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- US resumes supply of Hellfire missiles to Israel
- Donald Trump is a counterfeit Republican
- Cannabis: Israel puts patients before politics
- "On Sunday, the IDF’s 162nd Armored Division conducted a highly-publicized exercise simulating an invasion of enclave, in what was widely construed as a threat to Hamas"
- "Already a de-facto state, Gaza should be the anchor for a free, independent and sovereign Palestinian state, contiguous into the Sinai Peninsula, along the coastal plain, to El-Arish"
- "Moving Israel from U.S. European Command responsibilty to CENTCOM was once a non-starter because of long-simmering tensions between Israel and its regional neighbors, who have been CENTCOM’s allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere"
- On Holocaust Remembrace Day, a conversation with a man who has paid a heavy personal price for working to eradicate Jew-hate and to promote peace between Muslims and Jews
- Spencer: “I see a correlation between those who believe absurd claims like dogs were trained to rape Palestinians and those who insist Israel committed genocide in Gaza”
Category Archives: Politics
“What looks like distancing is actually forcing Israel to accelerate its independence, strengthen its defenses, and become more self-reliant in ways decades of alliance politics delayed”
FUTURE OF JEWISH The Left is doing Israel a favor by abandoning it. Bob Goldberg April 23, 2026 …Israel did not fall into disfavor because it chose the wrong prime minister. It has been attacked under Left, Center, Right, and … Continue reading
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“The Arab Case for Israel is the book that I would recommend above all others for anyone who sincerely wants to understand the entrenched conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel”
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“There are many reasons for a Jew in the world today to be thankful for Israel’s existence, but this year has really driven home what it means as an American of any faith or creed to have Israel by our side”
COMMENTARY The Birth of a Great American Ally Seth Mandel April 22, 2026 Israeli Independence Day is a good time to think about what makes the Jewish state so successful. Going from a glorified refugee camp to a global power … Continue reading
This month marks 12 years curating posts as a news aggregator.
I’m breaking the proverbial fourth wall today. This blog now begins year twelve, begun in April 2014. Prior to then I’d been sharing articles via mass BCC emails but eventually ran afoul with GMail as they intermittently denied access due … Continue reading
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Senior Israeli official: “United States now intends to actively lead efforts to disarm Hezbollah”
JPOST US intends to lead Hezbollah disarmament, senior Israeli official tells ‘Post’ Amichai Stein April 16, 2026 A senior Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that, unlike in the past, the United States now intends to actively lead efforts to disarm Hezbollah … Continue reading
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Tagged Hezbollah, Lebanon, Marco Rubio
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Oren: “Before Europe casts us off completely, perhaps we should separate first. It’s time, I maintain, to say goodbye”
CLARITY Time to Say Goodbye Michael Oren April 16, 2026 This week, on Yom Hashoa, a friend told me a story I had never heard—how her father as a young Jew in Libya during World War II was arrested by … Continue reading
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Tagged Czech Republic, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Michael Oren, Spain, United Kingdom
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“Critics of administration have predictably dismissed the reverse blockade move as a desperate effort to regain leverage over Tehran. In truth, the strategy is anything but spontaneous”
FORBES Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Has Been Planned For Years Ilan Berman April 15, 2026 …A decade-and-a-half ago, while on a visit to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida, I had a candid exchange with a senior military official deeply … Continue reading
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Tagged casus belli, Centcom, Donald Trump, Iran, Straits of Hormuz
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Sanders’ resolutions to stop bulldozer, bomb deliveries gain unprecedented Democratic support, demonstrating major shift in party’s approach toward Israel
COMMENTARY Outlawing Israeli Self-Defense Seth Mandel April 16, 2026 Yesterday’s Senate vote on Israel highlighted the utter uselessness of the term “defensive weapons.” It also shows why pro-Israel good faith is no match for anti-Zionist opportunism, especially in an era … Continue reading
“Why so many, on both the left and the right, keep getting Trump wrong”
TABLET MAG Seven Myths About the Iran War Michael Doran April 14, 2026 Donald Trump’s actions in the Middle East continually surprise the foreign-policy establishment and the media elite. According to commentators on both the right and the left, the … Continue reading
“The school’s president, Andrew Rehfeld, rejected Ohio attorney general’s claims that Reform institution was violating donors’ wishes by closing Cincinnati program”
EJEWISH PHILANTHROPY HUC ‘deeply disappointed’ by suit to block closure of Ohio seminary, as new school looks to step in Jay Deitcher April 16, 2026 The Reform movement’s Hebrew Union College said on Wednesday that it was “deeply disappointed” by … Continue reading
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