Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

A solidarity message from Israeli Foreign Ministry to its Arab neighbors: “We are all human beings; we are all brothers”

ALGEMEINER Coronavirus Crisis Brings Israel and Arab World Together, at Least Online by Benjamin Kerstein March 18, 2020 The Israeli Foreign Ministry has been receiving messages of solidarity from across the Arab world as the coronavirus crisis intensifies, including messages … Continue reading

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Echo Chamber redux: “In echo of Iran regime propaganda, Obama era critics falsely claim U.S. sanctions target food and medicine”

FREE BEACON Ayatollah’s American Allies Seize on Pandemic in Fresh Push for Sanctions Relief by Adam Kredo March 19, 2020 The architects of the Obama administration’s self-described pro-Iran echo chamber have used the coronavirus outbreak to argue that U.S. sanctions … Continue reading

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“Teva, the giant Israeli pharmaceutical company, has announced that it will donate more than six million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets”

JERUSALEM POST Teva donates potential coronavirus treatment to hospitals across the US by Staff March 21, 2020 …Recently, Israel’s Health Ministry has approved multiple experimental treatments, and companies worldwide are attempting to determine what could be used to treat the … Continue reading

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“CAMERA’s Israel office today prompted correction of Gideon Levy’s March 6 error-ridden Haaretz article “

CAMERA BLOG Haaretz Corrects: Israel Didn’t Deny Entry to Gazans Whose Daughter Died From Cancer by Hanan Amiur and Tamar Sternthal March 15, 2020 In Ha’aretz, Gideon Levy falsely alleged that the parents of young cancer patient Miral Abu Ambsha … Continue reading

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Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot tries to cheer us up but the knives are out: “Nothing like rich famous people singing “imagine no possessions” in their mortgage free homes as the rest of society queue at Lidl for broken biscuits”

DAILY BEAST Celebrities Sing ‘Imagine’ to Console the Little People by Tom Sykes March 19, 2020 If you’re a wise celebrity, now is the time to tuck yourself inside your Hollywood Hills hideaway, lock the gates, and keep your privileged … Continue reading

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“AIPAC vs J Street: Pro-Israel Lobby Loses Ally as Progressives Score Win in Illinois”

JEWISH INSIDER Pro-Israel groups react to Rep. Dan Lipinski’s primary loss in Illinois by Jacob Kornbluh March 18, 2020 Following incumbent moderate Rep. Dan Lipinski’s (D-IL) loss last night to progressive challenger Marie Newman, critics are questioning why pro-Israel groups … Continue reading

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Dan Hotels pitches in: “In addition to the Dan Panorama, the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem will begin accepting coronavirus patients”

ALGEMEINER Luxury Tel Aviv Beachfront Hotel Being Converted Into Coronavirus Clinic by Benjamin Kerstein March 16, 2020 A luxury beachfront hotel in Tel Aviv is being turned into a clinic for coronavirus patients, the Israeli news site N12 reported Monday. Officials … Continue reading

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“It is worth noting that Egypt, which has a shared border with the Gaza Strip, did not send any test kits or disinfectant materials to the Palestinians living there”

GATESTONE Israel Helps Palestinians Prevent Coronavirus; Arabs Betray Them by Khaled Abu Toameh March 16, 2020 While Israel is working overtime with Palestinians to curb and prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Arab states appear to be doing what … Continue reading

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“The unimaginably bizarre situation meant that for years this man lived with the dissonance of being both a Hamas operative and an admirer of Judaism”

JERUSALEM POST The top Shin Bet official who ‘converted’ a Hamas supporter to Judaism by Yonah Jeremy Bob March 14, 2020 Move over, Fauda. One could hardly imagine a more surreal scene. There he was, a top Shin Bet (Israel … Continue reading

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Amid coronavirus pandemic, Microsoft Israel “recruiting software engineers, product managers, and data analysts, among others”

CTECH Mid-Pandemic, Microsoft Israel Wants to Hire 200 New Employees by Meir Orbach and Hagar Ravet March 15, 2020 As Israel yet again escalates its coronavirus (Covid-19) fighting measures and employers in various industry sectors prepare for extensive layoffs, Microsoft … Continue reading

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