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Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, who preached in Tahrir Square 10 days ago, loathes Israel, justifies suicide bombings against its civilians. 1. Sheikh Dr. Yusuf Abdallah al-Qaradawi is a central figure affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He was expelled from Egypt and found refuge in Qatar, operating from there throughout the Muslim world. 2. Many consider him the supreme religious and ideological authority for the Muslim Brotherhood, although he is not officially its leader. (In the past, he refused to accept the title of the Muslim Brotherhood’s General Guide). He is influential in Egypt and considered one of the most important Sunni...

CNN's Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs professes her respect for an extremist sheikh and spiritual father of a terrorist organization. "Today we lost a merciful father and a wise guide," said Hezbollah's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, referring to the death of 75 year old Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, seen as one of the original spiritual guides of the terrorist organization. But Fadlallah was being mourned by a far more surprising source - CNN's Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs, Octavia Nasr, who Tweeted the following on her personal page: "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein...

"Gaza flotilla: 2 dead, dozens injured in navy boarding." By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ 05/31/2010 07:00 SNIPPET: "Passengers tried to wrest weapons from soldiers, Army Radio reports; Turkish leadership in emergency meeting to discuss response to attack at sea. Passengers tried to grab weapons away from soldiers boarding the Gaza protest flotilla, starting the violence, Army Radio reported Tuesday morning, responding to accusations that Israeli commandos assaulted the ships guns blazing."

•Concerns about Israeli hostilities with Hizbullah are nothing new, but based on recent pronouncements from Syria, if the situation degenerates, fighting could take on a regional dimension not seen since 1973. •On February 26, Syrian President Bashar Assad hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus. Afterward, Hizbullah's online magazine Al Intiqad suggested that war with Israel was on the horizon. •Raising tensions further are reports that Syria has provided Hizbullah with the advanced, Russian-made, shoulder-fired, Igla-S anti-aircraft missile, which could inhibit Israeli air operations over Lebanon in a future conflict. The transfer of this equipment...

Amid growing fears of another Middle East war, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has thrown down the gauntlet for Israel by vowing to hammer Ben-Gurion Airport if Beirut's Rafik Hariri International is hit, as it was in their last conflict in 2006. That was not likely an idle boast. Nasrallah was unusually specific in what targets Hezbollah would hit, thus signaling its capabilities. "He's never been as detailed and candid," said Lebanese political scientist and Hezbollah expert Amal Saad-Ghorayeb of the American University of Beirut. According to Israel's military intelligence, Hezbollah has in excess of 42,000 rockets and missiles stashed away,...

Note: Photo and video included. SNIPPET: "It appeared to be a typical Al-Quds Day rally, replete with hateful speeches about the destruction of the State of Israel and the waving of Hizballah flags. The rally resembled other international versions of this year's Al-Quds Day celebration, an annual Islamist holiday initiated by Iranian revolutionary and terrorism exporter, Imam Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini. However, this event wasn't held in downtown Karachi or Damascus, but in downtown Washington, D.C's Sheridan Circle. The rally was organized by an employee of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning, Faheem Darab. It even featured speakers as...

According to an Iraqi website close to the Lebanese government and quoted by Israeli media, Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Shia terrorist group Hezbullah, suffered from poisoning and was saved by 15 Iranian doctors, these last days in Beirut. He would still suffer from this murder attempt. Hezbullah claimed that Israeli Mossad was involved. More than six leader from Hamas and Hezbullah had been killed since the beginning of 2008, starting with the death of well-known Imad Mughniyeh, killed in a car bomb on February 12, 2008. No one was caught and the murders remain unknown.

Saturday 14 October 2006, 12:42 Makka Time, 9:42 GMT Efraimm Halevy was head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence and special operations agency, from 1998 to 2002. On leaving he assumed the role of national security adviser to Ariel Sharon, Israel's former prime minister, resigning a year later. He played a significant role in negotiating Israel's peace deal with King Hussein of Jordan, the bringing of Ethiopian Jews to Israel and Israel's response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. In the second instalment of a two-part interview he discusses his views on Palestine, the Middle East road...

Twenty-five years ago, at 12:40 p.m. on October 6, 1981, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, aged 63, was mortally wounded as he reviewed a military parade commemorating Egypt's "victory" over Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. His attackers, Muslim fundamentalists, tossed two hand grenades and directed automatic weapons fire into the reviewing stand. Sadat's deputy, Hosni Mubarak, was nearby but escaped unscathed. I can't recall where I was that Tuesday in October. Maybe in my office in the shadow of the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. Perhaps at NYU, where I was a graduate student. What particularly fascinates is...

Practically everywhere you look in the operations of the United Nations, you find incredible graft, corruption and disgusting criminal behavior. The time has come to withdraw all support from this organization and let it fall apart – starved of funds. We can find some other use for the buildings and grounds while leaders from the important countries of the world meet to plan a successor organization. Let the United Nations follow the League of Nations into the dustbin of history, as we try again to find a way to resolve the world’s problems peacefully.

