Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Murder victim David Amess previously served as honorary secretary of Conservative Friends for Israel”

J POST Extremist preacher suggests UK lawmaker may have been killed for being ‘pro-Israel’ by Staff October 18, 2021 David Amess, the British Conservative lawmaker who was allegedly murdered on Friday by 25-year-old Ali Harbi Ali in what police have … Continue reading

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#PeggyShapiro “We must speak up for the thousands of people who were murdered by the Iranian regime, and against those who would have us dismiss mass murder as “letting bygones be bygones”

JNS ‘Never again’ means rejecting silence in the face of evil by Peggy Shapiro October 17, 2021 I am the child of Holocaust survivors, who lost their homes and families because a Nazi regime implemented the “Final Solution” to eradicate … Continue reading

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“For those of us who read the Israeli news each day, the reports of murder in the Arab community every few days has become numbing, and heartbreaking”

DANIEL GORDIS SUBSTACK “You’re only here by mistake. Ben-Gurion should have thrown you all out” by Daniel Gordis October 18, 2021 …Though Arabs constitute about 20% of Israel’s population, Arab murder of other Arabs accounts for some 70% of all … Continue reading

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“The Islamic Republic is advancing both the enrichment and weaponization tracks needed to build a bomb”

THE DISPATCH It’s Decision Time on Iran by Richard Goldberg and Jacob Nagel October 14, 2021 …President Biden has only one good option: reconstitute a coalition of democracies willing to exert economic and political pressure alongside sustained military deterrence to … Continue reading

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From the guy who brought you “Matilda” and “Willy Wonka”: When I interviewed him in 1983, Dahl was polite and not unfriendly. But he was a bigot.

THE NEW STATESMAN Roald Dahl’s anti-Semitism was grotesque. I should know – I saw it first hand by Michael Coren October 8, 2021 …There seemed to be something visceral about his [Dahl’s] anger, something more personal and dark than anti-Zionism … Continue reading

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Climate change organization “accuses Israel, which it called a “colonial project,” of illegally occupying Palestine and engaging in “violent oppressive tactics that go against the values we advocate for” 

NATIONAL REVIEW Climate Activist Org Cancels Appearance at DC Statehood Rally over Jewish Groups’ Participation by Caroline Downey October 20, 2021 The Washington, D.C., chapter of climate-activist organization Sunrise movement canceled its speaking appearance at a rally for D.C. statehood … Continue reading

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#NYT: #MayimBialik is too pro-Israel to host Jeopardy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Is Mayim Bialik too Jewish for ‘Jeopardy’? by Jonathan S. Tobin October 19, 2021 …The conceit of the [New York Times] piece was that since Trebek was perceived as being so “neutral,” Bialik was … Continue reading

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#MichaelOren “The American personal relationship with God is weird and off-putting to Israelis, as I found out to my dismay. But the poles of religiosity may be reversing”

TABLET MAG Are Politicians Who Talk About God Crazy? by Michael Oren October 12, 2021 The note placed on the lectern in the middle of my remarks read, “Peres dead. Return immediately.” I instantly stopped and apologized to the audience … Continue reading

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#BariWeiss: “We are living through an epidemic of cowardice. The antidote is courage”

BARI WEISS SUBSTACK Some Thoughts About Courage by Bari Weiss October 19, 2021 Why have things come so undone? And what can we do to rebuild them? Those are the questions, more than any others, that I’ve been turning over … Continue reading

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Hamas holds conference to plan for which Jews they will murder once Israel is destroyed; entrapping others to prevent a “brain-drain”

MEMRI Hamas-Sponsored ‘Promise Of The Hereafter’ Conference For The Phase Following The Liberation Of Palestine And Israel’s ‘Disappearance’ October 4, 2021 …The conference also recommended that rules be drawn up for dealing with “Jews” in the country, including defining which … Continue reading

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