Author Archives: ArchitectGuy

A new type of “cancel culture” targets Jews

DEADLINE Jewish Reggae Artist Matisyahu Has Chicago House Of Blues Cancel Performance Over Protest Fears By Bruce Haring March 8, 2024 Reggae artist Matisyahu has had the House of Blues in Chicago cancel his scheduled performance Friday because of the … Continue reading

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Unpacking Douglas Murray’s Masterclass Debating Al Jazeera, Anti-Israel (but I repeat myself) Journalist

SPECTATOR UK Douglas Murray schools Al Jazeera journalist on Israel-Gaza conflict Steerpike 22 March 2024 When you’re interviewing an expert, it never hurts to come prepared. But when Al Jazeera journalist Jane Dutton quizzed Douglas Murray on the conflict in … Continue reading

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UC Berkeley: “It is crucial to me that no speaker—Jewish or Muslim or Palestinian or Israeli—be barred from speaking”

JNS Professor ends ‘sleep-in’ protest of Jew-hatred after Berkeley agrees to requests Melissa Langsam Brsunstein March 21, 2024 Ron Hassner, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has attracted national coverage by sleeping in his office to protest … Continue reading

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Dermer: “Israel will enter Rafah even if entire world turns on us, including the US”

REUTERS Israel determined to take Rafah despite ‘potential breach’ with U.S. Dan Williams March 21, 2024 Israel will take control of Rafah even if it causes a rift with the United States, a senior Israeli official [Ron Dermer] said on … Continue reading

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Glick: “If the government remains politically stable, if the military continues its brilliant fight in Gaza and if U.S. opinion remains supportive, Jerusalem can flip Hamas’s machinations on its head.”

JNS Israel’s strategic game of survival Caroline Glick March 16, 2024 Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s obscene call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster from power on the Senate floor on Thursday was the latest sign that Hamas’s strategy … Continue reading

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A question for Senator Schumer: “Do you think that calling for the overthrow of the democratically elected leader of Israel will help you and your political party with radically anti-Israel and anti-American Jew hating voters located in certain districts in Michigan, Minnesota and other potential swing states?”

JEWISH PRESS Schumer’s Rabbi Rachel Demands Israelis Dump Netanyahu or Face the Consequences David Israel March 17, 2024 Rachel Timoner, the clergy at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spends Yom Kippur and where … Continue reading

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Killings among Palestinians for those considered “collaborators” with Israel are somewhat common

ALGEMEINER Palestinian Teen Murders Brother Suspected of Collaboration With Israel Troy O. Fritzhand March 21, 2024 In an act of brutality in the West Bank city of Jenin, a 19-year-old Palestinian was executed [tortured and beheaded] by his twin brother … Continue reading

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Qatar prepared to expel Hamas leaders if asked by the US, adding “that no such request has been made since”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Qatar emir proposed expelling Hamas officials in meet with Blinken days after Oct. 7 Jacob Magid March 14, 2024 Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani proposed expeling Hamas’s leaders from Doha during a meeting with US … Continue reading

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More than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” Oscar speech.

VARIETY Over 450 Jewish Creatives and Professionals Denounce Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Oscars Speech in Open Letter Tatiana Siegel March 18, 2024 …The list of co-signees provided to Variety Monday morning covers a broad swath of the industry including … Continue reading

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“The belief that Israel is built on stolen Arab land has become orthodoxy among the anti-Israel movement. It is dangerous fiction in need of correction”

MORAL CLARITY The Desperate Lies of ‘No Peace on Stolen Land’ Nachum Kaplan March 12, 2024 “No peace on stolen land” is a battle cry at many pro-Palestinian rallies. The stolen land narrative is a powerful lie designed to delegitimize … Continue reading

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