Category Archives: Jewish

Bills include override clause, which would permit Knesset to re-legislate laws struck down by the Supreme Court as “unconstitutional”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Knesset advances first batch of judicial reform bills Amir Ettinger March 14, 2023 The Knesset Tuesday passed the first reading of major bills pertaining to the judicial reform, including the highly contested override clause. … Continue reading

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Letter accuses Biden administration of allowing “taxpayer-funded antisemitism” at colleges and universities across the country

JPOST Republicans demand answers from Education Dept. on antisemitism funding March 13, 2023 Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and 14 other Republican senators demanded answers this week in a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, regarding the issues of taxpayer … Continue reading

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Republicans’ views are unchanged, with nearly eight in 10 (78%) continuing to sympathize more with the Israelis while 11% side with the Palestinians

GALLUP Democrats’ Sympathies in Middle East Shift to Palestinians Lydia Saad March 16, 2023 After a decade in which Democrats have shown increasing affinity toward the Palestinians, their sympathies in the Middle East now lie more with the Palestinians than … Continue reading

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Ticketmaster helpfully assists the “godfather of hate” play Chicago

JERUSALEM POST Ticketmaster under fire for selling tickets to Louis Farrakhan event Maya Zanger-Nadis March 7, 2023 Popular California-based ticket sales and distribution company Ticketmaster has come under fire from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this week after they hosted ticket sales … Continue reading

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These seven men and one woman — Theodore Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Abba Eban, Louis Brandeis, Ben Hecht, Ron Dermer, and Golda Meir — are eagerly split between American and European origins, and they all play starring roles in the long-deferred return to Zion

AMERICAN GREATNESS The Triumph and Tragedy of Abba Eban Rick Richman March 11, 2023 …Eban’s speeches were a record of eloquence unequaled by any diplomat during that period. Conor Cruise O’Brien, representing Ireland in the U.N. (sitting next to Eban … Continue reading

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Police say gunman shot dead after opening fire at people outside cafe on Dizengoff Street; another victim in serious condition; Hamas claims terrorist as member

TIMES OF ISRAEL 3 wounded, including 1 critically, in central Tel Aviv terror shooting Emanuel Fabian March 9, 2023 Three people were shot and wounded in a terrorist shooting near a cafe in central Tel Aviv on Thursday night, police … Continue reading

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Bibi: “Those who say, ‘Well, if we take action against Iran, we will face war’ – You will face a war if you don’t, a potentially horrible nuclear war if you don’t”

JPOST Netanyahu: ‘Horrible nuclear war’ will break out, if Iran isn’t stopped Tovah Lazaroff March 9, 2023 A “horrible nuclear war” will break out if the world does not stop Tehran from obtaining atomic weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said … Continue reading

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The U.S.-backed anti-judicial reform protests in Israel are being shaped by the intersection of two crises, one in U.S. Iran policy and the other resulting from the rise to power of religious communities in Israel

TABLET MAG How U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides Became Israel’s Arsonist-in-Chief Michael Doran March 6, 2023 …So what, precisely, is the source of the terror that these [Israelis] are feeling? The reform is five conflicts in one. First, it is a … Continue reading

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Glick: “Like the Left throughout the Western world, over the past 30 years, Israel’s Left has abandoned labor union politics for cultural Marxism and post-nationalism. Its new globalist ideals render the Left’s constituent parts contemptuous, and increasingly hateful, of Israel’s nationalist majority”

NEWSWEEK What the Battle For Judicial Reform Is Really About Caroline Glick March 2, 2023 In Israel as in states throughout the Western world, the political Left is an ecosystem of power, and not merely a political camp. It starts … Continue reading

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“Many gulf nations are hoping Israel will act — even if it only sets back Iranian nuclear ambitions for a few years”

BLOOMBERG Israel’s Window to Strike Iran Narrows As Putin Enters Equation Ethan Bronner March 3, 2023 Iran is seeking sophisticated new air-defense systems from Russia that Israeli officials believe will narrow the window for a potential strike on Tehran’s nuclear … Continue reading

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