Category Archives: Politics

“They portray themselves as kindly types who bring their detractors tea and wish them a nice day, while they espouse Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic global conspiracy theories”

MLIVE MICHIGAN ‘They fill our sidewalks with hate speech,’ Ann Arbor rabbi says in response to court ruling by Ryan Stanton August 22, 2020 While a federal judge has concluded protests outside an Ann Arbor synagogue amount to free speech, … Continue reading

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You’re not confused. The ADL is becoming as bad as you think.

TABLET MAG The Mind-Bendingly Insane, Completely Craven, Utterly Unconscionable Redemption of Al Sharpton by Liel Leibovitz August 23, 2020 This past weekend, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, an umbrella group uniting 125 local Jewish communities and 17 national Jewish … Continue reading

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Have you heard the one about the Israeli Prime Minister and the UAE ambassador who end up in the same Georgetown restaurant ?

NEW YORK TIMES A Dinner and a Deal Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced by Michael Simon Johnson, Eric Krupke and Rachelle Bonja, and edited by Lisa Tobin August 18th, 2020 In March 2018, Mark Landler — then a White House … Continue reading

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“The Arabs, and much of the rest of the world support the Palestinians because they wield the veto”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Is the Palestinian Veto Alive or Dead? by Caroline Glick August 21, 2020 Since Israel was established, the Palestinian veto doomed all efforts to forge peace between the Arab world and the Jewish state. … Continue reading

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Michael Oren: Setting aside a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the main impediment to peace, to work on the region’s other priorities, marks a fundamental shift that just might work

TIMES OF ISRAEL Stunning Israel-UAE deal upends the ‘rules’ about peace-making in Middle East by Michael Oren August 14, 2020 The impending peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is more than just a stunning diplomatic breakthrough. It … Continue reading

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Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, said the joint flyby over Dachau symbolized the promise for a future

CBN NEWS ‘Never Again’: Israeli Jets Enter German Airspace for First Time With Flyover of Dachau Camp August 19, 2020 Israeli and German air force jets flew side-by-side over the former Dachau concentration camp on Tuesday as a tribute to … Continue reading

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“Leftists eager to silence #ADL for speaking out against anti-Semitism cancel a liberal group that dropped bipartisanship to help Democrats”

JNS The ADL is targeted for not being woke enough for extremists by Jonathan S. Tobin August 18, 2020 …In a supreme irony, leftist anti-Semites have chosen to target the ADL, and not more centrist or conservative Jewish entities, as … Continue reading

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“Not coincidently, all three of Dershowitz’s false accusers have the same lawyer, with a long history of ethical violations”

JERUSALEM POST Dershowitz, the #MeToo Movement and the Rule of Law by Isi Leibler August 20, 2020 On Friday, August 14, The Jerusalem Post Frontlines section featured a massive two-page article by David Brinn about allegations leveled against American lawyer … Continue reading

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Academia’s monolithic belief in systemic racism will further erode American institutions and the principles of our civilization

CITY JOURNAL Conformity to a Lie by Heather Mac Donald Summer 2020 …What if the racism explanation for ongoing disparities is wrong, however? What if racial economic and incarceration gaps cannot close without addressing personal responsibility and family culture—without a … Continue reading

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“A startling investigation into how a cheap, well-known drug became a political football in the midst of a pandemic”

TABLE MAG Hydroxychloroquine: A Morality Tale by Norman Doidge August 14, 2020 …We live in a culture that has uncritically accepted that every domain of life is political, and that even things we think are not political are so, that … Continue reading

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