Middle East Reality Welcomes President Biden

By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” US policy in the Middle East Since the 7th century, the Middle East has been one of the most tempestuous epicenters of domestic, regional and global wars and terrorism. The Middle East has frustrated US policy-makers, whose genuine attempts to promote peaceful-coexistence, human rights, democracy…

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Netanyahu Says Israel Has Four More Peace Agreements in Region ‘On the Way’

By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner— Israel has four more peace agreements in the works, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. “I brought peace for peace and there are four more peace agreements on the way,” Netanyahu disclosed in an interview with Ynet TV, one week ahead of local elections. Netanyahu did not identify any of the…

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In Germany, Rivlin calls for unified voice against Iran

By Lilach Shoval and ILH Staff— The world must speak out in unison against Iran’s nuclear aspirations and support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, President Reuven Rivlin said in Berlin on Tuesday at a joint press conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Rivlin, who will also visit Austria and France to meet with…

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Iran’s Opposition Is Sending Washington A Message

By Ilan Berman, Newsweek— Something profound is taking shape inside Iran. Mere months from the country’s next presidential election, and in the midst of a U.S. push for reengagement with its clerical regime, recent days have seen new signs of life from—and coordination among—Iran’s notoriously fragmented opposition. As The Foreign Desk first reported, a new…

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Palestinians: Why Terrorists Support Mass Murderers

By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— While many Palestinians hold Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani responsible for committing massacres against Palestinians and Arabs, especially in war-torn Syria, the Palestinian Islamist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad are continuing to heap praise on him for supporting their anti-Israel terrorist activities. Soleimani, former commander of Iran’s Quds…

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UAE Announces $10 Billion Fund for Investments in Israel

By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press— His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces announced the establishment of a $10 billion fund aimed at strategic sectors in Israel on Thursday following a phone call with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Through…

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EU countries gave NIS 50m. to Israeli NGOs supporting war crimes charges

By Lahav Harkov, JPost— Foreign governments were major funders of Israeli organizations making the charge that the International Criminal Court should investigate Israel for war crimes, a new report from NGO Monitor revealed this week. The report, by the research institution focused on nongovernmental organizations and their funding, analyzed the annual financial reports from 2017-2019…

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The brouhaha over defining Jews as an ethnic minority

By Melanie Phillips, Israel Hayom— A row over anti-Semitism that has erupted in Britain illuminates the problem that bedevils so many in the West over their understanding of what Judaism actually is. The controversy started with a tweet by the Labour Party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, congratulating the new head of the Scottish Labour Party,…

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Palestinian Textbooks Incite Violence Against Israel

By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— The world marked another International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers just a few weeks ago on February 12. Yet the Palestinians repeatedly violate this worthy United Nations and UNICEF-sponsored goal in their textbooks. Shaping young minds with erroneous history and facts is a mental “blunt instrument” that…

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Israel Identifies Ship Responsible for Dumping Iranian Crude Oil on Tel Aviv’s Beaches

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency, Jewish Press— Israeli authorities located the ship responsible for dumping crude oil into the sea which landed and covered the majority of Israel’s beaches. Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel announced Wednesday that the ship responsible for the pollution off the coast of Israel was identified. “We got our…

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Gantz says Israel moving to protect citizens from ICC

By Yonah Jeremy Bob, JPost— Defense Minister and Acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz alarmed government officials on Tuesday when he told Reuters Israel estimates that hundreds of its citizens might be subject – in the near future – to war crimes probes by the International Criminal Court. Gantz, who took over the Justice Ministry when…

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