“The Israeli left asked the country to trust in the willingness and ability of the Palestinian leadership to negotiate a settlement to the conflict”

Posted on May 17, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

THE HILL
The death of Israel’s left
by Mark Mellman
May 14, 2019

…Right or wrong, fair of unfair, the terrorist response to the Clinton parameters and missile attacks from Gaza after ending the occupation there taught Israelis that the left inhabited a naïve fantasy world. From the Israeli perspective, the ideas advocated by the left were not just wrong, but dangerously wrong. In the public’s view, Arafat’s refusal to accept the Clinton parameters and the ensuing intifada proved there was no partner for peace, while Gaza demonstrated that ending the occupation meant not peace, but rather endless war. READ MORE

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#Hamas ‘salutes’ Labour leader #Corbyn online after he sent message to anti-Israel rally last weekend

Posted on May 17, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY MAIL
Palestinian terror group Hamas THANKS Jeremy Corbyn for his support
by Jake Wallis Simons
May 16, 2019

The Palestinian terror group Hamas has officially thanked Jeremy Corbyn for his support, MailOnline can reveal. In a carefully worded statement issued this evening, the militant organisation, whose armed wing is responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians, ‘saluted’ the Labour leader after he sent a message to a major anti-Israel rally in London last weekend. ‘We have received with great respect and appreciation the solidarity message sent by the British Labor (sic) Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to the participants in the mass rally that took place in central London,’ the statement said. READ MORE

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“Even more unusual for a writer of Wouk’s celebrity was his Orthodox observance and treatment of Jewish religious practice in his writing”

Posted on May 17, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JTA
Herman Wouk, legendary author who brought Judaism into the mainstream, dies at 103
by Rachel Gordan
May 17, 2019

Herman Wouk, the bestselling Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned nearly seven decades and who helped usher Judaism into the American mainstream, died Friday at the age of 103. His agent confirmed the news to The Associated Press. Wouk was the author of two dozen novels and works of nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Caine Mutiny” from 1951, which was a fixture on best-seller lists for two years, and the best-selling “Marjorie Morningstar” from 1955.  His novels “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance” both became successful television miniseries. READ MORE

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Stephen Harper for Prager: Why Don’t You Support Israel?

Posted on May 17, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

Israel is one of the most free and most prosperous countries in the world. Not only is Israel a booming economy and a wellspring of innovation, it is the only democracy in the Middle East. So why is it so controversial to support the Jewish state? Stephen Harper, the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, lays out several fundamental truths about America’s most critical ally.

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“Americans advised to be alert, avoid demonstrations and follow Israeli authorities’ instructions ahead of Nakba Day protests, Eurovision”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
US warns of Palestinian attacks on anniversary of Jerusalem embassy move
by Michael Bachner
May 14, 2019

The US embassy in Israel issued a security alert to American citizens, warning that Palestinian terrorists could choose to carry out attacks in Israel and the West Bank over the coming days. “May 14, 2019, is the anniversary of the US Embassy opening in Jerusalem, as well as related protests along the Gaza periphery,” the embassy said in an email sent Monday to citizens in Israel that was also posted on its website. “Terrorist groups may choose the anniversary, which coincides with the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv (May 14-18), or Nakba Day (May 15), to conduct violent protests or an attack.” READ MORE

JNS Two Eastern Jerusalem Men Accused of Planning Shooting Attack on Tel Aviv Beach The indictment noted that after their release from prison in February 2019, the men traveled to Istanbul, where they met with a Hamas operative who recommended that they assassinate former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, ex-Israel Police Chief Roni Alsheich, or Temple Mount activist and then-Likud Knesset member Yehudah Glick. They were given funds and pants stitched with hidden messages from Hamas…

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“Obama’s attempt to make Tehran an ally against ISIS has backfired. Trump needs to ditch that approach to keep Iran in check and prevent an ISIS resurgence”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
A New Strategy to Counter Iran’s Growing Power
by Omar Hossino
May 15, 2019

…While ISIS has been defeated, Iran has filled the vacuum and now holds sway over vast stretches of the northern Middle East. As ISIS’s caliphate has collapsed, Iran has cemented its hold on Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. The strategic dilemma for the U.S. is that while the defeat of ISIS has been touted as a signature success, much of it has come about by turning a blind eye to the expansion of Iran and its proxies, which now pose a serious threat to U.S. forces and allies in the region. READ MORE

THE HILL Trump frustrated with advisers over Iran, wants to speak to leaders in Tehran President Trump is frustrated with some of his top advisers over the threat posed by Iran, saying hard-line aides could rush the U.S. into a military struggle with the Islamic republic and break his campaign pledge to avoid costly foreign wars, according to The Washington Post.

