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- Bret Stephens: "What can’t be emphasized enough, especially among those who think of themselves as pro-Palestinian: If you want a Palestinian state to exist and succeed, you must also want Hamas to be humiliated and defeated"
- As Israel and Turkey attempt to rebuild long-strained ties, joint statement says ‘rehabilitation of relations can contribute to regional stability’
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“The Palestinians were integral to both the Islamic Revolution and to the formation of the Khomeinist regime”
TABLET MAGAZINE Arafat and the Ayatollahs by Tony Badran January 16, 2019 When Yasser Arafat arrived in Tehran on Feb. 17, 1979, the first “foreign leader” invited to visit Iran mere days after the victory of the revolution, he declared … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Palestinians
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“Antisemitic blacks assumed that they could not be credibly charged with bigotry and were therefore free to say what they pleased about Jews”
NATIONAL REVIEW The New, New Anti-Semitism by Victor Davis Hanson January 15, 2019 …The new form of the old bias grew most rapidly on the 1960s campus and was fueled by a number of leftist catalysts. The novel romance of … Continue reading
Liberal Buzzfeed acknowledges reality of declining Democrat support for Israel
BUZZFEED Israel Will Be The Great Foreign Policy Debate Of The Democratic Primary by Emily Tamkin and Alexis Levinson January 16, 2019 Some of the Democratic Party’s brightest new stars believe Israel is a rogue state that should be treated … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Democratic Party, If Not Now
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“Only Israel’s Iron Dome could meet US Army goal of implementing an interim missile defense capability by 2020”
I24 NEWS US army eyes $373 million purchase of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system January 16, 2019 The US army has asked Congress to approve $373 million to purchase two of Israel’s successful Iron Dome missile interception batteries, the … Continue reading
“In the Israeli view, no peacemaker can bring the two sides together because there aren’t just two sides. There are many, many sides”
NEW YORK TIMES There Is No ‘Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’: To understand why, you have to zoom out by Matti Friedman January 19, 2019 …If you see only an “Israeli-Palestinian” conflict, then nothing that Israelis do makes sense…In this tightly cropped frame, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Iran, Matti Friedman, Palestinians
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“On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed reports that Syria airstrike was carried out by the Israeli Air Force on Friday, saying that Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks against Iranian and Hezbollah targets”
JERUSALEM POST Satellite Images Show Demolish Iranian Site by Anna Ahronheim January 15, 2019 New satellite images of an Iranian weapons storehouse at the Damascus International Airport showed the complete destruction of the site following Israeli airstrikes on Friday. Released … Continue reading
“Crombie founded Bizmax two years ago in Jerusalem where more than a third of the Jewish population is haredim, which means “God-fearing”
YAHOO Kosher high-tech office lures Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox by Clothilde Mraffko, AFP January 8, 2019 The office in central Jerusalem at first glance resembles many other start-ups — until you notice the religious books and entrepreneurs in traditional black suits. At … Continue reading
“The primary goal of barriers on dangerous borders like Lebanon and Gaza is “not to stop civilians, refugees or illegal migrants, but to defend against hostile elements on the other side”
JNS Six years after completion, Israel’s border fence with Egypt has transformed the south by Yaakov Lappin January 11, 2019 This time six years ago, Israel completed its high-tech border fence with Egypt, marking the start of a transformation in … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
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“Jews are being gaslighted — psychologically manipulated to the point of questioning our own sanity and reality — by Farrakhan, Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and the leftist Jews who reflexively defend them”
JEWISH JOURNAL The March of Hate by Karen Lehrman Bloch January 9, 2019 Let’s be very clear: If you decide to participate in the national Women’s March, you are enabling and abetting hatred of the Jewish people. If you are … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, Women's March
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Antisemitic left eating the Jewish left in San Francisco
MISSION LOCAL How many hoops must Manny Yekutiel jump through before he’s deemed worthy to set foot in the Mission? by Joe Eskenazi January 7, 2019 When you wander into Manny’s at 16th and Valencia, everything is chill. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Manny Yekutiel, San Francisco
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 