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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“Erdoğan needs epic stories of military might against real or fabricated foreign enemies to tell an increasing number of grudging voters in the face of an ailing economy”
GATESTONE Erdoğan Needs New Enemies by Burak Bekdil August 22, 2020 …Most recently, condemning the historic normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Erdoğan said that “because we stand by Palestine,” he is considering withdrawing Turkey’s ambassador … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tayyup Erdogan, Turkey
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Former NBA star announces end of two-year journey to join the Tribe, takes on Hebrew name ‘Yahoshafat Ben Avraham’
TIMES OF ISRAEL Amar’e Stoudemire completes his conversion to Judaism by Marcy Oster August 26, 2020 Amar’e Stoudemire has officially finished his conversion to Judaism. The former NBA star, who received Israeli citizenship in March 2019 while playing professional basketball … Continue reading
“They portray themselves as kindly types who bring their detractors tea and wish them a nice day, while they espouse Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic global conspiracy theories”
MLIVE MICHIGAN ‘They fill our sidewalks with hate speech,’ Ann Arbor rabbi says in response to court ruling by Ryan Stanton August 22, 2020 While a federal judge has concluded protests outside an Ann Arbor synagogue amount to free speech, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Ann Arbor, antisemitism, BDS, Beth Israel Congregation, Michigan
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You’re not confused. The ADL is becoming as bad as you think.
TABLET MAG The Mind-Bendingly Insane, Completely Craven, Utterly Unconscionable Redemption of Al Sharpton by Liel Leibovitz August 23, 2020 This past weekend, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, an umbrella group uniting 125 local Jewish communities and 17 national Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged ADL, Al Sharpton, Anti-Defamation League
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WELT reported that Iran-backed Hezbollah had received large deliveries of ammonium nitrate from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force – a US-designated terror organization
AL ARABIYA Hezbollah shipped explosive chemicals to Lebanon prior to Beirut blast August 20, 2020 Iran’s elite Quds Force shipped ammonium nitrate to Hezbollah in Beirut around the same time a Moldovan-flagged tanker arrived carrying 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate … Continue reading
Israeli breakthrough using lasers to thwart aerial attacks
ALGEMEINER New Innovative Israeli Laser Defense System Downs Dozens of Gaza Incendiary Balloons by Benjamin Kerstein August 20, 2020 In a major technological development, a new Israeli laser defense system has downed over two dozen incendiary balloons launched from the … Continue reading
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Have you heard the one about the Israeli Prime Minister and the UAE ambassador who end up in the same Georgetown restaurant ?
NEW YORK TIMES A Dinner and a Deal Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced by Michael Simon Johnson, Eric Krupke and Rachelle Bonja, and edited by Lisa Tobin August 18th, 2020 In March 2018, Mark Landler — then a White House … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Yousef Otaiba
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“The Arabs, and much of the rest of the world support the Palestinians because they wield the veto”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Is the Palestinian Veto Alive or Dead? by Caroline Glick August 21, 2020 Since Israel was established, the Palestinian veto doomed all efforts to forge peace between the Arab world and the Jewish state. … Continue reading
Michael Oren: Setting aside a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the main impediment to peace, to work on the region’s other priorities, marks a fundamental shift that just might work
TIMES OF ISRAEL Stunning Israel-UAE deal upends the ‘rules’ about peace-making in Middle East by Michael Oren August 14, 2020 The impending peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is more than just a stunning diplomatic breakthrough. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Oren, Palestinian, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, said the joint flyby over Dachau symbolized the promise for a future
CBN NEWS ‘Never Again’: Israeli Jets Enter German Airspace for First Time With Flyover of Dachau Camp August 19, 2020 Israeli and German air force jets flew side-by-side over the former Dachau concentration camp on Tuesday as a tribute to … Continue reading
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