Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Dangling reminiscent wisps of the invalidated Palestinian narrative will only encumber the moral clarity and credibility required to unwind the impossibly tangled diplomatic failure of the Iran nuclear deal”

THE FEDERALIST James Mattis Should Focus On Islamic Terror Instead Of Palestinian Grievances by Andrew Lappin May 9, 2017 …During his visit, journalist Tal Shalev asked [James] Mattis if he stands by his comments from 2013, when he stated Israeli … Continue reading

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A brave Israeli #Muslim, Sara Zoabi: “If my love for Israel is heresy then I am a heretic” [VIDEO]

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“Every one of the pro-terrorist policies Arafat carried out following the Oslo Accords was supported and facilitated by his number two man, Mahmoud Abbas”

JNS Trump’s Arafat problem by Stephen M. Flatow May 10, 2017 White House officials say they foiled a plan by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to have President Donald Trump walk near the tomb of Yasser Arafat when Trump visits Israel … Continue reading

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BDSFail “The Lancet and its editor, Prof. Richard Horton, make an about-face and publish a volume dedicated to health in Israel, highlighting its achievements and challenges”

YNET Prestigious health journal publishes edition dedicated to health in Israel by Rotem Elizera May 8, 2017 The Lancet, one of the leading and oldest journals in the world in the fields of medicine and health, published a volume dedicated … Continue reading

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Forward breathlessly reports on Abbas-Trump meeting: “the two struck up a kind of “chemistry” that could lead to a peace breakthrough”

FORWARD Did Right Wingers Ruin Ron Lauder’s Dinner With Mahmoud Abbas? by Naomi Zeveloff May 9, 2017 Ron Lauder, cosmetics heir and president of the World Jewish Congress, prepped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for his meeting with President Trump last … Continue reading

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Known for his harsh repression of Turkey’s citizens, Erdogan calls Israel “racist and discriminatory”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Erdogan lashes ‘racist’ Israel, calls for Muslims to flood Temple Mount by Staff and AFP May 8, 2017 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged Muslims to throng to the Temple Mount in a show of … Continue reading

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“There are two core reasons why peace in the Middle East depends on a great deal more than the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. The first is the 14-century old Shia-Sunni fissure” [VIDEO]

TIMES OF ISRAEL Embarking on a Fool’s Errand by Sarah Stern May 8, 2017 …Once again, we witnessed an American president, seated together with a Palestinian leader, making lofty, encouraging statements about the possibility of achieving a real peace between … Continue reading

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“Mr. Barghouti would like his audience to believe that the hunger strike is a reaction to the mistreatment of prisoners like him” [VIDEO]

NEW YORK TIMES The Truth About the Palestinian Hunger Strike by Gilad Erdan May 1, 2017 …For better or worse, the thousands of attacks carried out by Palestinian terrorists against Israel have made my country a world expert in combating … Continue reading

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Dartmouth’s Professor Bruce Duthu refuses to renounce his public support of BDS

OBSERVER Controversy Erupts Over Dartmouth Appointment of Anti-Israel Dean by Paul Miller May 8, 2017 One of the nation’s most prestigious colleges has come under fire for appointing a prominent advocate of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign … Continue reading

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“Increasingly, the orientation of many American Jews toward Israel is one neither of instinctive loyalty nor of pride but of indifference, embarrassment, or hostility”

MOSAIC MAG Why Many American Jews Are Becoming Indifferent or Even Hostile to Israel by Daniel Gordis May 8, 2017 …In brief, the group growing most disconnected from Israel is composed of younger, politically more left-leaning, and religiously less traditionalist … Continue reading

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