Category Archives: Politics

“Reclaiming ownership of indigenous lands – and governing those outside the process of history”

FRONT PAGE MAG The Morality of Israel’s ‘Annexation’ by Professor Jason D. Hill May 29, 2020 …In a previous essay, I have written about Israel’s moral right to annex Judea and Samaria. I want to now turn to the actual … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Two governors, two approaches. Florida has proven that a measured, evidence-based response to reopening works

CITY JOURNAL Let the Sun Shine In by Michael Hendrix May 27, 2020 For a moment in April, the Internet tried to cancel Florida. Photos showing crowds flocking to Jacksonville Beach amid the Covid-19 pandemic brought the hashtag #FloridaMorons to the top of … Continue reading

Posted in Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

“Ahead of his arraignment in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting Israeli premier, #Bibi accuses the left of “stitching together” charges against him after having failed to remove him at the ballot box”

JNS Defiant Netanyahu dismisses charges against him at start of corruption trials May 24, 2020 Moments before an arraignment on multiple corruption charges, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his innocence, saying he had been framed as part of an … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

COVID-19 humanitarian aid to Palestinians from Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Ireland and Kuwait was diverted

I24NEWS Millions of dollars earmarked for Palestinian coronavirus aid funneled to terrorist-linked groups May 24, 2020 Millions of dollars earmarked for the Palestinian’s COVID-19 coronavirus response have been misappropriated for use by organizations with links to terrorism, a new NGO … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Latest Israeli desalination plant will be the largest of its kind worldwide. But China won’t be building it.

JERUSALEM POST Israel rejects Chinese bid to build Sorek 2 amid pressure from the US by Lahav Harkov, Eytan Halon May 26, 2020 Israel chose local company IDE technologies to construct the world’s largest desalination plant, the government announced on … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

“Senior officials in the moderate Arab countries made it clear that, despite the pan-Arab stance against the annexation plan, behind the scenes the move is not being challenged as forcibly as the Palestinians might hope”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘Next few weeks will determine whether future decades will see peace or bloodshed’ by Daniel Siryoti May 27, 2020 …Arab sources told Israel Hayom Tuesday that while Arab leaders were concerned that the unilateral annexation of … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduce S 3775 for a “U.S.-Israel operations-technology working group”

DEFENSE NEWS Securing technological superiority requires a joint US-Israel effort by Bradley Bowman May 22, 2020 …This bipartisan legislation would require the establishment of a U.S.-Israel operations-technology working group. As the senators wrote in a February letter to Secretary of … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

“Nearly 700 soldiers were killed during Israel’s 18-year occupation of Lebanon; journalist Matti Friedman teamed up with the Kan broadcaster to tell their story”

TIMES OF ISRAEL 20 years after Lebanon pullout, docuseries dives into the ‘War With No Name’ by Judah Ari Gross May 25, 2020 The grave of any soldier killed fighting in the Battle of Ammunition Hill on June 6, 1967, … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged | Leave a comment

“In late April, as Israel was busy managing its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s National Water Authority was struck by a large-scale cyberattack”

PUNDICITY The Iranian-Israeli Conflict Goes Online by Ilan Berman May 26, 2020 A different kind of conflict is taking shape in the Middle East. Unlike the long-running Syrian civil war, this one is not a pitched power struggle between an … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged | Leave a comment

“How could Mandelblit indict Netanyahu for a nonexistent crime that is unheard of not only in Israel, but on most of the planet?”

JERUSALEM POST What on earth is media bribery, and should it be a crime? by Yonah Jeremy Bob May 25, 2020 …[Netanyahu’s lawyers] were especially irate because they said Netanyahu has faced decades of biased coverage against him, including in … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment