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Israel’s Netanyahu Hails US House’s Passage of Anti-BDS Bill: ‘It Is Right, It Is Correct, and It Is Very Helpful’

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 25, 2019

by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked the US House of Representatives for passing on Tuesday a bill rejecting boycotts of Israel. House Resolution 246, which “opposes the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) targeting Israel, including efforts to target United States companies that are engaged in commercial activities…

US special envoy Elan Carr: ‘Anti-Semitism is evil, regardless of where it comes from’

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 23, 2019

BY Orit Arfa, JNS-— Elan Carr, a Jew of Iraqi descent, was appointed Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, a senior diplomatic post that had been vacant for two years until he assumed it in February. Carr is a well-known pro-Israel figure in California, having served as the Los Angeles deputy district attorney before…

Jewish Fawning of Omar Has Made Her More Aggressive

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 23, 2019

By Rabbi Aryeh Spero, American Thinker— Most of the Jewish community has feverishly and piously supported last week’s Democrat-sponsored Resolution condemning President Trump’s remarks against Ilhan Omar. Omar, of course, is a notorious, unrepentant anti-Semite and daily demonizer of Israel. But she has become, for many Jews, a heroine, a civil rights star, a noble…

Quote of the Week

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 22, 2019

“On our part, we must do everything to convince the world around us, and within which we are destined to live forever, that we have a sincere desire for peace and stability, that we have no intention of expansion and conquest.”—Moshe Sharett, Second Prime Minister of Israel

Trump’s Middle East Peace Team Heading Back to Israel

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 22, 2019

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…

The Trap of the ‘Two-State-Solution’

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 22, 2019

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…

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

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 22, 2019

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…

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

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 20, 2019

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…

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

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 18, 2019

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…

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

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection July 18, 2019

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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