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Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
The proposed Hamas-Israel truce: “As for Egypt, Qatar, and the UN, they are acting strictly out of concern for their own and Hamas’s interests”
GATESTONE INSTITUTE The Middle East “Truce”: Why Hamas Cannot Be Trusted by Bassam Tawil November 5, 2018 …Egypt wants a truce between Hamas and Israel because it wants quiet along its shared border with the Gaza Strip. Qatar wants the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar, United Nations
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Antisemites and AntiIsrael activists, you’ll be right at home at the 2019 WomensMarch
NEW YORK POST Don’t join this year’s Women’s March unless you’re good with anti-Semitism by Karol Markowicz November 4, 2018 With the Pittsburgh shooting so fresh and anti-Semitism (alas) so necessary a topic, it’s time for a reckoning with the Women’s March. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Linda Sarsour, Louis Farrakhan, Women's March
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“Hawks feared that the U.S. would allow Iran access to the global financial communications system, Swift. They were wrong”
BLOOMBERG Trump Bank Sanctions Will Hit Iran Where It Hurts by Eli Lake November 2, 2018 For the last month, it looked as though President Donald Trump’s campaign of maximum pressure against Iran would include a loophole. Sanctions on Iran’s … Continue reading
#FIDF Los Angeles gala raises $60 million, 1200 attend
FIDF BLOG Ashton Kutcher and Pharrell Williams among stars and supporters at the FIDF Western Region Gala chaired by Haim and Cheryl Saban November 2, 2018 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) raised $60 million at its annual Western Region Gala … Continue reading
It wasn’t a white supremacist defacing Brooklyn synagogue with “Die Jewish rats”
TABLET MAG As Brooklyn Hate Crime Suspect is Arrested, Time for the Left to Rethink Its Attitude to Anti-Semitism by Leil Leibovitz November 3, 2018 Earlier today, the New York Police Department arrested the man suspected of vandalizing the Union … Continue reading
“Human Rights Watch takes a break from Israel-bashing to examine abuses by Fatah and Hamas”
WALL STREET JOURNAL The Palestinians’ Worst Enemy Is Their Own Leaders by Elliot Kaufman Oct. 30, 2018 There’s a rule of thumb for journalists reporting on the Palestinians: If it can’t be blamed on Israel, it isn’t news. But some … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Fatah, Hamas, Human Rights Watch, Palestinians
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Another (proposed) #Hamas ceasefire deal
YNET Al Akhbar publishes draft of Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal by Elior Levy November 3, 2018 The Hamas-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar published Saturday an initial draft of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, including ten provisions, with every provision … Continue reading
“The political goal of the “Christ at the Checkpoint Conference” in Oklahoma was to flip American Christian support for Israel to the Palestinians”
JNS United Methodist Church under fire for anti-Semitism November 1, 2018 In the wake of the synagogue shooting last week in Pittsburgh, activists from several mainline Protestant churches came under fire for promoting a culture of anti-Semitism in their churches, … Continue reading
Abbas has never “seriously attempted to prepare Palestinians for peace. Were he to sign a peace treaty, it is doubtful Palestinians would accept it, or that he would be able to implement it”
WASHINGTON TIMES Peace processing 2.0 by Clifford D. May October 30, 2018 Tibetans would like a state of their own, as would Uyghurs. China’s rulers do not intend to let those peoples go. The Kurds would like a state of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian, Two State Solution
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“Antisemitism is a politics of misdirected blame. Today its most frequent target is the state of Israel”
WALL STREET JOURNAL The Many Faces of Jew-Hatred by Ruth Wisse Oct. 31, 2018 …The most discouraging feature of the anti-Israel brand of anti-Semitism is its penetration of Western societies, including the U.S. That a single shooter wants to kill … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged antisemitism, Pittsburgh, Robert Bowers
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