“Is there really a difference between Hamas or Nazis trying to murder Jewish children?”

FRONT PAGE MAG
The Double Standard on Killing Jews in California and Israel
by Daniel Greenfield
May 9, 2019

After the shooting at Chabad of Poway, Almog Peretz told reporters that his experience in Sderot, where residents may have minutes to get children to safety before a rocket hits, had prepared him to save the children being shot at in the synagogue. “This is sad, but I am originally from Sderot, so we know a bit about running from the Kassam rockets.” A little over a week after the Poway shooting, rockets are once falling on Sderot. Once again, the walls of a Sderot kindergarten were gouged by shrapnel. Photos showed debris and holes in the wall above a blackboard reading, “My Israel”. READ MORE

LOS ANGELES TIMES The ‘Tactical Rabbi’ helps synagogues defend against anti-Semitic violence It was 45 minutes into his lecture when the rabbi pulled out an AR-15. “Who thinks, by show of hands, that we should be carrying more guns in shul?” Rabbi Raziel Cohen asked the crowd at a Westside Chabad synagogue Wednesday night, during an active-shooter seminar organized in the wake of the deadly attack at Chabad of Poway.

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Iran Judo: We’ll stop throwing matches with Israel

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Iranian judo agrees to end decades-long boycott of Israeli athletes
by Joshua Davidovich
May 12, 2019

In a historic move, Iranian judo officials have agreed to stop boycotting Israeli athletes on the mat, ending a practice that had drawn criticism against Tehran in the sporting world. In a letter to the International Judo Federation published Saturday, Iran’s Olympic Committee and local Judo Federation agreed to “fully respect the Olympic Charter and its non-discrimination principle.”…Iran has had a long-time policy of avoiding Israelis in athletic competitions, frequently at the expense of its own competitors. READ MORE

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#GazaRockets Western media showed “usual eagerness to believe the propaganda produced by the attackers, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad”

JERUSALEM POST
Doing what comes naturally – the West’s suicidal animus
by Melanie Phillips
May 9, 2019

As around 700 rockets rained down on southern Israel last weekend, leaving four Israelis dead and many more wounded, many in Western media were doing what comes naturally to them – suspending the normal rules of journalism to distort, twist or lie. The usual, fundamental errors littered their reports – such as that Gaza was “occupied,” regardless of the fact that Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005. There was the usual reversal of aggressor and victim, with sly implications of moral equivalency between Arab attack and Israeli defense. READ MORE

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Chicago DePaul student hysteria over Jason Hill “part of the growing anti-Semitic culture that is pervading American campuses”

WASHINGTON TIMES
DePaul professor ignites free-speech uproar with unabashed pro-Israel views
by Valerie Richardson
May 7, 2019

Since arriving from Jamaica with $120 in his pocket, DePaul University professor Jason D. Hill in many ways has embodied the American dream, until he received a rude awakening over his unabashed admiration for Israel. His article last month declaring that Israel has a “moral right to annex all of the West Bank” has made him Depersona non grata on campus, the focus of student protests and a Faculty Council vote condemning his article for promoting “racism toward Arabs generally and Palestinians in particular.” READ MORE

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Bipartisan Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 “passed on a vote of 93 to seven in the Senate and 374 to 37 in the House”

NEW YORK SUN
Waving Goodbye To the Jerusalem Waiver
Editorial
May 9, 2019

Three presidents — Messrs. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama — defied the spirit and intent of the law over and over, renewing the waiver every six months. One of the original sponsors of the Jerusalem Embassy Act, Joe Biden, was eventually elected vice president. Yet even he failed to press the case for carrying out the law that he had helped write. It wasn’t until President Trump acceded to power that a bipartisan policy, hammered out in Congress, was brought into reality. The result is that, as Secretary Pompeo put it this week, “no further Presidential waiver” is needed for the Jerusalem embassy. READ MORE

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Has Congresswoman McCollum “developed any legislation to censure the P.A. for rewarding terrorists’ families with cash, holding celebrations for the murder of Jews and naming streets and schools after the murderers?”

