The Front Page Cover
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
Featuring:
For Israel, America is now a force to be worked around, not with
Caroline B. Glick
"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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nObama: Even Christians Hijack Religion
During Thursday's 63rd National Prayer Breakfast, Barack nObama, whose administration has done more than any other to discriminate against Christians, didn't implore guidance from God so much as put all faiths on equal footing -- including the warped ideology that calls far too many Muslims to wantonly slaughter innocents. After condemning ISIL, a "brutal, vicious death cult" that bears no semblance to Muhammad, nObama remarked, "We see sectarian war in Syria, the murder of Muslims and Christians in Nigeria, religious war in the Central African Republic, a rising tide of anti-Semitism and hate crimes in Europe, so often perpetrated in the name of religion." Rather than stopping there, nObama borrowed from his "spread the wealth" scheme by spreading the blame: "[L]est we get on our high horse and think [ruthless murder] is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ." Some actions the crusaders took were wrong and unjustifiable, but that was also 800 years ago, while jihadis are beheading journalists and slaughtering schoolchildren today. Oh, and by the way, the theme of the breakfast was "Remembering the Armenian Genocide of 1915," in which more than one million Christians were slaughtered by Muslims. nObama is conflating every humans' inherently sinful nature with two entirely contradictory teachings: Christians are commanded to show love and compassion, while Muhammad's pseudo-religion calls for killing infidels. Did nObama attend the National Prayer Breakfast to affirm his self-proclaimed Christian faith, or to once again sympathize with Muslim believers? Given yesterday's statements, it would seem the latter. More... -The Patriot Post 
Leftmedia Moves to Protect Brian Williams
Brian Williams' apology over fabricating his story about a 2003 Chinook ride in Iraq has shoveled more crow into the mouths of NBC executives than the time The New York Times ate humble pie when it corrected a story because it misidentified a My Little Pony character. Granted, confusing Fluttershy with Twilight Sparkle is nothing like exaggerating a war story to feed ego. But Williams may get away scot-free because NBC wants this whole debacle around its star anchor to blow over. In December, the celebrity anchor signed a five-year contract with NBC to the tune of $10 million a year. Nevertheless, the only person publicly defending Williams is disgraced CBS anchor Dan Rather. "I can attest that -- like his predecessor Tom Brokaw -- he is a superb pro, and a gutsy one," Rather said. Behind closed doors, though, NBC employees are fuming. The New York Post reports Brokaw "wants Williams' head on a platter." Another NBC employee described Williams as a "real pompous piece of s---." NBC faces a choice: Either fire Williams to preserve the organization's remaining reputation, or keep the talking hairdo because he's "a gutsy pro." More... -The Patriot Post
nObama's Student-Debt Giveaway Cost $22 Billion
Last year, Barack nObama broadened the "Pay As You Earn" student-debt federal giveaway. As usual, it was a wealth-transfer scheme -- giving taxpayer money away to the coveted votes of young people. Even nObama's buddies at Politico are astounded at the cost of his "generosity." Michael Grunwald reports, "In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the nObama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a $21.8 billion shortfall last year, apparently the largest ever recorded for any government credit program." Worse, "because of a quirk in the budget process for credit programs, the [Education] department can add the $21.8 billion to the deficit automatically, without seeking appropriations or even approval from Congress." Like every other program nObama calls for, he wants to "pay for it" by taking money from upper-bracket taxpayers. "This should be a no-brainer," he said last summer. "It would be scandalous if we allowed those kinds of tax loopholes for the very, very fortunate to survive while students are having trouble just getting started in their lives." In other words, it's his money to dispense with as he pleases. The real scandal is that nObama has dumped an $8 trillion truckload of new debt onto the backs of our children and grandchildren -- all while claiming a mantle of fiscal responsibility. Our national debt now stands at an astounding $18.1 trillion. That's more than $145,000 per American household. And he's not done yet. -The Patriot Post
IRS Grows Because of nObamaCare
The IRS doesn't have the manpower to hunt down and fine the millions of people who don't have health insurance, so, in Barack nObama's proposed budget to Congress, his favorite Tea Party-targeting bureaucracy gets a budget increase of nearly $2 billion -- for a grand total of $13.9 billion in the next fiscal year. "The billions of dollars will help the agency bolster its staff by adding more than 9,280 full-time employees," The Daily Signal reports. "The proposed jump in employment at the IRS is an 11 percent increase from 2015. To enforce the 46 new tax provisions of the Affordable Care Act specifically, the IRS asked for $67 million. That will cover 483 new employees related to nObamacare's implementation." IRS Tax Commissioner John Koskinen warned that the agency would be inundated with processing returns this year, and "customers" may not be happy. We're sure the glut of money will fix all that. Next tax season, expect an even bigger, meaner and more invasive IRS -- unless our new Republican majorities can somehow summon the Audacity of Nope. More... -The Patriot Post
