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- “By ignoring the ideological reality of Hamas and Hezbollah, Klein treats Israelis and Palestinians as props in a Western morality play rather than actors in a high-stakes struggle for survival”
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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“Today, it’s not white supremacists who pose a threat to Jews in particular and society as a whole, but rather movements like Black Lives Matter and Students for Justice in Palestine”
JNS The ADL chief’s disingenuous epiphany about left-wing anti-Semitism by Ruthie Blum July 13, 2021 It’s a sad day when the head of the Anti-Defamation League receives accolades for acknowledging that anti-Semitism “also” hails from the left. If the person … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged ADL, Anti-Defamation League, antisemitism, Jonathan Greenblatt
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Sec’y of State Blinken “personally raised concern with Israel before Thursday’s destruction of family home of Palestinian-American man alleged to have killed Israeli teen in May”
TIMES OF ISRAEL US now to ‘prioritize’ pushing Israel to stop demolishing terrorists’ homes by Jacob Magid July 9, 2021 The State Department will prioritize pushing Israel to end its controversial policy of demolishing the homes of terrorists, a spokesperson … Continue reading
“I invite Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to meet with me, a Palestinian living in the West Bank, to discuss the problems of the Palestinians and the best solutions to address them”
ALGEMEINER Palestinian Activist: It’s Time Ilhan Omar and ‘The Squad’ Learned the Truth About Israel and Hamas by Bassem Eid July 1, 2021 …I’m a Palestinian who grew up in a UNWRA refugee camp outside of Jerusalem, and have been … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ilhan Omar, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Rashida Tlaib
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“By supporting the plight of the Palestinians, China is cynically stoking the most emotional issue in Middle Eastern politics in order to distract Muslim nations from its own campaign against Uyghurs”
JERUSALEM POST Why has China turned on Israel? by Ilan Berman and Joshua Eisenman July 5, 2021 Amid the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, a surprising voice led the charge against the Jewish state. While Israel’s defensive military response to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged China, Gaza, Hamas, UN Human Rights Council
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“The now-deleted assignment suggested that Israeli oppression was a helpful “contemporary connection” for understanding the struggles of Native Americans”
JNS Washington State removes anti-Israel lesson from K-12 Native American curriculum by Jonah Cohen July 8, 2021 The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) removed on Wednesday what it called “a clear example of implicit bias” against Israel … Continue reading
“The Abraham Accords represent a future that we believe must become more commonplace: one in which differences are set aside in favor of dialogue”
THE NATIONAL NEWS UAE-Israel peace is more than an agreement. It’s a way of life. by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Yair Lapid July 1, 2021 The world expected our differences to define us. One of us is … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Yair Lapid
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Hamas aims to kill as many Israeli civilians as possible, but its rockets place both Israelis and Palestinians in peril; 680 misfired and exploded inside Gaza
JNS How many Gaza Palestinians were killed by Hamas rockets in May? An estimate. by Alex Safian July 5, 2021 Numbers were at the heart of much of the coverage and commentary surrounding the fighting in May between Hamas and … Continue reading
“The conspiratorial notion that Israel deliberately sent unusable vaccines to the Palestinians would later be exposed by events, after both Israelis and South Koreans happily made use of the doses”
TABLET MAG The Palestinian Vaccine Fiasco by Yair Rosenberg July 7, 2021 …The exchange is a win-win for Israel and South Korea—and a lose-lose for the Palestinian people, who were originally supposed to receive these very vaccines in the exact … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged COVID, Palestinians, South Korea
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“The inclusion officer’s identity as a black Jew should have made her unassailable. Instead, it was used to discredit her”
COMMONS SENSE WITH BARI WEISS April Powers Condemned Jew-Hate. Then She Lost Her Job. by Kat Rosenfield July 6, 2021 On first viewing, it looked like a Tik-Tok riff on The Purge: a caravan of cars rolls down La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles. … Continue reading
New Schedule: ArchitectGuy MailChimp summaries to be emailed every Friday
Beginning this Friday July 9, my MailChimp ArchitectGuy news blog summaries will change to once-a-week to provide you with informative weekend reading every Friday. As always, thank you for your support and thoughtful feedback. If you like my blog and … Continue reading
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