Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Israel’s Foreign Minister FM Katz “met Gulf counterparts at UN to advance ‘non-aggression’ deal as they face Iran, pledging friendly ties, cooperation, no war or incitement”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel and Gulf states working on ‘historic pact’ to end conflict between them by Staff and Rafael Ahren October 5, 2019 Israel is reportedly negotiating with several Gulf states on a “non-aggression pact” between them as they … Continue reading

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J Street Conference coming October 26-29, “includes speakers from anti-Israel organizations such as If Not Now, the New Israel Fund, and the PLO national and central councils”

JNS Schumer, Pelosi to address attendees of J Street National Conference in Washington October 4, 2019 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic members of Congress and elected officials plan … Continue reading

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In the latest Siena College poll, only 4% of NY Jews support Bernie Sanders

JEWISH PRESS Jews Hate BS–Bernie Sanders by Daniel Greenfield October 3, 2019 …New York Jews are a lot less radical than the stereotype on both sides would have it. The same poll that has Bernie Sanders coming in at 4% … Continue reading

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US previously “one of the largest donors to the Palestinians and the PA, providing upward of half-a-billion dollars a year, has slowly halted that funding over the last two years”

JERUSALEM POST U.S. gives cold shoulder to major Palestinian donor parley by Tovah Lazaroff October 4, 2019 The United States gave a cold shoulder last week to the major bi-annual meeting for donor aid  to the Palestinian Authority, known as … Continue reading

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CAMERA: “The core of HBO’s “Our Boys” story is informed by the false perception that overwhelming numbers of Israelis were marching in the streets calling for the deaths of Arabs”

CAMERA BLOG Why the Controversy Over HBO’s “Our Boys”? by Ricki Hollander September 26, 2019 …The series is a co-production of HBO, Keshet International, produced by Movie Plus. Although its title echoes the hashtag #BringBackOurBoys, the production is not about … Continue reading

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Columbia University’s Global Leaders Forum welcomes Mahathir Mohamad, antisemite

WASHINGTON TIMES Columbia University celebrates anti-Semitism by Clifford D. May October 2, 2019 There are very few Jews in Malaysia. I know because I checked with the intelligence community — or at least looked it up in the CIA World … Continue reading

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“Kingmaker Liberman vows to try to bridge the gap between the sides”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Liberman will ‘make own offer’ to PM and Gantz if no breakthrough by Yom Kippur by Staff October 2, 2019 Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party on Wednesday said it would “present its own offer” to the country’s … Continue reading

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“When Cohen met Pompeo in March 2018, the CIA director was wowed by the Mossad’s mythic achievement”

JERUSALEM POST Yossi Cohen: The Mossad spy chief who stole Iran’s secret nuclear archives by Yonah Jeremy Bob September 29, 2019 It was not the first time Mossad director Yossi Cohen took the elevator up to the CIA director’s office on the … Continue reading

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UN report recognizes for the first time that “the objectives, activities, and effects of the BDS movement are fundamentally anti-Semitic”

ADAMMILSTEIN.ORG BDS is the new face of the old antisemitism: What will we do to stop it? October 2, 2019 …After more than a decade of deception, new evidence is being presented by a range of governments, international organizations, and … Continue reading

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“In his new book, ‘We Stand Divided,’ Daniel Gordis examines the deep roots of the growing rift between American and Israeli Jews”

TABLET MAGAZINE Between Two Promised Lands by Ari Blaff September 24, 2019 …In the book [We Stand Divided]’s most stimulating and provocative chapter, Gordis presents American and Israeli conceptions of democracy as being fundamentally at odds.  In the U.S., politics … Continue reading

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