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- “Support for the Palestinian cause is now the default position across the West’s progressive classes, including for many Jews”
Category Archives: Jewish
“A bittersweet and sometimes contentious relationship between African American and American Jewish communities has existed for many decades”
TABLET MAG Where Black Nationalism Meets White Supremacy by Jack R. Fischel May 10, 2020 …Malcolm X’s comments about Jews as exploiters of the black community would become a staple of black nationalism into the 21st century, carried forth by … Continue reading
“If you believe lies about Israel, you will believe lies about almost anything”
Why would someone like Sebastian Cevallos, a university student in Ecuador, care about Israel? You’d think this tiny country on the other side of the globe from where he lives would have no bearing on his life. But it does. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Prager University, Sebastian Cevallos
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“To be fair, Daniel Pipes has written many strong articles in favor of a robust Israeli policy; this one seems to be a departure”
JEWISH PRESS When it Comes to Sovereignty, Daniel Pipes is Wrong by Yishai Fleisher May 9, 2020 In a recent New York Times article, noted Middle East scholar and pro-Israel pundit Dr. Daniel Pipes warns that Israeli application of sovereignty … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Daniel Pipes, Judea, Samaria, West Bank
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“Annexation of the Jordan Valley is a long-standing Israeli objective, going back to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin”
AL-MONITOR Netanyahu’s Annexation Plan Can’t Be Stopped by Efraim Inbar April 29, 2020 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley is not just a far-right wish, but the fulfillment of long-standing Israeli security objectives. Further, despite … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Annexation, Daniel Pipes, Judea, Samaria, West Bank
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“In a landmark ruling, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected all petitions against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a new government while under indictment”
JERUSALEM POST When Judges Rule: A comparison between the US and Israel by Alan Dershowitz May 3, 2020 …Israel is a parliamentary democracy with an independent judiciary headed by a Supreme Court. It does not have a written Constitution, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Israeli Supreme Court
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“In San Remo, the League of Nations decided to turn much of the former Ottoman Empire into new nation-states: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan all emerged from this process, along with Israel”
JERUSALEM POST 100 years since San Remo, when Israel became a sovereignty by Eugene Kontorovich April 30, 2020 The 1920 international conference in San Remo, Italy, is finally getting some of the attention it deserves. That conference created Mandatory Palestine … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Eugene Kontorovich, San Remo Agreement, San Remo Conference
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‘God has opened the door for us to bring the gospel of Jesus into the homes, lives and hearts of his Jewish people’
JERUSALEM POST TV meant to ‘bring Jesus’ to Jews, communications minister says ‘no way’ by Jeremy Sharon May 5, 2020 Communications Minister Dudi Amsalem (Likud) has denounced the decision to give a license to a Christian missionary cable channel called … Continue reading
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15th Chicago Festival of Israeli Film goes online May 17-26
10 DAYS, 10 FRESH TITLES, READY TO STREAM AT HOME MAY 17-26 Even with the constraints of social distancing, we can still come together to share in the magic and ruach of the 2020 Festival! With the ingenuity, agility and … Continue reading
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“The mayor’s targeting of Jews as pandemic scofflaws was outrageous, yet it shows the way the virus brings out the dictator in some politicians”
JNS What’s behind de Blasio’s anti-Semitic outburst? The authoritarian impulse by Jonathan Tobin April 30, 2020 …Nor is there any way to treat this as a simple misunderstanding. As numerous observers immediately pointed out, it’s impossible to imagine de Blasio’s … Continue reading