By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 November 2025
A Microcosm of Why There’s No Israeli-Palestinian Peace
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Tag Archives: Jerusalem
Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam
Review: “The Sacred City” (2016)
Islamic State Has Alternative Suggestions for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah. It’s Jihad.
Jewish Influence At the Origins of Islam
The Recreation of Israel, War, and Survival
Islamic State Spokesman Marks Ten Years of the Caliphate
Islamic State Spokesman Counters “Accusations” Against the Group and Explains its Purpose in Syria
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 September 2022
Islamic State Attacks Israel for the First Time in Five Years
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 March 2022
Israeli security forces reacting to the terrorist attack in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, 29 March 2022 || Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said his country is “facing a new wave of terrorism” after five attacks in the last ten days have killed eleven people. The Islamic State (IS) has effectively admitted to carrying out two of the atrocities, the first time in five years the terrorist group has carried out attacks in the Jewish state. This hiatus, partly a reflection of the fact that, unlike some other Islamist extremists, IS does not make the anti-Israel cause a central plank of its propaganda, also reflects the relatively small inroads IS’s ideology has made to this point among Palestinian and Israeli Arabs. Whether this is now changing is unclear. Continue reading
Islamic State Comments on the Gaza War and Escalates in Afghanistan
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 May 2021
Al-Naba 287, page three
The last two issues of Al-Naba, the weekly newsletter of the Islamic State (IS), had a number of interesting items, most obviously finally breaking its silence on the latest flare-up between Israel and HAMAS. Continue reading
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