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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“Only an Israeli victory and a Palestinian defeat will achieve…resolution”
WASHINGTON TIMES Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel by Daniel Pipes December 27, 2018 …The rage against Israel is not about Ashkenazi-Sephardi relations, tensions on the Temple Mount, a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, or Israel’s own nuclear weapons. Rather, it almost … Continue reading
“Israeli military fills underground Hezbollah terror constructions near Metula with water and cement”
YNET Hezbollah races to save terror tunnels as IDF floods them by Yoav Zitun, Ahiya Raved December 27, 2018 The IDF flooded with cement and water the Hezbollah tunnels, which appear to have been dug from residential houses in Lebanese … Continue reading
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Is Trump good or bad for Israel?
ALGEMEINER What Bret Stephens Missed About Trump and Israel by Ira Stoll December 27, 2018 “Donald Trump Is Bad For Israel,” is the headline of Bret Stephens’ column in The New York Times on Thursday…Stephens could be right that Trump’s limited pullback, if … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Bret Stephens, Donald Trump
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“It is a low-profile conflict, mostly fought away from the headlines, in which Israel is playing an active defense against Iran’s offensive attempt to set up a war outpost in Syria”
JNS Russia struggling to stop the Iranian-Israeli shadow war in Syria by Yaakov Lappin December 27, 2018 …Iran seeks to create weapons factories, missile bases and a Shi’ite army of 100,000 fighters in Syria, while Israel has no intention of … Continue reading
Hezbollah commanders targeted by Israel as they board plane
TIMES OF ISRAEL US official says top Hezbollah brass hit in alleged Israeli strikes in Syria by Staff and Agencies December 26, 2018 An alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria Tuesday night hit several senior Hezbollah officials as they boarded a … Continue reading
“Netanyahu reportedly requested that the American initiative be postponed until at least May so as not to harm his chances of receiving a new mandate from the public”
THE MEDIA LINE Israeli Elections Likely To Push Back Release Of Trump Peace Plan by Charles Bybelezer December 25, 2018 The upcoming Israeli national vote is liable to further delay the release of United States President Donald Trump’s much-hyped two-years-in-the-making … Continue reading
#BDSFail “The decision came in response to a complaint from Shurat HaDin, an Israeli advocacy group that files lawsuits around the world against Israel’s foes”
ASSOCIATED PRESS US fundraising site suspends Palestinian boycott account by Josef Federman December 21, 2018 A U.S. software company [Donorbox] said Friday it blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott [BDS] movement against Israel following a complaint by a … Continue reading
“How pressure campaigns by criminal suspects can collapse the journalistic ideal of boldly-defiant truth-telling”
MIDDLE EAST FORUM Reflections on How Islamist Lawfare Has Succeeded by Todd Bensman December 21, 2018 The 10-year anniversary of the “Holy Land Foundation Five” trial in a Dallas federal courtroom has quietly arrived. In November of 2008 federal prosecutors convicted five … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas, Dallas Morning News, Holy Land Foundation
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“It’s hard to think of a time when an American president has so publicly stripped his most senior advisers of their credibility”
THE ATLANTIC Trump Delivers a Victory to Iran by Mark Dubowitz and Reuel Marc Gerecht December 24, 2018 …Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria, concurrently with his intention to drastically reduce the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Donald Trump, Iran, Syria
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“Now J Street is on a second phase of its campaign – to undermine the Birthright program because it serves the “right-wing annexationist agenda””
JNS Is J Street still pro-Israel? by David M. Weinberg December 23, 2018 When it was founded 11 years ago, J Street claimed to be a pro-Israel and pro-peace organization…Since then, alas, J Street has become something else altogether: an … Continue reading
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