Seven years ago in September 2001, the United Nations World Conference against Racism convened in Durban, South Africa. Officially the aim of the event was the public recognition of slavery and colonialism as crimes; however the conference devolved into an anti-Israel campaign, led by Arab and Islamic states, to demonize Israel and brand Zionism as a form of racism... Read more

Hamas, an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement, was elected to a position of leadership in the Palestinian Authority in January 2006. By December the two main Palestinian factions - Fatah and Hamas - had engaged in a seven month civil war, leaving hundreds of Palestinians dead, and many more wounded... Read more

The prospect of the Islamic Republic of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and obtaining the ability to launch missiles against countries throughout the Middle East and even Europe has alarmed the international community... Read more

The Arabic word muqawama is often translated as resistance, as in _arakat al_Muqawama al_Islamiyya, the Islamic Resistance Movement, better known as Hamas. The simple translation, however, does not reveal the doctrine of perpetual warfare and unending conflict that has developed within Hamas and Hezbollah... Read more