Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Given the Biden administration’s latest moves, Israel needs to conceive and implement a strategy to bypass the US and achieve its goal of preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Iran – where Biden and Israel’s legal fraternity converge by Caroline Glick April 30, 2021 …Like the Obama administration before it, the Biden administration is ideologically committed to realigning US policy towards Iran and … Continue reading

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John Brennan–dispatcher of Predator drones and their Hellfire missiles–should understand that checkpoints are a non-violent even if unpleasant security measure”

CAMERA BLOG John Brennan, “Drone Warrior,” laments that the Jews use checkpoints by Gilead Ini April 28, 2021 …What motivated [John Brennan’s] confounding essay, which slams Israel’s checkpoints and security barrier but ignores the Palestinian violence that prompted them; that, … Continue reading

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“Until now, Orthodox synagogues in Israel have only appointed women to serve in positions of spiritual leadership alongside male rabbis, never by themselves”

JERUSALEM POST 1st ever woman spiritual leader of Orthodox synagogue appointed in Israel by Jeremy Sharon April 28, 2021 The Shirat Tamar Synagogue in Efrat has appointed Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis as its sole spiritual leader and halachic [Jewish law] … Continue reading

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Despite Israel’s astonishing success against coronavirus, US State Department warns citizens against visiting the country due to a “high level of COVID-19”

WORLD ISRAEL NEWS Israel fights back as State Department issues travel warning despite Covid success by Paul Shindman April 28, 2021 Israel is fighting back and telling Americans it’s safe to visit Israel, a Tourism Ministry official told World Israel … Continue reading

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“Mr. Biden seems to believe that his diplomatic ambitions in respect of Iran ought to trump — forgive the expression — Israel’s interests”

NEW YORK SUN The Blame Israel First Policy Editorial Board April 26, 2021 Must Israel hold its fire against Iran in order to make it easier for President Biden to rejoin a nuclear deal that the Jewish state opposes? That … Continue reading

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“Sadly, our Jewish students have no response because no one has shared Israel’s legal and historical rights to the land of Israel, and Judea and Samaria, with them”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Why it’s crucial to educate about Israel’s rights to the land by Diane Bederman April 26, 2021 …Let’s begin with these questions: Why do so many people and nations question Israel’s borders and the … Continue reading

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“Kerry has previously been accused of colluding with Iranian leaders to undermine Trump administration”

NEW YORK POST Iran foreign minister reveals John Kerry kept in touch about Israeli covert operations by Mark Moore Apri 26, 2021 Iran’s foreign minister claimed in a leaked recording that former US Secretary of State John Kerry told him … Continue reading

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“Eli Rozen was walking his dog when dozens of rioters assaulted him with fists, rocks and clubs; he says he’s lucky to be alive; attack one of several on Jewish civilians”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Jerusalem man beaten by Palestinian mob on Friday says city in ‘Third Intifada’ by Staff and Agencies April 25, 2021 An Israeli man who was badly beaten by a Palestinian mob Friday night during rioting in Jerusalem, … Continue reading

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Watchdog group #NGOMonitor: #HRW publication “merely part of a much wider assault on Israel and its identity as a Jewish state”

ALGEMEINER Watchdog Group Slams New Human Rights Watch Publication Attacking Israel as an ‘Apartheid’ State by Benjamin Kerstein April 25, 2021 A top watchdog group on Sunday slammed an upcoming publication by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) that accuses … Continue reading

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“It is important to understand that this timeline is similar to how tensions grew in 2014 and other cycles that led to tensions in Gaza and Jerusalem”

JERUSALEM POST Escalation over Jerusalem is how wars start by Seth J. Frantzman April 24, 2021 The recent string of events leading to greater clashes in Jerusalem and rocket fire from Gaza is part of the cycle that has led … Continue reading

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