Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Bret Stephens on Iran Deal: Further proof that “Iran was in violation of the nuclear deal from the moment it was signed”

NEW YORK TIMES What Was Iran Hiding in a Warehouse in Turquz Abad? by Bret Stephens Sept 5, 2019 Reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency don’t usually make for riveting reading, so you may have missed last Friday’s latest, soporifically headlined … Continue reading

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“In leaked recordings, Miriam Adelson describes constant nagging from Netanyahus on their coverage in Israel Hayom”

I24NEWS Adelson says ‘Sara Netanyahu told me if Iran destroys Israel, it would be my fault’ September 6, 2019 Miriam Adelson, the publisher of free daily Israel Hayom, told police that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara repeatedly … Continue reading

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“Legendary Israeli agent Eli Cohen embedded himself into the upper crust of Syrian society, providing intelligence to the Jewish state crucial to its victory in 1967’s Six Day War”

JTA The real story behind ‘The Spy,’ Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Netflix series by Josefin Dolsten September 6, 2019 For “Borat,” his 2006 film, Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as a made-up Kazakh journalist who travels America and gets unwitting … Continue reading

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Jason Greenblatt resigning; “political plan now complete and will be made public when appropriate”

ALGEMEINER Trump Envoy Greenblatt to Resign After Upcoming Release of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan by Staff September 5, 2019 Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, plans to resign once the long-delayed US peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians … Continue reading

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An Iran story the media has little interest in reporting: “Barack Obama eventually fired the storied Marine general for what Mattis believes were his insistent warnings about the Iranian threat”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER ‘Act of war’: Mattis says Obama’s inept response to Cafe Milano bomb plot ’emboldened’ Iran by Kelly Jane Torrance September 4, 2019 Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he predicted years ago that Iran would escalate its provocations … Continue reading

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Our Soldiers Speak tours aim to provide the “gold standard of substantive programming” to those likely to affect the public space in the near future

JNS American nonprofit’s strategic tours offer ‘immense exposure,’ new perspective on Israel by Eliana Rudee August 27, 2019 A group of 42 legal, international relations and military leaders from around the world met with Israeli military officials and politicians this … Continue reading

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VDH: New alliances with Arab nations are positive but unstable, and old enemies are most dangerous when in a weakened state

NATIONAL REVIEW Israel’s Good and Bad New Realities by Victor Davis Hanson September 3, 2019 …Indeed, if there exists a continuing strategic threat to Israel from the Arab world, it will be its increasing pressure on the Jewish state to … Continue reading

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President Rivlin: Hebron in 2019, a “test of the ability of Jews and Arabs to coexist together”

JNS In remembering 1929 Hebron massacre, top Israeli leaders visit…and make history by Josh Hasten September 4, 2019 “We are not strangers in Hebron, and we will stay here forever!” were the climactic remarks made on Wednesday by Israeli Prime … Continue reading

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“NYT exposé reveals extent of Netanyahu-Obama rift on stopping Iranian nukes; PM himself tells paper he’d ‘unequivocally’ have ordered strike in 2012 if cabinet had backed him”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel said again mulling raid on Iran; thinks Trump, unlike Obama, won’t oppose by Michael Bachner September 4, 2019 Israeli officials are currently considering the possibility of conducting a military strike on Iran, with or without the … Continue reading

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“Israel’s Home Front Command created web-based applications to manage all the layers of data for various forces that might be involved in responding during a conflict or civilian emergency”

DEFENSE NEWS How 250 Layers of Data Help Israel Prepare for War by Seth Frantzman August 26, 2019 …Various layers of the system look at water, electricity and communications on a national level. One layer shows all the hospitals in … Continue reading

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