Team Clinton Doctor Skeptical of Vaccines
The leftist-spun vaccine debacle brought presumed presidential candidate Hilly Clinton out of the shadows. Taking a stab at "anti-science" conservatives, she tweeted, "The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let's protect all our kids." Like any good two-faced leftist, Hilly was singing a different tune in 2008 when she promised to "make investments to find the causes of autism, including possible environmental causes like vaccines." That might explain Team Clinton's choice for family practitioner, who agreed with the old Hilly but not the new. The Daily Caller reveals, "A doctor who was profiled by The New York Times for his close personal and professional relationship with Bill and Hilly Clinton has expressed skepticism about vaccines and touted research that found a link between childhood vaccinations and autism." Dr. Mark Hyman, together with co-author Robert Kennedy Jr., expounded on this suspicion in "Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak." According to the Caller, "In the book and in a recent TV appearance on 'Dr. Oz,' Hyman and Kennedy expressed concern that the mercury in thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines, is associated with autism, developmental delays and certain illnesses." As we previously noted, parents should research the issue and be as knowledgeable as possible. That includes finding a trustworthy doctor. The Clintons don't seem to have done so. But remember: This is a Republican problem. More... -The Patriot Post
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Trey Gowdy Delivers EPIC Bad News to Congressmen
(conservativetribune.com) - It’s stories like these that give Americans much-needed hope that there are still good people with good intentions sitting in Congressional seats, with the best interests of American citizens on their agenda...Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis and conservative rock star Rep. Trey Gowdy recently proposed new legislation that probably left many career congressmen and senators feeling a little antsy. The bill was named the “End Pensions in Congress Act” and it will do exactly what it says — end the generous pensions for those who retire from Congress. Four other Republicans along with DeSantis and Gowdy co-sponsored the new legislative proposal. Ky. Rep. Thomas Massie made an excellent point when he stated, “If congressmen want to save for retirement, they should do so with 401K-type plans, rather than rely on taxpayers to take care of them even after leaving Congress. To tackle out-of-control federal spending, Congress must lead by example.” http://conservativetribune.com/gowdy-and-gop-support-new-bill/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=936184&utm_campaign=0
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Trey Gowdy Issues Epic Challenge to nObama Over the Border…
(conservativetribune.com) - Trey Gowdy isn’t backing down on the topic of immigration — and he just issued a challenge to the White House with one simple question... “We trust state and local law enforcement officers to enforce every category of law from murder to child sex cases to narcotics trafficking,” Gowdy stated. “So why can’t we give them a role in immigration reform?”he asked. The South Carolina Republican was referring to the fact that the nObama administration has repeatedly discouraged law enforcement officials from arresting or checking the immigration status of illegal aliens. Gowdy also criticized the White House for acting embarrassed about the push for a secure border. http://conservativetribune.com/trey-gowdy-border-challenge/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=936184&utm_campaign=0
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Bowe Bergdahl’s Former Platoon Mates Drop Huge Bombshell
(conservativetribune.com) - One wonders, on occasion, whether the White House has buyer’s remorse about the prisoner swap that freed U.S. Army captive and likely deserter Bowe Bergdahl. If they do, they’ve certainly stayed quiet about it...One group that hasn’t stayed quiet has been Bergdahl’s platoon mates, who are speaking out about their displeasure with the White House. Among other things, they’ve accused the president of trying to bury the truth in the Taliban prisoner swap mess. In an op-ed, two troops who served with Bowe Bergdahl — Evan Buetow and Cody Full — wrote scathingly about his actions. “On June 30, 2009, in Mest Malak, Afghanistan, Bowe Bergdahl left his unit and deserted the U.S. Army,” Buetow and Full wrote. “We know he deserted because we were there when he did it.” http://conservativetribune.com/bergdahl-platoon-mates-obama/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=936184&utm_campaign=0
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Swarthmore students heckle, abuse victim of Egyptian torture
(pamelageller.com) - No one is safe. It starts with the Jews, of course. They’re fair game — easy prey. But anyone who goes off the reservation and speaks candidly and openly about jihad is a target...Jew, Christian or Muslim. Islamic supremacist thugs have taken over our college campuses. Administration and faculty laid down to them. Donors kept donating. The takeover was easy. Taking our colleges back? Not so easy. The powers that be need spine. And that’s the one thing they haven’t got. But if I were dean, these college terrorists would be thrown off campuses, and all Muslim Brotherhood-tied student groups should be barred from college life. But they are nObama’s protected terror group. http://pamelageller.com/2015/02/swarthmore-students-heckle-abuse-victim-of-egyptian-torture.html/
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Iowa: 53% of Republicans, 81% of Dems think Islam is peaceful
