Author Archives: ArchitectGuy

“China’s defective “gifts” reflect a defective regime—and the world is beginning to notice”

THE AMERICAN INTEREST How China’s Mask Diplomacy Backfired by Charles Dunst April 15, 2020 ….Chinese state media has emphasized the purported strength of the CCP’s response, using this new “Health Silk Road” to portray China as a trustworthy torchbearer amid … Continue reading

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“Most expert estimates already have Tehran’s time to break out for a nuclear bomb – if it chooses to do so, which all agree it has not yet – down from 12 months to between three and a half to six months”

JERUSALEM POST The coming giant internal Israeli war over a nuclear Iran – A 2010 rematch by Yonah Jeremy Bob April 12, 2020 A massive internal storm may be coming that the coronavirus may delay, but cannot stop. If it … Continue reading

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Israel’s sectors with high productivity and employment, such as tech, commerce, and industry, will be the first to resume work

CTECH Back to Normal: Tech First, Culture Last by Omri Milman April 12, 2020 Israel’s return to normalcy post coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown is set to start with its most productive sectors, first among them the country’s tech sector, according to … Continue reading

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“That Israel’s health system had to enlist Mossad was evidence that it had not readied itself to respond to the type of threat represented by the coronavirus”

NEW YORK TIMES Israel’s Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad by Ronen Bergman April 13, 2020 When Israel’s health minister was found to be infected with the coronavirus early this month, all high-level officials in close contact … Continue reading

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Amnesty International employee betrays Gazan peace activist for “collaborating” with Israels

UN WATCH Amnesty researcher prompts Hamas to arrest peace activist April 13, 2020 Amnesty International, the group that was founded to free political prisoners, is being asked to terminate its relationship with a Gaza researcher after the New York Times … Continue reading

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“For the past 26 years, I’ve worked at Zabar’s, the famous appetizing store located on 80th Street and Broadway in New York City”

THE FORWARD The unkindest cut: Last call for a Zabar’s lox slicer by Len Berk April 8, 2020 …I was three quarters through the slice when my supervisor came behind the counter. I stopped slicing and looked up at him. … Continue reading

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“A low-tech, high-energy hour managed to be both perfectly silly and profoundly moving” (and it was almost 100% non-political)

JEWISH WEEK How a Celebrity ‘Seder’ Modeled Real Jewish Pluralism by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 14, 2020 I’ll confess: I get a little giddy when Jewish celebrities acknowledge, never mind celebrate, their Jewishness. Over the years, I’ve spilled more ink over … Continue reading

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World Health Organization has history of singling out Jewish state

FREE BEACON WHO’s Anti-Israel Bias Raising Questions About Organization’s Direction by Adam Kredo April 13, 2020 The World Health Organization’s decision-making body has a history of singling out Israel for criticism, fueling concerns of bias as the United Nations organization … Continue reading

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“If the Democrats are to defeat Trump, Sanders’s leftist and anti-Israel supporters must embrace the nominee, but what will he have to give them to secure their support?”

JNS Biden needs the Bernie Bros. Will he give them a say in policy? by Jonathan S. Tobin April 14, 2020 In a flight of fancy and an almost superfluous reminder of his irrelevance, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman … Continue reading

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“Residents of neighborhoods with high infection rates to be confined to one of seven zones dividing the capital starting at noon, but can leave for work or other essential needs”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods to be locked down starting Sunday by Staff April 11, 2020 Several Jerusalem neighborhoods with high coronavirus infection rates will be locked down starting Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said early Sunday. … Continue reading

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