Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Leibler: “Despite their incessant grumbling, Israelis are a very happy and proud people”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Balancing dangers and opportunities by Isi Leibler July 12, 2018 …Although Israelis are exasperated with corruption and the multiple allegations against the Netanyahus, polls show that were an election to take place now, Benjamin … Continue reading

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Katie Hopkins in Israel with Yishai Fleisher: Why Jewish youth flock to Hebron from around the world

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“Unfortunately for Trump, he enters the summit with a decidedly weakened hand — largely of his own making”

FOREIGN POLICY Putin Sees Trump as an Easy Mark on Syria by John Hannah July 13, 2018 As U.S. President Donald Trump approaches his July 16 summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin, there’s much speculation that Syria will … Continue reading

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“While the success of BDS has been limited, we are seeing younger people buy the propaganda”

SPECTATOR Boycott Israel Founder Confirms BDS Is About Ending the Jewish State by Paul Miller July 12, 2018 Supporters of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement claim that BDS is about a two-state solution and bettering the lives of … Continue reading

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“Palestinian assailant shouts ‘No Jew in Germany’ at visiting scholar and knocks his kippa off his head; victim defends himself but is beaten by police, who mistake him for instigator”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israeli professor attacked by Palestinian in Germany by Stuart Winer July 12, 2018 A US-based Israeli professor of philosophy was assaulted Wednesday in Germany by a man of Palestinian origin, who knocked his skullcap off and shouted … Continue reading

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“Long-festering strains between the world’s two largest communities jeopardize the prospects of a shared Jewish future. Here’s a way forward”

MOSAIC Can American and Israeli Jews Stay Together as One People? by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy July 9, 2018 …And yet, the survey also testified to something else: 66 percent of American Jews and 78 percent of Israelis describe … Continue reading

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EVENT StandWithUs Chicago First Ever Campus Crash Course

StandWithUs Chicago Campus Crash Course Sunday August 5, 2018, 10am – 1 pm North Shore Congregation Israel 1185 Sheridan Road, Glencoe, IL This an opportunity to strengthen your knowledge of Israel, develop the skills and confidence you seek when discussing … Continue reading

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Israeli spacecraft “will orbit the Moon for almost two months before landing”

FORTUNE Israel’s First Moon Mission Is Planned and a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Will Take It by Lucas Laursen July 11, 2018 A group of private Israeli companies are joining the race to return to the moon, after NASA’s recent cancellation … Continue reading

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“No longer taboo, harsh approbation of the Jewish state is now common among up and coming progressives running for office, putting liberal Zionists in turmoil”

JTA Jewish Democrats contend with a wave of progressives who criticize Israel by Charles Dunst July 10, 2018 …The [Bernie] Sanders effect According to a Pew Research Center survey, the percentage of Democrats saying they sympathize more with Israel than … Continue reading

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“Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees pile up along the Golden Heights, and Israel opens its doors (with caution) to take care of the wounded”

JNS Syrians flee towards hospitals of the ‘enemy’ by Fiamma Nirenstein July 9, 2018 The strong winds in the Golan Heights blow pain and come from tent cities in which displaced Syrians are clustered together a few meters from the … Continue reading

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