“The more years of education people have, the more likely that they will hate Jews”

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ELDER OF ZIYON
Evidence that campus anti-Zionist propaganda makes students antisemitic
April 2, 2021

Tablet magazine has a most disturbing article that shows that antisemitism is positively correlated with education… We found that respondents with higher education levels are markedly more likely than those with lower education levels to apply a double standard unfavorable toward Jews. Across the four items in which the Jewish and non-Jewish versions of questions seemed the most similar, and which the overall sample answered roughly in the same way, subjects with college degrees were 5 percentage points more likely to apply a principle harshly to Jews than to non-Jews. Among those with advanced degrees, subjects were 15 percentage points more unfavorable toward Jewish than non-Jewish examples. READ MORE

TABLET MAGAZINE Are Educated People More Anti-Semitic? A new survey shows that a remedy American Jews have put their faith in for the past century may now be spreading the disease

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“The race to succeed Abbas has just begun, and it is bound to be heated, and most likely violent”

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG
Who Will Succeed Mahmoud Abbas?
by Joseph Puder
April 1, 2021

Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, is now 85-years old; he is frail and largely dysfunctional, as is his Ramallah based Palestinian Authority (PA), which he has presided over since 2005. Abbas has also been chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) since 2004. A third leadership position held by Abbas is that of the chairman of the Fatah (party and terror group at times). A majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza want Abbas to resign. According to the Palestinian Center for Policy Survey Research, 64% of Palestinians are concerned that Abbas’ departure from politics would spark turmoil and insecurity because he has no clear successor. READ MORE

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Some Palestinians who attended the pro-peace conference in Bahrain “reported direct and indirect threats of violence from Fatah and Hamas”

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

I24NEWS
PA tortured Palestinians who took part in US-led peace workshop in Bahrain in 2019, US says
April 1, 2021

The Palestinian Authority took action against Palestinians who took part in a US-led peace workshop in Bahrain in 2019, the US said in a recent report. The workshop, titled Peace to Prosperity, was part of former President Donald Trump’s program on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinian Authority boycotted the event, but several individual Palestinians took part in it – and, according to the US, drew Ramallah’s ire. The 2020 Country Report on Human Rights, released by the State Department on Tuesday, includes references to reports that “Palestinian security forces arrested, intimidated, and tortured Palestinians following their participation in an international conference in Bahrain.” READ MORE

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20 second Covid test developed by Israel start-up approved for use in Europe

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Israeli Rapid COVID-19 Test Gets EU Nod, With Rollout at European Airports Next
by Sharon Wrobel
March 31, 2021

Israeli startup Newsight Imaging announced Wednesday that its rapid coronavirus screening device SpectraLIT has been granted European approval for commercial use, as it seeks to deploy the test at airports to help fuel a recovery in air travel. The SpectraLIT device, which produces results within 20 seconds for COVID-19 diagnostic testing, received the “Conformité Européene” (CE-European Conformity) Mark of approval, and can be sold across European Union countries. The test has been developed by Virusight Diagnostic, a Newsight joint venture with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center. READ MORE

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The Jewish Tin Pan Alley composer who wrote ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’ had never been to a ballgame

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
No Opening Day Without Von Tilzer!
by Robert Rockaway
March 31, 2021

Every baseball fan knows that during the seventh inning stretch, the organ plays and the crowd stands up to sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” But most don’t know that the man who wrote the music was the Jewish composer Albert Von Tilzer, and he had never attended a baseball game…The song became a smash hit and brought Von Tilzer widespread fame. In 1908, Jack Norworth wrote the original lyrics on some scrap paper while on a subway ride to Manhattan. On the train, he spotted a sign announcing “Baseball Today – Polo Grounds.”…He gave the scrap lyrics to his writing partner, Albert Von Tilzer, who composed the music, which was then published by the New York Music Company. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Baseball is back: The 8 Jewish players to watch this season What Alex Bregman, Max Fried and Ryan Braun have in store for MLB fans this season, which opens Thursday night

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Turning a blind eye to violence in Miami Beach, the New York Times previews its post-Floyd-trial coverage.

