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- Obama's Deal: $150 Billion to Iran to Destroy Israel with Conventional Arms
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- "Screening of pro-Israel documentary this year at the University of California, Irvine, drew protesters who blocked the exit paths, chanted, “Long live the intifada"
- Proposed US Senate and Congress bills: “It is in the United States national security interest to ensure that Israel retains control of the Golan Heights"
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- Iranian Judoka says ‘todah’ to Israelis for support
- Why is the FBI not arresting terror supporters as required under U.S. law? Why is the U.S. Justice Department not directing local authorities to defend the Jews?
- Death knell for J Street
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“The base in Iraq allowed Israel to get closer to the battlefield. Israel’s air force carried out thousands of strikes against targets in Iran during the five-week campaign”
WSJ Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq Anat Peled and Jared Malsin May 9, 2026 Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched … Continue reading
“The US and Israel still hold the upper hand because the foundations of Iranian power have been systematically reduced in ways that will take years to rebuild, if they can be rebuilt at all”
URBAN WARFARE Who has the upper hand in Iran? John Spencer May 10, 2026 One of the strangest habits in modern war analysis is how quickly survival gets confused with victory. Iran has not collapsed overnight. The regime still broadcasts … Continue reading
“The book doesn’t teach us how to grieve. It’s not about any one of our griefs. It teaches us what walking looks like when walking is the only thing left. Rachel parcelled out what she could not carry alone, and asked us to help”
FUTURE OF JEWISH The Most Tragically Beautiful Book I’ve Ever Read Adam Hummel May 9, 2026 I stayed up late one night this week reading the book, “When We See You Again,” published last month and written by Rachel Goldberg-Polin … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Jon Polin, Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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“The PRC imports something like 90 percent of Iran’s total oil exports, making it a true economic lifeline for Tehran – and giving it considerable leverage over the regime”
PRESENT DANGERS Iran looms over the Trump-Xi summit Ilan Berman May 9, 2026 President Trump is headed to China this coming week for that long-awaited summit with Xi Jinping. The agenda is a packed one, because he and the Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged China, Donald Trump, Iran, Peoples Republic of China, PRC, Xi Jinping
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Max Long: “I was attacked for who I am, for being Jewish and Israeli and not being afraid to say that”
ABC NEWS 2nd man charged with attacking 2 Jewish students at DePaul campus in 2024 Mark Rivera and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones May 7, 2026 A second man has been charged in a violent attack on two … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Adam Erkan, DePaul University, Hamas, Kasem Noubani, Max Long, Michael Kaminsky
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“Had Trump allowed Israel one final operation in Iran, the IDF would have chosen to destroy the uranium. The Mossad, by contrast, would have chosen an all-out effort to stir Iranians into action and topple the regime”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israeli assessment: This is when Iranians will take to the streets to topple the regime. Amit Segal May 10, 2026 A severe dispute has erupted, and still persists, between the army and the Mossad … Continue reading
“Mohamed Soliman sentenced to life without parole for deadly firebomb attack on Boulder rally supporting Israeli hostages in Gaza”
ARUTZ SHEVA Mohamed Soliman sentenced to life without parole for deadly firebomb attack on Boulder rally supporting Israeli hostages in Gaza. May 7, 2026 A man who carried out a deadly firebomb attack on a demonstration in support of Israeli hostages … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Boulder, Colorado, Gaza, Hamas
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“Expecting Hamas to disarm voluntarily is like expecting ISIS or Al-Qaeda to renounce jihad and become peaceful political movements”
GATESTONE INSTITUTE Hamas is Humiliating Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Khaled Abu Toameh May 7, 2026 Six months after US President Donald J. Trump unveiled his ambitious ceasefire and reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip, the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group remains … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Board of Peace, Donald Trump, Gaza, Hamas
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“Lebanese-Iraqi writer and analyst Hussain Abdul-Hussain discusses Hezbollah, Lebanon’s future and the personal journey that transformed him from an anti-Israel youth into a prominent Arab advocate for normalization and peace with Israel”
JEWISH INSIDER Hussain Abdul-Hussain on his anti-Israel upbringing to then making ‘The Arab Case for Israel’ Lahav Harkov May 7, 2026 Writer and researcher Hussain Abdul-Hussain has an unusual story: A Shia Muslim raised in Iraq and Lebanon and taught … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
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Rutgers disinvites Rami Elghandour, producer of “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
JEWISH CHRONICLE Rutgers cancels graduation speaker over tweet claiming Israelis ‘train dogs to sexually assault prisoners’ Jackie Hajdenberg May 7, 2026 Administrators at Rutgers University have canceled a commencement speaker scheduled for next week, citing an “inflammatory claim” the speaker … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Cornell University, Rami Elghandour, Rutgers University
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