Brace yourself. In the United Nations-brokered farce known as the “cessation of hostilities in Lebanon,” we may now be heading for the moment in which Secretary-General Kofi Annan jets to Beirut to crown as the heirs of Lebanon the hijackers of the Cedar Revolution — the terrorists of Hezbollah. Not that the U.N. has exactly expressed it that way. Annan’s office as of Friday afternoon would confirm only that Annan “will likely go to the region in the weeks ahead.” Israeli radio has been reporting that Annan will begin a Middle East tour on Monday in Lebanon, and go from...

I find myself virtually alone in public life with this plea: Do not stop Israel's offensive in Lebanon until the job is finished. All the diplomatic ninnies in the world are pinning their hopes for peace in the Middle East on a cease-fire. For the life of me, I don't know why. I can't imagine what good could possibly come from a cease-fire when Israel appears close to destroying the infrastructure of the largest Islamic terrorist organization on the planet. You want proof that a cease-fire is exactly the wrong thing for Lebanon and the Middle East? Here it is:...

WITH Israel at war with Hezbollah, where, you might wonder, is Al Qaeda? From all appearances on the Web sites frequented by its sympathizers, which I frequently monitor, Al Qaeda is sitting, unhappily and uneasily, on the sidelines, watching a movement antithetical to its philosophy steal its thunder. That might sound like good news. But it is more likely an ominous sign. Al Qaeda’s Sunni ideology regards Shiites as heretics and profoundly distrusts Shiite groups like Hezbollah. It was Al Qaeda that is reported to have given Sunni extremists in Iraq the green light to attack Shiite civilians and holy...

As expected, spokespersons from the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization of Islamic Conference and an assortment of human rights organizations have condemned Israel for its ‘disproportionate’ response to Hezbollah’s unprovoked attacks. They have called for an immediate ceasefire, which is exactly what Hezbollah wants in order to stay in place and build up for more devastating future attacks. Contrary to the distorted prism through which Israel’s usual critics judge Israel’s motives, Israel clearly understands that it faces a mortal threat to its survival from a well-armed, fanatical terrorist militia that the international community allowed to metastasize after years...

IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Eliezer Shkedy said on Sunday that the IAF had only used "a small proportion of its fire power" in its attacks on Lebanon, adding that it was the IDF's prerogative how much of its military capability to use and warning that "the other side should consider all its alternatives." "Our fighter jets have made over 1000 flights and our attack helicopters over 350," ... "The results of our operations have been good and the targeting precise..." The IAF commander explained that Hizbullah infrastructure had been targeted in the north, south and center of Lebanon. Shkedy added that...

It was only last Saturday that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a two-day conference attended by officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, called on the Islamic world to mobilize and wipe out Israel. Less than a week later we see the results of this conference.

‘$500m on table’ if Beirut complies The United States is reportedly making a fresh attempt to strike a behind-the-scenes deal to neutralize Hizbullah, offering the government half a billion dollars if the resistance is dismantled and Syria pulls its troops out of Lebanon. The offer is reportedly being conveyed by Darryl Issa, a Republican congressman for California, and Democrat Robert Wexler during a visit to Beirut Friday, the daily As-Safir said Thursday. The two congressmen will also travel to Damascus to discuss the offer with Syrian officials, the paper said. The daily quoted sources in the US Congress as saying...

Early on the morning of March 16th, 1984, William Buckley left for work at the American embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Officially, Mr. Buckley, a decorated veteran of the Special Forces, served as the political officer at the embassy. In reality, however, Mr. Buckley was the embassy’s CIA station chief. On his way to the compound, Buckley’s car was stopped by a group of masked men, who forced him from his car at gunpoint. His assailants would later be identified as terrorists from the group Islamic Jihad, which served as an alias for the real perpetrators, Hezbollah. The circumstances surrounding the...

BEIRUT, March 6, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – A number of leading Lebanese powers, including the Hizbullah resistance movement, reiterated on Sunday, March 6, opposition to any foreign intervention in the country and called for mass marches to thank Syria for its “valuable” services to its tiny neighbor. “We refuse that the presence of Syrian troops in the eastern Bekaa valley be subject to (UN Security Council) resolution 1559,” Hizbullah Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told a press conference following a meeting of pro-Syria groups, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). The resolution, sponsored by Paris and Washington, presses for the...

In late January, tens of thousands of people lined the road leading from Beirut International Airport into the capital to greet the return of 23 Lebanese militants recently released from Israeli prisons. Fireworks lit the sky above the predominantly Shiite southern suburbs of Beirut and street celebrations continued late into the night. Equally exuberant, if less flashy, festivities took place in the West Bank and Gaza as over 400 Palestinian prisoners returned to their homes. The homecoming of so many people accused of planning or carrying out violence against Israelis did not result from a breakthrough in the peace process...

