Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, May 3rd 2019

  How an Antisemitic Cartoon Ended Up in The New York Times:  Brian Stelter, Hadas Gold, and Oliver Darcy, CNN Business, May 1, 2019 — Reporters in The New York Times (NYT) newsroom could hear the protesters outside on Monday. “Shame on you!” they shouted. Some held signs that accused the newspaper of being anti-Semitic. Others waved American and […]

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Thursday, May 2nd 2019

Trump Administration Seeks to Designate Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization:  Rebecca Ballhaus, Courtney McBride, and Jared Malsin, WSJ, Apr. 30, 2019 — The Trump administration is seeking to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, the White House said, a move that could complicate relations with U.S. allies where Muslim Brotherhood affiliates currently serve in […]

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Wednesday, May 1st 2019

YOM HASHOAH   The Commanding Voice of Auschwitz: Emil L. Fackenheim, 1972 — What does the Voice of Auschwitz command? — What does the Voice of Auschwitz command? Jews are forbidden to hand Hitler posthumous victories.   Emil L. Fackenheim, a Holocaust survivor born in Germany (1918), was a Reform rabbi and professor of philosophy […]

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Tuesday, April 30th 2019

Politics: Putting Together the Puzzle: Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 25, 2019 — when President Reuven Rivlin officially tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government last week, Netanyahu said he wanted to get started as soon as possible on building a coalition with the same partners he had for the past four years. Netanyahu’s Brilliant […]

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Tuesday, April 30th 2019

A Despicable Cartoon in The Times:  Bret Stephens, NYT, Apr. 28, 2019 — As prejudices go, anti-Semitism can sometimes be hard to pin down, but on Thursday the opinion pages of The New York Times international edition provided a textbook illustration of it. Except that The Times wasn’t explaining anti-Semitism. It was purveying it. The European Origins of […]

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Friday, April 26th 2019 / Monday, September 21st 2020

LE RETOUR DE LA SOLUTION JORDANIENNE  Shlomo Ben-Ami / Project Syndicate L’initiative française de réunir une conférence internationale pour relancer les pourparlers directs entre Israéliens et Palestiniens, tournée vers une « solution à deux États », toujours plus évanescente, est l’enfant d’un phantasme rémanent. Mais après des décennies de négociations ratées, il est temps de […]

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Thursday, April 25th 2019

  Victory for Netanyahu Is a Defeat for The New York Times:  Ira Stoll, Allgemeiner, Apr. 10, 2019— The victory of Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s election is a defeat for the New York Times. The New York Times Owes Americans a Big, Fat Apology: Michael Goodwin, New York Post, March 25, 2019 — Now that President Trump has been vindicated and the […]

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Wednesday, April 24th 2019

On Topic Links The UN and Israel in the Nikki Haley Era:  Jon Lerner, Commentary Magazine, Apr. 2019 — To most Americans, there is a certain sameness to their country’s role at the United Nations, and this role is not an especially pleasant one. Care About Gaza? Blame Hamas: Jason Greenblatt, New York Times, Apr. […]

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Tuesday, April 23rd 2019

  What the Mueller Probe Really Means: Conrad Black, The National Interest, Apr. 20, 2019 — The Mueller Report, despite the best efforts of the chief author and his partisan investigative staff, is a bone-crushing defeat for the president’s enemies. The Trump Doctrine:  Michael Anton, FP, Apr. 20, 2019 — Two years into U.S. President Donald Trump’s tenure, there […]

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Monday, April 22nd 2019

Egyptian Mediation In Gaza Is A Strategic Asset By Its Own Right:  Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Apr. 18, 2019 — A temporary and fragile calm was established during the run-up to the Israeli elections on 9 April 2019, vis-à-vis Hamas and other “Resistance Groups” in the Gaza Strip. The U.S. […]

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Friday, April 19th 2019 / Monday, September 21st 2020

POMPEO: L’ANNEXION DE LA CISJORDANIE PAR NETANYAHU NE NUIRA PAS AU PLAN DE  PAIX Times Of Israel 14 avril, 2019  Le secrétaire d’État américain Mike Pompeo a déclaré vendredi qu’il ne pensait pas que le discours du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu sur l’extension de la souveraineté israélienne aux implantations en Cisjordanie puisse nuire au plan de paix […]

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Thursday, April 18th 2019

David J. Bercuson: NATO Has Problems (But It’s Not Who’s Spending What):  David J. Bercuson, National Post, Sept. 4, 2018 — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is sick and no one is trying to cure the alliance. How the Air Force Lost Its Way:  Jerry Hendrix, National Review, Jan. 28, 2019 — The United States Air Force has […]