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Israel’s Defense Minister: ICC’s pretrial order claiming jurisdiction to open war crimes probe ‘has no basis in international law’; military vows to defend citizens, service members

TIMES OF ISRAEL Gantz to IDF: ICC war crimes ruling ‘a tool of our enemies’; we will defend you by Staff February 6, 2021 Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Saturday sent a letter to the IDF calling the International … Continue reading

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“Israel scarcely needs the absence of a phone call to tell it that it has a grave problem with the new occupant of the White House”

JNS Obama’s third term by Melanie Phillips February 4, 2021 Some people are fretting that U.S. President Joe Biden has not yet picked up the phone to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They worry that this may betoken a … Continue reading

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“It’s sheer madness for a country of so many immigrants with relatives and businesses abroad to impose sudden, arbitrary flight bans”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Let our people come! by Dov Lipman January 31, 2021 This past week has been hell, as Israelis – mostly English-speaking immigrants – who were abroad for family and business reasons have been stuck there, unable to … Continue reading

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“Sorry to break it to you Dad,” I told him with a sad look, “but Sammy’s is done”

FORWARD Kaddish for Knishes? Post-pandemic, Jewish delis face an uncertain future by David Sax February 5, 2021 …The list of victims continues to grow: Label’s Table, Jerry’s, and soon Nate N’ Al in Los Angeles. Moishe’s steakhouse in Montreal, Zaidy’s … Continue reading

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“Rabbi Mendel Fogelman, director of the Central Massachusetts Chabad, said in a statement that Green has been warned multiple times that his activities, statements and other personal pursuits are “contrary to the organization’s mission””

WBUR Central Mass. Jewish Group Dismisses Rabbi For ‘Hostile And Offensive’ Opposition To COVID Vaccine by Philip Marcelo, Associated Press February 5, 2021 A prominent Jewish organization is cutting ties with a longtime Massachusetts rabbi for actively promoting anti-vaccine views … Continue reading

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In UK’s ultra-Orthodox community, “children under 5 showed a much lower infection rate of 28 percent, strengthening research that young children are less affected by the contagion”

NEW YORK POST London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has one of the world’s highest COVID rates by Lee Brown February 3, 2021 At least three-quarters of the adults in London’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community got COVID-19 last year — one of the … Continue reading

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#Orwells1984 : “The latest illiberal proposals for curbing speech in the name of fighting hate or untruths are being cheered by some liberals. But among their targets could be Zionists and Israel’s leaders.”

JNS Don’t think a ‘reality czar’ would spare Israel and the Jews by Jonathan Tobin February 4, 2021 It’s easy to scoff at some of the latest ideas being floated in some prestigious quarters for new limits on freedom of … Continue reading

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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

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“Israel hasn’t vaccinated the Palestinians for the same reason it hasn’t vaccinated the Egyptians or the French. Like the Egyptians and the French, the Palestinians have their own government and their own health ministry that is responsible for caring for them”

NEWSWEEK Democrats, American Jews and Politically Correct Bigotry by Caroline Glick January 29, 2021 Israel is the world leader in COVID-19 vaccinations. By late January, more than 85 percent of Israelis over the age of 60 had completed the two-round … Continue reading

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“There is no doubt that Tehran will see Biden’s eagerness to re-enter the nuclear deal as a sign of weakness and it will try to extort the US accordingly”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) US all but admits nuclear deal has failed by Damian Pachter February 2, 2021 Monday’s statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Tehran could be “weeks away” from developing enough fissile material … Continue reading

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