BY JAMES TARANTO The Shiite Hits the Fan Tough battles are under way in Iraq--against Sunni savages in Fallujah and radical Shiites in Baghdad. "Including casualties Monday and Tuesday, at least 18 American Marines and soldiers and 99 Iraqis have been killed since Sunday," the Associated Press reports. "In the same period, a Salvadoran soldier and one from Ukraine also were killed." (El Salvador and Ukraine are part of what John Kerry calls the "fraudulent coalition.") Fugitive Shiite rabble-rouser Muqtada al-Sadr had been holed up in a Muslim shrine in Kufa, but the AP reports he's now moved to Najaf....

Last Update: 04/11/2003 00:25 Hezbollah: Fate of prisoner deal rests in Israeli hands By Yoav Stern, Uri Ash, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah pressured Israel again on Monday to conclude the potential prisoner exchange deal with the Lebanese-based organization. Nasrallah said Monday that next week will be critical to securing a deal with Israel on the exchange of prisoners. German mediators are set to report to Hezbollah on the outcome of talks on the matter with Israeli representatives. According to Nasrallah, the fate of the prisoners rests solely in the hands of Israel. He...

Oct. 29, 2003 Nasrallah threatens more abductions By MATTHEW GUTMAN Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Photo: AP Hizbullah's secretary general Hassan Nasrallah said late Tuesday that he would no longer tolerate Israel's "procrastination," on the impending prisoner swap, threatening that the group would repatriate its men with or without the exchange. Hizbullah analysts in Israel saw the comment as an attempt to ratchet up the pressure on Israel while at the same time brandishing the threat of additional abductions. In return for the release of hundreds of Lebanese, Palestinian and other Arab prisoners Israel hopes to bring home Lt. Col....

Hizbullah Wants Prisoner Exchange Deal Now 22:22 Oct 28, '03 / 2 Cheshvan 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Hizbullah has indicated it will not tolerate Israeli foot dragging much longer, adding the terror organization remains committed to the release of Lebanese prisoners from Israeli jails. Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah announced the window of opportunity was closing and if Israel fails to actualize the opportunity for a prisoner exchange, “other options” would be exercised. Nasrallah added he remains committed to returning the prisoners home to their families by negotiations, or otherwise if necessary. He did not elaborate.

Feb. 3, 2003 Hizbullah threatens retaliation for IAF Lebanon flights By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BeirutThe leader of Hizbullah on Monday threatened to retaliate against Israel for sending its warplanes on repeated reconnaissance missions over Lebanon. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah also dismissed as "ridiculous" claims that the group has chemical weapons. Israeli warplanes made repeated flights over Lebanon Thursday through Sunday, sometimes breaking the sound barrier with loud sonic booms and drawing fire from Lebanese army and Hizbullah anti-aircraft gunners.Since the Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, Israeli military aircraft have flown over Lebanon on apparent reconnaissance missions. But the...

Feb. 2, 2003 Hizbullah leader: Columbia's destruction message to Arabs By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has said that the Columbia shuttle disaster proves that the US is not 'an all-powerful God' and that even the US is subject to the will of God. Nasrallah said that the destruction of Columbia is a message to Arabs, Muslims, and the Third World that the will of the US is not the will of God, and it is possible to resist the US, reports Israel Radio. "America the strong, which is threatening now with a war, America...

James Traficant, the former congressman from Youngstown, Ohio, now a prisoner in a federal penitentiary, got his start in national politics when the FBI videotaped him taking a US$163,000 bribe from a local mobster in 1983. At his trial, Traficant explained that he had been conducting a personal sting investigation into mob corruption. He was acquitted and elected to Congress the following year. Traficant built his political career on the insight that some people will believe anything. And the Chrétien Liberals follow the same rule. Last week, the National Post reported that the government had almost, nearly, just about, getting...

22 October 2002 17:42 BEIRUT, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that a U.S. war on Iraq would be the beginning of the end for Washington's role as a superpower. "The beginning of the American and Israeli attack on our region means the end of U.S. control over the world, because it will open on itself an unequal field of confrontation," the guerrilla group's leader told a religious ceremony in Beirut. "The United States of America...knows that if it brings its armies to Iraq and to all the countries of the region, it won't...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Chanting ``death to Israel'' and ``death to America,'' tens of thousands of Lebanese marched Friday through the streets of Beirut in support of Palestinians' third year of uprising. Smaller anti-Israel demonstrations were held in other Arab capitals, too, with speakers condemning the United States' backing of Israel and for leading attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the war on terrorism. ``No matter how much the world changes after Sept. 11, 'death to America' will remain our echoing slogan,'' the leader of the militant Hezbollah group, sheik Hassan Nasrallah, said in his fiery address in...