Can someone criticize George Soros without being a Jew-hater?

Posted on July 26, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

BREITBART
John Kass Defies Chicago Tribune Cancel Culture: ‘I Will Not Apologize for Writing About Soros’
by Joel B. Pollak
July 29, 2020

Columnist John Kass has defied “cancel culture” at the Chicago Tribune after members of the journalists’ union attacked him for criticizing left-wing billionaire George Soros and his backing of “progressive” prosecutors across the country. Last week, Kass wrote about “an overwhelming sense of lawlessness” in Democrat-run cities, and noted: “[T]hese Democratic cities are also where left-wing billionaire George Soros has spent millions of dollars to help elect liberal social justice warriors as prosecutors. He remakes the justice system in urban America, flying under the radar.” READ MORE

SPECTATOR USA Charles Lipson: When ‘j’accuse’ is just a smear The false, malicious attacks on the Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass

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Given her track record, Melton-Meaux’s once-longshot bid to upset Ilhan Omar in Aug 11 primary is becoming more realistic

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Omar’s challenger Antone Melton-Meaux: Progressive and pro-Israel not mutually exclusive
by Jackson Richman
July 23, 2020

Since taking office in 2019, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has become one of the most outspoken critics of Israel in the U.S. Congress. She has become part of a growing cadre of young progressives within the Democratic Party whom critics fear will erode the long-heralded bipartisan support for Israel. Last month, this concern further grew when pro-Israel Democratic stalwart Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), who headed the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, lost in a primary to Jamaal Bowman, another up-and-coming progressive. Yet for Antone Melton-Meaux, who is one of four candidates challenging Omar in an Aug. 11 primary for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, it seems possible to be progressive, pro-Israel, and most importantly, reject anti-Semitism. READ MORE

FORWARD Ilhan Omar attacks challenger by referencing Jewish donors in mailer Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar’s campaign sent out a mailer last week criticizing her primary opponent Antone Melton-Meaux for being “in the pocket of Wall Street” due to his wealthy donors. The only donor names identified in the mailer were Jewish.

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Palestinians alter rendering of destroyed building, calling it a “COVID-19 testing center” to implicate Israel in the latest libel

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH
The birth and spread of a new anti-Israel libel: The claim that Israel destroyed a COVID-19 testing center in Hebron is false!
by Maurice Hirsch, Adv.
July 23, 2020

Whether you attribute the quote to Mark Twain, Winston Churchill or Jonathan Swift, the fact is that “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” This age old adage took on new life when a lie invented by Palestinian sources spread like wild fire around the globe. In recent days, Israel destroyed a structure erected without a building permit. The structure, according to the original story of its owner, “was built to establish an exhibition hall for cars.” Manipulating sensitivity to the global pandemic, Palestinian sources, and their eager supporters, spread the libel that Israel had deliberately destroyed a COVID-19 testing center on the outskirts of Hebron, a hotspot for COVID-19 cases. READ MORE

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“Over the last several days Hezbollah supporters have put up hundreds of social media posts vowing revenge”

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
How might Hezbollah retaliate against Israel?
by Seth J. Frantzman
July 23, 2020

Hezbollah has been prodded to respond to the death of one of its fighters in Syria in what it says was an Israeli airstrike this week. The terrorist group – which has thousands of fighters, more than 150,000 missiles and controls part of the government of Lebanon – says that Ali Kamel Mohsen was killed on July 20. Other members of the group may also have been harmed. Over the last several days, Hezbollah supporters have put up hundreds of social media posts vowing revenge. This kinds of rhetoric of “revenge” is similar to Iran’s claims that it will avenge the death of IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani, who the US killed in early January. READ MORE

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The digital venture, called Diarna, takes you back to painstakingly revived synagogues and destinations once lost to history

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

SMITHSONIAN MAG
Inside the Incredible Effort to Recreate Historic Jewish Sites Destroyed Years Ago
by Dara Horn
June 2020

On a narrow street in Damascus, one of the oldest cities in the world, I pull open a heavy iron door in a cinderblock wall and enter an ancient synagogue. Behind the door, just past a tiled courtyard shaded by a large tree, I am stunned by what I see. I’m standing inside a jewel box. The small room is illuminated by dozens of elaborate beaded chandeliers; its walls are covered with thick red velvet draperies, its stone floor with richly patterned carpets. In front of me is a large flat stone topped with a golden menorah: Here, an inscription informs me, the Hebrew prophet Elijah anointed his successor Elisha, as described in the biblical Book of Kings. READ MORE

