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- “America's team of real estate developers and financiers may beat Iran's diplomats at the bargaining table”
- Nice way to treat a putative ally: Prez pulls Kerry and Power from the UN before Bibi speaks
- Memo to Carter and Obama: "Hidden in the new National Security Strategy is a reversal of decades of U.S. foreign policy"
- Elan Carr: “Administration’s equating of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism “certainly breaks new ground””
- UN chief 'shocked and disturbed' by video of car sex act in Israel
- "Some Democrats wanted Biden to undo the embassy move, simply because Trump had done it"
- “The Arab Case for Israel is the book that I would recommend above all others for anyone who sincerely wants to understand the entrenched conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel”
- Palestinian frustration isn't that they don't have a state. Rather it's that they can't destroy Israel
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
U of I Professor Nelson profiles Israel hate: “Postmodernism and post-colonialism, combined with antisemitism, have created fertile ground for extreme anti-Israel demonization on campus”
JERUSALEM POST ‘Israel Denial’ lays bare academic attempts to delegitimize Israel by Gerald M. Steinberg November 15, 2019 … The core consists of portraits of four individuals with no academic background in Middle East history, whose false declarations and irrational … Continue reading
#Netanyahu: “Coming as it does now, indictments raise obvious parallels with the efforts by Democrats to impeach Netanyahu’s political ally, President Donald Trump”
JNS Are Netanyahu’s indictments the same as the push to impeach Trump? by Jonathan S. Tobin November 21, 2019 …In both cases, a conservative leader is being pursued on what their foes purport are corruption charges, but which their supporters … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, impeachment
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IDF “pursuing active campaign of removing threats as it detects them, relying on intelligence and precision firepower to deal with ongoing Iranian challenges from Syria”
JNS By striking in Syria, Israel sends clear message to Iran that it will not be deterred by Yaakov Lappin November 20, 2019 Israel launched a broad wave of precision airstrikes early on Wednesday morning, hitting dozens of Iranian and … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged IDF, Iran, Israel Defense Forces, Syria
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Blue and White leader Gantz fails to form coalition
ARUTZ SHEVA Gantz returns mandate to president by Gary Willig November 19, 2019 Blue and White leader Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form the government to President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday evening, signalling the end of his attempts to form … Continue reading
“The claim that Israeli settlements are illegal was flimsy in 1978 and is ridiculous in 2019”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Pompeo Busts the ‘Occupation’ Myth by Eugene Kontorovich Novenber 19, 2019 Israeli settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law. That is now America’s official view, announced Monday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Judea, Occupation, Palestinians, Samaria, West Bank
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“Approval of bill by Netanyahu comes following change in US stance regarding the legality of Israeli settlements in the West Bank”
JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu approves Jordan Valley Annexation bill after US changes policy by Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff November 19, 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his approval on Tuesday to advance a bill that would have Israel apply sovereignty to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Jordan Valley, West Bank
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“Trump’s extraordinary gesture of support for Israel and the rights of the Jewish people was evident in the historic statement. The US has rightly concluded that falsely calling settlements illegal is not helpful for peace”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Pompeo’s statement on Israeli settlements is a diplomatic turning point by Caroline Glick November 18, 2019 Monday will long be remembered as a turning point in Middle East history. U.S. Secretary of State Mike … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, Settlements, West Bank
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“U of Toronto Graduate Student Union opposes campus kosher food as ‘pro-Israel’”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Are Jews welcome at the University of Toronto? by Michael Saenger November 18, 2019 On November 14, the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union, a group to which I once belonged, declared that it would not support … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Hillel, Toronto, University of Toronto
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California Democrats vote down motion to send Israeli Jews back to the countries from which they were evicted
NEW YORK POST Democrats to Israel: Go to Hell by Karol Markowicz November 17, 2019 Last week, Israel once again faced a barrage of rockets from Gaza while most of the mainstream Democratic candidates whistled and looked away. Candidates don’t … Continue reading
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