Congressmen: Obama 'Reckless' to Arm Egypt with F-16 Fighter Jets

Congressmen: Obama 'Reckless' to Arm Egypt with F-16 Fighter Jets: On Thursday Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) criticized the Obama administration for sending twenty F-16 fighter jets to the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egyptian government.

HRW Confirms Gaza Jihadists Killed Gaza Boy Shown in Iconic Photo of Egypt’s PM and Hamas’s Haniyeh - Atlas Shrugs

HRW Confirms Gaza Jihadists Killed Gaza Boy Shown in Iconic Photo of Egypt’s PM and Hamas’s Haniyeh - Atlas Shrugs: HRW Confirms Gaza Jihadists Killed Gaza Boy Shown in Iconic Photo of Egypt’s PM and Hamas’s Haniyeh

Israel reportedly fears Hamas making move for control of West Bank | The Times of Israel

Israel reportedly fears Hamas making move for control of West Bank | The Times of Israel: Senior officials in Jerusalem reportedly believe a Gaza-style takeover of the West Bank by Hamas may be in the offing, citing intelligence estimates that show the Iran-backed terror group making a move for control of the Palestinian-ruled territory.

Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet security service both have information that Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal has ordered his supporters to prepare for a battle for control of the West Bank, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.

Bailed-out GM owns stake in French car company profiting in Iran | Washington Free Beacon

Bailed-out GM owns stake in French car company profiting in Iran | Washington Free Beacon: GM owns a seven percent stake in PSA Peugeot Citro�n, which has faced intense scrutiny for its business relationship with Iran.

Peugeot has long been one of Iran’s central auto partners, providing parts and technology to Iran’s leading car manufacturer, Khodro Company. Khodro is believed to have economic ties to the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The Hermit Kingdom and the Brotherhood | Washington Free Beacon

The Hermit Kingdom and the Brotherhood | Washington Free Beacon: United States intelligence agencies recently uncovered a covert deal between North Korea and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government to ship Scud missile parts from North Korea through China to Egypt.

IDF says 'shalom' to the M-16 | The Times of Israel

IDF says 'shalom' to the M-16 | The Times of Israel: The Tavor — featuring a very different design than the M-16, developed for the IDF’s needs by Israel Military Industries during the 1990s — was introduced into service with regular infantry troops in the early 2000s, and slowly integrated to increasingly larger numbers of units throughout the decade. During that period, some M-16s, designed in the Vietnam era, were altered to better meet the IDF’s needs, while others were removed from service; the M-16 increasingly became a weapon for reservists.

Don’t Criticize the Taliban! | Power Line

Don’t Criticize the Taliban! | Power Line: Some of the manual’s recommendations are ludicrous:

The draft handbook offers a list of “taboo conversation topics” that soldiers should avoid, including “making derogatory comments about the Taliban,” “advocating women’s rights,” “any criticism of pedophilia,” “directing any criticism towards Afghans,” “mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct” or “anything related to Islam.”

Weekend Photo Essay | Power Line

Weekend Photo Essay | Power Line

Outrageous! Swedish artist causes uproar by using ashes of Holocaust victims to make painting� - NY Daily News

Outrageous! Swedish artist causes uproar by using ashes of Holocaust victims to make painting� - NY Daily News: A Swedish artist caused an uproar when he unveiled a painting filled with barbarous brushstrokes made from the ashes of incinerated Nazi death camp victims.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff claimed he stole the ashes while touring the Majdanek camp in 1989, mixed them with water, and used the concoction to paint a series of gray streaks on the painting.

Eight men out: Why did the Czechs, Palau and half-a-dozen others stand with Israel in the vote on 'Palestine'? | The Times of Israel

Eight men out: Why did the Czechs, Palau and half-a-dozen others stand with Israel in the vote on 'Palestine'? | The Times of Israel: The Czech Republic’s vote delighted and surprised Israeli officials: It was the only European country to vote against the Palestinian statehood bid. “They have been consistently one of our best friends in the EU,” the official told The Times of Israel.

Berlin actually tried to pressure Prague to at least abstain in Thursday’s vote, to present a more-or-less unified European position. “But they don’t care what anyone else says; they’re ballsy,” the official said.

Israeli Mother Fights Off Terrorist, Saves Two Young Children

Israeli Mother Fights Off Terrorist, Saves Two Young Children: Remember the brutal slaughter of the Fogel family in Itamar, Israel in 2011 when Palestinian terrorists murdered the family of five, including one infant, while they were sleeping in their beds, stabbing them to death, and Gazans celebrated by passing out sweets?

Round two came on Monday, but this time there was a different outcome. In the community of Sdei Avraham, close to the Gaza border, a young Israeli mother, Yael Matzpun, was sleeping with her four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son but awoke when she heard heavy footsteps in the hall. Her husband, an IDF officer, was not at home.