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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
Arab Likud candidate praises Netanyahu as strong leader and “brushes aside criticism of the party’s spearheading of the recently-passed Nation State law”
i24 NEWS Muslim woman running for Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party shunned by family January 10, 2019 A Muslim Arab woman running as a candidate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party defended her decision in an interview with i24NEWS … Continue reading
“Israel’s ostensible peace partner, the Palestinian Authority, educates its people to an almost pathological hatred of Israel”
COMMENTARY Peace: The Missing Israeli Election Issue by Evelyn Gordon January 10, 2019 Israel’s election campaign has only just begun, but one key issue is already notable by its absence: peace with the Palestinians. To many Americans—especially American Jews, who … Continue reading
“A fellow flier who witnessed the tumult said he overheard a steward utter “those retarded Jews” in conversation with a female flight attendant before the plane took off”
NEW YORK POST Spirit Airlines turned our flight into an anti-Semitic nightmare: couple by Yaron Steinbuch January 10, 2019 A Borough Park couple is accusing Spirit Airlines of turning a trip to Florida into an anti-Semitic “nightmare” from start to … Continue reading
Israel boycott ban is not about free speech
CAMERA BLOG Reuters Misrepresents New Congress’ Anti-BDS Bill by Tamar Sternthal January 10, 2019 Reuters’ article yesterday on the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act,” a bill which stalled Tuesday in the Senate, opens with a misleading and ominous … Continue reading
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“Under a plea bargain reached between Segev’s lawyers and government prosecutors, he will receive 11 years in prison” for spying for Iran
JERUSALEM POST Former cabinet minister Gonen Segev convicted of spying for Iran by Yonah Jeremy Bob January 9, 2019 Disgraced former minister Gonen Segev was convicted of spying for Iran by the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday in a plea … Continue reading
“Mexico’s war against its cartels always had one prime objective – to capture E lChapo, the world’s most wanted man and the country’s most powerful drug baron. And thanks to a company in Herzliya, with a little help from an unwitting Hollywood actor and telenovella star, it managed to do just that”
YNET How Mexican drug baron El Chapo was brought down by technology made in Israel by Ronen Bergman January 10, 2019 It was an arrest operation that made headlines all over the world, not only because of the target, the … Continue reading
“Rubio is alleging that some Senate Democrats oppose the anti-BDS legislation on substance because of the supposedly growing popularity of the boycott movement within the Democratic Party”
TABLET MAG Anti-BDS Bill Battles Up Senate Hill by Armin Rosen January 7, 2019 …While there is disagreement on the Hill over the extent of internal Democratic opposition to the anti-BDS bill, sources from both parties confirmed to Tablet that … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, BDS, Marco Rubio
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“Instead of recognizing the fight against antisemitism as a human rights issue worthy of attention, Amnesty International has decided instead to ratchet up its targeting of the Jewish state”
NGO MONITOR Amnesty International Singling Out Jews in 2019 January 3, 2019 Leaked documents seen by NGO Monitor and an analysis of public statements from NGO officials indicate that Amnesty International will conduct a series of intense campaigns singling out … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Amnesty International, antisemitism, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, NGO Monitor
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“A freshman congresswoman hostile to Zionism is attacking a bipartisan effort to legislate against Israel boycotts in her first week on the job, accusing advocates of the bill of dual loyalty”
JERUSALEM POST Tlaib starts term in Congress accusing Israel advocates of ‘dual loyalty’ by Michael Wilner January 7, 2019 …Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan and a Palestinian-American, took to Twitter on Sunday to criticize the “Strengthening America’s Security in … Continue reading
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“Bolton reportedly told Netanyahu that the U.S. Syria withdrawal, rather than a time-sensitive pullout, would be contingent on the neutralization of the threat of ISIS in the country”
JNS Bolton visits Netanyahu, Western Wall tunnels with Israeli officials to ire of PA by Malkah Fleisher January 7, 2019 After a visit to the Western Wall and its tunnels on Sunday, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton met with … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Golan Heights, John Bolton, Syria, Western Wall
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