Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

For present-day speech police, “expression is not a right…but instead something to be permitted only insofar as it serves their higher purpose”

THE AMERICAN INTEREST Free Speech Under Siege by Michael Mandelbaum July 27, 2020 …The assault on free speech is surprising, too, because it is taking place within two institutions founded on that very liberty, the press and the academy. Indeed, … Continue reading

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Given her track record, Melton-Meaux’s once-longshot bid to upset Ilhan Omar in Aug 11 primary is becoming more realistic

JNS Omar’s challenger Antone Melton-Meaux: Progressive and pro-Israel not mutually exclusive by Jackson Richman July 23, 2020 Since taking office in 2019, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has become one of the most outspoken critics of Israel in the U.S. Congress. … Continue reading

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Palestinians alter rendering of destroyed building, calling it a “COVID-19 testing center” to implicate Israel in the latest libel

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH The birth and spread of a new anti-Israel libel: The claim that Israel destroyed a COVID-19 testing center in Hebron is false! by Maurice Hirsch, Adv. July 23, 2020 Whether you attribute the quote to Mark Twain, … Continue reading

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“Over the last several days Hezbollah supporters have put up hundreds of social media posts vowing revenge”

JERUSALEM POST How might Hezbollah retaliate against Israel? by Seth J. Frantzman July 23, 2020 Hezbollah has been prodded to respond to the death of one of its fighters in Syria in what it says was an Israeli airstrike this … Continue reading

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The digital venture, called Diarna, takes you back to painstakingly revived synagogues and destinations once lost to history

SMITHSONIAN MAG Inside the Incredible Effort to Recreate Historic Jewish Sites Destroyed Years Ago by Dara Horn June 2020 On a narrow street in Damascus, one of the oldest cities in the world, I pull open a heavy iron door … Continue reading

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“The international community evidently has no problem with Arab racism and discrimination against the Palestinians”

GATESTONE Palestinians: Victims of Arab Racism by Khaled Abu Toameh July 24, 2020 …In another sign of anti-Palestinian racism, a Lebanese newspaper published in April a cartoon that likened Palestinians to the coronavirus, sparking outrage among many Palestinians and even some … Continue reading

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Replacement #NYT editor “Strasser helped push #BariWeiss out the door”

ALGEMEINER Meet Max Strasser, Israel Critic on Ascent at Post-Bari Weiss New York Times by Ira Stoll July 23, 2020 With the departure of outspoken Zionist Bari Weiss from The New York Times editorial page staff, the go-to-editor on Israel-related … Continue reading

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#PeterBeinart declaration “that he has joined the jackals came as no surprise to those who had been paying attention”

NEWSWEEK The Predicament of Liberal American Jews by Caroline Glick July 23, 2020 In under a week, two events happened at The New York Times—the arbiter of liberal news and opinion—which highlight the growing precariousness of the American Jewish community’s … Continue reading

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Poll shows “American voters have overwhelmingly positive attitudes toward Israel and are strongly supportive of the US-Israel alliance”

ALGEMEINER Two-Thirds of US Voters View Themselves as Pro-Israel, New Poll Finds by Staff July 20, 2020 Around two-thirds of US voters describe themselves as pro-Israel and oppose reducing American security aid to the Jewish state, according to a new … Continue reading

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China and Iran cut a deal: “For Iran, China is a life raft saving it from total economic collapse under the weight of US economic sanctions”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israel and the Sino-Iranian alliance by Caroline Glick July 17, 2020 …Following weeks of feverish rumors, Iran and China have concluded a strategic accord. Last weekend, the New York Times reported on the contents … Continue reading

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