Category Archives: Politics

#JewishVoiceForPeace panel “an attempt to redefine antisemitism so as to exonerate antisemites in the progressive movement”

ALGEMEINER Outrage Erupts at Antisemitism Panel Featuring Noted Antisemites by Staff November 22, 2020 Outrage erupted on Twitter over the weekend after the far-left anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace announced it will be co-sponsoring a panel on antisemitism featuring … Continue reading

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Former PM Olmert warns welcoming spy will anger Biden

JERUSALEM POST Olmert: Don’t let Pollard make aliyah by Gil Hoffman November 22, 2020 Former prime minister Ehud Olmert criticized former agent Jonathan Pollard on Sunday, saying he should not be welcomed in Israel. Interviewed by Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Yaakov … Continue reading

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Netanyahu hails UAE visa exemption agreement as boost for reciprocal tourism

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel ratifies visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with Arab state by Raphael Ahren November 22, 2020 Israel’s cabinet ratified a mutual visa exemption agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday — the Jewish state’s … Continue reading

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“On how Princeton’s crusade against systemic racism has backfired”

NEW CRITERION Keywords: hoist, petard by Roger Kimball November 2020 Perhaps we ought to have included “chickens” and “roost” among the keywords as well. For many years now, woke administrators, professors, and other activists at all the toniest colleges have … Continue reading

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“The PA’s sudden willingness to renew security coordination and accept money from Israel is clearly intended as a gesture of goodwill towards presumptive president-elect Joe Biden and his team”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) At a Diplomatic Crossroad, it is Time for Israel to Act by Caroline Glick November 20, 2020 …Now back in business, [Martin] Indyk published an article last week on NBC‘s website setting out how … Continue reading

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“Egyptian Islamic scholar Saad Eddin Al-Hilali expressed concern that Biden, if elected, will continue in the footsteps of Obama and endorse the Islamists”

GATESTONE INSTITUTE Arabs Warn Biden: Do Not Embrace Islamists by Khaled Abu Toameh November 19, 2020 In a clear message directed to a possible US administration under Joe Biden, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have warned against supporting the Muslim Brotherhood … Continue reading

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“In his new memoir, the 44th president continues to blame Netanyahu for his own failure to make peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors”

NATIONAL REVIEW Obama’s Simmering Resentment of Benjamin Netanyahu by Jim Geraghty November 20, 2020 The final chapter of Barack Obama’s third memoir, A Promised Land, begins with an extensive review of the former president’s often-testy relationship with his Israeli counterpart, … Continue reading

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“The fact that our political leaders and other members of the alleged elite consistently flout the rules they lay down for the rest of us shows that they know those rules are bullshit”

POWERLINE COVID Hypocrisy Is the Least Of It by John Hinderaker November 21, 2020 Gavin Newsom’s infamous dinner with lobbyists at the French Laundry is the latest example of a political leader who prescribes rules for the rest of us, … Continue reading

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“In 2018 sermon, Warnock blasted Israel. He now says, ‘I Stand with Israel’”

NEW YORK POST Georgia Dem’s anti-Israel sermon resurfaces amid Senate runoff race by Carl Campanile November 13, 2020 With the balance of power in the US Senate riding on two run-off elections in Georgia, the heat is on and stinging … Continue reading

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“Once again, the FBI hate crime statistics confirm what the Jewish community knows all too well”

FREE BEACON Jews Top Target of Hate Crimes in 2019 by Charles Fain Lehman November 16, 2020 American Jews were the religious group most targeted by hate crimes in 2019, the FBI reported Monday, facing more than 60 percent of … Continue reading

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