Monthly Archives: May 2017

Coptic Christians killed in Minya bus attack

By | 2017-05-29T23:48:22-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

Minya bus attack Children among bus passengers targeted while going to a monastery in Minya province, prompting hunt for the attackers. Aljazeera At least 28 Coptic Christians have been killed and dozens more wounded by armed men who attacked them while they were travelling to a monastery in Egypt's Minya province. https://youtu.be/JTSO9NiaqmI The

All badly quiet on the Western Front

By | 2017-05-29T23:04:14-04:00 May 29th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Cultural stasis, except for the West's Eastern front. By Giulio Meotti - Arutz Sheva Is ours really an age of deepening Western crisis — as it has certainly seemed, of late — or beneath all the populist sound and fury, does our society actually remain in a kind of stasis, stagnant but not close to

Sisi signs controversial NGO bill

By | 2017-05-29T22:28:18-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

Egyptian President signs into law contentious bill to regulate non-governmental organizations. By Ben Ariel - Arutz Sheva Egyptian President Abdel fattah al-Sisi has signed into law a contentious new bill to regulate non- governmental organizations, the AFP news agency reported on Monday. Sisi approved the law on May 24 after parliament approved it in November

Egypt blocks newspaper website over ‘support for terrorism’

By | 2017-05-29T09:44:06-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

Egypt blocks website of one of its most prominent financial newspapers as it continues media blackout. By Elad Benari - Arutz Sheva Egypt on Sunday blocked the website of one of its most prominent financial newspapers, the paper's owner said, according to Reuters. The block expands a media blackout initiated last week to curb what

PA admits: Gaza now an independent entity

By | 2017-05-29T09:15:18-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

PA spokesman acknowledges the fact that Gaza is now completely run by Hamas. By Dalit Halevi - Aeutz Sheva The Palestinian Authority (PA) government in Ramallah has admitted that Hamas-ruled Gaza has turned into an independent entity. The government on Sunday condemned the unilateral steps taken by Hamas to effectively control Gaza, further deepening the

Abbas is being told to shape up – or else

By | 2017-05-29T00:28:47-04:00 May 29th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Trump is actually telling Abbas the truth - and seeing through Abbas' lies. By David Singer - Arutz Sheva The horrific carnage perpetrated in Manchester on 22 May presented an emotion-charged backdrop to two meetings the next day between President Trump and President Abbas in Bethlehem and President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Eight dead in Mississippi mass-shootings

By | 2017-05-28T23:49:40-04:00 May 28th, 2017|News|

Officer, seven others killed in pair of shootings in Mississippi. Suspect in custody. By David Rosenberg - Arutz Sheva At least eight people were killed in a pair of shootings in Lincoln County, Mississippi late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, including a law enforcement officer. The incident began in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi Saturday night when

Trump furious with Abbas: You lied to me

By | 2017-05-28T22:37:49-04:00 May 28th, 2017|News|

President Trump reportedly outraged with Palestinian Authority leader. 'The Israelis showed me that you are involved in incitement.' By David Rosenberg - Arutz Sheva President Donald Trump lambasted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, after the president claims the PA leader deceived him regarding his party’s involvement in anti-Israel incitement. Trump met with Abbas in the