(pamelageller.com) - This is what we are up against, and is illustrative of why my site and the handful of others covering jihad are so critically important in the war in the information battle-space...Imagine: upwards of 14 years after 9/11 and over 25,000 deadly Islamic attack since that horrific day, people are still regurgitating this absurd propaganda. That is the power of the still wildly influential mainstream media. It is because of this denial and obstructionism that this war has been so long and will continue for years to come. http://pamelageller.com/2015/02/iowa-caucus-53-of-republicans-81-of-democrats-think-islam-is-peaceful.html/
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Barbarians at the Gate
(Linda Chavez) - (I would not watch the video of Jordanian pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh being consumed by fire, because to do so was exactly what the Islamist barbarians who produced it wanted...They wanted not only to kill their captive in the most horrific way imaginable, but also to burn the images of his immolation into the minds of those who oppose them. Terror is their most effective weapon. The only way they can achieve victory is by frightening people into submission. Scare off those who would join an alliance to fight the Islamic State, and ISIS wins. But barbarity also has a way of inspiring courage. King Abdullah II of Jordan, no stranger to combat as a former attack helicopter pilot and commander of Jordan's special forces, has vowed a "relentless" fight against ISIS. If the terrorists thought they would make fellow Arabs retreat, they may be in for a rude awakening. http://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2015/02/06/barbarians-at-the-gate-n1953570?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
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Departure of Top Aides Could Grow Jarrett’s Power Further
(Keith Koffler) - President nObama will lose two of his most senior aides over the next few months, departures that could further augment the power of the person who is already the paramount nObama advisor, Valerie Jarrett...The departure of nObama senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer next month would leave Jarrett as the last remaining White House official who has been part of nObama’s inner circle since the start. Pfeiffer served as communications director early in the administration and has long been viewed by White House observers as a man who had the trust of the president and his other aides. Also departing is the current communications director, Jeniffer Palmieri, though she won’t leave until the spring. Palmieri, a veteran of the Bill Clinton White House, is expected to join Hilly Clinton’s presidential campaign. http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2015/02/05/departure-top-aides-grow-jarretts-power/?awt_l=59AKM&awt_m=3ZhONsJ.FqTM1Od
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A Resurgent Terrorist Threat in Turkey
Jordan vows to ‘eradicate’ Islamic State
(Mussa Hattar) - Jordan vowed further retaliation against the Islamic State group for the burning alive of one of its pilots, as thousands rallied in Amman Friday in solidarity with his grieving family...The Jordanian military said “dozens of jet fighters” struck IS targets on Thursday, hitting training camps as well as weapons and ammunition depots. Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told CNN the operation was “the beginning of our retaliation over this horrific and brutal murder of our brave young pilot.” Judeh declined to reveal Jordan’s military plans but said it would hit the militants with all its might. “We’re upping the ante. We’re going after them wherever they are, with everything that we have,” he said. “We’re going to go after them and we will eradicate them… We are at the forefront. This is our fight.” http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-vows-to-eradicate-is-as-thousands-march-for-slain-pilot/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=f53564b29b-2015_02_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-f53564b29b-
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A Resurgent Terrorist Threat in Turkey
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insurgents within its borders, and the country now faces a severe jihadist threat in part due to Ankara’s reckless policy of allowing jihadists to exploit its border with Syria...Yet it’s a little-known far-left terrorist outfit that has recently emerged as Turkey’s most active terror threat, and nobody seems to have noticed. The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, or DHKP/C, is a Marxist-Leninist organization that seeks to spark a communist revolution in Turkey. Founded in 1994, its roots date back to the radical leftist movements of the 1970s. In its various forms, the group has targeted high-level Turkish political and military figures. http://defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/schanzer-jonathan-a-resurgent-terrorist-threat-in-turkey/
10.MB Has Penetrated ALL of U.S. National Security Agencies
(Matthew Burke) - Retired 4-Star U.S. Navy Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons, speaking at the National Press Club in January, says that under nObama’s guidance, the nObama Regime has been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood terrorism front group...saying that the radical anti-freedom organization has penetrated every U.S. security agency. Admiral Lyons said that “the transformation of America has been in full swing ever since 2008,” the year nObama was elected based upon his campaign promise to “fundamentally transform America.” “There’s no question we got a hell of a job ahead of us,” Admiral Lyons said. “With the Muslim Brotherhood penetration in every one of our national security agencies, including all our intelligence agencies,” he proclaimed.
