State Department: US 'deeply concerned' about - what else?

On Thursday, I reported that the City of Jerusalem gave final approval for the construction of 930 housing units to be added to the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. It took a few days, but the US State Department reacted to that report on Tuesday, expressing 'deep concern' (that would put us on the same level with Asssad murdering civilians... except that I can't even find 'deep concern' from

EU Ambassadors not happy about being put in their place

Prime Minister Netanyahu's National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror gave a briefing to the European Union's 27 ambassadors to Israel. And the ambassadors were not very pleased about it. European diplomats have called National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror aggressive and arrogant for "reprimanding" EU countries for their policies toward Israel, during what was supposed to be a routine

EU trying to water down UN resolution

The European Union is attempting to water down the resolution seeking 'Palestinian statehood' unilaterally. It seems that the Euros are trying to put on a show of unity (Hat Tip: Soccer Dad). According to the officials, the EU is interested in seeing a resolution brought to the General Assembly that can be supported by all 27 EU member states, and not a resolution that would split the EU and

Turkey mentioned many times in Breivik manifesto

Turkey's Today's Zaman describes Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik as 'obsessed with Turkey' (Hat Tip: Joshua I). There are 237 references to Turks and Turkey in the manifesto, but this number does not take into account the many other references to Ottoman history (written mostly focusing on the state of religious minorities) and the Seljuk Empire. He accuses the Ottoman Turks of

EU divided on 'peace process,' delcaration of 'statehood'

When the 27 foreign ministers of the European Union met on Monday, all they could agree upon was that Israel and the 'Palestinians' ought to get back to the negotiating table. It seems that Europe is deeply divided when it comes to how to jump start the 'peace process' and on how to vote on the 'Palestinians' unilateral declaration of 'statehood.' There is no consensus on whether the parameters

Fatah wants EU to ban 'settlers'

The Fatah terror organization is urging the European Union to ban 'settlers' in response to Israel's deportation of pro-'Palestinian' 'activists.' The appeal was issued by Jamal Nazzal, Fatah’s spokesman in Europe, who said that EU countries should consider the possibility of banning settlers who had been involved in violence from entering their territories.Nazzal said that banning settlers from