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Daily Briefing: IS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CAPABLE OF REFORM?

SHABBAT READING: Whom May a Kohen Gadol Marry?:  Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin, The Torah.com, May 4, 2015 — The beginning of Parashat Emor (Lev 21:1-15) outlines restrictions on kohanim (priests). The questions of whom they may marry and what kind of contact they may have with the dead are still relevant to the rules observed today. These rules contain two […]

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70th Annual General Assembly Debate Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session. 30 September 2015 United Nations, New York Photo # 646783 UN Photo/Cia Pak SOURCE: Flickr

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Unmasking the Palestinian Authority

  Moshe Phillips JNS, Apr. 22, 2025 “More and more Israelis are acknowledging a painful reality: Whether they support Fatah or Hamas, Palestinians overwhelmingly agree that the Jewish state must be eliminated.” April 22, 2025, may be remembered as a turning point in the history of Israeli public diplomacy—and rightly so. On that day, the […]

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No Time to Lose: A Blueprint for Reforming the Palestinian Authority:

  Ibrahim Eid Dalalsha, Shira Efron, Jess Manville, and Gabriel Epstein Israel Policy Forum, Mar. 2025 “… two parallel reform efforts must unfold in tandem: enhancing day-to-day governance and service delivery under the PA, and deeper political reforms within the PLO, Fatah alongside developing an election horizon.” The October 7 atrocities and the subsequent Gaza […]

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The Palestinian Myth

  Daniel Greenfield Front Page, May 14, 2025 “It’s hard to imagine a name more closely associated with foreign invaders than ‘Palestinians’.” Even though the Jewish history in the land of Israel is one of the most popular stories of mankind and was incorporated into the religious beliefs of over half the human race, it’s […]

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Occupied Palestinian Territories 14/07/2024. Ramallah, Occupied Palestinian Territories. Foreign Secretary David Lammy meets Secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein al-Sheikh. Picture by Ben Dance / FCDO SOURCE: Flickr

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The Appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as PLO Deputy Chairman and the Reforms in the Palestinian Authority—A Unifying Move or a Source of Division?

  Yohanan Tzoreff INSS Insight No. 1982, May 15, 2025 “In Abbas’s view, the war has exposed Hamas as out of touch with today’s strategic realities and incapable of managing the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.” The PLO Central Council approved the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as deputy chairman of the PLO during a session held on April […]

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Daily Briefing: TRUMP SHIFTS FOREIGN POLICY FOCUS IN RIYADH

BIG BANG Full Replay: President Trump Speaks to US-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh:  Real Clear Politics, May 13, 2025 — President Donald Trump plans to deliver remarks at a U.S.-Saudi “investment forum” in Riyadh, where Middle Eastern businesses are pledging $600 billion to invest in a series of deals in the U.S. *** Forget Democracy […]

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Trump’s Syrian Gamble America is Looking for an Exit Plan

  Lily Lynch Unherd, May 15, 2025 “Trump’s new Syria policy seems to put him at odds with top members of his own team.” In a remarkable speech before a friendly audience in Riyadh on Tuesday, President Trump assailed the long history of “Western intervention” in the Middle East. He lambasted the neocons, hawks and […]

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Will Trump Get What He Wants in the Middle East?

  Shachar Kleilman Israel Hayom, May 12, 2025 “Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised Palestinian Authority Deputy Chairman Hussein al-Sheikh that there would be no normalization with Israel without ending the war in Gaza and a diplomatic process to establish a Palestinian state.” President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East comes amid long-term changes in […]

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President Donald Trump walks with Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along the West Colonnade of the White House, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) SOURCE: FLICKR

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Forget Democracy in the Middle East. Trump Wants Deals

  Batya Ungar-Sargon The Free Press, May 14, 2025 “Trump’s commitment to the Jewish state is genuinely held and runs deep, but the Israeli right ought not seek to force a choice between his America First, peace through strength agenda and their own aims. It would be foolish to alienate the president at this moment.” […]

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Trump’s $600 Billion Saudi Investment Deal: What We Know So Far

  Hugh Cameron Newsweek, May 14, 2025 “The U.S.-Saudi relationship has been a bedrock of security and prosperity.” President Donald Trump‘s trip to Saudi Arabia earlier culminated in a $600-billion investment deal with the Kingdom that the administration is touting as a historic milestone for both countries. While certain details of what is included in the […]

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Daily Briefing: CANADIAN ANTISEMITISM SOARS

  A Pogrom Is Brewing in Canada:  Casey Babb, The Free Press, May 7, 2025 Waving Dead Babies in the Faces of Jews Is Blood Libel:  Brendan O’Neill, National Post, May 13, 2025 ‘You Can’t be Openly Jewish at TMU’: Jewish Students at Toronto Metropolitan University say they’re Now Isolated, Harassed:  Ari David Blaff, National […]

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Opinion: Canadian Universities Have an Islamist Problem

  Casey Babb and Joe Adam George National Post, May 6, 2025 “… when universities allow extremist ideologies to take root, they risk shaping a generation of graduates who no longer see terrorism as a crime, but as a justifiable form of resistance.”  In what was once considered an inconceivable scenario, a London-based law firm […]

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