To paraphrase what the munchkin coroner said about the witch in the Wizard of Oz,the so-called peace process between Israel and the 'Palestinians' is not only really dead, it's most sincerely dead. Fatah and Hamas announced yesterday that they had signed a formal reconciliation agreement to end any differences remaining in their proposed unity agreement. The ceremony was broadcast l...

Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in journalism – and rarely more so than in the case of Iran. Iran, the dark revolutionary Islamist menace. Shia Iran, protector and manipulator of World Terror, of Syria and Lebanon and Hamas and Hezbollah. Ahmadinejad, the Mad Caliph. And, of course, Nuclear Iran, preparing to destroy Israel in a mushroom cloud of anti-Semitic hatred,...

This interview was done January 5th, 2009. On Iran's Press TV, no less. Tell me again he doesn't hate Jews.

Today's sampler and analysis of Mideast media content from my pal Soccer Dad: 1) Whatever happened to Hamas? Maybe it's wishful thinking. In early October, The Christian Science Monitor reported: Of the many complaints in Gaza, one has become a popular refrain: the increasing taxes levied by Hamas. Fathi Abu Gamar, a gas station owner in Jabaliya refugee camp, readily joins the chorus: T...

There are some very sad jihadis in Texas today... The convictions in the Holy Land Foundation trial have been upheld by the Fifth Circuit and the appeals denied: Ghassan Elashi, of Richardson, a Holy Land Foundation founder, received 65 years for support of Hamas, money laundering and tax fraud. Shukri Abu Baker, of Garland, who was Holy Land's CEO, received 65 years for support of Hamas, mon...

You may remember last week that Benyamin Netanyahu and the Israeli cabinet caved in to pressure and made the decision to resume the release of tax funds to the Hamas-allied 'Palestinian' Authority.The funds were suspended after the 'Palestinians' violated the Road Map and the Oslo Accords by making an attempt to bypass negotiations with Israel with an unsuccessful unilateral de...

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has written Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, inviting him to visit Turkey, and informing him that he has instructed Turkey's Ministry of Finance to allocate $300 Million in aid for Hamas. Hamas sources said that Erdogan was responding positively to Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal's call for closer relations be...

Fatah's unelected dictator Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Hamas leader Khalid Masha'al announced today after their meeting in Cairo that they had settled all their remaining differences and are now ready to fully implement their unity agreement. "We want to assure our people and the Arab and Islamic world that we have turned a major new and real page in partnership on everything do to with the ...

An excellent video by Bill Whittle that shows exactly how this dynamic works. One small error..he mixes up Hamas and Hezbollah at the 2:25 mark. One slight quibble. To me the Nazis were and are a movement of the Left, so rather than red-brown-green alliance ( the green being Islam) I see it as simply red and green. Important to remember that 'Nazi' is shorthand for the party's offic...

Today's sampler and analysis of Mideast media content from my pal Soccer Dad: Cease-fire? Today the New York Times reports After Attacks, Efforts to Restore Truce Between Israel and Groups in Gaza. "Groups?" How descriptive is that? Is the New York Times incapable of using the word "terrorists?" The report includes the boilerplate: Hamas has largely maintained the fragile cease-fire that went...