Monthly Archives: March 2023

Washington has a vested interest in justice for the American victims of the blast and in spurring an overhaul of Lebanon’s broken political system

THE NATIONAL INTEREST With Eyes on Israel, Biden Ignores Judicial Crisis in Neighboring Lebanon Natalie Ecanow April 1, 2023 If President Joe Biden is worried about the implications of judicial reform in the Jewish state, with its long traditions of … Continue reading

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Ken Levin: There is no precedent in Western democracies for a court to assert whatever authority it chooses over any aspect of a nation’s political life without any checks or balances

FRONT PAGE MAG Was Moshe Landau a Fascist? Kenneth Levin March 31, 2023 …The limits on the judiciary typically include its only being able to invalidate a law on the basis of the law’s being a violation of the constitution. … Continue reading

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Anti-Israel groups unite to fight IHRA definition

ALGEMEINER ‘Political Warfare Against Israel’: 60 NGOs Sign Letter Opposing UN Adoption of IHRA Antisemitism Definition Andrew Bernard April 4, 2023 60 human and civil rights organizations on Tuesday released a joint open letter urging the United Nations not to … Continue reading

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Ambassador Michael Oren Situational Briefing on judicial reform, domestic and international implications

MIRYAM INSTITUTE Ambassador Michael Oren Situational Briefing on judicial reform, domestic and international implications March 30, 2023 In this episode of the podcast, Benjamin Anthony is joined by Ambassador Michael Oren, who served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United States … Continue reading

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The Biden administration would do well to understand that those who want to kill the Jews also want to see dead the friends and allies of the Jews.

GATESTONE Biden’s Anti-Israel Policy Empowers Iran, Palestinian Terrorists Bassam Tawil April 4, 2023 US President Joe Biden appears more worried about the Israeli government’s plan for judicial reform than the growing support among Palestinians for terrorism against Israel…We did not … Continue reading

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Italian historian Carlo Vecce set out to debunk rumors of Leonardo da Vinci’s foreign origins, but a newly discovered document changed his mind

TABLET MAG Leonardo da Vinci Was Jewish Marc Weitzmann April 3, 2023 In all likelihood, Leonardo da Vinci was only half Italian. His mother, Caterina, was a Circassian Jew born somewhere in the Caucasus, abducted as a teenager and sold … Continue reading

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“A Pew Center poll revealed that 59 percent of Israelis are happy with their country, versus, for example, 33 percent of Americans (not to mention depressed Europeans)”

ARUTZ SHEVA Israel has taught the West that life is beautiful even at the foot of a volcano Giulio Meotti April 5, 2023 …It’s 2023 and Israel has never been healthier despite its internal conflicts. This small piece of land … Continue reading

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In what The Post’s Melissa Klein referred to as “a master class in ‘gaslighting,’” CUNY chancellor hires an antisemite to investigate the school’s antisemitism problem

NEW YORK POST How CUNY became America’s most antisemitic university Jeffrey Lax April 6, 2023 The “cleansing” of Jewish students and lecturers from German universities from 1933 to 1935 was one of the Nazis’ first goals met. Ninety years later, … Continue reading

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Thursday in Tel Aviv: An estimated 30,000 took to the streets in a “real show of support for the reforms”

JNS Typically thought a ‘silent majority,’ government supporters rally in Tel Aviv Bradley Martin March 30, 2023 On Thursday evening in Tel Aviv, supporters of judicial reform—about 30,000 by some estimates—rallied in Tel Aviv. Photos and videos on social media depicted … Continue reading

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Netanyahu said that either way, his government would bring a reform that will “return the balance that was lost between the branches,” while “safeguarding and even strengthening individual rights”

JPOST Netanyahu suspends judicial reform: I will not lead Israel to civil war Eliav Breuer March 27, 2023 Prime Minister Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday evening that he was temporarily freezing the bill that would alter the makeup of … Continue reading

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