For Israel, America is now a force to be worked around, not with
Caroline B. Glick
(jewishworldreview.com) - On Wednesday, Hamas leader in Gaza Mahmoud Zahar called on Hamas terrorists in Lebanon and Syria to attack Israel “to help us liberate Palestine.”
At the same time, Zahar denied that Hamas has been involved in the terrorist insurgency in Egypt. As he put it, “Our guns are always trained on the enemy,” that is, Israel.
The Egyptian regime was not impressed by Zahar’s protestations.
Last Saturday, an Egyptian court upheld an October 2014 decision by the Egyptian government to outlaw Hamas’s terrorist shock forces Izzadin Kassam, and designate it a terrorist organization.
Both the government’s initial designation and the court’s decision were in some sense, watershed events. They represent the first time an Arab regime ever defined any Palestinian terrorist organization as a terrorist group.
But in truth, Egypt had no choice. Despite its insistent protestations that the Jews are its only enemies, Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been a major player, indeed, arguably the key player in the jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula that threatens to destroy the political, economic and military viability of the Egyptian state. The declared purpose of the insurgency is to overthrow the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and integrate Egypt into Islamic State’s “caliphate.”
Last week saw yet another devastating terror assault against Egyptian security forces and civilians in Sinai and in cities around Egypt. Thirty- two people, mainly soldiers, were killed in a coordinated, multifaceted attack that included Hamas’s three signature modes of operation – mortars, rockets and suicide bombings.
Last week’s assault, like almost all previous ones, was credited to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a jihadist group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State and declared Sinai a province of its “caliphate.”
According to a report by Yoram Schweitzer from the Institute for National Security Studies, Hamas members were among the original founders of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis. The Egyptian government views Hamas-controlled Gaza as the rear headquarters of the group. In founding the group, Hamas cooperated with local Salafist Beduin and with al-Qaida terrorists who escaped Egyptian prisons during the January 2011 uprising against then-president Hosni Mubarak.
From the outset, Egyptian security forces alleged that Hamas terrorists conducted the prison breaches. Among the other Islamists released during the jail breaks was Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi.
Morsi reportedly used Hamas terrorists as his regime’s Praetorian guard. They were charged with protecting the Muslim Brotherhood regime from protesters who opposed his moves to rapidly transform Egypt into an Islamist state and the spearhead of the Brotherhood’s sought-for global caliphate.
From an ideological perspective, there is no distinction between the Brotherhood and Hamas. From an organizational perspective, the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood branch has no difficulty integrating its forces seamlessly into the wider Muslim Brotherhood operational structure to serve what it views as their common ends.
And this brings us back to the insurgency in Sinai. In addition to claiming that Hamas enables Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Cairo accuses Hamas of having directly carried out several mass casualty terror attacks against its security forces. The most recent one, carried out in late October 2014, killed 31 soldiers. It precipitated Cairo’s decision to expand its security zone between Gaza and Sinai from 1 to 2 kilometers and begin emptying the Egyptian side of the border-straddling city of Rafah. It was also the catalyst for the government’s decision to label Izzadin Kassam a terrorist group.
The Egyptian regime was not impressed by Zahar’s protestations.
Last Saturday, an Egyptian court upheld an October 2014 decision by the Egyptian government to outlaw Hamas’s terrorist shock forces Izzadin Kassam, and designate it a terrorist organization.
Both the government’s initial designation and the court’s decision were in some sense, watershed events. They represent the first time an Arab regime ever defined any Palestinian terrorist organization as a terrorist group.
