It’s clear that #JStreet isn’t “Jewish” or “pro-Israel,” it exists solely to elect and defend #Democrats

Posted on December 15, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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Why is J Street defending Congress’ worst antisemite?
Moshe Hill
December 14, 2022

J Street, a far-left organization that has done more to turn Israel into a partisan issue than any other, has joined other anti-Israel Jewish groups in an attempt to browbeat Kevin McCarthy—likely to be the next speaker of the House—into not kicking virulent antisemite Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. This is in keeping with J Street’s plan to make Israel less safe and turn it into a wedge issue. First, let’s examine why and under what precedent McCarthy will make this decision. The precedent was set by outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who removed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments due to comments Greene made years before she was elected. READ MORE

These Jewish organizations all join J Street in opposing the removal of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee: Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Habonim Dror North America, New Israel Fund, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and T’ruah

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In Qatar, the World Got a Rare Glimpse of Israel’s Existence Amidst a Sea of Hostility

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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World Cup Showcases Qatari Hostility to Israel — A Festival of Hatred
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
December 1, 2022

…Israeli broadcaster Raz Shechnick has some of the worst moments during this festival of hatred. In multiple segments, he was yelled at and threatened by fans. In one video, he even screamed, “we are from Ecuador,” to avoid further hostilities. On his Twitter feed, he wrote a long emotional thread about his shock at the experience, saying that he had always been a leftist from the peace camp, but this experience made him doubt what he thought he knew about the Middle East. But it wasn’t just the fans; local businesses also treated Israelis harshly. Another Israeli reporter wrote of one incident when one restaurant owner, after finding out he was Israeli, made the security escort him out of the establishment, took his phone, and deleted the pictures he took of the food. READ MORE

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Condé Nast cites Israel’s verdant north for its charming boutique hotels and vineyards”

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL 21C
Condé Nast Traveler: Galilee is a top destination for 2023
Abigail Klein Leichman
December 12, 2022

Israel’s Galilee region ranks in fifth place on the Condé Nast Traveler list of 23 best places to go in 2023. Editor Debra Kamin recommends the northern area for its “charming boutique hotels, vineyards and improved connectivity.” “For decades, food and wine aficionados from Tel Aviv have been making the windy drive north to Israel’s Galilee region, where the landscape unfolds into lush green hills and valleys. For locals, this fertile corner filled with fruit farms, organic dairies, and family-run wineries, has long been revered as Israel’s own Tuscany,” she writes. “And now, international tourists are discovering the region’s bounty as well: A flurry of new boutique hotels have opened over the past year.” READ MORE

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Jason Hill offers a radical defense of Israel, the Jewish people, and what he terms “the superior nature of Jewish civilization”

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

THE JASON HILL SHOW
An American Philosopher’s Defense Of Israel, Jews, And Jewish Civilization
December 15, 2022

In this episode, Jason offers a radical defense of Israel, the Jewish people, and what he terms “the superior nature of Jewish civilization.” Jason explains why we should reject the term “settlers,” and replace it with “noble pioneers”—and why “occupied territory” is an illegitimate term. He also provides a vehement defense for Israel’s right to annex Judea and Samaria, and closes with an endearing and inspiring letter to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

THE FEDERALIST Jason Hill: The Moral Case For Israel Annexing The West Bank—And Beyond Israel made an altruistic mistake toward the Palestinian people after the 1967 defensive war with Jordan. Rather than regard them as “war settlers” or refugees or, after legally occupying conquered territory, as “illegal occupants,” they made the Palestinian people their political and moral problem.

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MSNBC commentator: “Netanyahu likes antisemitism in the diaspora because it’s consistent with this idea that Jews are not safe anywhere but Israel”

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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As Antisemitism Surges, Mehdi Hasan Guest Blames Jews
David Litman
December 7, 2022

On Sunday, December 4, the Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC reached a new low when one of Mehdi’s guests argued that Jews promote antisemitism to advance “Israeli Zionist ideology.” Responding to Mehdi’s question, “Have you been surprised at the speed with which antisemitism has become publicized, mainstreamed, normalized on the right,” guest Eric Alterman, a professor at City University of New York, responded: “What’s so interesting is the marriage between pro-Israel sentiment and antisemitism. The alt-right is very pro-Israel because they like the fact that Israel kicks Muslim ass. They also like the idea that Richard Spencer has said ‘I’m a Zionist,’ because I want all the Jews to go to Israel so we have a good Christian country here. READ MORE

FEDERALIST Morton A Klein: The White House’s Antisemitism Roundtable Was A Sham President Biden cannot be serious about battling antisemitism when he embraces Jew-haters and allows bigotry against Jews to flourish.

