Monthly Archives: June 2018

Congressional effort to monitor UNRWA textbooks that “demonize Israel, encourage war, and teach children that Palestinian statehood can be achieved through violence”

ALGEMEINER Bipartisan Bill to Counter Palestinian Textbooks That ‘Demonize Israel’ Introduced in Congress by Shiri Moshe June 12, 2018 Members of Congress have brought forward a bipartisan bill to review textbooks and other materials used in Palestinian schools that have been … Continue reading

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CEO of Chicago’s Jewish federation, Steve Nasatir, stepping down after nearly four decades

FORWARD The Man Who Ran Chicago’s Jewish Community For Almost 40 Years Is Stepping Down by Ben Sales June 11, 2018 Steven Nasatir, the longtime CEO of Chicago’s Jewish federation, will be moving into another role next year after four … Continue reading

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Will terms of Obama’s Israel military aid MOU spell death for Israel’s aircraft industry?

FREE BEACON Israelis Debate Future of U.S. Military Aid by David Isaac June 11, 2018 For most people, American aid to Israel is the measure of the “special relationship” between the two countries. AIPAC, the major pro-Israel lobby in the … Continue reading

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Over the past few weeks, the leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements have chosen to deliver their flagship institutions “into the hands of Jewish antisemites”

JERUSALEM POST If Not Now, then When? by Caroline Glick June 7, 2018 …Over the past two decades, the major disputes among and within American Jewish groups have revolved around two main issues. First, they faced the challenge of skyrocketing … Continue reading

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“Imbeciles like Robert De Niro, who nevertheless remains one of my favorite actors ever — because I distinguish a person’s art from his intellect — have absolutely no idea what it means to have a President who is a fascist, a Nazi”

SPECTATOR F- – – Trump! De Niro and friends have run out of things to say by Dov Fischer June 12, 2018 …As a student of history, let me tell you what a Hitler-like Nazi-like President of the United States … Continue reading

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“That Joy Reid appears to be a liar should be a serious issue, particularly in journalism, particularly when the president of the United States has made a habit of denouncing ‘fake news'”

JTA MSNBC host Joy Reid criticized lavish bat mitzvahs and Ariel Sharon in old blog posts by Charles Dunst June 8, 2018 Embattled MSNBC host Joy Reid on her now-deleted blog wrote posts mocking a lavish bat mitzvah, criticizing the late … Continue reading

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“The old canard that American backing for Israel alienated prospective allies in the Arab world has disappeared, now that the Sunni Arab states find themselves in a de facto alliance with Israel against Shi’ite Iran”

PJ MEDIA Israel Shows What Alliances Are For by David P Goldman June 7, 2018 …Israel has substantially reduced Iran’s military capacity in Syria, for example, and has done so without provoking a confrontation with Russia…The optimal way to deal … Continue reading

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“Obama and his advisers, now seeking to shape his legacy, say they are proud they ditched the ‘Washington playbook’ and decided to stay out of the Sunni-Shia conflict in the Middle East. Only they didn’t. They intervened on behalf of Iran”

TABLET MAG America’s Cash-for-Genocide Program in Syria by Lee Smith June 6, 2018 …As The Atlantic excerpt makes clear, [Ben] Rhodes’ job is to whitewash the [Obama] White House’s role in the most devastating humanitarian catastrophe [Syria] of the 21st century. And … Continue reading

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“Radical Islamic extremism itself may well sputter out and die over the long run, one birth date and funeral at a time”

WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL Saudi Arabia Lightens Up On Women-A Little by Michael J. Totten June 6, 2018 Saudi Arabia is about to become slightly less like a Taliban state. Hardline Sunni Wahhabis have long enforced strict gender segregation and the … Continue reading

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Anti-semitism “has been called history’s oldest hatred and mental disease, and it has shown itself to be remarkably adaptable, stretching back thousands of years”

AMERICAN THINKER Anti-Semitism Is a Mental Disease by Shoula Romano Horing June 6, 2018 As a Jew and an Israeli, every time I write an online article about Israel and the Middle East, Jew-haters come out of the woodwork or … Continue reading

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