But in truth, Egypt had no choice. Despite its insistent protestations that the Jews are its only enemies, Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been a major player, indeed, arguably the key player in the jihadist insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula that threatens to destroy the political, economic and military viability of the Egyptian state. The declared purpose of the insurgency is to overthrow the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and integrate Egypt into Islamic State’s “caliphate.”
Last week saw yet another devastating terror assault against Egyptian security forces and civilians in Sinai and in cities around Egypt. Thirty- two people, mainly soldiers, were killed in a coordinated, multifaceted attack that included Hamas’s three signature modes of operation – mortars, rockets and suicide bombings.
Last week’s assault, like almost all previous ones, was credited to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a jihadist group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State and declared Sinai a province of its “caliphate.”
According to a report by Yoram Schweitzer from the Institute for National Security Studies, Hamas members were among the original founders of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis. The Egyptian government views Hamas-controlled Gaza as the rear headquarters of the group. In founding the group, Hamas cooperated with local Salafist Beduin and with al-Qaida terrorists who escaped Egyptian prisons during the January 2011 uprising against then-president Hosni Mubarak.
From the outset, Egyptian security forces alleged that Hamas terrorists conducted the prison breaches. Among the other Islamists released during the jail breaks was Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi.
Morsi reportedly used Hamas terrorists as his regime’s Praetorian guard. They were charged with protecting the Muslim Brotherhood regime from protesters who opposed his moves to rapidly transform Egypt into an Islamist state and the spearhead of the Brotherhood’s sought-for global caliphate.
From an ideological perspective, there is no distinction between the Brotherhood and Hamas. From an organizational perspective, the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood branch has no difficulty integrating its forces seamlessly into the wider Muslim Brotherhood operational structure to serve what it views as their common ends.
And this brings us back to the insurgency in Sinai. In addition to claiming that Hamas enables Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Cairo accuses Hamas of having directly carried out several mass casualty terror attacks against its security forces. The most recent one, carried out in late October 2014, killed 31 soldiers. It precipitated Cairo’s decision to expand its security zone between Gaza and Sinai from 1 to 2 kilometers and begin emptying the Egyptian side of the border-straddling city of Rafah. It was also the catalyst for the government’s decision to label Izzadin Kassam a terrorist group.
The timing of last week’s attack indicates the close coordination between Hamas-Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis and the Muslim Brotherhood. As The Washington Free Beacon reported, two days before the attacks the Muslim Brotherhood issued a call for “a long, uncompromising jihad” in Egypt.
Hamas’s intimate relationship with what has now become the Islamic State affiliate in Sinai may well have facilitated the seeding of Islamic State cells in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, where Hamas terrorists are increasingly declaring their allegiance to Islamic State. Following last month’s massacre of the French journalists at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, several hundred protesters in Gaza waved Islamic State flags while burning the French flag in support of the massacre.
In recent weeks, Israeli security forces have arrested several cells of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians from Judea and Samaria that sought to establish Islamic State cells.
Beyond its role in both leading and enabling the insurgency in Sinai in concert with the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas serves as a bridge between Iran and Sunni jihadists. In the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge last summer, Hamas began rebuilding its ties to Iran. Until the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, when Hamas felt obliged to support the Muslim Brotherhood that was fighting the Iranian-backed regime of President Bashar Assad, Iran had served as Hamas’s primary state sponsor since 2005. Iran never entirely cut off its support for Hamas. But after last summer’s war, it reinstated its formal alliance with Hamas.
On Saturday, in an interview with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television, Hamas’s Zahar called on Iran to increase its aid to the terror group.
He also called on Hezbollah to increase its cooperation with Hamas and send terrorist reinforcements to Gaza, Judea and Samaria.
Two days later, Iranian Brig.-Gen. Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace division, answered Zahar’s call. In an interview with Iran’s Fars news agency on Monday, Hajizadeh said that Iran is “exporting the technology of manufacturing missiles and other equipment,” to “Syria, Iran and Palestine as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah to stand up to and ground the Zionist regime, ISIL and other Takfiri i.e. fake Islamic groups.
Hamas’s bridging role between the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic State on the one hand, and between Iran and Hezbollah on the other, shows two things. First, that the Palestinian jihadist group, which the European Union is now trying to decide whether or not to label a terrorist organization, after the previous designation was struck down by an EU court, is about much more than destroying Israel. It poses a threat to people far beyond Israel. And its role in the terror nexus is not that of a bit player, but of a linchpin and a unifying force.
