Hezbollah warns it will hit Israel again if IDF strikes, releases attack video

By Aaron Boxerman, Times of Israel— Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem told reporters on Friday that although Hezbollah did not believe it was heading towards an escalation with Israel, they were “prepared to respond” should Israel strike Lebanese territory again. “Israel must understand that it must stay deterred. Otherwise, we are prepared to respond,” said…

No one is vetting Syrian refugees for signs of antiSemitism

By Charles Jacobs, Jpost— Major Jewish establishment organizations are strenuously lobbying for the resettlement of Syrian refugees on American soil. It’s explained as a natural extension of Jewish values and history – “we, too, were refugees once. We, too, were the ‘other.’” The comparison is, to say the least, abstract. It ignores vast differences between…