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- 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: August 2017
Our Soldiers Speak, a US-based NGO, “the first, and currently sole organization globally, bringing uniformed IDF soldiers, officers and generals from the field to the campuses and communities throughout the English-speaking world”
YNET US army cadets and US Navy midshipmen take policy tour of Israel August 29, 2017 …As part of their 360 degree approach, Our Soldiers Speak recently implemented a groundbreaking project bringing 28 cadets and Midshipmen from the US Naval Academy, Annapolis … Continue reading
Highland Park’s Max’s Deli gets political with its diners
SKOKIE PATCH Nazi Salutes Jewish Deli Menu by Jonah Meadows August 31, 2017 A North Shore deli’s catering menu for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur was adorned with caricatures of a Nazi and a Sasquatch in response to the hate … Continue reading
Paris: Sarah Halimi’s torture and murder “clashed with France’s political calendar”
THE JC Sarah Halimi: Beaten, tortured and killed — yet France turned a blind eye by Michel Gurfinkiel August 24, 2017 Almost five months ago, on April 4, a 65-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman called Lucette Attal-Halimi and known by her … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Jewish
Tagged anti-Semitism, Emmanuel Macron, France, Paris, Sarah Halimi
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Berkeley: “You’d have thought from the avalanche of alarmist walk-up stories that Gibson and friends would be dancing in a “Springtime for Hitler” kick line”
WEEKLY STANDARD A Beating in Berkeley by Matt Labash September 11, 2017 As white supremacists go, Joey Gibson makes for a lousy one. For starters, he’s half Japanese. “I don’t feel like I’m Caucasian at all,” he says. Not to … Continue reading
United Nations Sec’y General in Israel gets earful from #Bibi [VIDEO]
TIMES OF ISRAEL Greeting Guterres, Netanyahu rips UN, says Iran turning Lebanon, Syria into warfronts against Israel by Ilan Ben Zion August 28, 2017 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday with blistering criticism … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged António Guterres, Benjamin Netanyahu, United Nations
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#Sarsour connects #Kaepernick controversy with ‘Right-Wing Zionists’
FREE BEACON Linda Sarsour Calls for People to Rise Up Against ‘Right-Wing Zionists’ by Rachel Frommer August 25, 2017 American-Palestinian anti-Israel activist and Women’s March co-organizer Linda Sarsour called for people to rise up against “right-wing Zionists,” during her speech … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, Linda Sarsour, Zionism
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“Conan O’Brien meets Israel’s ‘fantastic, really funny, nice people’” [VIDEOS]
WASHINGTON POST Conan O’ Brien is in Tel Aviv, and Israelis are loving it by Ruth Eglash August 27, 2017 at 10:32 AM It might be one of the more tense corners of the globe, but residents of the Holy … Continue reading
Bolton: We can and should abrogate the Iran Deal
NATIONAL REVIEW How to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal by John Bolton August 28, 2017 Although candidate Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear agreement, his administration has twice decided to remain in the deal. It so … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Iran, Iran Deal, JCPOA, John Bolton, North Korea, Nuclear
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“Most Americans, including many so-called “experts” in the field, have no idea of the cultural context with which they are dealing when they set out to solve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute”
ISRAEL HAYOM Crossing the Rubicon by Sarah N. Stern August 27, 2017 On Wednesday, at a U.S. State Department press briefing, the Rubicon was finally crossed. Responding to a question regarding Israeli-Palestinian peace, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said, “We want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Palestinians, Two State Solution, US State Department
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Kurds see Israelis as allies in the same struggle
THE TOWER Kurds Wave Israeli Flag in Solidarity with Jewish State at Independence Rally in Germany by Staff August 28, 2017 At a rally in the German city of Cologne on Saturday, attended by some 20,000 Kurds from different parts … Continue reading