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“Palti says Israel has the military capabilities to attack Iran’s nuclear plants: “I am not implying that Israel is capable, I am saying it is”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Former Mossad intel chief says Israel must prepare for an imminent attack on Iran Tal Schneider December 25, 2022 Zohar Palti, the former head of the Defense Ministry’s political-military bureau and former intelligence director in the Mossad, … Continue reading

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Why #Jordan has not joined the #AbrahamAccords

WASHINGTON TIMES Abdullah in the middle Clifford May December 21, 2022 Some years ago, a colleague and I were in Israel, in the home of a former member of the intelligence community who maintained his international connections. Before going into … Continue reading

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“The ADL is not a Jewish organization anymore. It’s a lucrative leftist group which provides bias insurance to schools”

ARUTZ SHEVA Why the ADL Abandoned Antisemitism and Went Woke Daniel Greenfield December 20, 2022 In 2018, the ADL announced that it was no longer in the ‘kindness’ business. “Forget Kindness. Schools Need to Foster Social Justice,” Jinnie Spiegler, the … Continue reading

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The attacks on Musk for exposing the connections tell us just how much those on the left side of the political spectrum hate open discourse and transparency when it includes views they dislike.

REAL CLEAR POLITICS The FBI Has No Business Trying to Suppress Free Speech Professor Charles Lipson December 27, 2022 We are beginning to find out just how bad it was. The FBI and other government agencies worked hand in glove … Continue reading

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“Although a date for the swearing-in is not immediately announced, Netanyahu is expected to return to power – as head of the most right-wing Israeli government ever to hold office – as early as next week”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Netanyahu announces formation of new government Amir Ettinger, Yehuda Shlezinger and AP December 22, 2022 Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he has successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for … Continue reading

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Dershowitz: “The Israeli Supreme Court may be the single best Supreme Court in the world”

JNS DEBATE: Does the Supreme Court have too much power? Caroline Glick December 20, 2022 The incoming Netanyahu government’s intention to enact reforms of the legal systems to limit the powers of the Supreme Court has stirred up a lot of controversies. … Continue reading

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Walt Whitman High School (my alma mater) in Bethesda, MD is scene of walkout

ALGEMEINER Maryland High School Students Stage Walkout to Protest Antisemitism Dion J. Pierre December 22, 2022 Students at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland staged a walkout on Thursday to protest antisemitism, a local ABC outlet reported on Thursday. On … Continue reading

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By March “Knesset to vote on legislation to eliminate the clause by which grandchildren of those who are Jewish according to Halacha can immediately immigrate to Israel”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu on a collision course with US Jewry, Biden, Arab allies Tovah Lazaroff December 22, 2022 Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to take office, and he already is on a collision course with both liberal American Jews … Continue reading

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“The State Department, which is named as a defendant in the suit, has formally determined in congressional notifications that the Palestinian government pays terrorists and incites violence against Israel”

FREE BEACON Victims of Terrorism Sue Biden Admin for Sending Taxpayer Aid to Palestinians Adam Kredo December 20, 2022 Victims of Palestinian terror attacks are suing the Biden administration for awarding nearly half a billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds … Continue reading

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“The failure of journalists, in particular, to grasp the ideological causes of the attacks on the Jewish state in 2000 helped to prevent a coherent understanding of the Islamist attacks on the United States and Europe that followed”

QUILLETTE Islamist Terror; Journalistic Error Jeffrey Herf December 2, 2022 In “Can The Whole World” Be Wrong?,” Richard Landes, a historian of apocalyptic movements in medieval Europe, re-examines the reporting of Palestinian attacks on Israel, starting with the Second Intifada … Continue reading

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