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United Nations anti-Israel campaign “emboldens the radicals among the Palestinians, including the Iranian-backed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, whose declared goal is to eliminate Israel and replace it with an Islamist state”

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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The Apartheid Libel to Destroy Israel
Khaled Abu Toameh
December 12, 2022

Many of Israel’s adversaries, including the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), have long attempted to stamp Israel with the false label of “apartheid”. Recently, however, with the UNHRC’s persistent allegations that Israel is an apartheid state, that label is being pushed even further in an apparent effort to make it stick. The complicity of recent reports from NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch appear to be trying to ensure that their libel will be complete. These allegations are part of an ongoing massive campaign of incitement waged by the Palestinians and anti-Semites around the world to invalidate the State of Israel and vilify Jews. READ MORE

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Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa tells Reuters his party offered its condolences “after the unintentional incident that took place between the residents of al-Aqbieh and individuals from the Irish UN unit”

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

IRISH EXAMINER
Soldier killed in Lebanon named as Private Seán Rooney; Cork soldier among three injured
Eoin English and Steven Heaney
December 15, 2022

The Irish soldier who was killed in an ambush by a “hostile mob” while on UN peacekeeping duty in Lebanon has been named as Private Seán Rooney. Private Seán Rooney, 23, a native of Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, who grew up in Dundalk and whose family is steeped in military tradition, was fatally wounded after the UN jeep he was driving was attacked in a village just south of Beirut at about 9.15pm Irish time, 11.15pm local time, on Wednesday night…The two white jeeps with UN markings came under small arms fire in Al-Aqbieh. One jeep managed to escape but the second jeep came under sustained fire and is believed to have crashed into a building and overturned. READ MORE

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‘The trial stunned the Jews of Iraq. What unfolded before their eyes was a tragedy that they had never believed could happen: their country was about to execute an innocent man, one of its leading citizens, simply for being a Jew”

Posted on December 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
The Adas Affair
Adi Schwartz
December 8, 2022

A woman makes a frantic journey from the southern city of Basra to the Royal Palace in Baghdad. Her name is Aliza (Alice) Adas. She is Shafiq Adas’s wife and will soon be his widow. Waiting for her inside the palace is the Hashemite prince Emir ‘Abd al-Ilah, the head of the Iraqi Royal Family. She genuflects before him, falling to the ground and kissing his feet. Little does she know in this moment that hanging in the balance is not only her husband’s life, but also the fate of the whole Jewish community. It was September 1948. READ MORE

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“Tensions have been high in the West Bank over the past year, with the IDF conducting an ongoing major anti-terror offensive mostly focused on the northern West Bank”

Posted on December 8, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
3 Palestinian gunmen killed in clash with IDF soldiers during Jenin raid
Emanuel Fabian
December 8, 2022

Three Palestinian gunmen were killed during intense clashes with Israeli troops in the northern West Bank city of Jenin before dawn on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. The Israel Defense Forces said troops came under “accurate gunfire” when they entered the city and the adjacent Jenin refugee camp to arrest three wanted terror suspects. A local wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group claimed to have opened fire on Israeli troops and hurled explosives at them. Heavy gunfire could be heard in videos published online. READ MORE

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Glick: “Irving, West, the Black Israelites, the Nation of Islam and their ilk have no choice but to demonize the Jews, because Jewish endurance and legitimacy expose the fraud at the heart of their invented identity”

Posted on December 8, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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Cultural appropriation and the Jews
Caroline Glick
December 1, 2022

On Monday night, an Egyptian television reporter covering the World Cup tournament in Doha, Qatar was assaulted by an angry mob and forced to leave the games to avoid being lynched. The mob assaulted him because they mistook him for an Israeli reporter. Qatari officials were reportedly embarrassed by the incident. They weren’t embarrassed about the crowd’s violent anti-Semitism, though. The Qataris were embarrassed because their officials hadn’t believed the poor Egyptian when he insisted he was one of them. And so, they stood by as the mob gave him the “Israeli treatment.”From the moment they touched down in Doha to cover the World Cup, Israeli reporters have been showered with hatred. READ MORE

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