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Trump also “destroyed any chance of a political future, all on a single Wednesday afternoon”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Trump Erases His Legacy by Kimberley A. Strassel January 7, 2021 …It didn’t have to be this way. The president had every right—even an obligation, given the ad hoc changes to voting rules—to challenge state election results … Continue reading

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“Israel now has to reckon with Trump’s legacy and his massive footprint in the Middle East”

JERUSALEM POST Will US-Israel relations go down in flames with the Trump presidency? by Lahav Harkov January 7, 2021 Watching the riots in Washington from Israel, a couple of Israeli flags could be seen in the crowds. There were only … Continue reading

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“While Trump did call on the protesters to cease and desist, he also incited their actions during his remarks at the rally”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Trump Rings in the Era of “Total Political Correctness” by Caroline Glick January 8, 2021 …Trump told them Biden stole the election and that with the Republican loss of the Senate, America was going … Continue reading

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“Navalny concluded lamenting that Russia and other “enemies of freedom of speech around the world” would exploit Trump’s Twitter ban to silence legitimate dissent”

BREITBART Top Putin Rival, Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny: Trump Twitter Ban ‘Unacceptable’ by Frances Martel January 9, 2021 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent foes who nearly died last year of suspected poisoning … Continue reading

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Flight over Gulf by two Air Force B-52 bombers was in response to signals that Iran may be planning attacks against US allied targets in neighboring Iraq or elsewhere in region

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) US bomber mission over Persian Gulf aims to send message to Iran by AP and ILH staff December 30, 2020 The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the … Continue reading

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“Israelis celebrated the Pollards’ arrival. In contrast, American Jews bristled both at the news and the happiness with which Israelis greeted them”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Pollard and the great Jewish divide by Caroline B. Glick January 1, 2021 The rift between Israeli and American Jews is palpable almost everywhere you turn today. The most glaring disparity surrounds how they … Continue reading

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“The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom”

GREENWALD BLOG The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump by Glenn Greenwald December 28, 2020 …The hysterical Trump-as-despot script was all melodrama, a ploy for profits and ratings, and, most … Continue reading

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“The presidential adviser/son-in-law was demonized as the Modern Orthodox face of white supremacism and all Trump failures, but his accomplishments should long be remembered”

JNS The most consequential Jew of 2020: Jared Kushner by Jonathan Tobin December 29, 2020 …Yet even if you count yourself among the legion of those who hated Trump, the glib dismissal of Kushner doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Though … Continue reading

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“Trump’s sundry Middle East peace deals are humiliating for his predecessors. Not only did they fail where Trump has succeeded, but they insisted that his achievements were impossible”

NEWSWEEK Trump’s Legacy of Peace by Caroline Glick December 16, 2020 What for so long eluded presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama seems to have come effortlessly to President Donald Trump. In the space of just four months, … Continue reading

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“King Mohammed VI’s declaration that he will normalize ties with Israel has had “the impact of a tsunami,” says head of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools by Dan Lavie and ILH Staff December 13, 2020 Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin … Continue reading

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