Category Archives: Politics

David Makovsky of the Washington Institute: “Expecting Hamas to abandon ideology for economics was a mistake with fatal consequences”

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY Israel Seeks A New Strategic Concept Ilan Berman April 11, 2024 …Flawed assumptions: The first element of this approach was an extensive reliance on technology and innovation to provide “domain awareness” over the Palestinian territories. … Continue reading

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Rachel Goldberg: “I feel like we’re pawns in a game. Or maybe it’s theater”

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is one of many young people taken hostage by Hamas during an incursion into Israel that killed more than 1,300 others. His parents Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, Americans who moved to Israel more than a decade … Continue reading

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Dershowitz: “Hamas must be required to surrender and the people of Gaza must be de-radicalized. Any other endgame will only postpone a repetition of October 7. Except this time, with calls this week for “Death to America” from within the United States, just as terrorism came to a theater near Putin, this time it may be coming to a theater near you”

GATESTONE The Dangerous US Rush to Save the Terrorist Group Hamas Alan M. Dershowitz April 9, 2024 The Biden administration’s drift away from full support for Israel will cost more Palestinian and Israeli lives. It will encourage Hamas to keep … Continue reading

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But I, as a Canadian “Gentile,” will live and die a friend of the Jewish People

FUTURE OF JEWISH Today, in Canada, it is like Nazi Germany in the 1930’s Paul Finlayson April 9, 2024 Five months ago, I was happy to be an academic nobody, just a scruffy, hoodie-wearing, never-a-tie, student-friendly professor…On November 27th, 2023, … Continue reading

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Tariq Salami Otha Abu Shlouf, captured at Rafah Hospital, admits terror group lied about IDF strike on hospital that was hit by an Islamic Jihad rocket

ARUTZ SHEVA Islamic Jihad spokesman: ‘Terror orgs use all hospitals in Gaza’ April 8, 2024 During the recent operation carried out by the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) in the Shifa Hospital, more than 500 terrorist operatives associated … Continue reading

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“Six months after the Hamas massacres, the Squad’s intense hostility to the Jewish state has spread far beyond the original members to become mainstream opinion within the Democratic Party”

NATIONAL REVIEW Biden Loses the Plot on Israel Matthew Continetti April 6, 2024 …According to the White House, Biden on Thursday called for an “immediate ceasefire” and told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “strikes on humanitarian workers” and “the … Continue reading

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EVENT: Killing America Screening – Chicago

Jewish Institute for Liberal Values invites you to a screening of “Killing America” Where: AMC Northbrook Court When: Sunday April 21, 2024 at 4:00 pm Award-winning documentary filmmaker Eli Steele screens his latest groundbreaking documentary, Killing America at AMC Northbrook … Continue reading

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“If we don’t see changes from their side, there’ll have to be changes from our side,” White House advisor John Kirby said

JNS Gaza policy will change if Israel doesn’t meet US conditions, Biden warns Netanyahu Andrew Bernard April 4, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, per a … Continue reading

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Schanzer: “There was a major missed opportunity with this war to hold Qatar to account”

JERUSALEM POST Qatar: ‘The arsonist who then claims to be the firefighter’? Yonah Jeremy Bob April 4, 2024 In the wake of Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein’s exclusive visit and meetings with a series of top officials in Qatar, there … Continue reading

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Democrat John Fetterman’s Israel support brings fans on the right, critics on the left

THE AMERICAN PROSPECT Fetterman Hires Former Meta Staffer for His Comms Operation Luke Goldstein April 2, 2024 Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has recently undergone a staff shake-up, amid his increasingly strident defense of Israel and disavowal of the progressive label … Continue reading

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