Peaceful-Coexistence in the Middle East?

By Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report— “The Middle East and North Africa have a well-deserved reputation for being a region plagued by war and conflict. Every decade since the end of WW2 has seen at least one interstate conflict; it has also witnessed 25 types of intrastate war, including insurgencies, civil wars and protracted terrorism.…

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Washington Man Threatens Jews With Shooting Attack

By Clarion Project— Dakota Reed, a young man from Washington state pleaded guilty to making online threats to kill dozens of Jews and carry out a school shooting, among other acts of terrorism. Police were tipped off to Reed, 20, by the Anti-Defamation League’s Centre on Extremism in the fall of 2018 after the organization…

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The Third Gulf War has Already Begun

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Breaking Israel News— On Monday morning, May 12, 2019, four oil tankers sailing in international waters were attacked as they made their way out of the Straits of Hormuz towards the Indian Ocean. The details of the sabotage are still unclear as these words are being written: who attacked, where they…

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Trump Plan Finished, But Not Sealed, and Still Being Tweaked

By Herb Keinon, JPost— The Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan, while written, is not a closed and sealed document – and is being tweaked as new information comes in, according to diplomatic sources. According to the sources, the drafters of the document – Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner; Jason Greenblatt, special representative for…

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Enews: Emanuel Documentary

This week I attended a screening of the soon to be released documentary, Emanuel. Emanuel is a documentary about the untold story of the victims and survivors of the Charleston Church shooting. The weight of the documentary comes from the intimate interviews with the survivors and the families of the victims. The documentary lets them…

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Democratic Party and Progressive activism empower Anti-Semitism

By Ron Jager— The daily reports of anti-Semitic rhetoric and actual physical attacks on American Jews has become a common occurrence in many American Jewish communities throughout the United States. Despite the denial of most American Jews that I run into during my visits to the tristate area including my current visit; Anti-Semitic rhetoric and…

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Prayers Offered at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

By World Israel News— America’s Ambassador to Israel David Friedman hosted a special event in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Embassy move to the capital, describing it as a “new shrine.” “We have done something that hasn’t been done in quite some time: We have created a new…

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While Hamas Bombs and Kills Israeli Citizens, the UN, Democratic Presidential Candidates—and Most of the World—Snore

By FLAME— When Megan McCain appeared on Seth Meyers’ talk show last week, he upbraided her for criticizing the anti-Semitism of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar. Omar has been guilty of numerous anti-Semitic remarks since her election, as well as appearing at a fundraiser for the Hamas- and Muslim Brotherhood-associated Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Meyers…

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The Gaza Conundrum

By Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary Magazine— On May 14, 2018, at the exact moment that Israel was celebrating the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, I sat across the desk from a senior Israeli official in Tel Aviv. He was in a foul mood. He looked as if he hadn’t slept much. He rubbed…

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Qatari millions enter Gaza

By AFP— Qatar began distributing millions of dollars in aid in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a fresh bid to restore calm after a flareup with Israel, a Qatari official said. Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas, along with an allied terrorist group, Islamic Jihad, fired hundreds of rockets at Israel on May 4 and 5,…

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Greenblatt: Peace plan ‘won’t compromise on Israel’s security’

By i24NEWS and Israel Hayom Staff— U.S. Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt on Saturday said that the long-awaited U.S. peace plan will not be released until after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which concludes June 10. Speaking to Fox News, Greenblatt echoed previous statements from members of President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace team…

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A Memo to Jared

by Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies— Information regarding President Trump’s “plan of the century” is vague, with Kushner and other administration sources saying only that it will require “compromises from both sides” and that in the words of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, it will “represent a significant change from…

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