Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Never again will Israelis allow a “ring of fire” to burn on their nation’s borders”

WASHINGTON TIMES Israel’s second War of Independence Clifford May April 8, 2025 It has been 18 months since Hamas’ invasion of Israel and the barbaric pogrom that followed. Hamas is still holding and torturing hostages. The Israel Defense Forces are … Continue reading

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“In a world of globalized alienation, secular and religious Israelis alike remain proudly connected to their story as a people, through rituals as old as the Passover Seder and as new as the letters soldiers write before they go into battle”

TABLET MAG Why Are Israelis So Happy? Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy April 10, 2025 …Israel is a happy place. Despite constantly facing vicious enemies and enduring a year and a half of sustained fighting and funerals, Israel ranks in … Continue reading

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“The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 200 plaintiffs, including the family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the Israeli American victims who was initially taken hostage but later killed”

DAILY MAIL American billionaire is accused of facilitating Hamas’ October 7 terror attack on Israel in bombshell lawsuit Brittany Chain April 7, 2025 A billionaire American-Palestinian businessman has been sued by grieving families whose loved ones were victims of the … Continue reading

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Reprimand against antisemitic Chicago therapist doesn’t require her to apologize to the therapists whose names she shared publicly, nor does it affect her ability to continue practicing in Illinois

JEWISH INSIDER Chicago therapist who created blacklist of ‘Zionist’ therapists disciplined by state licensing body Gabby Deutch April 4, 2025 A Chicago therapist who created a blacklist of “Zionist” therapists that she said people should avoid was reprimanded by Illinois’ professional … Continue reading

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Tobin: “Centrists may be wrong to think that they can steer their party in a moderate direction. Looking to 2028 and beyond, the implications for supporters of Israel are ominous”

JNS AOC and the diminishing prospects for Jewish Democrats Jonathan Tobin April 4, 2025 …The Democratic Party of 2025, let alone 2028, is not the same. Most members of Congress may still not wish to be seen as being too … Continue reading

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Hungary welcomes Bibi to Budapest, tells ICC to get lost

ALGEMEINER Hungary Announces Withdrawal From ‘Political’ ICC as Netanyahu Visits Country, Defying Arrest Warrant Ailin Vilches Arguello April 3, 2025 Hungary on Thursday announced that it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the country welcomed Israeli Prime … Continue reading

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“Hamas ‘quietly drops’ thousands of deaths from casualty figures. Claims that 70 per cent of the fatalities are women and children are complete nonsense, says report”

JPOST Hamas admits 72% of deaths are combat-aged men as it quietly reduces civilian death toll April 3, 2025 Hamas quietly removed the names of thousands of Palestinians it had previously alleged were killed during the Israel-Hamas war, Salo Aizenberg, … Continue reading

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Oren: “If I have learned one thing in my time in political life it is this: Never bet against Israel’s longest-serving prime minister”

CLARITY WITH MICHAEL OREN How Does Bibi Survive? Michael Oren April 1, 2025 The perennial eulogists of Benjamin Netanyahu’s career are having a banner week. Though it lacks a constitution, Israel stands on the brink of what might otherwise be … Continue reading

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“Strategically, meanwhile, the Iranian regime is on the back foot”

NEWSWEEK A Grim Message for Iranians Ilan Berman April 1, 2025 …Over the past half-year, its extensive proxy network has been largely dismantled by Israel, which has methodically taken the fight to Iran’s main Palestinian ally, Hamas, to Hezbollah in … Continue reading

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Hoffman: “Antisemitism is the one bigotry that still gets a pass in elite circles — so long as it’s wrapped in the flag of Palestine and framed as “anti-Zionism””

FUTURE OF JEWISH Palestinian ‘activism’ is actually domestic terrorism Joshua Hoffman March 30, 2025 There’s a long and noble tradition of civil disobedience in the world — from Mahatma Gandhi’s salt march to Martin Luther King Jr.’s marches in Selma. … Continue reading

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