“The objective of #Palestinianism–the #Palestinian Cause–is the replacement of Israel by an Arab state, the violent expulsion of the Jews, and their replacement by the descendants of the Arab refugees of 1948”

Posted on September 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

ABU YEHUDA
Palestinianism: an Ideology and an Identity
Victor Rosenthal
September 14, 2022

…Palestinianism had its origin in the 1960s, when it was created by the cognitive warriors of the Soviet KGB. The Soviets had had an interest for some time in opposing US and British influence in the Middle East, which they did by supporting Arab nationalists like Gamal Abdel Nasser. With the decline of pan-Arabism, Palestinianism provided a cause that the Soviets could use to unite all the Arabs of the Middle East against the West. It also provided a reason to oppose Israel. Although Stalin had initially hoped that Israel would join the socialist camp, it became clear to the Soviets by the mid-1950s that Israel was moving more and more in the direction of the West. READ MORE

GATESTONE Khaled Abu Toameh: The Palestinians and the World Do Not Need Another Corrupt, Failed Terrorist Arab State The truth, however, is that neither the Palestinian Authority leadership nor the Palestinian people is ready for statehood. And the responsibility for that fact lies squarely with the ruthless and failed Palestinian leaders.

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Yeshiva University “would “likely win” if the case were to come again before the Supreme Court”

Posted on September 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Supreme Court sides with LGBTQ group at Yeshiva University
Cayla Bamberger
September 14, 2022

The Supreme Court refused to block a state court order that requires New York’s Yeshiva University to officially recognize an LGBTQ student group. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court’s three liberal justices on Wednesday in a 5-4 decision that lifted a temporary hold on the state court order and denied the university an emergency request for relief. The majority wrote that the Orthodox Jewish university first needed to pursue all options available in the state courts…Yeshiva had brought the case to SCOTUS saying officials had exhausted all options to pause recognizing the group while the case is heard in higher state courts, in time for student clubs resuming this fall. READ MORE

Posted in Jewish, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

“No Israeli I know wants that soldier prosecuted, and here’s why”

Posted on September 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

DANIEL GORDIS SUBSTACK
An Israeli soldier probably killed Shireen Abu Akleh — what should happen to him now?
September 12, 2022

…Why not prosecute the soldier in this new case? Because what we parents know is that too often, while our kids have someone in the crosshairs of their sights, someone else has our kids in their crosshairs. And when that happens, who will emerge alive will depend solely on who shoots best … and first. Hesitate for even a fraction of a second, and that other person can get you first. We have to demand the very best of our kids, the best precision, the best discipline, the best intentions. But if after all that, a horrible mistake gets made, they need to know that the country that sent them into the hell of those streets is a country that will believe them, that will trust them, that will have their back. READ MORE

Posted in Israel & Middle East | Leave a comment

“While the West appeases Iran, Israel is now battling Tehran’s efforts to engulf the Jewish state in a ‘ring of fire’ – a strategy the theocracy adopted from its longstanding partner-in-intimidation, North Korea”

Posted on September 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

HAARETZ
How North Korea Taught Iran to Entrap and Threaten Israel
Mark Dubowitz and David Maxwell
September 7, 2022

As its technology has advanced, Tehran has armed its proxies on Israel’s borders with precision-guided missiles, saturation-fire rockets, and explosives-laden unmanned aerial vehicles. The ultimate, complementary weapon – the nuclear bomb – will be added to this intimidating arsenal. This strategy, which gives the theocracy the conventional tools to regularly harass the Jewish state, while giving the theocracy a nuclear tripwire that might well prevent Jerusalem from bringing real pain to Iran, is similar to what the Kim regime has deployed on the Korean Peninsula. READ MORE

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , | Leave a comment

ADL: “There is content among our curricular materials that is misaligned with ADL’s values and strategy”

Posted on September 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEWSWEEK
The ADL’s Critical Race Theory Curricula Is No Accident
Jonathan Tobin
September 9, 2022

The last thing that you’d expect from a group whose historic mission is to monitor and fight anti-Semitism would be to discover that the group is helping to spread woke ideological indoctrination that grants a permission slip for Jew-hatred…This is shocking not merely because it is one more piece of evidence that the liberal gaslighting that CRT in the schools is a figment of the conservative imagination is an obvious lie. It’s also important because due to its adherence to intersectional myths about Israelis being “white” oppressors of the “brown” Palestinians who want to destroy the one Jewish state on the planet and American Jews possessing “white privilege,” CRT legitimizes anti-Semitism—something the ADL purports to oppose. READ MORE

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

New #Pritzker-backed State of Illinois 800-page bill taking effect Jan 1 will release thousands arrested for violent crimes. It carries the #Orwellian name #SafeTAct

Posted on September 9, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

BREITBART
Illinois Democrats’ Bail Abolishment to Free Suspects Charged with Murder, Kidnapping, Burglary: ‘Gates are Open’
John Binder
September 10, 2022

A new law abolishing bail across the state of Illinois, passed by Democrats and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), will free from jail thousands of suspects accused of second-degree murder, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, and other violent crimes. Beginning January 1, 2023, Illinois will become the first state in the nation to have eliminated cash bail — even for some of the most violent crimes. As a result, local district attorneys say they will be forced to free thousands of suspects accused of crimes like murder and kidnapping. In Winnebago County, Illinois, alone the district attorney estimates that about 400 charged criminals will be freed from jail despite their being accused of violent crimes. Likewise, in Will County, Illinois, about 640 charged criminals will be freed from jail, including 60 accused of murder. READ MORE

SIGN PETITION TO REPEAL THE SAFE-T ACT

PJ MEDIA Gangsta’s Paradise: Illinois Democrats Pass New Law to Spread Chicago Crime to the Rest of the State Many of the thug-loving laws that have made Chicago an outhouse are spreading to the entire state of Illinois beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The Illinois State legislature passed the almost 800-page, laughably named “SAFE-T Act” in the middle of the night, with only 40 minutes of public review.

