“Gallup’s figures for 2019 reveal that 69 percent of Americans have a “mostly” or “very” favorable view of Israel”

Posted on March 3, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Clear Majority of Americans Continue to Hold Favorable View of Israel, New Gallup Poll Shows
by Ben Cohen
March 6, 2019

A comfortable majority of Americans continue to sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians in 2019, according to the annual World Affairs survey published on Wednesday by top polling firm Gallup. “Americans’ overall views toward Israel and the Palestinian Authority have changed little in the past year, with roughly seven in 10 viewing Israel very or mostly favorably and two in 10 viewing the Palestinian Authority in the same terms,” a Gallup analysis of the poll stated. The latest poll “finds a slight softening of Americans’ partiality toward Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly among moderate/liberal Republicans and, to a lesser extent, liberal Democrats,” the analysis said. READ MORE

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“Naftali Bennett is using Trump’s plan to bolster his right-wing flank”

Posted on March 3, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ has become an election issue
by Lahov Harkov
March 1, 2019

…This week, US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” finally became an election issue, after New Right leader Naftali Bennett brought it up – repeatedly – and Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, added fuel to the fire. First, Bennett said at the entrance to Sunday’s cabinet meeting: “[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and Trump are coordinating the presentation of a plan to establish a Palestinian state the day after the election.” He added that the only way to prevent that from happening is for there to be a big New Right in Netanyahu’s government, as opposed to the Blue and White Party.  READ MORE

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AOC, Omar and Tlaib: The weird sisters stir the Democratic cauldron

Posted on March 3, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

SPECTATOR
The Anti-Semitism of AOC, Omar, and Tlaib
by David Catron
March 4, 2019

That fractious coven of freshman Democrats so beloved of the media — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib — have been patiently indulged by the leadership of their party. The obvious reason for putting up with the antics of these three involves the hope that they will help get out the millennial vote in 2020. But this trio of weird sisters is now stirring up such a bilious brew of dissension in their caucus and bad PR that prominent Democrats are starting to complain, particularly about the anti-Semitism of Omar and Tlaib.  READ MORE

JNS 12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee Twelve pro-Israel groups  delivered a letter on Monday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel, urging for the removal of Rep. Ilhan Omar from the committee amid the Minnesota congresswoman’s latest anti-Semitic remarks.

FREE BEACON Roll Call Smears Jewish Groups That Called for Omar’s Removal From House Committee Roll Call is facing backlash after one of its reporters attempted to discredit a recent effort by a group of leading Jewish and pro-Israel organizations to see Rep. Ilhan Omar removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee following a series of anti-Semitic statements that drew widespread condemnation.

POLITICO Tensions flare as Dems struggle to calm furor over Oma House Democratic leaders are struggling to contain the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel, with the caucus fighting behind closed doors over whether — and how — to respond. Tensions ran high at a caucus meeting Wednesday as some Democrats privately vented that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team had failed to adequately respond to the escalating political crisis…

THE TOWER Sarsour Attacks Pelosi on Facebook for Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism

FEDERALIST The Democrats’ Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism Is A Transparent Joke Liberals do their best to deflect and dilute Ilhan Omar’s bigotry

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“The Theater of the Absurd of the Human Rights Council has produced another hostile, false and slanted report against Israel”

Posted on March 2, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
UN Human Rights Council Derided as ‘Dangerous Joke’ After Issuing Anti-Israel Report on Gaza Border Violence
by Staff
February 28, 2019

…“No nation in the world, including Israel, can or should stand by and allow an armed invasion of its territory,” [Arthur] Stark and [Malcolm] Hoenlein added. “Every nation, including Israel, would and must act to defend its sovereign borders and its population against armed aggression, but not every nation would adhere to rules of engagement and processes of command and control to ensure that norms of international humanitarian law are followed, as Israel does. Today’s report brings shame on the Human Rights Council. In denying Israel’s right to defend its citizens, the UN Human Rights Council becomes a partner in Hamas’s terror.” READ MORE

BLOOMBERG UN Human Rights Council Bashes Israel Over Gaza Protests The United Nations Human Rights Council said it found reason to believe Israel may have committed war crimes in its crackdown on protests on the Gaza Strip border. Israel rejected the allegation as another example of the council’s bias against it. The commission said 189 Palestinians were killed in connection with the campaign of demonstrations against Israel that began 11 months ago.

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar: You’re only calling me antisemitic because I’m Muslim. By the way, let’s talk about how Jews control DC

Posted on March 1, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

HOT AIR
Ilhan Omar: Let’s Talk About The Influence In This Country That Says Allegiance To A Foreign Country Is Okay
by Allah Pundit
February 28, 2019

It is next-level demagoguery to suggest that accusations of anti-semitism by your critics are a matter of anti-Muslim bias and then, in almost the same breath, wheeze in an obvious allusion to Israel that “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.” Which influence is she thinking of? A shadowy, rootless, cosmopolitan influence, I’m guessing…Philip Klein knows a dual-loyalty smear aimed at Jews — sorry, at AIPAC — when he hears it. So does liberal Jonathan Chait…READ MORE

DAILY WIRE Ben Shapiro: Stop Treating Ilhan Omar Like A Child. Her Anti-Semitism Isn’t ‘Sad.’ It’s Consistent, Vicious, And Vile. On Thursday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was caught on tape once again indulging in her favorite off-hours pastime – some cozy anti-Semitism with cheering fans. Omar, of course, has a long history of anti-Semitism: accusing Israel of “hypnotizing the world,” suggesting that American support for Israel is “all about the Benjamins,” backing the anti-Semitic BDS movement.

