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Somaliland recognition “simultaneously provides Israel a strategic foothold opposite Yemen, greater proximity to the ongoing threat posed by the Houthis, a deeper stake in Red Sea security, and the potential to become a much bigger player in African politics”

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY What Israel Sees In Somaliland Ilan Berman February 3, 2026 Although it has been pushed off the front pages by the Trump Administration’s dramatic early January ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro and the current … Continue reading

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“Suicidal empathy unfortunately does not work. As the term predicts, it ends up killing its host”

GATESTONE ‘Suicidal Empathy’: Is the West Committing Suicide-by-Compassion? Drieu Godefridi January 30, 2026 The theory of “suicidal empathy,” taken up and developed by Canadian Professor Gad Saad in his book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind, describes a psychological and … Continue reading

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“US State Department reportedly filed evidence to Congress that the programme, which provides funding to the families of convicted terrorists, continued under a different name”

JEWISH CHRONICLE PA paid out $200m in pay-for-slay despite pledge to end scheme, US claims Jacob Jaffa January 30, 2026 The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been accused of paying out $200 million to the families of terrorists in 2025, despite … Continue reading

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“Foreign ministers of all 27 European Union member states have unanimously agreed to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, a move expected to escalate tensions with Tehran and lead to sweeping sanctions”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) EU designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization Nissan Shtrauchler January 29, 2026 The European Union announced on Thursday that it will formally designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, … Continue reading

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Erasing the Jews: Vance, BBC and others forget what Holocaust Remembrance Day is about

JTA Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, incensing Jewish critics on both sides of the aisle Andrew Lapin January 27, 2026 Vice President JD Vance made a statement [via Tweet] marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that … Continue reading

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“Judging Israel’s wartime behavior through epithets, TikTok clips, and faulty balance sheets poses a direct danger to American lives”

TABLET The Genocide Slur Is Not Just for Jews John Spencer January 27, 2026 The casual use of the word genocide to target Israel is not only a slur—it is also dangerous to Americans. That’s because, if this ahistorical, amoral, and … Continue reading

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Jared’s vision: “A slick Western fantasy promises prosperity and peace while ignoring the culture of violence and corruption that destroyed Gaza in the first place”

FUTURE OF JEWISH The New Gaza™ (A Virtual Paradise Lacking Only the 72 Virgins) Jonathan Sacerdoti January 24, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump’s strangely artificial Board of Peace event in Davos on Thursday looked like a Hollywood rendering of an … Continue reading

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“In Australia and elsewhere in the West, nurses and doctors have been recorded expressing their desire to murder their Jewish patients, in some cases explicitly threatening to do so”

COMMENTARY A Hospital’s Shocking Treatment of a Bondi Beach Survivor Seth Mandel January 28, 2026 Every so often a story emerges from within an ongoing crisis and flips a switch in people’s heads that says: This cannot go on; something … Continue reading

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“Apparently, when Jews buy land, it’s colonialism”

VOICE OF ZION Jews Exist Yonah E January 22, 2026 Let’s be clear: “West Bank” is not history. It’s a Jordanian souvenir from an occupation that failed. Jordan held Judea and Samaria for 19 years, lost it in a war … Continue reading

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin: “Finally, no Israeli hostages are left in Gaza. But for us bereaved families, the eternal hurdle is figuring out how to wake up each morning with part of our souls elsewhere”

FREE PRESS When the Last Hostage Came Home Rachel Goldberg-Polin January 27, 2026 …On Day 843, Ran Gvili’s body was returned to his family. In a bag. I know the experience of having a child returned that way. For me, … Continue reading

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