Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, July 5th 2018

Iran Protests Raise Hopes of Regime Collapse as Sanctions Set to go in Effect: Ariel Ben Solomon, JNS, July 3, 2018 — The Iranian regime appears to be in a panic as the Trump administration tightens the screws on the country’s economy… Iran’s Regime Faces Widespread Economic and Political Unrest: Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, […]

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Wednesday, July 4th 2018

On Topic Links Netanyahu Encourages Iranians to Continue Uprising Against Ayatollah: Israel Today, June 28, 2018 The Bazaaris’ Revolt in Iran: Who is Behind It?: Amir Taheri, Gatestone Institute, July 1, 2018 Germany: Migration Deal Keeps Merkel in Power, For Now: Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute, July 4, 2018 The China-US Confrontation: A Russian View: Emil […]

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Tuesday, July 3rd 2018

Will the West Cede the Golan Heights to a Psychopath?: Moshe Ya’alon and Yair Lapid, Times of Israel, July 1, 2018— We live in a world full of complex diplomatic dilemmas… Syrian Refugees: Editorial, Jerusalem Post, July 1, 2018— After some seven years of carefully avoiding being dragged into the Syrian civil war, Israel is […]

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Friday, June 29th 2018

The Situation in Germany Is Deteriorating for Jews — and Everyone: Manfred Gerstenfeld, Algemeiner, June 20, 2018— “The twelve years of national socialist rule was a speck of bird poop compared to the more than thousand years of Germany’s glorious past.” The Migration Crisis Will Shatter Europe: Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail, June 25, 2018— […]

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Thursday, June 28th 2018

Turkey’s Election: Stockholm Syndrome at Its Worst: Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute, June 26, 2018— Nothing could have better explained the Turks’ joy over their president’s election victory on June 24 than a cartoon that depicts a cheering crowd with three lines in speech balloons: “It was a near thing,” one says. The Iran-Turkey Switcheroo: Sohrab […]

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Wednesday, June 27th 2018

On Topic Links Erdogan Wins in Turkey, Gets Ready to Assume Sweeping Powers: Suzan Fraser, National Post, June 25, 2018 Turkey’s Future Just Got a Whole Lot Scarier: Editorial, New York Post, June 26, 2018 An ‘Israeli’ Port In Cyprus: Kicking The Gaza Can Down The Waterway?: Charles Bybelezer, The Media Line, June 26, 2018 […]

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Tuesday, June 26th 2018

The “Trump Doctrine” for the Middle East: Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute, June 13, 2018— After three successive American Presidents had used a six-month waiver to defer moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem for more than two decades, President Donald J. Trump decided not to wait any longer. Protests in Iran Prove Trump is Getting it […]

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Friday, June 22nd 2018

Don’t Separate Families at the Border — But Don’t Expropriate the Holocaust Either: Abraham Cooper, Algemeiner, June 21, 2018— As an Orthodox rabbi, it is not for me to comment on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ invocation of the New Testament to justify separating children from parents who were caught trying to illegally enter the […]

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Thursday, June 21st 2018

Hamas’s Kite Terrorism: A Threat that Requires a Decisive Response: Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, BESA, June 20, 2018— Hamas’s setting of wildfires on thousands of hectares of natural woodland and farmland on the Israeli side of the Gaza border is a calculated and organized strategy. The Decreasing Effectiveness of Hamas Terrorism: Hillel Frisch, Jerusalem […]

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Wednesday, June 20th 2018

On Topic Links The Many Ways Palestinians Violate International Law: Amb. Alan Baker, JCPA, June 17, 2018 Human Rights: Other Views – Part I: Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute, Apr. 27, 2018 Canada Comes to Its Senses on Iran: Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary, June 13, 2018 Turkey: Election Time Again: Burak Bekdil, BESA, June 17, 2018   […]

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Tuesday, June 19th 2018

Israel’s ‘Different’ Eurovision Winner Has a Message for Jerusalem Too: David Horovitz, Times of Israel, May 13, 2018— This was always going to be a tumultuous week for Israel, with our capital in the eye of the storm. To Understand Israel, Listen to its Pop Music: Matti Friedman, Globe & Mail, May 11, 2018 — […]

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Monday, June 18th 2018

Likud, Israel’s Natural Party of Government: Micah Levinson, Jerusalem Post, June 16, 2018— P olls suggest that Likud is a shoo-in to win the next Knesset election, which will occur no later than November 2019. Israel’s Battle of the Ex-Generals: Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor, June 11, 2018 — Israel’s political establishment is expecting the next elections […]