“Iranians clearly seek to fill the void in Syria that Russia vacates…Israeli military operations can potentially force the Iranians out”

Posted on May 20, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEWSWEEK
Russia’s withdrawal from Syria is an opportunity for Israel
Jonathan Schanzer
Jacob Nagel
May 20, 2022

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed details about the largest Israel Defense Force (IDF) drill in recent years last week. The drill included simulated airstrikes on Iran and a simulated multi-front war against Iran-backed proxies in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. The message was unmistakable: The Israeli government is weighing its military options, and the military is readying for whatever the government decides. Iran should be worried Right now, however, all eyes are on Syria. The war in Ukraine has prompted Russia to redeploy some forces and hardware out of Syria, where it has been buttressing the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad. As the Russians depart, the Iranians want to fill the void. READ MORE

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As Ankara mends fences with pro-Western Arab governments and Israel, Hamas could become collateral damage and may be expelled from Turkey

Posted on May 20, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES
Turkey’s wooing of Israel may lead to Hamas ouster
Enia Krivine
May 25, 2022

Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, visited Israel this week, a sign that Israel and Turkey may be on a path to reconciliation, after a decade of antagonism. However, Jerusalem has made it clear to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the expulsion of Hamas leaders from Turkish soil is a prerequisite for closer ties. It remains unclear if Ankara has finally kicked out the Gaza-based terrorist organization. What is clear is that if Hamas loses its Turkish sanctuary, its options for a new one are limited. For the past ten years, Saleh al Arouri has been operating a Hamas headquarters in Istanbul. Arouri is a United States-designated and sanctioned terrorist with a $5 million (NIS 16.8 m.) bounty on his head. READ MORE

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“A culture self-destructs if its people choose not to defend it. Bad people get away with really bad stuff when everyone else chooses to look the other way”

Posted on May 20, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
The ‘broken windows’ strategy for combating Israel demonization
Melanie Phillips
May 19, 2022

The “broken windows” theory of policing, which was responsible for a stunning drop in crime in New York in the 1990s, was based on a simple proposition. This was that bad people are encouraged to commit serious crimes if lesser social nuisances such as litter, vandalism or fare evasion are ignored. This transmits the fatal signal that those in authority are giving a free pass to disorder. To stop serious offenses, there must be a consistent message that there will be zero tolerance for breaking any of the rules that keep a society civilized. The “broken windows” theory might well also be applied to politics. The classicist and commentator Victor Davis Hansen has published a bone-chilling analysis of America that suggests it is inexorably going down to destruction. READ MORE

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“Princeton claims it fired me for a long-past offense—for which I was already punished—but the truth should worry everyone”

Posted on May 20, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

WALL STREET JOURNAL
Princeton Fed Me to the Cancel Culture Mob
Joshua Katz
May 24, 2022

Nearly two years ago, I wrote in these pages, “I sur­vived can­cel­la­tion at Prince­ton.” I was wrong. The uni­ver­sity where I taught for nearly a quar­ter of a cen­tury, and which pro­moted me to the tenured ranks in 2006, has re­voked my ten­ure and dis­missed me. Who­ever you are and what­ever your be­liefs, this should ter­rify you. The is­sues around my ter­mi­na­tion aren’t easy to sum­ma­rize. What is nearly im­pos­si­ble to deny (though Prince­ton does deny it) is that I have been sub­jected to “cul­tural dou­ble jeop­ardy,” with the uni­ver­sity re­-lit­i­gat­ing a long-past of­fense—I had a con­sen­sual re­la­tion­ship with a 21-year-old stu­dent—for which I was al­ready sus­pended for a year with­out pay well over a decade af­ter my of­fense. READ MORE

COMMON SENSE What Princeton Did to My Husband I watched the man I love become a shell of his former self, as he realized that many of his closest friends were not friends at all.

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“Enough. I cannot continue to support a coalition that in such a shameful way hounds the society from which I came,” MK writes

Posted on May 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Israel could soon face another early election after coalition becomes minority in Knesset
May 19, 2022

Another member of Knesset said Thursday she was quitting the ruling coalition, leaving embattled Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in control of a crumbling minority government. Meretz lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi’s announcement further whittles away Bennett’s hold on Israel’s 120-seat parliament, reducing the coalition to 59 seats. Two other legislators from his own party have already bolted. Rinawie Zoabi’s departure further raises the possibility of new parliamentary elections, less than a year after the government took office. While Bennett’s government remains in power, it is now even more hamstrung in parliament and will likely struggle to function. READ MORE

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“Shin Bet said that a number of Israelis were already on the verge of traveling abroad in order to attend the fake “conference” and the exposure of the Iranian operations prevented this”

