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- Islamists only want one thing. We cannot appease them
- “By ignoring the ideological reality of Hamas and Hezbollah, Klein treats Israelis and Palestinians as props in a Western morality play rather than actors in a high-stakes struggle for survival”
- "The strategic paradigms that governed the Middle East for decades have shifted. Not all of them. Not fully. But the shift is real, larger than is yet fully understood, and Israel drove it"
- Acknowledge the righteous Muslims
- JUF responds to NYT article noting HRC's speaking fees
- Obama's Dilemma: "Hillary couldn’t be proven guilty without proving the president guilty as well"
- “No longer taboo, harsh approbation of the Jewish state is now common among up and coming progressives running for office, putting liberal Zionists in turmoil”
- #BDSFail Participants in DC Dyke March were warned not to display Israeli flag. But they did it anyway.
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“If Russia lays down its weapons, there is no war. If Ukraine lays down its weapons, there is no Ukraine,” read one widely shared tweet”
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH NEWS Golda Meir is icon for Ukrainians Philissa Kramer / JTA March 19, 2022 The most prominent Jewish figure in Ukraine right now is the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The runner-up may well be another country’s famous Jewish … Continue reading
AIPAC: “This is no moment for the pro-Israel movement to become selective about its friends”
JTA AIPAC defends its endorsees, including those who questioned Biden’s election Ron Kampeas March 18, 2022 In response to criticism of its first slate of political action committee endorsements, the AIPAC lobby told its activists that it would continue to … Continue reading
University student-led campaigns to boycott Israel are not an uncommon sight, but a new student movement at Tufts University is taking a form rarely seen before in similar campus boycott efforts
FORWARD At Tufts, a student campaign urges peers not to join pro-Israel groups — even liberal ones Penny Schwartz March 17, 2022 …Tufts’ Students for Justice in Palestine chapter this week called for a strategic boycott against Israel, asking students … Continue reading
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides isn’t just out of touch with the reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He sees his job not as fostering good relations, but telling Israelis what they can and cannot do
JNS An envoy from a failed past points towards a problematic future Jonathan S. Tobin March 18, 2022 …Israelis and American friends of Israel were aware that [Ambassador Thomas] Nides and his boss, President Joe Biden, have a different point … Continue reading
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“Iranian media continue to release more detail about its alleged nabbing of Mossad agents who tried to recruit a member of Iran’s IR-6 centrifuge team at its Fordow nuclear facility”
JERUSALEM POST Iran blames Israel for destroying hundreds of Iranian drones Yonah Jeremy Bob March 16, 2022 The latest exchange between Israel and Iran may be a result of Israel having destroyed hundreds of Iranian drones last month, according to … Continue reading
49 US Republican senators say they will not back new #Iran nuclear deal. This Isn’t #Obama’s Iran Deal. It’s Much, Much Worse.
NATIONAL REVIEW Republicans Make It Clear They’ll Scrap Biden’s Weak Iran Deal Carine Hajjar March 14, 2022 Today, 49 Republican senators came out against the Biden administration’s impending nuclear deal with Iran. Republicans stressed two points: Any deal pursued by … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Iran, Joe Biden, Robert Malley
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“Israel has done what it can to help its Arab citizens and other Arabs to whom it owes nothing to find safety in the conflict”
JERUSALEM POST Israel’s rescue of Arabs from Ukraine undermines oppression narrative David May March 12, 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has given us an unexpected snapshot of the dueling realities and propaganda surrounding Israel. The truth: Israel has done … Continue reading
“If there was any doubt about Amnesty’s credibility as a legitimate voice of authority, it is now abundantly clear that they are firmly entrenched in the cadre of extremist anti-Israel provocateurs”
JTA Amnesty International official is ‘opposed’ to Israel as a Jewish state Ron Kampeas March 11, 2022 An Amnesty International official said that the organization is opposed to Israel continuing to exist as a Jewish state. “We are opposed to … Continue reading
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#BDSFail Sierra Club walks back cancellation of Israel trips
TIMES OF ISRAEL Sierra Club reinstates Israel trips after canceling amid anti-Zionist group pressure Luke Tress March 15, 2022 The US environmental nonprofit Sierra Club is reinstating trips to Israel after canceling scheduled visits in response to pressure from anti-Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Sierra Club, Simon Wiesenthal Center
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How ADL went woke, embraced #criticalracetheory, lost the plot
COMMENTARY The Revolution Inside the ADL Seth Mandel April 2022 …[Rabbi] Wright singled out the ADL’s redefinition of “racism” as indicative of how far it has strayed from its mission. Under Greenblatt, he said, “the literature, some of the positions, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged ADL, Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt
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