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Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


November, 2005

The Presbyterians and Hezbollah

Friday, November 25th, 2005

“Are Presbyterians meeting Hezbollah again?” we asked in a previous post. Our thanks to AFI reader Larry who offers the following reports from earlier this week confirming such links:
http://layman.org/layman/news/2005-news/another-presbyterian-group-meets.htm
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD103105
http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=fwLYKnN8LzH&b=245494&ct=1629351

The activities of leftist activists

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

by Ezra HaLevi, Israel National News
Arab leaders in Hebron have contacted the city’s Jewish leaders for help in getting rid of self-proclaimed anarchist volunteers who, they complain, are destroying their traditional way of life.
The anarchists, many of whom are members of the International Solidarity Movement, flock to flashpoints throughout Judea and Samaria, ostensibly to […]

Write to Them

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

We call on all of our friends and supporters in the UK to write to their Member of Parliament to protest against the Government’s plans for an amnesty for IRA and other terrorists on the run. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are expected to vote against this appalling legislation in the House of Commons […]

Time to Clean House

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

by Gerald D. Honigman
The lesson of the Bar Lev Line in 1973 was that a nation dwarfed by its enemies geographically, in manpower, and armaments can’t afford to fight wars of attrition. The latter involve allowing your enemies to call the shots…literally and figuratively. Israel was almost destroyed in the Yom Kippur War.
Israel’s military excels […]

Editor of London Arabic Daily Attacks Al-Jazeera, Al-Manar, & Al-Majd TV

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) - visit www.memritv.org
Editor of London Arabic Daily Attacks Al-Jazeera, Al-Manar & Al-Majd TV; Welcomes New BBC Arabic TV
In an article titled “Welcome to the BBC! However…,” Tariq Al-Homayed, editor of the London Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, criticized the Arab media, especially the television channels, which, he […]

Iran promotes top commander of suicide bombers

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

from Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 - A top military commander who has been responsible for recruitment of suicide bombers in Iran’s armed forces was on Sunday promoted to the position of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
Brigadier General Hossein Salami was appointed as the Vice […]