Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Memo to Abbas: “The fact is, no other refugee population exists from the 1940s. They have all moved on to build their lives in the places to which they fled or in other countries”

FORWARD The real killer of the two-state solution? The Palestinian right of return Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf July 30, 2020 …The overriding Palestinian demand, more important than the explicit demand of statehood, has always been the innocuous sounding right … Continue reading

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Knesset member: “Wow. Twitter just admitted that tweets calling genocide against Jews by Iranian leaders DON’T violate its policy! This is a double standard. This is anti-Semitism”

CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS Knesset makes effort to confront anti-Israel, anti-Jewish posts, hate speech online by Israel Kasnett August 1, 2020 …On July 29, the Israeli Knesset held a hearing concerning the growing concern of anti-Semitism found on social media….At the … Continue reading

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Young Turks want to leave Turkey, irrespective of their political leanings

GATESTONE INSTITUTE Turkey’s Brain Drain: Why Youths See No Future There by Burak Bekdil August 1, 2020 Turkey’s Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, once declared his political mission as “raising devout (Muslim) generations.” Research in recent years has shown that … Continue reading

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#SethRogen’s opinions about Israel “are increasingly popular among young progressives who have replaced traditional Jewish religious and moral values with a menu of cultural Marxist ideas regrading race, victimhood, and power”

NATIONAL REVIEW Why Seth Rogen’s Anti-Israel Rant Matters by David Harsanyi July 29, 2020 You probably won’t be surprised to learn that Seth Rogen has, at best, a facile understanding of basic history, faith, or politics. We shouldn’t expect anything … Continue reading

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“Just as Pelosi and colleagues demonize law enforcement officers trying to restore order and safety in places like Portland, Seattle, and Chicago, the media and Netanyahu’s opponents in Knesset condemn the police for any effort to arrest demonstrators”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Riots and Protests from Portland to Jerusalem by Caroline Glick July 31, 2020 Over the past several years, public discourse in the United States has seen a lot of new lows. It saw another … Continue reading

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DNC 2020 platform expresses “opposition to “any effort to unfairly single out and delegitimize Israel, including at the UN or through the BDS movement”

JNS DNC platform will not condition US aid to Israel on sovereignty, but will seek return to Iran deal by Jackson Richman July 28, 2020 In a move that bodes well for Israel, the Democratic National Committee’s platform committee voted … Continue reading

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“Jordan understands that it was defeated in 1948 and 1967 and that the Jewish State is here to stay”

ARUTZ AHEVA How victory works by Nave Dromi July 21, 2020 …Seventy two years ago, in 1948, Jordan, then known as Transjordan, with arguably the strongest army in the region, British trained, invaded what would become the territory of the … Continue reading

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Israel’s “new generation of armored crewmen might look less like George Patton and more like your favorite Twitch video game streamer”

WASHINGTON POST A new Israeli tank features Xbox controllers, AI honed by ‘StarCraft II’ and ‘Doom’ by Noah Smith and Leore Dayan July 28, 2020 From the outside, the Carmel looks like any conventional weapon of war. It is wrapped … Continue reading

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“Study of 10,000 seeds from Negev viticulture settlements illustrates how plague, climate change and socioeconomic depression in booming empire’s periphery point to its decline”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Seeds from 1,500-year-old Negev trash pits show a world on the brink of collapse by Amanda Borschel-Dan July 27, 2020 Pandemic, climate change, and international socioeconomic depression are all leading factors in the crash and burn of … Continue reading

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“Emgage Action has titled the event “Million Muslim Votes,” underscoring its emphasis on boosting Muslim turnout in November”

WASHINGTON POST Biden urges Muslim Americans to help him defeat Trump by Mariam Fam and Elana Schor July 20, 2020 Democrat Joe Biden urged Muslim Americans on Monday to join him in the fight to defeat President Donald Trump as … Continue reading

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