“The Iranian commander’s statements coincide with the Biden administration’s delusional commitment to the fiction that the US will somehow convince Iran to abandon its plans to acquire nuclear weapons”

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
The Role of Iran’s Palestinian Mercenaries
by Khaled Abu Toameh
October 28, 2021

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are embarrassed: Iran just admitted that both of those terrorist groups serve as mercenaries for the mullahs in Tehran. For Hamas and PIJ, the admission is yet another sign that the truth can be painful and inconvenient, especially when it comes from a major ally such as Iran. Recently, Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, stated that his country has armies that operate outside of Iran…In Lebanon, a country effectively controlled Hezbollah, some politicians reacted with fury to Rashid’s talk about the six “armies.” “Take your armies and go with them back to Iran, where you can fight your battles away from the peoples you occupy to achieve your agendas,” said Sami Gemayel , head of the Lebanese Kataeb Party. READ MORE

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“Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, Mohammed bin Salman forced him out. Now, MBS is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, and Aljabri is in exile. Aljabri believes the crown prince wants him dead because of what he knows”

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

60 MINUTES
Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a “psychopath,” says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows
by Scott Pelley
October 24, 2021

Much of the world was horrified when Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Turkey to murder Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Tonight, the man you are about to meet says a second Saudi assassination team was sent to kill him in Canada. Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence and he was among the best friends America had against terrorism. Now Saad is asking America’s help. Truth is hard to triangulate among spies, despots and the Middle East. You’re going to hear that Saad Aljabri may not be spotless. But as a spymaster, Saad says he has one more favor for America—a warning about a prince with the power to trouble the world. READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST First public Israeli flight lands in Saudi Arabia An Israeli private jet landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning, per KAN news, marking the first time a public flight from Israel has ever landed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The news comes just a day after the first flight from Saudi Arabia landed in Israel, as an Emirati 737 Royal Jet landed in Ben-Gurion airport Monday evening.

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#AJC: “That one in four American Jews has been the target of anti-Semitism over the past year alone, and that four out of 10 have taken steps to conceal their Jewishness or curtail their activities as a result should alarm Americans”

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
US Jews start to see far-left as serious threat, four in 10 Jews have had to conceal identity
by Faygie Holt
October 25, 2021

For the third year in a row, the American Jewish Committee has released a survey about anti-Semitism in the United States and found large discrepancies in results between Jewish and non-Jewish respondents. According to the survey, 60 percent of non-Jews say anti-Semitism is a very serious problem or somewhat of a problem in the United States today. By contrast, 90 percent of Jewish respondents said anti-Semitism is a very serious problem or somewhat of a problem….One of the more surprising findings was a 10 percent jump in the number of Jews who perceive the extreme political left as a challenge from previous surveys with 38 percent saying it is a very serious or moderately serious threat…READ MORE

ALGEMEINER Three Attackers in Berlin Beat Man Unconscious After He Refuses to Shout ‘Free Palestine’ A 36-year old man was brutally beaten up by a group of three attackers in Berlin after he allegedly refused to say “Free Palestine,” police have said. According to an initial report by Berlin police, the victim was walking on a sidewalk on Monday night when he was approached by three men who asked him to shout out something aloud…When the victim resisted the demand, the three men cornered him, beat him up and kicked him, seriously injuring his head, police said. 

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The 2021 Arab Youth survey is the first to include Israel in the question

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH INSIDER
Young Arabs rank Israel as the fourth most influential country on the Arab world
by Jacob Miller
October 22, 2021

Arab youth consider Israel a formidable presence in the Middle East, trailing behind the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in terms of perceived influence in the region, according to the 2021 annual Arab Youth Survey, which seeks to measure the pulse of some 200 million Arab youths. The poll, conducted by consulting group PSB Insights from June 6-30 also found that, for the 10th consecutive year, a plurality of respondents ranked the United Arab Emirates as the most desirable country to live in (with 47% of respondents viewing the country as the best place to live), with the U.S. and Canada trailing in second and third places, respectively. READ MORE

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Six Palestinians were condemned to death for cooperating with Israel by the military judiciary in Gaza

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Hamas condemns six Gazans to death for cooperating with Israel
by Staff
October 28, 2021

