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- Obama's Deal: $150 Billion to Iran to Destroy Israel with Conventional Arms
- Right and Left, Israelis and American Jews Say: Reject Extremist Boycotts of Israel
- "Hamas's decision to participate in the upcoming local and municipal elections will further strengthen the movement and pave the way for it to extend its control from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank"
- "The leaders of the two countries said Russia and the United States are working together to ensure Israel's security."
- Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq lead mob attacks on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad following US strikes
- From an AG reader: "I keep looking and looking but I can't find this story in the NY Times or the WashPo or on CNN or NPR - I just don't understand it"
- BDS-supporting scientist grapples with metaphors…and loses
- "Fixing or killing the #IranDeal will be President #Trump’s first step toward restoring America’s global leadership"
Category Archives: Israel & Middle East
“Turning on first completely Palestinian-owned and -managed substation, Israeli energy ministry and PA premier hail cooperation”
TIMES OF ISRAEL In deal with Israel, PA takes ‘historic’ step toward energy independence by Dov Lieber July 10, 2017 High-ranking Palestinian and Israeli officials gathered in a field outside the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday to turn … Continue reading
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Jewish Voice for Peace: “There is no difference between Zionism and white supremacy”
TABLET MAG Jewish Voice for Peace Is Spreading Hate on Campus. It’s Time for Jewish Academics to Speak Up by Jarrod Tanny July 5, 2017 I am a professor of Jewish history in North Carolina, and I find it very … Continue reading
Radiohead’s “Thom Yorke flips bird, repeatedly mutters ‘some f**cking people,’ in an apparent reference to sea of Palestinian flags in Glasgow crowd”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Radiohead frontman appears to curse pro-Palestinian protesters at show by Staff July 9, 2017 Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke apparently flipped off pro-Palestinian protesters at a Friday concert in Glasgow, Scotland, amid a continuing campaign to pressure the … Continue reading
Murdered Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman had identified Hezbollah operative as suicide bomber
ALGEMEINER DNA Discovered at Site of 1994 AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires Points to Hezbollah Suicide Attacker by Ben Cohen July 5, 2017 New DNA evidence discovered at the site of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires may … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Nisman, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Hezbollah, Ibrahim Hussein Berro
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Iran supporting “advanced weapons industrial base” in Lebanon to solve their missile-transit problem
WAR ON THE ROCKS Israel’s Forthcoming Security Dilemma by Nadav Pollak July 7, 2017 …In a speech at the Herzliya Conference on June 22, Israel’s head of military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, basically confirmed prior reports in Arab media … Continue reading
Hungarian Minister: “Islam is a major culture and religion, which we must respect, but Europe has a different identity, and it is clear that these two cultures are incapable of coexisting without conflict”
GATESTONE Eastern Europe Chooses to Keep Western Civilization by Giulio Meotti July 7, 2017 …After an Islamist suicide-bomber murdered 22 concert-goers in Manchester, including two Poles, Poland’s prime minister, Beata Szydło, said that Poland would not be “blackmailed” into accepting … Continue reading
“Washington and Moscow finalizing accord on cessation of hostilities in country’s southwest, with nod from Jerusalem, Amman”
TIMES OF ISRAEL South Syria truce seeks to allay Israel, Jordan fears about Iran by Karen Laub July 8, 2017 A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Donald Trump, Iran, Jordan, Syria, Vladimir Putin
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“Who else but an anti-Semite would feel threatened by the Star of David, an age-old symbol of a faith and a people?”
HUFFINGTON POST Time to Call Out Activists’ Anti-Semitic Bigotry by Rabbi Abraham Cooper July 5, 2017 …Two days after the incident, organizers of the Chicago Dyke March not only refused to apologize, they doubled down on their bigotry. They justified … Continue reading
“Reform leaders and congregants today champion and elevate “social action” over traditional observance, holding that liberal ideals represent the fulfillment of the Jews’ spiritual mission”
ARUTZ SHEVA The erosion of Jewish identity in America Matthew M. Hausman, J.D. July 5, 2017 American non-Orthodox Jews today are less religiously and ethnically grounded than their grandparents and more likely to define Jewishness in secular or political terms. … Continue reading
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Lincoln Center standing up to BDS (for now anyway)
NEW YORK TIMES Artists Protest Lincoln Center Play Backed by Israel by Sopan Deb July 5, 2017 More than 60 artists, including four Pulitzer Prize winners and other prominent writers, actors, directors and playwrights, have signed an open letter calling … Continue reading
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Tagged Adalah, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Brand Israel, Lincoln Center
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 