Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

PA government declares Palestinians “fell victim to the greed of colonialism, expansion and ethnic cleansing” as a result of the Balfour Declaration”

JERUSALEM POST Palestinians call on Britain to apologize for Balfour Declaration by Khaled Abu Toameh November 2, 2019 Palestinians on Saturday marked the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration by calling on Britain to apologize for the 1917 pledge supporting the … Continue reading

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Biden’s “denunciation of threats to cut Israel aid was great, but it’s far from clear that the fading establishment champion can best his party’s increasingly dominant left wing”

JNS Can Joe Biden save the day for pro-Israel Democrats? by Jonathan S. Tobin November 1, 2019 After a week in which attacks on Israel by Democratic presidential candidates dominated discussion at the J Street conference, Joe Biden finally gave … Continue reading

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“Inconveniently, Michael Doran has proven to be right on very big questions on which nearly everyone else in Washington turned out to be wrong”

TABLET MAG If Michael Doran were on Wall Street, he’d be a billionaire by Liel Leibovitz October 30, 2019 …While Americans fondly speak of “the Kurds,” Doran insisted, there was in fact no such unified entity: The Kurds in Iraq … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu told cabinet members in a closed-door meeting that US President Donald Trump would not act against Iran until US general elections”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu told ministers Trump can’t be counted on to act against Iran — report by Staff 1 November 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of ministers recently that they should not expect the US to … Continue reading

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The Islam Nation of Palestine won’t be what they’re telling us

QUILLETTE Palestine Misunderstood by Petra Marquardt-Bigman October 31, 2019 …A Pew survey from 2013 of almost 40,000 Muslims in 39 countries found that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza were often among the Muslim populations with the most extreme … Continue reading

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U of I “righteous gentile” student leader Jack Langen stands with Israel

ALGEMEINER University of Illinois Student Leader Hailed for ‘Courageous’ Stand With Jewish Community in Fight Against Anti-Israel Resolution by Caleb Galaraga October 31, 2019 As tensions soared Wednesday night during a student government meeting at the University of Illinois at … Continue reading

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“Israeli Foreign and Defense ministries unite in long-simmering dispute with Treasury over bid to retroactively cut envoys’ expense stipends; no consular services for Israelis abroad”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israeli embassies around the world shut as diplomats, military attachés strike by Staff October 30, 2019 All Israeli embassies and consulates around the world shut down early Wednesday as diplomats and military attachés went on strike in … Continue reading

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American Jews aren’t threatened by their synagogues turning into fortresses, they’re threatened by armed anti-Semites walking in through open doors

TABLET MAG It’s Time to Lock Your Synagogue’s Doors by Jacob Siegel October 29, 2019 …Rather than looking for metaphors to express or quell their anxieties, American Jews might stop fetishizing open doors and acknowledge the less dramatic and more … Continue reading

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“There is no case we can find anywhere in the democratic world where positive coverage has ever been considered a potential bribe”

JEWISH PRESS Netanyahu Won’t Be The Only Victim by Caroline B. Glick October 27, 2019 The ongoing criminal probes against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are reaching their climax. By the end of the month, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will reportedly … Continue reading

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ADL: “Yet another example of SJP’s antisemitic practice of marginalizing Jews and reducing their identity to their connection to Israel”

JEWISH JOURNAL ADL Condemns Benedictine SJP Member for Urging Holocaust Survivor to Denounce Israel by Aaron Bandler Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned a member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Benedictine University for asking a Holocaust survivor … Continue reading

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