“Until a year and a half ago, Yonatan was still called Lutz. In the past he congratulated his friends with “Heil Hitler.” Now he is a Jew”

Posted on December 28, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ARUTZ SHEVA
From Heil Hitler – to a Kippah and tefillin
by Staff
December 27, 2018

Today, Yonatan puts on Tefillin every day. But just a few years ago, under a different name, he would greet his friends by saying “Heil Hitler.” Like many others, Jonathan was indoctrinated into the extreme right when he was a teenager…Yonatan described how he was taught “you have to completely destroy the Jewish world domination.” One night, Yonatan had a dream in which the word ‘Kabbalah’ appeared. When he awoke, he began to research what his dream had been about and discovered the Kabbalah, the Jewish mysticism. READ MORE

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“Only an Israeli victory and a Palestinian defeat will achieve…resolution”

Posted on December 28, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON TIMES
Tectonic Shifts in Attitudes toward Israel
by Daniel Pipes
December 27, 2018

…The rage against Israel is not about Ashkenazi-Sephardi relations, tensions on the Temple Mount, a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, or Israel’s own nuclear weapons. Rather, it almost exclusively concerns the status of some 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Thanks to a mix of Palestinian public relations expertise and continued anti-Semitism, the welfare of this small and powerless but fanatical population has transmogrified into the premier global issue of human rights, getting endlessly more attention than, say, Ethiopia — and motivates nearly all denunciations of Israel. READ MORE

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“Israeli military fills underground Hezbollah terror constructions near Metula with water and cement”

Posted on December 28, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

YNET
Hezbollah races to save terror tunnels as IDF floods them
by Yoav Zitun, Ahiya Raved
December 27, 2018

The IDF flooded with cement and water the Hezbollah tunnels, which appear to have been dug from residential houses in Lebanese villages, as the Shi’ite terror group scrambles to salvage what’s left of their strategic assets. At the beginning of the month, the IDF launched Operation Northern Shield to expose and neutralize terror tunnels Hezbollah has constructed along the Israel-Lebanon border since 2006, and so far five underground constructions have been destroyed by the Israeli military. READ MORE

ALGEMEINER Kanye West-Inspired IDF Video Shows Surprise of Hezbollah Operatives Over Tunnel Destruction The IDF published a video on Friday — with American rapper Kanye West’s song “Runaway” playing in the background — showing Hezbollah operatives being surprised by cement flowing out of an entrance to a tunnel dug by their group underneath the Israel-Lebanon border.

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Is Trump good or bad for Israel?

Posted on December 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
What Bret Stephens Missed About Trump and Israel
by Ira Stoll
December 27, 2018

“Donald Trump Is Bad For Israel,” is the headline of Bret Stephens’ column in The New York Times on Thursday…Stephens could be right that Trump’s limited pullback, if not full retreat, from the liberal internationalism or “Democratic realism” of some prior administration could be bad for Israel. But there’s a counterargument that Stephens doesn’t mention, let alone rebut, and that is worth considering. READ MORE

NEW YORK TIMES Bret Stephens: Donald Trump Is Bad for Israel He shows no interest in pushing Russia out of Syria. He has neither articulated nor pursued any coherent strategy for pushing Iran out of Syria. He has all but invited Turkey to interfere in Syria. He has done nothing to prevent Iran from continuing to arm Hezbollah.

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“It is a low-profile conflict, mostly fought away from the headlines, in which Israel is playing an active defense against Iran’s offensive attempt to set up a war outpost in Syria”

Posted on December 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Russia struggling to stop the Iranian-Israeli shadow war in Syria
by Yaakov Lappin
December 27, 2018

…Iran seeks to create weapons factories, missile bases and a Shi’ite army of 100,000 fighters in Syria, while Israel has no intention of letting it succeed [nor can Israel afford to let this happen]. Iran’s tendency of using Syria as a transit zone for moving advanced weapons to Hezbollah, in neighboring Lebanon, is also a violation of an Israeli red line, which has triggered many reported airstrikes in the past.This shadow conflict is a threat to the stability of the Bashar Assad regime. While the regime has no desire to get involved in a war with Israel and would rather focus on reconstruction, it is forced to issue “permits” to Iranian activities since Assad owes his existence to Tehran. READ MORE

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: I come from Sephardic Jews who fled to Puerto Rico

Posted on December 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

JTA
Genetic study finds widespread Sephardic ancestry in Latin America
by Cnaan Liphshiz
December 27, 2018

In a genetic study of 6,589 people from five Latin American countries, about a quarter displayed traces of what may be Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Geneticist Juan-Camilo Chacón-Duque and his colleagues published their findings last week in Nature Communications magazine, in an article titled “Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance.” Converso is the Spanish-language word for people who converted from Judaism to Christianity during the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal. READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: I come from Sephardic Jews who fled to Puerto Rico Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of 435 members of the incoming US House of Representatives, said on Monday that members of her family were Sephardim who were forced to flee to Puerto Rico during the Spanish Inquisition.

