Most Clicked This Week
- "When I spoke to the prime minister, it was clear that Lauder’s intervention with Trump angered and distressed him"
- "We have enough crazies of our own who were born in the United States; we don’t need to import any more"
- Syria: "The U.S. should do everything in its power to ensure Israel’s success in its growing confrontation with #Iran, which serves U.S. interests, and those of our other Sunni Arab allies"
- The Middle East Masquerade Party
- "Israel’s confusing plethora of small parties actually keeps Ḥaredim and Israeli Arabs, in particular, from becoming too alienated"
- The Saudis Team Up With Israel
- “The visit of two anti-Israel members of Congress is an opportunity for them to see the real Israel, and perhaps learn a thing or two”
- Survey Finds 85% of European Jews Fear Bringing Children to Rosh Hashanah Services
Monthly Archives: February 2019
“Moody’s warned Illinois’ Democratic governor’s that his plan to more than double income taxes on the rich could create a bigger state deficit if they leave”
AMERICAN THINKER Moody’s Warns Illinois Raising Taxes Causes Rich to Leave by Chriss Street February 8, 2019 …Democrat J.B. Pritzker successfully ran for governor of Illinois on a campaign that it was “Not Impossible” for a state with a $7,871,602,484.87 payment backlog … Continue reading
The late Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein founded the IFCJ in 1983 to “help build bridges between Christians and Jews, and as a source of support for Israel and Jews around the world”
JNS Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, stalwart promoter of ties between Jews and Christians, dies at 67 by Jackson Richman February 6, 2019 Israeli American Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, whose life goal was to promote a dialogue between Jews and Christians, died on … Continue reading
S1 bill now goes to the House, “where the Democratic majority will break it up into its components, and its leadership is likely to bury the anti-BDS section”
JTA Senate passes anti-BDS measure with notable Democrats in dissent February 5, 2019 The U.S. Senate approved in a 77-23 vote a bill that codifies $38 billion in defense assistance to Israel and which provides legal cover to states that … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
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Representative Omar: Have you ever called out Jordan for establishing Islam as the religion of the state?
FREE BEACON Singling Out the Jewish State by Aaron Kliegman January 31, 2019 There are 43 countries with official state religions and another 40 that give one religion preferential treatment over other faiths. Of the former group, 27 countries enshrine … Continue reading
“Horrible as Riyadh’s behavior is, the Houthis are worse. Thus by ending support for the Saudi coalition, American would empower an even greater evil”
JNS Backing the Saudis in Yemen is right, strategically and morally by Evelyn Gordon January 30, 2019 …On the strategic side, let’s start with the fact that an organization [Iran] whose official slogan is “God is Great, Death to America, … Continue reading
“With ground support from a big tent of vitriolic groups, it was Human Rights Watch that pressured Airbnb into boycotting Israel”
WASHINGTON EXAMINER Why has Human Rights Watch become an anti-Israel activist group? by Jonathan Schanzer and David May February 4, 2019 When Airbnb, the online lodging service, announced in November that it would ban Israeli listings in the disputed West … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Airbnb, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Human Rights Watch
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For reporting on Henry Ford’s antisemitism, Dearborn mayor fires an editor
GATESTONE Double Standard for Historical Revisionism by Alan M. Dershowitz February 6, 2019 Imagine if an American city continued to celebrate a prominent businessman who had published newspapers and books advocating overt racism and racial discrimination against Black people. Imagine … Continue reading
#BDSFail UK #BDS poll concluded “Muslim respondents were almost four times likelier to agree with the need to boycott Israel than the average”
JERUSALEM POST Boycotting Israel has little appeal in the UK, Despite star power by Cnaan Lipschiz February 1, 2019 …In the poll of 4,005 British respondents, only 10 percent agreed that Israel should be boycotted, compared to 46 percent who … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, United Kingdon
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New Gaza-Israel fence will sit atop tunnel-blocking subterranean wall and connect to sea barrier
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel starts construction on 20-foot-high fence surrounding Gaza by Judah Ari Gross February 3, 2019 The Defense Ministry has begun the final phase of construction of a 20-foot high galvanized steel fence that will completely surround the … Continue reading
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