
Will 2018 continue a downward trend of killings in the name of Islam? (1,850 in 2016 to 1,595 in 2017)
Will 2018 continue a downward trend of killings in the name of Islam? (1,850 in 2016 to 1,595 in 2017)
The U.S. opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. The terrorist group Hamas led grenade and rock throwing border protests where at least 52 Palestinians were killed and 2,000 were wounded by Israeli security forces.
Graphic from The Israel Project
Read more: Fact Sheet on U.S. embassy move
This week, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented evidence of Iran’s nuclear program: https://youtu.be/qmSao-j7Xr4?t=7m41s
“First, Iran lied about never having a nuclear weapons program. 100,000 secret files prove that they lied. Second, even after the deal, Iran continued to preserve and expand its nuclear weapons know-how for future use. Why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously catalogue its secret nuclear files, if not to use them at a later date. Third, Iran lied again in 2015, when it didn’t come clean to the IAEA, as required by the nuclear deal.”
—- Benjamin Netanyahu, from the Office of the Israeli Prime Minister
U.S. backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have reportedly retaken ISIS’ proclaimed capital of Raqqa. (Stars and Stripes story)
A look at the battlefield last week: