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“Buyers from mainland China have been active in the Israeli market for more than a decade, but we have never seen such a sudden and meteoric increase in activity”

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST Mainland property buyers eye Tel Aviv amid Israel’s flourishing trade ties with China and Gulf peace deals by Cheryl Arcibal March 30, 2021 China’s growing investment and trade ties with Israel is spurring demand for real … Continue reading

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“The Israeli flag gives me a feeling of excitement, belonging and love,” enthuses Muslim IDF Captain Ella Waweya

UNITED WITH ISRAEL Female Arab IDF Soldier Says: ‘I am 100 percent Israeli. And very proud of it.’ by Yakir Benzion March 29, 2021 To millions of social media surfers around the world, the face and voice of the Israel … Continue reading

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“Mighty Ira” documentary about former Executive Director Ira Glasser explains how the once-storied civil liberties organization came to embrace the ideology it was built to fight

TABLET MAG The Disintegration of the ACLU by James Kirchick March 30, 2021 Think of the American Civil Liberties Union during the last two decades of the 20th century, and a certain type of person invariably comes to mind: shrewd, … Continue reading

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“Meeting the party’s leader, Likud’s Ayoub Kara asserts that unlike the Joint List, Ra’am ‘doesn’t deny Israel’s existence’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL With Netanyahu lacking majority, Likud MK gives Islamist Ra’am a kosher stamp by Staff March 27, 2021 A Knesset member in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party met Saturday with Ra’am chief Mansour Abbas, whose Islamist faction … Continue reading

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“Israel could have taken the easy way out and attacked without phone calls or warning strikes. But it didn’t. The IDF officers and soldiers in the command center knew what they had to do”

JERUSALEM POST How the IDF invented ‘Roof Knocking’, the tactic that saves lives in Gaza by Yaakov Katz March 25, 2021 December 2008 was the turning point. After a year of incessant rocket fire, the Israeli government decided enough was … Continue reading

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Former AIPAC director Kessler’s “new initiative is not the first aimed at reversing progressive disillusionment with Israel”

JEWISH CURRENTS Former AIPAC Senior Operative Launches Group to Cultivate Democratic Support for Israel by Alex Kane March 18, 2021 IIn a sign of Israel advocates’ growing anxiety over progressive opposition to Israeli policies, AIPAC’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, Jonathan … Continue reading

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“Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort”

JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND SECURITY No Agreement is Better than Another Bad Agreement with Iran by Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror March 17, 2021 A few days ago, a journalist said to me that “Israel must realize that ultimately … Continue reading

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In an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom, Jonathan Pollard describes the decision to hand over classified information to Israel, the brutal expulsion from the Israeli Embassy, the war for survival in prison, the love story with Esther, and the moment he arrived back home, in Israel

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Exclusive interview with Jonathan Pollard by Boaz Bismuth, Caroline B. Glick and Ariel Kahana March 26, 2021 On Nov. 21, 1985, at 10 a.m., Jonathan Pollard and his then-wife arrive at the Israeli Embassy … Continue reading

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Israel’s women warriors: “Operating in all conditions and any terrain, armed with the most sophisticated tools at the IDF’s disposal, the soldiers of Unit 8200’s combat intelligence unit go behind enemy lines to do what can’t be done from afar”

JNS Flying under the radar: The women warriors of Israel’s elite combat intelligence unit by Yoav Limor and Hila Timor Ashur March 23, 2021 …8200’s combat unit is young and anonymous. To overcome this hurdle, the decision was made eight … Continue reading

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“Muslim converts who manage to escape execution face a range of repercussions from losing their jobs to being shunned by friends to being disowned by relatives”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Nonie Darwish on Muslim Converts to Christianity: “I Could Be Killed” by Marilyn Stern March 26, 2021 …Although Christians face oppression throughout the Islamic world, Muslim converts to the faith face an even harsher climate because Islamic … Continue reading

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