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Don’t tolerate hate in the name of inclusion
Jonathan S. Tobin
JNS
January 18, 2019
Republicans disciplined Steve King, one of their extremists. Democrats just rewarded Ilhan Omar.
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The (literal) case against BDS
Sean Savage
JNS
January 18, 2019
Emerging evidence suggests that the BDS movement has extensive ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, using the “social justice” movement as a veritable human shield for anti-Israel ideology and activism.
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College search ‘101’ in the era of BDS: Where can a Jewish student feel safe?
Deborah Fineblum
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Boston JCRC moves towards ouster of Workmen’s Circle over BDS support
Sean Savage
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Israeli and Palestinian drivers celebrate new road, as critics accuse Israel of ‘apartheid’
Josh Hasten
JNS
January 18, 2019
What critics of the project failed to mention is that the motorists themselves, both Jews and Arabs alike, are praising the new Eastern Ring road, Route 4370, as being a game-changer in alleviating the recurrent traffic jams in the area.
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The ‘apartheid’ wall that isn’t
Stephen M. Flatow
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Know your enemy: Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit test
Jonathan S. Tobin
Why Trump’s peace plan doesn’t matter
Martin Sherman
Generals on the field flounder on the political stage
Ruthie Blum
Netanyahu’s welcome ‘ambiguity’ breach
Josh Block
Code Pink visits Iran looking for … peace?
Jonathan S. Tobin
The high price of ‘unity’ in the anti-Trump resistance
Ariel Walovitch
My leap of faith
Samantha Rose Mandeles
Al Jazeera’s many faces
Yigal Carmon
MEMRI
Trump is unable to pressure Erdoğan economically because his bogus ally Qatar will save Turkey yet again
Gerald M. Steinberg
An open letter to Dr. Tveit, head of World Council of Churches
Itamar Ben-Gvir
Like everyone else in Israel, ‘Hilltop youth’ have rights
Evelyn Gordon
Everybody loses from the left’s false narrative about Netanyahu
Haim Shine
Gantz: Taking a new position daily?
Jonathan S. Tobin
When faith goes out of fashion
Rabbi Benji Levy
Reclaiming service: Planting the seeds of Jewish values
Mati Tuchfeld
The mask is off: Gantz is a leftist
Farhad Rezaei
Iran and the Taliban: A tactical alliance?
Jonathan S. Tobin
Israel is still doing America’s dirty work in Syria
Yoni Ben Menachem
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Israeli intelligence infiltrates ISIS in the Sinai
Yoni Ben Menachem
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Analysis: Violence at the Gaza border continues
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Moldova endorses accepted definition of anti-Semitism
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January 18, 2019
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Israel unveils memorial to Argentine prosecutor killed seeking justice for bombing
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January 18, 2019
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Israel labels Malaysian ban on its athletes ‘shameful’ and ‘inspired’ by anti-Semitism
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January 18, 2019
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Yeshiva University to NYC-based hub for Israeli startups
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January 18, 2019
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Israeli startup raises $11.5 million to improve drone-based precision agriculture
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January 18, 2019
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Democratic congressman urges US to recognize Israeli sovereignty of Golan Heights
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January 18, 2019
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IDF starts to demolish home of terrorist who killed Fuld
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January 18, 2019
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Congressman seeks to block Tlaib from leading delegation to Judea, Samaria
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January 18, 2019
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Ben-Gurion University starts new year with new president
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January 18, 2019
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Anti-Israel Democrat Ilhan Omar appointed to House Foreign Affairs Committee
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January 18, 2019
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ADL calls on Tlaib to ‘clarify’ meeting with anti-Israel activist Abbas Hamideh
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January 18, 2019
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Ahead of moon mission, SpaceIL transports first Israeli spacecraft to Florida
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January 17, 2019
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Report: Hezbollah tunnel construction started before 2006 Lebanon war
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January 17, 2019
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Inaugural Israeli Global Impact Awards given for humanitarianism
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January 17, 2019
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Israeli-American Council to celebrate Tu B’Shevat with families, students nationwide
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January 17, 2019
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Israel and Chad set to renew diplomatic relations
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January 17, 2019
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Japan increases investment in Israel, in midst of negotiating free-trade agreement
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January 17, 2019
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US sanctions having adverse affect on Iranian oil exports
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January 17, 2019
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Netanyahu: Most important event in 2018 was American withdrawal from Iran deal
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January 17, 2019
