Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“The growing and distinctly western Mediterranean olim are a boon to Israel but a dark omen for the future of France”

TABLET MAG Israel’s French New Wave Matti Friedman October 26, 2022 The rumblings of Jewish history take many forms, and in this case the form was a disk of lemon filling, the dough brittle, meringue slightly browned. I was at … Continue reading

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz said due to what he called “limitations” and “a variety of operational considerations,” Israel will not deliver any weapon systems to Ukraine.

JPOST Israel won’t give Ukraine weapons, will help make missile warning system – Gantz Anna Ahronheim October 19, 2022 Israel has offered to help Ukraine in developing an early-warning system but will not provide weapon systems, Defense Minister Benny Gantz … Continue reading

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Oops, Israel forgot to ask Australia’s permission to make Jerusalem its capital

MEDIALINE Australia’s Decision To Stop Recognizing West Jerusalem as Israeli Capital Won’t Impact Relations, Expert Says Mohammad Al-Kassim October 18, 2022 Israel blasted Australia for reversing its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, with Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday … Continue reading

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“Indictment alleges the trio, 2 of whom worked for Cellcom, provided terror group with large volume of information in order to carry out cyberattack on crucial infrastructure”

TIMES OF ISRAEL 3 Israelis charged in Hamas plot to sabotage telecom networks used by IDF during war Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner October 20, 2022 Three men from northern Israel were indicted on Thursday for allegedly sending a large … Continue reading

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“UN document alleges IDF rights abuses during Operation Guardian of the Walls, but completely fails to mention Hamas or the over 4,000 rockets it launched into Israel during the conflict”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Zero mentions of Hamas: Israel slams ‘biased’ UN report on May 2021 fighting Tamir Morag October 21, 2022 Israel blasted Thursday a report by the United Nations’ ongoing Commission of Inquiry into last year’s … Continue reading

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“Israel’s surrender to Hezbollah demands over the Karish gas field and failure to respond effectively to Palestinian terror are making Israel look like a “loser” to others in the Middle East”

JNS The Israeli government’s weakness and fear will cause its enemies to up the ante Harold Rhode October 16, 2022 In recent days, my colleagues and I have been closely monitoring the fallout from two major events: 1)Israel’s surrender to … Continue reading

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“The distinction such people draw between anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism enables them to drape themselves in the mantle of victimhood that connects them to the Holocaust, medieval blood-libels and the endemic anti-Semitism in English literature”

JNS The false distinction between anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing Melanie Phillips October 20, 2022 Those trying to defend the Jewish people from the tsunami of Jew-hatred swamping the West often face an implacable refusal to acknowledge that anti-Israel or anti-Zionist attitudes … Continue reading

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Israel’s guilt is a given: Only those who have openly declared Israel guilty of “systematic oppression of Palestinians” will be featured on panel

CAMERA BLOG Mainstreaming the Apartheid Lie in the Heart of the NY Glitterati David Littman October 14, 2022 On October 22nd, the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) – a prominent organization of legal scholars and practitioners – … Continue reading

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“Yair Lapid trades Mediterranean gas fields claimed by Israel to Hezbollah in exchange for a line of rusting buoys”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israel-Lebanon deal brought the US back to the region Oded Granot October 13, 2022 No sooner had the announcement of the maritime deal with Lebanon than the politicians started squabbling over it, with both … Continue reading

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“Because it’s unlikely that his name will be publicly remembered for long, it’s worth pausing to consider the grisly murder of Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh in the West Bank city of Hebron.”

NEW YORK TIMES A Cruel Death in Hebron Bret Stephens Oct. 11, 2022 …Murkhiyeh (some news accounts transliterate his surname as Marhia) was a 25-year-old gay Palestinian man who had been living for two years in Israel and had filed papers for … Continue reading

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