Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Short YouTube explains why Israel’s judicial reform is long past due

A short explanation on how the judicial reforms in progress will address the anomalies of the Israeli system and bring Israel closer to the rest of the Western democracies. Video produced by the Kohelet Forum. For more information on the need … Continue reading

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The Twitter account Omanis Against Normalization described the event as a “betrayal of the Palestinian cause and support for the tourist office of the occupying country”

JERUSALEM POST Omani blogger visits Israel, causing an uproar in the Arab world Maariv Online February 5, 2023 Arab social networks are in turmoil after the visit of the Omani blogger Asmaa Al-Shehhi to Israel. The blogger, who lives in … Continue reading

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CAMERA: “Along with moral equivalence, an additional means of softening coverage of Palestinian terrorism is slapping on a headline using the euphemistic passive voice, thereby obscuring the perpetrator”

CAMERA Terror in Jerusalem, Counter-Terror in Jenin, and False Moral Equivalency Tamar Sternthal January 29, 2023 One pathetic trick for covering up the morally indefensible nature of a fatal terror attack is to draw a false equivalence to deadly counter-terror … Continue reading

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The OIC’s influence at the UN is evident not only in its obsession with delegitimizing the State of Israel at every turn, but also in how it has harnessed the UN’s agencies to further a general Islamic fundamentalist agenda

GATESTONE How ‘The Collective Voice of the Muslim World’ Weaponizes the UN against Israel Bassam Tawil February 6, 2023 It is already a tired truism to say that the United Nations has a distinctly anti-Israel bias. The US became exasperated … Continue reading

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Congressional resolution: “Representative Omar, by her own words, has disqualified herself from serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs”

REUTERS Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from high-profile U.S. House committee Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan February 2, 2023 U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile committee over remarks widely condemned as antisemitic, two … Continue reading

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Netanyahu: ‘I call on citizens not to take the law into their own hands – for that we have an army and police’

JERUSALEM POST Seven killed, three injured in Jerusalem synagogue massacre Gadi Zaig, Yonah Jeremy Bob January 27, 2023 In the worst murderous rampage Israel has known in years, seven people were killed in a shooting attack outside a synagogue in … Continue reading

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“Attempts to run the anti-Trump playbook against Bibi ignore the deep differences between Israel’s resilient democratic culture and America’s polarized partisan mess”

TABLET MAG Israeli Democracy Is Fine, Thank You for Asking Gil Troy February 1, 2023 As the brutal videos from Memphis of Black police officers beating a Black man to death trigger yet another racial paroxysm, many Americans are claiming … Continue reading

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Orit Strook rebukes Blinken over his veiled criticism of Israel’s judicial reform

WORLD ISRAEL NEWS Israeli minister to Blinken: We don’t need to be lectured on democracy January 31, 2023 An Israeli minister publicly rebuked U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday, chiding him for expressing the Biden administration’s concerns over the … Continue reading

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Today, Iranian money gushes into the coffers of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and many analysts now believe Iran is beginning to influence the Palestinian Authority as well

JNS The Russia-Iran axis may prompt the West to see Israel with new eyes Fiamma Nirenstein January 31, 2023 Media claims that last weekend’s terror attacks in Jerusalem were an act of revenge for the deaths of nine members of … Continue reading

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American Jews write letter critical of Israel’s plans to reform judiciary

TIMES OF ISRAEL 169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government Jacob Magid February 1, 2023 A letter signed by 169 US liberal Jewish leaders and published Wednesday expressed concern over many of the policies proposed … Continue reading

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