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“The field of research into the US-Israel relationship is likewise skewed, according to Mead, by writers who are convinced that Jews have been at the center of the decision-making”

ELDER OF ZIYON Book review: The Arc of a Covenant by Walter Russell Mead August 14, 2022 The Arc of a Covenant is a well-researched book about the history of the US-Israel relationship. And it destroys many myths in the … Continue reading

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“It had been more than 10 years since the Peruvian immigrants landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, and not all had gone according to the group’s Holy Land dreams”

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The Mar-a-Lago raid has finished off public trust in federal law enforcement

NEWSWEEK Sanctuary Cities Seethe as Illegal Immigrants Actually Arrive Charles Lipson August 17, 2022 The surest sign that public policies are simply virtue signals is when the messages don’t cost anything. The easiest way to tell when that signal starts … Continue reading

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Hamas helpfully suggests media lie about Gazan provication with Israel; when is challenged, policy changed

ASSOCIATED PRESS Hamas issues, then rescinds, sweeping rules on Gaza coverage Tia Goldenberg and Joseph Krauss August 9, 2022 Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers issued sweeping new restrictions on journalists after the recent conflict there, but then rescinded them, a group … Continue reading

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“Hamas does not invite P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas to visit. But it does tolerate another rival: Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is fully funded, armed and guided by Iran’s rulers”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The ‘forever war’ against the West Clifford D. May August 11, 2022 …PIJ [Palestinian Islamic Jihad], however, cannot abide even a temporary détente. Israeli intelligence learned that the group was preparing terrorist attacks not … Continue reading

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Iranian agent offered $300k to have John Bolton “purged”

ALGEMEINER Iran Revolutionary Guard Member Charged With Plot to Murder John Bolton, US Justice Dept Says Reuters August 10, 2022 The United States charged a member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday with plotting to murder John Bolton, … Continue reading

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“As Israel decouples from China, there will be even greater opportunities for greater cooperation between close allies. Israel must support the US and keep a distance from China”

JPOST Time for Israel to pivot away from Beijing Jacob Nagel and Mark Dubowitz August 9, 2022 The recent tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan could further deteriorate into … Continue reading

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“Putin was supposed to be the Good Tsar. Instead he has closed the Jewish Agency. And now tens of thousands of Jews fear being trapped in Russia”

COMMON SENSE A New Iron Curtain Descends on Russia’s Jews Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt August 9, 2022 Vladimir Putin was supposed to be The Good Tsar—the Russian president who, his KGB past notwithstanding, was a friend of the Jews. In Putin’s Russia, … Continue reading

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“I shake my head in frustration at why so many left-wing Jewish Democrats are willing to abandon Israel and continue to vote blindly for their grandparents’ Democratic Party without demanding that it marginalize its anti-Israel extremists”

GATESTONE Is the Jewish Democratic Council Really Jewish – or Just Democrats? Alan M. Dershowitz August 3, 2022 As President Joe Biden was returning from his productive trip to the Middle East, the Jewish Democratic Council was holding a fundraiser … Continue reading

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Israelis or Palestinians: Who’s More Tolerant?

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