Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Bibi: “The Abraham Accords put paid to the idea that peace with the Palestinians must come first before a wider regional peace with Arab states would be possible”

JNS Netanyahu offers to suspend annexation plans in exchange for peace with Riyadh December 25, 2022 Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu would suspend plans to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank in exchange for the … Continue reading

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Why #Jordan has not joined the #AbrahamAccords

WASHINGTON TIMES Abdullah in the middle Clifford May December 21, 2022 Some years ago, a colleague and I were in Israel, in the home of a former member of the intelligence community who maintained his international connections. Before going into … Continue reading

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“Although a date for the swearing-in is not immediately announced, Netanyahu is expected to return to power – as head of the most right-wing Israeli government ever to hold office – as early as next week”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Netanyahu announces formation of new government Amir Ettinger, Yehuda Shlezinger and AP December 22, 2022 Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he has successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for … Continue reading

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Dershowitz: “The Israeli Supreme Court may be the single best Supreme Court in the world”

JNS DEBATE: Does the Supreme Court have too much power? Caroline Glick December 20, 2022 The incoming Netanyahu government’s intention to enact reforms of the legal systems to limit the powers of the Supreme Court has stirred up a lot of controversies. … Continue reading

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By March “Knesset to vote on legislation to eliminate the clause by which grandchildren of those who are Jewish according to Halacha can immediately immigrate to Israel”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu on a collision course with US Jewry, Biden, Arab allies Tovah Lazaroff December 22, 2022 Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to take office, and he already is on a collision course with both liberal American Jews … Continue reading

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“The State Department, which is named as a defendant in the suit, has formally determined in congressional notifications that the Palestinian government pays terrorists and incites violence against Israel”

FREE BEACON Victims of Terrorism Sue Biden Admin for Sending Taxpayer Aid to Palestinians Adam Kredo December 20, 2022 Victims of Palestinian terror attacks are suing the Biden administration for awarding nearly half a billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds … Continue reading

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“The failure of journalists, in particular, to grasp the ideological causes of the attacks on the Jewish state in 2000 helped to prevent a coherent understanding of the Islamist attacks on the United States and Europe that followed”

QUILLETTE Islamist Terror; Journalistic Error Jeffrey Herf December 2, 2022 In “Can The Whole World” Be Wrong?,” Richard Landes, a historian of apocalyptic movements in medieval Europe, re-examines the reporting of Palestinian attacks on Israel, starting with the Second Intifada … Continue reading

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“Tyrannical governments in China, Iran, Venezuela, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip murder, unjustly imprison, and violate the dignity and human rights of individuals every day, yet the Biden administration sees fit to crack down on Israel”

COMMENTARY Why Is the FBI Investigating Israel? Matthew Continetti January 2023 …At the time of writing, no one knows the details of the FBI inquiry, or the identity of the official who authorized it, or how long it will go … Continue reading

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The decision marks a resolution to tensions that surged in 2020 when JCPA was among 600 Jewish groups to sign onto a full-page New York Times ad declaring “Black Lives Matter”

JTA Seeking latitude to press liberal causes, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs distances itself from federations Ron Kampeas December 19, 2022 The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the onetime standard-bearer for outreach to the non-Jewish world whose influence has … Continue reading

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It’s not enough that the New York Times buried the Holocaust stories and libels Israel regularly

NEW YORK POST New York Times slammed over ‘swastika’ crossword on first day of Hanukkah: ‘Disgusting’ Ben Cost December 19, 2022 The New York Times is being ripped by social media users for publishing what they deemed a swastika-shaped crossword … Continue reading

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