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Category Archives: Politics
Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari: “It was a subtle celebration of thoughtful conversation, mutual respect and heritage-enhanced relationships. These are the building blocks of the emergent Israeli-Palestinian market”
JNS Iftar gathering in Hebron shows commonalities between Israelis and Palestinians by Josh Hasten April 21, 2021 As the sun was setting over the ancient city of Hebron signifying the end of another day of fasting for devout Muslims during … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Hebron, Iftar, Judea, Palestinians, Samaria, Yishai Fleisher
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“Even cautious epidemiologists say that Israel can breathe easier and that the country is showing what other nations can expect if they can keep on vaccinating”
WASHINGTON POST With most adults now vaccinated, Israelis are busting loose by Steve Hendrix and Shira Rubin April 21, 2021 Israel is partying like it’s 2019. With most adults now vaccinated against the coronavirus and restrictions falling away — including … Continue reading
“Biden nominee Colin Kahl’s creepy insinuation was debunked last week. The question is why his Pentagon pick said it in the first place”
TABLET MAG Does Israel Lie America Into Wars? by Tony Badran April 22, 2021 …[Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei advisor] Mohsen Rezaee’s statement marked the first time Iran has acknowledged that the nuclear archive lifted by the Israelis was real—a … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Colin Kahl, Iran, JCPOA
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At J Street conference, “Elizabeth Warren became the first American political leader to openly call for the overthrow of the leader of a sister democracy”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) For Progressives, Netanyahu isn’t the problem by Caroline Glick April 23, 2021 …In her [J Street] speech, Warren called on – or rather demanded that – opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “join together … Continue reading
“J Street has tried to take advantage of the Jewish community’s desire to have a big tent”
ALGEMEINER J Street Embraces Mahmoud Abbas; How Will US Jews Respond? by Moshe Phillips April 22, 2021 J Street’s decision to feature Mahmoud Abbas at its “first-ever virtual national conference” earlier this week, demonstrates just how far J Street is … Continue reading
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Tagged J Street, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestininian
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“According to information received by Israel, the six world powers will not require Iran to destroy the new advanced centrifuges it has built, rather just disconnect them”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israeli officials decry ‘complete American capitulation’ in nuclear talks with Iran by Ariel Kahana , Shahar Klaiman and Neta Bar April 18, 2021 Unnamed Israeli diplomats over the weekend unofficially expressed disappointment over what … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Iran, Iran Deal, JCPOA, Joe Biden
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Republican Jewish Committee lash out at Elizabeth Warren’s J Street remarks, calling them “disgusting”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Sens. Sanders, Warren call for ‘restricting’ US aid to Israel at J Street confab by Jacob Magid April 20, 2021 Prominent progressive senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both used their Monday addresses at the J Street … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, J Street, Palestinians, RJC
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“Recent attacks suggest that Israel has a clandestine network inside Iran and that Iranian security services have been powerless to break it”
NEW YORK TIMES Iran Rattled as Israel Repeatedly Strikes Key Targets by Ben Hubbard, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman April 20, 2021 In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an Al Qaeda commander given refuge … Continue reading
Glick: Israel’s transformation into the center of the Jewish world isn’t just a question of demographics. Israel is the present of the Jewish people and its future, as well
Israel has made it now it needs to grow up Continue reading
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“Hacking the phones of hundreds of Palestinian civil society actors is yet another brazen attempt by Palestinian security services to police and silence critics and opponents”
ASSOCIATED PRESS Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security by Josef Federman April 21, 2021 Facebook said Wednesday it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ intelligence service in an attempt to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Facebook, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians
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