Category Archives: Jewish

Near Ramallah: IDF forces shot him dead as he opened fire at them

YNET IDF kills Ariel Junction terrorist by Elior Levy, Elisha Ben Kimon, Itai Blumental March 19, 2019 IDF troops on Tuesday killed the suspected gunman who shot dead an Israeli soldier and a rabbi in a terror attack in the West … Continue reading

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“Founded by former AIPAC officials, Pro-Israel America seeks to be more explicitly political than the powerful lobby”

TIMES OF ISRAEL After Omar controversy, new group aims to get more Israel backers into Congress by Eric Cortellessa March 19, 2019 A new group was launched Tuesday to bolster pro-Israel candidates running for Congress. Following the 2018 midterms and … Continue reading

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“Ilhan Omar pretends to address her critics by misdirecting them in her new Washington Post op-ed”

ELDER OF ZIYON .@Ilhan Omar’s @WashingtonPost op-ed – misdirection, projection and dishonesty March 18, 2019 …The [Washington Post] article pretends to insist on using a single standard based on human rights for all nations, but the logic falls apart when … Continue reading

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“Wondering about the future of the Democratic Party? Just look at Britain’s Labour”

TABLET MAG Corbynism Comes to America by James Kirchik March 13, 2019 …How Labour reached this deplorable condition is one that should seriously concern liberals in the United States, where a similar dynamic is playing out in the Democratic Party. An … Continue reading

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“The Industry of Lies argues that the global Israel-boycott movement has emboldened a growing disconnect between facts and perceptions”

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY Ben-Dror Yemini: Industry of Lies, Media, Academia, and the Israeli-Arab Conflict Reviewed by Asaf Romirowsky Spring 2019 Edward Said called Palestinians “the victims of the victims,” and such Holocaust inversion has been baked into the Palestinian story, … Continue reading

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“In 2014, Beto O’Rourke was one of eight House members to vote against funding for Iron Dome”

JTA 5 Jewish things to know about Beto O’Rourke by Josefin Dolsten March 14, 2019 In 2014, O’Rourke was one of eight House members to vote against funding for Iron Dome. His vote stood out because he was among a … Continue reading

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Not Birthright: “Those who go on the J Street tour will probably be a self-selected group who are already radicalized”

JNS Its planned Israel trip explains why J Street is losing the fight with the far-left by Jonathan Tobin March 15, 2019 The announcement from the J Street lobby that it plans to sponsor a free trip this summer for … Continue reading

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“The vast majority of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress support Israel because it is a valuable ally that shares fundamental ideals in a volatile region of the world”

THE HILL The myth of the pro-Israel lobby by former Congressman Steve Israel March 11, 2019 There is something deeply troubling, and even dangerous, about the fevered debate over the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on members … Continue reading

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Berlin Interior Minister: “Freedom of expression is a great good. If, however, the state of Israel and Jews are to be ruthlessly persecuted, the red line has been crossed”

JEWISH PRESS Germany Revokes Visa, Asks Convicted Arab Terrorist Rasmea Odeh to Leave by Hana Levi Julian March 16, 2019 Convicted Arab terrorist Rasmea Yousef Odeh has been stopped from taking the stage in Berlin as an icon of the … Continue reading

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“You are the resounding 72-74% majority of the 5.4 million American Jewry who have backed the Democratic Party since the sun has risen in the East”

FRONT PAGE MAG Dear Jewish-American Leftists: It’s Time For a Talk by Valerie Sobel March 13, 2019 …Today, in March 2019, you stand with the party that’s incapable of taking the smallest symbolic stand against anti-Semitism, let alone eradicate it … Continue reading

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