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: August 2017
One of the faculty signers remarked “because I’m deeply alarmed by the rise of intolerance on college campuses, especially because that intolerance comes from one direction only, from the left”
FREE BEACON Faculty from Top Universities Sign Letter Urging Students to Reject ‘Vice of Conformism by Rachel Frommer August 29, 2017 Faculty from Princeton, Harvard, and Yale have signed an open letter to incoming university students, begging them to reject … Continue reading
State Dept confirms US opposition to United Nations-issued Israel blacklist
WASHINGTON POSTU.S. pushing to quash U.N. ‘blacklist’ of firms doing business in Israeli settlementsby Anne GearanAugust 21, 2017 The Trump administration is urging the United Nations not to publish what it calls a “blacklist” of international firms that do business … Continue reading
Palestinian authorities in West Bank and Gaza Strip “using police state tactics to silence critical media and arbitrarily block people’s access to information”
GATESTONE Palestinians: Taking Journalists Hostage by Khaled Abu Toameh August 23, 2017 Palestinian journalists have once again fallen victim to the continuing power struggle between the Palestinian Authority (PA), which has jurisdiction over parts of the West Bank, and Hamas, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority
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“Silver coin found in Halamish was minted during the Great Jewish Revolt prior to the destruction of the Second Temple”
TIMES OF ISRAEL 8-year-old girl stumbles upon ultra-rare 2,000-year-old ‘half-shekel’ by Amanda Borschel-Dan August 24, 2017 After an 8-year-old girl picked up her little sister from kindergarten, she picked up a little something else from the ground on her way … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
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#Charlottesville: “Walking out the back door of a synagogue should never be the recommended option”
JNS.ORG Charlottesville offers lifesaving lessons for American Jews by Abraham H. Miller August 22, 2017 Jews are asking if we’re back in the 1920s. To me, the scene outside a Charlottesville synagogue is more like Odessa in 1905. Across from the … Continue reading
Sec’y of State Rex Tillerson’s recent statements “highly disconcerting and ominously reminiscent of the Obama era”; Democrats chide Trump on 2-state solution policy
JERUSALEM POST The never-ending peace process farce by Isi Leibler August 24, 2017 Unless the U.S. is willing to bite the bullet and finally confront Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, the forthcoming mission to the region by U.S. representatives … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, Rex Tillerson
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1994 #AMIAbombing: More evidence Nisman was murdered, more details on Argentina-Iran conspiracy to cover up Iran’s role
BREITBART Argentina Finds Veterinary Drug in Blood of Prosecutor Shot Dead amid Iran Probe by Frances Martel August 21, 2017 The Argentine newspaper Clarín revealed Friday that investigators had found a bizarre drug cocktail of the tranquilizers clonazepam and ketamine in the blood of … Continue reading
#SouthernPovertyLawCenter’s political “hate” and “extremist” lists being used to damage internet freedom and free speech
NEW YORK TIMES Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals? by Ayaan Hirsi Ali August 24, 2017 Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 others injured, the … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Politics
Tagged anti-Semitism, Charlottesville, Southern Poverty Law Center
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Chicago Trib Editorial Board: “Gov. Rauner, Speaker Madigan and President Cullerton: Grab your shovels. Dig us out”
CHICAGO TRIBUNE What’s so great about the Hoosier state? It’s not Illinois. Editorial Board August 25, 2017 …It’s no longer surprising when an Illinois company leaves for Indiana…Why? Because Indiana is one of the best states in the nation for … Continue reading
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