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In one of the movie’s memorable scenes, Meir and Kissinger engage in a battle of wills over the Israeli prime minister’s kitchen table, with Meir forcing the exhausted diplomat to eat borscht

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new biopic about the Israeli prime minister Sean Durns August 25, 2023 A decade before the rise of U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Israel had its own “Iron Lady,” Golda Meir, a 75-year-old grandmother … Continue reading

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ADL has no moral standing to dictate appropriate speech

THE FEDERALIST Elon Musk’s Legal Threats Aside, The ADL Doesn’t Speak For Jews David Harsanyi September 6, 2023 Elon Musk has threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League for some $22 billion over its slandering of him as an antisemite, which … Continue reading

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Obama evaded the Nation of Islam leader’s core antisemitic ideology.

JNS Obama’s non-responses to black antisemitism Eunice G. Pollack August 27, 2023 In his 2017 book Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama and a Tablet interview this month, historian David Garrow revealed that Obama refused to take a stand … Continue reading

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Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem say that Minister Ben-Gvir’s comments on restricting Arab movement inflict major damage on Israel’s public diplomacy efforts after American model Bella Hadid accuses him of racism

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Officials concerned Ben-Gvir’s spat with Bella Hadid ‘gift for BDS’ Eran Swissa and Shirit Avitan Cohen August 25, 2023 …Ben-Gvir shot back on Friday, in a tweet attacking the pro-Palestinian advocate. “Good morning to … Continue reading

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Hatred of the Middle East’s only democracy threatens us all, not just Britain’s Jews

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE There’s a word for how the world judges the Jewish state: Israelophobia Jake Wallis Simons August 26, 2023 …Contrary to common perception, in 2022 an American insurance firm named Israel the fifth-safest tourist destination on Earth, behind … Continue reading

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It is unacceptable that while non-Jewish students get protection from microaggressions, Jewish students don’t merit protection from macroaggressions, especially when those aggressions have nothing to do with academic freedom

JEWISH JOURNAL Princeton Case Shows That When Jews Get Attacked, It Suddenly Becomes “Academic Freedom” Lori Lowenthal Marcus August 30, 2023 “Wokeness” and cancel culture operate in reverse when it comes to the Jews. For all other minorities, the Woke … Continue reading

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“Her group’s success in “breaking a billionaire’s soul” whet her appetite, and the next targets, she insisted, must be everyone associated with Kohelet—intellectuals and donors”

JNS Israel’s #MeToo Stalinists celebrate their victory Caroline Glick August 20, 2023 Campaigners against Israel’s Netanyahu government scored a notable victory on Aug. 4. After a six-month demonization, defamation and harassment campaign against the Kohelet Policy Forum and its chief … Continue reading

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“The message currently being sent to Americans that Israeli democracy will be destroyed unless the protesters get their way is a falsehood”

JEWISH PRESS Want to Support Israeli Democracy? Then RESPECT Democratic Elections Jonathan Tobin August 22, 2023 …As the political warfare inside Israel has escalated since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition won a clear majority in last November’s election to the … Continue reading

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When Biden was elected in 2020, many hoped and some predicted that his would be an administration far friendlier to Israel than Obama’s. It’s not turning out that way.

COMMENTARY The Biden Turn Against Israel and the mishandling of the problem of anti-Semitism by Michael R. Pompeo and Elan S. Carr September 2023 …More than halfway through the 46th president’s term, the facts are these: At almost every turn, … Continue reading

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What the latest outburst of anti-Haredi misinformation on a United flight tells us about progressive notions of identity and power

TABLET MAG Admit It: You Hate Religious Jews Liel Leibovitz August 22, 2023 Late last week, a 29-year-old Israeli reporter boarded a United Airlines flight from New York to Tel Aviv. A short while later, she tweeted a photo of … Continue reading

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