Category Archives: Politics

BDS-supporting scientist grapples with metaphors…and loses

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR Nobel Prize Winner Tries to Make the Case for BDS — And Fails Spectacularly A.J. Caschetta April 5, 2022 Last year I asked if scientists were more valuable to the anti-Israel BDS movement than Middle East studies and … Continue reading

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#LeonardCohen: Five decades later, on Spotify and in synagogue, you can still hear the echo of the Yom Kippur War. What happened in the Sinai desert in October 1973?

COMMON SENSE The Israeli War That Made Leonard Cohen Matti Friedman April 10, 2022 Some of the men on the sand look up at the visitor with his guitar. Others look down at their dirty knees and boots. Cigarettes glow … Continue reading

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“EasyJet apparently was unaware” the Holocaust might not be a good topic to incorporate into an ad campaign

NEW YORK POST EasyJet apologizes for ‘Holocaust-themed’ ad post Ariel Zilber April 11, 2022 EasyJet, the low-cost British airline, ignited a social media firestorm over the weekend after it posted a Holocaust-themed ad on its official social media account featuring … Continue reading

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Pesach 5782: A lesson from the past about choosing freedom over servitude

TABLET MAG The Jews Who Didn’t Leave Egypt Alana Newhouse April 14, 2022 This weekend, millions of people will sit around Seder tables and memorialize the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Guided by the Haggadah, or Passover text—one of … Continue reading

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After massive manhunt, security forces find and kill suspected Tel Aviv terrorist

TIMES OF ISRAEL 2 killed as terrorist opens fire on Tel Aviv bar; security forces hunting for gunman Emanuel Fabian, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Aaron Boxerman April 7, 2022 Two people were killed and several were wounded as a gunman opened … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu congratulated Silman on her decision, thanking her “in the name of many people in Israel who waited for this moment””

JPOST Israel’s coalition loses majority as Yamina MK Silman quits government Shira Silkoff April 6, 2022 Israel’s government began to crumble on Wednesday after Yamina MK and coalition whip Idit Silman announced her resignation from the government. With this, Prime … Continue reading

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“Israel’s broad unity government — which includes left-wing and right-wing members — has decided not to engage in any peace initiatives with the Palestinians because of internal divisions on that issue”

ALGEMEINER Biden Admin Suggested High-Level Israeli, Palestinian Meeting at White House April 7, 2022 The Biden administration has suggested a meeting at the White House between top Israeli and Palestinian officials, Axios reported Thursday, citing multiple American and Israeli sources…The … Continue reading

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France has a grim recent history of deadly attacks on Jews. This looks like the latest.

GUARDIAN French presidential rivals seize on death of Jewish man as ‘antisemitic attack’ Angelique Chrisafis April 5, 2022 The death of a young Jewish man in Bobigny, north of Paris, has shocked France and sparked outrage among French presidential candidates, … Continue reading

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Zelensky said his country will emerge from the rubble a ‘big Israel.’ What did he mean?

COMMON SENSE WITH BARI WEISS Ukraine Learns the Israel Lesson Lahav Harkov April 7, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky declared Tuesday that, when the war is finally over, Ukraine would emerge from the rubble a “big Israel.” He meant that … Continue reading

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“The nuclear agreement between the United States and Iran—which fuels and funds Islamic terror throughout the region and the world—will give Islamic terror a tremendous boost”

ARUTZ SHEVA How Israel should respond to the Iranian nuclear deal. Simple enough: Expand Jerusalem to the Jordan Valley and apply sovereignty now Dr. Mordechai Kedar March 29, 2022 As these words are being written in late March 2022, the … Continue reading

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