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

CITY JOURNAL
Mostly Peaceful Mayhem
by Heather Mac Donald
March 31, 2021

….In the unlikely event that [Derek] Chauvin is acquitted, however, the New York Times recently provided a preview of how it and the rest of the mainstream media will cover the ensuing riots. Earlier this month, Miami Beach endured anarchic behavior from an influx of spring break tourists. Shootings and street brawls triggered stampedes. People hit one another with bar glasses and chairs. More than 100 guns have been confiscated. Officers trying to disperse large, illegally gathering crowds were assaulted with rocks and bottles. Commercial property was destroyed…It is a virtually inviolate rule that if police crack down on disorder involving black people, the New York Times will accuse the police of racism. This rule held regarding the Miami Beach festivities. READ MORE

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“Disastrously, these assaults on all aspects of Jewish life and identity by the woke left are happening as many American Jews are abandoning their Judaism because they see little reason to remain actively Jewish”

Posted on April 1, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
The threats American Jewry refuses to face
by Caroline B. Glick
April 2, 2021

…More than 70% of non-Orthodox Jews who get married, marry non-Jews. Even more startling, only half of non-Orthodox American Jews of marriage age (25-54) are married at all. Of those who are married, only 15% are raising children as Jews. Non-Orthodox Jewish women have the lowest fertility rates in the US. Given the data, it makes sense that 65-75% of American Jews remain in a political and ideological home that is hostile to Jews. It’s a matter of priorities. It also explains why much of the communal response to both rising anti-Semitism and rising assimilation has been ineffective and even counterproductive. READ MORE

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Bibi: Gridlock must be broken by forming “stable right-wing government” according to the will of the voters

Posted on March 28, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
‘Come back home,’ Netanyahu tells right-wing leaders
by ILH Staff and Reuters
March 31, 2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed on Wednesday to two right-wing rivals to “come back home” and align themselves with him again to break a deadlock following Israel’s inconclusive election last week. The final tally in politically polarised Israel’s fourth election in two years gave Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party and kindred factions 52 seats in the 120-member Knesset. The potential opposition bloc also was short of a governing majority, with 57 seats. For the first time since Israel’s founding in 1948, an Arab party, which took four seats in the legislature, has emerged as a potential kingmaker. Its leader, Mansour Abbas, has said he is open to offers that would benefit Israel’s Arab minority. READ MORE

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The China-Iran Deal: “The notional agreement was a sprawling 25-year strategic accord valued at a staggering $400 billion, encompassing everything from Chinese involvement in Iran’s telecom sector to closer collaboration between the militaries of the two countries”

Posted on March 28, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

AL-HURRA DIGITAL
China Chooses Sides In The Middle East
by Ilan Berman
March 29, 2021

China’s geopolitical ambitions in the Middle East took a giant leap forward over the weekend, when Chinese and Iranian officials convened in Tehran to formally sign a massive new cooperation agreement. The summit, which took place during a state visit to the Islamic Republic by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, codifies a trend that has been in the works for some time: a major strategic alignment between Beijing and Tehran. The broad contours of the arrangement have been known for months. Last summer, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif revealed publicly that the country’s parliament (or majles) was in the final stages of drafting a plan for long-term cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). READ MORE

JNS Jonathan Tobin: Iran plays the China card while Biden fumbles An agreement with Beijing may alter the global strategic equation and facilitate Tehran’s nuclear quest. A new administration that is signaling its openness to appeasement cannot meekly accept it.

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Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz: “The four countries that signed peace agreements with us within the framework of the ‘Abraham Accords’ suffer from water shortages like us”

Posted on March 28, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Israel and Bahrain Sign $3 Million ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Deal to Share Knowledge on Water Technology
by Sharon Wrobel
March 31, 2021

Israel’s state-owned water company Mekorot has inked a $3 million deal to provide Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) with consulting services on water projects and to share knowledge on technologies, in what marks the first “significant” agreement between the Jewish state and the Gulf emirate since the Abraham Accords. The agreement comes after Bahrain and United Arab Emirates agreed to formalize their diplomatic ties with Israel with the support of the US in October last year. The Jewish state has struck similar deals with Sudan and Morocco in recent months…Israel has over the years built a well-known industry and developed technologies in fields like wastewater reuse, water security and desalination. READ MORE

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