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“What is happening in Afghanistan will deepen the impression among Arab governments that they cannot rely on the United States to protect their security as they used to”

JNS Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US by Ariel Ben Solomon August 19, 2021 The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the U.S. security … Continue reading

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“Anti-Zionist activist and writer Peter Beinart recently revealed that he’d spoken privately to Ben and Jerry’s executives and encouraged their efforts on boycott decision”

FREE BEACON Former Ben and Jerry’s Employee Says Anti-Israel Activist Spoke to Board Ahead of Boycott Decision by Alana Goodman August 11, 2021 A former longtime Ben & Jerry’s employee said the company’s decision to boycott Israel was based on … Continue reading

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“Trump administration had warned that further Chinese involvement in big infrastructure projects, like the new port in Haifa, could damage the U.S.-Israel security relationship”

AXIOS CIA director raised China concerns with Israeli prime minister by Barak Ravid August 18, 2021 While visiting Israel last week, CIA director Bill Burns told Prime Minister Naftali Bennett the U.S. was concerned about Chinese investments in Israel, particularly … Continue reading

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“A caricature of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken published by the state-owned Xinhua news agency, which serves as the Chinese regime’s mouthpiece, has been slammed for its explicit use of antisemitic stereotypes”

ALGEMEINER Chinese Regime’s Mouthpiece Slammed for ‘Despicable’ Antisemitic Caricature of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken by Staff August 13, 2021 …A report about a meeting in Kuwait between Blinken and World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at … Continue reading

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“While the law does not mention Jews, the Holocaust or World War II, it ensures that an administrative decision rendered more than 30 years ago could no longer be challenged”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Will Polish anti-restitution law permanently harm ties with Israel, Jewish community? by Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS and ILH Staff August 18, 2021 Despite international pressure to veto the bill, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a … Continue reading

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Twenty years, $2 trillion, and the most powerful army in the world were no match for the one thing the Taliban has—and that current American leadership has lost

TABLET MAG Assabiya Wins Every Time by Lee Smith August 18, 2021 Democrats and Republicans are right to blame each other for the fall of Kabul. It’s a loss for America’s bipartisan foreign policy establishment as a whole. For nearly … Continue reading

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Fifty years ago this week, “President Richard Nixon unilaterally terminated the Bretton Woods system by declaring that the United States would no longer exchange dollars for gold”

AMERICAN PURPOSE Fifty Years Ago: A Landmark Day in Economic History by Michael Mandelbaum August 13, 2021 Some dates live in the American collective memory: July 4, 1776, when representatives of the thirteen British colonies in North America declared their … Continue reading

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“UNRWA has been under fire for incitement in teaching material at its schools and in employee social media posts”

JERUSALEM POST UNRWA to probe 10 staff members for anti-Israel hate speech by Tovah Lazaroff August 6, 2021 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) pledged to investigate 10 of its staff members for anti-Israel hate … Continue reading

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Artem Dolgopyat won Israel a Gold Medal, and in the process rekindled a long-simmering Israeli debate about what it means to be a Jew

DANIEL GORDIS SUBSTACK Might a gold medal not be his only legacy? August 9, 2021 Lev Paschov certainly never imagined that he would be buried twice. An Israeli soldier who had immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union through … Continue reading

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“Far from being the president that transformed Iran’s fortunes for the better, Mr Rouhani will forever be remembered as one of the most disastrous leaders in the country’s history”

GATESTONE Hassan Rouhani’s Iranian Presidency Has Been an Abject Failure by Con Coughlin August 5, 2021 When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves office today, Thursday, he will do so in the knowledge that his eight-year term has been little more … Continue reading

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