Monday, August 14, 2023

Morning Syndicate

A monolithic media, essential to the left, imperils democracy   As in the United States, Israel’s mainstream media outlets favor the political left. That’s why they’re trying to crush “Channel 14,” which favors Netanyahu and judicial reform.   Jonathan S. Tobin   Three US presidential campaigns respond to Biden’s Netanyahu snub   The lack of an invitation to the Oval Office for the Israeli prime minister reflects the “bankruptcy" of the administration’s Israel policy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told JNS.   Menachem Wecker     Israeli security forces evacuate unauthorized Samaria outpost   "These are new buildings built on private Arab land, they cannot be regulated," said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.             latest news           Israeli foreign minister expresses sympathy for the people of Hawaii           Shin Bet thwarts Hamas plot to kidnap soldier           Biden considering Jack Lew as next ambassador to Israel           Second annual ZRC conference to take place in Washington, DC           US-led naval group warns vessels to avoid Iranian waters           Riyadh seeks to reboot Temple Mount status quo with peace deal   Baruch Yedid         Yad Vashem using AI technology to restore Shoah memory   Etgar Lefkovits         Yesh Atid MK would be ‘delighted’ to join Netanyahu-led unity gov’t           Hezbollah terrorist hurls firebomb into Israel           Two dead, one in critical condition after fall into 26-foot pit           IDF soldier dies during training exercise           Makkabi Berlin first Jewish soccer club to compete in German Cup           ‘France24’ fired second journalist earlier this year for antisemitism             Opinion & Features       Moment of truth   That Israelis would actually refuse to do military service is frightening. What might enemies along Israel’s borders be thinking?   Yaakov Kirschen       Security group to IDF: Take tougher stand against refusal to serve   An interview with Israel Defense and Security Forum CEO IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi.   David Isaac         Martin Sherman Distorting the Declaration   The focus of Israel’s Declaration of Independence is overwhelmingly on Jewish sovereignty and political independence, not liberal democracy.       Dani Dayan Remembering the Treblinka rebellion   We face the looming prospect of a world without Holocaust survivors.       Peter Hoekstra Will Congress save itself by stopping the Iran deal?   A potential Iran deal that Congress has clearly signaled it wants to reject is a perfect opportunity for it to reassert some of the authority it has tossed away or lost.       Dror Eydar Not a coup; a democratic debate   We all agree on the necessity of judicial review of the legislative and executive branches, but what creates a counterbalance to the court? An open letter to Congress.       Eric Levine Biden goes Chamberlain   In the next deal, perhaps the president will agree to build the bomb for the ayatollah rather than just pay for it.

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