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“That Israel’s health system had to enlist Mossad was evidence that it had not readied itself to respond to the type of threat represented by the coronavirus”

NEW YORK TIMES Israel’s Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad by Ronen Bergman April 13, 2020 When Israel’s health minister was found to be infected with the coronavirus early this month, all high-level officials in close contact … Continue reading

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Amnesty International employee betrays Gazan peace activist for “collaborating” with Israels

UN WATCH Amnesty researcher prompts Hamas to arrest peace activist April 13, 2020 Amnesty International, the group that was founded to free political prisoners, is being asked to terminate its relationship with a Gaza researcher after the New York Times … Continue reading

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“If the Democrats are to defeat Trump, Sanders’s leftist and anti-Israel supporters must embrace the nominee, but what will he have to give them to secure their support?”

JNS Biden needs the Bernie Bros. Will he give them a say in policy? by Jonathan S. Tobin April 14, 2020 In a flight of fancy and an almost superfluous reminder of his irrelevance, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman … Continue reading

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“Jews don’t need a crisis to tell them who or what they are. For Jews, the sense of who and what they are is what sustains them through such crises”

JNS The story that Jews repeat on Passover is the secret of their survival by Melanie Phillips April 8, 2020 As Jews around the world celebrate the festival of Passover this week, the ironies are painful. The festival celebrates the … Continue reading

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“It has become clear that the Jewish Chronicle will not be able to survive the impact of the current coronavirus epidemic in its current form”

ALGEMEINER After Nearly 200 Years of Publication, Coronavirus Drives UK’s Main Jewish Newspaper Into Liquidation April 8, 2020 One of the world’s oldest Jewish newspapers announced that it was going into liquidation on Wednesday, with staff members learning on the … Continue reading

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California judge “called Plaintiff a ‘Jew Boy’ and made fun of his Jewish heritage loudly, in a demeaning and unwelcome manner”

JWEEKLY Lawsuit: judge called public defender ‘Jew boy,’ shoved him into Lake Shasta by Gabe Stutman April 7, 2020 A Jewish public defender in Humboldt County has filed a lawsuit alleging a judge verbally assaulted him during a camping trip, … Continue reading

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“New York City punishes a councilman for stating a historical fact”

THE FEDERALIST Sorry You’re Offended, But ‘Palestine’ Does Not Exist by David Harsanyi April 2, 2020 In progressive America, an official elected in a predominantly Jewish district in the country’s largest city can be punished for asserting an indisputable historical … Continue reading

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“With all respiratory diseases, the only thing that stops the disease is herd immunity”

DAILY WIRE Epidemiologist Warns Of Unintended Consequences From Lockdowns by Amanda Prestigiacomo April 10, 2020 …“About 80% of the people need to have had contact with the virus, and the majority of them won’t even have recognized that they were … Continue reading

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“In the end, Israel was established not by Great Britain but by the Jews themselves. It was done against not only British opposition but an invasion from five Arab armies, including those of countries that owed their own existence to the plan executed by Churchill and Lawrence”

JEWISH REVIEW OF BOOKS Lawrence of Judea: T. E. Lawrence and the Deal of the Twentieth Century by Rick Richman Spring 2020 …But T.E. Lawrence [of Arabia] also supported Zionism. He and Chaim Weizmann were close friends, and they held … Continue reading

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“The sad truth, however, is that if announcements of Israeli scientists producing a coronavirus cure and/or vaccine along with, were made tomorrow, it would change no minds in the BDS movement”

JNS BDS co-founder: Israel should save us … and then die by Jonathan Tobin April 7, 2020 Advocates of Israel have always liked to joke that supporters of the BDS movement shouldn’t be selective about their efforts to convince the … Continue reading

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