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BLM’s “Defund The Police” campaign led to staggering increase in minority victims

NEW YORK POST Leftists’ anti-police policies have led to a startling number of black, Latino crime victims Michael Goodwin April 19, 2022 A Fox News story reports there was a staggering 43% increase in the murders of black Americans in 2020 … Continue reading

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“This is a historic moment for weapons systems. For the first time, an energy-based weapons system actually works”

JERUSALEM POST Israel carries out successful laser interception trials Anna Ahronheim April 14, 2022 Israel has taken a significant step toward achieving the operational capability of its ground-breaking laser system by carrying out a series of experiments, downing a variety … Continue reading

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“Evoking the age-old Zionist hope that the vast economic gains attending the Jewish national revival would reconcile the Palestinian Arabs to the idea of Jewish statehood, this self-incriminatory diagnosis is not only totally misconceived but the inverse of the truth”

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY Why Israel’s Arabs Are Its Biggest Threat Efraim Karsh Spring 2022 …Why did Arab dissidence increase dramatically with the vast improvement in Arab standard of living in the 1970s and 1980s? Why did it escalate into an … Continue reading

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“The celebrations once again prove that a Palestinian who murders a Jew is a hero, whereas one who seeks peace with Israel is a traitor”

GATESTONE Why Palestinians Celebrate the Murder of Jews Khaled Abu Toameh April 12, 2022 The celebrations that took place in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the recent terror attacks in Israel are yet another sign of the growing … Continue reading

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Gerda Weissmann Klein: Her story was told in an Oscar-winning documentary, and her message of hope and love in the face of overwhelming evil was an inspiration to millions.

NEW YORK TIMES Gerda Weissmann Klein, Honored Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 97 Clay Risen April 8, 2022 Gerda Weissmann Klein, whose harrowing story of survival through a series of concentration camps and a 350-mile death march during the Holocaust became … Continue reading

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Knesset Member Ayman Odeh tells Arab police serving in East Jerusalem they are ‘humiliating’ their people and should throw down their weapons, calls for Palestinian flag to fly over Jerusalem

TIMES OF ISRAEL Joint List leader urges Arab Israeli cops to quit force, is accused of incitement April 11, 2022 The head of the Joint List party Ayman Odeh caused outrage on Sunday when he said Arab Israelis serving in … Continue reading

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BDS-supporting scientist grapples with metaphors…and loses

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR Nobel Prize Winner Tries to Make the Case for BDS — And Fails Spectacularly A.J. Caschetta April 5, 2022 Last year I asked if scientists were more valuable to the anti-Israel BDS movement than Middle East studies and … Continue reading

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#LeonardCohen: Five decades later, on Spotify and in synagogue, you can still hear the echo of the Yom Kippur War. What happened in the Sinai desert in October 1973?

COMMON SENSE The Israeli War That Made Leonard Cohen Matti Friedman April 10, 2022 Some of the men on the sand look up at the visitor with his guitar. Others look down at their dirty knees and boots. Cigarettes glow … Continue reading

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“EasyJet apparently was unaware” the Holocaust might not be a good topic to incorporate into an ad campaign

NEW YORK POST EasyJet apologizes for ‘Holocaust-themed’ ad post Ariel Zilber April 11, 2022 EasyJet, the low-cost British airline, ignited a social media firestorm over the weekend after it posted a Holocaust-themed ad on its official social media account featuring … Continue reading

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How has a book condemned by countless leading authorities sold over 11 million copies, been translated into 57 languages, and become one of the most widely read Holocaust resources?

KVELLER ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ Set Holocaust Education Back by Decades. Now It’s Getting a Sequel. Ally Goldberg April 5, 2022 It’s hard to imagine a worse response to a piece of Holocaust fiction than a public denouncement … Continue reading

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