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“Tlaib’s behavior is not unique. Her fake, anti-Jewish history of the Holocaust is of a piece with the long history of anti-Jewish behavior”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

BREITBART
Why Democrats Keep Defending, and Promoting, Rashida Tlaib
by Caroline Glick
May 15, 2019

…Tlaib’s third lie, that in establishing Israel, the Jews caused great suffering among the Palestinian Arabs (“My ancestors, Palestinians…lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity, their existence in many ways, have been wiped out, and some people’s passports”), is another atrocious fiction. Palestinian Arabs didn’t lose the state offered by the UN in 1947 because of the Holocaust or Holocaust refugees. They rejected it outright. Husseini refused any Palestinian Arab state that was to live alongside a Jewish one. READ MORE

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“Poland has to recognize its past and stop running away from it”

Posted on May 16, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Shameful Rewrite
Editorial
May 16, 2019

Poland has to recognize its past and stop running away from it. That is once again the lesson from what happened earlier this week when a delegation of Israeli government officials landed in Warsaw and was told to turn around, get back on the plane and return home. The Polish Foreign Ministry issued a short statement on its website saying that the visit was canceled, “after the Israeli side made last minute changes in the composition of the delegation, suggesting that the talks would primarily focus on issues related to property restitution.” This is not the first crisis with Poland regarding the Holocaust. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israeli apologizes for spitting at Polish envoy, as Warsaw demands justice Arik Lederman says security guard called him ‘Zhid,’ a claim ambassador rejects as ‘bizarre’; Lederman is sent to house arrest, asserts incident has been ‘blown out of proportion’

FREE BEACON Congress: No U.S. Military Base for Poland Until It Pays for Holocaust Victims Congress pressures admin to make Poland resolve Holocaust-era claims as talk over ‘Fort Trump’ continue

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Madonna on her way to TelAviv (not Jerusalem) for Eurovision

Posted on May 15, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

REUTERS
Madonna, on Eurovision, says she won’t bow ‘to suit someone’s political agenda
by Jill Serjeant
May 14, 2019

Pop superstar Madonna on Tuesday explained her decision to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel this week, saying that she will always speak up to defend human rights and hopes to see “a new path toward peace.” Madonna will make a guest appearance on Saturday during the Eurovision finals in Tel Aviv. The venue has prompted calls for a boycott by pro-Palestinian activists who want companies, performers and governments to disengage from Israel. READ MORE

BESA The Barring of Eurovision from Jerusalem Is a Win for the BDS Movement The €28.5 million Eurovision Song Contest, which draws 200 million viewers from 42 countries, might seem to be just a huge pop spectacle, but it is a good deal more. In addition to serving as an entertainment vehicle, it is a powerful mechanism of soft power – a tool that is critically important to the modern State of Israel and particularly to the city of Jerusalem. Europe’s refusal to allow the contest to be held in Jerusalem, in contravention of Eurovision’s own rules, constitutes a victory for the BDS movement.

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“The Palestinian tragedy is self-perpetuating, led by those unable to come to terms with history”

Posted on May 13, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

THE FEDERALIST
Rashida Tlaib’s Lies Remind Us Why Israel Must Exist
by David Harsanyi
May 13, 2019

During a recent SkullDuggery Podcast on Yahoo!, Rep Rashida Tlaib dropped a few historically illiterate thoughts on the Holocaust and Israel. None of it was especially surprising to anyone who’s followed far-left or Palestinian rhetoric for any amount of time. For Tlaib, the Holocaust was primarily a tragedy for the Palestinian people, who were unable to repel Jews’ immigration and stop the formation of a Jewish state. Her words are a helpful reminder of not only why Israel exists, but also that the tragedy of the Palestinian people is neither the fault of the Jews, nor the British, nor the Holocaust. READ MORE

NATIONAL REVIEW CNN Fact Checks Tlaib’s Holocaust Comments: ‘She Can’t Rewrite History’ CNN’s John King corrected Representative Rashida Tlaib’s (D., Mich.) revisionist history of the Holocaust on Monday, pointing out that Palestinian leaders supported the German extermination of Jews and violently resisted the creation of a Jewish state.

ATLANTIC MONTHLY Benny Morris: Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong The representative’s account of the Arab-Israeli conflict relies on origin myths about the birth of Israel.

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