“Israel is pointing a finger at Iran for being behind the most serious escalation on it’s southern front in four years” [VIDEO]

Posted on May 30, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Iran is the culprit behind Tuesday’s Gaza rocket barrage, Israel says
by Anna Ahronheim
May 30, 2018

…Less than a month after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps fired 32 rockets toward Israel’s northern Golan Heights, the Iranian-funded Islamic Jihad along with Hamas fired some 180 Iranian-made 120-mm. mortar shells and 107-mm. rockets toward communities in southern Israel. It was the largest salvo fired from the Gaza Strip since the end of Operation Protective Edge in 2014. In response, Israel carried out the most extensive retaliation since 2014, striking 65 Hamas targets across the entire Gaza Strip, including a dual-purpose tunnel dug one kilometer into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and then 900 meters into Israeli territory. READ MORE

CLARION PROJECT The Real Story Behind the Gaza Riots What’s the real story behind the Gaza riots? Are they really peaceful? Are Israeli soldiers indiscriminately shooting at demonstrators or are the protesters terrorists using women and children as human shields?

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Hebron spokesman Yishai Fleisher unpacks Michael Chabon’s nasty Hebrew Union College speech

Posted on May 30, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
To Michael Chabon, from biblical Hebron
by Yishai Fleisher
May 30, 2018

At a recent graduation of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles, novelist Michael Chabon berated the Jewish community of Hebron…The IDF defends Hebron for two reasons: Jews have every historical right to be in Hebron, and at the same time we are under constant attack from the jihad. It is not our zealousness that provokes violence, but rather a hateful ideology that has taken hold of our region. Michael, why do give the attackers a pass while blaming the victim? The Jewish community of Hebron does not “gaze out in scorn” at our Arab neighbors… READ MORE

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“Israel, Iran engage in indirect negotiations over Syria fighting”

Posted on May 29, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY MAIL
Israel and Iran ‘hold negotiations over Syria in adjacent hotel rooms with a mediator passing messages between them’
by George Martin
May 28, 2018

Israel and Iran have reportedly held a secret meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation on the Syrian border. The two nations allegedly sent representatives to stay in a hotel in Amman, Jordan in next door rooms. Jordanian officials then acted as mediators – passing messages between the two embattled parties – according to reports in Saudi wesbite Elaph. Although unconfirmed, the report suggested that Iran had reportedly pledged to stay out of fighting in southwest Syria between Syrian forces and rebel groups. READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST Israel, Iran engage in indirect negotiations over Syria fighting

JERUSALEM POST Israel, Russia agree to boot Iran and Hezbollah from northern border The report says Jerusalem and Moscow agreed to allow Israel to maintain its ability to act against Iran’s expansion in Syria.

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“In the end, not a single currently serving Democratic lawmaker went to the inauguration of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem”

Posted on May 29, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

BREITBART
Rep. Joe Wilson Invited Dems to Jerusalem Embassy Opening– Not One Said Yes
by Aaron Klein
May 30, 2018

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who led the official House delegation that attended the U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem, confirmed that he personally invited Democrats to join the official Congressional trip to Israel for the May 14th ceremony…Wilson said he made it a point try to put together a bipartisan delegation to attend the Jerusalem embassy opening…Democrats were also a no-show for an Israeli embassy celebratory event in Washington several hours after the U.S. Embassy opening ceremony in Israel. READ MORE

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New State Solution calls for “the creation of a state for the Palestinian people in Gaza and a coastal section of the northern Sinai Peninsula”

Posted on May 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
The New State Solution: Turning Gaza Into an Opportunity for Regional Peace
by Amir Avivi
May 27, 2018

…Yet Gaza also constitutes the richest opportunity to end the Israel-Palestinian conflict. With the right policies, Gaza can become nothing less than the linchpin for regional security and prosperity…The New State Solution provides a solution to these problems. It champions a dramatically widened territory. It opens the door to massive economic development, including a seaport, airport, new cities in the Sinai, water desalination, and a new economic market. READ MORE

YNET Looking back, Gaza pullout was a mistake Had Israel remained in Gaza, the economic gap between the Palestinians in the strip and in the West Bank would have been narrowed, the PA would have maintained its rule, tens of thousands of Gazans would be working in Israel and the level of violence would have dropped.

