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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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“Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust” (another reminder that Wikipedia articles are not always reliably accurate)

JTA Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort articles on Holocaust Asaf Elia-Shalev February 28, 2023 When a pair of professors earlier this month published a paper accusing a group of Wikipedia editors from Poland of revising articles to … Continue reading

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On the campus today, “the left isn’t interested in debate but in conformity”

HOT AIR Princeton senior: Campus politics are driving some students to the right John Sexton March 1, 2023 The NY Times published an opinion piece by a Princeton senior named Adam Hoffman. Hoffman writes that he’s heard there was a … Continue reading

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Why did the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations violate the purpose of its leadership mission by refusing to give podiums to Israeli leaders at the forefront of promoting the judicial, anti-terror and other reforms?

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Cancel culture comes to the Conference of Presidents Morton A. Klein March 1, 2023 …It is painful for me to report that the Conference of President’s directors violated the leadership mission’s purpose, by refusing … Continue reading

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PM’s wife trapped in central Tel Aviv after hundreds of protesters surround storefront; media blames Sara for her “lavish lifestyle at taxpayers’ expense”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Sara Netanyahu accosted by protesters at Tel Aviv hair salon, extricated by police Staff March 1, 2023 The prime minister’s wife became trapped in a Tel Aviv hair salon Wednesday as hundreds of protesters against the government … Continue reading

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U.S. support for demonstrations in Tel Aviv isn’t about the future of Israel’s judiciary. It’s about handcuffing Israel while Iran gets the bomb.

TABLET MAG Biden Sets Israel on Fire Lee Smith March 2, 2023 Is the current Israeli government truly on the verge of an authoritarian turn? No, of course not. The mass protests and over-the-top rhetoric from Israel’s domestic opposition, Joe … Continue reading

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“The recent shift of Israel from being a partner in the European Command Area of Responsibility to that of Central Command presents a historic opportunity in the ongoing mission to ensure regional peace and stability”

US CENTRAL COMMAND Exercise Intrepid Maven 23.2 Begins in Israel Capt. Joseph Leitner U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command February 21, 2023 Approximately 200 Marines and Sailors, alongside partnering infantry and artillery elements of the Israeli Defense Force, are participating … Continue reading

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Has Biden ever called on Palestinians to compensate Israeli victims?

JNS US expects Israel to ensure ‘full accountability’ for Huwara riot February 28, 2023 The U.S. administration said on Monday that it expects Israel to prosecute those who participated in the Huwara riot following the murder of two Israeli siblings … Continue reading

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Gonzalez’s call for justice heard before US Supreme Court, in case alleging that Google is liable for algorithmic amplification of terrorist content on YouTube

NEW YORK POST How Israeli fight against online terrorism led to SCOTUS Section 230 case Michael Starr February 24, 2023 …In 2015, the so-called knife intifada erupted in Israel. As the name of the yearlong wave of violence suggests, the … Continue reading

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