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- “Long before the 20th century, ancient Jewish texts recognized what much of the modern West still refuses to accept: Not every enemy can be reasoned with”
- Jewish voters waking up to GOP’s appeal
- Israel and the Jewish diaspora make progressive pieties look silly
- Son of Democrat Congressman Mel Levine: "Coming out as Republican worse than coming out gay"
- "Retreating and abandoning allies may not be the optimum strategy"
- The GOP platform document also references Iron Dome, the missile defense system slated for development during Trump's term
- UCLA Student Council: Omer Shem Tov event was “selective platforming” of an Israeli voice — with no Palestinian counterpart — that would “legitimize and normalize” Israel’s war in Gaza and bombings of Lebanon”
- Thousands of Israeli Druze and Jews grieve at funeral for policeman slain in terror attack
Category Archives: Politics
Radical departure in State Department reporting of “Occupied Territories”
JEWISH PRESS State Dept. Drops ‘Occupied Territories’ from Judea, Samaria, Gaza & Golan Heights in Annual Report by Hana Levi Julian March 13, 2019 For the first time ever, the U.S. State Department dropped the term “occupied territories” from its … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Golan Heights, Judea, Samaria, US State Department
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“AIPAC has finally realized that they cannot ignore half-a-million people living in Judea and Samaria”
JERUSALEM POST AIPAC to host first settler leader at U.S. policy conference by Tovah Lazaroff March 11, 2019 In what settlers hold is a historic first and a sign of the settlement movement’s growing acceptance among US Jewry, AIPAC has … Continue reading
“I don’t doubt that Alan Dershowitz, Mort Klein, and other prominent Jewish leaders believed they could influence #Qatar to stop funding terrorism and recognize Israel’s right to exist”
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR Qatar’s Image Makeover Isn’t Kosher by Paul Miller March 1, 2019 Earlier this month in Washington, a conference on “Qatar: U.S. Ally or Global Menace?” was so secretive due to security concerns that the carefully selected attendees … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump, Mort Klein, Qatar
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“Anti-Semitism currently comes from four groups: the left, the Islamic world, neo-Nazis and, in the United States, radicalized African-Americans”
JNS How anti-Semitism became unleashed in the West by Melanie Phillips March 7, 2019 …Of these, the left are the most important, as they control the levers of our culture. And the left are currently both incubators and facilitators of … Continue reading
“Illinois’ business tax climate would rank ahead of only California and New Jersey under a progressive tax. Hurt small businesses, and you hurt the jobs market”
ILLINOIS POLICY Pritzker ‘fair tax’ would drop Illinois business climate to 48th in nation by Joe Barnas March 12, 2019 Under Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal, Illinois’ business tax climate ranking would plummet to 48th in the nation, beating out … Continue reading
“In recent weeks, signs are growing of an imminent explosion in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the Israeli elections in April draw near”
JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS Jordan and the Palestinian Authority Seek to Sabotage the Trump Peace Plan by Yoni Ben Menachem March 6, 2019 …Meanwhile, at the Gaza border and in the West Bank there are worrisome signs of escalation, … Continue reading
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Thomas Friedman and Ilhan Omar agree: We both don’t like AIPAC
JEWISH JOURNAL Thomas Friedman Gets AIPAC Wrong by David Suissa March 8, 2019 …Apparently, in [Thomas] Friedman’s fantasy world, there’s no end to Aipac’s power. If only Aipac had taken on Netanyahu, if only they had attacked his right-wing policies … Continue reading
Palestinians terrorize and torture their journalists and the world stands silent
GATESTONE Palestinians: Arresting, Torturing Journalists by Khaled Abu Toameh March 7, 2019 The Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank is continuing its unremitting security crackdown on Palestinian journalists, particularly on those who are not affiliated with Mahmoud Abbas’s ruling … Continue reading
The late Yechiel Eckstein helped “change the 2,000-year history where Christians were our biggest enemies, to the point that they are today, I would say, our greatest friends”
JERUSALEM POST No Holds Barred: How Christians went from enemies to best friends by Shmuley Boteach March 4, 2019 …But with the rise of American Evangelicals, a new movement was born, one that went back to Scripture to establish the … Continue reading
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Tagged Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, Shmuley Boteach
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Rep. Zeldin Votes No on Democrats’ Spineless, Watered-Down anti-Semitism Resolution
REAL CLEAR POLITICS Democrats’ Troubling Silence on Omar’s Anti-Semitism by Charles Lipson March 7, 2019 …The left’s antipathy to Israel has long been obvious on college campuses. Now, it is being voiced in Congress, and not just by Rep. Omar. … Continue reading
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