Posted on May 19, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Shin Bet uncovers Iranian attempts to lure Israeli businessmen, academics
Tzvi Joffre
May 19, 2022

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) uncovered operations by Iranian intelligence to lure Israeli businessmen and academics abroad in order to kidnap or harm them and to gather intelligence, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Iranian operatives stole the identities of foreign and Israeli academics, journalists, reserve officers, businessmen and philanthropists and used the stolen identities and relevant cover stories in order to gather intelligence about Israelis and to lure them to locations abroad in order to kidnap or harm them. The operatives would send an email from an address that was similar to the authentic address used by the person whose identity had been stolen, changing just a letter or symbol, before asking the target to switch to a WhatsApp conversation. READ MORE

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“It is painfully clear to anyone paying attention how much of the mainstream media, social media, and those who wish to destroy Israel are using the death of Abu Akleh to attack Israel”

Posted on May 13, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH JOURNAL
The Three D’s and the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Micha Danzig
May 14, 2022

So much of what has happened with the death of Shireen Abu Akleh is emblematic of the entire Arab-Israeli conflict. If you have been hiding under a rock for the past few days, here is a summary of what happened to long-time Al Jazeera reporter Abu Akleh this past Wednesday. After 19 Israelis were murdered over the past 45 days, with many of the murderers coming from the terrorist (Islamic Jihad and Hamas) hotbed that is Jenin (a city under the ostensible day to day control of the Palestinian Authority, which under the Oslo Accords, is supposed to act against terrorist groups in place like Jenin … but doesn’t) the Israeli army had to go into Jenin, and go after wanted Islamist Supremacist terrorists who had already attacked Israelis and/or were planning more attacks. READ MORE

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“The Islamic Republic’s international language is aggression, expansion, and provocation, which can only be countered via pressure, containment, and deterrence”

Posted on May 13, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

THE DISPATCH
Iran Is in Position for a Surprise Nuclear Breakout
Andrea Stricker
May 17, 2022

“Our nuclear program is advancing as planned and time is on our side,” an unnamed Iranian official bluntly told Reuters on May 5. “Oil sales have doubled,” noted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi last Monday. In short, since the election of Joe Biden, Tehran has not only made impressive strides toward a nuclear weapons capability but repaired much of the financial damage done by U.S. sanctions. It’s plain to see the clerical regime is in no rush to negotiate a revised nuclear deal. What’s the hurry when both oil exports and enriched uranium stockpiles are surging? But the risk here is not just that Tehran keeps stalling. It is that protracted negotiations may provide cover for a nuclear breakout—that is, the production of enough weapons-grade uranium for one or more bombs. READ MORE

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“Family of deceased attacked hospital employees and destroyed medical equipment after the attempt to save the patient’s life failed”

Posted on May 13, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

WORLD ISRAEL NEWS
‘I feared for my life’: Arabs riot in Jerusalem hospital after patient dies
Batya Jerenberg
May 17, 2022

Dozens of Arabs rioted at Hadassah-University Medical Center on Mt. Scopus Monday, beating staff and destroying hospital equipment after a family member died in the ICU. The patient had been rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a drug overdose; attempts to revive him failed. When medical staff informed the eastern Jerusalem family of his death, they stormed into the department, hitting the personnel and trashing the nurses’ station, including medical gear and computers. Two staff members were lightly hurt in the melee before security guards and police arrived and restored order. The wounded received treatment in the hospital’s emergency room. READ MORE

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Biden administration funding #Palestinian #PayToSlay program, ignoring #TaylorForceAct

Posted on May 13, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY CALLER
‘I Don’t Understand’: Parents Of Slain US Veteran Call Out Biden For Reportedly Giving Aid To The Palestinian Authority
Jenny Taer
May 18, 2022

The parents of a U.S. veteran who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist criticized the Biden administration for reportedly providing aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) despite its continued payments to terrorists in an interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation. Stuart and Robbi Force’s son, a U.S. veteran named Taylor, was brutally stabbed to death in 2016 in Tel Aviv, Israel by a Hamas terrorist whose family benefited from the PA’s martyrdom payment program, which provides cash rewards to terrorists and their families. The Forces spoke on Capitol Hill Wednesday alongside Republican Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn, who introduced the Taylor Force Martyr Payment Prevention Act in 2022 and the previous 2018 Taylor Force Act, both of which seek to prevent aid to the PA’s “pay to slay” program. READ MORE

FREE BEACON How the Palestinians Pay Terrorists as Biden Pumps Millions of Aid Dollars Into Their Government The Palestinian Authority allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorists and their families even as the Biden administration pumps U.S. taxpayer funds into the Palestinian government, according to a non-public State Department report issued to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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