Canary Mission: A one-state solution would mean the end of Israel. That’s why it’s so popular with BDS supporters. Find out why. WATCH and SHARE.

Posted on August 18, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

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“No other group would have to silently watch as members from outside their community get to portray inaccurate stereotypes, but for some reason, Jewish people have to take it”

Posted on August 18, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Hollywood must challenge the ‘Jew Face’ stereotype
Zina Rakhamilova
August 22, 2023

In film and entertainment, portraying historical figures has always been a subject of intense scrutiny and debate. A recent controversy has grown around actor Bradley Cooper and his upcoming role in a Netflix biopic centered on the life of the legendary Jewish conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Cooper used a prosthetic nose in the film to portray Bernstein, an action widely criticized by the broader Jewish community and public figures on social media…No matter which side of the debate you fall on concerning Cooper’s actions, a legitimate discussion has been sparked on how to represent a person’s identity on screen appropriately and respectfully…A Jew playing the role of Bernstein could have prevented the “Jew-nose” or “Jew-face” fiasco that Bradley Cooper is now dealing with. READ MORE

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Natan Levy’s opponent denied six million Jews died in the Holocaust… until he lost his fight

Posted on August 18, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH CHRONICLE
Jewish MMA fighter beats antisemitic troll into submission in Vegas fight
Felix Pope
August 18, 2023

When Jewish cage fighter Natan Levy saw antisemitic trolls defending a prominent Holocaust denier online, he knew he had to teach them a painful lesson. To show up one “dumb kid”, the professional martial artist invited him to his Las Vegas training studio and beat him into admitting that six million Jews were killed by the Nazi regime. Levy, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, sparked the showdown earlier this week when he commented on a white nationalist’s topless photo to mock his supposedly muscular physique. “He’s built like a chopstick,” wrote the Israeli fighter on Twitter. “Definitely not a threat.” READ MORE

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That the White House announced the Iran ransom deal during the August congressional recess was no coincidence

Posted on August 15, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

THE DISPATCH
The Disastrous Implications of the $6 Billion Iran Hostage Deal
Richard Goldberg
August 15, 2023

President Joe Biden’s decision to trade $6 billion for five American citizens unlawfully detained in Tehran isn’t just the largest hostage ransom payment in American history—it’s also the second phase of an unacknowledged agreement with Tehran that strengthens the ayatollah’s position in the Middle East and frees the regime to cross the nuclear weapons threshold at a time of its choosing. Americans need to brace themselves for the consequences of both realities. What would normally be a celebratory welcome home for our fellow Americans is now overshadowed by the methods used to win their release and the implications of a foreign policy bent on appeasing the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. READ MORE

WSJ Richard Goldberg: Iran’s Nukes Are a Thorn for Saudi-Israeli Peace The Biden administration can mollify Riyadh by restoring enrichment restrictions on Tehran

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Dermer’s DC meetings will focus on moving forward on a “limited defense treaty” between US and Israel

Posted on August 14, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
A limited defense treaty with the US would be counterproductive
Jacob Nagel
August 17, 2023

A “limited defense treaty” between the US and Israel as part of a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia and a trilateral agreement between the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, contains much more cons than pros, especially when it might come at the expense of Israel’s top priority concern: Preventing a bad Iran nuclear deal (or understandings) that will lead Iran on its sure path to a bomb in a very short timeframe. Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is in Washington for meetings with senior White House officials, ahead of very critical decisions regarding the US, Israel, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. READ MORE

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Kontorovich: “What is clear is that in the late 1960s, the moment that mattered, nothing in international law demonstrated that Israel must engage in the unprecedented action not allowing its Jewish population to live in the areas from which they were expelled”

Posted on August 11, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
Israeli Settlements Are Not Illegal
Eugene Kontorivich
August 9, 2023

