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- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
- Heard in Jerusalem: "Hasbara" has become something resembling a dirty word
- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
“The report concludes that the October 7th attack was a dress rehearsal for much grander and more lethal attacks that will be orchestrated by these groups in Europe and the US homeland in the future”
FIRST POST How US unknowingly funded Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel Abhinav Pandya January 26, 2025 …Amidst the flurry of diplomatic and military developments in West Asia, the critical investigation of the conspiracy behind the Hamas attacks has remained … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Hamas, Taliban
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Widespread tortures and executions by Taliban, facilitated by US 2021 exit
ASSOCIATED PRESS UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees Rahim Faiez September 20, 2023 The United Nations said Wednesday it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by authorities … Continue reading
“Al Qaeda once again has a safe haven in Afghanistan, endangering Americans”
FOREIGN POLICY On 9/11 Anniversary, End the Self-Delusion About America’s Enemies H. R. McMaster and Bradley Bowman September 9, 2022 To understand the persistent malady of self-delusion in Washington, consider U.S. President Joe Biden’s comments in August 2021. “What interest … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Joe Biden, Taliban
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An appeal from Clarion Project, an organization I support
The Afghans who helped U.S. forces are now, along with their families, under direct threat of torture, enslavement, and death at the hands of the Taliban, and you can help them. Since the Taliban takeover, we have received hundreds of … Continue reading
Biden caught in an extraordinary lie but the media is silent
WASHINGTON POST Our military leaders confirm: Biden misled America by Mark A. Thiessen September 30, 2021 After two days of testimony by our military commanders on the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, here is what we have learned: Joe … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Gen. Mark A. Milley, Joe Biden
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“All things considered, a review of the relationship between Washington and Islamabad seems long overdue”
ISRAEL HAYOM (be agreement with JNS) Unfriending Pakistan by Clifford D. May September 22, 2021 …We now know for certain that powerful elements within Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment helped create the Afghan Taliban in the early 1990s and continued … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qeada, Pakistan, Taliban
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“The U.S. has abandoned Kabul, but America’s former client in Islamabad still holds leverage over the superpower it helped defeat”
BLOOMBERG How Pakistan Won the War in Afghanistan by Eli Lake September 9, 2021 For much of the war on terror that began after 9/11, Pakistan played a double game. It occasionally helped track and detain al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Haqqani, Pakistan, Taliban
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Guarantees on paper, as diplomatically wordsmithed as they may be, have proved meaningless
JNS As Afghanistan collapses, Israel learns the value of international ‘security guarantees’ by Amir Avivi and Or Yissachar September 12, 2021 …Further still, guarantees on paper, as diplomatically wordsmithed as they may be, were given to both the Afghani and … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon
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The fall of Afghanistan: Service can’t review its own performance. An independent civilian commission is necessary.
WALL STREET JOURNAL The Army Needs to Understand the Afghanistan Disaster by Frank Sobchak and Matthew Zais September 8, 2021 The U.S. war in Afghanistan was a costly failure. More than 2,400 Americans died during the two-decade conflict. Tens of … Continue reading
Can one even imagine Truman begging the Iranian ayatollahs for a nuclear deal not in our favor? Or handing over the keys to a country to the same terrorists who used it to launch an attack on America only 20 years ago?
NEW YORK SUN A Tale of Two Photos Captures Different Americas by Warren Kozak August 30, 2021 Two photographs, taken 76 years apart — within the lifetime of many — drive home the change our country has taken in that … Continue reading