Yishai debates Norman Finkelstein on Piers Morgan’s “Uncensored” program on the subject of the Gaza War and Israel’s response to Hamas’ October 7th terror massacre of Israeli civilians. Yishai lays out a vision for winning the war in Gaza, stabilizing the region, and achieving prosperity for Jews and Arabs in the Abrahamic Region.
THE FREE PRESS
The Rise of the ‘Never Bidens’
Eli Lake
May 14, 2024
Joe Biden’s threat last week to freeze arms shipments to Israel along with reports that his administration is withholding intelligence about Hamas leaders’ whereabouts has reverberated throughout U.S. politics. Now, some Never Trump donors say the Biden administration’s policy toward the Jewish state is such a betrayal they’re considering jumping on board the Trump train. Call it the rise of the Never Bidens, donors who once were more worried about Trump but now see Joe Biden’s bid for a second term the greater threat to America. The Free Press spoke with four donors who contributed tens of millions of dollars in the last election cycle. They say they are reconsidering their political giving in light of the president’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war. READ MORE
FDD
Why President Erdogan’s DC Visit Was Canceled
Sinan Ciddi
May 13, 2024
…In March, Erdogan stunned observers after declaring, “Turkey is a country that stands firmly behind Hamas,” just days after Congress approved a $23 billion deal to sell fighter jets to Ankara. In late April, he damaged Turkey’s reputation even further by hosting senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul and professed his support. Then came an announcement that Turkey intends to launch an “aid” flotilla to Gaza-a move that could result in a military altercation with the Israeli Navy. Finally, Ankara announced on May 2 that it was suspending all trade with Israel—a move that is likely to be deemed illegal by the courts for breaking existing contracts. READ MORE
GATESTONE Egypt’s Duplicity, the World’s Silence This is just another example of how, when Palestinians become victims of oppressive measures taken against them by their Arab brothers, the world does not care a bit. About a decade ago, when Egypt demolished dozens of houses and buildings in Rafah as part of a campaign to combat terrorism, no one said a word against the Egyptians — or even bothered to look…If the Egyptians actually cared about the Palestinians, instead of blocking the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip, they could easily coordinate with Israel through alternative border crossings such as the nearby Kerem Shalom terminal.
NEW YORK POST
Biden’s bribery of our ally Israel over intelligence on Hamas honchos is beyond despicable
Editorial Board
May 13, 2024
It’s official: President Biden’s policy on Israel makes no sense except as a sudden, all-out drive to stop the war completely, leaving Hamas able to recover. The Washington Post reports, citing four sources, that the White House has offered Jerusalem “sensitive intelligence to help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels” if the IDF doesn’t go full-scale into Rafah. Huh? Why not just hand the info over ASAP? It’d help the IDF target those leaders now, and make the precision strikes the White House says it wants more likely — it’s not like Israel wants to take the casualties of a full-on assault if doesn’t have to. READ MORE
ALL ISRAEL NEWS
Israel salutes its fallen on first Memorial Day since Oct. 7 tragedy
May 12, 2024
Israel’s Memorial Day, commemorating the soldiers who fell in the nation’s wars and victims of terrorist attacks, began at 8 p.m. on Sunday with a nationwide siren for a minute of silence. On this year’s particularly mournful Memorial Day, the people of Israel remembered 1,600 soldiers and civilians who perished – either in combat or due to an act of terrorism – over the past year, the deadliest year for the Jewish state in over 50 years. As in every year, the siren marked the start of ceremonies being held in towns and communities across the country, at cemeteries, community centers and schools. On Monday, a second siren will sound at 11 a.m. Israeli media outlets displayed images of IDF soldiers in Rafah and the northern Gaza Strip, with some standing at attention on their tanks while marking Memorial Day in the shadow of ongoing fighting. The start of the central state ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall Plaza was accompanied by red alert rocket alarms in the Gaza Envelope, including Sderot, Nahal Oz, and Shaar HaNegev. READ MORE
JNS Jewish Voice for Peace mocked widely for claim Israeli holidays meant to overshadow ‘Nakba Day’ Jewish Voice for Peace is being criticized and ridiculed widely on social media after the anti-Israel, far-left group claimed that Israel scheduled the holidays Yom Hashoah, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut to eclipse “Nakba Day.”
