Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

The Virtue of Nationalism: Hazony’s latest book argues that “the nation-state is the best form of political organization humanity has yet discovered”

JEWISH JOURNAL Obsolete or Indispensable? by Evelyn Gordon August 15, 2018 …[Judaism] is the only great civilization in history that never sought global application of its laws, customs, and religious practices; rather, the Bible explicitly envisioned a limited Jewish state surrounded … Continue reading

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“Extensive damage has been inflicted upon protective thickets of trees planted around eleven communities in the Western Negev”

KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL/JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Life-Saving Trees Burnt by Incendiary Kites August 19, 2018 Hundreds of acres of security plantings carried out in this part of Israel since the 1950s have now gone up in smoke due to incessant incendiary … Continue reading

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Trump: Palestinians will “get something very good because it’s their turn next”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Trump: Israel to pay ‘higher price’ for Jerusalem embassy move by Staff August 22, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel will have to pay “a higher price” in peace talks with … Continue reading

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“U.S. charges 2 men with serving as agents of Iran, monitoring Americans and a Chicago Jewish center”

WASHINGTON POST U.S. court detains Calif. man charged with serving as agent of Iran, surveilling Americans by Spencer S. Hsu August 20, 2018 U.S. prosecutors announced charges Monday against two men arrested Aug. 9 and accused of acting as agents … Continue reading

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#BDSFail PepsiCo acquires rival Israel-based SodaStream for $144/share

BLOOMBERG PepsiCo Enters Homemade Market With $3.2 Billion SodaStream Deal by Thomas Mulier August 20, 2018 PepsiCo Inc. agreed to buy fizzy-drinks dispenser SodaStream International Ltd. for $3.2 billion, sending the company synonymous with sugary sodas into the homes of more health-conscious consumers. … Continue reading

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Anglo-Jewish community “fears that Britain may soon elect a racist and an anti-Semite as its prime minister”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Corbyn, who sought Israel’s demise, is an anti-Semite. Labour must kick him out by David Horovitz August 20, 2018 …Yet for years, he [Corbyn] was active in an organization that, just like Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran, … Continue reading

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“Israelis are red-state Jews. American Jews are blue-state — politically liberal in their outlook”

NEW YORK TIMES How America’s Jews Learned to Be Liberal by Steven R. Weisman August 18, 2018 …The liberalism of most American Jews has long confounded American Jewish neoconservatives like Norman Podhoretz, who asserts that it is illogical for American … Continue reading

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Once more, United Nations behaves true to form on Israel

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) UN chief proposes armed force to ‘protect’ Palestinians from Israel by Yoni Hersch, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff August 19, 2018 In a new report circulated Friday, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres … Continue reading

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Color us blue: “#Democrats will elect several new representatives to Congress in November who hold staunchly anti-Israel views”

BREITBART Blue State Blues: Democrats Are Bringing a New Anti-Israel Caucus to Congress by Joel B. Pollak August 17, 2018 …The anti-Israel members-of-Congress-to-be are running in solidly Democratic districts where they are certain to be elected. As such, Americans must … Continue reading

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“Lauder has it backwards. It is his generation’s decision to dilute our religion, our culture, and our connection to our homeland, that has led to a generation of full of apathetic and disconnected Jews”

JEWISH PRESS Lauder’s NY Times Op-Ed Misrepresents World Jewry by Gabe Groisman August 15, 2018 Ronald Lauder saw it fit to publish an opinion piece in the NY Times [Israel, This Is Not Who We Are] about what he believes … Continue reading

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