Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Jerusalem-Ben Gurion Airport high speed train begins service on Tuesday

YAHOO Netanyahu tests Israeli fast train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv by AFP September 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tested Israel’s new high-speed train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv on Thursday, but much work remains before it is fully operational. … Continue reading

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“The movement of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, the de-funding of UNRWA, the closing of the #PLO mission in DC, all demonstrate an awareness that Abbas and his allies are unworthy of the trust they gained through the Oslo Accords”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Has the State Department Finally Given up on Its Palestinian Fantasies? by A.J. Caschetta September 20, 2018 After President Trump’s futile attempts to forge a deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, many in the Trump administration … Continue reading

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Defender Of Israel Blisters UN Human Rights Council For Its Silence After Murder Of Israeli Father

TIMES OF ISRAEL Witness says Ari Fuld’s killer deliberately targeted an American Falafel shop worker tells Times of Israel that terrorist twice asked her and others in restaurant if they spoke English and stood behind Fuld for a full minute … Continue reading

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Democrat and Republican priorities on Israel

JTA 55 House Republicans urge Trump to allow ‘Israel’ on passports of Jerusalem-born September 21, 2018 A letter from 55 U.S. House of Representatives Republicans to President Donald Trump asks him to direct the State Department to allow U.S. citizens … Continue reading

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Netflix’s “The Angel” tells story of Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan–Abdel Nasser’s son-in-law–who warned Israel prior to ‘73 Yom Kippur War

YNET Telegram exposes Mossad chief’s warnings about Yom Kippur War by Yaron Drukman September 18, 2018 …[On Monday] The State Archives website posted the telegram the former Mossad chief sent to then prime minister Golda Meir’s military secretary Yisrael Lior, … Continue reading

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“While Netanyahu expressed “regret” over the deaths of the Russians in a phone call with Putin, he nevertheless reiterated Israel’s position that full responsibility rests with Syria and its allies”

MEDIA LINE Israeli Delegation Heads To Moscow To Present Findings Over Downed Russian Jet by Charles Bybelezer September 20, 2018 An Israeli delegation led by the head of the air force left for Moscow Thursday morning to present preliminary findings … Continue reading

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ArchitectGuy housekeeping

I continue to hear from people who were once on my list asking me why I “dropped” them. This is just a reminder that every time you forward one of these emails there’s this innocuous looking hyperlink down at the … Continue reading

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Pro Israel Palestinian Mudar Zahran addresses the European Parliament: BDS hurts us, we want peace with Israel

“We want peace with Israel. Israel’s interest is our interest. Israel thrives only when we do. And we thrive only when Israel does”

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“Putin told reporters that the downing of the plane by Syrian air defenses was a “chain of tragic accidental circumstances””

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu, Putin talk amid tensions over downing of Russian spy plane’ by Agencies and Staff September 18, 2018 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid rising tensions between the two countries after … Continue reading

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International media dehumanize (or ignore) Ari Fuld and rationalize his murder

FORWARD Ari Fuld Was Not A ‘Settler’ — He Was An Innocent Victim Of Terror by Micha Danzig September 17, 2018 …Settler. That is what the international media apparently thinks is most important in this terrible story, followed closely by … Continue reading

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