OC REGISTER
Biden’s misguided abandonment of Israel
Douglas Schoen and Saul Mangel
May 11, 2024
…In fact, virtually every decision Biden has made has prolonged the war and enabled Hamas to survive. This shouldn’t necessarily be a surprise, given the presence of Maher Bitar, a holdover from the Obama administration. Bitar now serves as Biden’s coordinator for intelligence and defense policy within the National Security Council. He is also a former Executive Board member for Students for Justice in Palestine, the extremist anti-Israel group which has been banned on dozens of college campuses due to their promotion of antisemitism and violent tactics. The administration’s incessant and hypocritical focus on preventing civilian casualties in Rafah – despite the fact that by virtually every metric, Israel has set the standard in terms of fighting a war against a terrorist group embedded in urban civilian areas – is the only reason the war hasn’t ended yet. READ MORE
CANARY MISSION has a profile on Maher Bitar
WASHINGTON EXAMINER Jewish Biden appointee resigns over president’s stance on war in Gaza: ‘Blood of innocent people on his hands’ Lily Greenberg Call, special assistant to the chief of staff in the Interior Department, cited her Jewish heritage as the reason for her resignation. In her letter, she related her deep ties to the United States and Israel but expressed deep opposition to Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza, calling it a “genocide.”
AXIOS
Exclusive poll: Most college students shrug at nationwide protests
Sareen Habeshian
May 7, 2024
College protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are dominating headlines. But only a sliver of students are participating or view it as a top issue, according to a new Generation Lab survey shared exclusively with Axios. Why it matters: The poll hints that the war — and the accompanying protests — might not hurt President Biden’s election prospects among young voters as much as previously thought. READ MORE
CITY JOURNAL
Hysterics for Hamas
Heather Mac Donald
May 9, 2024
The female voices rose high-pitched and shrill above the crowd: “Five, six, seven, eight, Israel is a terrorist state.” “We don’t want no Zionists here, say it loud, say it clear.” “Resistance is justified when people are occupied.” The voices that answered them were also overwhelmingly female, emanating from hundreds of students chanting and marching around tents pitched in front of Columbia University’s neoclassical Butler Library, part of an effort in late April to prevent the university from uprooting the encampment. READ MORE
JNS
Biden is betraying American interests as well as Israel
Jonathan Tobin
May 9, 2024
This isn’t the first dispute between the governments of the United States and Israel. Nor is it the first time that Washington has used the supply of arms to try to pressure the Jewish state to bend to its will. But there is no precedent for what President Joe Biden has just done. By declaring that he will stop supplying weapons to Israel, including high-tech heavy bombs and artillery shells, if it seeks to enter Rafah and eliminate Hamas’s last remaining stronghold in Gaza, the president was making a clear declaration that the United States was mandating an end to the war that the terrorist group began with the massacre of men, women and children on Oct. 7. READ MORE
JNS Netanyahu: ‘If necessary, we will fight with our fingernails’ Jerusalem will win the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip with its fingernails, if necessary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday night, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would cut arms supplies to the Jewish state if Israel launched a major attack in Rafah. “If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone,” he stated. “But we have much more than fingernails, and with that same strength of spirit, with God’s help, together we will win.” The premier noted that Israel will celebrate its Independence Day on Tuesday, per the Hebrew calendar.
ASSOCIATED PRESS US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (225-kilogram) bombs…with the focus of U.S. concern being the larger explosives and how they could be used in a dense urban setting.
TIMES OF ISRAEL GOP senator calls for Biden’s impeachment over holdup on arms shipments to Israel Republican Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas calls on X for the impeachment of US President Joe Biden over withholding arms from Israel “to help with reelection.” He points to the Democrat-led impeachment of former president Donald Trump in 2019, in which Trump is accused of withholding aid to Ukraine to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to cooperate with his campaign against Biden. “Only with Biden, it’s true,” writes Cotton.
TWITTER Ben Shapiro: The predictable results of Biden’s disgusting weapons cut-off threat
WATCH Mark Levin to Biden: ‘Who the hell do you think you are?’
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
‘Hamas loves Biden’: Israel outraged over US threat to withhold arms
Ariel Kahana
May 9, 2024
Political leaders Thursday reaffirmed Israel’s determination to eliminate Hamas and secure the return of hostages held by the terror organization after US President Joe Biden threatened to withhold weapon shipments if the IDF entered Rafah. “Israel will continue to fight Hamas until its destruction. There is no more just war than this,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz tweeted. His fellow Likud lawmaker Dudi Amsalem warned “whoever kills Jews will die,” suggesting Israel would press forward undeterred. While not commenting officially, Netanyahu tweeted his speech from Yad Vashem from a few days earlier in which he vowed that Israel would fight Hamas without bowing to any external pressure. READ MORE
i24NEWS Minister Ben Gvir takes frustrations to Twitter: “Hamas loves Biden” “If Netanyahu does not fire Ben Gvir today, he is endangering every soldier in the IDF and every citizen in the State of Israel,” responds Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid
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