Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Israel no longer needs American philanthropy, but American Jews need Israel for more

SAPIR Israel Is Doing Fine; We’re the Ones Who Need Help Michaek Steinhardt Spring 2023 For generations, Diaspora Jews have seen Israel as a hardship case requiring the urgent mobilization of resources. Even today, we hear that Israel is “surrounded … Continue reading

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#FreeYishaiFleisher Yishai Fleisher banned from Twitter after he suggested throwing bodies of dead terrorists into the sea

JNS Twitter reinstates adviser to Israel’s national security minister May 7, 2023 Twitter briefly banned Yishai Fleisher, an adviser to Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, over the weekend following a May 4 post in which he suggested throwing … Continue reading

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IAF said Thursday that interception rate of rockets headed for populated areas during the flare-up was 90.5%

JNS ‘Technical error’ caused Iron Dome to malfunction during Gaza terror onslaught May 4, 2023 A “technical error” caused a malfunction in the Iron Dome missile defense system during Tuesday’s conflagration with Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip, an Israel … Continue reading

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NY Times says UK told Israel about nuclear activity at Fordo based on info from Ali Reza Akbari, who was hanged in January; Russia assisted Tehran in identifying source of leak

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel got intel on Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program from executed spy May 1, 2023 Russian intelligence reportedly helped Iran discover that a dual Iranian-British national who once served as its deputy minister of defense was leaking … Continue reading

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A month after Palestinian terrorists killed Dee and 2 of her daughters, widower and surviving children use stethoscope to listen to her heartbeat inside woman who got transplant

TIMES OF ISRAEL ‘Like I’m with her’: Terror victim Lucy Dee’s family visits recipients of her organs Staff May 2, 2023 The family of an Israeli woman recently killed by Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank met Tuesday with the … Continue reading

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Whatever short-term benefits the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement may deliver in terms of regional de-escalation could be far outweighed by the long-term costs

JERUSALEM POST Were There Clues Foreshadowing Saudi Arabia’s Diplomatic Shift? John Hannah May 2, 2023 …I’ve been reviewing my notes from a trip to Riyadh last November with a delegation from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). … Continue reading

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A 75-year span in which a stable Jewish government that governs the Holy Land from the Negev to the Galilee has never happened before in Jerusalem…until now

COMMENTARY The Miracle at 75 Meir Y. Soloveichik May 1, 2023 …Churchill’s words are worth bearing in mind as we consider the contretemps over judicial reform in Israel as the nation moves toward the 75th anniversary of its inception. In … Continue reading

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Demonstrators at mass right-wing gathering in Jerusalem call to move ahead with judicial revamp following talks, deny societal rift is caused by suspended legislative push

TIMES OF ISRAEL ‘Minority can’t rule here’: In Jerusalem, pro-overhaul protesters stand by government Lazar Berman and Staff April 28, 2023 Tens of thousands of right-wing Israelis gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday evening for a mass rally in support of the … Continue reading

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McCarthy was joined on the trip, his first as Speaker of the House, by a bipartisan delegation of Congressmen that included Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) the former House Majority Leader.

ALGEMEINER ‘Unbreakable Bond’: US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy Addresses Knesset Andrew Bernard May 1, 2023 US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday addressed the Israeli Knesset, becoming just the second US speaker to address Israel’s … Continue reading

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FIDF honoring Israel’s fallen soldiers

The sacrifices of the many lives lost, and the agonizing pain of their families, were not in vain. Their legacies are indelibly etched on the history pages of the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The FIDF community is … Continue reading

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