Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Antibacterial alternative to the N95 surgical masks now available online from Israel: “Sonovia’s reusable cotton-poly SonoMask are infused with metal-oxide nanoparticles that kill germs and last through 100 washings”

ISRAEL 21C Israeli antimicrobial washable facemasks enter US market by Abigail Klein Leichman May 10, 2020 Reusable antimicrobial SonoMasks from Israeli startup Sonovia Tech have entered the US market in four sizes. The cotton-polyester facemasks are infused with metal-oxide nanoparticles … Continue reading

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“If you believe lies about Israel, you will believe lies about almost anything”

Why would someone like Sebastian Cevallos, a university student in Ecuador, care about Israel? You’d think this tiny country on the other side of the globe from where he lives would have no bearing on his life. But it does. … Continue reading

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Arizona professor punished by employer, told that he “would likely need to take a class taught by a Muslim before teaching about Islamic terrorism”

PJ MEDIA Arizona: Muslim Students Threaten to Kill Prof for Suggesting Islam Is Violent by Robert Spencer May 8, 2020 This will teach those Islamophobes that Islam is a religion of peace: a professor is facing death threats for suggesting … Continue reading

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“As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis will ultimately make those decisions,” Pompeo told reporters. “That’s an Israeli decision”

JERUSALEM POST Amid COVID-19, Pompeo to visit Israel and meet Netanyahu, Gantz by Omri Nahmias May 9, 2020 US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is expected to visit Israel on Wednesday…Secretary Pompeo will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue … Continue reading

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An otherwise positive story from #NYT about Israel’s battle against coronavirus “marred by its opening” which has now been changed online

FORWARD New York Times gets slammed for highlighting fact that Israel Defense Forces kills people by Aiden Pink May 8, 2020 …But some current and former Israeli defense officials pointed out that the article [which has since changed the lede], … Continue reading

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“To be fair, Daniel Pipes has written many strong articles in favor of a robust Israeli policy; this one seems to be a departure”

JEWISH PRESS When it Comes to Sovereignty, Daniel Pipes is Wrong by Yishai Fleisher May 9, 2020 In a recent New York Times article, noted Middle East scholar and pro-Israel pundit Dr. Daniel Pipes warns that Israeli application of sovereignty … Continue reading

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Iran: ‘It makes little sense to lift an arms embargo on a regime that has steadily increased its violent behavior over the past year”

NEWSWEEK Extend the Arms Embargo on Iran by Richard Goldberg and Mark Dubowitz May 7, 2020 In line with a request issued Monday by 387 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing a … Continue reading

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“Pro-Palestinian activists, paleocons attack Ilhan Omar over support for maintaining Iran arms embargo”

FREE  BEACON Omar Attacked as Insufficiently Anti-Israel by Adam Kredo May 8, 2020 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) is under fire from an unlikely group—the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activists who once hailed her as their movement’s biggest star. Omar, who has … Continue reading

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“Thousands of Israeli Arab health-care professionals have been putting their own lives on the line by treating virus patients alongside their Jewish colleagues”

JNS Israel still suffers virus of hate even as it saves Arab lives by Melanie Phillips May 7, 2020 While countries around the world struggle to get on top of the COVID-19 crisis, Israel’s achievement so far has been remarkable. … Continue reading

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“Annexation of the Jordan Valley is a long-standing Israeli objective, going back to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin”

AL-MONITOR Netanyahu’s Annexation Plan Can’t Be Stopped by Efraim Inbar April 29, 2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley is not just a far-right wish, but the fulfillment of long-standing Israeli security objectives. Further, despite … Continue reading

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