Monthly Archives: April 2018

J Street’s 10th Anniversary dinner will feature “a keynote address from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and a conversation with former Mideast Envoy George Mitchell” [VIDEO]

JEWISH INSIDER Prominent Public Figures Join Honorary Host Committee for J Street’s Tenth Anniversary Gala April 11, 2018 Ahead of the event, J Street released a list of 99 public figures who have agreed to serve on the honorary host committee for the … Continue reading

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“Classified report will bust myth that millions of Palestinians need UNRWA, sources say”

FREE BEACON Congress Demands State Department Release ‘Game Changer’ Report on Myth of Palestinian Refugees by Adam Kredo April 11, 2018 Congress is pressuring the State Department to release a long classified report on Palestinian refugees that insiders say could … Continue reading

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Reimposed Iran sanctions “may also represent the greatest opportunity to regain leverage over the regime on issues like human rights abuses, ballistic missiles, terrorism, and regional expansionism” [VIDEO]

THE HILL Iran’s currency is in free fall — time for the US to exploit it by Richard Goldberg and Saeed Ghasseminejad April 11, 2018 The Iranian rial plummeted this weekend to a record low of 58,880 to the dollar.  Usually, economic … Continue reading

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“The murder of Jews, in Israel or Europe, somehow has nothing to do with the Holocaust”

SULTAN KNISH The Betrayal of the Holocaust by Daniel Greenfield April 12, 2018 …Millions of dollars have been spent building memorials to the victims of the Holocaust, even as Iran is spending its millions on building another kind of memorial … Continue reading

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Yom Hashoah 2018 “As Israel marks its annual Holocaust memorial day, those aging survivors who actively resisted and helped shape the country’s fighting spirit are quickly disappearing” [VIDEO]

ABC NEWS As numbers dwindle, Jews who fought Nazis recall struggle by Aron Heller April 11, 2018 …Israel’s identity is defined by the axiom that never again will Jews be helpless in the face of annihilation. But [Baruch] Shub fears … Continue reading

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“Russia aside, it is clear that Israel is determined to continue undermining Iranian efforts to entrench itself militarily in Syria and transfer game-changing weapons to Hezbollah”

JNS.ORG Israel won’t tolerate an Iranian presence in Syria by Yaakov Amidror April 10, 2018 Russia’s decision to reveal that it was the Israeli Air Force that struck the T4 air base in Syria’s Homs province early Monday morning came as somewhat … Continue reading

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Arab restaurants in Israel “create food with love and care”

ISRAEL 21C 10 fabulous Arab restaurants transforming Israel’s culinary scene by Jessica Halfin April 10, 2018 Most Israelis have their favorite local family-style restaurant for Arab cuisine where they go to indulge in a spread of meze salads of fresh … Continue reading

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Hey campers, Who wants to learn about The Occupation?

LEGAL INSURRECTION Group plans to infiltrate Jewish summer camps to turn campers against Israel by Miriam Elman April 8, 2018 …In one of its boldest moves, IfNotNow [sister to Jewish Voice for Peace] is planning to train camp counselors to … Continue reading

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As always, #NYT edits the Gaza story to fit their narrative

ALGEMEINER What The New York Times Isn’t Telling You About Israel’s Gaza ‘Blockade’ by Ira Stoll April 9, 2018 Nearly every New York Times dispatch about the recent violent pre-planned riots in Gaza has used the word “blockade” to describe … Continue reading

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Iceland: “European secularists and progressives are staging a two-pronged legislative attack on circumcision and religious slaughter — fundamental customs of Judaism and Islam”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Iceland welcomes its first rabbi while considering a ban on circumcision by Cnaan Liphshiz April 8, 2018 …But it won’t be the last explanation coming from the New York native, who this year became Iceland’s first resident … Continue reading

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