Open letter to Prime Minister Bennett ahead of visit to USA

By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”— During your first official visit to Washington, DC, you’ll have to choose between two options: *Blurring your deeply-rooted, assertive Israeli positions on the future of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), which would be welcome by the Biden Administration, yielding to short-term political convenience and…

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IDF, Palestinian protestors clash on Gaza border

By Ynetnews.com— Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Wednesday near the Israeli border in the southern Gaza Strip, days after a similar gathering turned violent. The Israeli military, which had beefed up its forces ahead of the demonstration, said it was using tear gas and live fire to disperse the crowd. Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV showed in…

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Paralympic swimmer wins gold, becomes first Arab to medal for Israel

By ILH Sports Desk— Israeli Paralympic swimmer Iyad Shalabi won the gold medal for the 100-meter backstroke final in the S1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday, securing the first gold for Israel in this Paralympics and also becoming the first Arab Israeli to medal for Israel. Shalabi was born deaf and mute and…

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Bennett to Americans: We want stability, but not two states

By Lahav Harkov, JPost— Israel will not negotiate with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas while Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is in office, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday. Bennett is in Washington for a series of high-level meetings, culminating with one in the White House with US President Joe Biden, in which he plans to…

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Red Alert: Antisemitism in Seemingly Unlikely Places?

By Amy Zewe It’s a sad wonder Down Under. Australia is a beautiful country full of mystique and intrigue and the subject of popular movies that highlight the independent and fearless nature of its English founders –and is home to a diverse population. Once a penal colony, and with its own disturbed history of dealing…

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The Land of Milk and Olives?

By Nathan Steinmeyer, Biblical Archaeology Review— A study published in the journal Palestine Exploration Quarterly has shown that large-scale olive oil production began in the land of Canaan much earlier than previously thought and that the competing interests of Iron Age Philistia and Judah were key to driving the industry’s growth. A joint project of…

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Israel Attacks Hamas in Gaza After Violence Returns to Border

By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press— Israeli aircraft struck Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza late Saturday night after a day in which hundreds of Hamas-led Gazans burned tires, hurled explosives and opened gunfire. In one case an Israeli Border Guard officer was shot by a Gazan at point-blank range through a hole in the security…

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Abraham Accords—A Year Later, Hope is Taking Hold

By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— The Abraham Accords, signed on the White House lawn on September 15, 2020, heralded an unexpected miracle. After President Trump announced the upcoming agreements on August 13, 2020, the three monotheistic faiths represented at the table—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—not only honored Father Abraham, but set a new Middle East…

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Not the best time for a White House photo op

By Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom— One picture of Joe Biden at Camp David this week, sitting alone in a polo shirt, chin in hand, looking worriedly at a large screen tells the whole story of the 46th president’s failure in his first major mission – withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. Until last week, Biden benefitted…

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PM Bennett to meet with Biden in Washington next week

By Lahav Harkov, JPost— Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to travel to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden next Thursday. “Towards the end of the month, I am expected to go to the US, coronavirus permitting, for an important meeting with President Biden,” Bennett said in a press conference on Wednesday. “The…

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Afghanistan and the Lesson Israel Learned a Long Time Ago

By Shoshana Bryen, Newsweek— There is a lot to say about Afghanistan and people are saying it. Some of it is sad, some of it is smart and some of it is totally ridiculous. Let’s go with ridiculous for a moment. The UN, the European Union, the United States and humanitarian organizations—what we generally think…

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BBC: Leading the World Against Israel

By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute— More than any other media organization, the BBC is responsible for inciting hatred against Israel — not just in Britain but globally. Its agenda helps to ensure continued aggression against the Jewish State; fuels violence by Hamas and other terrorist groups; feeds the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement; encourages distorted…

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Afghanistan and the Abraham Accords

By Elliott Abrams, Pressure Points— What has the collapse of Afghanistan to do with the Abraham Accords—the agreements between Israel and several Arab states? Last week marked Afghanistan’s collapse and also the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords. While the Biden administration congratulated Morocco and Israel last week when Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited…

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Palestinians warn: Israel, Hamas headed toward another war

By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Israel and Hamas are headed toward another round of fighting, as international mediators appear to have failed to achieve a breakthrough on bringing Qatari aid money to the Gaza Strip and on the easing of Israeli restrictions, Palestinians warned on Sunday. Israel’s failure to ease restrictions and facilitate the reconstruction…

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What Hezbollah Learned Last Week

By Caroline Glick— The likelihood that Hezbollah will start a major war against Israel increased significantly in the wake of its missile attack last week. Hezbollah attacked Israel with twenty missiles because the outcome of Hamas’s offensive against the Jewish state in May convinced Iran’s foreign legion in Lebanon that it would only gain from…

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