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Israeli news purports to know Trump Mideast peace plan
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January 17, 2019
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Polls show Likud in lead, Gantz and Yesh Atid far behind
Israel Hayom
January 17, 2019
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Protesters respond to Abbas taking over largest bloc of member states at UN
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January 16, 2019
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Al-Shabaab says Kenya attack ‘a response’ for Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem
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January 16, 2019
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Former Clinton White House communications director on Tlaib, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic agenda
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January 16, 2019
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Israeli Air Force to participate in first-ever joint drill with Britain’s Royal Air Force
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January 18, 2019
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Moldova endorses accepted definition of anti-Semitism
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January 18, 2019
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Israel unveils memorial to Argentine prosecutor killed seeking justice for bombing
jns
January 18, 2019
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Israel labels Malaysian ban on its athletes ‘shameful’ and ‘inspired’ by anti-Semitism
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January 18, 2019
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Yeshiva University to NYC-based hub for Israeli startups
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January 18, 2019
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Israeli startup raises $11.5 million to improve drone-based precision agriculture
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January 18, 2019
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Democratic congressman urges US to recognize Israeli sovereignty of Golan Heights
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January 18, 2019
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IDF starts to demolish home of terrorist who killed Fuld
Israel Hayom
January 18, 2019
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Congressman seeks to block Tlaib from leading delegation to Judea, Samaria
jns
January 18, 2019
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Ben-Gurion University starts new year with new president
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January 18, 2019
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Anti-Israel Democrat Ilhan Omar appointed to House Foreign Affairs Committee
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January 18, 2019
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ADL calls on Tlaib to ‘clarify’ meeting with anti-Israel activist Abbas Hamideh
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January 18, 2019
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Ahead of moon mission, SpaceIL transports first Israeli spacecraft to Florida
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January 17, 2019
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Report: Hezbollah tunnel construction started before 2006 Lebanon war
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January 17, 2019
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Inaugural Israeli Global Impact Awards given for humanitarianism
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January 17, 2019
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Israeli-American Council to celebrate Tu B’Shevat with families, students nationwide
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January 17, 2019
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Israel and Chad set to renew diplomatic relations
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January 17, 2019
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Japan increases investment in Israel, in midst of negotiating free-trade agreement
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January 17, 2019
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US sanctions having adverse affect on Iranian oil exports
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January 17, 2019
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Netanyahu: Most important event in 2018 was American withdrawal from Iran deal
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January 17, 2019
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Israeli news purports to know Trump Mideast peace plan
jns
January 17, 2019
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Polls show Likud in lead, Gantz and Yesh Atid far behind
Israel Hayom
January 17, 2019
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Protesters respond to Abbas taking over largest bloc of member states at UN
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January 16, 2019
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Al-Shabaab says Kenya attack ‘a response’ for Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem
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January 16, 2019
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Former Clinton White House communications director on Tlaib, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic agenda
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January 16, 2019
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Israeli Air Force to participate in first-ever joint drill with Britain’s Royal Air Force
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Book Review
Charles Krauthammer on politics, the Mideast, Judaism, sports and ‘The Point of It All’
Jackson Richman
JNS
January 18, 2019
His new book, released almost six months after his death, consists of articles and essays from the conservative syndicated columnist.
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Israel unveils memorial to Argentine prosecutor killed seeking justice for bombing
JNS
January 18, 2019
Jewish and Israeli leaders on Friday marked the fourth anniversary of Argentine federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s murder by unveiling a monument in his memory at the Ben Shemen forest in central Israel.
