Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

#BDSFail University of Illinois overturns vote to divest

JNS University of Illinois rejects BDS resolution passed by student government February 13, 2020 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) rejected a BDS resolution passed by the student government in the early hours on Thursday morning. “Illinois Student Government … Continue reading

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“World champion Sagi Muki posts photo with Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei at Paris Grand Slam, hopes he will visit Israel”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israeli judoka makes ‘friend for life’ with Iran champ who fled country by Staff February 11, 2020 Israeli judoka Sagi Muki posted a photo to Instagram Monday showing him embracing former Iranian champion Saeid Mollaei, who fled … Continue reading

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Arab countries are looking back more fondly on their Jewish heritage

JERUSALEM POST Arab states showcase Jewish heritage and memory with renovation projects by Seth J Frantzman February 8, 2020 Throughout Middle Eastern countries where Jews were once prosperous, numerous Jewish sites are getting a makeover and Jewish history being remembered. … Continue reading

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“The poll found that 64% of Palestinians favor a return to armed struggle in response to the plan”

ASSOCIATED PRESS Poll finds Palestinians overwhelmingly reject Trump plan by Joseph Krauss and Mohammed Daraghmeh February 11, 2020 Ninety-four percent of Palestinians reject President Donald Trump’s Mideast initiative, according to a poll released Tuesday, which also found plummeting support for … Continue reading

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“Atlantic” honors documentary featuring unhinged conspiracy theory, “one worthy of noted antisemites like Henry Ford, Mel Gibson, or David Icke”

CAMERA BLOG The Atlantic Peddles Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in Featured “Documentary” by Karen Bekker February 13, 2020 The Atlantic, a century-and-a-half-old, well-respected publication, now includes on its website a video series that it describes as, “a showcase of cinematic short … Continue reading

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BDS Blacklist: Israeli Foreign Minister Katz slams UN Human Rights, brands issuing of report “shameful surrender to pressure by countries and organizations that are interested in harming Israel”

UN WATCH UN Releases Anti-Israel Blacklist, Fueling Global Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign February 12, 2020 The office of UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet today released an unprecedented blacklist of companies doing business “related to settlements in the Occupied … Continue reading

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Palestinian security funding to be cut off in proposed US budget

JNS Trump administration’s 2021 budgets excludes funding for Palestinian security forces February 11, 2020 U.S. funding for Palestinian security forces was excluded in the Trump administration’s budget released on Monday for the 2021 fiscal year—the first time that a U.S. … Continue reading

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“Bernie is that Jew who has taken his people’s suffering and offered it entirely outward, in the service of other causes”

TIMES OF ISRAEL The Jewish nightmare of Bernie vs. Trump by Yossi Klein Halevi February 12, 2020 Ask British Jews what advice they would offer to American Jews, based on their experience fighting Corbynism, and the answer is unequivocal: Don’t … Continue reading

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At NY Harvard Club: “The audience erupted in “mob-like” fury at her query” of featured Palestinian speaker

NEW YORK POST Jewish Harvard Club member assaulted during pro-Palestinian lecture, lawsuit says by Kathianne Boniello February 8, 2020 A Jewish member of the Harvard Club claims she was assaulted by a professor during a pro-Palestinian lecture at the swanky … Continue reading

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“If Netanyahu fails to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Judea and Samaria communities before the election, not only will he almost certainly lose the elections, his defeat will bury Trump’s peace plan”

JNS Israeli sovereignty and the future of Trump’s peace plan by Caroline Glick February 8, 2020 On Wednesday morning, NeverTrump propagandist Bill Kristol told his MSNBC audience that Democratic chances of victory over U.S. President Donald Trump will rise if … Continue reading

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