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- AAA, profiting from so-called Occupation, bites the hand that feeds it. We're sure they'll want to return all that tainted money
- #SouthernPovertyLawCenter’s political “hate” and “extremist” lists being used to damage internet freedom and free speech
- "The Fatah-Hamas rift that has continued for the last 13 years has been constantly used as the excuse for the absence of elections"
- "Moving Israel to the Pentagon’s Middle East command could lead to progress on the Abraham Accords, experts say"
- When calls are made to unite to combat global Islamic terrorism, as in the aftermath of the Paris massacres, Israel, which is on the front lines of the battle, is simply ignored
- Son of Democrat Congressman Mel Levine: "Coming out as Republican worse than coming out gay"
- "According to Hebrew media reports on Monday, Israeli officials believe the release of Issachar from Russian prison is all but agreed upon"
- Fifty years ago this week, "President Richard Nixon unilaterally terminated the Bretton Woods system by declaring that the United States would no longer exchange dollars for gold"
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Israel’s new two-week isolation requirement applies to both Israelis and foreign travelers alike
JERUSALEM POST Two-week isolation ordered for all who enter Israel by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman March 10, 2020 All people entering Israel from abroad will be required to spend 14 days in home isolation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. The … Continue reading
Holocaust revenge fantasies like “Inglorious Bastards” and “Hunters” are “bad-faith gestures, assuring an audience that we can ditch our collective trauma by lying to ourselves”
NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK Hunters’ Plays Unacceptable Games with the Truth by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 3, 2020 ‘Hunters” lost me at the chess scene. If you’ve been watching the Amazon mini-series about a team of Nazi hunters led by Al … Continue reading
“For COVID-19, Iran has relied on foreign antisemitic conspiracies to add weight to misinformation about the origins of the virus”
JERUSALEM POST Iran’s Regime Pushes Antisemitic Conspiracies about Coronavirus by Seth Frantzman March 8, 2020 Iran’s Press TV, which represents the regime’s English-language propaganda, has been pushing antisemitic conspiracies about the coronavirus to distract from the mullah regime’s mishandling of … Continue reading
“The plight of Christians living under the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is one that is often ignored by the international community and foreign journalists based in the Middle East”
GATESTONE Who’s Attacking Palestinian Christians? by Bassam Tawil March 8, 2020 While Christian leaders are busy condemning Israel and spreading blood libels against it, Christians in Bethlehem are again being targeted by hoodlums and punks. The latest victim of this … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Bethlehem, Christians, Palestinians
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“As a conservative Hispanic woman, I am accustomed to being in the minority opinion, especially on a liberal college campus”
THE CHICAGO MAROON I Am the IOP Whiteboard Girl by Evita Duffy March 6, 2020 Last week I was asked by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP) to participate in a digital initiative, called “I vote because…,” where … Continue reading
Political feuding continues: “It is not yet clear how Liberman and Gantz hope to form a government to remove Netanyahu from power”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Liberman said to loathe Netanyahu for anonymous legal attacks on him, his kids by Staff March 7, 2020 Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman has told confidants there is “no chance” he will join a government led by … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Avigdor Liberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Blue and White, Likud
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“Pope Pius XII, who led the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958, has long been criticized for his public silence during the Holocaust”
WASHINGTON POST Pope Pius XII was silent during the Holocaust. Now Vatican records may reveal whether he collaborated with the Nazis. by Gillian Brockell March 3, 2020 It was a Saturday — Shabbat — in October 1943. The Nazis had … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Politics
Tagged Holocaust, Italy, Pope, Pope Pius XII, Rome, Vatican
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“Today, at least I can feel satisfied that my attacker will be held responsible for her actions and I hope that my experience may help bring this type of hatred to light”
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES Hate Crime: Woman Charged For Taking Racist Jibes At Israeli Student On New York Subway by Shreyashi Chakraborty March 5, 2020 A black woman from New Jersey accused of subjecting an Israeli college student to an anti-Semitic … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Hate Crime, Lihi Aharon, Zarinah Ali
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“No flights from US to be banned; Holland added to list of restricted countries”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel reportedly decides on self-quarantine for arrivals from NY, Wash., CA by Staff March 8, 2020 Passengers arriving in Israel from New York, Washington state, and California will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days under new … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, coronavirus, El Al
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“The UN’s selective outrage and discrimination is best exemplified in their blacklist of leading international tourism services companies, such as Airbnb, booking.com, and TripAdvisor” all of which offer services in OTHER disputed territories, but not subject to UN condemnation
REAL CLEAR WORLD The UN’s Selective Outrage on Occupied Territories by Brenda Shaffer, Svante Cornell and Jonathan Schanzer March 4, 2020 …The best evidence that the UN Human Rights Council does not seek to act against foreign occupation of lands, … Continue reading
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