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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
At the UN: World Health Organization dumps on Israel again while Brigitte Gabriel–a Lebanese woman wearing a Star of David–defends the Jewish state
JNS World Health Organization’s singling out Israel over health conditions in disputed territories a ‘fantastic lie’ by Eliana Rudee May 23, 2019 The 72nd assembly of the U.N.’s World Health Organization (WHO) voted 96-11 this week for a resolution, co-sponsored … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillel Neuer, UN Watch, United Nations, World Health Organization
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Israel Builders Association warning that in a country where it takes 15 years to approve a single new housing development, “2030 is tomorrow and 2050 is the day after tomorrow”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘Israel is unprepared for the 17 million people who will be living here in 2050’ by Eran Bar-Tal May 20, 2019 Despite recent attempts by the government to change the housing situation, the housing … Continue reading
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It would be far better if The New York Times waited until the plan was released and then commented on its specific provisions rather than stacking the deck against it by quoting only its most strident critics
GATESTONE Why is The New York Times Trying to Abort the Trump Peace Plan? by Alan M. Dershowitz May 24, 2019 …Every single expert quoted in the article predicted that it would not succeed. Many of these experts have been … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, New York Times, Trump Peace Plan
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Germany becomes first European country to pass landmark resolution designating BDS campaign against Israel as antisemitic
REUTERS Germany designates BDS Israel boycott movement as anti-Semitic by Joseph Nasr, Riham Alkousaa May 17, 2019 The German parliament voted on Friday to condemn as anti-Semitic a movement that calls for economic pressure on Israel to end the occupation … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Germany
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Palestinian focus should be on prosperity and good government, not perpetual resistance.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Palestinians Need to Get Real About Israel by Walter Russell Mead May 20, 2019 As Palestinian officials nervously await the Trump administration’s peace plan, one fundamental reality shapes their long and bitter contest with Israel. Diplomatically, economically, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Bahrain, Donald Trump, Palestinians
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Al Sharpton addresses Jewish conference in DC
JTA Al Sharpton admits to using ‘cheap’ rhetoric about Jews by Ron Kampeas May 20, 2019 Al Sharpton appealed to Reform Jews for a united front in facing down anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of bias and acknowledged his role … Continue reading
IDF lone soldier Michaela ‘Mika’ Levit was found dead outside her base last week, having left a note to her family describing recent ‘hardships’
TIMES OF ISRAEL Family searching for answers after US-born IDF lone soldier dies by suicide by Judah Ari Gross May 19, 2019 After US-born lone soldier Michaela Levit died by suicide outside her base in central Israel last week, her … Continue reading
This weekend Israel was experienced by hundreds of millions in an unprecedentedly positive way with #TelAviv “the natural home for camp, party-loving #Eurovision”
JERUSALEM POST The real winner of Eurovision was Israel by Michael Dickson May 19, 2019 Israel’s Eurovision entry barely made a dent on the scoreboard but there’s no doubt that the Jewish State was the real winner of the Eurovision … Continue reading
Due to Iran sanctions imposed by Trump “Hezbollah, the best funded and most senior of Tehran’s proxies, has seen a sharp fall in its revenue and is being forced to make draconian cuts to its spending”
WASHINGTON POST Trump’s sanctions on Iran are hitting Hezbollah, and it hurts by Suzan Haidamous May 18, 2019 The powerful Lebanese Hezbollah militia has thrived for decades on generous cash handouts from Iran, spending lavishly on benefits for its fighters, … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Iran, Sanctions
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“The Israeli left asked the country to trust in the willingness and ability of the Palestinian leadership to negotiate a settlement to the conflict”
THE HILL The death of Israel’s left by Mark Mellman May 14, 2019 …Right or wrong, fair of unfair, the terrorist response to the Clinton parameters and missile attacks from Gaza after ending the occupation there taught Israelis that the … Continue reading
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