Saudi news outlet says Israeli drones and mid-air refueling aircraft took part in exercises, managed to avoid Russian and Iranian sensors

Posted on August 24, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli F-35s penetrated Iranian airspace repeatedly during war drills
Ash Obel
August 24, 2022

Israeli F-35 stealth fighters penetrated Iranian airspace on multiple occasions in the last two months, a Saudi-run news outlet reported Wednesday, as Israel stepped up its rhetoric against a nascent agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. The unverified report in London-based Elaph said the jets successfully evaded Russian and Iranian radars during the exercises. Drones and mid-air refueling tankers were also reported to have participated in the “massive” drills. According to Elaph, Israel and the US also carried out secret exercises over the Red Sea simulating a strike on Iran from the sea and air and the seizing of Iranian warships. READ MORE

JNS Caroline Glick:Biden Ushers in an Era of Nuclear Chaos and War The Biden administration is on the verge of closing its long-sought for nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Europeans distributed a “final draft” of an agreement to the Americans and the Iranians last week. While the text was billed as a “take it or leave it” offer, neither the Europeans nor the Americans walked away after Iran returned with reservations. Instead, President Joe Biden and his advisors are avidly looking into Iran’s positions and are reportedly trying to incorporate them into the agreement which will likely be concluded quickly, if only the Iranians will agree.

JERUSALEM POST Lahav Harkov: Iran receives US response to nuclear deal draft, Lapid decries deal PM Lapid said that Israel would not be obligated by any nuclear deal made with Iran…“I told them these negotiations have reached the point where they must stop and say, ‘Enough,’” Lapid said.

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“Is it now a little bit clearer that radical Islam is today one of the biggest threats to Western culture and that we are not winning, but instead becoming like turkeys celebrating Thanksgiving?”

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
Forget Free Speech: Rushdie’s Fatwa Is Winning
Giulio Meotti
August 21, 2022

…Many of the slogans, paraphrases on “free speech” and demonstrations of solidarity to the author of The Satanic Verses hide a terrible and different reality: the fatwa is gaining ground, and more and more people have to live under protection due to criticism of Islam. In the words of the Algerian writer Boualem Sansal writing for L’Express last week: “[T]o speak only of France, the police will soon no longer be enough, it will be necessary to recruit battalions or form a new body of bodyguards, who know Islam and can recognize under which dress it is presented.” Islamic extremists in 2012 published a terrifying “most wanted list”, like those of the FBI. Title: “Yes we can. A bullet a day keeps the infidel away…” What happened to the faces and names on that list? They have been killed, left the public arena to protect themselves, or died under police protection. READ MORE

YNET Why New York Times still at a loss to explain what prompted Rushdie attack Media’s insistence on claiming not to know devout Shi’ite Muslim and Iran admirer’s motives for stabbing the Satanic Verses writer is a point of concern; if our generation’s intellectuals choose to ignore reality to push agendas, we’re in deep trouble

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The quintessential difference between #JStreet and #AIPAC

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Who tried to block US funding for Iron Dome?
Lenny Ben-David
August 17, 2022

…By mid-June 2021, opposition to replenishing the essential defensive materiel to Israel was emerging in Washington among a squad of members of Congress, anti-Israel progressive groups, and some think tanks of the so-called “deep state.” Who led the charge against the Iron Dome? None other than the purportedly “pro-Israel” J Street and Dylan Williams, the organization’s chief lobbyist and senior vice president for policy and strategy. On the other side of the political spectrum, AIPAC was all in, lobbying both Democratic and Republican members of Congress. In September 2021, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, 420-9, to provide $1 billion to restock Israel’s Iron Dome missiles. READ MORE

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From my pal Yishai Fleisher, Fireworks in Hebron for the Children of Abraham

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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Morningstar has said repeatedly through statements that it “does not support the anti-Israel BDS campaign”

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
18 states join Missouri in probe of Morningstar’s alleged biased anti-Israel ratings
Mike Wagenheim
August 19, 2022

