Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Victor Davis Hanson: “Israel’s foreign policy could be called Jacksonian. Israel allies with friends, neutrals, and former enemies whenever they share particular strategic goals”

PJ MEDIA The Israel-U.S. Model Has Been a Resounding Success by Victor Davis Hanson January 23, 2020 Whether by accident or by deliberate osmosis, Israel and the U.S. have adopted similar solutions to their existential problems. Before 2002, during the … Continue reading

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“Ahead of Trump’s announcement, Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro delivered a not-particularly-veiled threat to Israelis who might be tempted to accept Trump’s framework for peace”

WASHINGTON TIMES Reservations about the Trump Mideast peace plan by Daniel Pipes January 29, 2020 …Nevertheless, I am not delighted with the plan, and for two main reasons. First, who needs it? Israel does best when it acts independently on … Continue reading

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“The arrival of dozens of world leaders to Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and commit to fighting anti-Semitism represents recognition of Zionism’s fundamental truth: The Land of Israel is the one and only, eternal homeland of the Jewish people”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) A great – but fragile – triumph of Zionism by Caroline B. Glick January 24, 2020 …The arrival of dozens of world leaders in Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and commit themselves … Continue reading

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PM Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz are expected to be at the White House next Tuesday to discuss the “Deal of the Century”

JERUSALEM POST ‘Deal of the Century?’ Netanyahu just got the gift of the century by Yaakov Katz January 25, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the gift of the century on Thursday when Vice President Mike Pence invited him and … Continue reading

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France’s President Macron finds time during Holocaust remembrance visit to take a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas famed holocaust-denier

TIMES OF ISRAEL Hosting Macron, Abbas says he hopes France will recognize Palestine by Adam Rasgon January 23, 2020 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met French President Emmanuel Macron in Ramallah late Wednesday evening and expressed his hope that France … Continue reading

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“Many wrongly believe the United States has already reached full “maximum pressure” on Iran”

NEW YORK TIMES Trump has an Iran Strategy. This is it. by Richard Goldberg January 24, 2020 President Trump’s strategy to confront Iran is easy to understand: impose maximum pressure to gain maximum leverage ahead of negotiations to dismantle its … Continue reading

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Trump admin provides “millions of taxpayer dollars” to “pro-jihadist Islamist groups”

DAILY WIRE DHS Approves $100K Grant Of Taxpayers’ Money To CAIR by Sam Westrop January 17, 2020 In October, the Trump administration handed out $100,000 of taxpayer dollars to the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Middle East Forum … Continue reading

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One of many amazing Israel statistics: GDP increase, 2000 to 2019, from $132BN to $404BN (206% growth)

THE ETTINGER REPORT The 21st Century Israeli Economic Surge by Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger January 22, 2020 Selected Israel statistics, 2000 to 2019: *Population – from 6.2 million to 9.1 million (47% growth); *GDP per capita – from $21,000 to … Continue reading

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“Every time Israeli leaders have trusted the pen over the sword it has ended in bloodshed and destruction, as in Oslo”

JERUSALEM POST Israel Should Trust the Sword over the Pen by Rachel Touitou January 11, 2020 …It is deeply worrying that a nation which spends over 5% of its defense budget, totaling tens of billions of dollars per annum, has … Continue reading

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President Macron loses temper with Israeli security in Jerusalem’s Old City

REUTERS Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church by John Irish January 22, 2020 “Go outside,” French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem … Continue reading

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