Analysis
Friday, June 9th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
Dr. Nicole L. Tilford The Torah.com, Apr. 28, 2022 “Belief in the evil eye relies on a physiological understanding of the eye that is quite different from our own.” Walk into a traditional gift shop around the Mediterranean, and you might see a collection of brightly colored necklaces or keychains or pottery items with […]
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Rabbi Menachem Weiman Aish, no date “The Shema, the declaration of one God, is what finally vanquishes the demon.” Who knew that Judaism could scare the bejeebers out of you? The movie The Vigil shows it can. This unnerving film is frightening and thought provoking, and has a surprisingly authentic feel true to observant Judaism. And […]
Maoz Kahana Tablet, May 31, 2023 “According to the Hatam Sofer, therefore, the verses in Leviticus that allude to the salamander cannot indicate a creature that is not part of the natural order, even if all the details of its existence are wondrous and magical.” In 1651 the rabbi-politician-philosopher and ex-converso Menashe ben Israel […]
Thursday, June 8th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2023 “Ankara’s politics of stoking tensions and then climbing down and asserting that tensions lead to respect may be out of step with the modern Middle East.” With Turkey’s elections now decided and the unsurprising victory of the long-time ruling AKP Party and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israel will […]
Jonathan Spyer Middle East Forum, June 2, 2023 “The Turkish leader has abandoned his commitment to Sunni uprisings because there are currently no uprisings to support.” Sitting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comfortably defeated opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in this week’s runoff vote in the Turkish presidential election. The AKP leader, who has ruled Turkey since 2002, secured […]
Ofra Bengio INSS Insight No. 1735, June 6, 2023 “The approach and modus operandi of the main Kurdish organization, the underground PKK, founded in the 1970s, are in effect a mirror image of those of Erdogan’s.” Erdogan’s Strategy In his approach toward the Kurdish issue, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has demonstrated initiative and […]
Soner Cagaptay Foreign Affairs, May 29, 2023 “Erdogan’s entente with Putin has already had significant consequences for the West.” In May 28, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish leader “who never loses elections,” won the runoff of Turkey’s presidential poll against his opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan has been at Turkey’s helm since 2003, first as […]
Tuesday, June 6th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
‘ Andrew Bernard Algemeiner, May 31, 2023 “They are paying for terrorists to murder Americans and to murder Israelis. And nonetheless, this administration is bringing those terrorist leaders to Washington, is bringing them to cocktail parties to wine and dine political leaders.” US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf on […]
Emily Schrader Ynet News, Mar. 10, 2023 “If Arafat’s welcome in the days after the fall of the Shah is any indicator, the terror ties between Tehran and the PLO were ironclad. Arafat was greeted by IRGC members upon his arrival, along with 59 of his companions, and he was escorted by the son of […]
Bassam Tawil Gatestone Institute, June 5, 2023 “More than 70% of the Palestinians, according to a public opinion poll conducted the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey, support the terrorist attack in which two brothers, Hallel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, were cold-bloodedly murdered in March as they drove through the Palestinian town of Huwara […]
Jason D. Greenblatt Newsweek, May 23, 2023 “Abbas, Hamas, PIJ, and other terrorist and militant groups continue to stand on the wrong side of history. They continue to drag Palestinian society backwards. They continue to miss opportunity after opportunity to turn a new page in their relations with Israel, the Jewish people, and the international […]
Monday, June 5th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
Tom Basile Washington Times, May 19, 2023 “It’s never been clearer that all of this activity amounts to a series of widespread plots involving large numbers of elected, appointed and career government officials who have abandoned the oaths they took to faithfully execute their offices. The Founders would consider this corruption high crimes and […]
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