Monthly Archives: July 2016

The Attempted #Turkey coup and Fethullah #Gülen

VOX Turkey’s coup: The Gülen Movement, explained by Dylan Matthews July 16, 2016 In the chaos of the attempted coup apparently perpetrated by elements of the Turkish military on Friday, the nation’s president and incipient strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pointed … Continue reading

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Trump, Pence & The Jews

ISRAEL HAYOM Will Pence help Trump with Jewish voters? by Richard Baehr July 15, 2016 Indiana Governor Mike Pence will reportedly run [he has declared since this column was posted] with Donald Trump as his vice presidential nominee… Prior to … Continue reading

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#NiceAttack They do things differently in #Israel “Israelis deploy a Triple-D system”

PJ MEDIA Nice Attack a ‘Security Failure on a Colossal Level’ Says Terror Expert by Paula Bolyard July 14, 2016 Aaron Cohen, a counterterrorism expert and former member of the elite Israeli special forces unit, said on CNN early Friday … Continue reading

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The Israel-Iran War that Israel Lost: “The misnamed Second Lebanon War was a two-front war. It was a coordinated assault on Israel by two Iranian-controlled terror armies”

FRONT PAGE MAG The First Iran War by Caroline Glick July 13, 2016 July 12, 2006 was the first day of what has become known as the Second Lebanon War. The name of the war, like most of the lessons … Continue reading

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“There is endless hand-wringing about the source of the fragility of African-American life in America, but one of the causes surely is the notion that homicidal rage is an acceptable response to social problems”

ASIA TIMES Rap and the decline of black America by David P. Goldman July 13 2016 …Many African-Americans believe that they are at war and fighting for their lives. Broadly speaking, they are correct. Something is killing off Black America. It isn’t … Continue reading

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“Is Mr. Obama rationalizing a failed agreement or did he mean to mislead the American public? Either way, truth is catching up with the #IranDeal”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Truth Catches the Iran Deal by Bret Stephens July 11, 2016 …So let’s recap. Mr. Obama says Iran is honoring the nuclear deal, but German intelligence tells us Tehran is violating it more aggressively than ever. He … Continue reading

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Unpacking 7 of #Hillary Clinton’s biggest accomplishments: “What do honest Abe or Ike amount to compared with our presumptive Democratic nominee?”

NATIONAL REVIEW Hillary Clinton’s Greatest ‘Accomplishments,’ Annotated by David French July 16, 2016 Surveying the entire history of the American presidency, from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson to James Madison to Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant to Dwight Eisenhower … Continue reading

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In Illinois, a singularly dangerous idea: “There are no councils to represent the interests of other faiths in Illinois, and the likely leaders of this council are from the same band urging the Federal government towards censorship of criticism”

COUNTER JIHAD Illinois To Create Official State Government Muslim Council? by Bruce Cornibe July 7, 2016 At the end of an especially bloody month of Ramadan, which included the worst terror attack in America since 9/11, some politicians and lawmakers feel … Continue reading

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#Democrats #Republicans 2016 Israel platforms: When it comes to #TwoStateSolution, Republicans stand with the majority of Israelis

THE FORWARD In Major Shift, GOP Rejects Two-State Solution, Says Israel Not “Occupier” by Nathan Guttman July 13, 2016 Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a platform that does not include a call for a two-state … Continue reading

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Lappin: “As a Reform Jew who has devoted a great deal of time and financial resources to the goal of enhancing Jewish continuity, I now affirm these truths: Diaspora Jews need Israel…and Israel’s Arab neighbors need Israel”

JEWISH JOURNAL The reformation of a Reform Jew by Andrew D. Lappin July 13, 2016 …Fortunately, outside of the URJ and the European Union, the rush of the previous decade to a hastily jury-rigged two-state solution has all but fully … Continue reading

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