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S1 bill now goes to the House, “where the Democratic majority will break it up into its components, and its leadership is likely to bury the anti-BDS section”

JTA Senate passes anti-BDS measure with notable Democrats in dissent February 5, 2019 The U.S. Senate approved in a 77-23 vote a bill that codifies $38 billion in defense assistance to Israel and which provides legal cover to states that … Continue reading

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Representative Omar: Have you ever called out Jordan for establishing Islam as the religion of the state?

FREE BEACON Singling Out the Jewish State by Aaron Kliegman January 31, 2019 There are 43 countries with official state religions and another 40 that give one religion preferential treatment over other faiths. Of the former group, 27 countries enshrine … Continue reading

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“Horrible as Riyadh’s behavior is, the Houthis are worse. Thus by ending support for the Saudi coalition, American would empower an even greater evil”

JNS Backing the Saudis in Yemen is right, strategically and morally by Evelyn Gordon January 30, 2019 …On the strategic side, let’s start with the fact that an organization [Iran] whose official slogan is “God is Great, Death to America, … Continue reading

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“With ground support from a big tent of vitriolic groups, it was Human Rights Watch that pressured Airbnb into boycotting Israel”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Why has Human Rights Watch become an anti-Israel activist group? by Jonathan Schanzer and David May February 4, 2019 When Airbnb, the online lodging service, announced in November that it would ban Israeli listings in the disputed West … Continue reading

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For reporting on Henry Ford’s antisemitism, Dearborn mayor fires an editor

GATESTONE Double Standard for Historical Revisionism by Alan M. Dershowitz February 6, 2019 Imagine if an American city continued to celebrate a prominent businessman who had published newspapers and books advocating overt racism and racial discrimination against Black people. Imagine … Continue reading

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#BDSFail UK #BDS poll concluded “Muslim respondents were almost four times likelier to agree with the need to boycott Israel than the average”

JERUSALEM POST Boycotting Israel has little appeal in the UK, Despite star power by Cnaan Lipschiz February 1, 2019 …In the poll of 4,005 British respondents, only 10 percent agreed that Israel should be boycotted, compared to 46 percent who … Continue reading

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New Gaza-Israel fence will sit atop tunnel-blocking subterranean wall and connect to sea barrier

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel starts construction on 20-foot-high fence surrounding Gaza by Judah Ari Gross February 3, 2019 The Defense Ministry has begun the final phase of construction of a 20-foot high galvanized steel fence that will completely surround the … Continue reading

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#SOTU “was one pro-Jewish speech”

COMMENTARY The State of the Union is Pro-Jewish by Abe Greenwald February 6, 2019 …Trump talked about a great many other things, but it’s remarkable the extent to which his speech acknowledged, celebrated, and urged on America’s doing right by … Continue reading

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“Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein says that views on Israeli sovereignty are changing and the idea of a Palestinian state is looking more and more like a pipe dream”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘The next Knesset will apply Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria’ by Ariel Kahana February 1, 2019 …“The 21st Knesset will be the one to start applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria,” he … Continue reading

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“Israel’s principal supporters in the US today are the evangelical Christians, whereas the Jewish community is utterly disunited and betraying its loyalty and obligations to the Jewish state”

JERUSALEM POST American Jewish leaders: Where are you? by Isi Leibler January 31, 2019 .. American Jews are free to support or oppose Trump, but they should do so as American citizens, not as Jews. If there is a case … Continue reading

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