statement accusing Iran of carrying out a growing number of plots on Western soil.... The goal is clear: to silence critics, spread fear and expand Iran's ability to operate with impunity on foreign soil. Iran is not a normal country acting in pursuit of its people's national interest. It is a fundamentalist theocratic regime committed to conquest. It thrives on conflict. Every dollar that flows into its coffers is a dollar that funds terrorism. Every embassy it maintains abroad is a potential command post for espionage and assassination. Every day the West relaxes its vigilance is a day the Iranian regime uses to regroup and retaliate. That is why the international community must stay united and focused — not just on holding Iran to account for past behavior, but on thwarting its future plots. Iran must not be allowed to rearm under this regime. It must not be allowed to continue its campaign of terror. This objective means keeping "maximum pressure" in place. It means cutting off Iran's oil exports. It means denying it access to the global economy. It means shutting down its diplomatic outposts, which serve as centers of espionage. It means reimposing UN sanctions and enforcing them without compromise. The world cannot afford another mirage of Iranian "reform" or "moderation." Iran is rebuilding its war machine. The mission to stop it must continue, relentlessly and without apology.
Iran's regime is built on the belief that it must export its revolutionary Islamist vision, overthrow secular governments, and unify the Muslim world under a single Shiite Islamist state. Its constitution enshrines that vision, and its institutions are structured around advancing this goal. Pictured: Khamenei gives a speech on November 1, 2023, televised on Iran's Channel 1. (Image source: MEMRI)
The Iranian regime does not think in terms of four-year election cycles or short-term political wins. It thinks in decades and acts on long-term strategic objectives. Its leadership, unelected, is essentially permanent. Iran is ruled by a Supreme Leader, who occupies the office for life, and by a military and clerical elite who are driven not by pragmatism but by an Islamist revolutionary ideology. Over the past 46 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has become a primary source of instability in the Middle East, a hub of global terrorism, and a headache for Western democracies. The Iranian regime's survival has been the result of relentless ideological focus, brutal repression, and an ability to exploit the weaknesses and short-term thinking of its adversaries.
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by Nima Gholam Ali Pour • August 8, 2025 at 5:00 am
A successful popular uprising without external support is not possible in Iran: The mullahs have repeatedly shown that they are willing to kill as many people as necessary to stay in power. During the Twelve-Day War, when Iran's regime was forced to confront an armed adversary, the enforcers who usually beat and abuse unarmed Iranians went into hiding. Their commanders went into hiding. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei went into hiding. This is what the beginning of regime change looks like. The one scenario that is completely unrealistic, and has never happened, is that unarmed Iranian civilians, without any military support, could overthrow a regime that can even bring in militias from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen to crush an uprising. When unarmed people confront armed forces, the armed forces win.... There is nothing wrong with overthrowing tyranny with the help of external support, especially when a tyrannical regime is spreading war and chaos throughout the region. During the Twelve-Day War, Iran's regime came closer to collapse than ever before. What was missing was an active agent to carry out the regime change. Iran's ruling mullahs will never become pro-Western or peaceful.... Countries such as the United States and Israel have a crucial role to play in planning for a successful regime change and mobilizing countries that support such a goal....
A successful popular uprising without external support is not possible in Iran: The mullahs have repeatedly shown that they are willing to kill as many people as necessary to stay in power. Pictured: Iranian policemen chase anti-regime protestors and beat them with batons in Tehran, on September 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
The Twelve-Day War between Iran and Israel is a wake-up call for everyone who has finally had enough of the Iranian regime. Until now, the Iranian opposition-in-exile and all those hoping for regime change have been waiting for some form of popular uprising from the Iranian people. Such waves of protests have taken place in past years, but each time, the mullahs' regime has become more adept at crushing these revolts, regardless of how much support they received from the international community. There will be no regime change in Iran without direct external pressure, and the Israeli-American attack on the Iranian regime's structure demonstrated, perhaps for the first time, that this regime can fall.
