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- Italian historian Carlo Vecce set out to debunk rumors of Leonardo da Vinci’s foreign origins, but a newly discovered document changed his mind
- Welcome, Kurdistan
- "It seems that some of our leadership is so concerned about Israel’s image in foreign media that they tend to jump at the chance to agree that we are as bad as they say we are and beg forgiveness" [VIDEO]
- EVENT POSTPONED: "Wish You Weren't Here" 12/12 Highland Park Screening
- "Israel is bracing itself for war with Iranian proxies, as Tehran escalates its provocations. But what will the United States do if conflict comes?"
- "The economic and strategic ties between Israel and its Abraham Accord partners, as well as Saudi Arabia, are expanding faster than anyone could have imagined"
- “The EU is Israel’s largest trading partner, accounting for 32% of the economy: which means cutting Israel’s EU trade would be absolutely destructive to country’s economic survival”
- Don’t Want to Come to the Middle East? Stay in Europe and Kill Jews, IS Tells Aspiring Jihadis
Category Archives: Politics
“Bernie Sanders is not quite Jewish. He’s Jew-ish — a non-practicing, anti-Israel, kinda, sorta Hebrew”
NEW YORK POST If you’re Jewish, don’t vote for Bernie Sanders by Andrea Peyser April 10, 2016 …Sanders was the only presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican, to skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Policy Conference in Washington, DC, last … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democrat, Senator Bernie Sanders
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“In recent years American Jews have let go of both ancient communal memory and recent political memory. No wonder they’re now letting go of Israel”
MOSAIC How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish Memory by Daniel Gordis April 11, 2016 Elliott Abrams is clearly correct in asserting both that American Jews are moving away from support of Israel and that this tectonic shift is … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged American Jewry, American Jews, Daniel Gordis, Elliott Abrams
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“From Abbas’s standpoint, this is his way of both thwarting his rivals in Hamas and securing his Fatah party’s hold on the Palestinian Authority once he is gone”
REUTERS With new decree, Palestinian leader tightens grip by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta April 11, 2016 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his hands and may allow him … Continue reading
Will he be on Hillary’s foreign policy team ?
PJ MEDIA Clinton Campaign Panel Includes Controversial Muslim Leader Who Fingered Israel for 9/11 Attacks by Patrick Poole April 10, 2016 A highly controversial Muslim leader appeared on a panel with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles last … Continue reading
One more schedule change from ArchitectGuy
In my ongoing quest for balance between life and this project, I’m cutting back one more day, this time losing the Monday AM edition (which I currently spend part of each Sunday preparing). Going forward, I’ll be emailing three issues per week: … Continue reading
Posted in Everything else, Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged ArchitectGuy
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At Rabbi Brant Rosen’s Chicago synagogue, it’s OK for “non-Zionist” Jews to abandon the messy cause of Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL Why Millennials flock to Chicago’s non-Zionist synagogue by Amy K. Rosenthal April 8, 2016 Anna Goldberger, a social worker in her 30s with dark hair and dark intelligent eyes, is looking for a community of Jewish people … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged anti-Zionism, Chicago, Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, Zionism
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Yet another UN project funding organizations which demonize the Jewish state
NGO MONITOR UN OCHA Coordinates Anti-Israel Demonization April 7, 2016 Abusing its mandate of neutrality and impartiality, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA-oPt) is responsible for coordinating a highly political and biased NGO network in … Continue reading
“J Street, in fact, no longer holds an annual conference. Having attended last year’s J Street big event, I can tell you that the tumbleweeds rolling in the halls spoke to its attendance numbers” [VIDEO]
AMERICAN SPECTATOR Donald Trump Brings out the Worst in J Street by Paul Miller April 7, 2016 Most Americans perceive Donald Trump as a talking car-crash. You don’t like what you hear or see, but you’re unable to look away. … Continue reading