It also shows the unity of the threat of Sunni and Shi’ite Islamic totalitarianism. Egypt recognizes this unity.
According to the Arabic Al-Ahram daily, on Wednesday the head of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority, Lt.-Gen. Mohab Mamish, said that Egypt will defend the freedom of maritime traffic along the Bab el-Mandab that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Last month, Iranian- backed Houthi militia overthrew the US-backed Yemeni government. They now exert effective control over the country, and with it, the Bab el-Mandab.
Mamish said that Egypt “will not accept” closure of the waterway which “directly affects the Suez canal and national security.”
In other words, Egypt sees a unity of the terror forces along the Sunni-Shi’ite continuum and believes its national survival is dependent on defeating both.
Israel has been doing everything it can to assist Egypt’s efforts in Sinai. Egyptian commanders have taken the extraordinary step of publicly thanking Israel for its help.
Yet, Israel is in a bind. Even as it seeks to assist Egypt in fighting Hamas and its allies in Sinai, due to US and European pressure, Israel is coerced into enabling Hamas to rebuild its terror infrastructure in Gaza. As the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Research Center revealed in a recent report, even as civilians in Gaza suffer through mass shortages and lack of shelter, Hamas has invested huge sums of money to rebuild its rocket arsenal through domestic production. It has restored much of its tunnel network. And it has used vast resources to train and indoctrinate some 17,000 teenagers in Gaza, and to train thousands of new forces. A new people’s militia has 2,500 recruits. Two Hamas officer courses with 1,060 cadets graduated in December 2014.
As the center’s director Dr. Reuven Erlich told The Jerusalem Post, “Israel will encounter these forces and installations in the next round of fighting.”
In other words, Israel’s ability to take effective action against Hamas in concert with Egypt is hampered by the nObama administration that is insisting that Israel facilitate the Hamas’s rearmament – a development that threatens Israel and Egypt alike.
And Israel isn’t alone in its plight. Egypt is also being pressured by President Barack nObama and his administration.
In its war against Sunni and Shi’ite jihadist forces that threaten to destroy Egypt, and among other things, cause mass harm to the global economy by imperiling maritime traffic, Egypt finds itself betrayed by the nObama administration.
Last month, just a few days before the Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long and uncompromising jihad” against Egypt, leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood met with senior US officials at the State Department. In response to a reporter’s question about the meeting, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki insisted that despite the Brotherhood’s call for holy war against the US’s closest Arab ally, the administration has no regrets about meeting, and so conferring legitimacy and implying US support for the Brotherhood in its war against the Sisi government.
Opposition leaders Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni have based their electoral campaign against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on blaming him for the crisis in Israel’s relations with the White House. It is hard to think of a more cynical, destructive allegation.
As the administration’s continued embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood despite its full membership in the terrorist nexus that threatens the US and all of its closest allies, along with its desperate courtship of the Iranian mullahs, makes clear, the nObama administration has chosen to appease rather than combat America’s worst enemies.
Perhaps the most sympathetic interpretation of Livni’s and Herzog’s unwarranted and harmful assaults against Netanyahu is that they simply cannot accept that the world has changed.
But the trends are clear. The only responsible thing that Israel can do is to act accordingly.
Today Israel’s closest ally is Egypt. Under nObama, the US is a force to be worked around, not worked with.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0215/glick020615.php3
Hamas’s intimate relationship with what has now become the Islamic State affiliate in Sinai may well have facilitated the seeding of Islamic State cells in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, where Hamas terrorists are increasingly declaring their allegiance to Islamic State. Following last month’s massacre of the French journalists at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, several hundred protesters in Gaza waved Islamic State flags while burning the French flag in support of the massacre.
In recent weeks, Israeli security forces have arrested several cells of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians from Judea and Samaria that sought to establish Islamic State cells.
Beyond its role in both leading and enabling the insurgency in Sinai in concert with the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas serves as a bridge between Iran and Sunni jihadists. In the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge last summer, Hamas began rebuilding its ties to Iran. Until the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, when Hamas felt obliged to support the Muslim Brotherhood that was fighting the Iranian-backed regime of President Bashar Assad, Iran had served as Hamas’s primary state sponsor since 2005. Iran never entirely cut off its support for Hamas. But after last summer’s war, it reinstated its formal alliance with Hamas.