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by Robert Williams • August 7, 2025 at 5:00 am
A bill, H.R.3883 (Muslim Brotherhood Is a Terrorist Organization Act of 2025), was put forward on June 10, 2025 by US Senator Ted Cruz, "[to] require the Secretary of State to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization." This designation is crucial for both US and international security. Even then, if the US government makes the FTO designation, this alone is not enough to slow down the aggression that the Muslim Brotherhood is still generating throughout the world. "Qatar is at the top of funding terrorism worldwide, even more than Iran." — Udi Levy, former senior official of Israel's Mossad spy agency, who dealt with economic warfare against terrorist organizations, Ynet, April 18, 2024. Currently, President Donald Trump is selling the Qataris the weapons with which they and their terrorist protegees hope to destroy the US! In 1991, the Muslim Brotherhood listed 29 organizations that it envisioned working toward a "grand jihad" to undermine Western civilization. Several of the organizations mentioned in the document still operate within the United States, working actively towards America's demise, while new ones have been formed based on the original ones: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and its various subgroups, the Muslim Students Association, American Muslims for Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine, all of which were formed in the 1990s. As the US, Canada and the entire West remain vulnerable, the Muslim Brotherhood doubtless could not be happier. Qatar's rulers probably cannot believe how easily its influence was bought -- and how agreeably the West sold its soul for petrodollars.
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB), mainly through Qatar, has spread extremism, instability and terrorism from the Middle East to the rest of the world. Qatar's state television, Al-Jazeera, now a massive media empire, is the leading MB propaganda outlet. Pictured: The late Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the MB, speaks while seated beside Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, at a conference held in Qaradawi's honor that was broadcast on Al-Jazeera on July 16, 2007. (Image source: MEMRI video screenshot)
Designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in the United States is a basic first step in countering the organization's corrosive influence. The MB has spread extremism, instability and terrorism from the Middle East to the rest of the world, not least in the US and Europe, with affiliates of the organization spread across at least 70 other countries. A bill, H.R.3883 (Muslim Brotherhood Is a Terrorist Organization Act of 2025), was put forward on June 10, 2025 by US Senator Ted Cruz, "[to] require the Secretary of State to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization." This designation is crucial for both US and international security. Even then, if the US government makes the FTO designation, this alone is not enough to slow down the aggression that the Muslim Brotherhood is still generating throughout the world.
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by Lawrence Kadish • August 6, 2025 at 12:30 pm
The alternative to using atomic bombs against Japan in 1945 was a planned invasion of Japan's home islands, which would have made the death toll in Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like a minor footnote to a countrywide bloodbath. Pictured: A mushroom cloud rises from the atomic bomb detonated on Nagasaki, photographed from 9.6 km away in Koyagi-jima, on August 9, 1945. (Photo by Hiromichi Matsuda/Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum/Getty Images)
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the use of nuclear weapons to end World War II. Two atomic bombs destroyed two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, sending shockwaves all the way to Emperor Hirohito's bunker in Tokyo, where he told his military staff he would no longer sacrifice his country and its civilians in a war that was destroying his nation. The debate continues to this day as to the morality of using nuclear weapons, with critics citing the enormous human cost. What they consistently fail to tally is the cost of not using atomic bombs to end the conflict.
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by Anna Mahjar-Barducci • August 6, 2025 at 5:00 am
The MKs are calling for Taiwan's meaningful participation in global bodies, with a particular emphasis on health, transportation, environmental protection, and human rights. The declaration, signed at the end of July, praises Taiwan as "a vibrant democracy committed to promoting the values of freedom, equality, human rights, and the rule of law, all in a challenging geopolitical environment." It highlights Taiwan's "impressive contributions during times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, during which Taiwan was a global leader in finding solutions and assisting other countries," and arguing that its exclusion from organizations such as the World Health Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is both "unjustified and irresponsible." This is the first and important step to counter the "one-China" policy. To break this "one-China" policy -- a policy that leaves the door open for China's military to attack Taiwan -- members of parliament from other countries, as many as possible, would do well immediately to band together and issue similar declarations. Such a move in a large number of countries at the same time could prevent a great deal of bloodshed down the road.
