Wednesday, May 24, 2023

THE DAILY SYNDICATE

the pulpit       Don’t call promoting anti-Zionism to Jewish youth ‘dialogue’   Organizing Zoom programs for Jewish students and those seeking Israel’s destruction is anti-Israel activism, not giving youth the information they’re being denied elsewhere.   Jonathan S. Tobin       Jew-hatred struts the stage in Berlin    The obscene spectacle staged by musician Roger Waters exposes the moral vacuum in Holocaust memorializing.   Melanie Phillips       Abbas’s Canaanite canard   The Palestinian leader can call himself whatever he wants, but he cannot rewrite the Bible.   Farley Weiss and Leonard Grunstein       Israeli power is the foundation for regional peace   The way to transform these sub rosa ties into an above-the-table alliance is for Israel to undermine Iran’s power.   Caroline B. Glick       Israel, water and the next 100 years   It’s impossible to overstate the depth of the relationship between Israel and water.   David Suissa       Antisemitism   White House unveils first-ever government-wide strategy for countering Jew-hatred   The strategy includes 100 actions the administration will take “to raise awareness of antisemitism and its threat to American democracy, protect Jewish communities, reverse the normalization of antisemitism and build cross-community solidarity.”   Mike Wagenheim     US Jewish groups take no time in responding to White House antisemitism plan   Reactions are proving mixed; while groups finally have something to see, some are disappointed with the inclusion of a progressive alternative to the widely accepted definiton put forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.   JNS Staff   Antisemitic Incident Report: May 20-25   Alex Jones’s newest “super-Nazi” conspiracy theory, a Nazi-flag-waving man near the White House and an update on the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.   David Swindle     Defining antisemitism: A vital step to unite voices against anti-Jewish bigotry   The U.S. government, 40 countries and nearly 1,100 states, counties, city councils and other entities have endorsed or adopted the IHRA definition.         world news       Erdoğan re-election as president would be boon to Islamists, say Turkish policy experts   The Turkish president’s agenda includes “supporting Islamist organizations and groups worldwide,” Mehmet Efe Caman, visiting professor at Memorial University, told JNS.   Bradley Martin       ‘Turkish Mossad bust unlikely to cause long-term fallout’   “If the past is anything to go by, once Erdoğan is re-elected this whole story will go away very quickly,” expert tells JNS.   Shimon Sherman       ‘US, Israel stepping up deterrence campaign against Iran’   Recent threats of a joint U.S.-Israel strike against Tehran's nuclear program are part of a "complex" American messaging campaign, experts tell JNS.   Yaakov Lappin       Could Hezbollah chief’s ‘spider web’ theory ignite war?     Hassan Nasrallah says Israeli society is weak and can easily be brushed aside.         EU envoy: ‘No such thing as Area A and B, it’s all Palestine’   The German diplomat spoke during a tour organized by Peace Now, Yesh Din and Emek Shaveh.         ‘In competition with the idea of chosenness,’ says Israel-trip provider of youth travel   The three-year-old RootOne program aims to bring those less connected with the Jewish state on themed trips to Israel.   Mike Wagenheim       Left targets Israeli professor at Princeton   Ronen Shoval's opponents say his association with the Im Tirtzu Zionist student group should disqualify him.   David Isaac       briefs       Iran unveils Khaybar missile capable of reaching Israel   The new projectile is Tehran's longest-range one to date.         IDF finds ‘homemade’ rocket-launcher aimed at Jewish village   Video on social media appears to show a failed attack by the weapon.         US State Department designates five al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists   U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said countering one of Al-Qaeda’s most dangerous affiliates “remains a shared priority with the Somali government.”         Tlaib law a ‘shameful weaponization’ of Elie Wiesel Genocide Act   “To utilize my father’s name in such vile accusations is so far beyond the pale that I am staggered by the silence in response,” wrote Elisha Wiesel.         Netanyahu says reform compromise effort to continue   With the state budget passed, judicial reform is back on the government's agenda.         Dermer, Hanegbi to travel to DC for talks on Iran, Saudi-Israel peace   The Prime Minister's Office and the White House are keeping mum about the details of the trip.         Israel draws second match at U-20 soccer World Cup in Argentina   The team needs a win against Japan in the final group-stage game to have a chance of advancing.         Prosecutors, defense finalize jury selection rules in Pittsburgh shooting trial   A sticking point is the defense’s request to have extra time if it perceives bias in the prosecution’s exclusion of prospective jurors.         Yeshiva University honors Iron Dome inventor   In addition to awarding IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Daniel Gold its Presidential Medallion, YU also granted philanthropist Emil Fish an honorary doctorate.

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