Category Archives: Islam

“El Al direct flight from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv shortened by 2 hours; Sudanese authorities insisted aircraft enter its airspace only after local TV news broadcasts end”

TIMES OF ISRAEL In fresh sign of warming ties, Israeli airliner enters Sudan’s airspace by Raphael Ahren and Michael Bachner June 4, 2020 An El Al plane flying from Argentina crossed through Sudan’s airspace on Thursday, the first Israeli airliner … Continue reading

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Iran cyber attack was to poison Israelis with chlorine through their drinking water

JNS Iran ‘opened a Pandora’s box’ in cyber attack on Israeli water system by Yaakov Lappin June 2, 2020 The Iranian cyber attack in early April on an Israeli water-treatment facility, designed to get computers to add too much chlorine to … Continue reading

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“Is there the slightest hint of embarrassment from the far Left” about an anti-Israel activist squarely in their camp, building firebombs to toss in New York City?

ELDER OF ZIYON The anti-Israel “human rights lawyer” who tried to firebomb an NYPD police car June 1, 2020 She’s wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh. She’s holding a Molotov cocktail. And she’s ready to firebomb – a NYPD police car…But Urooj … Continue reading

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“The conflict both US and Israel are engaged in is a war of ideas against nebulous transnational actors, a struggle that is not likely to be won decisively”

NEWSWEEK Six Days and the Forever War by Frank Sobchak, Colonel, US Army (ret) June 2, 2020 This June marks the 53rd anniversary of Israel’s lightning victory in the 1967 Six Day War, when the Israel Defense Forces defeated the … Continue reading

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It has clearly not occurred to Omar that US support for Israel might not have anything to do with the need for “Jewish money” and the “influence” it supposedly buys

CLARION PROJECT Ilhan Omar, ‘Heartbroken’ Over Past Antisemitic Slurs, Makes More by Meira Svirsky May 27, 2020 In a recent interview, U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar claims she has “moved past” the controversy her previous use of antisemitic slurs caused. Not so … Continue reading

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“Jonathan Gootenberg and Omar Abudayyeh are now the only researchers allowed inside the McGovern Institute, working relentlessly on an efficient, inexpensive test kit for COVID-19”

TIMES OF ISRAEL A Jewish and a Palestinian scientist team up for MIT at-home coronavirus test by Rich Tenorio May 29, 2020 Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, a silver lining is that researchers from diverse cultural backgrounds are coming together … Continue reading

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“Reclaiming ownership of indigenous lands – and governing those outside the process of history”

FRONT PAGE MAG The Morality of Israel’s ‘Annexation’ by Professor Jason D. Hill May 29, 2020 …In a previous essay, I have written about Israel’s moral right to annex Judea and Samaria. I want to now turn to the actual … Continue reading

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“Senior officials in the moderate Arab countries made it clear that, despite the pan-Arab stance against the annexation plan, behind the scenes the move is not being challenged as forcibly as the Palestinians might hope”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘Next few weeks will determine whether future decades will see peace or bloodshed’ by Daniel Siryoti May 27, 2020 …Arab sources told Israel Hayom Tuesday that while Arab leaders were concerned that the unilateral annexation of … Continue reading

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“Nearly 700 soldiers were killed during Israel’s 18-year occupation of Lebanon; journalist Matti Friedman teamed up with the Kan broadcaster to tell their story”

TIMES OF ISRAEL 20 years after Lebanon pullout, docuseries dives into the ‘War With No Name’ by Judah Ari Gross May 25, 2020 The grave of any soldier killed fighting in the Battle of Ammunition Hill on June 6, 1967, … Continue reading

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“In late April, as Israel was busy managing its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s National Water Authority was struck by a large-scale cyberattack”

PUNDICITY The Iranian-Israeli Conflict Goes Online by Ilan Berman May 26, 2020 A different kind of conflict is taking shape in the Middle East. Unlike the long-running Syrian civil war, this one is not a pitched power struggle between an … Continue reading

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