“What is a candidate like Sanders, who is not only Jewish but describes himself as “100 percent pro-Israel,” doing surrounded by people like Omar, Sarsour and Zahr?”

Posted on October 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
When Israel’s enemies endorse a Jewish candidate
by Jonathan Tobin
October 17, 2019

At a time when his presidential campaign seemed about to go on life support, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was thrilled to get a boost from his party’s rock stars. Just days after returning to the campaign trail after suffering a heart attack, the 78-year-old avowed Socialist received a much-needed shot in the arm when he received the endorsement of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)….Sanders embodies a new definition of Jewish identify in which a sense of Jewish peoplehood and support for the rights of Jews is replaced by a universalist desire to embrace the Jewish state’s enemies. Along those lines, he is, as the author of a Jewish Telegraphic Agency column stated, “the future of American Jewry,” despite his advanced age. READ MORE

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“Senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official to make rare formal trip to Arab state for Monday meet on maritime and civil aviation security”

Posted on October 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
In latest sign of thaw, Israel sending official to anti-Iran summit in Bahrain
by Raphael Ahren
October 20, 2019

A senior official is confirmed to attend a security conference in Bahrain on Monday, a source in the Gulf country told The Times of Israel, in the latest significant sign of warming ties between parts of the Arab world and Israel. A senior Foreign Ministry official working on regional security and counter-terrorism…will represent Israel at the Working Group on Maritime and Aviation Security…The two-day Bahrain conference will not be the first time Israeli and Arab officials sit together in the context of the Warsaw process. On October 8, an Israeli representative sat with colleagues from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and other Arab states at a conference on cybersecurity in Seoul. READ MORE

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Meghan Markle has dragged across the Atlantic a garbage truck full of the most emetic US wokeness

Posted on October 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

SPECTATOR
Please America, take Meghan Markle back
by Rod Liddle
October 2, 2019

…She lectures us Brits on poverty and how awful it is. Well, indeed. I say beware of being lectured on poverty by a woman whose engagement ring cost almost $370,000. Beware of being lectured on poverty by a woman whose house was refurbished by the taxpayers at a cost of $30 million so that she could have right-on organic paint on the walls and bring up her child in a ‘gender-neutral environment’, whatever the hell that is...The two of them then announced with ineffable sanctimony to the world that they would be having no more than two children, because that was the socially responsible thing to do… READ MORE

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“The announcement by Rafael of a first delivery of Trophy Active Protection Systems for M1 tanks is a dramatic development, in which the world’s most powerful military selects an Israeli defense system”

Posted on October 19, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
US Army chooses Israeli system to protect the lives of tank crews
by Yaakov Lappin
October 18, 2019

In recent days, Israeli defense corporation Rafael made a dramatic announcement, stating that it delivered on time the first batch of Trophy Active Protection System to the U.S. Army. Trophy, a system that was first deployed by the Israel Defense Forces in 2011 and which has intercepted many threats fired at Israeli armored vehicles, will be eventually be installed on-board four American M1 main battle tank brigades, for both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The fact that the world’s most powerful military chose an Israeli active protection system to protect the lives of its tank crews is historic. READ MORE

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Pompeo: “No one should interpret the withdrawal of US troops from Syria as a sign that America is no longer committed to its strategy to stop Iranian aggression and efforts to obtain a nuclear capability”

Posted on October 19, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Pompeo to ‘Post’: Israel has right to act in Syria, U.S. will stop Iran
by Yaakov Katz
October 18, 2019

Despite the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, Israel retains operational freedom to defend itself and America remains committed to closely watching the Iraqi-Syrian border to help prevent the transfer of Iranian arms into the country, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told The Jerusalem Post on Friday in an exclusive interview. “Our administration’s been very clear,” he said. “Israel has the fundamental right to engage in activity that ensures the security of its people. It’s at the very core of what nation states not only have the right to do but an obligation to do.” READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL McConnell rips Syria withdrawal as ‘a strategic nightmare’ As scattered fighting flares, top Republican in Congress warns that Trump’s pullout of US forces will ’embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances’…“No US ground forces will participate in the enforcement of this safe zone, however, we will remain in communication with both Turkey and the SDF,” [Pentagon chief Mark] Esper said. A senior Pentagon official said US forces would carry out aerial reconnaissance of the “safe zone” with the goal of watching over prisons holding Islamic State fighters.

