Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“A Bitter James Baker, Who Failed on the Western Sahara, Urges Biden To Rescind the Deal”

NEW YORK SUN Moroccan Envoy Marks Hanukkah With Israel by Benny Avni December 18, 2020 As the Moroccan ambassador to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, lit candles Thursday alongside his Israeli counterpart, Gilad Erdan, some in Washington tsk-tsk’d about the … Continue reading

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“It’s a small shot for a person and a huge step toward the health of us all”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu, Edelstein kick off Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman December 19, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received the first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in Israel at an event that … Continue reading

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“The Atlanta clergyman often sounds more like a transnational leftist than an American politician”

WALL STREET JOURNAL What Raphael Warnock Believes About Israel by Barton Swaim December 16, 2020 The Middle East poses a problem for the Democrats. Theirs was traditionally the pro-Israel party and still commands the support of a substantial majority of … Continue reading

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“Many American Jews have simply stopped caring about both Israel and Judaism, a point that has not escaped the notice of the American elites. If Jews stop caring about themselves, nobody else will”

BEGIN SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES US Election 2020: Most American Jews Don’t Care About Israel By Lev Stesin December 18, 2020 Post-US election number-crunching has revealed that somewhere between 70% and 75% of American Jews voted for Joe Biden … Continue reading

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Pro-Israel Rep Kathleen Rice (NY-D) selected over AOC for seat on House Energy and Commerce Committee

POLITICO Kathleen Rice beats out AOC for spot on coveted House committee by Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle December 17, 2020 Rep. Kathleen Rice has captured a prized seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee after a contentious showdown … Continue reading

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“The UAE has been embracing a unique kind of tolerance that has translated into actions – not just the kind of talk of “diversity” one gets in the US or Europe, where Jews have to go to synagogue surrounded by security and armed guards”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM The UAE’s Full-throttled Embrace of Religious Tolerance by Seth Frantzman December 12, 2020 The extraordinary scenes in Dubai that included Hanukkah celebrations are part of a historic and unprecedented process of embracing tolerance, coexistence and peace by … Continue reading

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The Biden administration has the chance to end the division between the parties about support for the Jewish state. Will they ?

JNS Can the bipartisan consensus on Israel be revived? by Jonathan S. Tobin December 17, 2020 One of the standard laments of the organized American Jewish world in recent years has been the decline and fall of the bipartisan consensus … Continue reading

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“Declaring a world first, Defense Ministry pits all three tiers of its system against various threats, demonstrating a ‘capability that currently only Israel has’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel stages major air defense drill, proving it can shoot down cruise missiles by Judah Ari Gross December 15, 2020 The Defense Ministry completed a major, unprecedented air defense exercise this month, which tested the abilities of … Continue reading

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“Trump’s sundry Middle East peace deals are humiliating for his predecessors. Not only did they fail where Trump has succeeded, but they insisted that his achievements were impossible”

NEWSWEEK Trump’s Legacy of Peace by Caroline Glick December 16, 2020 What for so long eluded presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama seems to have come effortlessly to President Donald Trump. In the space of just four months, … Continue reading

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“With the potential paradigm shift taking place in the Middle East, it is imperative for our children to be able to communicate and engage with Arabs in Israel and neighbors in the region”

JNS Cotler-Wunsh submits bill to promote Arabic language in Israeli schools by Eliana Rudee December 14, 2020 Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party submitted a bill in Israel’s Knesset to require Arabic-language studies. Proposed as an … Continue reading

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