Biden administration turns its back on peace between Israel and Arab states in order to pursue deal with Iran

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
Biden Torpedoes Abraham Accords Summit
by Lee Smith
March 21, 2021

Media reports on March 18 revealed that the United Arab Emirates has suspended its plans for an Abraham Accords summit in Abu Dhabi with Israel, the United States, and other Arab signatories to the historic peace agreements brokered by the Donald Trump administration. Supposedly, the Emiratis are angry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for using the UAE’s de facto leader Mohammed bin Zayed as a “prop in his election campaign.” In fact, as the theme of “election interference” should make clear (the UAE doesn’t have elections), and as has been substantiated by Israeli reporting, the source of the upset isn’t in Abu Dhabi but in Washington. In other words, the Biden administration is interfering in Israel’s upcoming election by strong-arming the Emiratis into publicly distancing themselves from Bibi. READ MORE

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CAMERA “pointed to three different parts of former President Donald Trump’s comments with a spliced-together quote that contradicts the statements and overall focus of his remarks”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Did a Documentary Skewering Evangelical Support for Israel Manipulate a Presidential Speech?
by Dexter Van Zile
March 24, 2021

On March 29, the second day of Passover and the first Monday of Holy Week for many Christians, PBS stations throughout the United States will showcase a well-received documentary produced and directed by Israeli filmmaker Maya Zinshtein. The documentary clearly appears to include a false quote attributed to former President Donald Trump. The right thing for PBS to do would be, at the very least, to postpone the documentary, insist on the removal of the quote, and vet the rest of the film to make sure it does not include any other fabrications. But will PBS do the right thing? The film skewers Israel, settlers in the West Bank, and Evangelical Protestants in the US — popular targets for the documentary’s supporters. READ MORE

JNS Watchdog group says PBS documentary ‘Til Kingdom Come’ contains factual errors
It pointed to three different parts of former President Donald Trump’s comments with a spliced-together quote that contradicts the statements and overall focus of his remarks.

‘Til Kingdom Come (2021) Trailer on Vimeo

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Quinoa for Passover “can easily be spruced up, transforming it from a ho-hum, side dish, into one that is more savory or sweet”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH VOICE AND OPINION
Thinking outside the Box for Pesach with Quinoa
by Chef David
March 21, 2021

Too many people associate Pesach with the need for chametz substitutes, which often fall flat and just don’t taste good. For example, why should those of us who do not eat kitniyot use something to emulate pasta or rice? Why bother preparing heavy potato-based, eggy, or matzoh-filled side-dishes, loaded with carbohydrates, when there is an easy, healthier alternative that is good all-year-round and not just the one-week of Pesach? My recommendation is to think out-of-the-box and consider quinoa. A grain-like seed grown in South America, quinoa is not only non-kitniyot and kosher-for-Passover (as well as all-year-round), it is also surprisingly tasty and easy to prepare. It is an alternative source of protein that is also gluten-free and high in fiber, magnesium, vitamins B and E, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and antioxidants. READ MORE

ORTHODOX UNION OU Kosher is pleased to announce that, for the first time, it is recommending quinoa for Passover, when processed with special OU Passover supervision and bearing the OU-P symbol. See the Passover product search for Passover approved brands.

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Da’ye’noo Passover hymn and the US-Israel bond

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

THE ETTINGER REPORT
Passover and the Mutually-Beneficial US-Israel Bond
by Yoram Ettinger
March 24, 2021,

According to Heinrich Heine, the 19th century German poet, “Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.” Prof. Yehudah Elitzur, one of Israel’s pioneers of Biblical research, maintained that the Exodus occurred in the second half of the 15th century BCE, during the reign of Egypt’s Amenhotep II…Passover is a Jewish national liberation holiday, highlighting faith, humility and solidarity. It emphasizes patriotism, optimism, defiance of the odds, liberty, gratitude and education; the historic legacy which is the foundation for an enhanced future, and the ancient Jewish roots in the Land of Israel.  READ MORE

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“The UN recently reported the same political leaders who publicly signed the Paris Climate Agreement committing them to restrict emission from their countries, have enacted domestic policies that actually increase emissions”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

RED STATE
Nations Aren’t Acting as If Climate Change Poses Existential Crisis
by The Heartland Institute
March 17, 2021