In a significant diplomatic gesture, 72 Israeli Members of Knesset (MKs), representing parties from both the ruling coalition and the opposition, have signed a declaration advocating for Taiwan's inclusion in international organizations. Pictured (L-R): MK Boaz Toporovsky, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Representative Ya-Ping (Abby) Lee, and MK Ohad Tal, on July 24, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Boaz Toporovsky's Office)
In a significant diplomatic gesture, 72 Israeli Members of Knesset (MKs), representing parties from both the ruling coalition and the opposition, have signed a declaration advocating for Taiwan's inclusion in international organizations. This unprecedented cross-party initiative underscores a growing sentiment of solidarity with Taiwan, particularly in light of its steadfast support for Israel following the massacre of October 7, 2023. The declaration, spearheaded by MK Boaz Toporovsky (Yesh Atid), chair of the Israel–Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Association, and joined by MK Ohad Tal (Religious Zionist Party), chair of the Israel–US Relations Caucus, explicitly states that "Taiwan's systematic exclusion from international forums is unjustified." The MKs are calling for Taiwan's meaningful participation in global bodies, with a particular emphasis on health, transportation, environmental protection, and human rights.
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by Lawrence Kadish • August 6, 2025 at 4:00 am
If there were a formula for who will dominate the 21st century, it would be: Fusion Energy + AI = World Supremacy. (Image source: OpenAI)
Fusion energy is not only cheap, clean and limitless, it is also the "engine" that will drive the enormous increases in artificial intelligence (AI) that will be the ultimate super-weapon of this century. AI requires electricity -- enormous amounts of it -- that only fusion energy can generate cleanly, cheaply and in unlimited amounts. If there were a formula for who will dominate the 21st century, it would be: Fusion Energy + AI = World Supremacy. Our nation, however, is now faced with a new and dangerous 21st century threat. China has been steamrolling ahead developing cheap, clean and limitless fusion energy to fuel the great new frontier of AI. Meanwhile, America appears stuck in the technology of soon-to-be-outdated fission energy.
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by Khaled Abu Toameh • August 5, 2025 at 5:00 am
Hamas's primary goal is to remain in power after the war so that it can continue its jihad (holy war) to eliminate Israel. Western leaders have succeeded in making any negotiations impossible. The message they sent -- especially in Europeans -- was: Massacre and keep the hostages and be rewarded with a state. The terrorists clearly see, yet again, that terrorism pays off. So keep on doing it! Despite their opposition to the "two-state solution," the Palestinian terrorists are nevertheless prepared to take any land Israel gives them so it can be used as a launchpad to destroy Israel. In 2017, Hamas issued a "policy document" that confirmed this approach. The terror group made it clear in its document that it would not oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. Hamas, however, stressed that this does not mean that the terror group would recognize Israel's right to exist. Hamas's policy document has been mistakenly interpreted by some Westerners as a sign of pragmatism, moderation and acceptance of the "two-state solution" on the part of the terror group. False. Hamas, as part of a campaign to deceive and mislead Westerners into accepting it as a legitimate player in the Palestinian arena, is pretending that it supports a Palestinian next to Israel. In reality, Hamas is clearly stating that such a state will be used for "the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea." In the same document, Hamas makes it abundantly clear that it will pursue its jihad against Israel after the establishment of a Palestinian state. This is certainly not the right time to talk about a "two-state solution." The jihadists and terrorists see it as a reward for their atrocities against Israel. It is more important to focus efforts on dismantling and crushing all the Palestinian terror groups and embarking on a process of deradicalization for the Palestinians before talking about a peace process or "two-state solution." Under the current circumstances, statements about recognizing a Palestinian state send a message to the Palestinians that terrorism and violence -- not negotiations -- are the best way to gain international support for statehood... and anything else.
Hamas's primary goal is to remain in power after the war so that it can continue its jihad (holy war) to eliminate Israel. Pictured: Hamas terrorists n Khan Yunis, Gaza, on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
The recent announcements by France, Britain, Canada and other countries that they intend to recognize a Palestinian state have emboldened the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas. Its members, on October 7, 2023, were behind the worst crime committed against Jews since the Holocaust. The massacre resulted in the murder of more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and the wounding of thousands. In addition, another 251 Israelis and foreign nationals were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, where 50 hostages – 30 believed dead and 20 believed alive – are still held captive. This was Hamas's initial reaction to the announcements: "The recognition of the State of Palestine with full sovereignty is the fruit of our people's continuous struggle." Hamas clearly views the statements made by the leaders of France, Britain, Canada and other countries as the direct result of its October 7 carnage.
