http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arab/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:27:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416439/posts Cell phone-related materials, including SIM cards, were recovered during searches of "flats or apartments of interest" connected to Flight 253 bomber suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Fox News learned Monday. SIM cards, which store cell phone numbers and incoming or outgoing calls, may be able to determine who was talking to whom in the months and days prior to Abdulmutallab's flight from Nigeria to Detroit. Catherine Herridge - FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416439/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:27:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411718/posts A Jewish woman who married an Arab who subsequently tortured her is pleading to the Israeli government to include three of her six Jewish children, trapped in Gaza, in any deal that returns kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411718/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:17:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406432/posts “Danny Dayan, who serves as chairman of the council for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, said the decision was the ‘latest hostile step’ from Britain against the Jewish towns and villages in the area.” Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406432/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403895/posts The Saudi Arabian government has announced that it plans to open an Islamic school in Dublin. However, overseas Saudi high schools have come under heavy criticism in recent times. Schools in London, Bonn and the US have come under fire for providing text books that could be interpreted as advocating violence against other religions. IrishCentral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403895/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401549/posts A video captured on film a young Arab female terrorist stabbing a Jewish guard at one of the separation barrier checkpoints where critics claim Arabs are “humiliated” by security checks. The security guard suffered light to moderate wounds, and the attacker was arrested. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401549/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391805/posts Wahabism linked with terrorism; Saudi envoy stages walkout NEW DELHI: Saudi Ambassador to India Faisal Al-Trad walked out of an international conference of jurists in protest after noted Indian jurist Ram Jethmlani’s accusation that the Wahabi sect of Islam was responsible for terrorism. The conference was attended by Indian President Pratibha Patil, Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Law Minister Veerapa Moily. Jethmalani said “Wahabi terrorism” indoctrinated “rubbish” in the minds of young people to carry out terrorist attacks. He lamented that India was friends with a country that supported Wahabi terrorism. The event’s organiser, Adesh Aggarwala, said the ambassador had... Daily Times(Pakistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391805/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391493/posts U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder continued the federal government's campaign to reach out to local Arab Americans, saying last night in Detroit that civil rights must be respected even as the country deals with security threats. "For the last nine months, I've heard from Muslim and Arab Americans who feel uneasy about their relationship with their government, who feel isolated and discriminated against by law enforcement," Holder said, according to the Detroit Free Press. "It is inconsistent with what America is all about." Holder spoke at the Detroit Marriott as part of the Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community... MLive.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391493/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:27:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390750/posts My wife and I were in Israel in 1966, passing from Jordan into Israel. We went through the Mandelbaum Gate, prayed at the Wailing Wall, visited holy sites, including Gordon’s Calvary where we observed the communion sacrament with friends. Since then it has pained me to think Israel would lose any of that land fought for. I believe it was a miracle that they won that war in six days. AllVoices.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390750/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384690/posts Sixty-one years ago, in May 1948, after nearly two thousand years of Jewish dispersal, the nation-state of Israel was created by U.N. mandate. As the “new guy” on the block, Israel immediately sought to become a responsible member of the world community. Surrounded by enemies and lacking natural resources, it faced an enormous challenge -- survival. Six decades later, it not only has survived but has become an economic oasis within a regional desert of poverty and despair. Today, Israelis enjoy a much better quality of life than its Arab neighbors possessing tremendous oil wealth. Before discussing how Israelis became... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2384690/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:16:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377059/posts MARRAKECH, Morocco – Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday softened her praise for Israel's offer to restrain new housing in Palestinian areas. While Israel was moving in the right direction in its offer to restrict but not stop the settlements, Clinton said, its offer "falls far short" of U.S. expectations. Clinton said her earlier praise of Israel's offer, during a stop in Jerusalem, had been intended as "positive reinforcement." But her comment drew widespread criticism from Persian Gulf ministers... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377059/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367903/posts Remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment ConferenceHillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Hyatt Regency Washington, DC October 20, 2009 **SNIP** But as the Iraqi Government continues to make its reforms, I urge U.S. businesses to really see all of the progress that has been made. The security situation has improved. The conditions for investment are stronger. And in the words of an Arab proverb, “Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man or a woman.” The world is watching for every opportunity to invest in Iraq, and companies that wait too long may discover they are too late. State.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367903/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:44:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366606/posts (IsraelNN.com) An Arab driver who killed a little Jewish girl riding her bicycle near the synagogue in Kfar Tavor on Yom Kippur Eve in 2007 was sentenced to nine years in prison on Tuesday. His accomplice was sentenced to just two years in jail, longer than the time that has already passed since the event. On Yom Kippur eve, when the Kol Nidrei service began and the streets were empty, the two Arabs entered Kfar Tavor at high speed on the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and headed directly for a group of children milling about near the synagogue on their bicycles.... INN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366606/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:20:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360461/posts Muslim "extremists” are “spreading lies” by alleging that Israel is digging underneath the Temple Mount to cause the collapse of the mosques, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Monday morning. The Arab world, including the Palestinian Authority, has increasingly accused Israel of the same charges over the past several years, and many Muslim and Arab leaders have told the Arab world that the Temples never existed. