Most Clicked This Week
- Pensacola Saudi gunman's Twitter account "condemned US support for Israel and included a quote from Al-Qaeda’s deceased leader, the Saudi Osama bin Laden"
- Israel to no longer bar travelers from US and UK
- CBS, NBC Bash Netanyahu on Election Night; ‘Could Destroy’ Chances for Peace with Obama, Palestinians
- An otherwise positive story from #NYT about Israel's battle against coronavirus "marred by its opening" which has now been changed online
- 49 US Republican senators say they will not back new #Iran nuclear deal. This Isn’t #Obama’s Iran Deal. It’s Much, Much Worse.
- Harold Rhode: Critical thinking on Islamic Law was shut down by Sunni leaders 1000 years ago. This meant the end of progress, situation continues to this day
- “Most radical leftists believe this noxious legacy foretells our future and will continue unabated unless American politics is fundamentally overturned”
- As small but growing numbers of Haredi men enlist in the Israeli military, attitudes in their strictly observant communities start to shift
Monthly Archives: June 2017
The Muslim World: “The second-best university among 57 states has no bookstore. That alone is worth dwelling on”
GATESTONE What Might be Missing in the Muslim World? by Denis MacEoin June 28, 2017 …What follows has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. It is a discussion of why some cultures (in several forms) appear to have remained … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Leave a comment
“About a year ago, India stopped supporting anti-Israeli resolutions, bewildering Arab envoys”
ISRAEL HAYOM Israel and India: A new strategic partnership by Ariel Bolstein June 29, 2017 It seems as though not a single week goes by without some head of state visiting us. The past several years have seen a sharp … Continue reading
“When you see a girl being rescued, you cry,’ says the ‘Jewish Schindler,’ Steve Maman”
THE FEDERALIST After Witnessing ISIS’s Genocide And Slavery, ‘Jewish Schindler’ Sprang Into Action by Bradley Martin June 28, 2017 At a high-end car and motorcycle dealership in Montreal, a Canadian-Jewish businessman has made it his mission to save Christian and … Continue reading
“In a new book, philosopher Micah Goodman seeks to upend the debate about the West Bank, by urging Israelis — left and right — to set aside their dreams”
TIMES OF ISRAEL The peace process hasn’t brought peace. The case for moving on by Haviv Rettig Gur June 27, 2017 The most popular new book in Israel is not a crime thriller, a romance or a military sci-fi romp, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Leave a comment
“Don’t delude yourself thinking your quarrels are a battle over Israel’s existence. There are genuine threats to Israel, and they’ve nothing to do with who prays where or when”
JNS A different take on the Western Wall controversy by Stephen M. Flatow June 28, 2017 The headlines of the Jewish press this week were filled with stories about angry American Jews arriving in Israel and denouncing the Israeli government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Jerusalem, Kotel, Western Wall
Leave a comment
#AntiSemites on Parade in Chicago
NEW YORK TIMES I’m Glad the Dyke March Banned Jewish Stars by Bari Weiss June 27, 2017 This weekend, at a lesbian march in Chicago, three women carrying Jewish pride flags — rainbow flags embossed with a Star of David … Continue reading
Your tax dollars at work: Capitol Hill event speakers weren’t “critics of Israel, but rather opponents of its existence” [VIDEO]
FORWARD We Were 100% Right To Highlight Anti-Israel Hate — Whatever Peter Beinart Says by Josh Block June 27, 2017 In his June 21 column, Peter Beinart accused The Israel Project of wanting to suppress the video of an anti-Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Josh Block, Peter Beinart, The Israel Project
Leave a comment
Whitewashed: “this isn’t Corbyn’s party…we will play our role in combating antisemitism until we wipe it out of our party” [VIDEO]
ALGEMEINER Major Documentary on UK Labour Party Antisemitism Premieres in London by Ben Cohen June 27, 2017 Some of the UK’s leading Jewish intellectuals gathered with Labour Party parliamentarians at London’s JW3 Jewish community center on Monday night for the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, UK, United Kingdom, Whitewashed
Leave a comment
Matti Friedman skewers these self-important and oh-so-courageous social justice novelists
WASHINGTON POST What happens when famous novelists ‘confront the Occupation’ in the West Bank by Matti Friedman June 23, 2017 …What it’s really about is the writers. Most of the essays aren’t journalism but a kind of selfie in which … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 