Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

The Biden administration is still working to finalize the Israel-Sudan agreement

AXIOS Blinken to host event marking Abraham Accords anniversary by Barak Ravid September 14, 2021 Secretary of State Tony Blinken will hold a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco to … Continue reading

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“Germany, still scarred by the Holocaust, has seen a rise in anti-Semitic violence in recent years”

REUTERS German police arrest four over synagogue attack plan September 16, 2021 Police averted a possible Islamist attack on a synagogue in western Germany and arrested four people including a 16-year-old Syrian youth in connection with the threat, the regional … Continue reading

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“Despite Israel’s location in the Middle East, when CENTCOM was created in 1983, responsibility for the Jewish state was assigned to U.S. European Command”

NAVY TIMES Why Israel’s transfer to US Central Command could help deter Iran by Bradley Bowman and Behnam Ben Taleblu September 7, 2021 U.S. Central Command announced Sept. 1 that it has assumed responsibility for U.S. forces in Israel. This … Continue reading

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“It will start without warning. And the consequences are likely to be enormous”

TABLET MAG The Next Lebanon War by Matti Friedman September 9, 2021 …What’s different this summer is that some of the important changes on the Lebanese side have become easier to see. Lebanon has long been a husk of a … Continue reading

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“The U.S. has abandoned Kabul, but America’s former client in Islamabad still holds leverage over the superpower it helped defeat”

BLOOMBERG How Pakistan Won the War in Afghanistan by Eli Lake September 9, 2021 For much of the war on terror that began after 9/11, Pakistan played a double game. It occasionally helped track and detain al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. … Continue reading

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Guarantees on paper, as diplomatically wordsmithed as they may be, have proved meaningless

JNS As Afghanistan collapses, Israel learns the value of international ‘security guarantees’ by Amir Avivi and Or Yissachar September 12, 2021 …Further still, guarantees on paper, as diplomatically wordsmithed as they may be, were given to both the Afghani and … Continue reading

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“Latest release in AJC’s “About the Jews” video series, “Is Israel Only for Jews?”challenges the common Arab notion that Israelis are all Jewish or that Arabs in the Jewish state are oppressed”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Arabic-language video challenges anti-Israel views by ILH Staff September 15, 2021 A new Arabic-language video about diversity and coexistence in Israel, produced as part of the American Jewish Committee’s “An al-Yahud” (About the Jews) series, … Continue reading

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Hebrew Hammer’ Ryan Braun retires from MLB after illustrious 14-year career

JTA Ryan Braun, former MVP and the all-time Jewish home run hitter, retires from Major League Baseball by Jacob Gurvis September 14, 2021 Ryan Braun, the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder who slugged more home runs than any Jewish player in baseball … Continue reading

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EVENT Live Conference: Fight Racism, Not Jews: The United Nations & The Durban Deceit

Fight Racism: Not Jews The United Nations and the Durban Deceit Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:00 am – 6:00 pm EDT First broadcast ever. Leading international experts and human rights voices from around the world will be heard addressing the … Continue reading

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“The ADL’s apology for its former director’s opposition to a Ground Zero mosque is one more way the anniversary is being used to change the narrative about the attack”

JNS The real lesson of 9/11 isn’t a story about Islamophobia by Jonathan Tobin September 10, 2021 One of the strangest aspects of post-9/11 America has been the compulsion of so many to change the narrative about the attacks that … Continue reading

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