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Category Archives: Islam
“Amid multiple reports of covert overtures between nations, some analysts see Ankara as seeking to start off relations with new, less friendly US administration on the right foot”
TIMES OF ISRAEL After years of acrimony, Turkey’s Erdogan says he’d like better ties with Israel by TOI staff December 25, 2020 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wished to improve ties with Israel, after long years of making … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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“Christmas is an attractive time for jihadists for three unattractive reasons”
GATESTONE Jihad at Christmas: “Coldly Kill Them with Hate and Rage” by Richard Kemp December 24, 2020 This month, Islamic State terrorists released a “religious” song for Christmas, “Coldly Kill Them With Hate and Rage”. Taking the form of Islamic … Continue reading
“The demand for “right of return” is the essence of the Palestinian movement”
ABU YEHUDA The Biden Administration and the “War of Return” by Victor Rosenthal December 24, 2020 …Another phrase whose ambiguity has prevented agreement is “two-state solution.” Virtually every Israeli that favors this understands it as “two states for two peoples.” … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Palestinians, Right of Return, Two State Solution
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Mystery surrounds capture of Iranian dissident journalist #RuhollahZam, hanged last week for “spreading corruption on Earth”
JERUSALEM POST Who betrayed Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam? by Jonathan Spyer December 17, 2020 …Ruhollah Zam, who had been in captivity since October 2019, was the founder and director of a popular Telegram channel and forum called Amad News, which … Continue reading
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i24 features Lawfare’s Brooke Goldstein on Belgium kashrut ruling
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Belgium, Brooke Goldstein, Kashrut, lawfare
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“A Bitter James Baker, Who Failed on the Western Sahara, Urges Biden To Rescind the Deal”
NEW YORK SUN Moroccan Envoy Marks Hanukkah With Israel by Benny Avni December 18, 2020 As the Moroccan ambassador to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, lit candles Thursday alongside his Israeli counterpart, Gilad Erdan, some in Washington tsk-tsk’d about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, James Baker, Morocco, Western Sahara
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Paris: “3 days of terror, many victims, 5 years of waiting, 4 months of trial … suffering, forgetting, other attacks, more deaths, and then, a feeling after being heard: justice, finally!”
ALGEMEINER French Court Convicts 14 Accomplices of Islamist Terrorists Behind 2015 Massacres at Magazine, Kosher Market in Paris by Ben Cohen December 16, 2020 The harrowing trial of 14 accomplices in the January 2015 Islamist terror attacks in Paris came … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Hebdo, France, Islamic terror, Paris
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“The UAE has been embracing a unique kind of tolerance that has translated into actions – not just the kind of talk of “diversity” one gets in the US or Europe, where Jews have to go to synagogue surrounded by security and armed guards”
MIDDLE EAST FORUM The UAE’s Full-throttled Embrace of Religious Tolerance by Seth Frantzman December 12, 2020 The extraordinary scenes in Dubai that included Hanukkah celebrations are part of a historic and unprecedented process of embracing tolerance, coexistence and peace by … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, Dubai, UAE
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“With the potential paradigm shift taking place in the Middle East, it is imperative for our children to be able to communicate and engage with Arabs in Israel and neighbors in the region”
JNS Cotler-Wunsh submits bill to promote Arabic language in Israeli schools by Eliana Rudee December 14, 2020 Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party submitted a bill in Israel’s Knesset to require Arabic-language studies. Proposed as an … Continue reading
Amnesty International “shocked and horrified” that #Iran has hanged French journalist #RuhollahZam
REUTERS Iran executes French-based dissident journalist captured last year by Staff December 12, 2020 Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during anti-government protests in 2017, was executed on Saturday, Iran’s state television reported. France reacted … Continue reading