Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Hamas terror “casts a serious doubt on the viability of the Oslo paradigm of a unified Palestinian entity in the West Bank and Gaza”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Israel’s Gaza Policy with Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen July 3, 2018. The transformation of the Gaza Strip into an ineradicable terror entity poses a formidable security threat to Israel by placing its population centers and strategic … Continue reading

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US News and World Report: Israel #8 on the “global stage”

ARUTZ SHEVA Report: Israel world’s eighth most powerful nation by Tzvi Lev July 8, 2018 A prestigious US-based magazine said that Israel is the eighth most powerful nation in the world, ahead of international heavyweights such as the United Arab … Continue reading

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“David Brog, head of the Maccabee Task Force, says a savvy action plan, lots of money and a focus on empowering (almost) all pro-Israel students are gradually ‘taking back the quad'”

TIMES OF ISRAEL How Sheldon Adelson just might be turning the tide against BDS on US campuses by David Horovitz July 8, 2018 In the academic year that just ended, Sheldon Adelson’s Maccabee Task Force, set up to battle anti-Israel … Continue reading

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EVENT “When the Smoke Clears” from Jerusalem U to be screened locally for Tisha B’Av

THE JEWISH VOICE New Documentary Highlights Plight of Wounded IDF Veterans as PTSD Day is Observed June 27, 2018 Following the international launch of the film When The Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope on Israel’s Memorial … Continue reading

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“Obama concealed a myth-smashing report. Trump can reveal it to the world”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Expose the Palestinian ‘Refugee’ Scam by Richard Goldberg and Jonathan Schanzer July 5, 2018 If President Trump wants to promote peace in the Middle East, his first step should be to declassify a key State Department report … Continue reading

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“The Palestinian national movement denies Israel’s legitimacy, and Israel in turn denies the Palestinians’ national sovereignty. A new book insists on accommodating both”

NATIONAL REVIEW Both Sides Now: A Review of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Brian Stewart July 7, 2018 …Yossi Klein Halevi is the author of the new book Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. In it, he offers a heartfelt … Continue reading

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#JewishVoiceForPeace has “gone academic with its first book, deceptively titled On Anti-Semitism”

THE TOWER “The Jewish Voice for Palestine”: A Review of JVP’s “On Anti-Semitism” by A.J. Caschetta July 5, 2018 …The book’s subtitle, Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice, is as misleading as its title. The JVP isn’t really interested in … Continue reading

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“Critics say the joint Polish-Israeli agreement downplays the role of many Poles who willingly cooperated with the Nazis”

ARUTZ SHEVA Bennett: Joint statement with Poland a disgrace by Shlomo Pyutrikovsky July 7, 2018 Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday referred to the joint statement by the prime minister and Polish prime minister about the Polish role the Holocaust…Bennett noted, “The … Continue reading

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Iranian General: “Israel and another country in the region have joint teams which work to ensure clouds entering Iranian skies are unable to release rain”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Iranian general blames water woes on Israeli ‘cloud theft’ by AFP and TOI Staff July 2, 2018 An Iranian general on Monday accused Israel of manipulating weather to prevent rain over the Islamic Republic, alleging his country … Continue reading

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“Communications technology developed in Israel is being used by divers to help free 12 boys and their coach trapped for 11 days in a flooded Thai cave”

ISRAEL 21C Rescuers turn to Israeli tech to help save trapped Thai boys by Nicky Blackburn July 4, 2018 Emergency mobile communications technology developed by Israeli company Maxtech Networks is being used by rescue teams working to save 12 teenagers and their … Continue reading

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