Category Archives: Politics

Strategic Affairs Minister #GiladErdan: US student must repudiate BDS to gain entry to Israel

TIMES OF ISRAEL Hebrew U. head backs detained US student, warns case harms anti-BDS effort by Staff and AP October 9, 2018 The Hebrew University on Tuesday threw its support behind a US student of Palestinian descent, who has been … Continue reading

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New York Times takes note of increasing numbers of Democrats abandoning Israel

NEW YORK TIMES A New Wave of Democrats Tests the Party’s Blanket Support for Israel by Catie Edmondson Oct. 7, 2018 …A [not insubstantial] cluster of activist Democrats — most of them young, most of them cruising toward House seats … Continue reading

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“ACLU’s ‘reinvention in the Trump era'”

GATESTONE ACLU’s Opposition to Kavanaugh Sounds Its Death Knell by Alan M. Dershowitz October 6, 2018 So why did the American Civil Liberties Union oppose a Republican nominee to the Supreme Court and argue for a presumption of guilt regarding … Continue reading

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EVENT Highland Park Democrat and Republican Town Halls

Men’s Club of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El invites you to two Town Halls 1175 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, IL 2018 Republican Candidate Town Hall Sunday, October 14th at 10:00AM Candidates currently committed to appear: 10th Congressional District candidate Douglas Bennett, … Continue reading

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DC’s “PLO Mission has been operating illegally since 1987. Subsequent administrations, however, allowed it to stay open anyway for political and diplomatic reasons”

JNS Despite outcry, shuttered PLO Mission did not aid peace process while contravening U.S. law by Israel Kasnett October 5, 2018 After months of speculation over what steps the Trump administration would take against the Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission in … Continue reading

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Why has the #NewYorkTimes purged all online references to #AriFuld murder?

ALGEMEINER New York Times Now Finds Ari Fuld’s Death Not Fit for Website Either by Ira Stoll October 4, 2018 …In an article for The Algemeiner last month, I wrote that a search for “Ari Fuld” on the Times website turned up “a wire-service report by Reuters and another by the Associated … Continue reading

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Illinois’ Democratic-controlled legislature has left state “more than $7 billion in unpaid bills and a sense among the state’s residents and creditors that Illinois might not be governable anymore”

POLITICO The Worst Job in American Politics by Theodoric Meyer October 05, 2018 …Illinois — the sixth-biggest state, by population — has seen its credit rating cut to near-junk status in the decade since the financial crisis. Its bonds are … Continue reading

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“Trump’s favorability rating in Israel (69%) is significantly higher than those of former US President Barack Obama at the end of his term in 2016”

i24NEWS Support for Trump higher in Israel than almost any other nation: poll October 2, 2018 US President Donald Trump’s popularity is higher in Israel than almost any other nation, despite historic low approval ratings among other key American allies, … Continue reading

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PA files suit in International Court of Justice, “asking that it order Washington to remove relocated embassy from Jerusalem”

ARUTZ SHEVA PA sues US over embassy relocation by Elad Benari September 28, 2018 The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Friday filed a case with the Hague-based International Court of Justice, asking its judges to order Washington to remove the recently relocated … Continue reading

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“Jewish Voice for Peace co-authors new material for “Deadly Exchange” campaign”

LEGAL INSURRECTION Anti-Semitic campaign to blame Jews and Israel for U.S. police practices towards minorities shifts into overdrive by Miriam Elman September 29, 2018 The virulently anti-Jewish and anti-peace extremist organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has partnered with the organization Researching the American-Israeli Alliance (RAIA) … Continue reading

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