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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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