Hamas condemned six people to death on Thursday for cooperating with Israel, the military judiciary in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday. Additional sentences were issued as well, ranging from hard labor to life in prison, as well as one acquittal due to lack of evidence. Two of the people sentenced to death, a 58-year-old Gazan and a 57-year-old resident of Khan Younis, have evaded the authorities in the Gaza Strip, according to the military judiciary. The judiciary stated in the announcement that the sentences were issued “within the framework of carrying out its duty to protect Palestinian society, and to confront the scourge of communication with the Israeli occupation.” READ MORE

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#KenLevin on #antisemitism “Together, intersectional allies have generated the astronomical rise in attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions in present-day America”

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG
Intersectionality and American Anti-Semitism
by Kenneth Levin
October 22, 2021

…But perhaps the most substantive campaign mounted by intersectionality allies – most notably elements of the African-American community and of the Islamist/Palestinian community in America – has been to themselves become oppressors, targeting American Jews for defamation, intimidation and physical attack. In doing so, they have joined forces not only with the Far Left in America, which has almost invariably used Jew-hatred as a political tool, but also with white extremist groups, including white supremacists and neo-Nazis, sharing with them anti-Jewish rhetoric and memes, tactics and mutual support. READ MORE

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Mandla Mandela called on African countries to boycott the Miss Universe competition, to be held in Israel in December

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

NEWS 24
Former Miss Iraq calls out Mandla Mandela’s appeal for African countries to withdraw from Miss Universe
by Graye Morkel
October 22, 2021

In a video posted on Instagram and Twitter, former Miss Iraq, Sarah Abdali Idan, addressed Mandla Mandela and his call for African countries to boycott the Miss Universe competition, which will be held in Israel in December. In 2017, the 31-year-old pageant titleholder became the first candidate from Iraq to represent the country at the Miss Universe competition in 45 years. The video comes after Mandla, the grandson of former South African president Nelson Mandela, called on all African countries to withdraw from the 70th edition of the Miss Universe competition, which will be hosted in the Israeli resort city of Eilat later this year. READ MORE

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“Movie starring Jewish heartthrob Timothée Chalamet has chapters focusing on Jewish protagonists and characters based on Jewish journalists from The New Yorker”

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Move over Tenenbaums, ‘French Dispatch’ is Wes Anderson’s most Jewish film yet
by Gabe Friedman
October 23, 2021

…[Wes] Anderson’s latest film, “The French Dispatch” — which hit theaters Friday, over a year after its originally planned release date thanks to the pandemic — is his most Jewish work to date. The movie, openly inspired by Anderson’s nearly lifelong love of The New Yorker magazine, concerns the European outpost of a fictional Kansas-based newspaper, whose American expat writers channel the New Yorker’s highbrow sensibility (often in very humorous fashion). The film is split into four sections, each following a different writer in pursuit of a different story for The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. READ MORE

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Fried will become the fourth Jewish pitcher to start a World Series game

Posted on October 22, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

FORWARD
Why this will be the most Jewish World Series in baseball history
by Howard M. Wasserman
October 25, 2021

…This is first [World] Series with four Jewish players on active rosters, the first with multiple Jewish players on each team, and the first in which three Jewish players should appear. The previous record was in 1959, when the Los Angeles Dodgers had pitchers Sandy Koufax and Larry Sherry (who won Series MVP) and the Chicago White Sox had pitcher Barry Latman, who did not appear in the Series…The Braves have left-handed starter Max Fried and outfielder Joc Pederson, who are among the best pairs of Jewish teammates. The Astros have third-baseman Alex Bregman and third-string catcher Garrett Stubbs. Bregman and Fried had Bar Mitzvahs. READ MORE

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“Under new regulations, only tourists who have been vaccinated during the 180 days before they boarded the plane will be allowed to enter Israel”

Posted on October 15, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel to allow vaccinated or recovered tourists to enter starting November 1
by Staff
October 21, 2021

Ministers on Thursday opened Israel’s borders, starting November 1, to tourists who are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have recovered from the disease, the Prime Minister’s Office said. However, only tourists from countries that aren’t defined as “red” due to high infection rates will be allowed in. Additionally, reports said tourists won’t be allowed in from countries that are seeing an outbreak of the new AY4.2 variant, which has been causing concern. The vast majority of tourists have effectively been banned from entering Israel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March of last year. The reopening of borders has been delayed numerous times throughout the year, as COVID infections waxed and waned. READ MORE

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