Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

#SarahIdan Miss Iraq: I posted a selfie with Miss Israel. Here’s what happened.

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Many Iranians, particularly the young, have come to see Amini’s death as part of the Islamic Republic’s heavy-handed policing of dissent and the morality police’s increasingly violent treatment of young women

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Will Iran’s clerics survive the latest wave of unrest? AP and ILH Staff September 21, 2022 Under President Raisi, a hard-liner elected last year, agents of the morality police appear to have been unleashed. … Continue reading

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“Lapid’s embrace of the two state solution at the UN is a break with his immediate predecessor Naftali Bennett and contrasts sharply with his political rival Benjamin Netanyahu”

ALGEMEINER Lapid Calls for Two State Solution to Conflict With Palestinians in UN General Assembly Address Andrew Bernard September 22, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday called for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his … Continue reading

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With Hezbollah ensconced in Lebanon and Syria, Hamas controlling Gaza, and a weak Hashemite monarchy in Jordan, the West Bank is the final remaining outpost for Iran

THE NATIONAL INTEREST Will Iran Soon Control the West Bank? Sean Durns September 18, 2022 The Islamic Republic of Iran, Henry Kissinger once remarked, must decide whether it is a nation or a cause. But the regime’s choice has been … Continue reading

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Primarily in response to PMW’s exposing the PA’s #PayToSlay policy in 2011, the PA’s income from foreign aid has plummeted by 90%

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH Why is the PA not paying its employees their full wages? Maurice Hirsch September 18, 2022 The Palestinian Authority is once again complaining about its alleged financial crisis. As a consequence of the alleged crisis, for months … Continue reading

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#Woke Capitalism: “The lawyers noted that Ben & Jerry’s has a demonstrated history of championing its favored social causes through product launches, such as an ice cream flavored “Anti-Trump Pecan Resist”

NEW YORK POST Ben & Jerry’s founders accuse parent company of blocking social mission Devin Sean Martin September 19, 2022 The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have accused its parent company, Unilever, of infringing on the ice cream company’s rights … Continue reading

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“Sabra” is the Hebrew slang term for a native-born Israeli Jew. A sabra is a prickly pear cactus fruit and it is used to metaphorically describe Israelis as rough and sharp on the outside but soft on the inside.

NEW YORK POST Disney to roll out Israeli superhero in ‘Captain America’ film — irking Arabs Ariel Zilber September 14, 2022 The Walt Disney Company is planning to introduce an Israeli comic book superhero in Marvel’s next installment of its … Continue reading

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This came from rabbinical interpretation, not the Bible: Moses never wore tefillin, nor did he place a mezuzah on his tent. King David and his son Solomon never wore yarmulkes, nor did any king of Israel. Even the kosher laws and how circumcision must be performed are not biblical”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Yom Kippur is not a Biblical Holiday Israel Drazin September 19, 2022 As with Rosh Hashanah, Orthodox Jews like me recognize that Yom Kippur is not mentioned in the Bible. It replaces another day known as Yom … Continue reading

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Lapid’s support for a Palestinian state compounds a disastrous error

JNS The real reason for the war against Israel and the West Melanie Phillips September 22, 2022 As soon as it emerged that Israel’s acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid would tell the United Nations General Assembly this week that he … Continue reading

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Hundreds arrive for the funeral of slain #IDF officer Major #BarFalah, killed in exchange of fire with Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Maj. Bar Falah laid to rest, remembered for his ‘love of country’ Yaron Doron September 15, 2022 Hundreds of mourners arrived at a military cemetery in Netanyahu Wednesday evening to pay their respects to … Continue reading

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