Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Kol hakavod to everyone of you that has been successful in making it over there in the holy land. And by making it there, I don’t mean your parents bought you a house in Modiin”

TIMES OF ISRAEL A Jewish Father responds to his critics by a Jewish Father September 14, 2017 I appreciate the feedback, both in support of how I resolved my very real dilemma, and against. Some of you were really passionate. … Continue reading

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US State Dept: “Trump administration strongly supports the Taylor Force Act, which is a consequence of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization’s policy of paying terrorists and their families”

WALL STREET JOURNAL How Do Palestinians Define ‘Terrorism’? by Jonathan Schanzer and Grant Rumley September 11, 2017 The Taylor Force Act is gathering momentum in Congress. Named for a West Point graduate who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian during … Continue reading

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“The notion of High Holiday pulpits being used for traditional advocacy on behalf of Israel is increasingly passé”

ALGEMEINER Will High Holiday Sermons Get Too Political? by Jonathan S. Tobin September 14, 2017 …What all this means is that although rabbis are still viewed as opinion leaders, their sermons are likely to reflect the views of those they … Continue reading

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Trump ignore’s Obama admin MOU which limited Israel aid

JERUSALEM POST Trump supports $75M supplemental aid to Israel beyond Obama-era MOU by Michael Wilner September 11, 2017 The Trump administration will support Congress’s effort to provide Israel with more aid than was guaranteed in a formal defense package negotiated … Continue reading

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“Notebook in which Gil-Ad Shaer documented his final months, before he was murdered by Hamas along with two other yeshiva students, presents a glimpse into his inner world”

YNET Diary found of yeshiva student kidnapped, killed by Hamas by Amira Lam September 12, 2017 Ten months after three Israeli yeshiva students were kidnapped and murdered by a Hamas cell in Gush Etzion, the family of one of them, … Continue reading

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“On September 11, some of us opened our eyes. Others closed them as hard as they could” [VIDEO]

SULTAN KNISH How 9/11 Made Me What I Am by Daniel Greenfield September 12, 2017 …On John F. Kennedy Boulevard, in Jersey City, across the river from Manhattan, crowds of Muslim settlers celebrated the slaughter of Americans. “Some men were … Continue reading

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Shimon Peres: The father of Israel’s nuclear deterrent reveals how it was built. An exclusive excerpt from No Room For Small Dreams, Shimon Peres’ posthumous autobiography”

TABLET MAG How Israel Went Nuclear by Shimon Peres September 11, 2017 …What we needed was help, and as the country with whom we’d built our closest friendship, France represented an opportunity. As Europe’s most advanced country in the nuclear … Continue reading

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“16 years after 9/11, Israel remains America’s most reliable and effective ally in what used to be called the War on Terror”

COMMENTARY Israel Rescues the Middle East, Again by Sohrab Ahmari September 11, 2017 …The Arab world continues to radiate danger and instability; wide swaths of the Middle East and Africa are ungoverned; vicious new Islamist outfits have eclipsed al-Qaeda; the … Continue reading

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“Shame on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum,” said Leon Wieseltier, the literary critic and fellow at the Brookings Institution, who slammed the Museum for “releasing an allegedly scientific study that justifies bystanderism”

NY POST EDITORIAL BOARD Playing politics with the Holocaust Museum Editorial Board September 9, 2017 What will it take to keep the United States Holocaust Museum free of political interference and manipulation? The problem first popped up soon after its … Continue reading

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At University of Illinois, “Students advocate violence as the “only option” against Zionists and other “fascists”

FRONT PAGE MAG ‪A Smash Zionists Rally at the U of Illinois‬ by Matthew Vaddum September 8, 2017 The radical Students for Justice in Palestine organized a “Smash Fascism” rally this week at the University of Illinois to attack Zionism … Continue reading

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