On Saturday, in an interview with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television, Hamas’s Zahar called on Iran to increase its aid to the terror group.
He also called on Hezbollah to increase its cooperation with Hamas and send terrorist reinforcements to Gaza, Judea and Samaria.
Two days later, Iranian Brig.-Gen. Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace division, answered Zahar’s call. In an interview with Iran’s Fars news agency on Monday, Hajizadeh said that Iran is “exporting the technology of manufacturing missiles and other equipment,” to “Syria, Iran and Palestine as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah to stand up to and ground the Zionist regime, ISIL and other Takfiri i.e. fake Islamic groups.
Hamas’s bridging role between the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic State on the one hand, and between Iran and Hezbollah on the other, shows two things. First, that the Palestinian jihadist group, which the European Union is now trying to decide whether or not to label a terrorist organization, after the previous designation was struck down by an EU court, is about much more than destroying Israel. It poses a threat to people far beyond Israel. And its role in the terror nexus is not that of a bit player, but of a linchpin and a unifying force.
It also shows the unity of the threat of Sunni and Shi’ite Islamic totalitarianism. Egypt recognizes this unity.
According to the Arabic Al-Ahram daily, on Wednesday the head of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority, Lt.-Gen. Mohab Mamish, said that Egypt will defend the freedom of maritime traffic along the Bab el-Mandab that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Last month, Iranian- backed Houthi militia overthrew the US-backed Yemeni government. They now exert effective control over the country, and with it, the Bab el-Mandab.
Mamish said that Egypt “will not accept” closure of the waterway which “directly affects the Suez canal and national security.”
In other words, Egypt sees a unity of the terror forces along the Sunni-Shi’ite continuum and believes its national survival is dependent on defeating both.
Israel has been doing everything it can to assist Egypt’s efforts in Sinai. Egyptian commanders have taken the extraordinary step of publicly thanking Israel for its help.
Yet, Israel is in a bind. Even as it seeks to assist Egypt in fighting Hamas and its allies in Sinai, due to US and European pressure, Israel is coerced into enabling Hamas to rebuild its terror infrastructure in Gaza. As the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Research Center revealed in a recent report, even as civilians in Gaza suffer through mass shortages and lack of shelter, Hamas has invested huge sums of money to rebuild its rocket arsenal through domestic production. It has restored much of its tunnel network. And it has used vast resources to train and indoctrinate some 17,000 teenagers in Gaza, and to train thousands of new forces. A new people’s militia has 2,500 recruits. Two Hamas officer courses with 1,060 cadets graduated in December 2014.
As the center’s director Dr. Reuven Erlich told The Jerusalem Post, “Israel will encounter these forces and installations in the next round of fighting.”
In other words, Israel’s ability to take effective action against Hamas in concert with Egypt is hampered by the nObama administration that is insisting that Israel facilitate the Hamas’s rearmament – a development that threatens Israel and Egypt alike.
And Israel isn’t alone in its plight. Egypt is also being pressured by President Barack nObama and his administration.
In its war against Sunni and Shi’ite jihadist forces that threaten to destroy Egypt, and among other things, cause mass harm to the global economy by imperiling maritime traffic, Egypt finds itself betrayed by the nObama administration.
Last month, just a few days before the Muslim Brotherhood called for “a long and uncompromising jihad” against Egypt, leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood met with senior US officials at the State Department. In response to a reporter’s question about the meeting, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki insisted that despite the Brotherhood’s call for holy war against the US’s closest Arab ally, the administration has no regrets about meeting, and so conferring legitimacy and implying US support for the Brotherhood in its war against the Sisi government.
Opposition leaders Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni have based their electoral campaign against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on blaming him for the crisis in Israel’s relations with the White House. It is hard to think of a more cynical, destructive allegation.
As the administration’s continued embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood despite its full membership in the terrorist nexus that threatens the US and all of its closest allies, along with its desperate courtship of the Iranian mullahs, makes clear, the nObama administration has chosen to appease rather than combat America’s worst enemies.
Perhaps the most sympathetic interpretation of Livni’s and Herzog’s unwarranted and harmful assaults against Netanyahu is that they simply cannot accept that the world has changed.
But the trends are clear. The only responsible thing that Israel can do is to act accordingly.
Today Israel’s closest ally is Egypt. Under nObama, the US is a force to be worked around, not worked with.
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