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Chinese investment across the Holy Land threatens the U.S.-Israel relationship

WALL STREET JOURNAL What’s Beijing Doing in Haifa? by William A. Galston May 28, 2019 Below the radar screens of all but a few experts, a dispute is brewing with the potential to disrupt defense cooperation between the U.S. and … Continue reading

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Iran will keep violating nuclear accord until banking, oil rights restored

FREE BEACON Iran Will Restart Contested Nuclear Work Unless Cash ‘Demands Are Met’ by Adam Kredo May 29, 2019 Top Iranian leaders issued a series of warnings on Tuesday, telling world leaders it is on the brink of restarting a … Continue reading

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Illinois School District 219 had planned to use tax dollars to promote Palestine and indoctrinate students against Israel

JTA Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after pro-Israel backlash by Ben Sales May 31, 2019 A high school district with a large Jewish population has withdrawn its recommendation of an optional training opportunity for teachers … Continue reading

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“Amid heightened tensions on college campuses, well-established scientific ideas are suddenly meeting with stiff political resistance”

THE ATLANTIC Self-censorship on Campus Is Bad for Science by Luana Maroja May 28, 2019 I have taught evolution and genetics at Williams College for about a decade. For most of that time, the only complaints I got from students … Continue reading

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“In a shocking turn of events, Netanyahu unable to secure a majority coalition in parliament; Likud-drafted motion to dissolve Knesset passes 74-45 in late-night vote”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Knesset votes for new elections on September 17 after PM fails to form coalition by Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff May 30, 2019 Israel’s parliament on Wednesday voted to dissolve a mere month after it was sworn … Continue reading

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“But some of the most strident anti-Zionists are Jews, such as Norman Finkelstein and even Israelis such as Gilad Atzmon. Surely they can’t be anti-Semites?”

GATESTONE It is Not Surprising to See an Increase in Jew-hatred in Western Europe by Alan M. Dershowitz May 28, 2019 …”Oh no,” we hear from European apologists. “This is different. We don’t hate the Jews. We only hate their … Continue reading

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Nearly 3,000 Jews, Israeli Arabs, Palestinians and international guests break the fast together in a show of coexistence at Negev-based SodaStream

ISRAEL 21C Israelis, Palestinians share Ramadan meal at SodaStream by Naama Barak May 29, 2019 Jews, Israeli Arabs and Palestinians walk into a carbonation-machine factory in the desert. This is not the beginning of a joke, but the daily reality … Continue reading

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Israel, “an oasis for LGBT rights in a desert of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate and oppression”

HURRY UP HARRY Israeli Pinkwashing? Gurl bye. by Ben Maxwell Freeman May 27, 2019 …You may have heard of accusations that Israel engages in “Pinkwashing”. Pinkwashing is the claim that Israel deflects attention from its conflict with Palestine by exaggerating … Continue reading

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America’s best diplomat is schooling the Germans again. This time, it’s about Jew hatred.

AMERICAN THINKER Grenell schools Germans about wearing the Jewish kippa by Monica Showalter May 26, 2019 …The US government’s most high-profile ambassador in Europe, Richard Grenell, said Jews in Germany should not conceal their religious identity and urged them to … Continue reading

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“The Israeli media rarely address the threat to the nation’s democracy represented by a judicial and broader legal system”

JNS Why the Israeli left is still in power by Dr Kenneth Levin May 26, 2019 …[Israel’s] Supreme Court’s ideological bias has been rendered much more consequential by its activism. The court has assigned to itself the right to pass judgment … Continue reading

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