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“The international community evidently has no problem with Arab racism and discrimination against the Palestinians”

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
Palestinians: Victims of Arab Racism
by Khaled Abu Toameh
July 24, 2020

…In another sign of anti-Palestinian racism, a Lebanese newspaper published in April a cartoon that likened Palestinians to the coronavirus, sparking outrage among many Palestinians and even some Lebanese. The newspaper has refused to apologize or remove the cartoon. Lebanon’s anti-Palestinian sentiments show that it has no intention of helping the Palestinians who are living there. On the contrary, the statements of Bassil and other Lebanese politicians demonstrate that Lebanon is eager to rid itself of its Palestinian residents, the sooner the better. Like most Arab countries, Lebanon cares nothing about the suffering of the Palestinians. Other than lip service, it is not prepared to make the slightest effort to assist them. READ MORE

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Replacement #NYT editor “Strasser helped push #BariWeiss out the door”

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Meet Max Strasser, Israel Critic on Ascent at Post-Bari Weiss New York Times
by Ira Stoll
July 23, 2020

With the departure of outspoken Zionist Bari Weiss from The New York Times editorial page staff, the go-to-editor on Israel-related matters at one of world’s the most influential opinion journalism platforms is a 2009 Oberlin College graduate, Max Strasser, who is a vocal public critic of the idea of a Jewish state. A January 28, 2020 memo named Strasser as the “senior editor” within opinion “overseeing” the “international” vertical…In 2018, Strasser tweeted approvingly about a long and mostly sympathetic Guardian article about the campaign to boycott, divest, and sanction Israel, calling it “the smartest, most nuanced and best informed piece I’ve seen on the BDS movement.” READ MORE

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“The murder of Markel, of a Harvard-educated legal scholar, sent shock waves through the Florida capital, and also reverberated in South Florida, where Wendi Adelson, also a lawyer, grew up in a well-established Jewish family”

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

FORWARD
On the 6th anniversary of his death, Dan Markel’s friends plead for an investigation into his ex-wife’s family
by Ilene Prusher
July 18, 2020

Six years ago, on July 18, a gunman approached Dan Markel and shot him twice in the head. A Florida State University law professor and attorney, Markel had just pulled into his own garage. He died the following day at the age of 41. Three people were charged in his murder; two found guilty. The third is due to be retried sometime next spring…But Markel’s friends and family say justice has still not been served, because Florida’s state attorney has not adequately pursued the Adelson family’s role in the murder. Markel had recently been through an acrimonious divorce and custody battle with his wife, Wendi Adelson. READ MORE

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#PeterBeinart declaration “that he has joined the jackals came as no surprise to those who had been paying attention”

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

NEWSWEEK
The Predicament of Liberal American Jews
by Caroline Glick
July 23, 2020

In under a week, two events happened at The New York Times—the arbiter of liberal news and opinion—which highlight the growing precariousness of the American Jewish community’s position in the Democratic Party. On July 8, the Times published an op-ed by Peter Beinart, a far-left American Jewish writer and self-anointed spokesperson for liberal Jewish opinion on Israel. Beinart’s article, entitled, “I no longer believe in a Jewish state,” argued that Israel no longer has a right to exist.It should be destroyed and replaced by a non-Jewish state. READ MORE

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WSJ: “The ruin of major liberal cities by progressive policies is a significant political event”

Posted on July 23, 2020 by ArchitectGuy

WALL STREET JOURNAL
Progressives to Cities: Drop Dead
by Daniel Henninger
July 22, 2020

…Outside wartime, with bombardments turning blocks into rubble, I’m hard put to think of any precedent for what is happening to these U.S. cities now. The enforced pandemic closures and isolation were bad enough. But the endless protests—with their instinct to violence and atmosphere of dread—have broken the spirit of many cities. The political story of the 2016 presidential election was Donald Trump’s identification of overlooked lower-middle-class white voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. A new political division may be taking place now in big cities—between progressive elites and working-class residents, primarily the people who own or work for the storefront businesses that are the lifeblood of these cities. READ MORE

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