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World Jewish Congress decision to honor German Chancellor Merkel with prestigious Theodor Herzl Award for Zionism “has sparked anger and bewilderment among Jewish leaders in US and Europe”

Posted on October 19, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
Does Angela Merkel Deserve a Prize for Zionism?
by Soeren Kern
October 19, 2019

…Critics say that Merkel, because her domestic and foreign policies have in recent years made the world less safe for Jews, is uniquely undeserving of the award. These policies include: German government failure to combat rising anti-Semitism…German government support for mass migration from the Muslim world…German government support for anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations…German government support for anti-Israel boycotts…German government’s refusal to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…German government support for Iran nuclear deal…READ MORE

ALGEMEINER Clear Majority of Germans Perceive Increase in Antisemitism Over Past Year, New Poll Reveals A clear majority of Germans believe that antisemitism is spreading in their country, according to a new poll conducted shortly after the attempted massacre on Yom Kippur at a synagogue in Halle in which two people were murdered by a neo-Nazi gunman. Published on Friday, the poll — conducted by broadcaster ARD one week after the Oct. 9 outrage in Halle –revealed that 59 percent of eligible German voters agreed that antisemitism in their society was rising.

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Trump “doesn’t deserve criticism for wanting U.S. forces out of Syria — such promises paved his way to becoming president in the first place”

Posted on October 18, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH JOURNAL
We Are Not All Kurds
by Shmuel Rosner
October 16, 2019

..President Donald Trump deserves all the criticism he is getting — and then some — for ordering the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and allowing Turkey to send its forces unhindered into Syrian territory without much consideration of the consequences. He deserves criticism for being hasty, unmethodical, impulsive and uninformed about the situation. He doesn’t deserve criticism for eroding America’s standing as a world leader — such erosion started long before he took office. He doesn’t deserve criticism for an incoherent American policy in Syria — this also preceded his presidency. READ MORE

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Attn Mayor de Blasio and JFK Airport: “Airlines refusing to fly Israelis is more than just a stupid business decision – it’s illegal”

Posted on October 18, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Kuwaiti, Saudi Airlines Illegally Discriminate Against Israelis
by Brooke Goldstein
October 18, 2019

Kuwait Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines have a “no Israelis” rule. That’s right — citizens of the Jewish state are not allowed to fly on these airlines, even if they just want to buy tickets on connecting flights between countries that welcome Israeli passports. Their anti-Semitism is so strong that they would rather cancel prominent flight routes and lose millions of dollars than allow Israelis to fly on their reportedly decrepit planes. The Lawfare Project, a Jewish civil rights group, has been actively fighting Kuwait’s discrimination in the U.S., Switzerland, and throughout the EU. As a result of our work, Kuwait Airways was forced to cancel its New York – London flight and shut down its entire inter-European route network. READ MORE

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On Melbourne game show, nerdy modern Orthodox Jew has all the answers

Posted on October 18, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
Watch the most Jewish performance ever on a TV game show
by Yair Rosenberg
October 18, 2019

…Meet Hard Quiz, Australia’s more entertaining version of Jeopardy. Its twist on typical game shows is that it doesn’t interrogate its contestants about random trivia. Instead, Hard Quiz tests each one’s mastery of their own chosen area of expertise. At the outset, every contestant picks a favorite topic—from K-Pop to professional rugby—and the show’s expert researchers then try to stump them in their own wheelhouse.This is how Seraphya Berrin, a modern Orthodox Jew living in Melbourne, found himself on national television being quizzed about Jewish holidays and crushing the competition. READ MORE

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“Support for the Palestinian cause is now the default position across the West’s progressive classes, including for many Jews”

Posted on October 17, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
From Congress to classrooms: Reframing the Israel narrative
by Melanie Phillips
October 17, 2019

…In Britain, the pro-Israel investigative blogger David Collier wrote this week about a textbook, The Middle East: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1917-2012, that is used in schools as part of the history curriculum for the 16-and-over public-education exam. On reading this textbook, Collier found a systematic loading of the narrative to sanitize the Arab war against Israel, disproportionately mention violent Zionist responses and obscure the overwhelming legal, historical and moral Jewish claim to the land…READ MORE

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