Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Another myth dispelled: “Although the Israelis gave Gaza to the Palestinians, the Israelis never took Gaza from the Palestinians”

WASHINGTON TIMES Why Hamas fights Israel by Clifford May October 26, 2021 In 2005, Israelis conducted a bold experiment. Prevailing wisdom held that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was due to Israel’s “occupation” of two “Palestinian territories.” If that was true, shouldn’t … Continue reading

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“The Iranian commander’s statements coincide with the Biden administration’s delusional commitment to the fiction that the US will somehow convince Iran to abandon its plans to acquire nuclear weapons”

GATESTONE The Role of Iran’s Palestinian Mercenaries by Khaled Abu Toameh October 28, 2021 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are embarrassed: Iran just admitted that both of those terrorist groups serve as mercenaries for the mullahs in Tehran. For … Continue reading

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“Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, Mohammed bin Salman forced him out. Now, MBS is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, and Aljabri is in exile. Aljabri believes the crown prince wants him dead because of what he knows”

60 MINUTES Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a “psychopath,” says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows by Scott Pelley October 24, 2021 Much of the world was horrified when Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Turkey … Continue reading

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#AJC: “That one in four American Jews has been the target of anti-Semitism over the past year alone, and that four out of 10 have taken steps to conceal their Jewishness or curtail their activities as a result should alarm Americans”

JNS US Jews start to see far-left as serious threat, four in 10 Jews have had to conceal identity by Faygie Holt October 25, 2021 For the third year in a row, the American Jewish Committee has released a survey … Continue reading

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The 2021 Arab Youth survey is the first to include Israel in the question

JEWISH INSIDER Young Arabs rank Israel as the fourth most influential country on the Arab world by Jacob Miller October 22, 2021 Arab youth consider Israel a formidable presence in the Middle East, trailing behind the United States, Saudi Arabia … Continue reading

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Six Palestinians were condemned to death for cooperating with Israel by the military judiciary in Gaza

JERUSALEM POST Hamas condemns six Gazans to death for cooperating with Israel by Staff October 28, 2021 Hamas condemned six people to death on Thursday for cooperating with Israel, the military judiciary in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday. Additional … Continue reading

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#KenLevin on #antisemitism “Together, intersectional allies have generated the astronomical rise in attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions in present-day America”

FRONT PAGE MAG Intersectionality and American Anti-Semitism by Kenneth Levin October 22, 2021 …But perhaps the most substantive campaign mounted by intersectionality allies – most notably elements of the African-American community and of the Islamist/Palestinian community in America – has … Continue reading

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Mandla Mandela called on African countries to boycott the Miss Universe competition, to be held in Israel in December

NEWS 24 Former Miss Iraq calls out Mandla Mandela’s appeal for African countries to withdraw from Miss Universe by Graye Morkel October 22, 2021 In a video posted on Instagram and Twitter, former Miss Iraq, Sarah Abdali Idan, addressed Mandla … Continue reading

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“Under new regulations, only tourists who have been vaccinated during the 180 days before they boarded the plane will be allowed to enter Israel”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel to allow vaccinated or recovered tourists to enter starting November 1 by Staff October 21, 2021 Ministers on Thursday opened Israel’s borders, starting November 1, to tourists who are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from … Continue reading

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“In a 2013 interview, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed learning Yiddish as a young man while working in a Jewish-owned store”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Colin Powell dead at 84: An Israel admirer, he pushed for compromises for peace by JTA and Staff October 18, 2021 Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black US national security advisor, the … Continue reading

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