Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“‘How dare you say you’re Jewish. You aren’t Jewish’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Rabbinate DNA tests seek Jewishness in the blood, become a bone of contention by Marissa Newman October 7, 2019 …For many who arrived in Israel in the 1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union — some … Continue reading

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Caroline Glick and Nonie Darwish defend Trump’s troop withdrawal from Northern Syria but many–left and right–disagree

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Trump did not betray the Kurds by Caroline Glick October 11, 2019 The near consensus view of President Donald Trump’s decision to remove US special forces from the Syrian border with Turkey is that … Continue reading

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CNN’s take: Israel fought 1948 and 1967 wars to “expand territory”

CAMERA BLOG CNN Rewrites History of 1948, 1967 Wars by Tamar Sternthal October 7, 2019 Sam Kiley, a senior international correspondent based in CNN Abu Dhabi’s bureau, has rewritten the history of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence and the 1967 … Continue reading

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If the ISIS captives were repatriated to Turkey, it would, for some, be more like a homecoming”

GATESTONE ISIS’s Turkish Homecoming by Con Coughlin October 12, 2019 One of the more ludicrous suggestions to have been made during Turkey’s military offensive against the Syrian Kurds is that, in return for Washington’s approval, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan … Continue reading

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EVENT StandWithUs Midwest 8th Annual Campus Champions Gala Sunday November 3, 2019

StandWithUs Midwest invites you to their Campus Champions Gala 2019 5:30 PM Sunday November 3, 2019 Lincolnshire Marriott Ten Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL (at Milwaukee Ave and Route 22) Keynote Speaker The Right Honorable Steven Harper, former prime minister of … Continue reading

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“To roll back Kurdish gains, Turkey has already staged two major incursions into the North”

JERUSALEM POST Syrian Kurds outgunned but vow to inflict toll on Turkish army by Reuters October 10, 2019 Kurdish fighters who defeated Islamic State across much of Syria with U.S. help will struggle to fend off the Turkish army and … Continue reading

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Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to US, “no longer thinks Israel can ‘bank on’ the US intervening if a serious war broke out”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Trump’s new actions, inactions on Kurds, Syria, Iran have Israel deeply worried by David Horovitz October 9, 2019 …Writing in Israel’s biggest-selling Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth on the eve of Yom Kippur, veteran diplomatic correspondent Shimon Shiffer … Continue reading

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“Republican lawmakers have lined up to criticize Trump’s decision, warning that it will lead to the slaughter of #Kurdish allies”

WASHINGTON POST We fought ISIS side by side with the Americans. Now they’re leaving us to our fate. by Ilham Ahmed October 9, 2019 The organization I represent, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is the ally of the global coalition … Continue reading

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“They wrote on the invoice, “Wishing you health to 120 years old. Amount to pay: $0”

ELDER OF ZIYON Arab plumbers in Haifa refuse to charge Holocaust survivor October 6, 2019 Here is a nice story that was only in the Hebrew-language media a couple of weeks ago. Simon and Salim Matri, Arab citizens of Israel, … Continue reading

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“Wiesenthal Center and NGO Monitor slam Germany for ignoring Iran’s genocidal antisemitism”

JERUSALEM POST Merkel’s government days Iran’s call to ‘wipe Israel off the map’ not antisemitic by Benjamin Weinthal October 6, 2019 German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has declared that Iran’s call to obliterate the State of Israel is not an … Continue reading

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