Syrian Ambassador threatens to attack Ben-Gurion International Airport

Posted on January 23, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Syria’s UN envoy in veiled threat: We will attack Ben-Gurion Airport
by Staff
January 23, 2019

Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari warned Tuesday that his country would attack Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv if the world body fails to stop Israeli strikes on his country, including on the international airport in Damascus. Speaking before the U.N. Security Council after a series of IAF airstrikes on Sunday and Monday, Jaafari said Israel was only able to act freely in Syria because it had the backing of the United States, the United Kingdom and France in the Security Council. READ MORE

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Hard-hitting interview with Chief #Palestinian Negotiator #SaebErekat explains everything you don’t know already know about the conflict

Posted on January 23, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

Deutsche Welle’s Conflict Zone Tim Sebastian-Saeb Erekat Interview

Palestinian leaders are deadlocked with Israel, face internal challenges and have clashed with the U.S. DW’s Conflict Zone met Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat and asked him about his next steps.

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Black former DC #WomensMarch leader: “Linda Sarsour is an antisemite and even when she is apologizing to the Jewish community on the one hand, she is condemning it on the other”

Posted on January 21, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Former Women’s March Leader Upbraids ‘Antisemite’ Linda Sarsour for Posting Article Claiming Jews Are Waging War on Black People
by Shiryn Ghermezian
January 20, 2019

Anti-Israel activist and Woman’s March co-chair Linda Sarsour was excoriated as an “antisemite” on Sunday by a former ally who once headed the DC chapter of the popular political movement. Mercy Morganfield, who is also the daughter of famed American blues singer-songwriter Muddy Waters, took to Facebook to upbraid Sarsour after the latter posted a link to an article that accused the Jewish community of waging a “profound war on black people.” Highlighting the offending paragraphs in a screenshot, Morganfield began, “This is How S**t Gets Started.” READ MORE

GATESTONE Alan M. Dershowitz: Termites, Bigots and GOATs: Rationalizing Complicity with Anti-Semitism Recall that Hitler was not elected by anti-Semites or because of his anti-Semitism. He was elected as the result of his economic and other policies by people who gave him a pass for his anti-Semitism because they approved of his other policies. People who support Farrakhan because of the alleged good he does for the Black community and despite his overt anti-Semitism are complicit in bigotry, and those who march under the banner of such bigots are only one degree removed from such complicity.

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Palestinians to US: We’ll stop taking your money to avoid liability for our acts of terror

Posted on January 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Palestinians renounce all bilateral U.S. funds, including for security
by Khaled Abu Toameh and Tovah Lazaroff
January 20, 2019

The Palestinian Authority has formally renounced all financial assistance from the United States, in order to avoid liability for US court decisions demanding millions in payment for terrorist attacks. PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah informed the Trump Administration of the decision in a letter he sent to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…At issue is the 2018 Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ACTA, P.L. 115-253), which Congress passed into law in October 2018 and goes into effect at the end of this month. It ties American financial assistance to the Palestinians to the issue of legal jurisdiction within the US. READ MORE

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NY Times writer Michelle Alexander over her head on Israeli-Palestinian conflict but that doesn’t stop her

Posted on January 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

ELDER OF ZIYON
.@NYTimes op-ed falsely claims Martin Luther King would hate Israel today
January 20, 2019

…[New York Time’s Michelle] Alexander knows nothing about Israel and next to nothing about Palestinians. I have debunked these ridiculous claims over the years. The fact is that Palestinians could have had a state five times over – and refused. That is not Israel’s fault. The fact is that Palestinians, after promising to avoid terror in 1993, have never stopped their terror campaigns against Jews in Israel. That is not Israel’s fault. The fact is that Israel has a legal right to the territories that is at least as compelling as that of a people who literally didn’t exist as a people seventy years ago. The fact is that Arabs in the West Bank have more freedom and better living conditions, better education, better health care than most of their brethren in neighboring Egypt and Jordan. READ MORE

THE HILL Alan Dershowitz: Time to tell the truth about the Palestinian issue The front page of the New York Times Sunday Review featured one of the most biased, poorly informed, and historically inaccurate columns about the conflict between Israel and Palestine ever published by a mainstream newspaper. Written by Michelle Alexander, it is entitled, “Time to break the silence on Palestine,” as if the Palestinian issue has not been the most overhyped cause on campuses, at the United Nations, and in the media.

