“Republican Jews Call on Seven Democrats to Resign Over Farrakhan Ties”

Posted on March 9, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Louis Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism and the silence of the left
by John Kass
March 6, 2018

…Farrakhan’s hate and the left’s silence are nothing new. It is part of Chicago’s political landscape, an unspoken contract, and Chicago has become quite used to it. Under this arrangement, in Washington, Chicago and just about every big city, African-American politicians can cozy up to Farrakhan, and his hateful eruptions are allowed to pass beneath our notice, like a stone tossed in the Chicago River. READ MORE

NY DAILY NEWS Women’s March leaders should quit if they praise Farrakhan

FORWARD To My Black Brothers And Sisters: I’m Black And Jewish. Farrakhan Is Bad For Us All.

COMMENTARY The Quiet Radicalization of the Democratic Party

DAILY CALLER Third-Highest House Democrat Shared Stage With Farrakhan, Now Refuses To Denounce

THE JEWISH PRESS Republican Jews Call on Seven Democrats to Resign Over Farrakhan Ties, those seven Democrats being: Keith Ellison (D-MN) Maxine Waters (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Al Green (D-TX)

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Kal Penn: “Looking forward to the day Chuck Schumer is out of office”

Posted on March 9, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Kal Penn vs. Chuck Schumer, and the idiocy of the anti-Israel Left
by Tom Rogan
March 9, 2018

Former Obama aide and Hollywood actor Kal Penn is back with another hot take on the news of the day. This time the “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” star is upset with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for his address to the pro-Israeli AIPAC summit in Washington. Describing a pro-Israel speech as an effort to divide us isn’t merely a dumb statement. It’s an intellectually pathetic rendering of peak-Hollywood. Penn’s tweet here is also utter hypocrisy. Describing a pro-Israel speech as an effort to divide us isn’t merely a dumb statement. It’s an intellectually pathetic rendering of peak-Hollywood. READ MORE

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“Kuwaiti-born Israeli Jewish ‘Palestinian refugee’ decries UN hypocrisy in keeping Arabs refugees forever” [VIDEO]

Posted on March 9, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ARUTZ SHEVA
From Kuwaiti Arab to Orthodox Jew
by Hezki Baruch
March 6, 2018

A man born to a Muslim Arab family in Kuwait who eventually embraced his grandmother’s Jewish roots and became an Israeli citizen spoke about his journey from Islam to Orthodox Judaism at a meeting of the Knesset at the Israel Victory Caucus Tuesday. Mark Halawa was born to a secular Muslim family in Kuwait, and like many in the Arab world, viewed the State of Israel as an enemy, despite knowing that his maternal grandmother was Jewish…”They taught me from a young age that Jews have no connection this land, and that Israel is a racist colonial project…READ MORE

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AIPAC marginalizes certain voices, even those from Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs.

Posted on March 8, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
On AIPAC Sidelines, Israeli Ministers Express Support for Settlements
by Alex Traiman
March 7, 2018

On the margins of the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, D.C., more than 300 conference attendees gathered at the prestigious Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Monday to express support for the nearly 500,000 residents of Judea and Samaria — more commonly known as the West Bank. AIPAC leaders did not permit the session — on one of Israel’s most controversial topics — to be included within the conference’s vast schedule. Yet the high-profile event was co-sponsored by Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL As AIPAC is out-hawked by Trump, settlers reevaluate ties to pro-Israel lobby

JPOST Caroline Glick:Achieving AIPAC’s Mission

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“A secret Facebook group called ‘Palestine Live’ provides a place for the sharing of content that includes Holocaust denial, anti-Israel conspiracy theories, and antisemitism”

Posted on March 8, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

CAMERA BLOG
BBC Reporter Revealed to be Member of Secret Anti-Israel Facebook Group
March 7, 2018

