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Category Archives: Politics
Many Iranians, particularly the young, have come to see Amini’s death as part of the Islamic Republic’s heavy-handed policing of dissent and the morality police’s increasingly violent treatment of young women
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Will Iran’s clerics survive the latest wave of unrest? AP and ILH Staff September 21, 2022 Under President Raisi, a hard-liner elected last year, agents of the morality police appear to have been unleashed. … Continue reading
“Lapid’s embrace of the two state solution at the UN is a break with his immediate predecessor Naftali Bennett and contrasts sharply with his political rival Benjamin Netanyahu”
ALGEMEINER Lapid Calls for Two State Solution to Conflict With Palestinians in UN General Assembly Address Andrew Bernard September 22, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday called for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his … Continue reading
With Hezbollah ensconced in Lebanon and Syria, Hamas controlling Gaza, and a weak Hashemite monarchy in Jordan, the West Bank is the final remaining outpost for Iran
THE NATIONAL INTEREST Will Iran Soon Control the West Bank? Sean Durns September 18, 2022 The Islamic Republic of Iran, Henry Kissinger once remarked, must decide whether it is a nation or a cause. But the regime’s choice has been … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, West Bank
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The US and the #Holocaust: “Public opinion was not in charge of US immigration policy; President Roosevelt was”
TIMES OF ISRAEL PBS Holocaust documentary perpetuates well-worn myths to glorify FDR, says historian Matt Lebovic September 18, 2022 Early in his new film “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” documentarian Ken Burns claims the United States admitted more Jewish refugees … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Politics
Tagged Holocaust, Ken Burns, Martha's Vineyard, Rafael Medoff
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#Woke Capitalism: “The lawyers noted that Ben & Jerry’s has a demonstrated history of championing its favored social causes through product launches, such as an ice cream flavored “Anti-Trump Pecan Resist”
NEW YORK POST Ben & Jerry’s founders accuse parent company of blocking social mission Devin Sean Martin September 19, 2022 The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have accused its parent company, Unilever, of infringing on the ice cream company’s rights … Continue reading
Lapid’s support for a Palestinian state compounds a disastrous error
JNS The real reason for the war against Israel and the West Melanie Phillips September 22, 2022 As soon as it emerged that Israel’s acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid would tell the United Nations General Assembly this week that he … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Palestinians, Two State Solution, Yair Lapid
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On 2nd anniversary of signing ceremony, US ambassador says Washington is working to deepen and broaden Israel’s normalization with Arab neighbors
TIMES OF ISRAEL Nides: Biden administration taking Abraham Accords ‘from start-up to real operation’ Jacob Magid September 15, 2022 In the early days of the Biden administration, there appeared to be some reluctance in Washington to embrace the Abraham Accords. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Abraham Accords, Tom Nides
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“Al Qaeda once again has a safe haven in Afghanistan, endangering Americans”
FOREIGN POLICY On 9/11 Anniversary, End the Self-Delusion About America’s Enemies H. R. McMaster and Bradley Bowman September 9, 2022 To understand the persistent malady of self-delusion in Washington, consider U.S. President Joe Biden’s comments in August 2021. “What interest … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Joe Biden, Taliban
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In 2015, #USHMM US Holocaust Memorial Museum reached out to Burns with a request: Would he consider making a film about America during the #Holocaust?
JTA Ken Burns’ PBS documentary ‘The U.S. And The Holocaust’ asks hard questions about how Americans treated Jews and immigrants during wartime Andrew Lapin September 2, 2022 One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series about … Continue reading
“The objective of #Palestinianism–the #Palestinian Cause–is the replacement of Israel by an Arab state, the violent expulsion of the Jews, and their replacement by the descendants of the Arab refugees of 1948”
ABU YEHUDA Palestinianism: an Ideology and an Identity Victor Rosenthal September 14, 2022 …Palestinianism had its origin in the 1960s, when it was created by the cognitive warriors of the Soviet KGB. The Soviets had had an interest for some … Continue reading