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by Majid Rafizadeh • August 4, 2025 at 5:00 am
As Israeli and American forces took awe-inspiring steps to cripple Iran's nuclear weapons program and weaken the Islamic Republic's regional power projection, the leaders of the EU3 -- France, Germany, and the United Kingdom -- have been busy smiling across negotiating tables, scheming behind closed doors to help the regime survive. The governments of the EU3 are now in direct negotiations with Iran; both sides are apparently pleased with how things are progressing. What is the goal of these talks? It is not peace, not justice, and certainly not about protecting the world from nuclear blackmail. No, the objective is to ensure that the snapback sanctions, the most powerful tool to constrain Iran, are not reimposed... The EU3 powers — the UK, France, and Germany — are now saying they might trigger the snapback sanctions -- but only if Iran fails to "contain" its nuclear program by the end of August. That word -- "contain" -- is a farce. What does "contain" even mean?... So, of course Iran will say, "Yes, we'll contain it." Of course they will smile, stall, and agree to meaningless terms just long enough for the snapback sanctions deadline to expire. To be clear: the West has nothing to show for these negotiations, while Iran has everything to gain. Iran gets to look "reasonable," pocket more time, avoid sanctions, and wait for the clock to run out — after which the UN sanctions vanish forever.... Russia and China will never again agree to reimpose them through the UN Security Council. The European powers know this, but clearly could not care less. In reality, "contain" is nothing but a sanitized rebranding of the same failed JCPOA... a laughable "honor system" -- uranium enrichment, centrifuges spinning, and a countdown until Iran nearly reached nuclear weapons breakout. This is not disarmament. This is a con. There needs to be zero enrichment, zero centrifuges and zero compromise. If the goal is nuclear nonproliferation, that is the only position that makes sense. If Iran wants to prove its intentions are peaceful, it can dismantle every element of its nuclear infrastructure — permanently. Anything less is just duplicity waiting to happen. Europe's moral compass has been replaced by a calculator and a gas pump. All they evidently care about is money -- oil deals, luxury imports, sweetheart business contracts -- with the same Iranian regime that hangs dissidents, murders women in the streets, and calls for genocide against Israel and the West, including Europe. If the governments of the EU3 truly believed in human rights, regional security, or protecting its own backyard, it would have blocked the move. Instead, the EU3 powers did nothing. They stood by silently, allowing Iran to legally purchase and sell advanced weapons. Then, what did Iran do with its new freedom? It began arming Russia — the very country invading Europe through Ukraine. European leaders have refused to stop Tehran from becoming a weapons dealer for the Kremlin. This is not hypocrisy. This is a serious betrayal -- of Europe's own people, and of every Ukrainian citizen fighting against Russian tanks. Let us call this what it is: treachery. The top European powers helped create the problem with Iran. They enabled the regime's rise. They funded its resurgence. And now, just when the Iranian regime is cornered, they are riding in to save it once again. For money. For a surrender masquerading as "diplomacy".... The snapback sanctions must be triggered immediately. Europe's leaders have chosen the wrong side of history before. Do not let them drag the rest of us down with them again.
As Israeli and American forces took awe-inspiring steps to cripple Iran's nuclear weapons program and weaken the Islamic Republic's regional power projection, the leaders of the EU3 -- France, Germany, and the United Kingdom -- have been busy smiling across negotiating tables, scheming behind closed doors to help the regime survive. Pictured: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (C), flanked by Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L), France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot (2nd R) and EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (R), makes a statement following their meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister on Tehran's nuclear program, in Geneva, on June 20, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
While the United States and Israel have carried the backbreaking burden of confronting the Iranian regime's nuclear threat with courage and real-world action, some European leaders have once again decided to play the coward's role — not just by refusing to stand up to Iran, but by actively enabling it. As Israeli and American forces took awe-inspiring steps to cripple Iran's nuclear weapons program and weaken the Islamic Republic's regional power projection, the leaders of the EU3 -- France, Germany, and the United Kingdom -- have been busy smiling across negotiating tables, scheming behind closed doors to help the regime survive. At a time when moral clarity is desperately needed, these European leaders, in what appears a toxic lust for trade profits, appears to be choosing hypocrisy and appeasement.
