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- 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
“For a change, there was no daylight between the views Pence outlined in the Knesset and those of his Israeli hosts” [VIDEO]
NATIONAL REVIEW Trump in the Middle East: Note Who Curses America, and Who Blesses It by Yoram Hazony January 23, 2018 President Donald Trump has promised that in the Middle East under his presidency, “there are many things that can … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Jerusalem, Knesset, Mike Pence
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CAMERA’S Adam Levick: The racist witch hunt known as #BDS found its latest target: #ScarlettJohansson
THE TOWER ADL CEO: Boycott of Scarlett Johansson’s Women’s March Speech was “Contemptible” by Staff January 22, 2018 The groups who boycotted Scarlett Johansson’s Women’s March speech in Los Angeles due to her position as spokesperson for SodaStream, an Israeli company … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt, Scarlett Johansson, SodaStream
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“Strangely, over time the number of Palestinian refugees has increased rather than decreased. As of 2017, UNRWA recognized over 5.3 million Palestinian refugees, a sevenfold increase since 1949”
THE TOWER Beyond the Money: A Modest Proposal to Remake UNRWA by Johanna Markind January 24, 2018 Rather than helping to resolve the Palestinian refugee issue peacefully, the UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) actually works to prolong it and promote … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Donald Trump, Palestinians, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA
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“As millions of Jews fell under the Nazi yoke, Zionism’s foremost leader came to America with one goal. He didn’t achieve it”
MOSAIC David Ben-Gurion’s 1940 Mission to Rouse the Fighting Spirit of American Jews by Rick Richman January 17, 2018 In 1940, as millions of Jews came under Nazi control in the countries conquered by Hitler, and as the route to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, Rick Richman, Ze’ev Jabotinsky
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“To give up on the “right of return…” is to give up on being Palestinian”
ABU YEHUDA Let Israel win by Vic Rosenthal January 21, 2018 Why can’t Israel and the Palestinians just get along? Daniel Pipes answers that wars end when one side or the other wins. And Israel, he says, is not trying … Continue reading
Iran caught spying on Jewish targets. This did not go well in Buenos Aires.
JERUSALEM POST AJC calls for Berlin to expel Iranian ambassador for spying on Israel by Benjamin Weinthal January 17, 2018 The Berlin office of the American Jewish Committee urged Germany’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to expel Iran’s ambassador because of … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged AJC, American Jewish Committee, Germany, Hezbollah, Iran
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To Muslims, “Israel as the state of the Jewish people is a theological threat to Islam and only secondarily, a national, political, judicial or territorial threat”
ALGEMEINER Why Arabs and Muslims Will Not Accept Israel as the Jewish State by Mordechai Kedar January 19, 2018 Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital aroused massive outrage in the Arab and Islamic world. This was for … Continue reading
“Army allows reporters into destroyed Islamic Jihad tunnel, gives a peek at construction of underground barrier that will wall off the Strip by end of 2019”
TIMES OF ISRAEL In the sand around Gaza, Israel and Hamas dig in a literal race to the bottom by Judah Ari Gross January 18, 2018 …On Thursday, the military allowed journalists to visit the tunnel, which was dug by … Continue reading
“Jordanian state media says Israel expressed “deep regrets and apologies” over death of Jordanians shot by Israeli embassy guard”
ISRAEL HAYOM Jordan and Israel defuse crisis over deadly embassy shooting by Staff January 19, 2018 Jordan said on Thursday that Israel had formally apologized for the deaths of two of its citizens killed by an Israeli security guard last July in an incident that soured ties and led … Continue reading
For new US embassy, “State Department has settled on plan to convert an existing consular building in West Jerusalem”
NEW YORK TIMES U.S. Presses to Relocate Embassy to Jerusalem by 2019 by Mark Landler January 18, 2018 The Trump administration is moving faster than expected to transfer the American Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by 2019, senior officials … Continue reading
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