Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Is Israel an Occupying Power ?

UNPACKED Is Israel an Occupying Power? | The Israeli-Palestinian Context March 31, 2021 Israel’s presence in the West Bank, or Judea and Samaria, has a laundry list of labels, many of which have been built on historical assumptions and modern … Continue reading

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In exclusive interview, Jeyhun Bayramov lauds the “close and mutually beneficial” ties between Azerbaijan and Israel, which cover “political, economic, military and other fields”

JNS Partnership with Israel ‘strong, multidimensional,’ says Azeri foreign minister by Dean Shmuel Elmas April 4, 2021 The relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan is one of Jerusalem’s most unique achievements: close ties with a Shi’ite-majority country that sees Israel as … Continue reading

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“A shift towards the Palestinians and anti-Israel international organizations, coupled with an ominous silence about a drift to Iran appeasement, are all recreating Obama’s “daylight” strategy”

JNS Has Biden already betrayed the trust of pro-Israel Democrats? by Jonathan S. Tobin April 5, 2021 It’s only been 11 weeks since Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States. With the president preoccupied with domestic … Continue reading

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Biden administration resumes use of ‘Occupied Territories’

ARUTZ SHEVA State Dept. Spokesman Ned Price: ‘Is the West Bank occupied? Yes’ by Staff April 2, 2021 US State Department spokesman Ned Price has said that Israel’s “occupation” of Judea and Samaria is a “historical fact.” At a daily … Continue reading

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“Israel has until April 9 to respond to an ICC letter it received last month informing it that a war crimes investigation had been opened”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu to call meeting on ICC investigation of Israel by Tovah Lazaroff April 3, 2021 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold a meeting Tuesday to determine whether Israel should participate in the ICC’s war crimes investigation … Continue reading

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“The more years of education people have, the more likely that they will hate Jews”

ELDER OF ZIYON Evidence that campus anti-Zionist propaganda makes students antisemitic April 2, 2021 Tablet magazine has a most disturbing article that shows that antisemitism is positively correlated with education… We found that respondents with higher education levels are markedly … Continue reading

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“The race to succeed Abbas has just begun, and it is bound to be heated, and most likely violent”

FRONT PAGE MAG Who Will Succeed Mahmoud Abbas? by Joseph Puder April 1, 2021 Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, is now 85-years old; he is frail and largely dysfunctional, as is his Ramallah based Palestinian Authority (PA), which … Continue reading

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Some Palestinians who attended the pro-peace conference in Bahrain “reported direct and indirect threats of violence from Fatah and Hamas”

I24NEWS PA tortured Palestinians who took part in US-led peace workshop in Bahrain in 2019, US says April 1, 2021 The Palestinian Authority took action against Palestinians who took part in a US-led peace workshop in Bahrain in 2019, the … Continue reading

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20 second Covid test developed by Israel start-up approved for use in Europe

ALGEMEINER Israeli Rapid COVID-19 Test Gets EU Nod, With Rollout at European Airports Next by Sharon Wrobel March 31, 2021 Israeli startup Newsight Imaging announced Wednesday that its rapid coronavirus screening device SpectraLIT has been granted European approval for commercial … Continue reading

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“Disastrously, these assaults on all aspects of Jewish life and identity by the woke left are happening as many American Jews are abandoning their Judaism because they see little reason to remain actively Jewish”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The threats American Jewry refuses to face by Caroline B. Glick April 2, 2021 …More than 70% of non-Orthodox Jews who get married, marry non-Jews. Even more startling, only half of non-Orthodox American Jews … Continue reading

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