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- Congressmen Gottheimer, Mast Re-Introduce Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act
- "Many people's opinions that Israel was guilty of killing Shireen abu Akleh were formed hours after the incident before there were any facts"
- Kurds edge towards statehood, with Turkish, Israeli help
Monthly Archives: April 2026
“The strategic paradigms that governed the Middle East for decades have shifted. Not all of them. Not fully. But the shift is real, larger than is yet fully understood, and Israel drove it”
MIRYAM INSTITUTE Is Israel Safer Today? John Spencer April 21, 2026 It is hard to call any war’s outcome while it is still happening. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either not paying attention or not being straight with you. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, John Spencer, Lebanon
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“He thought nobody was listening. The Saudis heard everything. And the Palestinian Authority will never recover”
SUBSTACK The Tape That Just Ended Mahmoud Abbas Hen Mazzig April 17, 2026 …I have spent years being told, in every Western capital where I am invited to speak, that the Palestinian cause is the conscience of the Arab world. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia
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“By ignoring the ideological reality of Hamas and Hezbollah, Klein treats Israelis and Palestinians as props in a Western morality play rather than actors in a high-stakes struggle for survival”
FREE PRESS Ezra Klein Doesn’t Understand Israel Haviv Rettig Gur April 17, 2026 …Because [Klein] misses the central point that any Westerner concerned for Palestinians must deal with: Any Israeli withdrawal from significant parts of the West Bank will almost … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Gaza, West Bank, Palestinians, Ezra Klein
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Dershowitz: “I first registered as a Democrat in 1959. The party’s hostility to Israel is too much”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Why I’m Becoming a Republican Alan M. Dershowitz April 20, 2026 …I still disagree strongly with the GOP on abortion, the separation of church and state, immigration, healthcare and taxes, among other things. Yet I’ve decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Democrats, Republicans
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“Fishback has raised little money and is polling poorly, but his campaign appearances are attracting crowds of antizionist bigots openly hostile to Jews on college campuses across Florida”
AFTER OCTOBER 7 After Jewish Students Were Blocked From His Event at USF, Antizionist Gubernatorial Candidate James Fishback Set for FAU Appearance Kevin Deutsch April 17, 2026 James Fishback, the anti-Jewish, anti-Israel Florida gubernatorial candidate whose campaign has been defined … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, antizionism, Florida, James Fishback
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A Yom Hazikaron Reflection with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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Posted in Politics, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Hamas, Gaza, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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“‘Lox and Loaded’ partnership comes as anxieties fuel interest in firearms”
THE FORWARD A Jewish gun club teams up with the NRA, in pursuit of self-defense Louis Keene April 17, 2026 Capitalizing on heightened anxieties and surging Jewish interest in gun ownership, the National Rifle Association this week announced a partnership … Continue reading
“What looks like distancing is actually forcing Israel to accelerate its independence, strengthen its defenses, and become more self-reliant in ways decades of alliance politics delayed”
FUTURE OF JEWISH The Left is doing Israel a favor by abandoning it. Bob Goldberg April 23, 2026 …Israel did not fall into disfavor because it chose the wrong prime minister. It has been attacked under Left, Center, Right, and … Continue reading
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“The Arab Case for Israel is the book that I would recommend above all others for anyone who sincerely wants to understand the entrenched conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel”
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“There are many reasons for a Jew in the world today to be thankful for Israel’s existence, but this year has really driven home what it means as an American of any faith or creed to have Israel by our side”
COMMENTARY The Birth of a Great American Ally Seth Mandel April 22, 2026 Israeli Independence Day is a good time to think about what makes the Jewish state so successful. Going from a glorified refugee camp to a global power … Continue reading