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“Two decades after a terrorist massacre in Jerusalem, the incident remains a necessary, if ghastly, reminder of the essential nature of a conflict that couldn’t be solved by Israeli concessions”

JNS The bombing of Sbarro’s and why Oslo failed by Jonathan S. Tobin August 10, 2021 …A little more than a month before 9/11, Israel suffered a terrorist attack that, while smaller in scale than the assault on New York … Continue reading

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“Mittal also serves as chairwoman of the Ben & Jerry’s independent corporate board and was a driving force behind the ice cream company’s decision to boycott Israel”

FREE BEACON Ben and Jerry’s Gave $170,000 in Grants to Board Trustee’s Anti-Israel Foundation by Alana Goodman August 4, 2021 The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation steered over $170,000 in grants to an anti-Israel nonprofit group run by one of its … Continue reading

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Michael Oren: “The Arab revolts of the 1920s and ’30s demonstrated that Arab opposition to the Jewish presence in Palestine began well before the founding of Israel and was directed at all Jews, even the non-Zionist ultra-Orthodox”

TABLET MAG The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Michael Oren August 4, 2021 Israeli television’s latest hit, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, is melodramatic, plodding, predictable, and, by American standards at least, culturally inappropriate. It is also ahistorical and politically … Continue reading

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“Jews cannot end antisemitism by improving themselves, either by involvement in “social justice” activities to help other oppressed groups (many of whose members don’t like Jews much anyway), or by becoming “new Jews” who drive tractors and milk cows rather than lending money”

ELDER OF ZIYON Antisemitism and the Jewish State by Vic Rosenthal August 11, 2021 …Most initiatives to “fight antisemitism” rely on some form of educational enterprise. These are doomed to fail, especially “Holocaust education,” which is intended to make people … Continue reading

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Florida-bound Jews: “Good jobs, cheap housing and a unique school choice program have many families heading south”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Why Orthodox Jews Are Leaving Brooklyn for Florida by Allan Jacob August 6, 2021 What would mo­ti­vate a Ha­sidic rabbi and his fol­low­ers to leave a Brook­lyn en­clave where they’ve lived for gen­er­a­tions and es­tab­lish a quickly … Continue reading

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PragerU: “Why Even Atheists Should Teach Their Children about God”

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“Israel had warned the US that Iran would use a break in JCPOA talks to advance its nuclear program”

JERUSALEM POST Gantz: Iran is 10 weeks from breakout to a nuclear weapon by Lahav Harkov August 5, 2021 Tehran will be able to break out to a nuclear weapon within 10 weeks, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told diplomats from … Continue reading

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“British assessments concluded it was “highly likely” that Iran attacked the Israeli-owned tanker using one or more drones”

REUTERS UK says ‘highly likely’ Iran attacked tanker off Oman August 1, 2021 Britain on Sunday said it believed Iran carried out an attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker off the coast of Oman on July 29 that killed … Continue reading

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To get a sense of just how bad Russia’s sudden about face is for Israel, it’s important to remember what jolted Netanyahu into action six years ago

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) How Putin Understands the Lapid-Bennett Government by Caroline Glick July 31, 2021 Thursday it was reported that the IDF is planning to change its tactics in Syria and will base its operations against Iranian … Continue reading

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There is a glaring problem with Joe Biden’s choice of Deborah Lipstadt: A president who has himself trivialized the Nazi regime to make a partisan political smear appoints as his anti-Semitism envoy the person who defended him in making the repugnant comment.

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Deborah Lipstadt Should be Voted Down by Jackson Richman August 3, 2021 …Donald Trump lied inexcusably. But that lying was nothing remotely close to stirring up anti-Jewish animus and an eventual genocide. Such a comparison disrespects the memory … Continue reading

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