Isranet Daily Briefing

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Friday, August 15th 2025 / Friday, August 15th 2025

SHABBAT READING: The Building Blocks of Biblical Interpretations: Text, Lexicon, and Grammar:  Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler, The Torah.com, Aug 3, 2015 — Much of TheTorah.com focuses on big issues, such as the composition and the historical background of biblical texts.  But it is only possible to explore those issues once we know what the biblical […]

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Thursday, August 14th 2025

PRACTICALLY IGNORED WATCH:  ‘It’s a Hate Crime’: Jewish Father Targeted In Montreal Attack, Brother-In-Law Speaks Out:  Alexandra Lavoie, Rebel News, Aug. 12, 2025 — A brutal attack on a father in front of his three children occurred last week in Montreal. Video of the assault went viral online and several politicians, including Premier François Legault, Prime […]

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Wednesday, August 13th 2025 / Wednesday, August 13th 2025

  “… the far left has fully embraced the Palestinian cause, while Marine Le Pen’s previously antisemitic far-right party has realigned itself as pro-Israel. These political reversals reflect not a newfound moral clarity but rather a reshuffling of ideological interests. French Jews, caught between both extremes, face rising hostility from both ideological camps.” — Alish […]

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Tuesday, August 12th 2025

PRO-PALESTINIAN OR ANTI-ISRAEL? WATCH:  Palestinian Statehood: Legal Challenges and Political Consequences for Israel:  Aylana Meisel, JNS, Aug. 11, 2025 — Host Aylana Meisel, executive director of the Israel Law & Liberty Forum, examines the critical legal and diplomatic implications of the increasing international push for Palestinian statehood. What Will the “State of Palestine” Look Like?:  Lt.-Col. […]

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Monday, August 11th 2025

  “Israel has already paid a staggering price—over a thousand soldiers killed, and yet the army remains ready, united, and unmatched in its skill and resolve.”— Fiamma Nirenstein EXPOSING THE LIES WATCH:  ‘Open Your Eyes, Hamas Lies’: Netanyahu Slams Int’l Media for Reporting False Starvation Claims:  Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 10, 2025 —  […]

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Friday, August 8th 2025

SHABBAT READING The Decalogue: Ten Commandments or Ten Statements?:  Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler and Prof. Jed Wyrick, The Torah.com, July 25, 2023 —  The revelation of the Decalogue appears in Exodus 19-20, but it is not referred to there as עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים (aseret hadevarim), The Ten Statements (later known as “The Ten Commandments”). The phrase does […]

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Wednesday, August 6th 2025 / Wednesday, August 6th 2025

“… the failure to study, teach and embrace liberal society, voluntary exchange, and free markets—the things which “produced the greatest alleviation of suffering, the greatest liberation from want, ignorance, and superstition, and the greatest increase of bounty and opportunity in the history of all human life”—would open a path that future Mamdanis could exploit.” — […]

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Tuesday, August 5th 2025

Senior Netanyahu Officials Say Occupation of Gaza Is Next Step, With US Approval: Itamar Eichner, Lihi Gordon and Yoav Zitun, Ynet News, Aug. 4, 2025 —  Negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, which began in Doha following the confrontation with Iran, have been stalled for some time, and Ynet has learned Monday evening […]

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Monday, August 4th 2025

“Israel is now caught in a trap. It’s being forced to make a diabolical choice between, on the one hand, being placed once again at the mercy of genocidal fanatics on its doorstep and, on the other, being destroyed by world opprobrium.”  — Melanie Phillips **** EXPOSING HAMAS AND UN WATCH:  Huckabee: Israel Not Committing […]

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Friday, August 1st 2025

SHABBAT READING The Torah Is Sanctioned by God: In the Footsteps of the Abravanel:  Rabbi Avi Weiss, The Torah.com, Feb. 9, 2023 — The Book of Deuteronomy poses a unique challenge for those who believe that God authored the Torah: It is presented as an address by Moses! This includes the book’s many laws, which […]

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Thursday, July 31st 2025

“As it is, any commitment from Abbas to democratize or demilitarize Gaza is worthless.” — John Ivison *** NO SURPRISE! Mark Carney to Officially Recognize Palestinian State:  Christopher Nardi, National Post, July 30, 2025 — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that Canada will recognize a State of Palestine at the United Nations in September […]

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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 / Wednesday, July 30th 2025

“There may be increasing hunger in Gaza, but to blame Israel for this is grotesque. The World Health Organization’s director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has accused the Israelis of an aid blockade. This is totally untrue.” — Melanie Phillips *** HOLDING STRONG Sa’ar Defiant as International Pressure Mounts to End Gaza War:  David Isaac, JNS, July […]