Monthly Archives: December 2020

“Amid multiple reports of covert overtures between nations, some analysts see Ankara as seeking to start off relations with new, less friendly US administration on the right foot”

TIMES OF ISRAEL After years of acrimony, Turkey’s Erdogan says he’d like better ties with Israel by TOI staff December 25, 2020 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wished to improve ties with Israel, after long years of making … Continue reading

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“Christmas is an attractive time for jihadists for three unattractive reasons”

GATESTONE Jihad at Christmas: “Coldly Kill Them with Hate and Rage” by Richard Kemp December 24, 2020 This month, Islamic State terrorists released a “religious” song for Christmas, “Coldly Kill Them With Hate and Rage”. Taking the form of Islamic … Continue reading

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“The West’s predominant ideology of moral and cultural relativism has propelled the rise of paganism, as well as the veneration of the animal and natural world, at the expense of humanity”

JNS The driving force behind the ban on kosher slaughtering by Melanie Phillips December 24, 2020 The European Union likes to pose as the avatar of tolerance, freedom and all civilized values. Now it has ripped off its own disguise … Continue reading

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“The demand for “right of return” is the essence of the Palestinian movement”

ABU YEHUDA The Biden Administration and the “War of Return” by Victor Rosenthal December 24, 2020 …Another phrase whose ambiguity has prevented agreement is “two-state solution.” Virtually every Israeli that favors this understands it as “two states for two peoples.” … Continue reading

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Martin Peretz: “The Biden administration is not in my view going to jerk Middle Eastern policy back to the Obama track”

ALGEMEINER Obama’s Failure, Biden’s New Team, and the Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Divide by Martin Peretz December 24, 2020 …In 2016, John Kerry said to a Brookings audience, “I’ve talked to leaders in the Arab community. There will be no … Continue reading

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Dalton School teacher’s demands include “hiring 12 full-time diversity officers, and multiple psychologists to support students “coping with race-based traumatic stress”

HOT AIR Guess what happened after a pricey NYC private school issued an “antiracism manifesto” by Jazz Shaw December 21, 2020 Our story takes place at The Dalton School, an expensive private academy on Manhattan’s posh Upper East Side. The … Continue reading

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Israel’s fourth-election-in-two-years : Bibi “facing for the first time two strong adversaries to his right”

JERUSALEM POST Buckle up for the ugliest election Israel has ever known by Yaakov Katz December 22, 2020 Here is one thing that should be immediately clear: The next three months are going to be some of the ugliest in Israel’s … Continue reading

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“It is appalling that even before Biden takes office, Congress has passed a bill that found a way to indirectly but effectively assist the PA”

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA ZOA Appalled: Covid Relief Bill’s Fungible $250 Million for Palestinians May Benefit Terrorism, Anti-Israel Propaganda and Anti-Israel NGO’s December 22, 2020 The long-awaited, massive $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, passed last night without giving Congress time … Continue reading

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Esther Horgen, mother of six, went out for a walk on Sunday and never returned

CBN NEWS Israeli Troops Reinforced after Murder of Woman in Suspected Terror Attack by Julie Stahl December 22, 2020 Security forces are still searching for the killer of Esther Horgen, who was murdered in an apparent Palestinian terror attack on … Continue reading

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Mystery surrounds capture of Iranian dissident journalist #RuhollahZam, hanged last week for “spreading corruption on Earth”

JERUSALEM POST Who betrayed Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam? by Jonathan Spyer December 17, 2020 …Ruhollah Zam, who had been in captivity since October 2019, was the founder and director of a popular Telegram channel and forum called Amad News, which … Continue reading

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