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Democratic congressman urges US to recognize Israeli sovereignty of Golan
JNS
January 18, 2019
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, calling on him to implement a “comprehensive strategy” to combat Iran amid the planned withdrawal of American troops from Syria, in addition to recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan.
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Israel labels Malaysian ban on its athletes ‘shameful’ and ‘inspired’ by anti-Semitism
JNS
January 18, 2019
The Jewish state slammed Malaysia’s ban on Israeli participation in the Muslim-majority nation’s hosting of international sporting events, citing the choice was motivated by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s “rabid anti-Semitism.”
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Hezbollah captures American citizen who crossed into Lebanon from Israel
Daniel Siryoti
Israel Hayom
January 18, 2019
U.S. citizen Colin Emery, who is believed to be Jewish, is detained in Lebanon after crossing border fence on Monday.
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Congressman seeks to block Tlaib from leading delegation to Judea, Samaria
JNS
January 18, 2019
“I am writing to express my extreme concern,” wrote Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas). “This action, from an outspoken supporter of the ‘BDS’ Israel boycott movement ... is both ill-conceived and inconsistent with our national values.”
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Anti-Israel Democrat Ilhan Omar appointed to House Foreign Affairs Committee
Jackson Richman
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called on the reversal of her appointment due to anti-Israel statements and support for the BDS movement.
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ADL calls on Tlaib to ‘clarify’ meeting with anti-Israel activist Abbas Hamideh
“No matter your political persuasion, all leaders— and Americans—need to unequivocally speak out against anti-Semitism and hate,” posted ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a Twitter thread. “That especially goes for members of Congress.”
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Moldova endorses accepted definition of anti-Semitism
JNS
January 18, 2019
“Moldova has taken a laudable step in recognizing clearly the resurgent cancer of anti-Semitism and mobilizing to effectively combat it,” said American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris.
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Israeli startup raises $11.5 million to improve drone-based precision agriculture
JNS
January 18, 2019
The concept behind the 16-month-old Tel Aviv-based company, which also has offices in Brazil and California, is that drone-based precision agriculture has fallen short of expectations in its related community.
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Yeshiva University to NYC-based hub for Israeli startups
JNS
January 18, 2019
Students visited more than 15 startup firms in sectors such as cyber security, medicine, biotech, agrotech, finance and artificial intelligence.
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IDF starts to demolish home of terrorist who killed Fuld
Israel Hayom
January 18, 2019
Youssef Ali Jabarin stabbed and murdered Israeli American Ari Fuld, a 45-year-old father of four, near the Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem in September 2018.
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SpaceIL Moon Launch
Ahead of moon mission, SpaceIL transports Israeli spacecraft to Florida
JNS
January 18, 2019
SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries packed the 180-kilogram spacecraft into a custom, temperature-controlled shipping container, built to protect the spacecraft and ensure that it arrives safely at the launch site.
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Ben-Gurion University starts new year with new president
JNS
January 18, 2019
Israeli American Professor Daniel Chamovitz is set to take over where his predecessor, Professor Rivka Carmi, the first woman president of an Israeli university and there for 12 years, took off.
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Analysis: 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Record at a glance: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on the Mideast in her bid for president
Jackson Richman
JNS
January 17, 2019
She supported the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and voted for it, she said, “not because it’s a great deal or even a good deal. I voted for it because I could not find a better alternative.”
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Record at a glance: New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand inches towards presidential run
Jackson Richman
She has condemned the prevalent anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, though her stances on Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and pro-Israel legislation have wavered.
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Record at a glance: Former congressman John Delaney announces run for president
Jackson Richman
He was known to be a steadfast three-term bipartisan congressman with an equally bipartisan record on Israel, which included supporting a two-state solution between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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The late Moshe Arens, the product of a ‘proud generation’
Steve Leibowitz
JNS
January 17, 2019
In the image of his ideological mentor, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the Latvia-born Israeli became a pillar of professional and political achievement—a voice of reason during the crucial development of the Jewish state.
