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- "The media has a track record of tenaciously ignoring the anti-Semitism creeping into Democratic Party politics"
- Yazidi Commander Killed by ISIS; Massacres Feared on Mt Sinjar
- "Trump's extraordinary gesture of support for Israel and the rights of the Jewish people was evident in the historic statement. The US has rightly concluded that falsely calling settlements illegal is not helpful for peace"
- Richard Kemp: Truth #1 and Truth #2 about the Palestinians [VIDEO]
- “Opposition to Palestinian intransigence and radicalism will remain a centrist issue in Congress, even if the incoming administration is eager to re-establish ties with the Palestinians”
- "If you talk privately to those who work in the Jewish organization world, many will confide that the greatest threat to the security of the American Jewish community is “changing demographics,” which is a euphemism for a growing population of Arab migrants to the United States"
- EVENTS: Nova Music Festival Exhibition closes November 30, see before it leaves Chicago; Reprise screening of the excellent “Beneath the Helmet" in Highland Park
- Mattis in Israel: "As far as Centcom is concerned, Israel is not part of the Middle East. Israel is in Europe"
Category Archives: Islam
Why are so many Gaza residents killing themselves?
GATESTONE Palestinians Commit Suicide as Their Leaders Live in Hotels and Villas Khaled Abu Toameh August 3, 2022 It has been 15 years since the Islamist Hamas group seized control of the Gaza Strip, home to some two million Palestinians. … Continue reading
“Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa was dismissed by the Bahraini king after reportedly refusing to shake the hand of Israel’s ambassador to Manama”
JERUSALEM POST Bahraini official, royal family member sacked over Israeli ambassador snub July 25, 2022 A top Bahraini official and member of the ruling family was dismissed from her position by the Bahraini king after she refused to shake hands … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Bahrain, Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa
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“To predict our future, we must first understand our past, especially the huge changes since the founding of the Jewish state”
JEWISH CHRONICLE Half of all Jews now live in Israel and that is a source of strength Vernon Bogdanor July 26, 2022 …At the recent celebrations of the 74th anniversary of independence, then-Israeli PM Naftali Bennett reminded Israelis that the … Continue reading
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Argentina’s prosecutor, Alberto Nisman (who was assassinated likely for his investigation into the AMIA bombing) described in granular detail how Iran used embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Germany in the planning of the 1994 massacre
NEWSWEEK Iran is Testing Us. So far, we are failing Toby Dershowitz July 18, 2022 In February, a jet carrying Iran’s minister of the interior, Ahmad Vahidi, landed at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base and he was not arrested. He … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged AMIA, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Hezbollah, Iran, terror
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This mostly peaceful Cori Bush fundraiser wants to “watch Israel burn to ashes along with every Israeli in it”
JEWISH JOURNAL Cori Bush 2020 Fundraiser Organizer Once Said She Wanted to Burn Down Israel Aaron Bandler July 19, 2022 An organizer behind a 2020 fundraiser for Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) is under fire for some of her past tweets, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, BDS, Cori Bush, Neveen Ayesh
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“A review of recent scholarship on the shaping of the modern Middle East in the aftermath of the Holocaust”
TABLET MAG The Nazi Roots of Islamist Hate Jeffrey Herf July 5, 2022 …In the past 30 years, historical scholarship has confirmed what American liberals and leftists, French Socialists, Communists, and Gaullists, and Communists in the Soviet Union, Poland, and … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Grand Mufti, Haj Amin el-Husseini, Nazis, Palestinians
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#UNWatch: “Evidence continues to emerge of widespread torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees held in #Palestinian custody in the #WestBank and #Gaza””
UN WATCH Rights Group Exposes Palestinian Torture Ahead of First UN Review July 14, 2022 The Palestinian Authority and Hamas routinely torture human rights activists, women, LGBT persons, political opponents, so-called “collaborators,” and Palestinians who sell land to Jews, the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Palestinians, UN Human Rights Council, UN Watch, United Nations
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“Under a nuclear umbrella, Khamenei might feel tempted to first force Israel to commit national suicide through a demographically stacked referendum. Khamenei’s website has even eerily termed this “the final solution””
THE ATLANTIC When Iran Says ‘Death to Israel,’ It Means It Behnam Ben Taleblu July 15, 2022 …Always intended for export, Iran’s Islamic revolution was and remains aided through Tehran’s skillful creation, co-option, and control of terror and proxy groups … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran
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Iraq, the country that is central to American plans for the region has just formally outlawed normalization with Israel — and made it punishable by death
TIMES OF ISRAEL US and Israel want to unite Middle East against Iran, but Iraq could pose a problem Ron Kampeas July 16, 2022 It has become a kind of mantra in Washington and Jerusalem: Integrate much of the Middle … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Abraham Accords, Iran, Iraq
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“Tehran revealed this week it is for the first time producing highly enriched uranium using advanced centrifuges at a nuclear site buried deep within a mountain”
NEW YORK POST Biden needs to share intel, get out of the way and let Israel end Iran nuclear threat July 13, 2022 Richard Goldberg President Biden’s private meeting Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will likely become one … Continue reading