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Israel boycott ban is not about free speech

CAMERA BLOG Reuters Misrepresents New Congress’ Anti-BDS Bill by Tamar Sternthal January 10, 2019 Reuters’ article yesterday on the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act,” a bill which stalled Tuesday in the Senate, opens with a misleading and ominous … Continue reading

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“Under a plea bargain reached between Segev’s lawyers and government prosecutors, he will receive 11 years in prison” for spying for Iran

JERUSALEM POST Former cabinet minister Gonen Segev convicted of spying for Iran by Yonah Jeremy Bob January 9, 2019 Disgraced former minister Gonen Segev was convicted of spying for Iran by the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday in a plea … Continue reading

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“Mexico’s war against its cartels always had one prime objective – to capture E lChapo, the world’s most wanted man and the country’s most powerful drug baron. And thanks to a company in Herzliya, with a little help from an unwitting Hollywood actor and telenovella star, it managed to do just that”

YNET How Mexican drug baron El Chapo was brought down by technology made in Israel by Ronen Bergman January 10, 2019 It was an arrest operation that made headlines all over the world, not only because of the target, the … Continue reading

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Lessons from Argentina: “Buenos Aires is a European city encircled by a country that remains very Third World”

WASHINGTON TIMES A plaintive cry for Argentina by Clifford D. May January 8, 2019 Why isn’t Argentina as wealthy as Canada? For that matter, why are all the countries of Latin America, without exception, so much less prosperous than their neighbors to the … Continue reading

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“Rubio is alleging that some Senate Democrats oppose the anti-BDS legislation on substance because of the supposedly growing popularity of the boycott movement within the Democratic Party”

TABLET MAG Anti-BDS Bill Battles Up Senate Hill by Armin Rosen January 7, 2019 …While there is disagreement on the Hill over the extent of internal Democratic opposition to the anti-BDS bill, sources from both parties confirmed to Tablet that … Continue reading

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“Instead of recognizing the fight against antisemitism as a human rights issue worthy of attention, Amnesty International has decided instead to ratchet up its targeting of the Jewish state”

NGO MONITOR Amnesty International Singling Out Jews in 2019 January 3, 2019 Leaked documents seen by NGO Monitor and an analysis of public statements from NGO officials indicate that Amnesty International will conduct a series of intense campaigns singling out … Continue reading

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“A freshman congresswoman hostile to Zionism is attacking a bipartisan effort to legislate against Israel boycotts in her first week on the job, accusing advocates of the bill of dual loyalty”

JERUSALEM POST Tlaib starts term in Congress accusing Israel advocates of ‘dual loyalty’ by Michael Wilner January 7, 2019 …Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan and a Palestinian-American, took to Twitter on Sunday to criticize the “Strengthening America’s Security in … Continue reading

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“Bolton reportedly told Netanyahu that the U.S. Syria withdrawal, rather than a time-sensitive pullout, would be contingent on the neutralization of the threat of ISIS in the country”

JNS Bolton visits Netanyahu, Western Wall tunnels with Israeli officials to ire of PA by Malkah Fleisher January 7, 2019 After a visit to the Western Wall and its tunnels on Sunday, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton met with … Continue reading

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Bibi on Israel’s New Right Party “It will break the right into slivers of slivers. Parties won’t make it past the electoral threshold”

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON The Gamble of Israel’s ‘New Right’ by David Isaac January 6, 2019 “Boom!” read the headline of a supplement in Israeli weekly Makor Rishon, after two leading politicians, Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, … Continue reading

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“What drove a well-educated young doctor from an affluent family to become a vile antisemite?”

FRONT PAGE MAG Lara Kollab and the Disease of Jew-Hate by Ari Lieberman January 7, 2019 …On Friday, Kollab issued an apology of sorts through her lawyer. This represents the first step in Kollab’s attempt to salvage what’s left her tattered career … Continue reading

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