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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
Yossi Klein Halevi: “In this pandemic, the nation’s citizens face a crisis that is finally bringing us together”
THE ATLANTIC Israel’s Arab Moment by Yossi Klein Halevi April 30, 2020 …Israeli media regularly feature stories of Arab-Jewish intimacy in the quarantine wards. The newspaper Yediot Aharonot published a four-page photo essay of Arab and Jewish nurses—the first time in … Continue reading
Saudi TV: “The episode represents one of the first times a Saudi cultural project has shown Israel in a good light”
ALGEMEINER Episode of New Saudi TV Series Presents Positive View of Israel by Benjamin Kerstein April 28, 2020 A new Ramadan television series is making waves in the Arab world, arousing controversy for taking a relatively positive view of Israel. … Continue reading
Support United Hatzalah online Sunday afternoon, May 3, 12pm CDT/ 1pm EDT / 8pm IST
UNITED HATZALAH Produced by Broadway star Adam Kantor (who also co-produced SaturdayNightSeder) and hosted by Jay Leno, we’re going to celebrate our founder Eli Beer’s recovery from a severe case of Covid 19 and return home to Israel, take you … Continue reading
“The new coalition handcuffs its rival blocks into near paralysis. Perhaps this will usefully restrain Israel’s raging political fevers”
JERUSALEM POST Can Netanyahu, Gantz work together in a straightjacket government? by David M. Weinberg April 24, 2020 The Israeli “emergency” and “unity” government that will supposedly be confirmed by the Knesset sometime in May is the screwiest doohickey ever … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Likud
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“As we mark Israeli independence this year, let us cast off the contrived U.N. narrative in which Israel was born into the inevitability of two states”
JNS San Remo: The original ‘deal of the century’ by Yishai Fleisher April 26, 2020 …For those who wish to see a “two-state solution” implemented, the idea that Israel was created through the U.N. partition vote is an indispensable narrative. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Partition Plan, San Remo Agreement, United Nations, Yishai Fleisher
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“US State Department says Washington ready to approve ‘sovereignty and the application of Israeli law’ in some areas, but calls for Israel to negotiate further with Palestinians”
TIMES OF ISRAEL US says ‘prepared to recognize’ Israeli annexation of parts of West Bank by Staff April 28, 2020 The United States said Monday it was ready to recognize Israel’s annexation of parts of the West Bank but asked … Continue reading
On Israel’s 72nd Independence Day, US and Israeli Military Bands Surprise Holocaust Survivor with Hatikvah
JERUSALEM POST IDF honors pre-state fighters on Israel’s 72nd Independence Day Before the creation of the IDF, the Jewish community was defended by Palmach and other Jewish self-defense groups. TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel at 72: A country under curfew salutes … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Memorial Day, Yom Ha'atzmaut, Yom Hazikaron
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“The more the Arabs participate in the political life of Israel, the more likely they are to see themselves as Israelis, as opposed to Palestinians/Arabs”
ELDER OF ZIYON More evidence that fewer Arab Israelis identify as “Palestinian” (Daled Amos) April 28, 2020 In our previous post, we looked at various surveys of Israeli Arabs over the past 9 years. Although the categories respondents were grouped … Continue reading
“In Israel and for nearly two months, companies have been cramming in the work while the rest of the country is stuck at home”
REUTERS Risking contagion, Israel upgrades empty roads and rails by Ari Rabinovitch and Tova Cohen April 23, 2020 Roadwork is booming in Israel as construction crews take advantage of empty roads and railways in the time of coronavirus to upgrade … Continue reading
Palestinian Authority says installing an elevator to make building accessible is an “invasion” and “Judaization”
PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH PA against wheelchair accessibility for disabled at Cave of the Patriarchs by Itamar Marcus April 27, 2020 The Palestinian Authority is protesting Israel’s plan to make the Cave of the Patriarchs wheelchair accessible and condemning it as … Continue reading
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