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- DC lawmaker apologizes for implying Jews control the weather
- “The new coalition handcuffs its rival blocks into near paralysis. Perhaps this will usefully restrain Israel’s raging political fevers”
- Israel's laser system going online this year will protect Israel from missiles, rockets, drones and other threats
- “Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's denials, Iran will be the central issue in his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump”
- Jewish Lynching Survivor Meets the Arab Man Who Rescued Him
- “Cease-fire follows more than 40 Israeli air-strikes launched since Friday amid more than 100 rockets fired at southern Israel by militants in the Gaza Strip”
- "Third-ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state includes embassies, direct flights; agreement “suspends” annexation, but Netanyahu says: “I will never give up on our right to our land"
- “Not wishing to anger either Russian President Vladimir Putin or the Biden administration, the P.A. and Hamas have so far refrained from taking official positions on Ukraine”
Category Archives: Politics
“Limbaugh popularized conservatism with wicked and sometimes abusive humor. Is abhorrence of his worst comments more important than support for Israel? Or is this really about partisanship?”
JNS The Jewish debate about Rush Limbaugh by Jonathan Tobin February 18, 2021 In this most partisan moment in living memory, everything— including and perhaps most especially—the deaths of famous people, are perceived through a political lens and provide fodder … Continue reading
Bibi: “Joe Biden is my personal friend for 40 years,” believes Biden will advance further peace agreements between Israel and Arab and Muslim states
JERUSALEM POST Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden by Lahav Harkov February 18, 2021 US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Wednesday, nearly a month after Biden entered office. Netanyahu … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden
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“In the most extensive real-world test so far, Israel has demonstrated that a robust coronavirus vaccination program can have a quick and powerful impact, showing the world a plausible way out of the pandemic”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel set to open stores, gyms and culture Sunday in major move toward normalcy February 15, 2021 The coronavirus cabinet has agreed on an arrangement that will see stores, gyms, hotels, sporting events and culture institutions reopen … Continue reading
Schumer opponent Khaled Salem favors “definitive action” against terrorist organizations that destabilize the region”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Democratic Senate candidate: Israel should ‘end’ Hezbollah, Hamas by Staff February 17, 2021 Senate candidate Khaled Salem, an Egyptian-born American who is running as a Democrat against Sen. Chuck Schumer in the 2020 mid-term … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, Khaled Salem
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“It could even bring Iran closer to the State of Israel. It just shows how sport can unite and break down barriers”
I24NEWS Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei expected in Israel for Grand Slam in Tel Aviv February 14, 2021 Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who fled his country after speaking out against the regime more than a year ago, is due to land … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Iran, Saeid Mollaei, Sagi Muki
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“So, before Israel gets further lectures on what needs to be done, perhaps we should take stock of what’s transpired — and why”
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL The ‘If only Israel syndrome’ by David Harris Febrary 9, 2021 “If Only Israel (IOI) syndrome,” a term I began using several years ago, is the misguided notion, peddled in the name of Israel’s “best interests” … Continue reading
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“The result of the 2006 election showed that majority of Palestinians fully supported Hamas’s call for ending corruption in the Palestinian Authority, imposing Islamic law and, most importantly, continuing the armed struggle against Israel”
GATESTONE Palestinians: What Real Education Means by Khaled Abu Toameh February 16, 2021 The last Palestinian parliamentary election, held on January 25, 2006, resulted in a victory for Hamas, the Islamist movement controlling the Gaza Strip. The next parliamentary election … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Fatah, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority
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Chicago’s teachers’ union’s outsize power “comes at the expense of students, parents, and taxpayers”
CITY JOURNAL Chicago’s Big Education, Inc. by Adam Andrzejewski February 17, 2021 On Super Bowl Sunday, the Chicago Teachers Union announced its intention to return to the classroom. Finally, Chicago’s 347,476 public school students can receive the same in-person instruction … Continue reading
“President Joe Biden has made a flurry of phone calls to American allies around the world. There has been one notable omission”
NBC NEWS Biden hasn’t called Israel’s Netanyahu yet, raising fears of a frosty four years to come by Raf Sanchez February 11, 2021 In his first three weeks in office, President Joe Biden has made a flurry of phone calls to American allies … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden
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UAE—now at peace with Israel—won’t resume UNRWA funding
REUTERS UAE halts funding to UN Palestinian agency in ‘reset’ of aid programme February 8, 2021 The United Arab Emirates does not plan to resume funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which was halted last year, until … Continue reading
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Tagged UAE, United Arab Emirates, UNRWA
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