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- “Long before the 20th century, ancient Jewish texts recognized what much of the modern West still refuses to accept: Not every enemy can be reasoned with”
- Jewish voters waking up to GOP’s appeal
- Israel and the Jewish diaspora make progressive pieties look silly
- Son of Democrat Congressman Mel Levine: "Coming out as Republican worse than coming out gay"
- "Retreating and abandoning allies may not be the optimum strategy"
- The GOP platform document also references Iron Dome, the missile defense system slated for development during Trump's term
- UCLA Student Council: Omer Shem Tov event was “selective platforming” of an Israeli voice — with no Palestinian counterpart — that would “legitimize and normalize” Israel’s war in Gaza and bombings of Lebanon”
- Thousands of Israeli Druze and Jews grieve at funeral for policeman slain in terror attack
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Amnesty International “shocked and horrified” that #Iran has hanged French journalist #RuhollahZam
REUTERS Iran executes French-based dissident journalist captured last year by Staff December 12, 2020 Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during anti-government protests in 2017, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s state television reported. France reacted … Continue reading
“Hannukkah is not about “Tikkun Olam” – repairing the world, The miracle that we celebrate with Hanukkah was a military victory of the Hashmoneans (Maccabis) over the Greeks and Jewish Hellinizers, who wanted to end the Jewish religion”
LEGAL INSURRECTION Kamala Harris And Her Husband Wrongly Portray Hanukkah As A Social Justice Holiday by David Gerstman December 15, 2020 Last week, Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, who is Jewish, released a saccharine video explaining why … Continue reading
“King Mohammed VI’s declaration that he will normalize ties with Israel has had “the impact of a tsunami,” says head of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools by Dan Lavie and ILH Staff December 13, 2020 Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, King Mohammed VI, Mike Pompeo, Morocco
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Sirkis also points out that normalization with Morocco will also shorten the flight path for the six-hour flights it operates between Tel Aviv and Tenerife in southern Spain
GLOBES El Al, Israir, Arkia plan daily Morocco flights by Michal Raz-Chaimovitz December 11, 2020 El Al Israel Airlines is planning at least one daily flight between Israel and Morocco using Dreamliners for the five hour journey, sources inform “Globes.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkia, Casablanca, El Al, Israir, Morocco
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“The real problem here is not with Jill Biden’s title or the back-and-forth over Epstein’s essay. The real problem here is that Northwestern University decided to issue an official condemnation”
REAL CLEAR POLITICS Dr. No: Northwestern’s Unwise Rebuke of Epstein’s Op-Ed by Professor Charles Lipson December 15, 2020 Joseph Epstein wrote a controversial column last week saying Jill Biden should stop using the courtesy title “Dr.,” despite her doctorate in … Continue reading
“What in the world convinced committed revolutionaries to cease their long march to revolutionary justice?”
NATIONAL REVIEW Our Brave New Biden World by Victor Davis Hanson December 8, 2020 America traditionally has not reinvented reality after an election, although prior presidential winners have often tried, as in the fashion of our politics. But the new … Continue reading
The White House said Trump and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI had agreed that Morocco would “resume diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel and expand economic and cultural cooperation to advance regional stability”
ASSOCIATED PRESS Trump announces Israel-Morocco to normalize relations by Matthew Lee December 10, 2020 Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, President Donald Trump said Thursday, marking the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months. As part of the deal … Continue reading
“When Orthodox Jews were targeted for violence, the non-Orthodox belatedly responded with talk of solidarity. The pandemic and politics have put the lie to their pledges”
JNS One year after Jersey City attack, Jewish unity is on the rocks by Jonathan Tobin December 10, 2020 After a year of a pandemic and a hyper-partisan presidential election campaign, it seems like a lot longer than 12 months … Continue reading
Jews observed the holiday of Hanukkah in public for the first time in Dubai UAE on Thursday; Chabad reports an “exploding” number of Israelis in Dubai
BREITBART NEWS Hanukkah Celebrated in Public in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the First Time, After Trump Peace Deal by Joel Pollak December 11, 2020 A lavish Hanukkah party was thrown at the foot of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dubai, Hanukah, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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“French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday secured his cabinet’s blessing for a draft law targeting “radical Islamism” following a spate of terror attacks”
FRANCE 24 French government unveils new law tackling Islamist extremism December 9, 2020 The text was originally titled the “anti-separatism” bill, a term Macron has used to refer to radical Islamists withdrawing from mainstream society. Following criticism of that term, … Continue reading
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