Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

RUFKM United Nations has spoken: Jerusalem ain’t Jewish. And much of the western world, including Europe, agrees.

THE TOWER UN Passes 6 More Anti-Israel Resolutions, Including 2 Denying Jewish Ties to Jerusalem by Staff December 3, 2018 The United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday approved six anti-Israel resolutions, including two that reject Jewish ties … Continue reading

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Why Does America Spend So Much on Israel?

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Jason Greenblatt explains why their leaders reject normalization: “If Palestinians get too comfortable economically, they would lost interest in the Palestinian cause”

JERUSALEM POST PA slams U.S. envoy over ‘economic peace’ talk by Khaled Abu Toameh December 1, 2018 The Palestinian Authority on Saturday accused US presidential envoy Jason Greenblatt of promoting the ideas and positions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning the … Continue reading

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Since 1977, “The UN has observed “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” every year on November 29th…“day of mourning and a day of grief””

FRONT PAGE MAG U.N. Israel-Bashing Day by Joseph Klein November 30, 2018 …To assuage its grief, the UN General Assembly passes annually a series of blatantly one-sided anti-Israel resolutions, which have deliberately overlooked decades of Palestinian terrorism aimed at killing … Continue reading

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“It’s amazing what you learn about yourself when you start publishing about Turkey’s links to terrorist groups.”

WEEKLY STANDARD I’m a Wonk at a Think Tank. Turkish Media Say I’m an International Man of Mystery by Jonathan Schanzer November 28, 2018 I’m a terrorist, an intelligence agent for at least two Middle East governments, a coup-plotter, and … Continue reading

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“The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since have taken to heart”

TIMES OF ISRAEL How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship by Eric Cortellessa December 1, 2018 Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren once castigated Barack Obama for not abiding by the principle of “no daylight” … Continue reading

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“Are they naifs, idiots, or are they just playing with foreign policy to make life a little harder for Trump?”

AMERICAN GREATNESS What Is Saudi Arabia to Us? by Angelo Codevilla November 27th, 2018 It seems that Saudi Arabia’s rulers murdered an opponent. The U.S. media and political class is shocked, shocked, to find that murder is going on in such precincts. Who … Continue reading

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“A new CNN poll reveals that one in four Europeans are anti-Semitic”

NEW YORK TIMES Europe’s Jew Hatred, and Ours by Bari Weiss November 29, 2018 Paris. Toulouse. Malmo. Copenhagen. Brussels. Berlin. For most people, they are lovely cities where you might happily take a holiday. But for the world’s Jews, they … Continue reading

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“Former AP columnist held forth on the subject of How to Report the Middle East from the Middle East at the Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem”

JUDEAN ROSE Framing the Narrative: Matti Friedman on the Israel Story by Varda Meyers Epstein November 27, 2018 You have to admire Matti Friedman. He bucked the entrenched wisdom to expose the unfairness (here and here) of the media’s excessive focus on … Continue reading

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Why are most Westerners ignorant about history of #Islam and the West ?

JERUSALEM POST The dire consequences of rewriting Western-Muslim history by Raymond Ibrahim November 24, 2018 …In fact, from Islam’s first contact with Western civilization and for over a millennium thereafter, Muslims behaved not unlike the Islamic State and on the … Continue reading

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