Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“To compare a case of squatters refusing to pay rent on land that isn’t legally theirs to Ukrainians facing a Russian military onslaught on their own soil, is both dumb and disgusting”

ALGEMEINER Media Outlets Use Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine to Attack Israel Sean Durns March 10, 2022 Ukraine is a 38-hour drive from Israel. The two countries are in different regions of the world. The newspapers who cover them do so … Continue reading

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Saudi state television described those executed as having “followed the footsteps of Satan” in carrying out their crimes

ASSOCIATED PRESS Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution Jon Gambrell March 12, 2022 Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens: Biden administration “continues to operate under a series of potentially catastrophic illusions”

NEW YORK TIMES This Is How World War III Begins Bret Stephens March 15, 2022 The usual date given for the start of World War II is Sept. 1, 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop … Continue reading

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President Zelensky’s chief of staff writes for The Times of Israel: Just as the Jews fell victim to Nazis, Ukrainians are falling victim to Russia’s efforts to commit acts of genocide

TIMES OF ISRAEL Today, Ukraine is Israel: We implore Jews across the world to come to our aid by Andriy Yermak March 4, 2022 Putin says he’s coming to “de-nazify” Ukraine. Ukraine, with the third-largest Jewish population in Europe and … Continue reading

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Biden’s Iran negotiator Malley “has agreed to sanctions relief that will provide Iran with an immediate cash infusion of $90 billion, as well as an additional $50-55 billion annually in oil and gas profits”

CAROLINE GLICK BLOG Biden Shatters Israel’s Delusions March 7, 2022 …But then, last Wednesday, Gabriel Noronha, a former Iran specialist at the State Department, published details of the concessions [Biden administration negotiator] Malley has already agreed to on his Twitter … Continue reading

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“Like many other countries, Turkey is looking at improved ties with Israel as a way to better its relationship with the US”

JERUSALEM POST Erdogan not honoring Herzog out of love for Israel by Lahav Harkov March 9, 2022 President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Turkey at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a timely one. Next week Jews across the … Continue reading

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“Obama’s fecklessness in Syria and the Iran deal forced Jerusalem to choose survival over its principles”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Israel, Russia and the U.S. Moral Abdication by Natan Sharansky March 6, 2022 …Making matters worse, an imminent nuclear deal with Iran will give yet more money to the regime without any linkage to its behavior. As … Continue reading

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Influx into Israel seen swelling into biggest since Soviet Union’s breakup

BLOOMBERG Russian Jews Look to Israel to Escape Putin’s Wartime Isolation by Daniel Avis March 9, 2022 Mark Dagin last traveled from Russia to Israel more than 15 years ago for a two-week vacation with his father…Dagin’s among thousands of … Continue reading

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“Putin and those who hate Israel are convinced that these states–Israel and Ukraine–have no right to exist and wish to eliminate them”

JEWISH JOURNAL Russification of Ukraine and Arabization of Judea/Palestine: Two Sides of the Same Coin by Micha Danzig March 7, 2022 …What is surprising, however, is how few people understand the strong connection between the Russification ideology and history, which animates … Continue reading

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“Not wishing to anger either Russian President Vladimir Putin or the Biden administration, the P.A. and Hamas have so far refrained from taking official positions on Ukraine”

JNS The Palestinian stance on the Ukraine war by Yoni Ben Menachem March 6, 2022 …At the same time, the Palestinians are well aware that Ukrainian President Zelensky is a Jew. In their view, he is also a Zionist who … Continue reading

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