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Israel Elections 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu
Meet the Newbie
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The (literal) case against BDS
Sean Savage
January 18, 2019
Emerging evidence suggests that the BDS movement has extensive ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, using the “social justice” movement as a veritable human shield for anti-Israel ideology and activism.
news
Boston JCRC moves towards ouster of Workmen’s Circle over BDS support
Sean Savage
January 18, 2019
Calls to remove the Boston Workmen’s Circle from JCRC began to mount last summer when the group signed on to a petition organized by Jewish Voice for Peace.
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Hezbollah captures American citizen who crossed into Lebanon from Israel
Daniel Siryoti
Israel Hayom
January 18, 2019
U.S. citizen Colin Emery, who is believed to be Jewish, is detained in Lebanon after crossing border fence on Monday.
news
Israeli and Palestinian drivers celebrate new road, as critics accuse Israel of ‘apartheid’
Josh Hasten
January 18, 2019
What critics of the project failed to mention is that the motorists themselves, both Jews and Arabs alike, are praising the new Eastern Ring road, Route 4370, as being a game-changer in alleviating the recurrent traffic jams in the area.
feature
Book Review
Charles Krauthammer on politics, the Mideast, Judaism, sports and ‘The Point of It All’
Jackson Richman
January 18, 2019
His new book, released almost six months after his death, consists of articles and essays from the conservative syndicated columnist.
news
Analysts warn of anti-Israel, ‘negative feedback loop’ in American high schools, colleges
January 17, 2019
Anti-Israel lesson plans are fast becoming a problem in high schools across the country and even in unlikely places like the heavily Jewish populated town of Newton, Mass.
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The late Moshe Arens, the product of a ‘proud generation’
Steve Leibowitz
January 17, 2019
In the image of his ideological mentor, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the Latvia-born Israeli became a pillar of professional and political achievement—a voice of reason during the crucial development of the Jewish state.
news
Analysis: 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Record at a glance: Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on the Middle East in her bid for president
Jackson Richman
January 17, 2019
She supported the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and voted for it, she said, “not because it’s a great deal or even a good deal. I voted for it because I could not find a better alternative.”
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Thousands of Israeli parents are opting for ‘dumb’ phones for kids
Noam Dvir
Israel Hayom
January 17, 2019
Mothers launch “Let them Grow Up in Peace” project, which works with elementary schools to encourage use of basic phones for young children.
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‘Fools in Warsaw’: Iran slams Poland for hosting ‘anti-Iranian’ conference
Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
January 17, 2019
In recent weeks, there has been a marked deterioration in relations between Iran and Europe.
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Analysis: 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Record at a glance: New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand inches towards presidential run
Jackson Richman
January 16, 2019
She has condemned the prevalent anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, though her stances on Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and pro-Israel legislation have wavered.
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Israeli politics ‘101’: Electing a prime minister and forming a government coalition
Jeremy Saltan
January 16, 2019
On Tuesday, April 9, Israelis will elect their legislative branch, the Knesset. But they won’t actually know the final results of the top job until weeks later.
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“Meet the Newbie”
Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria denounces anti-Israel sentiment in party, urges bipartisanship
Jackson Richman
January 16, 2019
The U.S. Navy veteran, who is Jewish, was recently part of a bipartisan delegation of incoming members of Congress visiting Israel for almost a week.
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Analysis
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vs. Qasem Soleimani (the Tehran tangle)
Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
January 16, 2019
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is continuing to criticize the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, for not testifying in favor of some of his associates, including former Vice President Hamid Baghaei, who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence.
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Analysis: 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Record at a glance: Former congressman John Delaney announces run for president
Jackson Richman
January 15, 2019
He was known to be a steadfast three-term bipartisan congressman with an equally bipartisan record on Israel, which included supporting a two-state solution between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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