Trump’s Middle East Peace Team Heading Back to Israel

By Omri Nahmias, JPost— US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace team of Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt, Brian Hook and Avi Berkowitz will visit Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE in the first week of August, in an effort to build on last month’s economic conference in Bahrain, a senior administration official…

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The Trap of the ‘Two-State-Solution’

By Moshe Dann, JPost— As long as some American and Israeli leaders continue to support the “two-state solution” (TSS) and oppose annexation or incorporation of Area C, the Palestinians (and their supporters) will continue to believe that they will win. This is because the Palestinians present themselves not only as a geographic and demographic entity…

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As Sanctions Choke Iran, Hezbollah Reportedly Deploying for War on Israel Border

By Times of Israel— As tensions rose in the Persian Gulf over the weekend with Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker, several commanders of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, said they were deploying forces for possible war with Israel, warning that the growing pressure from sanctions on Tehran could trigger such a conflict…

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Democrats brush off Rep. Omar’s push for Israel boycott, target BDS movement instead

By Gabriella Muñoz, The Washington Times—- Jewish Democrats brushed off Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Israel boycott resolution this week and instead kept their focus on their own resolution to denounce the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Ms. Omar, a vocal critic of Israel and a BDS advocate, introduced a resolution this week that would affirm…

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PM to decide if BDS supporters Omar and Tlaib allowed to visit Israel — report

By TOI Staff— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau will decide whether US congresswomen Omar Ilhan and Rashida Tlaib will be allowed to enter Israel and the West Bank next month, Haaretz reported Wednesday. Ilhan told the Jewish Insider on Wednesday that she and Tlaib were planning to visit Israel and the West Bank in “a few…

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Netanyahu: We Won’t Hold Back from Striking Those Who Fire From Populated Areas

By Herb Keinon, JPost— It is time that the world understand the gravity of the threat posed by Iran and its proxy Hezbollah and act against them, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, after Argentina designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization and ordered its assets frozen. Speaking at a memorial for the fallen of the Second…

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US Justice Department Summit seeks response to ‘cancer’ of Jew-hatred, anti-Semitism

By Jackson Richman, JNS— The U.S. Department of Justice hosted its first “Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism” on Monday, where U.S. Attorney General William Barr opened the proceedings by calling Jew-hatred a “cancer.” An invocation by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik preceded Barr’s remarks. Soloveitchik quoted U.S. President George Washington’s famous letter in 1790 to the Jews of…

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The battle against antisemitism is the battle for Europe’s future

By Moshe Kantor, JPost—- “There is no Europe without Jews,” Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, said two years ago. Unfortunately, the second European Jewish community, in Malmö, Sweden, could soon be dissolved in a few years. Not by choice, not because they wanted to move somewhere else, but simply because they fear…

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Ilhan Omar (D-Mn) introduces anti-Jewish bigotry to the House

By Jeff Dunetz, Israel National News— Ilhan Omar, a member of the anti-American, Antisemitic gang of four, called the “squad” is pushing Antisemitism again. On Wednesday she introduced a resolution in the house supporting the Antisemitic BDS movement. In an interview with the U.S. based Arab news site Al-Monitor, she explained “We are introducing a…

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‘Jesus was Palestinian’: An Old ‘Big Lie’ Gets New Legs

By James Sinkinson, Breaking Israel News— A remarkable component of Palestinian Arab political strategy is the consistent, concerted effort to rewrite ancient history. For reasons we’ll see, the strategy is called the “Big Lie.” This Big Lie has three major objectives: 1) Establish a Palestinian people when there was none; 2) place Palestinian Arabs in…

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The truth about Jerusalem’s City of David and the lies about Silwan

By Nadav Shragai, JNS— A photo of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt on July 1 striking a thin, symbolic wall with a sledgehammer—a wall built to separate two parts of the ancient Pilgrimage Road—became the headline of the archaeological site’s inauguration ceremony. The road is one of the…

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‘Israel will be on verge of vanishing in next conflict with Hezbollah’

By Israel Hayom— Hezbollah is stronger than ever despite the Western sanctions imposed on it, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised interview with Al-Manar television held on July 12, marking the 13th anniversary of the 2006 Second Lebanon War. He further warned that all of Israel was within range of the group’s missiles…

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When American Jews described their own intermarriage as a ‘Second Holocaust’

By Matt Lebovic, Times of Israel— In recent years, several Israeli leaders have opined that a “second Holocaust” is taking place in America through assimilation. However, the notion of a “silent” or “second Holocaust” taking place in the US was not born in Israel, but the Goldene Medina itself. Three decades ago, a kerfuffle took…

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