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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
“Abbas’s war on the Hamas…smacks of hypocrisy and is accompanied by a smear campaign against Israel”
GATESTONE Abbas’s Lies and Palestinian Child Victims by Bassam Tawil June 30, 2017 Palestinian children are the latest victims of the power struggle between the two rival Palestinian factions, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority
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“People have every right to be angry about the government’s move…While wrong, it doesn’t justify the vitriol being leveled at the government by American Jewish leaders threatening to rethink their support for Israel”
JERUSALEM POST Who Cares About Jewish Unity? by Caroline B. Glick June 29, 2017 There are four important aspects to the government’s decisions on Sunday relating to egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and the conversion bill. The first is … Continue reading
“Netanyahu holds emergency meeting with AIPAC officials, who called the [Wall and conversion] decisions “damaging” to relations between Israel and U.S. Jewry”
ISRAEL HAYOM AIPAC considers congressional letter over Western Wall crisis by Shlomo Cesana and Yori Yalon June 30, 2017 …At the meeting, the AIPAC officials reportedly expressed their discontent with Netanyahu’s moves and said that they were undermining the values … Continue reading
Distinction without a difference: You say you’re not anti-Semitic, just anti-Zionist. Got it
FORWARD Are You Or Have You Ever Been A Zionist?’ A Letter To Chicago Dyke March by Helene Meyers June 30, 2017 …Your interrogation of women carrying Jewish Pride flags at the march this past weekend was a McCarthyist spectacle. … Continue reading
The Muslim World: “The second-best university among 57 states has no bookstore. That alone is worth dwelling on”
GATESTONE What Might be Missing in the Muslim World? by Denis MacEoin June 28, 2017 …What follows has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. It is a discussion of why some cultures (in several forms) appear to have remained … Continue reading
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“About a year ago, India stopped supporting anti-Israeli resolutions, bewildering Arab envoys”
ISRAEL HAYOM Israel and India: A new strategic partnership by Ariel Bolstein June 29, 2017 It seems as though not a single week goes by without some head of state visiting us. The past several years have seen a sharp … Continue reading
“When you see a girl being rescued, you cry,’ says the ‘Jewish Schindler,’ Steve Maman”
THE FEDERALIST After Witnessing ISIS’s Genocide And Slavery, ‘Jewish Schindler’ Sprang Into Action by Bradley Martin June 28, 2017 At a high-end car and motorcycle dealership in Montreal, a Canadian-Jewish businessman has made it his mission to save Christian and … Continue reading
“In a new book, philosopher Micah Goodman seeks to upend the debate about the West Bank, by urging Israelis — left and right — to set aside their dreams”
TIMES OF ISRAEL The peace process hasn’t brought peace. The case for moving on by Haviv Rettig Gur June 27, 2017 The most popular new book in Israel is not a crime thriller, a romance or a military sci-fi romp, … Continue reading
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“Don’t delude yourself thinking your quarrels are a battle over Israel’s existence. There are genuine threats to Israel, and they’ve nothing to do with who prays where or when”
JNS A different take on the Western Wall controversy by Stephen M. Flatow June 28, 2017 The headlines of the Jewish press this week were filled with stories about angry American Jews arriving in Israel and denouncing the Israeli government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Jerusalem, Kotel, Western Wall
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