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: December 2020
Pro-Israel Rep Kathleen Rice (NY-D) selected over AOC for seat on House Energy and Commerce Committee
POLITICO Kathleen Rice beats out AOC for spot on coveted House committee by Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle December 17, 2020 Rep. Kathleen Rice has captured a prized seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee after a contentious showdown … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kathleen Rice
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“The UAE has been embracing a unique kind of tolerance that has translated into actions – not just the kind of talk of “diversity” one gets in the US or Europe, where Jews have to go to synagogue surrounded by security and armed guards”
MIDDLE EAST FORUM The UAE’s Full-throttled Embrace of Religious Tolerance by Seth Frantzman December 12, 2020 The extraordinary scenes in Dubai that included Hanukkah celebrations are part of a historic and unprecedented process of embracing tolerance, coexistence and peace by … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Dubai, UAE
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What’s Wrong With The 1619 Project?
According to The 1619 Project, the Founding Fathers pushed for all that “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” stuff to protect their slave holdings. Independence from England? That was just a smoke screen. To them, everything that’s wrong with … Continue reading
“Declaring a world first, Defense Ministry pits all three tiers of its system against various threats, demonstrating a ‘capability that currently only Israel has’”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel stages major air defense drill, proving it can shoot down cruise missiles by Judah Ari Gross December 15, 2020 The Defense Ministry completed a major, unprecedented air defense exercise this month, which tested the abilities of … Continue reading
“With the potential paradigm shift taking place in the Middle East, it is imperative for our children to be able to communicate and engage with Arabs in Israel and neighbors in the region”
JNS Cotler-Wunsh submits bill to promote Arabic language in Israeli schools by Eliana Rudee December 14, 2020 Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party submitted a bill in Israel’s Knesset to require Arabic-language studies. Proposed as an … Continue reading
Amnesty International “shocked and horrified” that #Iran has hanged French journalist #RuhollahZam
REUTERS Iran executes French-based dissident journalist captured last year by Staff December 12, 2020 Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during anti-government protests in 2017, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s state television reported. France reacted … Continue reading
“Hannukkah is not about “Tikkun Olam” – repairing the world, The miracle that we celebrate with Hanukkah was a military victory of the Hashmoneans (Maccabis) over the Greeks and Jewish Hellinizers, who wanted to end the Jewish religion”
LEGAL INSURRECTION Kamala Harris And Her Husband Wrongly Portray Hanukkah As A Social Justice Holiday by David Gerstman December 15, 2020 Last week, Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, who is Jewish, released a saccharine video explaining why … Continue reading
“King Mohammed VI’s declaration that he will normalize ties with Israel has had “the impact of a tsunami,” says head of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools by Dan Lavie and ILH Staff December 13, 2020 Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, King Mohammed VI, Mike Pompeo, Morocco
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 