…Moreover one cannot occupy one’s own territory: If Ukraine retakes Crimea from Russia, it will not be an occupation just because it had long been administered by Moscow. As professor Avi Bell and I have demonstrated at great length, under general rules of international law applicable around the world, Israel would have a sovereign claim to the West Bank from 1948 (not so for the Golan Heights). That is because newly created states inherit the borders of the prior administrative units in the territory, in this case, Mandatory Palestine. Berman mocks reliance on mandatory borders, but the very existence of Jordan, as well as most of the borders of the Middle East, are based fully on mandatory borders. There is nothing lawlike about a unique rule of borders just for the Jewish state. READ MORE

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The resurrection of professor Jasbir Puar’s modern blood libel as part of an Ivy League humanities course has the Jewish community up in arms

Posted on August 11, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Duke University Press enables blood libel at Princeton
Amy Rosenthal
August 11, 2023

Do Jews maim innocents to control them and reap economic rewards? Do they target the vital organs of their victims? Do they starve children? This is what Jasbir Puar’s 2017 book, Right to Maim, published by Duke University Press (DUP), claims. These hateful lies about Jews constitute a modern blood libel, a term that has its origins in the Medieval Christendom myth that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in Jewish rituals. The lie sparked pogroms—i.e., attacks and murder of Jews. The resurrection of professor Puar’s modern blood libel in a 2023 Ivy League humanities course at Princeton University has the Jewish community up in arms. It is the culmination of efforts by Duke University Press to disseminate anti-Israel propaganda…READ MORE

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Iran’s fast-moving development of weapons-grade uranium is bringing the possibility of an Iranian first nuclear test closer

Posted on August 11, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Iran close to testing nuclear weapons for first time
Benjamin Weinthal
August 12, 2023

The Islamic Republic of Iran is close to possibly testing a nuclear weapons device and has sought to obtain illicit technology for its active atomic weapons program, according to a series of shocking European intelligence reports released in 2023. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) first published translations of the intelligence documents on its website. The Jerusalem Post is the first Israeli newspaper to report on the intelligence findings from the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. The most unsettling revelation from the batch of intelligence data comes from the Netherlands General and Intelligence Security Service. READ MORE

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“But in a free country, people may choose to make Shabbat special in their own way. Some may light candles, eat a family dinner, and walk to synagogue. Others may drive a car or take public transit to do those things, and many may choose not to do them at all”

Posted on August 11, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Israel must find a Shabbat compromise on public transport
Editorial Board
August 13, 2023

…Last week, the Transportation Ministry made yet another decision that has a clear political logic but makes little sense for Israelis’ transportation needs. The Tel Aviv light rail will not operate on Shabbat and holidays, Regev’s ministry announced. Current coalition partners United Torah Judaism and Shas have made their strong opposition to public transportation on Shabbat clear over decades. When serving as transportation minister, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich canceled bus lines that ran on Shabbat. The light rail’s Red Line runs through Bnei Brak, the densely-populated haredi city, which has been cited as a primary reason the line will be shut down on Shabbat. READ MORE

ARUTZ SHEVA Public transportation on Shabbat? Likud MK has a condition Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai announced that he would boycott the inauguration ceremony of the Tel Aviv Light Rail as an act of protest against its non-operation on Shabbat.

JNS Tel Aviv Light Rail to open to the public Friday The Red Line’s 34 stations run from Bat Yam through Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan and Petach Tikva

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Israelis can now enter the Southeast Asian country with electronic visas

Posted on August 11, 2023 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Israel, Vietnam agree to direct flights in follow-up to free trade deal
Pesach Benson
August 16, 2023

Israel and Vietnam signed an agreement in Hanoi on Wednesday to launch the first direct flights between their countries. According to the agreement signed by Israeli Minister of Economy of Industry Nir Barkat and Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên, flights between Hanoi and Tel Aviv will begin in October. The accord also allows Israelis to enter the Southeast Asian country with electronic visas. Barkat said this takes effect immediately and eliminates the need for visitors to first go to the Vietnamese embassy in Tel Aviv to obtain visas. READ MORE

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