Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

NJ Killing IHRA; “Murphy and other Democrats were reportedly concerned that support for the legislation would fuel primary campaigns against incumbents”

JEWISH INSIDER Gov. Phil Murphy killed New Jersey antisemitism legislation, sources say Marc Rod January 9, 2026 A high-profile New Jersey bill adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism is not expected to pass in the current … Continue reading

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“Communications networks go dark right after start of Tehran protests urged on by exiled crown prince; protesters chant ‘death to the dictator’ and ‘death to the Islamic Republic’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Internet, phone lines cut across Iran as thousands rally in Tehran; death toll at 45 January 8, 2026 Thousands of people in Iran’s capital shouted from their homes and rallied in the street Thursday night after a … Continue reading

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“Hamas isn’t hiding its brutality. The hospitals of Al-Shifa, Al-Aqsa and Nasser are not simply medical centers. Hamas has repurposed Gaza’s main hospitals as interrogation sites, cages, gulags for perceived ‘dissidents'”

GATESTONE Trump’s Slow, Faltering ‘Peace’ Plan Enabling Hamas to Torture and Murder Palestinians Khaled Abu Toameh January 8, 2026 While the US and other countries are talking about the need to move to the second phase of President Donald J. … Continue reading

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“Without Israeli experience, technology, and collaboration, the U.S. will be less safe”

FREE PRESS The U.S. Needs Israeli Innovation for Our Defense Michael Doran December 23, 2025 …For decades, the U.S.–Israel partnership has delivered significant returns: providing the United States with world-leading defense innovation and access to intelligence from across the Middle … Continue reading

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Families of Bondi Beach massacre: “We need to know why clear warning signs were ignored, how antisemitic hatred and Islamic extremism were allowed to dangerously grow unchecked, and what changes must be made”

COMMENTARY The Question of Jewish Armed Self-Defense Seth Mandel January 6, 2026 In the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre, Hugh Hewitt asked me during a segment on his show whether I thought Jews should arm themselves. I responded that … Continue reading

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“If Mamdani’s bigotry and obsessive hate of Israel don’t seem to bother most New Yorkers and even many Jews, then it illustrates how prejudice has become mainstreamed”

JNS What normalizing antisemitism looks like Jonathan Tobin January 8, 2026 What does it look like when you normalize antisemitism rather than making it something that only exists on the margins of society? In the more than two years since … Continue reading

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“ADL will have to give up on its previous tactics of forming useless alliances and adopting counterproductive universalist causes that, at best, gain the Jews nothing”

NO DELUSIONS, NO DESPAIR The ADL must transform Benjamin Kerstein January 7, 2025 …So, the question is: What will the ADL do now? A very large number of Jews are asking this question. Indeed, they ask me this question all the time, … Continue reading

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CAMERA warns against news reports which seek to erase or sanitize the phrase by erasing the violent history of the Palestinian intifadas in which hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians were brutally murdered.

CAMERA BLOG PRESS ADVISORY: CAMERA Reminds Media That ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Is a Call for Violence Against Jews Everywhere December 22, 2025 A week after the ISIS-inspired Bondi Beach massacre, in which terrorists murdered 15 civilians at a Chanukah celebration, the Committee for … Continue reading

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“Mamdani and Carlson Decry the “Zionist” Invasion of Venezuela”

SPECTATOR AUSTRALIA The hypocrisy of the Maduro fanclub Brendan O’Neill January 6, 2026 …The hypocrisy of the Maduro fanclub has really been brought home by the response of Hamas itself. It has slammed America’s ‘abduction’ of Maduro, calling it a … Continue reading

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Traiman: “The relationship between Trump and Netanyahu is very strong. There is complete alignment on Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. And Trump’s fondness toward Israel remains unshakable”

JNS Deciphering the multi-layered Trump-Netanyahu meeting at Mar-a-Lago Alex Traiman December 30, 2025 In a pre-New Year’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated that when it comes to U.S.-Israel relations, there is … Continue reading

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