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In 2020: Chicago-Tel Aviv non-stop

Posted on March 1, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

GLOBES
El Al to launch Tel Aviv – Chicago flights
by Michal Raz-Chaimovich
February 28, 2019

El Al Israel Airlines Ltd is continuing its policy of strengthening its Israel-US business and will launch flights between Tel Aviv and Chicago next year, sources inform “Globes.” Opening the new route will become possible when El Al takes delivery of more Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Israeli carrier has received eight of the 16 Dreamliners it ordered and more will be delivered over the next year. El Al recently announced that it will be launching flights between Tel Aviv and Orlando, Florida in July, while before then new route between Tel Aviv and San Francisco begins in May, and another new route between Tel Aviv and Las Vegas begins in June. READ MORE

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Mandelblit’s “ascension to the post of attorney-general will have been paved by the man [Netanyahu] who he is probably about to topple”

Posted on February 28, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Mandelblit: From PM’s man to overthrowing Netanyahu – the timeline
by Yonah Jeremy Bob
March 1, 2018

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started to have close working relations when Mandelblit fought the Goldstone Report during his tenure as IDF Military Advocate General from 2004-2011. Netanyahu was so impressed with Mandelblit as an operator that he lured him into becoming his cabinet secretary from 2013-2016 and away from Mandelblit’s likely appointment as simply a district court judge. Mandelblit was so successful as cabinet secretary that Netanyahu backed him, along with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, to become attorney-general in 2016. So Netanyahu literally put his accuser in office. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Poll shows two-thirds of Israelis think Netanyahu should resign if indicted First surveys since attorney general announces he plans to charge PM with corruption indicate Netanyahu will have trouble forming a coalition

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CAMERA: New York Times actually thought Palestinian Authority payments to families of terrorists was a “figment of right wing imagination”

Posted on February 28, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

COMMENTARY
The ‘Times’ and Israel: A Review of 2018
by Gilead Ini
February 2019

…In 2018, the newspaper demonstrated time and again that it was unwilling to offer frank coverage of news that highlighted the Palestinian role in exacerbating the conflict. In one emblematic example, Times journalist Nellie Bowles described the Palestinian Authority’s payments to families of imprisoned terrorists as a figment of the right-wing imagination. Facebook, she lamented, has been “flooded with far-right conspiracy programming like ‘Palestinians Pay $400 million Pensions for Terrorist Families.’” In fact, the Palestinian government had been perfectly open about its payments. The newspaper, at least in this case, made amends after CAMERA contacted editors. “That is not a conspiracy theory,” a correction noted. READ MORE

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Proposed US Senate and Congress bills: “It is in the United States national security interest to ensure that Israel retains control of the Golan Heights”

Posted on February 28, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Resolutions introduced in House, Senate recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan
February 27, 2019

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) introduced companion resolutions on Tuesday urging the United States to officially recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The bill emphasizes the strategic importance of Israeli control over the area, which the Jewish state captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, in protecting civilians from threats such as from Iran in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel annexed the region in 1981, a move that has not been recognized by the international community. It also states that “it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of a peace agreement between Israel and Syria will be an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights.” READ MORE

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“Anti-Semitism at Duke University is not a recent phenomenon, but it has spiked over the past few months”

Posted on February 28, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY WIRE
Duke University Is Not A Safe Space For Jews
by Sloan Rachmuth
February 28, 2019

It should come as no surprise that Duke University is making headlines this time of year. The highly prestigious private school is a college basketball powerhouse that tends to dominate sports pages as March Madness approaches. But this year, the stories aren’t just related to athletics. Duke has been steeped in anti-Semitism that is being green-lighted by the student newspaper and leftist student groups. The Duke campus has been the target of numerous anti-Semitic incidents in just the past few months, including destruction of Jewish property, genocidal expression, demonizing Jews and delegitimizing the Jewish state’s right to exist, according to the anti-Semitism watchdog group AMCHA Initiative. READ MORE

LEGAL INSURRECTION Cornell President to Students for Justice in Palestine: “I must reject your call for BDS-related divestment Dear Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine…”Given that your letter shares your broader perspective on the BDS movement, I must also take this opportunity to share mine, which is a strong opposition to BDS. BDS unfairly singles out one country in the world for sanction when there are many countries around the world whose governments’ policies may be viewed as controversial. Moreover, it places all of the responsibility for an extraordinarily complex geopolitical situation on just one country and frequently conflates the policies of the Israeli government with the very right of Israel to exist as a nation, which I find particularly troublesome.”

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