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- "When I spoke to the prime minister, it was clear that Lauder’s intervention with Trump angered and distressed him"
- "We have enough crazies of our own who were born in the United States; we don’t need to import any more"
- Syria: "The U.S. should do everything in its power to ensure Israel’s success in its growing confrontation with #Iran, which serves U.S. interests, and those of our other Sunni Arab allies"
- The Middle East Masquerade Party
- "Israel’s confusing plethora of small parties actually keeps Ḥaredim and Israeli Arabs, in particular, from becoming too alienated"
- The Saudis Team Up With Israel
- “The visit of two anti-Israel members of Congress is an opportunity for them to see the real Israel, and perhaps learn a thing or two”
- Survey Finds 85% of European Jews Fear Bringing Children to Rosh Hashanah Services
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
Kemp: “It’s terrible to reduce human life to statistics, but from what I can see so far, it appears that the IDF has been immensely successful at minimizing civilian casualties”
BREITBART Col. Richard Kemp: Arab States Want Hamas, Hezbollah ‘Destroyed’ Joshua Klein March 3, 2024 Israel’s military operation in Gaza, led by the IDF, has been a strategic success against Hamas, significantly diminishing the terror group’s capabilities while prioritizing the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Colonel Richard Kemp, Gaza, Hamas, IDF
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For his outrageous conduct, the Brazilian president has been declared persona non grata in Israel
THE HILL Brazil’s Lula, a Putin apologist, launches a shameful crusade against Israel Arturo McFields March 1, 2024 Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is on an unprecedented and shameful crusade against Israel. In less than a week he … Continue reading
Matti Friedman: In a deserted border town, I listened to the reigning genius of Israeli pop blast his songs toward Gaza
FREE PRESS The Song of the Israel-Hamas War Matti Friedman March 7, 2024 By the time the singer-songwriter Shlomi Shaban showed up at the border, the road crew had already set up two towers of speakers facing Gaza. The parents … Continue reading
Defense minister says ultra-Orthodox must share military burden; announcement welcomed by Gantz, met by vague Haredi threats that issue could bring down the government
TIMES OF ISRAEL Gallant says no Haredi draft bill without centrist support, risking coalition crisis Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon February 28, 2024 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called for an end to military draft exemptions for members of the ultra-Orthodox … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Haredi, Haredim, Tal Law, Yoav Galant
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The Book Stall in Winnetka said it canceled Highland Park native Brett Gelman’s March 20 book signing because they didn’t think they “could guarantee the comfort and security” of attendees.
PATCH WINNETKA-GLENCOE The Book Stall In Winnetka Withdraws From Brett Gelman Event Jonah Meadows February 21, 2024 A Winnetka bookstore canceled a planned appearance by actor and first-time author Brett Gelman. Gelman, an outspoken supporter of Israel, blamed antisemitic intimidation … Continue reading
“In antisemitic discourse, Jews are always made to exemplify what a given group of people considers to be the worst feature of the social order in which they live”
TIME MAG The New Antisemitism Noah Feldman February 27, 2024 …It can be hard to think clearly and reason calmly about antisemitism. For 15 million Jews around the world, its resilience engenders fear, pain, sadness, frustration, and intergenerational trauma going back … Continue reading
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“The fact that so many Hamas members were switching to Israeli SIM cards could have been strong evidence of a potential invasion”
JERUSALEM POST IDF intel. saw Hamas using hundreds of Israeli SIM cards in Gaza before Oct. 7 Yonah Jeremy Bob February 26, 2024 Dozens to hundreds of Hamas members activated Israeli SIM cards in the early morning hours of October 7, … Continue reading
Overwhelming Israeli opposition to Biden plan rewarding Palestinian terrorism with a state puts the prime minister’s adversaries in a bind
TABLET U.S. Scheming for a Palestinian State Unwittingly Strengthens Netanyahu Gadi Taub February 21, 2024 If the news that the U.S. is going to recognize a Palestinian state that doesn’t exist was intended to break up Prime Minister Netanyahu’s wartime … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Palestinians
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