Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

DeSantis: “I don’t care what the State Department says. They are not occupied territory, it is disputed territory. You gotta know the history”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Florida’s DeSantis to GOP Jews: ‘Judea and Samaria is not occupied, but disputed’ Luke Tress November 20, 2022 Addressing Jewish Republicans on Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the West Bank was “not occupied territory” but rather … Continue reading

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Challenging Harvard Crimson’s hypocrisy and double standards

JNS More than 1,000 Israeli students call on Harvard Crimson editorial board to evacuate its offices stolen from indigenous Indian tribes of Boston November 19, 2022 More than 1,000 Israeli university students, writing on behalf of the “Students for Justice … Continue reading

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ‘Black people have to know that when they mouth antisemitism, they are using the exact same kind of reasoning that white supremacists use against blacks’

DOC EMET PRODUCTIONS Staying or Leaving: It is a Matter of Life and Death Phyllis Chesler October 30, 2022 …We have seen a quantum leap in antisemitism and anti-Zionism in the 21st century, both in the Islamic world and in … Continue reading

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“Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday called the US Justice Ministry’s decision to investigate Abu Akleh’s death “a serious mistake,” adding that Israel would not cooperate with it”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) FBI investigation of IDF ‘undermines the Pentagon’s own conclusions’ Yaakov Lappin November 17, 2022 A decision by the FBI to investigate the Israel Defense Forces over the May 11 death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu … Continue reading

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Ukraine continues pressing for Israeli air defense systems

JERUSALEM POST Zelensky says Netanyahu to consider air defense systems for Ukraine November 16, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday asked prime minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu for air defense systems, according to multiple Ukrainian media outlets. Zelensky also said that … Continue reading

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“For decades, left-wingers have been falsely claiming that Israel’s governments didn’t want peace and that the decisions of Israel’s voters should be either ignored or overridden by American governments that took up the cause of “saving Israel from itself.””

JNS Don’t apologize for Ben-Gvir or anything else about Israel Jonathan Tobin November 11, 2022 …As the leader of the Conservative movement of Judaism in Israel put it in Haaretz, having Smotrich and Ben-Gvir around the cabinet table won’t just impact life … Continue reading

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“As Arab states exited the anti-Zionist arena, a range of other actors stepped in: Palestinians, Islamists, the Iranian and Turkish governments, and leftists”

COMMENTARY Israel’s Partial Victory Daniel Pipes Winter 2022 The State of Israel celebrates its 75th birthday in 2023, a year that will also mark a major but generally unnoticed milestone in the Arab–Israeli conflict. During Israel’s first 25 years, from … Continue reading

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Trump: “You do have people in this country that happen to be Jewish that are not doing the right thing for Israel”

I24news Trump criticizes American Jews over U.S. midterm voting November 14, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump slammed American Jews for “not doing the right thing for Israel” in last week’s midterms during his speech to the Zionist Organization of America … Continue reading

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“Privileged” whites and those labeled as “white adjacent” must accept a future where they will face ‘progressive bigotry’ until there’s complete racial parity in all areas of life”

CAMERA BLOG Woke Antisemitism: How a progressive ideology harms Jews Adam Levick November 16, 2022 The American linguist and political commentator John McWhorter coined the term “Woke Racism” to refer to the latest wave of elite, radical, ‘anti-racist’ campaigners who … Continue reading

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Netanyahu will try to reform Israel’s out of control Supreme Court

HAARETZ Netanyahu Commits to Top Court Override Clause in Next Government Michael Hauser Tov November 9, 2022 Officials from Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said on Wednesday that the coalition agreement with the heads of the right-wing parties that are likely … Continue reading

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