The indefatigable David Collier has published a long two-part report about a secret Facebook Group called ‘Palestine Live’ that includes among its membership Holocaust deniers, antisemites and conspiracy theorists. …Among the members of that group are several people who have appeared on BBC programmes such as Avner Gvaryahu of ‘Breaking the Silence’, Rebecca Vilkommerson of JVP, Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Tony Greenstein, Haim Bresheeth and Glyn Secker. Additional members of the group featured in other BBC content include Deborah Fink, David Ward, Jenny Tonge and Richard Falk. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Before elected Labour leader, Corbyn was part of an anti-Semitic Facebook group

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Future lawyers who believe in free speech (but only when it doesn’t offend them)

Posted on March 8, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK TIMES
We’re All Fascists Now
by Bari Weiss
March 7, 2018

Christina Hoff Sommers is a self-identified feminist and registered Democrat with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a wicked sense of humor. She is also a woman who says bad things. Things like: Men and women are equal, but there are differences between them. Or: The gender gap in STEM fields isn’t simply the result of sexism. Or: Contrary to received wisdom, the American school system actually favors girls, not boys. When such a person steps foot on a college campus these days, you know what’s coming. So it was on Monday at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon…READ MORE

THE FEDERALIST Law Students Labeling Christina Hoff Sommers ‘Fascist’ Is What’s Wrong With Our Campuses

NATIONAL REVIEW The Sliming of Bari Weiss: As a New York Times columnist, she gets pilloried for decrying intolerance and bias, exactly as she did at Columbia a decade ago.

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Israel’s next war: “The enemy’s first act will probably be massive rocket attacks from Lebanon”

Posted on March 6, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

ABU YEHUDA
Notes on our next war
by Vic Rosenthal
March 4, 2018

There is a feeling of calm before the storm here in Israel. Everyone thinks war is unavoidable, and most people understand, at least on an intellectual level, that this war is going to be one of the toughest in Israel’s history. I’ll say at the outset that I’m convinced that we will survive this one too, and even achieve a measure of victory. But the cost will be very high in soldiers, civilians and property, and the price we will have to exact from our enemies will be even higher. READ MORE

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What the Twitter attacks on Canary Mission are really about

Posted on March 6, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG
Twitter Welcomes Terrorists, Not Pro-Israel Activists
by Daniel Greenfield
March 5, 2018

Hamas, Hezbollah, the PFLP, FARC, the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are all on the official list of terrorist organizations drawn up by the United States government. Providing support to them is a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. So of course they all have Twitter accounts.  As does Ramadan Shalah, the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is also on the list of designated terror groups. The PFLP has at least four Twitter accounts. READ MORE

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Will West Bank bloodbath determine Abbas successor?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
The Palestinian ‘Game of Thrones’ is on
by Benny Avni
February 28, 2018

The Palestinian Game of Thrones is on. White House Mideast peace planner Jared Kushner’s security clearance troubles and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal struggle may be all the rage among the region’s watchers this week. But a Ramallah power play, conducted away from the media’s prying eye, is brewing — and we ignore it at our peril.  As 83-year-old Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ health deteriorates, his would-be successors jockey for position. Last week, Abbas made a UN speech in a shaky voice. His puffy face led many to speculate the heavy smoker is heavily medicated. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Amid health scare, Abbas vows not to end his life as a ‘traitor’

TIMES OF ISRAEL Khaled Abu Toameh: Hamas warns against ‘normalization’ amid reports of Israel’s upped regional ties

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Abbas: “Israel proper is occupied, not just the West Bank and Gaza”

Posted on March 4, 2018 by ArchitectGuy

FORWARD
The Jew-Free State Solution
by Eric R. Mandel
March 2, 2018

In a recent solicitation email, J Street President Jeremy Ben Ami proclaimed that the “Palestinians are the only party willing to publicly endorse the goal of two states for two peoples.” Referencing Abbas’ speech to the United Nations Security Council, Ben Ami claimed that “Abbas laid out explicit support for the two-state solution and put forward a serious proposal for how to get there.” He did — if your goal is a Palestinian state ethnically cleansed of every Jew…As for accepting Israel’s legitimacy and right to a state, Abbas asserts that Israel’s occupation started in 1948, not 1967. READ MORE

JNS The empty talk of two states

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