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- "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"
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- Joan Peters Caro, author of From Time Immemorial, has passed away in Chicago
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- PM #Netanyahu addresses citizens of #Israel on #Chanukah
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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
It’s kind of a “1619 Project” but for Jews: NEH grant funds “large-scale collaborative project to rewrite the histories, narratives, and memories of and by Jews in the Middle East in the 19th-21st centuries”
JEWISH PRESS National Endowment for the Humanities Spends $250K to Fund a ‘1619 Project’ for Israel by Daniel Greenfield December 7, 2021 Last year, Lior Sternfeld and Michelle Campos signed the so-called Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism which argued that calling … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged anti-Zionism, Zionism
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Sediment samples swiped from 2,700-year-old privy reveal the presence of intestinal worm eggs that would have caused abdominal pain, diarrhea and itching
TIMES OF ISRAEL Ancient toilet shows Jerusalem’s rich wallowed in luxury – and discomfort by Stuart Winer January 4, 2022 Archaeological research on a 2,700-year-old toilet uncovered in Jerusalem found that its owners were wealthy but suffered from a range … Continue reading
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United Nations General Assembly funds UNHRC “mock court” against Israel
JERUSALEM POST 125 countries back open-ended UNHRC war crimes probe against Israel by Tovah Lazaroff December 24, 2021 The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted to fund an unprecedented open-ended war crimes probe against Israel, with the backing of … Continue reading
“Abbas’s visit was the first time the Palestinian leader held talks with a senior Israeli official inside Israel since 2010”
TIMES OF ISRAEL World cheers Gantz-Abbas meeting, hopes for continued cooperation in 2022 by Jacob Magid December 30, 2021 Senior representatives of the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and various countries around the world hailed the rare … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Gantz, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians
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The Lebanese are making it clear that they do not want Hamas — or any other Palestinian group — to drag them into another war with Israel.
GATESTONE Lebanon: Do Not Let the Palestinians Destroy Our Country by Khaled Abu Toameh December 29, 2021 It appears that the Palestinians are determined to continue their fight against Israel until the last Arab. For decades, the Palestinians have used … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinians, PFLP, terror
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Dermer: “Without a U.S. credible military threat, no diplomacy will achieve a positive outcome a positive outcome”
JNS Iran nuclear deal has ‘put us on cruise control heading over a cliff,’ former envoy says by Dmitriy Shapiro December 24, 2021 Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer this week defended his government’s positions that encouraged America … Continue reading
Chicago-based Niagara Foundation’s assets frozen because of links with US based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a fierce rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
I24NEWS Citing terror links, Turkey freezes assets of 770 individuals, US group Reuters December 24, 2021 Turkey has frozen the assets of a total of 770 people and a US-based foundation on the grounds of terrorism financing, a ruling published … Continue reading
Terror groups lament passing of Desmond Tutu who accused ‘the Jews’ of causing “many of the world’s problems”
THE LID What The Media Didn’t Tell You About Bishop Desmond Tutu by Jeff Dunetz December 27, 2021 When Bishop Desmond Tutu passed away on Sunday, he was celebrated across the world as a man who led non-violent opposition to … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Apartheid, Desmond Tutu, Hamas
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As violence rises against Jews in Germany, one group has a radically simple scheme to fight back
SLATE “Meet a Jew” by Peter Yeung December 28, 2021 Apart from the hushed scribbling of pens on paper, silence filled an airy third-floor classroom at Sophie Scholl School on a recent afternoon in Berlin. One by one, two dozen … Continue reading
Israel’s Health Ministry director may not endorse panel’s recommendation to offer additional booster shots if further data suggests hospitalizations lower from new variant
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel said to delay rollout of 4th COVID shots amid signs Omicron less severe by Staff December 23, 2021 The Health Ministry has reportedly decided that Israel will not begin offering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine … Continue reading
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