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Britain’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ has ruled: Critic of Islam Tommy Robinson arrested then “summarily tried and sentenced to 13 months behind bars” [VIDEO]

Posted on May 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE INSTITUTE
Swift Injustice: The Case of Tommy Robinson
by Bruce Bawer
May 27, 2018

…On Friday, as reported here yesterday, the saga of Tommy Robinson entered a new chapter. British police officers pulled him off a street in Leeds, where, in his role as a citizen journalist, he was livestreaming a Facebook video from outside a courthouse. Inside that building, several defendants were on trial for allegedly being part of a so-called “grooming gang” — a group of men, almost all Muslim, who systematically rape non-Muslim children, in some cases hundreds of them, over a period of years or decades. Some ten thousand Facebook viewers around the world witnessed Robinson’s arrest live. READ MORE

AMERICAN THINKER Tommy Robinson case gag order on British media lifted in the face of worldwide protest

GATESTONE INSTITUTE British Media: Lockstep Lies It seems fair to say that the incident has shocked, outraged, and scared people around the world who, until now, had thought of the United Kingdom as a free country…“Britain used to be a bastion of free speech. Today its leaders are behaving like North Korea and Saudi Arabia.” – Geert Wilders, MP; The Netherlands

Click here to sign petition to Theresa May to free Tommy Robinson

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“Biographer Blake Bailey shares the details of Philip Roth’s long struggle with coronary artery disease, and of his prolific — and profound — writing life”

Posted on May 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
The story behind Philip Roth’s final days
by Eric Cortellessa
May 25, 2018

Three weeks ago, Philip Roth was struck with an attack of arrhythmia, or improper beating of the heart, and he dialed 911. Paramedics arrived to his apartment in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and took him to New York Presbyterian Hospital. Doctors soon discovered that he had several blocked stents from a previous angioplasty, a procedure to repair obstructed arteries. They did another angioplasty to unblock those stents and thought he would recover and go home in a few weeks. Roth had suffered with heart problems for almost the entire second half of his life. READ MORE

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Iranian women protesters “removing their headscarves in unprecedented acts of civil disobedience are fostering a crisis of self-confidence for the regime”

Posted on May 27, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Mullahs’ Biggest Fear: Iranian Women
by Masih Alinejad
May 25, 2018

…In 2002, I became a journalist writing for reformist publications, but I was always aware that my hair was held hostage by the Islamic Republic. One day, wearing my hijab while in conversation with two members of Iran’s parliament, I was approached by a conservative lawmaker who immediately warned, “First, cover your hair or I’m going to punch you.” A few wisps had flown loose. In 2009, I had to flee my homeland to avoid being arrested amid political tensions. Five years later, I began the online campaign “My Stealthy Freedom” from London and then New York, urging Iranian women to post images on my Facebook page of themselves removing their hijabs. READ MORE SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT

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“UNRWA is anything but a humanitarian organization…it is, rather, a self-serving political body that has bolstered Arab/Palestinian rejectionism and perpetuated Palestinian suffering, thereby preventing peace and prosperity” [VIDEO]

Posted on May 25, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE INSTITUTE
UNRWA’s “Palestinian Refugee” Fraud?
by Ruthie Blum
May 24, 2018

…“Thus, instead of the living original refugees officially numbering 30,000, UNRWA now services some 5.3 million Palestinian Arabs.” The actual number of Palestinian refugees is likely even lower than that cited by the authors: a classified State Department report, delivered to Congress in 2015, reveals it to be closer to 20,000. The report showed that billions of taxpayer dollars have been funneled over the years into an organization that seems to have been perpetuating a fraud. It is no wonder, then, that the Obama administration kept the report’s contents a secret from the American public. READ MORE

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“In Obama’s defense, interfering in Israel’s elections had almost become a Democratic Party tradition”

Posted on May 25, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
The hypocrisy of American election investigations into Israel
by Seth Lipsky
May 23, 2018

…After all, if the United States wants to investigate meddling in foreign elections, Israel is a great place to look. Just not for the reason Mueller & Co. think. Just a few years ago in 2015, then-President Barack Obama threw everything he had into an effort to defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party in Israel’s most recent election [using taxpayer dollars]. He became only the latest of our Democratic US presidents to do so. First, Obama — according to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg…— tried to “force a rupture in the governing [Netanyahu] coalition…” READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST Heeding Democratic Warnings Caroline Glick: Every day Israel is subjected to a torrent of warnings from Democrats. “You will pay a price for your support of President Donald Trump,” we are told. “He won’t be president forever, and when he’s gone, watch out!” The basic notion, repeated over and over again is clear enough. If Israel doesn’t want to be punished by the next Democratic White House – which we are warned will make us long for Barack Obama – then we’d better stop talking about the fact that Trump is the best ally and friend Israel has ever had in the White House.

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