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL Orland Park Village Board Speaks Out Against SAFE-T Act “We must not allow this law to stand as passed,” said Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau. “I can’t even begin to tell you how dangerous this act is.” The mayor listed a handful of provisions that will go into effect on January 1, 2023: Officers will no longer be able to remove trespassers from your residence or place of business.

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

“Of course it was inevitable. Yet we allowed ourselves the fantasy that the Queen would never die”

Posted on September 8, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

MELANIE PHILLIPS BLOG
A devastating loss
September 7, 2022

The death of Her Majesty the Queen, announced a short time ago, is a seismic event for the United Kingdom and a profound emotional shock that will be felt by millions. It was, of course, always an inevitability, as it is for all of us. And in recent months the Queen had obviously become increasingly frail. Nevertheless, it felt unthinkable that one day she would no longer be with us. We allowed ourselves to imagine that she would go on for ever. For so many of us this evening, this feels like a personal bereavement. Something of priceless value has been torn from us, and we feel devastated. READ MORE

AISH Queen Elizabeth II and the Jews Six facts about the monarch’s tumultuous relationship with Jews, on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee…Her Mother-in-Law Saved Jews During the Holocaust…Queen Elizabeth II Hired Jewish Mohel to Circumcise Prince Charles

TIMES OF ISRAEL Queen Elizabeth’s long, complex relationship with the British Jewish community She inspired loyalty among UK Jews throughout her reign, hosted Jewish and Israeli leaders, but it irked members of the community that she never visited Israel…In fact, no member of the royal family ever visited Israel in an official capacity until 2018, when Prince William arrived in the Jewish state on an unprecedented official visit, lifting the unofficial boycott.

Posted in Israel & Middle East | Leave a comment

Israeli Military: “There is a “high probability” that the shot that killed the Palestinian journalist was fired by an Israeli soldier returning fire”

Posted on September 8, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by IDF gunfire in Jenin, Israel admits
Anna Ahronheim, Tovah Lazaroff, Lahav Harkov
September 5, 2022

An IDF investigation found that an Israeli soldier was likely to have accidentally shot Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a gunfight in Jenin in May, and dismissed the need for a criminal probe. “There is a high possibility that Shireen was accidentally hit by IDF gunfire that was fired toward suspects identified as armed Palestinian gunmen, during an exchange of fire in which life-risking, widespread and indiscriminate shots were fired toward IDF soldiers,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said on Monday. It was the strongest IDF statement to date with respect to its possible culpability in Abu Akleh’s death. However, it came alongside army clarification that no such statement of guilt was possible given the impossibility of determining with certainty who shot the fatal bullet. READ MORE

Posted in Israel & Middle East | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

#IranDeal is off; message conveyed to PM Lapid in recent conversations with Biden and other US officials; Iranian demands to halt IAEA probes appear to have derailed talks

Posted on September 7, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Nuclear deal with Iran off the table for time being, US has indicated to Israel
Shalom Yerushalmi
September 7, 2022

A new nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is off the table and will not be signed in the foreseeable future, The Times of Israel’s Hebrew sister site Zman Yisrael has learned. This is the message that was conveyed to Prime Minister Yair Lapid in his recent conversations with US President Joe Biden and other administration officials…The potential new nuclear deal was at the center of Israel’s diplomatic and security consultations over the past year, with a concerned Jerusalem tracking the negotiations between Iran and representatives of the world powers in Vienna, as well as the exchange of draft agreements between the sides in recent weeks. READ MORE

TABLET MAG Tony Badran: America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran The Obama-Biden doctrine means that our Mideast allies don’t have to like the Iran deal. They just have to pay for it.

REUTERS Iran has enough uranium near weapons-grade for a bomb, IAEA report shows Iran’s stock of uranium enriched to up to 60%, close to weapons-grade, has grown to enough, if enriched further, for a nuclear bomb, a report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog showed on Wednesday.

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged | Leave a comment

“While torture is generally condemned, it is allowed in Israel in the limited situation of a ticking bomb. So why was it used in this case to solve a crime?”

Posted on September 2, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Green-lighting torture in Israel: A tragic, unifying court decision
Ari Zivotofsky
September 5, 2022

In this contentious election season, it might seem a reason to celebrate that something unites people from across the political spectrum, from the far Left to the Right. Yet the Supreme Court decision from last Thursday in the case of Amiram Ben-Uliel, while indeed eliciting a unified response, a loud condemnation is anything but a cause to celebrate. The question in the appeal was simple: is a confession given 36 hours following seven hours of torture, which is admissible in an Israeli court? In Israeli law, a confession must be given freely and of the person’s own volition, and the appellant argued that a post-torture confession is coerced. To the shock and horror of most people, the court upheld the lower court’s decision to accept the confession. READ MORE

ARUTZ SHEVA Dozens protest in Jerusalem: Free Amiram Ben Uliel Dozens demonstrate at Chords Bridge after Supreme Court rejects appeal of Jew convicted murdering members of the Dawabshe family.

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics | Tagged | Leave a comment