Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Whether you are liberal or conservative, if you love Israel, we share common ground. But if you support organizations that seek to harm Israel, and your declarations of being pro-Israel are insincere, we have nothing to say to each other”

COPMA Register & Vote in the World Zionist Congress Election – It’s About Stopping the Radical Anti-Israel Activists Among World Jewry January 20, 2020 There is an exciting opportunity to help Israel available within days. As an American Jew you … Continue reading

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Yad Vashem event marks 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation: “Antisemitism is a cancer that eats the world”

TIMES OF ISRAEL World War II was caused by hatred of Jews, preeminent Holocaust scholar says by Raphael Ahren January 20, 2020 World War II and the enormous catastrophe it brought upon mankind occurred “probably mainly” because of anti-Semitism, according … Continue reading

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“The Brexit referendum and ensuing uncertainty has seemingly not dampened the trading spirit, with Israel becoming the first country to sign a post-Brexit continuity trade agreement with the UK”

JERUSALEM POST Israel, United Kingdom building ‘new strategic relationship’ by Eytan Halon January 21, 2020 Israel and the United Kingdom are building a “new strategic relationship” driven by soaring bilateral trade and deepening ties in various sectors, according to a … Continue reading

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“Likud supporters think that any government Gantz leads would be more likely to make the same blunders that Barak and Olmert made in the course of formulating generous peace offers”

JNS Gantz sends a message to American liberals, but are they listening? by Jonathan Tobin January 22, 2020 …But if he has any hope of breaking the stalemate that has left Israel without a governing coalition for more than a … Continue reading

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“According to Hebrew media reports on Monday, Israeli officials believe the release of Issachar from Russian prison is all but agreed upon”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Putin to meet mother of Israeli backpacker imprisoned in Russia – Kremlin by Staff January 22, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet the mother of jailed backpacker Naama Issachar while in Israel for the World Holocaust … Continue reading

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“Neda was among the millions of Iranians of all walks of life who had taken to the streets of Iran to protest the regime representative’s false claims of victory”

GATESTONE Iranian Women Defy the Mullahs; Western Feminists Nowhere in Sight by Giulio Meotti January 19, 2020 In October 1979, in a rare interview with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci charged that the veil was symbolic … Continue reading

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“Launched in 2016 and funded by conservative US gentiles and Jews, the Passages program aims to shape the next generation of Christian leaders and shore up support for Jewish State”

TIMES OF ISRAEL US Christian students come to Holy Land to connect to biblical and modern Israel by Renee Ghert-Zand January 14, 2020 Five hundred college students streamed into a large party venue in southern Jerusalem with a panoramic view … Continue reading

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“In a groundbreaking New York Times op-ed, two prominent Reform rabbis describe the workings of a movement to demonize Israel now widely found in high school curricula across the nation”

AMERICANS FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE Newton’s anti-Jewish curriculum scandal makes it to the pages of The New York Times January 16, 2020 …They identified the anti-Israel high school curriculum at Newton Public Schools as part of “a much bigger problem” across the … Continue reading

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Trump to Europe: How badly do you want to sell cars in US market ?

REUTERS U.S. threatened Europe with auto tariffs over Iran nuclear program – Washington Post January 15, 2020 The Trump administration has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on European automobile imports if Britain, France and Germany do not formally accuse … Continue reading

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To make amends, ‘Jeopardy’ game show awards questioner $200 for answering “Palestine”

CHRISTIAN POST ‘Jeopardy!’ apologizes for saying Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity is in Israel by Michael Gryboski January 15, 2020 The people behind the popular television game show “Jeopardy!” have issued an apology following recent episode in which a contestant … Continue reading

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