Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Lebanon has no independent “national institutions” that can serve as counterweights against Iran’s Hezbollah, the most powerful terrorist organization in the world”

NEWSWEEK Lebanon: Hezbollah’s Potemkin Village by Caroline Glick August 12, 2020 …Aside from the despair, there is nothing new about the protests or the calls for Hezbollah and Iran to be chased from Lebanon. For nearly a year before the … Continue reading

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“Raytheon Missiles and Defense and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announce plans to build Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system in the US”

NATIONAL INTEREST America Will Build Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System by Seth Frantzman August 10, 2020 Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system has been instrumental in defending Israel against thousands of Hamas rockets and other threats over the last … Continue reading

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With a wide-open field of nine candidates to succeed Democrat Rep. Joe Kennedy, some fear that a split of the pro-Israel/Jewish vote could let a pro-BDS candidate enter Congress

JNS Could a congressional candidate win in New England’s largest Jewish district? by Sean Savage and Jackson Richman August 14, 2020 The Democratic Party has undergone a shift in recent years, with a number of longtime incumbents falling to progressive … Continue reading

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#KamalaHarris‘s New Chief of Staff Praised Democrats for Boycotting #AIPAC Conference

BREITBART Kamala Harris‘s Chief of Staff Praised Democrats for Boycotting Pro-Israel Conference by Joel Pollak August 14, 2020 Karine Jean-Pierre, the new chief of staff for Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate, praised Democrats in 2019 for boycotting the … Continue reading

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IDF says warplanes, tanks, helicopters hit terror sites after airborne devices spark over 80 fires in recent days

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza amid spate of balloon-borne arson attacks by Staff and Aaron Boxerman August 13, 2020 Israel attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday morning in response to … Continue reading

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The stockpile of weapons-grade ammonium nitrate and the collateral damage it caused to the Beirut port may well have been earmarked for Israel

JNS Israel’s August 4 miracle by Alex Traiman August 9, 2020 Many of Israel’s modern military accomplishments have defied all odds and logic. Surprise victories in Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, Six-Day War in 1967 and Yom Kippur War … Continue reading

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Netanyahu’s comments on annexation delays “come as speculation is high that the country could be heading to a fourth round of elections”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu: US has kept me from annexing West Bank settlements by Tovah Lazaroff August 11, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the US for his failure to annex West Bank settlements. “It was clear from the start … Continue reading

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Although the country was unnamed, Iran has attempted several major cyber-attacks against Israel in recent months

ALGEMEINER Israel Says It Thwarted Massive Cyber-Attack on Defense Industry by Benjamin Kerstein August 11, 2020 A massive cyber-attack on Israel’s defense industry was successfully thwarted, it was reported on Wednesday. The government cleared for publication that the attack was … Continue reading

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“The more affluent and more established Israel’s Arab population has become, the stronger its Palestinian identification to the point of openly challenging the fundamental principles underpinning Israel’s existence”

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY The Conundrum of Israeli-Arab Citizenship by Mordechai Nisan Summer 2020 Issued in the midst of a sustained attempt by the Palestinian Arabs to destroy it at birth, Israel’s 1948 declaration of independence urged them “to participate in … Continue reading

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“She masterminded the 2001 murder of my daughter and 14 others in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing. Not only is she still free, she’s a celebrity”

TIMES OF ISRAEL I wish others knew what I know about Malki’s killer by Arnold Roth August 9, 2020 This coming Sunday August 9, 2020, marks the completion of nineteen years since the stunningly heartless attack by a thuggery of … Continue reading

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