Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Ahed Tamimi AKA “Shirley Temper” sentenced

TIMES OF ISRAEL Palestinian teen who slapped soldier sentenced to 8 months in prison by TOI staff and Agencies March 21, 2018 Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was sentenced to eight months in prison after a military court on Wednesday approved … Continue reading

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“Taylor Force Act, targeting payouts to jailed terrorists, likely to pass this week”

JEWISH INSIDER Sen Graham: Taylor Force Act now added to omnibus By Jacob Kornbluh and JI Staff March 21, 2018 The Senate is expected to pass the Taylor Force Act as part of the $1.3 trillion omnibus appropriations bill this week, … Continue reading

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“Israel admits bombing suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, warns Iran” [IDF VIDEOS]

JNS IDF chief: 2007 reactor strike shows Israel will not tolerate threats to its existence by Israel Hayom March 21, 2018 The message from the strike on the Syrian nuclear reactor is clear: Israel will not tolerate existential threats, said … Continue reading

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Dershowitz: “If you’re anti-Israel, [Sex and City’s] Cynthia Nixon is your candidate.”

FREE BEACON Dershowitz Slams Cynthia Nixon as ‘Anti-Israel’ Candidate in New York Governor’s Race by David Rutz March 20, 2018 Attorney and commentator Alan Dershowitz tore into actress and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon on Twitter as an anti-Israel bigot, before … Continue reading

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Naftali Bennett pushes back against Ron Lauder’s assertion that Israel is responsible for assimilation

JERUSALEM POST Bennett takes on Lauder: Don’t blame Israel for U.S. Jews assimilating by Herb Keinon March 20, 2018 Education and Diaspora Minister Naftali Bennett politely but firmly disagreed with a New York Times Op-Ed written by World Jewish Congress President Ronald … Continue reading

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“Anti-Israel faculty reviewers worry the book will undermine the Palestinian narrative”

LEGAL INSURRECTION Silencing History: U.S. University Publishers Shun Book “Ending the Deir Yassin Myth” by Miriam Elman March 18, 2018 Why have American academic presses rejected a book manuscript by Dr. Eliezer Tauber, a former dean and highly-regarded Israeli history … Continue reading

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CHICAGO EVENT Our Soldiers Speak presents Brigadier General Zvika Haimovich

OUR SOLDIERS SPEAK ELITE DIVISION Jonathan Sherman and Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest present An Exclusive Breakfast Briefing Featuring Brigadier General Zvika Haimovich Commander of The Israel Air Defense Forces (Active) “Securing Our Skies In Today’s Middle East: Israel’s … Continue reading

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EU’s new strategy to save the #IranDeal

REUTERS New European sanctions would affect nuclear deal: Iran official by Staff March 17, 2018 Any new European sanctions against Iran will have a direct effect on the nuclear deal struck between world powers and Tehran, Iran’s deputy foreign minister … Continue reading

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“ADL criticizes Israel for expelling illegal infiltrators in a meaningless act of virtue signalling, while Israel is one of the leading providers of aid to African countries”

MIDA The Chutzpah of Preaching Ethics to Israel by Judith Bergman March 12, 2018 Large parts of the West, including American Diaspora Jewish leaders, appear to have decided that unless Israel desists from its plan of deporting thousands of single, … Continue reading

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#BDSFail at #UniversityOfIllinois

JNS.ORG BDS gets handed a devastating defeat at the University of Illinois by Paul Miller March 15, 2018 By a nearly 2-1 margin, students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign voted “no” to a proposed anti-Israel referendum calling for … Continue reading

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