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- “While basking in the protection offered by America's military capability so they can fund their bulging, barely-functioning welfare programs, when asked for support, these putative allies run for cover”
- "When I spoke to the prime minister, it was clear that Lauder’s intervention with Trump angered and distressed him"
- "If you talk privately to those who work in the Jewish organization world, many will confide that the greatest threat to the security of the American Jewish community is “changing demographics,” which is a euphemism for a growing population of Arab migrants to the United States"
- Yesterday a photo circulated of a Columbia student holding a sign asking why the school would have them read Edward Said’s works if administrators didn’t want them putting the lessons into practice. Good question!
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- "And I’m thinking: no I’m not worried about terrorists. Not at all. Not with all these big, handsome, intelligent, trained Jewish kids all around me"
- “Biden-Harris administration has renewed the Iran waiver repeatedly over the objections of congressional Republicans, who warned that the cash helped fuel terrorism”
- How Iran Kept its Jews
Tag Archives: Hamas
Undermining Israel’s right to self-defense: The UN pathology
JERUSALEM POST by Anne Bayefsky July 15, 2014 When the people of Israel exercise their inherent right of self-defense, they are forced to withstand an additional onslaught from today’s morally bankrupt United Nations. The 20th century job description of the … Continue reading
Hamas, the dying shark, has no sponsor and is losing popular support; Israel should finish it off.
GLOBES by Dr Norman Bailey July 14, 2014 The current battle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza resembles nothing so much as the violent thrashing-about of a mortally wounded shark leaving a trail of blood in its wake. Nothing remains … Continue reading
Netanyahu expected to recommend acceptance of Egyptian ceasefire proposal. It’s Groundhog Day. Again.
JERUSALEM POST by Khaled Abu Toameh July 14, 2014 Security cabinet to meet at 7 a.m; Egyptian initiative calls for end of all “hostilities” from both sides, meeting in Cairo within 48 hours after quiet restored. The Egyptian government on … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, John Kerry, Truce
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The Gaza Rules. Israel, unlike Hamas, isn’t trying to kill civilians. It’s taking pains to spare them.
SLATE by William Saletan July 9, 2014 According to many critics, Israel is slaughtering civilians in Gaza. It’s “purposefully wiping out entire families,” says an Arab member of Israel’s parliament. It’s committing “genocide—the murder of entire families,” says Mahmoud Abbas, … Continue reading
Why a ground incursion is needed
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Benjamin Anthony July 13, 2014 It was in this very month, in 2006, that I served as a heavy gunner in the Second Lebanon war. It was a difficult war. Troops went hungry and dehydrated. The … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Ground incursion, Hamas
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This time, let Israel finish job
DETROIT NEWS by Nolan Finley July 13, 2014 The play-by-play for Israeli-Palestinian eruptions is so well-worn that it’s become formulaic. Hamas terrorists in Gaza find an excuse to escalate their daily rocket attacks against settlements and towns in Israel, forcing … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Ground incursion, Hamas
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Egyptian TV Announcer Calls for Destruction of Hamas; Al-Ahram Columnist Thanks Netanyahu
ALGEMEINER by Dave Bender July 13, 2014 Officials and public figures in Egypt are beginning to call for Israel and Egypt to wipe out Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which some are calling the “armed branch of the Muslim Brotherhood … Continue reading
Sunny With Light Missile Cover Here in Tel Aviv
PJ MEDIA by David P. Goldman July 10, 2014 Sunny with light missile cover in Tel Aviv this morning. I awoke to muffled thuds in the distance, Iron Dome shooting down Syrian-made missiles launched from Gaza, according to news reports. … Continue reading
Egyptians Hoping Israel Will Destroy Hamas
GATESTONE INSTITUTE by Khaled Abu Toameh July 13, 2014 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has thus far turned down appeals from Palestinians and other Arabs to work toward achieving a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian Authority [PA] President … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Abdel Fattah Sisi, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood
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In Tel Aviv, keep calm and tip the sushi guy
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Debra Kamin July 10, 2014 When the first sirens of the day wailed through Tel Aviv Thursday morning a few minutes before 8 a.m., a number of Tel Avivians were still in bed. This is, after … Continue reading