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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
Bibi on Israel’s New Right Party “It will break the right into slivers of slivers. Parties won’t make it past the electoral threshold”
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON The Gamble of Israel’s ‘New Right’ by David Isaac January 6, 2019 “Boom!” read the headline of a supplement in Israeli weekly Makor Rishon, after two leading politicians, Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ayelet Shaked, Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, New Right Party
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“Israel seeking $35 billion dollars in compensation for lost Jewish assets from Tunisia, and $15 billion dollars from Libya”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel said set to seek $250b compensation for Jews forced out of Arab countries by Staff January 5, 2019 Israel is preparing to demand compensation totaling a reported $250 billion from seven Arab countries and Iran for … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Egypt, Iran, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
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Syrian withdrawal has benefits
LOS ANGELES TIMES 5 reasons why Trump is right about getting America out of Syria by Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky January 3, 2019 Much of America’s foreign policy establishment, on both the right and the left, has been … Continue reading
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“President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi tells CBS (in interview Egyptian government asked not to air) that his country is cooperating with Israeli security forces in order to drive Islamic State out of Sinai Peninsula”
YNET Report: Sisi says Egypt, Israel cooperate against militants by Associated Press January 5, 2019 Egypt’s president has told CBS that his country and Israel, with whom it fought four wars, are cooperating against Islamic State militants in the Sinai … Continue reading
“Asking America to keep soldiers anywhere for Israel’s sake violates a sine qua non of both the Israeli ethos and the bilateral alliance—that Israel defends itself by itself”
JNS Syria is the wrong issue for a pro-Israel fight with Trump by Evelyn Gordon January 3, 2019 Like most pro-Israel commentators, I’m appalled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria. Nevertheless, this is the … Continue reading
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” traffics in Jewish stereotypes with characters straight out of central casting
JTA ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ gets Jewish converts totally wrong by Alexandra Pucciarelli January 2, 2019 Since it came into our lives last year, I’ve had mixed feelings about “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Its jokes sometimes feel like the kind of things … Continue reading
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Caroline Glick: “Every once in a while, over the past year or two, I found myself wondering whether I should throw my hat into the ring and enter politics”
JERUSALEM POST Caroline Glick speaks out about her decision to join Shaked, Bennett by Caroline B. Glick January 4, 2019 …This brings me to my decision this week to move to a new stop on my Zionist journey. This week … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ayelet Shaked, Caroline Glick, Hayamin Hehadash, Knesset, Naftali Bennett, New Right
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“Beyond advocating for Palestinian justice, Oz blamed Israel’s government for not making Palestinian statehood a reality”
JTA Amos Oz’s fiction is forever, while reality left his politics behind by Thane Rosenbaum December 31, 2018 …The founder of Peace Now, who never gave up on the dream, gazed at Gaza not with the romanticism of a novelist … Continue reading
#BDS “Anti-Israel divestment resolutions are just a charade, a put-on used to generate hostility toward the Jewish state and its supporters in the US”
ALGEMEINER BDS Charade: United Church of Christ’s ‘Divestment’ from Israel by Dexter Van Zile January 3, 2019 It was a charade — nearly every last word of it. A few years ago, the United Church of Christ (UCC), a mainline … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Dexter Van Zile, United Church of Christ
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“U.S. commanders planning the Syria withdrawal are recommending that YPG fighters battling Islamic State be allowed to keep U.S.-supplied weapons…likely to anger Turkey”
REUTERS Trump gives no timetable for Syria exit; wants to protect Kurds by Jeff Mason January 2, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would get out of Syria slowly “over a period of time” and … Continue reading
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