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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
“Leaving Jewish Home, Netanyahu’s former aides Bennett and Shaked hope to challenge the PM by reaching new audiences, particularly those who won’t abandon them under pressure”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Burned by religious Zionist old guard, Bennett seeks a new kind of right-winger by Raoul Wootliff December 30, 2018 Announcing that they would be leaving the Jewish Home party to forge a “true partnership between secular and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Ayelet Shaked, Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett
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“In April 2017, the European Parliament called for a formal suspension of Turkey’s EU membership bid”
GATESTONE Turkey and EU: Can this Marriage be Saved? by Burak Bekdil December 27, 2018 When Turkey first applied for full membership in the European Union in 1987, the world was an entirely different place…Today, 31 years after the first … Continue reading
“Democrats are now defined by Trump the way that antimatter is defined by matter, with each particle of matter corresponding to an antiparticle”
THE HILL Donald Trump is completely transforming the Democrats by Jonathan Turley December 29, 2018 In this age of rage, voters seem to have no patience, let alone need, for leaders speaking of abstract principles. They want immediate unequivocal action … Continue reading
Posted in Everything else, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump
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Leaders of Brazil and Israel attend shabbat eve services at Rio synagogue
TIMES OF ISRAEL Hailing ‘brotherhood,’ Brazil’s president-elect says he’ll visit Israel by March by Staff December 29, 2018 Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he expects to visit Israel by March 2019, after accepting an invitation by Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading
“SJP and the other drivers of the economic attack on Israel have sought to broaden their ranks by invoking their brand of intersectionality”
GATESTONE The Other Intersectionality: Victims of Islamism by Kenneth Levin December 28, 2018 …Similarly censored from today’s campuses is discussion of another, in various respects competing, intersectionality: That of the shared, intersecting, predicaments of today’s victims of Islamist aggression, including … Continue reading
“Only an Israeli victory and a Palestinian defeat will achieve…resolution”
WASHINGTON TIMES Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel by Daniel Pipes December 27, 2018 …The rage against Israel is not about Ashkenazi-Sephardi relations, tensions on the Temple Mount, a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, or Israel’s own nuclear weapons. Rather, it almost … Continue reading
Is Trump good or bad for Israel?
ALGEMEINER What Bret Stephens Missed About Trump and Israel by Ira Stoll December 27, 2018 “Donald Trump Is Bad For Israel,” is the headline of Bret Stephens’ column in The New York Times on Thursday…Stephens could be right that Trump’s limited pullback, if … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Bret Stephens, Donald Trump
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“Netanyahu reportedly requested that the American initiative be postponed until at least May so as not to harm his chances of receiving a new mandate from the public”
THE MEDIA LINE Israeli Elections Likely To Push Back Release Of Trump Peace Plan by Charles Bybelezer December 25, 2018 The upcoming Israeli national vote is liable to further delay the release of United States President Donald Trump’s much-hyped two-years-in-the-making … Continue reading
#BDSFail “The decision came in response to a complaint from Shurat HaDin, an Israeli advocacy group that files lawsuits around the world against Israel’s foes”
ASSOCIATED PRESS US fundraising site suspends Palestinian boycott account by Josef Federman December 21, 2018 A U.S. software company [Donorbox] said Friday it blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott [BDS] movement against Israel following a complaint by a … Continue reading
“It’s hard to think of a time when an American president has so publicly stripped his most senior advisers of their credibility”
THE ATLANTIC Trump Delivers a Victory to Iran by Mark Dubowitz and Reuel Marc Gerecht December 24, 2018 …Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria, concurrently with his intention to drastically reduce the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Donald Trump, Iran, Syria
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