Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Israel to redirect aliyah efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France and the United States

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Shifting gears, aliyah ministry to focus efforts on Western Jewry Ariel Kahana May 31, 2023 Israel is changing course and refocusing aliyah efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France … Continue reading

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CUNY commencement speech demonizes Israel and the crowd cheers

NEW YORK POST CUNY Law Dean applauds student’s ‘hate speech’ against Israel, NYPD, and military Carl Campanile May 30, 2023 CUNY Law School’s dean came under fire Tuesday when video emerged of her clapping at a graduate’s incendiary May 12 … Continue reading

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“Jews have a special interest in stopping Soros due to his funding of groups that “have spread antisemitic lies about the state of Israel,” citing BDS movement and J Street”

DAILY SIGNAL ‘George Soros Is a Destructive Civilizational Force,’ Co-Founder of ‘Jews Against Soros’ Says Virginia Allen and Samantha Aschieris June 01, 2023 Two conservative activists on Wednesday launched “Jews Against Soros,” a Jewish coalition against leftist billionaire George Soros. The … Continue reading

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A recent essay touting a “one-state” approach to Israel-Palestinian issues is more about eliminating the world’s only Jewish state than offering real solutions to complex regional problems

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE The No-State Solution Robert Satloff May 31, 2023 Foreign Affairs should be congratulated for publishing this breathtakingly tendentious essay by Michael Barnett, Nathan Brown, Marc Lynch, and Shibley Telhami because it exposes the authors’ pseudo-academic argument as little … Continue reading

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Jews stand up for Israel at Roger Waters concert, the venue site of 1938 Kristallnacht beatings

JPOST Jewish protestors raise Israeli flag, sing at Roger Waters Frankfurt concert May 29, 2023 Jewish protestors interrupted Roger Waters’ concert in Frankfurt on Sunday with Israeli flags and by singing “Am Israel Chai” (the people of Israel live), according … Continue reading

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“This is the Biden administration’s betrayal of Jews in a nutshell”

JNS Biden’s antisemitism strategy fails to condemn BDS, includes CAIR Daniel Greenfield May 28, 2023 There were many expectations for Biden’s “U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” among the usual organizational types, but anyone with common sense could have seen … Continue reading

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“The Kingdom’s China-brokered renewal of ties with Iran has strained its relations with Israel and may have weakened Riyadh’s appetite for normalization”

ARAB NEWS High time for a ‘Hajj Express’ for Israeli Muslims Mark Dubowitz and Tzvi Kahn May 24, 2023 With the Hajj being only a month away, Saudi Arabia has a chance to take the high road with Israeli Muslims … Continue reading

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Tower of David in Jerusalem is also an ancient fortress, telling stories of the Hasmonean Kingdom, Byzantine period, and early Islamic period of the Middle Ages

I24NEWS Tower of David Museum to reopen as Jerusalem’s official museum Erica Jackson May 29, 2023 After over ten years of planning and three years of construction, the famous Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem is reopening to the public … Continue reading

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Military court in Gaza sentences four who were convicted of providing information to Israel to be executed by hanging and by firing squad

ARUTZ SHEVA Gaza: Four sentenced to death over providing information to Israel Dalit Halevi May 25, 2023 A military court in the Gaza Strip has sentenced several Palestinian Arabs who were convicted of providing information to Israel to be executed … Continue reading

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Bernie Sanders, Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren among Democrat Senators opposing Israel’s entry into Visa Waiver Program

JEWISH INSIDER 16 Senate Democrats say Israel still falls short of Visa Waiver Program requirements Marc Rod May 25, 2023 As Israel moves toward expected admission into the Visa Waiver Program later this year, a group of 16 Democratic senators … Continue reading

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