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“Tens of thousands of these migrants were given free bus rides from Istanbul to Turkey’s land borders with Bulgaria and Greece”

GATESTONE Europe Must Not Fall Victim to Erdoğan’s Blackmail by Burak Bekdil March 6, 2020 Turkey’s Islamist strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has threatened Europe several times with “sending millions of refugees your way.” Turkey would apparently like to see … Continue reading

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“The US president is fumbling in the face of a health crisis of unknown proportions”

ASIA TIMES Fumbling in the face of coronavirus could lose Trump the election by David P. Goldman March 5, 2020 Panic returned to the US stock market on Thursday as the federal government fumbled in the face of a health … Continue reading

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“The U.S. State Department has approved an Israeli request to buy eight KC-46A Pegasus aerial tankers”

NATIONAL INTEREST Trump Just Gave Israel the Ability to Attack Iran’s Nuclear Sites with F-35s by Michael Peck March 4, 2020 If Israel does decide to bomb Iran, the U.S. government has made it a little easier. The U.S. State … Continue reading

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“The parliamentarians who refuse to join the right-wing bloc are united by a singular goal: to dethrone Netanyahu”

JNS The undemocratic alliance bent on toppling Netanyahu by Alex Traiman March 4, 2020 In Israel’s third election in less than one year, embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defeated his closest challenger by three Knesset seats (36-33), and his bloc … Continue reading

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Danny Danon: “We don’t want Sanders at AIPAC. We don’t want him in Israel”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel’s UN ambassador tells AIPAC Bernie Sanders is an ‘ignorant fool’ by TOI staff March 1, 2020 Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday assailed US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as an “ignorant fool,” two … Continue reading

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“The real cause of the descent into anti-Zionism and hatred of Jews is secular liberalism, and the cultural fissure that has opened up along fault lines going back to the 18th-century Enlightenment”

JNS From Aalst to America: The post-modern, anti-Jewish reconfiguration of the West by Melanie Phillips February 27, 2020 …While anti-Jewish attacks are coming from the far-right, the left and the Muslim community, the greatest threat comes from the progressive side … Continue reading

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“Anti-Semites are thrilled to call Sanders an ally, and he is equally excited to call anti-Semites friends”

AMERICAN GREATNESS Democratic Majority for Israel Waves the White Flag in Presidential Contest by Joshua Sharf February 28th, 2020 Word is that the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) is waving the white flag in the presidential race, will spend no … Continue reading

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“It’s a catastrophe,” an El Al official told Kan News, “The airlines here will collapse within weeks”

YESHIVA WORLD El Al Warns It Will Imminently Collapse; Plans To Fire 1,000 People Due To Coronavirus Losses February 27, 2020 Israel became the first country on Wednesday to advise its citizens to halt all unnecessary travel abroad in light … Continue reading

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“Chief rabbi urges keeping lips off hands touching mezuzahs; European rabbinical group bans those feeling unwell from synagogue, even to recite the Kaddish prayer for the dead”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Coronavirus takes toll on religious life as rabbis advise against ritual kissing by Stuart Winer March 4, 2020 Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau on Wednesday said Israelis should avoid touching and kissing mezuzahs affixed to … Continue reading

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“Trump’s peace plan calls attention to Palestinian division and the collapse of the Arab political order”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Israel’s New Diplomatic Moment by Jonathan Spyer March 3, 2020 …Jerusalem’s Palestinians remain in a kind of limbo. Israel places barriers before their acquisition of full citizenship, and they can complain justly of large discrepancies in municipal … Continue reading

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