Following a JNS report on a growing list of state agencies investigating the investment firm Morningstar for potential anti-Israel practices, Reuters reported this week that 18 U.S. states have joined a Missouri probe into the company. A spokesperson for Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said on Wednesday that attorneys general in 18 U.S. states have joined Missouri’s investigation into whether Morningstar violated consumer-protection law with its evaluations of companies’ performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues…JNS reported on Aug. 9 that pro-Israel groups had been holding discussions with representatives from various agencies across a number of states to bring their attention to Morningstar’s practices, specifically with regard to its subsidiary, Sustainalytics, and the anti-Israel bias in its investment ratings. READ MORE

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“The Inquirer portrays Abulhawa as being fired for purely being “pro-Palestinian.” The newspaper posits her dismissal as being part of a dastardly plot to silence “pro-Palestinian” voices”

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
The Philadelphia Inquirer Hides Antisemitism — Again
Sean Durns
August 24, 2022

Antisemitism, The Philadelphia Inquirer warned in 2018, is “rising.” But the newspaper is doing its best to hide what it once acknowledged was a growing problem. Indeed, the Inquirer has launched nothing short of an advocacy campaign on behalf of a woman who` once said that “Israel doesn’t have a right to exist.” On August 23, 2022, the Inquirer filed a dispatch entitled, “She was fired for being publicly pro-Palestine. One year later, no one is hiring her.” However, in more than 1,600 words, reporter Massarah Makati failed to inform readers that Natalie Abulhawa, a one-time private school teacher, was fired for not only saying that Israel doesn’t have a right to exist, but for attending rallies where signs read “Jews control the U.S. Senate.” That seems like an important detail. READ MORE

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Jews in Medicine

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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“It was the Lion of Judah engraved on the door of a synagogue that helped him identify it as his grandfather’s hometown of Nasielsk, Poland, about 30 miles north of Warsaw”

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Devastating lost footage of Polish Jews revealed in new Holocaust doc
Johnny Oleksinski
August 19, 2022

One day in 2009, Glenn Kurtz made a shocking discovery. In the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, home of his late grandfather David Kurtz, he found a fused, decaying old roll of Kodak movie-camera film in the closet. After a lab restored the reel, the younger Kurtz couldn’t believe what it revealed: more than three minutes of footage depicting about 150 Jewish residents — men, women and unbelievably happy children — who lived in a small town in Poland in the months before the Holocaust began. READ MORE

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“As both senators Johnson and Cruz must know, only about 2,000 of the IRS’s 75,000 employees carry a firearm — and for good reason”

Posted on August 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

THE HILL
Stop the dangerous rhetoric: The truth about IRS funding
David F. Eisner
August 24, 2022

…On the Democratic side, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) recently asserted that “[t]he Trump administration did a despicable thing. They didn’t audit anybody who made over one million dollars, and they said if you made $40,000 we’re going to audit you, because there is fraud in the earned income tax credit.” Schumer should know better. In the final year of the Trump administration, 8.6 percent of the highest earners — those making more than $10 million — were audited, as were 5.1 percent of those earning $5 to $10 million and 2.5 percent of those earning $1 to $5 million. These were the highest percentages in more than a decade (including the Obama years). Moreover, these percentages are six to 20 times greater than the percentage of taxpayers earning $25,000 to $500,000 who were audited. READ MORE

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“The IDF learned that Islamic Jihad commanders wanted the terrorists to use the tunnel, but the terrorists in the field were too scared”

Posted on August 17, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Islamic Jihad wanted to infiltrate Israel through tunnels in Breaking Dawn
Walla
August 18, 2022

The Islamic Jihad was preparing to carry out operations that included infiltrating into Israeli territory during Operation Breaking Dawn which led to a high level of preparedness in the south and intelligence communities. During the operation, the IDF marked Islamic Jihad activity around one of its known tunnels, and the security forces expected that it was being prepared for use. According to Walla, while the commanders of the Islamic Jihad intended for an operation to be carried out, the terrorists in the field refused to enter the tunnels. The IDF presumes that the terrorist organizations in Gaza are wary of using the tunnels because of Operation Guardian of the Walls in May last year when the IDF showed that it was able to directly hit tunnels that were dug at a depth of 20-30 meters while there are terrorists in them. READ MORE

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