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: May 2019
Israel, “an oasis for LGBT rights in a desert of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate and oppression”
HURRY UP HARRY Israeli Pinkwashing? Gurl bye. by Ben Maxwell Freeman May 27, 2019 …You may have heard of accusations that Israel engages in “Pinkwashing”. Pinkwashing is the claim that Israel deflects attention from its conflict with Palestine by exaggerating … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged LGBT, LGBTQ, pinkwashing, Tel Aviv
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America’s best diplomat is schooling the Germans again. This time, it’s about Jew hatred.
AMERICAN THINKER Grenell schools Germans about wearing the Jewish kippa by Monica Showalter May 26, 2019 …The US government’s most high-profile ambassador in Europe, Richard Grenell, said Jews in Germany should not conceal their religious identity and urged them to … Continue reading
“The Israeli media rarely address the threat to the nation’s democracy represented by a judicial and broader legal system”
JNS Why the Israeli left is still in power by Dr Kenneth Levin May 26, 2019 …[Israel’s] Supreme Court’s ideological bias has been rendered much more consequential by its activism. The court has assigned to itself the right to pass judgment … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Supreme Court, Kenneth Levin
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The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Jerusalem Post as well as wire services and other newspapers all managed to leave Zionism out of their summations of Wouk’s life. Except that Zionism is what guided his life.
ARUTZ SHEVA Burying Herman Wouk and burying his Zionism by Moshe Phillips May 22, 2019 Herman Wouk, the famed novelist who first became a household name for his 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning The Caine Mutiny died last week nearly 70 … Continue reading
We must remember constantly that because we are modern, liberal, democratic, and above all, Jews, we are seen as the “Other” in the Arab world surrounding us
ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES Beware of Middle Eastern Politics by Mordechai Kedar May 12, 2019 …We must be aware of the fact that the rapprochement with the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates is solely due to the Iranian … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Egypt, Iran, Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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Europeans and Egypt send air support as Israel battles wildfires
JERUSALEM POST Israel spends weekend ablaze as fires break out throughout the country by Tamar Beeri May 26, 2019 Firefighters managed to contain by Saturday the wildfires that had raged throughout Israel the previous days. International help from Greece, Croatia, … Continue reading
“No, Israel isn’t a country of privileged and powerful white Europeans”
TABLET MAG Who Gets to Speak for Mizrahi Jews? by Hen Mazzig May 24, 2019 Earlier this month, I wrote an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times titled “No, Israel isn’t a country of privileged and powerful white Europeans.” I speak from experience: I … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Hen Mazzig, Marc Lamont Hill, Mizrahi
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Disturbing, not surprising: “Recent poll shows that nothing Trump might do for Israel would impact the opinions of Jewish voters”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) What happens when Israel is your lowest priority? by Jonathan S. Tobin May 24, 2019 …But if there is one number that you can learn from a deep dive into the survey’s findings, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
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Newly-minted NYU PhD (and future Northwestern University professor) takes podium at NYU graduation to attack Israel
FREE BEACON NYU Graduation Speaker Smears Trump, Israel by Mikhael Smits May 22, 2019 A graduation speaker at New York University called President Donald Trump a “fascist,” described Israel as an “apartheid” state, endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged BDS, Northwestern University, NYU, Steven William Thrasher
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At the UN: World Health Organization dumps on Israel again while Brigitte Gabriel–a Lebanese woman wearing a Star of David–defends the Jewish state
JNS World Health Organization’s singling out Israel over health conditions in disputed territories a ‘fantastic lie’ by Eliana Rudee May 23, 2019 The 72nd assembly of the U.N.’s World Health Organization (WHO) voted 96-11 this week for a resolution, co-sponsored … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Hillel Neuer, UN Watch, United Nations, World Health Organization
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 