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- Latest chapter in Israel bash-fest: "If you’re looking for a book riddled with errors written by a man whose assumptions are all wrong and who marinates in his own moral virtue," look no further
- Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to US, "no longer thinks Israel can ‘bank on’ the US intervening if a serious war broke out”
- Benjamin Anthony Speaks on BBC Persia to Defend Israel in Recent Conflict with Gaza
- Michael Oren: For decades, American policy makers have insisted that the core problem in the region is the absence of a Palestinian state. The president says: nonsense.
- Bringing Happiness to Iran
- Pull up a chair--here's the best explanation of the #Trump phenomenon
- #BDSFail U.S. opposing European Union decision "to single out Israeli goods"
- Bret Stephens: "What can’t be emphasized enough, especially among those who think of themselves as pro-Palestinian: If you want a Palestinian state to exist and succeed, you must also want Hamas to be humiliated and defeated"
Category Archives: Politics
“The strategic paradigms that governed the Middle East for decades have shifted. Not all of them. Not fully. But the shift is real, larger than is yet fully understood, and Israel drove it”
MIRYAM INSTITUTE Is Israel Safer Today? John Spencer April 21, 2026 It is hard to call any war’s outcome while it is still happening. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either not paying attention or not being straight with you. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Israel & Middle East, Islam
Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, John Spencer, Lebanon
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“By ignoring the ideological reality of Hamas and Hezbollah, Klein treats Israelis and Palestinians as props in a Western morality play rather than actors in a high-stakes struggle for survival”
FREE PRESS Ezra Klein Doesn’t Understand Israel Haviv Rettig Gur April 17, 2026 …Because [Klein] misses the central point that any Westerner concerned for Palestinians must deal with: Any Israeli withdrawal from significant parts of the West Bank will almost … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Gaza, West Bank, Palestinians, Ezra Klein
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Dershowitz: “I first registered as a Democrat in 1959. The party’s hostility to Israel is too much”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Why I’m Becoming a Republican Alan M. Dershowitz April 20, 2026 …I still disagree strongly with the GOP on abortion, the separation of church and state, immigration, healthcare and taxes, among other things. Yet I’ve decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Democrats, Republicans
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“Fishback has raised little money and is polling poorly, but his campaign appearances are attracting crowds of antizionist bigots openly hostile to Jews on college campuses across Florida”
AFTER OCTOBER 7 After Jewish Students Were Blocked From His Event at USF, Antizionist Gubernatorial Candidate James Fishback Set for FAU Appearance Kevin Deutsch April 17, 2026 James Fishback, the anti-Jewish, anti-Israel Florida gubernatorial candidate whose campaign has been defined … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, antizionism, Florida, James Fishback
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A Yom Hazikaron Reflection with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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“‘Lox and Loaded’ partnership comes as anxieties fuel interest in firearms”
THE FORWARD A Jewish gun club teams up with the NRA, in pursuit of self-defense Louis Keene April 17, 2026 Capitalizing on heightened anxieties and surging Jewish interest in gun ownership, the National Rifle Association this week announced a partnership … Continue reading
“What looks like distancing is actually forcing Israel to accelerate its independence, strengthen its defenses, and become more self-reliant in ways decades of alliance politics delayed”
FUTURE OF JEWISH The Left is doing Israel a favor by abandoning it. Bob Goldberg April 23, 2026 …Israel did not fall into disfavor because it chose the wrong prime minister. It has been attacked under Left, Center, Right, and … Continue reading
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“The Arab Case for Israel is the book that I would recommend above all others for anyone who sincerely wants to understand the entrenched conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel”
The Arab case for Israel Continue reading
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“There are many reasons for a Jew in the world today to be thankful for Israel’s existence, but this year has really driven home what it means as an American of any faith or creed to have Israel by our side”
COMMENTARY The Birth of a Great American Ally Seth Mandel April 22, 2026 Israeli Independence Day is a good time to think about what makes the Jewish state so successful. Going from a glorified refugee camp to a global power … Continue reading
This month marks 12 years curating posts as a news aggregator.
I’m breaking the proverbial fourth wall today. This blog now begins year twelve, begun in April 2014. Prior to then I’d been sharing articles via mass BCC emails but eventually ran afoul with GMail as they intermittently denied access due … Continue reading
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