Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Nikki Haley: Just when you thought Bernie Sanders couldn’t get any more radical, he outdid himself

ARUTZ SHEVA Haley: Sanders wants to give Israel’s money to terrorists by Elad Benari October 29, 2019 Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the UN, on Monday fired back after Senator Bernie Sanders called the Israeli government “racist” and … Continue reading

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“Iran’s Islamic Penal Code allows girls as young as 9 and boys as young as 15 to be executed”

GATESTONE EU Supports Iran – World’s Leading Executioner of Children by Majid Rafizadeh October 28, 2019 …European leaders, of course, who seem never to tire of sanctimoniously posturing on behalf of human rights, are meanwhile pursuing appeasement policies with a government … Continue reading

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NYT’s Michelle Goldberg at J Street conference: “Some Democratic candidates are so pro-Israel as to be considered “far Right”

ELDER OF ZIYON Even J-Streeters realize that being pro-Israel nowadays is associated with the Right and Leftists are anti-Israel October 27, 2019 J-Street likes to pretend that it is pro-Israel and that the people on the Right who claim to … Continue reading

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Kidney donations are on the rise among Orthodox Israelis

TABLET MAG To Save a Stranger’s Life by Sara Toth Stub October 28, 2019 …Koplovich is among the growing number of religiously observant Israelis who are volunteering to donate kidneys to people they have never met, ultimately doubling the number … Continue reading

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“For us Israelis the threat from ISIS is secondary,” Amos Yadlin said. “We would like to see the US act in a similar way against Soleimani, and Nasrallah”

JERUSALEM POST Ex-intel chief praises Baghdadi hit, says Iran, Hezbollah should be next by Herb Keinon October 27, 2019 The purported US killing of shadowy Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is an “impressive” US intelligence and operational feat, but … Continue reading

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“Although Israel has no formal relations with Saudi Arabia, ties are gradually warming up, in part due to shared concerns over Iran’s growing influence in the region”

BLOOMBERG Mysterious Private Jet Flight From Israel to Saudi Arabia Has Media Guessing by Alisa Odenheimer October 24, 2019 A private jet took off from Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening, landed for a few minutes in … Continue reading

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“Democratic presidential hopeful, Elizabeth Warren, has suggested that she would consider cutting military aid to Israel to force it to halt construction of settlements in the disputed territories”

JNS Warren, Palestinian Jew-hatred and the destruction of the West’s moral compass by Melanie Phillips October 24, 2019 …Nevertheless, opposing Israeli settlements and taking the side of the Palestinian Arabs is unlikely to damage [Elizabeth] Warren’s prospects in broader progressive … Continue reading

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Virgin Atlantic plans to “take advantage of demand for cross-Atlantic travel by connecting passengers between Israel and the United States”

JPOST Sir Richard Branson: Israel is a country of great entrepreneurs by Eytan Halon October 24, 2019 British billionaire businessman and Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson paid tribute to Israel’s entrepreneurial spirit on Wednesday, shortly after landing in Tel … Continue reading

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“Sadly, for the foreseeable future at the United Nations, the inmates will be running the asylum”

NEW YORK POST Another UN blow to human rights by Hillel Neuer October 18, 2019 In 1946, in the aftermath of the horrors of World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt founded the UN Commission on Human Rights, to reaffirm the principles … Continue reading

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University of Illinois Student Government betrays its Jewish students

STANDWITHUS StandWithUs Condemns Embarrassing Display of Ignorance by Illinois Student Government October 23, 2019 StandWithUs condemns the University of Illinois (UIUC) Student Government (ISG) for passing a disingenuous resolution about antisemitism without consulting the Jewish community or securing their consent. … Continue reading

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