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The official French announcement of the historic site’s reopening in June after 10 years of renovations was translated into Arabic but not Hebrew, and referred to the site as the “Tomb of the Sultans,” even though it predates the first Arab sultan by 11 centuries.
Tehran’s violence against demonstrators is the worst in 40 years. Yet Europeans chose this week to double down on an effort to evade U.S. sanctions.
Europeans, specifically those in the United Kingdom as they approach elections, “are reluctant to accept and admit that, despite all the Holocaust education and commemoration that’s taking place—and all the solemn declarations about having thoroughly learned the lessons of the past—anti-Semitism has returned in such strength.”
Israel’s prime minister believes that he is the politician best-suited to lead the Jewish state at this critical juncture, and until the Israeli electorate tells him otherwise, he’s not going anywhere.
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Palestinians and their supporters not only erase the Jewish history of the land of Israel, but also of the Jews of Arab lands who lost their homes 70 years ago.
Circumstances provide an opportunity for Israel to use the chaos in Iran to its advantage. But Israel’s government is paralyzed because the attorney general has decided that almost all activities require his prior approval.
There’s a straight line connecting leftists’ rejection of the settlements’ legality with rightists’ rejection of the indictments against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
While British Jewry has pulled together against the threat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, American Jews seem more focused on partisan grudges then on combating hate.
While implying he can heal the rifts in Israeli society, Benny Gantz is now projecting his distrust of Benjamin Netanyahu onto the millions of Israelis who have continually voted for Likud and other parties that support the prime minister.
The billionaire’s candidacy will prove that bashing a billionaire for spending on politics isn’t always anti-Semitism … as long as the attackers aren’t conservative.
The only move has been among some of his supporters who fear having the greatest and longest-serving leader in Israel’s history end his career on a low note.