JNS
An open letter to Congresswoman McCollum
by Gary Schiff
May 6, 2019

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) chose Holocaust Remembrance Day to introduce a bill calling Israel to task for allegedly mistreating Palestinian children. The bill calls for Congress to allocate $19 million to fund non-governmental organizations who would oversee Israel’s interrogation and treatment of Palestinian children…Her introduction of this bill also begs several questions about the congresswoman’s genuine concern for children. Has the congresswoman developed any legislation to provide oversight of the Palestinian Authority regarding its use of Palestinian children as human shields or suicide-bombers? Or using summer camps to train children in terrorism?  READ MORE

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#IsraelAt71 “What made my Israeli heart a little bigger this year? Our humor, brashness, kindness, the intrinsic sense of family, and that dust that gets everywhere”

TIMES OF ISRAEL
71 things to love about Israel
by Talya Woolf
May 8, 2019

It’s that time of year again. When the weather starts warming up, the rains finally stop, and the blue and white flags start to decorate… well, everything. Car flags spurt from windows, buildings get dressed up, and LED displays show images of the Israeli flag waving behind a Ner Nishama (Azrieli Mall — I’m talking about you). It’s the end of Yom HaZikaron (almost Yom HaAtzmaut) and each year, thanks to Benji Lovitt, we start to really enumerate the things that have made our Israeli heart just a little bigger. So without further ado, here are the 71 things that I love about Israel. READ THE 71 THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT ISRAEL

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“While Facebook claims to go after so-called “violent” and “dangerous” accounts, it ignores the thousands of Muslims on Facebook who threaten to rape and murder me on their platform”

FRONT PAGE MAG
If Facebook Were Actually Concerned With Violent And Dangerous People On Its Platform…
by Bosch Fawstin
May 8, 2019

If Facebook were actually concerned with violent and dangerous people on its platform. . . It would be targeting and banning Muslims who, more than any other group, threaten to murder people on their platform. None on Facebook, or in the world, are more violent than Muslims, and they habitually threaten to rape and murder on Facebook without paying a price for it.  And I’m well aware that I have no right to be on Facebook, but unlike those who state that fact as if that’s the end all and be all, I have the right to criticize Facebook for its fraudulent practices. READ MORE

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#AntiSemitism “The far Left is intertwined with Islamist activists. Both share a hatred of the U.S. and see the Middle East as a postcolonial victim of Western imperialism”

NATIONAL REVIEW
Why Progressive Anti-Semitism — and Why Now?
by Victor Davis Hanson
May 7, 2019

…The examples of progressive hatred of Jews could be multiplied endlessly, but the key question is: Why in this generation and why on the Democratic left? There, are of course, always white nationalists who voice reactionary anti-Semitism, but most are pathetic fringe groups easily identified and ostracized. For all the invective lodged against Donald Trump, no president has proved more sensitive to Jewish issues and more committed to the survival of Israel. The anti-Semitic extreme alt-right has received no sanction from the Republican party, and it remains a tiny, mostly irrelevant group of losers. READ MORE

JNS Jewish leaders decry lack of censure by most Democratic candidates on Gaza rocket fire “It is disappointing and troubling that only a few of the candidates spoke out in response to [the nearly] 700 rockets launched by terrorists against the civilian population of our close ally,” Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told JNS.

WASHINGTON POST At a Chicago Catholic church: Farrakhan delivers insult while denying he’s anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan referenced “Satanic Jews” in a speech denying allegations of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia after Facebook banned him from the social media platform.

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“With annual abrupt change of spirits, country celebrates its 71st anniversary with fireworks, concerts, parties and torch-lighting ceremony in Jerusalem”

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Grief to jubilation: Israel transitions from Memorial to Independence Day
by Michael Bachner
May 8, 2019

Israel abruptly crossed over from grief to jubilation at nightfall Wednesday, as Memorial Day for the country’s fallen soldiers and terror victims came to a close and its 71st Independence Day began. Mournful and somber speeches gave way to fireworks, concerts and parties across the country, with flags promptly raised back from half-staff. The juxtaposition of Memorial Day and Independence Day is a key element of Israelis’ experience of their country’s anniversary, ensuring that no commemoration completely excludes the sacrifice of the fallen and their families, and that the elation of independence is never far removed from an awareness of its cost. READ MORE

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