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- The Betrayal of the Intellectual
- Anti-Israel activists lead push to repeal Illinois anti-BDS laws
- "The University of Chicago has always been usefully out of step with its peers in higher education...and takes perverse pride in its reputation as the place where fun goes to die"
- SodaStream Adds ‘Made in West Bank’ to Labels
- Chloé Valdary: “Forever” – An ode to the people of Israel [VIDEO]
- “There are two times in my life the hair on my arms has stood up,” Dodgers general manager Al Campanis once recalled. “The first time I saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the first time I saw Sandy Koufax throw a fastball”
- "Israel told its citizens they could stop wearing masks indoors on Tuesday"
- 60 Minutes’ Kroft Says Iran Isn’t Building a Bomb, Praises its Welfare System
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
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
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Antone Melton-Meaux, Ilhan Omar
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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
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged COVID19, Hebron, Palestinians
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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
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Hezbollah, Lebanon, Qassem Soleimani, Syria
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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
“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
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