Most Clicked This Week
- Italian historian Carlo Vecce set out to debunk rumors of Leonardo da Vinci’s foreign origins, but a newly discovered document changed his mind
- Joan Peters Caro, author of From Time Immemorial, has passed away in Chicago
- "Is it better for Israel to have the near-unanimous support of Jews (1.8 % of US) or the very substantial support of the 38 percent who are conservative?"
- US State Dept: Hamas’ control of Gaza is why we're reallocating $200m in aid
- Palestinian laws “used by the PA to punish Palestinians suspected of selling land and houses to Jews”
- Social psychologist Len Saxe says time is ripe for young Jews to make Birthright trip: "For this generation coming off the loneliness and emotional challenges of COVID, the hunger to engage with peers makes this a propitious moment to go to Israel"
- Paying Tehran’s Bills. Sanctions relief will only empower Iran
- "Thursday's Cape Canaveral explosion will delay any new satellite launches by at least two-and-a-half years, causing a major setback to Israel's space program"
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
First-time White House Arab-Israel summit proved #StateDepartment and “#Tillerson’s basic assumptions have the problems of the Middle East precisely backwards”
BREITBART Firing Rex Tillerson Removed an Obstacle to Middle East Peace by Caroline Glick March 15, 2018 As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was being fired on Tuesday, his central assumptions about the Palestinian conflict with Israel, which are shared … Continue reading
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“On sidelines of huge Juniper Cobra air defense exercise, American and Israeli ground troops trade know-how and practice beach landings, urban combat, desert warfare”
TIMES OF ISRAEL IDF paratroopers teach US marines ‘lost art’ of tunnel combat by Judah Ari Gross March 13, 2018 Israeli paratroopers and US marines completed a series of exercises over the past week and a half aimed at sharing … Continue reading
“What happened in Deir Yassin in April 9, 1948, became a seminal event of Israel’s War of Independence”
JEWISH JOURNAL The Truth of Deir Yassin by Shmuel Rosner February 28, 2018 Eliezer Tauber is an Israeli academic who specializes in the modern history of the Middle East. In the past decade, he dedicated a lot of time to … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Deir Yassin, Eliezer Tauber, War of Independence
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Gallup: Americans who sympathize with the Israelis over the Palestinians, 64%
GALLUP Americans Remain Staunchly in Israel’s Corner by Lydia Saad March 13, 2018 As the Trump administration prepares to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and is reportedly finalizing its broader Middle East peace plan, Americans’ stance on … Continue reading
Fatah says Hamas is behind assassination attempt, “further escalating tensions between the rival factions”
ISRAEL HAYOM Palestinian PM escapes assassination attempt in Gaza by News Agencies March 13, 2018 An explosion struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister Tuesday as he was making a rare visit to Gaza, in what his Fatah party … Continue reading
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Tagged Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinian, Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
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#IranDeal: “The secretary of state’s would-be replacement, Mike Pompeo, is an ardent hawk who says the agreement is ‘disastrous’”
POLITICO Tillerson’s Ouster Could Kill the Iran Nuclear Deal by Michael Crowley March 13, 2018 The Iran nuclear deal might have died Tuesday. That, at least, is one potential upshot of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s ouster and likely replacement … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Iran, Jerusalem
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#Iran let the superpowers do their work for them, destroying Iran’s enemies
JNS.ORG Getting out of the Iranian check by Michael Oren March 11, 2018 While Israel is mired in domestic scandals and coalition crises, the greatest threat the country has known since the eve of the Yom Kippur War – perhaps since … Continue reading
“It is time to end the deadly charade of calling the displaced Palestinians “refugees”
GATESTONE What Is a “Refugee”? The Jews from Morocco versus the Palestinians from Israel by Alan Dershowitz March 10, 2018 …The Arab exodus from Israel in 1948 was the direct result of a genocidal war declared against the newly established … Continue reading
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Tagged Palestinians, Refugees, War of Independence
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“Presbyterian Church USA continues a practice of Jew-baiting that the denomination’s peace activists and leaders have been perfecting for more than a decade”
JNS A dying church takes time to give Israel a kick by Dexter Van Zile March 9, 2018 You have to hand it to the Presbyterian Church USA. Its leaders can’t figure out how to recruit new members or stop … Continue reading
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