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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“In 2017, the Chicago Dyke March threw out participants for carrying flags emblazoned with the Star of David”
ALGEMEINER Chicago Dyke March Posts Promotional Image Showing Burning Israeli and American Flags by Benjamin Kerstein June 21, 2021 The Chicago Dyke March, an annual LGBT parade that in 2017 ejected marchers carrying flags with Jewish symbols, promoted its upcoming … Continue reading
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called Iranian president elect Raisi the “Butcher of Tehran” and “an extremist responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iranians”
JERUSALEM POST ‘Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi wins Iran election amid low turnout by Lahav Harkov, Reuters June 19, 2021 Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge under US sanctions for human rights abuses, secured victory as expected on Saturday in Iran’s presidential … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Ebrahim Raisi, Iran, Yair Lapid
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Natan Sharansky: “Israel has become the ball and chain that endangers their standing as good progressives”
TABLET MAG The Un-Jews by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy June 15, 2021 In May, when Israelis were attacked by Hamas missiles from Gaza, the criticism from some voices within the American Jewish community seemed not only more intense but … Continue reading
@MichaelDickson of @StandWithUs accused Hollywood actor @SethRogen of ‘providing cover for extremists who seek to ridicule, bully and troll Jews online’
JEWISH NEWS Seth Rogen in online spat with head of pro-Israel group StandWithUs by Francine Wolfisz June 16, 2021 Seth Rogen and a leading Israel advocate were embroiled in a heated Twitter exchange this week, with the Hollywood actor accused … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Michael Dickson, Seth Rogen, StandWithUs
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“The presence of the Egyptian construction teams in the Gaza Strip means that Hamas and other Palestinian factions will not be able to resume the rocket attacks on Israel, Palestinian sources told The Jerusalem Post”
JERUSALEM POST Is Egypt planning to retake control of the Gaza Strip? by Khaled Abu Toameh June 10, 2021 Scenes of dozens of Egyptian bulldozers, cranes and trucks entering the Gaza Strip last Friday have left some Palestinians wondering whether … Continue reading
J Street’s 2014 bid to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations also was rejected
JTA J Street drops bid to join Zionist umbrella group June 17, 2021 J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, dropped its months-long bid to join the American Zionist movement, the umbrella body for U.S. pro-Israel groups. The … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged AZM, J Street, World Zionist Congress
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Democrats falsely accuse GOP senator of “blocking humanitarian aid” to Gaza
FREE BEACON Sen. Risch Won’t Lift Hold on Palestinian Aid Without Guarantee Taxpayer Money Is Kept From Terrorists by Adam Kredo June 16, 2021 Sen. Jim Risch (R., Idaho), ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Jamie Raskin, Jim Risch
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“In regards to Iran, ignoring Republican opposition, Lapid said the US return to the 2015 nuclear agreement is a done deal”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) New government, new threats by Caroline Glick June 18, 2021 …Although Naftali Bennett is prime minister, the real power in the government is Foreign Minister and Prime Minister-designate Yair Lapid. Lapid controls 75% of … Continue reading
“Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett thanks President Joe Biden for his recent support for Israel during the Gaza war”
JNS Biden congratulates Bennett, agrees to work closely on regional security, Iran by Staff June 13, 2021 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday just hours after the Israeli leader was sworn into office. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Naftali Bennett
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“Israel told its citizens they could stop wearing masks indoors on Tuesday”
REUTERS Israel scraps indoor mask order as COVID-19 infections wane June 15, 2021 srael told its citizens they could stop wearing masks indoors on Tuesday, ending one of its last main restrictions as new COVID-19 infections continued to wane even … Continue reading
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