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Hezbollah commanders targeted by Israel as they board plane

Posted on December 26, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
US official says top Hezbollah brass hit in alleged Israeli strikes in Syria
by Staff and Agencies
December 26, 2018

An alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria Tuesday night hit several senior Hezbollah officials as they boarded a plane bound for Iran, Newsweek reported Wednesday morning, citing a Defense Department source. The unnamed source told the magazine he had received the information from top Israeli military brass. He said strategic Iranian munitions were also targeted, including advanced GPS components for weaponry. READ MORE

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Stockholm Hospital makes Top Ten list: Jewish doctors “systematically discriminated against by department head for years”

Posted on December 26, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

HAARETZ
Top Swedish Hospital to Make List of 10 Worst anti-Semitic Incidents of 2018
by David Stavrou
December 23, 2018

One of Sweden’s most prestigious hospitals will be included in a high-profile list of the year’s worst cases of anti-Semitism, in a grouping that has in the past included white supremacists and Muslim fundamentalists. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, recently informed Stockholm’s Karolinska University Hospital that it will appear on its list of the 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents worldwide in 2018. The full list will be published on Thursday. READ MORE

FRONT PAGE MAG Leftists Dominate List of Top 10 Antisemitic Incidents This shouldn’t be surprising. While anyone can commit an act of violence like the Tree of Life massacre, establishment anti-Semitism, as practiced within politics, academia, and major employment categories, is largely a behavior linked to the Left…The Left climbed into bed with black nationalists and supremacists, legitimizing their anti-Semitism.

DAILY WIRE Women’s March Takes Another Hit, This Time In Obama’s Hometown The fallout from a damning exposé on the Women’s March leaders published by Tablet continues, with The New York Times publishing a follow-up piece that echoes some of the key claims of anti-Semitism permeating the leadership of the organization. The latest blow to the embattled group comes from Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago, where the big annual Women’s March event has just been canceled. 

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“Netanyahu reportedly requested that the American initiative be postponed until at least May so as not to harm his chances of receiving a new mandate from the public”

Posted on December 25, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

THE MEDIA LINE
Israeli Elections Likely To Push Back Release Of Trump Peace Plan
by Charles Bybelezer
December 25, 2018

The upcoming Israeli national vote is liable to further delay the release of United States President Donald Trump’s much-hyped two-years-in-the-making peace plan to end the conflict with the Palestinians. The American leader has expressed a desire to roll-out the proposal by February, however, analysts believe that doing so could place electoral pressures on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as he invariably tacks to the right in order to rally his base ahead of the poll. According to sources, the White House prefers to deal with Netanyahu and should its peace plan call for concessions to the Palestinians it could put the premier in a difficult bind. READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu corruption cases to take center stage in election The consensus in the political field these days is that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have tried a lot harder to come to a compromise with the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties or with opposition parties to allow for a haredi IDF enlistment law to pass before the Supreme Court’s January 15 deadline. The real reason Netanyahu wants an early election seems to be that he is racing against Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, to get reelected before a decision is made to indict him and on what charges.

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#BDSFail “The decision came in response to a complaint from Shurat HaDin, an Israeli advocacy group that files lawsuits around the world against Israel’s foes”

Posted on December 24, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ASSOCIATED PRESS
US fundraising site suspends Palestinian boycott account
by Josef Federman
December 21, 2018

A U.S. software company [Donorbox] said Friday it blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott [BDS] movement against Israel following a complaint by a pro-Israel group that the campaign has links to militant organizations…The complaint noted that the boycott movement’s membership includes the “Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine,” an umbrella committee representing all major Palestinian political factions. Committee members include Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, groups that have been branded terrorist organizations by the U.S. READ MORE

ARUTZ SHEVA Madrid rejects BDS Madrid City Council votes against a draft resolution calling for a boycott of Israel…In August, two municipalities in Spain – Villarrobledo and Sagunto – rescinded their adhesion to the campaign to boycott Israel.

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