Palestinians rioting on Temple Mount “included the hurling of stones, chairs and various objects”

Posted on June 3, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Hundreds of Palestinians riot as Jews allowed on Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day
by Michael Bachner and Staff
June 2, 2019

Clashes erupted between Palestinian rioters and police on Sunday morning at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, as hundreds of Jews were allowed into the holy site [the holiest site in Judaism] to celebrate Jerusalem Day — the 52nd anniversary of the unification of the capital in the Six Day War. Later in the morning, hundreds of Palestinians rioters threw rocks and chairs at Israeli security personnel…It was the first time in three decades that non-Muslims were let into the site during the final days of the month of Ramadan, which coincided this year with Jerusalem Day. READ MORE

On Jerusalem Day: Arabs riot while Jews peacefully tour the Temple Mount

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AJC Survey of American Jews: 65% feel less safe now than they did last year

Posted on June 3, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
New Survey of American, French, and Israeli Jews Shows Majority Agree on Many Issues, But Sharp Divide Over Trump
by Benjamin Kerstein
June 2, 2019

A new unprecedented survey of the world’s three largest Jewish communities — American, French, and Israeli — showed a majority of the communities agreeing on many issues, but a sharp divide on President Donald Trump’s relationship with Israel. The American Jewish Committee poll showed that 48 percent of Israelis strongly approve of Trump’s handing of the US-Israel relationship, with another 31 percent somewhat approving and only four percent strongly disapproving. Among American Jews, on the other hand, the numbers are almost precisely the opposite, with 45 percent strongly disapproving and only 22 percent strongly approving. READ MORE

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How the NY Times–America’s “paper of record”–whitewashes Jew hatred by its silence

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG
The New York Times: Enabler of Genocidal Anti-Semitism
by Kenneth Levin
May 31, 2019

…On the Holocaust and its prelude in Germany, the statement declares: “In the 1930s and 1940s The Times was largely silent as anti-Semitism rose up and bathed the world in blood. That failure still haunts this newspaper.” But it has obviously not haunted the paper enough to move it from its consistent refusal over many decades – despite its intense coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – to report on the incitement to mass murder of Jews that has long been a staple of Palestinian and broader Arab media, mosques and schools. It has failed to do so even as such incitement has in recent years become ever more widely established within the Muslim world. READ MORE

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Palestine Solidarity Campaign–supported by Labour’s Corbyn–has forced two Jewish businesses to close and activists have threatened others

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY MAIL
British Jews in fear after pro-Palestine group supported by Corbyn forces Jewish shops to close with ‘campaign of intimidation’
by Jake Wallis Simons
May 31, 2019

British Jews have spoken of their fear after a pro-Palestine group supported by Jeremy Corbyn forced Jewish-owned shops to close by staging aggressive rallies outside them. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), of which Mr Corbyn is patron, targeted shops selling Israeli products in Brighton, London and Manchester, forcing two businesses to fold….A new film, Hounded, has been released today by anti-racism campaigners to draw attention to the harassment of Jews who sell goods from Israel, highlighting a ‘campaign of intimidation’ that has been going on for years. READ MORE

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“A few years back, another Hebron Arab, Muhammad Jabber, went out on a limb for peace and suffered (i.e. humiliated and tortured by the Palestinian Authority) as a result”

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY WIRE
The Fascinating First-Person Tale Of The Kosher Iftar Of Hebron, Israel
by Yishai Fleisher
May 31, 2019

A few weeks ago, the leaders of the Jewish community of Hebron, Israel got an invitation to an Iftar celebration — the traditional Muslim nightly feast at the end of each day of the month-long Ramadan daytime fast — in the Jabari section of Arab-run Hebron. The location was not surprising to us since we have been working for years with the host, Sheikh Ashraf Jabari, a businessman, and a local clan chieftain…As we approached the Jabari house for the Iftar, we could tell that the atmosphere was going to be festive. Yet one thing was glaring: This event was super-secured — not by a team of Israeli sharpshooters, but by dozens of Jabari’s Arab private security guards. READ MORE

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“Already a de-facto state, Gaza should be the anchor for a free, independent and sovereign Palestinian state, contiguous into the Sinai Peninsula, along the coastal plain, to El-Arish”

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

THE HILL
Israeli-Palestinian conflict can end with the New State Solution
by Benjamin Anthony, Amir Avivi and Nechemia Sokal
May 29, 2019

…Israelis need a clearly defined strategy to end the conflict with the Palestinians, one that addresses the most urgent challenge: the Gaza Strip. Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza and, therefore, responsibility for its fate and its citizens, should play a central role in implementing this strategy. These are just some of the reasons that the authors, and other leading security and policy experts, call for implementing The New State Solution, a conflict-ending alternative to the status quo, which would invert the Strip from an intractable problem into a solution. READ MORE

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Hezbollah cross-border tunnel has infrastructure for electricity, ventilation, communications; subterranean passage to be destroyed by IDF

Posted on June 1, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
IDF reveals ‘longest, most significant’ Hezbollah tunnel on northern border
by Staff and Judah Ari Gross
June 1, 2019

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday revealed a cross-border Hezbollah attack tunnel that was discovered running into Israeli territory from Lebanon during this past winter’s Operation Northern Shield, saying it was “the longest and most significant” subterranean passage found in the effort. The military released the additional details about this tunnel — one of six that the it said it found during the operation — ahead of its planned destruction. READ MORE

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Erdogan’s “sudden change of heart” regarding American hostages

Posted on May 31, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

FDD POLICY BRIEF
Erdogan Releases Another U.S. Hostage Ahead of Trump Meeting
by Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu
May 31, 2019

Turkey on Wednesday night released Serkan Golge, a Turkish-American dual citizen imprisoned on dubious terrorism charges, hours after a phone call between President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The move comes as the Turkish president struggles to contain the country’s economic crisis ahead of a historic rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election set for June 23. Golge, a NASA physicist, was one of the three U.S. citizens – in addition to three local employees of the U.S. mission in Turkey – held on frivolous charges of terrorism, coup plotting, and espionage in the wake of a failed coup attempt in 2016. READ MORE

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Ahead of CA party convention, progressives put forth draft resolutions condemning Jerusalem for stoking anti-Semitism and calling for rollback of Trump Israel policies

Posted on May 31, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Far-left California Democrats want to link Israeli gov’t to Pittsburgh massacre
by JTA
May 31, 2019

Far-left Democrats in California have put forth draft resolutions fiercely critical of Israel ahead of this weekend’s state party convention, including one suggesting that the Israeli government is partly responsible for the atmosphere inspiring last October’s massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue…Other resolutions to be introduced at the San Francisco confab urge a rollback of President Donald Trump’s Israel policies, including recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights; condemn Israel for clashes with Palestinians in Gaza without mentioning provocations or attacks by the Hamas leadership there…READ MORE

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“Even before his trip to Israel, in the weeks after DeSantis was elected governor last year, he immediately took action on behalf of the Jewish state”

Posted on May 30, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Thank You, Gov. DeSantis
Editorial
May 31, 2019

…Florida’s cabinet recognized Jerusalem as “Israel’s eternal capital,” invested $10 million in Israel Bonds and blacklisted Airbnb because of its plan to boycott listings in West Bank settlements, which the global company has since reversed. This week, DeSantis repeatedly spoke out against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, leading the first official trade mission to the West Bank led by a US governor – with two dozen business leaders. He is also leading the largest-ever official governor-led delegation to Israel. READ MORE

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