Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KURT ROTHSCHILD   CIJR wishes founding Board member Kurt Rothschild, who recently turned 100 in Jerusalem, a wonderful Yom huledet sameach–Kurt, we appreciate everything you have done, and do, for CIJR–stay safe and be well, biz hundert un tsvantsik!  –With deep respect and much love, Fred (Prof. Krantz), Jack Kincler, Herb Feifer, […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

  Citation de la Semaine “Les nuits sont enceintes et nul ne connaît le jour qui naîtra.” Proverbe turc; La Turquie en proverbes (1905) Articles Suggérés   Une Cinquième Guerre ne Fera Aucun Bien à la Turquie Burak Bekdil Gatestone Institute , 11 octobre 2020 Comment Erdogan a fabriqué la crise des caricatures Par SETH J. […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

Table Of Contents: In the lead-off to the November 3rd, US elections, the Briefing will include significant articles on the US politics. The ‘Systemic Racism’ Dodge:  Harvey C. Mansfield, WSJ, Sept. 18, 2020 Antiracism, Anti-Semitism, and the False Problem of Jewish Success:  Daniel Friedman, Quillette, Oct. 25, 2020 Terence Corcoran: You Are Not You, And Other […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

  Frederick Krantz As we approach the most decisive American election since 1860, the news blackout of the Biden family influence-peddling scandal is an instructive, if deplorable, expression of the fundamental issues at stake. The political-corporate Left, which now dominates the Democratic Party, would if victorious impose a radical “progressive”-socialist authoritarian regime, backed by Pravda-like […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

Table of Contents: November 3, 2020: The Most Decisive Election —For The U.S. And For Israel—Since 1860:  Frederick Krantz, Isranet, Nov. 2, 2020 Trump’s Already Won: Maria Bartiromo and James Freeman, WSJ, Oct. 30, 2020 A Trump Election Comeback? With These Pieces, It’s Still Possible; Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, Oct. 26, 2020 The Cost of […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

  Table Of Contents: US Amb. to Israel David Friedman: Mideast is ‘Exploding with Good Opportunities’ Under Trump:  Alex Traiman, Jewish Press, Nov. 1, 2020l Will Trump’s Pro-Israel Moves Stand The Test Of Time?:  Jonathan Tobin, JNS, Oct. 29, 2020 What in the World if Trump Wins?: Walter Russel Mead, WSJ, Oct. 26, 2020 Trump […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

Table of Contents: Win or Lose, Trump Has Once Again Left The Elites Flabbergasted: Gary Abernathy, Washington Post, Nov. 4, 2020 Election Night Reveals Trump’s Triumph Over Implacable and Dishonest Opposition, Which May Win a Second Term: Conrad Black, Epoch Times,Nov. 4, 2020 Polarized Electorate, Mail-In Ballots Could Spark Post-Election Legal ‘Fight Of Our Lives’: […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

“Wednesday’s News of the Week in Review” was delayed by a day to enable us to cover election results in its stead.  It will resume as normal next week.   MEDIA OCRITY OF THE WEEK   The Disease That’s Killing Donald Trump’s Presidency:  Editorial Board, Globe and Mail, Oct. 27, 2020 “U.S. President Donald Trump […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

Citation de la Semaine « Rien ne va plus, les jeux sont faits ! »  Articles Suggérés L’Autorité palestinienne en étroite communication avec l’équipe de campagne de Joe Biden (média) i24NEWS,02 novembre 2020 à 09:05   Élections américaines : plus de 60% d’appuis à Trump en Israël, selon un sondage Le Figaro, 2 novembre 2020 Les accords israélo-arabes […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

“Liberal education reminds reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness.” – Leo Strauss Table of Contents: ‘Reading Leo Strauss’:  Steven B. Smith, NYTimes, June 25, 2006 The Truth About Leo Strauss: Political Philosophy and American Democracy: Catherine and Michael: Zuckert: Chicago, University of Chicago, 2006 What Was […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

Frederick Krantz   The Elizabethans defined tragedy as a story that ended badly, and comedy as one that ended well. Marx, comparing the later, incompetent Emperor Napoleon III, Louis Napoleon,  with his uncle, the real thing, Napoleon I Bonaparte,  famously observed that “History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce”.  Reversing […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, December 13th 2020

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: March 8, 1948 – November 7, 2020    WATCH: Jewish World Mourns Passing of Former UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks:  World Israel News, Nov. 8, 2020 — The Jewish world was in mourning on Saturday evening as it learned of the passing of Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Hespeidim (eulogies) for Rabbi […]