Despite what is reported almost daily by the mainstream media, data from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show no increase in extreme weather events as the earth has modestly warmed over the past 150 years. Indeed, IPCC and NOAA data show the number of extreme cold spells, drought,  floods, heatwaves, hurricanes,  tornadoes and wildfires have all either declined modestly or remained relatively stable since the late 1870s. Despite these irrefutable facts, leaders from nations around the world have signed multiple international agreements, the latest being the 2015 Paris climate agreement, intended to avert a supposed pending climate disaster. READ MORE

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Liberals using police “as scapegoats to radically reorganize our society, so it conforms with the nostrums of critical race theory”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
The Times is trying to gaslight you about the summer’s riots
by Jonathan S. Tobin
New York Post

We should have expected this: Nine months after the death of George Floyd triggered a massive wave of riots and looting, The New York Times has issued a lengthy report about what happened — and blamed it all on the police. In a recent front-page story headlined, “In City After City, Police Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests,” the paper predictably lays the entire blame on cops, rather than on radicals who wrecked commercial districts and caused at least 25 deaths and thousands of injuries. In the heat of the crisis, mainstream outlets called the riots “protests.” It was an eye-wateringly brazen attempt at gaslighting, belied, in some cases, by reporters claiming the “protesters” were “mostly peaceful,” even as the cityscapes behind them were ablaze. READ MORE

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Tuvia Tenenbom’s latest book couldn’t find a publisher in this country – which itself shows the truth of the central thesis of his latest book, that antisemitism is barely concealed

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
In Britain there is much antisemitism under the surface
by Melanie Phillips
March 19, 2021

Tuvia Tenenbom is perhaps the most successful author to experience extreme levels of difficulty in getting his books published in English. I Slept in Hitler’s Room and Catch the Jew, his books about antisemitism in Germany and the Middle East, were published in Germany and Israel and became bestsellers. Despite this success, his subsequent book about American Jews and antisemitism couldn’t obtain a publisher in America. He was told that it would upset American Jews. READ MORE

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PM’s Likud projected to win 30-32 seats, and to clinch 60 along with declared and potential partners; 51% don’t want him as PM, but he’s still far more popular than his challengers

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Israel Elections: Likud lead grows, as Sa’ar keeps falling – poll
by Gil Hoffman
March 19, 2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud’s lead over other parties hit a new peak on Thursday in the final Panels Research poll taken for The Jerusalem Post and Maariv newspapers ahead of Tuesday’s election. The poll predicted 30 seats for Likud, up from 27 last week. All of Netanyahu’s challengers fell since last week’s poll, with Yesh Atid dropping from 20 seats to 19, Yamina from 11 to 10 and New Hope from 10 to a record low of only eight seats. Gideon Sa’ar’s party, which at one point trailed Likud by only five seats, is now in a four-way tie for fourth place, with the Joint List, Shas and Yisrael Beytenu. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Highest turnout in weeks at final pre-election protest against Netanyahu In a final mass protest before the March 23 elections, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Jerusalem on Saturday evening to call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. Protesters from all across the country marched from the Knesset to Jerusalem’s Paris Square, which abuts Netanyahu’s residence on Balfour Street. Organizers of the demonstration said some 15,000 protesters attended at first, later estimating that a total of about 50,000 were there.

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“In the Middle East, where sport and diplomacy are closely intertwined, political passions can spill over onto the playing field”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israel and UAE rugby teams face off in 1st after new ties
by Isabel Debre
March 19, 2021

… With the Palestinian cause the core issue uniting Arabs across the region for decades, Israeli players meeting Arab opponents on the field have learned the age-old conflict always looms. Spectators have thrown shoes and jeered. Egyptians, Saudis and others have refused handshakes or pulled out of matches. But on Friday, politics played a vastly different role. Months after the United Arab Emirates normalized ties with Israel, an Israeli national rugby squad touched down in Dubai to meet the Emirati team on the field for the first time. The more experienced Israeli team swiftly beat the UAE 33-0 in the first 7-a-side friendly match, held without crowds because of the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE

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NBC News is aware they receive “more views promoting stories that bash Israel than those that focus on actually significant human rights stories”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH JOURNAL
Media’s Hyper-Focus on Israel Shields World’s Worst Human Rights Abusers
by Micha Danzig
March 19, 2021

On March 10, 2021, five Palestinian Arab children between ages 8 and 13 allegedly tried to steal some expensive parrots or vegetables in a Jewish community in Judea. After the kids were caught trying to steal, they were detained for a few hours until their parents could come pick them up at the police station and bring them home. In what can only be described as an astonishing coincidence, a self-described anti-Israel “human rights” group just happened to be on the scene when these kids were detained and placed into the vehicles that would take them to the police station. READ MORE

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