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by Nils A. Haug • August 3, 2025 at 5:00 am
At the Islamic Centre of Rhode Island, on May 30, an imam delivered a sermon that, according to Andrew Bostom, "invoked Islam's supersessionism, its notion of being the true primordial monotheism of Jewish patriarch Abraham." Of course, the main problem in discussing religion is that it is often impossible to prove anything, so that all controversies continue indefinitely. It is a contest of legitimacy with Muslims asserting Ishmael to be the rightful, favored heir to Abraham, rather than his only legitimate son and heir, Isaac. Islamist claims of legitimacy -- and their determination to rid Israel of Jews -- are a core element in explaining the perpetual conflict between Islamists and Israel. Consequently, any peace agreement may well be fragile and temporary.
Islamist claims of legitimacy -- and their determination to rid Israel of Jews -- are a core element in explaining the perpetual conflict between Islamists and Israel. Consequently, any peace agreement may well be fragile and temporary. Pictured: Supporters of the Houthis carry signs showing the group's motto of "God is Great, death to America, death to Israel, curse upon the Jews, victory to Islam", during a rally commemorating the Shiite holiday of Ashura in Sanaa, Yemen on September 10, 2019. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)
It has been claimed that the recent Iran-Israel war was simply a "violent prelude to a far grander and more terrifying prophetic chapter" in the effort to eliminate Israel and Jews from the face of the earth. This objective comprises diverse but interconnected strategies, such as pro-Islamic and anti-Zionist propaganda; military attacks on Israel by Iran and its jihadist proxies; and, not least, theological contortions designed to negate legitimate Jewish claims to their ancient divine blessings, including the promised homeland of Israel -- Eretz Yisrael -- itself. At the Islamic Centre of Rhode Island, on May 30, an imam delivered a sermon that, according to Andrew Bostom, "invoked Islam's supersessionism, its notion of being the true primordial monotheism of Jewish patriarch Abraham." In short, the imam was saying that Islam, not Judaism, is the sole authentic religion emanating from Abraham's line of descent.
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by JNS • August 3, 2025 at 4:00 am
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shared photos on X of the aid waiting to be distributed, saying that there is "enough food to feed all of Gaza but it sits rotting! UN is a tool of Hamas! US based GHF is actually delivering food FOR FREE and SAFELY. UN food is either looted by Hamas or rots in the sun!" According to U.S.-based Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the U.N. aid mechanism has allowed Hamas to hijack and hoard the aid for many months during the war, with the terrorist organization making hundreds of millions of dollars selling the supplies on the secondary market while ordinary Gazans go hungry. The introduction of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), however, managed to bypass this mechanism, depriving Hamas of its funds, Enia Krivine, the senior director of FDD's Israel Program and National Security Network, said on the FDD website on Thursday. "Hamas understands that if it doesn't regain control of the aid economy in Gaza, its days of ruling the enclave will be over. By refusing to work with GHF, the United Nations is shamefully throwing a lifeline to Hamas," Krivine added. "So now we're down to the final hostages, and they know what happens after you get the final hostages. And basically because of that, they really didn't want to make a deal" – US President Donald J. Trump, July 25, 2025.
Pictured: Supplies on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing that have not been collected for distribution by international aid organizations, July 2025. (Photo by IDF)
A cornucopia of aid supplies, mostly food, has accumulated in recent months on the Gazan side of the crossings to the Gaza Strip and is still waiting to be collected by international aid organizations, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) — a unit within Israel's defense ministry — said on July 25, 2025, in the wake of claims that Jerusalem is preventing food from entering the Strip. COGAT released extensive footage showing the hundreds of trucks on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing, with rows of boxes of supplies stacked on pallets. "Israel does not limit the number of trucks entering the Gaza Strip, and it is the collection issue that is preventing the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza," said COGAT's head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, Col. Abdullah Halabi, speaking from the Gazan side of the crossing with bundled-up boxes of supplies in the background.
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