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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
Israel has “annulled” the Oslo Accords, says P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas
JNS Abbas: PA no longer bound by agreements with Israel, US by Daniel Siryoti, Shahar Klaiman and Dean Shmuel Elmas May 20, 2020 Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that he was terminating all agreements with Israel and … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians
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US plan to remove troops from Sinai “has been met with opposition by both the State Department and the Israeli government”
JEWISH INSIDER Congress warns Trump about withdrawing U.S. troops from Sinai by Jacob Kornbluh May 18, 2020 A bipartisan group of members of Congress — led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) and ranking member Bob Menendez … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Egypt, Mark Esper, Sinai, US State Department
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Saudi Arabia: “Our Relations with Israel Are Warm, Have Gone Beyond Normalization”
MEMRI Saudi Writer Abdulhameed Al-Ghobain: Saudis Care about National Interests, Not about the Palestinian Cause from BBC Arabic May 10, 2020 …Abdulhameed Al-Ghobain: “I am talking about public opinion. Today, the public is informed. There is a deluge [of opinions] … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Abdulhameed Al-Ghobain, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia
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“In a region rife with adversaries, Israel considers Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group, to be its toughest and most immediate threat”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) 20 years after withdrawal, Israel, Hezbollah brace for war by AP and ILH staff May 20, 2020 Twenty years after Israel withdrew from the security zone in southern Lebanon, the IDF and the Iranian-backed … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon, Shiite, terror
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Letter to IRS charges “senior executives and staff members at the Whitney had “knowingly engaged in conduct which was flagrantly at odds with the Whitney’s charitable purpose”
ALGEMEINER Former Nazi Hunter Targeting Whitney Museum of Art in NYC Over ‘Capitulation’ to Anti-Israel Activists by Staff May 19, 2020 A former top official with the US Justice Department who hunted Nazi war criminals for two decades is spearheading … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Warren Kanders, Whitney Museum
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“Palestinian media, government officials and activists have recycled these themes by placing coronavirus and Israel at the center of their delusions”
NEWSWEEK Arab world delusions fuel #BDS campaign’s coronavirus conspiracies by Samantha Mandeles May 17, 2020 The past two months have seen an explosion of coronavirus-related anti-Zionist discourse from across the globe. Notably, proponents of the global “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, coronavirus, COVID19
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“All of the intersectional solidarity with enemies of Israel leads, of course, to hate for Israel, and, by extension, hate for Jews generally”
JEWISH POLICY CENTER How “Social Justice” Movement Defines Jews as Villains by Philip Carl Salzman Spring 2020 …Black Lives Matter officially sides with Palestinian Arabs against Israeli Jews, notwithstanding the centuries of Arab slaving in Africa, the selling and holding … Continue reading
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“Coronavirus ‘tipped over’ patients who would have died of other causes within year, says Shaare Zedek head Ofer Merin”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Most people we lost to COVID were already near death — Jerusalem hospital chief by Nathan Jeffay May 20, 2020 A hospital chief said most COVID-19 patients who died at his institution had around a year’s life … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID19, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
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“Israel’s coalition government contemplates redrawing the country’s borders, with America’s blessing. Senior ex-diplomat Dore Gold gives the inside scoop on how and why the status quo may not last long”
TABLET MAG Annexing the Jordan Valley by Armin Rosen May 14, 2020 … Another option would be to annex territory that prior talks haven’t succeeded in taking off the table, but whose strategic value might exceed the backlash risked by … Continue reading
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Tagged Annexation, Dore Gold, Jordan Valley, West Bank
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Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) spearhead House letter in defense of Israel at the ICC; Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rob Portman (R-OH) lead Senate version
JERUSALEM POST Congress to Pompeo: ICC has no jurisdiction over disputed territories by Omri Nahmias May 14, 2020 A large, bipartisan group of 69 senators and 262 House representatives sent a letter on Wednesday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Ben Cardin, Elaine Luria, Mike Gallagher, Rob Portman
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