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“How much antisemitism must pile up in the Democratic Party before something can be done about it? And will the mainstream media hold them accountable?”

Posted on January 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

FEDERALIST
CNN Does Not Know How To Question Ilhan Omar’s Conspiracy Theories And Anti-Semitism
by Warren Henry
January 18, 2019

… Why did [CNN’s Christine] Amanpour limit her question to whether Jewish Americans should be concerned about the anti-Semitic remarks of both Omar and her colleague Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)? Shouldn’t it be a matter of concern to all Americans? …“Can I just move on to something that’s generally a rite of passage for politicians in the United States, and that is to sort of pledge fealty or at least pay homage to AIPAC, the pro-Israel PAC that is very, very prominent.” Omar smiles and smirks in reaction to this inflammatory assertion that American lawmakers are de facto required to bend the knee to the Israeli lobby. READ MORE

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“Emerging evidence suggests BDS movement has extensive ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, using the “social justice” movement as a veritable human shield for anti-Israel ideology and activism”

Posted on January 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Evidence mounting that US BDS groups are fronts for terror organizations
by Sean Savage
January 18, 2019

Over the past decade, the BDS movement has emerged as one of the principle challenges towards the legitimacy of the State of Israel. A modern distortion of the South African anti-apartheid campaign, the movement seeks to economically pressure Israel and isolate it politically…American Muslims for Palestine is a Chicago-based organization that is a leading driver of the BDS campaign,” [Jonathan] Schanzer told lawmakers at the time. “AMP is arguably the most important sponsor and organizer for Students for Justice in Palestine, which is the most visible arm of the BDS campaign on campuses in the United States. READ MORE

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“Illinoisans pay the highest property taxes in the nation. At 2.7 percent of home value annually, Illinoisans pay far more than residents in neighboring states”

Posted on January 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

WIREPOINTS
Illinois’ lethal combination: Rising property taxes and stagnant incomes
by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
January 21, 2019

A lethal combination of rising property taxes and stagnant incomes has forced many Illinoisans to rethink their relationship with their state. More than 1.5 million net residents have already fled the state since 2000 – and you can’t blame others for thinking about joining them. Property taxes have become punitive in Illinois. We’ve written about how these taxes have destroyed the equity in people’s homes across the state. Many families have done the math, and whether they’re in the struggling south suburbs of Chicago or the affluent North Shore, they’ve decided to leave Illinois behind. READ MORE

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“As the Covington High School brouhaha reminds us, the media have precast the meaning of every story”

Posted on January 20, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

CITY JOURNAL
Beating the Drum
by Seth Barron
January 22, 2019

The story of a group of white parochial school kids wearing MAGA hats heaping racist abuse on a dignified Native American Vietnam veteran sparked an inferno of indignation across mass and social media. The incident was depicted as an iconic example of toxic white smugness, as well as a recapitulation of the history of European conquest of the American continent from its earlier inhabitants. Respected journalists and public figures responded to the images of a “smirking” teenager with calls for violence against him, his classmates, and their parents. READ MORE

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Democrat Congressman to Trump: Golan belongs to Israel

Posted on January 19, 2019 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH INSIDER
Rep. Gottheimer urges Trump to recognize Israeli control of Golan
by Jacob Kornbluh
January 18, 2019

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) sent a letter to President Trump on Friday urging him to adopt a “comprehensive strategy” on the day after withdrawal from Syria and to formally recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “In recent months, Iranian-backed militias fighting alongside Assad’s forces assailed rebels in southwestern Syria, bringing Shia militiamen within reach of the Golan and Israel,” states the letter obtained by Jewish Insider. “Given the state of present-day Syria and its foreseeable future, requiring Israel to cede control over this area would pose an unacceptable risk to our ally’s existence. READ MORE

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