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360461/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:01:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359138/posts The Nobel prize-winning American president is given credit for reaching out to Muslims rhetorically, but many in the Arab world see him as having caved in the face of Mideast peace difficulties.The Arab world greeted President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize with praise for his efforts at reaching out to Muslims but also with frustration -- and sometimes sharp criticism -- that the president's eloquence and charisma have not forced dramatic change on the ground. Bloodshed continues in Iraq, Afghanistan drifts in violence and uncertainty, and talks to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have stalled. Obama inspired the region in his Cairo... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359138/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349832/posts The Arab American Institute is hosting Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds at its candidates night. Deeds will speak Sunday night as will former Rep. Tom Davis, who's attending on Bob McDonnell's behalf. The institute says it's hosting the event so Arab Americans can speak with candidates and hear from Deeds and others about issues important to their community. WVEC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349832/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:21:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349487/posts Two police officers and two Muslims were injured Sunday morning when Arab riots erupted on the Temple Mount. The area was immediately shut down, although the Western Wall plaza remained open to Jewish worshippers. One police officer lost his temper and cursed the Jews. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349487/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:30:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2345894/posts Outstanding commercial we'll never see on our politically correct television. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2345894/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:39:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341418/posts Former IDF commandos secretly entered a Palestinian Authority village on Monday and rescued an American woman and her 2 1/2-year-old son from her Muslim husband, who had beaten and and held her captive for three years. The woman and child flew to the United States Wednesday night and are en route to her family’s home in Ohio. The Arab met the woman during a visit to the United States and enticed her to return with him to Israel and to the house where he lives with his first wife and several childre. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341418/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:40:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337020/posts It was the furies of the Arab world, not Afghanistan, that struck America eight years ago today. ArticleThe road that led to 9/11 was never a defining concern of President Barack Obama. But he returned to 9/11 as he sought to explain and defend the war in Afghanistan in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 17. "The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight and we won't defeat it overnight, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice; it is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337020/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328984/posts New details reveal the man who tried to assassinate a Saudi prince got past palace security with explosives hidden in his Rectum. - The man who tried to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s anti-terror chief last Thursday managed to get past security in a Jeddah palace by hiding explosives in his Rectum. - Details of the assassination attempt, the first against a member of the Saudi royal family in decades, were revealed to the pan-Arab Al-Arabiyya. - The method of hiding explosives inside the body is unprecedented among Al-Qa’ida terrorists, and may draw a re-examination and alteration of security arrangements around sensitive... Themedialine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328984/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:41:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323419/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Arab League reacted with fury on this week to reports that a small group of Jews had prayed on the Temple Mount on Sunday. Secretary-General Amr Moussa termed the spontaneous prayer gathering “a violation of international law.” Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, head of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, led the guided tour on the Temple Mount. While guards on the mount have a policy of preventing Jewish prayer or religious gestures such as kneeling or bowing, Rabbi Ariel's group managed to briefly pray at the site. "This is the first time since 1967 that Jews have conducted prayers on... Israelnationalnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323419/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:52:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323010/posts When Lyndon Baines Johnson was a young congressman, he saved 42 Jews from the Nazis. Indirect evidence shows that he rescued another 400 Jews, including the famed orchestra conductor Erich Leinsdorf. While Johnson didn't risk his life to save Jews, as European non-Jews did, there are those who believe that he should be honored in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem's Holocaust Memorial Museum, for being what the Israelis call a Righteous Gentile. After the 1967 Arab-Israel Six Day War, when he was President, he met with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey. Mr. Kosygin asked him why America supported Israel... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323010/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:53:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317834/posts Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, several hours before his scheduled meeting on Monday with U.S. President Barack Obama, said that the Arab world will not make any gestures towards Israel until a regional treaty is signed. A Middle East peace pact must include Israeli agreement on the Arab demand for the right of millions of foreign Arabs to immigrate to Israel and the demand that the Palestinian Authority have control over all of eastern Jerusalem, Egyptian officials said. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317834/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:22:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2317577/posts Hebron (Chevron in Hebrew) was the first piece of land ever purchased by the Jews in Israel. Approximately 38 centuries ago Avraham (Abraham) our forefather purchased a cave in in Chevron to bury his beloved wife Sarah. Jews have owned land in the city pretty much from then until the early part of the 20th century. In 1929, all that changed. It began on Friday August 23rd At about half past two on Friday (August 23) we saw a young Arab arrive by motorcycle from Jerusalem. He alarmed the Arab inhabitants of Hebron, saying that the blood of thousands of... The Lid/Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2317577/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:28:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317496/posts (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his shock and concern Saturday night in response to the lynching of a 59-year-old Jewish man at the Tel Baruch beach Friday night by a gang of intoxicated young Arab men from the village of Jaljulya. A 17-year-old girl from Kfar Saba and a 19-year-old female from Petach Tikvah were with the gang. The prime minister told Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonvitch that he was "shocked and worried" by the recent surge in murders around the country. Seven people have been murdered in the past two weeks, including two in a homosexual club two... Israelnationalnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317496/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:26:16 GMT