Analysis
Thursday, January 23rd 2025 / Thursday, January 23rd 2025
A.J. Caschetta National Review, Jan. 19, 2025 “Blinken’s Foreign Affairs curtain bow has one single dispassionate mention of the hostages being held in Gaza but not a hint of righteous anger over their abduction. Nor is there any indication that he is as dedicated to the release of those hostages as he is to forcing an Israeli […]
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Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror JISS, Dec. 16, 2024 “In Gaza, the most important is to obtain the release of the hostages by force or agreement. In parallel, the IDF needs to turn the entire Gaza Strip into an area that it operates in as it does in Area A territories in the West Bank […]
Danny Zaken Israel Hayom, Jan. 22, 2025 “Yes to sovereignty, alongside broad autonomy for the Palestinians, but only after a process – neither Israel nor the Palestinians are ready for this now.” He hinted at the failure of Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” launched in January 2020, which never materialized.” In the eyes of Trump’s fresh administration, […]
Yaakov Lappin Times of Israel, Jan. 22, 2025 “Right now, the only realistic option for preventing Hamas’s resurgence is a temporary Israeli military administration.” As a ceasefire and hostage deal unfold in the Gaza Strip, and the IDF chief of staff and Southern Command chief announce their resignations, the Israeli security cabinet faces a critical […]
Wednesday, January 22nd 2025
WINDS OF CHANGE Preparing for the Antisemitism Awareness Act: Recommendations for Colleges and Universities; Debevoise, Jan. 16, 2025 — Republican majorities in the House and Senate will likely pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act in 2025. Elise Stefanik Vows to Fight ‘Anti-Semitic Rot’ at United Nations: Alana Goodman, Washington Free Beacon, Jan. 21, 2025 — Elise […]
Novi Zhukovsky The New York Sun, Jan. 21, 2025 “The settlement puts an end to two lawsuits filed against the school over its mishandling of antisemitism after Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.” ‘We now have a Harvard standard that other colleges will strive to meet,’ a leading authority […]
Ian Oxnevad National Association of Scholars, Jan. 20, 2025 “Depriving higher education’s anti-Semitism of financial oxygen is necessary, but the problem is not anti-Semitism alone.” America’s colleges and universities are going the way of Myspace and Blockbuster. A demographic cliff has led to shrinking demand, while a growing disgust for what higher education offers props […]
John M. Ellis The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, Jan. 8, 2025 “Why are college students, of all people, so ignorant of simple historical facts that make nonsense of their slogans? Short answer: That’s the way their radical teachers want them.” The scale of support on college campuses for militant antisemitism and even […]
Isaac Grand Algemeiner, Jan. 21, 2025 “Subsequent investigations have painted an even more alarming picture, with reports suggesting that Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood have secretly channeled over $13 billion into American universities between 2001 and 2021.” Another morning, another flood of emails. Lately, my university inbox has become more than just a stream […]
Tuesday, January 21st 2025
Ynet News, Jan. 20, 2025 “I believe that Trump understands the problem. They’ve been clear with us that all of the restrictions that Biden put on us on weaponry and the things that we need to finish the job in the region, Trump will release. We have a great friend and I think he truly […]
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Jan. 20, 2025 “Regardless of who you supported last November, the appropriate stance for everyone at the start of an administration is to be willing to support the new president whenever possible and to oppose them when necessary.” The point about democracy is that sometimes the candidate and the party you […]
Amichai Stein Jerusalem Post, Jan. 20, 2025 “Trump and Netanyahu can deal with those challenges. These are very unique historic figures, leaders who the people support.” US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are likely to set aside their differences to focus on the Iranian common enemy, the incoming president’s resident pollster John McLaughlin told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. […]
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