Monthly Archives: July 2015

It Just Got Easier for Iran to Fund Terrorism

FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES by Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz July 17, 2015 The more than $100 billion in sanctions relief is just one reason Tehran agreed to the nuclear deal. Its readmission into an obscure financial network is the … Continue reading

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The NGO Campaign to Destroy Israel

GATESTONE by Denis MacEoin July 17, 2015 ….When an NGO [non-governmental organization] receives a sizeable portion of its budget from governments, it is no longer a non-governmental organization. And when such funding to NGOs is provided by allied states such … Continue reading

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We Must All be Activists: Urge Congress to Get a Better #IranDeal

Regardless of your political persuasion — There’s no excuse for sitting back and doing nothing. Get out a pen and paper and write a letter and/or call your congressman and senators. Tell them how you feel. Reaching out personally is … Continue reading

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Surfer dudes test the Tel Aviv waves

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Jessica Steinberg July 15, 2015 The Gudauskas brothers declare TA, Hilton Beach ‘as close to a fantasy land as you could think of’ Tel Aviv is one of the ‘sickest’ places in the world,” declared surfer … Continue reading

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How Democrats Pillaged Chicago Toward Bankruptcy

AMERICAN THINKER by Michael Bargo, Jr July 17, 2015 Chicago’s financial situation is the worst of any large municipality in the nation. Moody’s recently downgraded the credit rating of the city’s municipal bonds to junk status, a sure sign to … Continue reading

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Obama Turns to U.N. to Outmaneuver Congress

Do we still live in a Democracy ? We grew up learning that there were three branches of government, each with checks and balances. Now we learn that the United Nations, which is dominated by the non-aligned non-democracies, hostile to … Continue reading

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The International Criminal Court declares war on Israel

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Professor Avi Bell July 16, 2015 The Court absurdly relies on the farcical U.N. Human Rights Council The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court, for the first time in its history, has ordered the ICC … Continue reading

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From Ari Shavit no less: Five reasons to worry about the Iran deal

HAARETZ by Ari Shavit July 16, 2015 Experience reveals a yawning gap between the way the United States and Europe understand the Middle East and the way the Middle East understands itself. The first cause for concern is nuclear proliferation. … Continue reading

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Forget the Palestinians: Arab states have too much else to worry about

NEW YORK POST by Amir Taheri July 12, 2015 ….But there are other reasons the Palestine issue has lost much of its luster for many Arabs. One reason was cited the other evening by a Jordanian businessman, Abu Furas, at … Continue reading

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What Shaped Yishai Fleisher?

I’m honored to call Yishai Fleisher my friend.  Voice of Israel program director Yishai Fleisher joins Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel to share how he was inspired by his mother and father, refuseniks in the Soviet Union, to become a … Continue reading

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