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: March 2019
“Illinois’ business tax climate would rank ahead of only California and New Jersey under a progressive tax. Hurt small businesses, and you hurt the jobs market”
ILLINOIS POLICY Pritzker ‘fair tax’ would drop Illinois business climate to 48th in nation by Joe Barnas March 12, 2019 Under Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal, Illinois’ business tax climate ranking would plummet to 48th in the nation, beating out … Continue reading
“In recent weeks, signs are growing of an imminent explosion in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the Israeli elections in April draw near”
JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS Jordan and the Palestinian Authority Seek to Sabotage the Trump Peace Plan by Yoni Ben Menachem March 6, 2019 …Meanwhile, at the Gaza border and in the West Bank there are worrisome signs of escalation, … Continue reading
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Thomas Friedman and Ilhan Omar agree: We both don’t like AIPAC
JEWISH JOURNAL Thomas Friedman Gets AIPAC Wrong by David Suissa March 8, 2019 …Apparently, in [Thomas] Friedman’s fantasy world, there’s no end to Aipac’s power. If only Aipac had taken on Netanyahu, if only they had attacked his right-wing policies … Continue reading
“Everyone knows the name David Ben-Gurion. Why don’t we know about the spy Jamil Cohen?”
NEW YORK TIMES Israel’s Secret Founding Fathers by Matti Friedman March 1, 2019 …Understanding that the Jews in Palestine would shortly face a war for survival against the combined might of the Arab world, a few officers in the Jewish … Continue reading
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Palestinians terrorize and torture their journalists and the world stands silent
GATESTONE Palestinians: Arresting, Torturing Journalists by Khaled Abu Toameh March 7, 2019 The Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank is continuing its unremitting security crackdown on Palestinian journalists, particularly on those who are not affiliated with Mahmoud Abbas’s ruling … Continue reading
The late Yechiel Eckstein helped “change the 2,000-year history where Christians were our biggest enemies, to the point that they are today, I would say, our greatest friends”
JERUSALEM POST No Holds Barred: How Christians went from enemies to best friends by Shmuley Boteach March 4, 2019 …But with the rise of American Evangelicals, a new movement was born, one that went back to Scripture to establish the … Continue reading
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Tagged Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, Shmuley Boteach
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Rep. Zeldin Votes No on Democrats’ Spineless, Watered-Down anti-Semitism Resolution
REAL CLEAR POLITICS Democrats’ Troubling Silence on Omar’s Anti-Semitism by Charles Lipson March 7, 2019 …The left’s antipathy to Israel has long been obvious on college campuses. Now, it is being voiced in Congress, and not just by Rep. Omar. … Continue reading
“The “Jexodus” movement was started by Jewish millennials who say they are tired of the Democratic party’s “blatant disregard for anti-Semitism”
THE JEWISH VOICE ‘Jexodus’ group helps Jewish millennials leave Democratic Party by Joseph Wolkin March 9, 2019 A new movement called “Jexodus” was launched at the beginning of March, in the midst of Democrats announcing their candidates for the 2020 … Continue reading
“If a black person tells a white person she said something racist and hurtful, is it appropriate to say, “That’s just a metaphor, and by the way my broader point is correct?”
THE FEDERALIST Omar and AOC Don’t Get To Get To Define Anti-Semitism by David Marcus March 5, 2019 …In no way, shape, or form is saying that Jews are buying off the government and have dual loyalty mere tropes. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar
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New US missile defense system in Israel “comes amid increased tensions between Israel and Iran over Israel’s bombing campaign in Syria”
REUTERS U.S. deploys THAAD missile defense system to Israel March 4, 2019 The U.S. military has deployed its most advanced air and missile defense system to Israel for the first time, U.S. and Israeli military officials said on Monday. The … Continue reading
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