IAF Power in the Skies: Pentagon Selling V-22 Osprey Aircraft to Israel
The AFP reported that the Pentagon formally notified Congress on Tuesday that it plans on selling six tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft to Israel. Israel is the first country allowed to purchase the aircraft as part of a long term deal worth $1.13 billion. The deal, which was first announced last year, became finalized on Tuesday. U.S. […]
Nuclear No More? Geneva Deal Reached Between P5+1 and Iran
The P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany) and Iran have struck a deal on how to implement the nuclear deal made in November. The official news agency of Iran stated that the agreement will begin on January 20th. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed the news and an official joint […]
Ariel “The Bulldozer” Sharon, Former Israeli PM, Passes Away at 85
Israel’s eleventh prime minister, Ariel Sharon, passed away Saturday afternoon at the age of 85 in Israel. Sharon’s son Gilad announced the news of his father’s passing: “That’s it. He’s gone. He went when he decided to go.” Sharon died at Sheba Medical Center, at Tel Hashomer near Tel Aviv surrounded by family and former […]
More U.S. Spying Secrets on Israel to be Revealed
The Snowden saga continues. Just as the world thought things couldn’t become tenser between Israel and the United States, it was revealed this week that Edward Snowden has a treasure trove of information regarding U.S. state secrets that relate to Israel. Glenn Greenwald, a writer for Britain’s Guardian and a co-author of many articles based […]
Pastor Saeed Abedini: America’s Own Jonathan Pollard
Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini, 33, was been imprisoned by the Islamic Republic of Iran since the summer of 2012. Sentenced under suspicions of undermining national security, Abedini was sentenced to eight years in prison in January 2013. A grassroots movement in the United States has been advocating for his release. The Facebook page “Pray for […]
American Chutzpah: It’s Time to Release Jonathan Pollard
I was fourteen years old when I wrote my first article outside of school, twenty years ago. As a teenager, I was fired up enough to write a letter to the editor which was printed in the Columbus Dispatch. What was the 1994 issue that stirred me from my normal teenage political apathy? Jonathan Pollard […]
BIN Readers Believe the U.S. Should Stop Spying on Israel
It was revealed several weeks ago through documents leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the United States has been actively spying on Israel for many years. As early as 2009, U.S. spies were monitoring email traffic from then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and future Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The U.S. is also shown to have […]
The Maccabeats – Miracle
It was hard not to see this video on Hannukah which got over 1.5 million views on YouTube. This Acapella song produced by the Maccabeats was performed in front of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Israeli-American Lobby Refuses to Support Pause In Iranian Sanctions Requests
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small indeed. (Proverbs 24:10) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee said there would be “no pause, delay or moratorium in our efforts” to seek new sanctions on Iran, according to the Jerusalem Post. AIPAC made the statement days after reports had come out claiming […]
Lying Tongues: The Double Standard of Political Correctness
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.(Psalms 109:2-3) Last week, this column posed, and supported with academic proof and current […]