Isranet Daily Briefing

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Tuesday, March 26th 2024

ANGERED AND DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED Jewish Groups Denounce Passage of Watered-Down NDP Palestinian Motion:  Bryan Passifiume, National Post, Mar. 19, 2024 — Despite an 11th-hour amendment that defanged the NDP’s contentious Palestinian motion in the House of Commons on Monday evening, Canadian Jewish groups reacted to the motion’s passage with alarm. The Liberals’ Shameful Arms Ban Against Israel Will Come […]

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Monday, March 25th 2024 / Monday, March 25th 2024

ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND Walled Cities “from the Time of Joshua” Celebrate Shushan Purim – Why:  Prof. Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, The Torah.com, Mar. 4, 2020 — Explaining the origins of the Purim festival, Esther chapter 9 describes how the Jews throughout Persia defeated their enemies on the 13th of Adar and celebrated on the 14th (v. 17). We are […]

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Friday, March 22nd 2024

SHABBAT READING   Purim: Mocking Persia’s Dat and Reaccepting the Torah:  Rachel Friedman, The Torah.com, May 3, 2023 — The book of Esther centers on the action and intrigue at the royal court of King Ahasuerus in the Persian capital of Shushan (Susa), repeatedly calling attention to its silliness and eccentricities.[1] Nowhere does the Persian court appear more […]

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Friday, March 22nd 2024 / Thursday, March 21st 2024

Citation de la semaine:  Ce n’est pas l’antisémitisme des hommes, c’est, avant tout, l’antisémitisme des choses, la xénophobie inhérente du corps social ou du corps économique dont nous souffrons.  Vladimir Jabotinsky, Témoignage devant la Commission Peel  Chambre des Lords  Londres, 11 février 1937                         […]

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Thursday, March 21st 2024 / Thursday, March 21st 2024

CANADA DISTINGUISHES ITSELF Fury Over Antisemitic Canadian Newspaper Cartoon Depicting Netanyahu as Blood-Sucking Vampire:  Ben Cohen, Algemeiner, Mar. 20, 2024 — One of Canada’s leading French-language news outlets abruptly removed a crudely antisemitic caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from its website on Wednesday morning following a storm of protest from Canadian politicians and Jewish advocates. […]

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Wednesday, March 20th 2024

CIJR APPLAUDS LIBERAL MP ANTHONY HOUSEFATHER WATCH:  ‘I Am a Canadian, I Am a Jew and I Am A Zionist’: Liberal MP Condemns Motion That ‘Rewards Hamas’:  National Post, YouTube, Mar. 19, 2024 — Liberal MP Anthony Housefather gave an impassioned speech on March 18 during a debate over a non-binding NDP motion, which originally called for the immediate […]

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Tuesday, March 19th 2024 / Tuesday, March 19th 2024

TOO WEDDED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? WATCH:  Mark Levin Takes Aim at Chuck Schumer: ‘You Are a Disgrace’:  Fox News, Mar. 17, 2024 — Fox News host Mark Levin breaks down why the Democrat Party is a totalitarian party and reacts to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticism of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’ *The […]

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Monday, March 18th 2024

IF ONLY … WATCH: Chuck Schumer to Give Speech on Two-State Solution:  News Nation, YouTube, Mar. 14, 2024 — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gives a speech on a two-state solution in the Middle East.   WATCH:  Netanyahu Reacts to Schumer Calling Him An ‘Obstacle’ To Peace:  CNN, Mar. 17, 2024 — In an […]

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Friday, March 15th 2024 / Thursday, March 21st 2024

Citation de la semaine:  « Calomniez, calomniez, il en restera toujours quelque chose. » Francis Bacon                                      Table Des Matières Sur MSNBC, Joe Biden critique ouvertement Benyamin Netanyahou: MAGALI MARC  Druez.Info, LE 11 Mars 2024 Les critiques américaines […]

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Thursday, March 14th 2024

“DISTRESSING BIAS”   Ahead of Security Council Discussion: FM Katz Sends Strongly Worded Letter to UN Sec-Gen Guterres:  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mar. 3, 2024 — … “Your response to the atrocities committed by Hamas is unacceptable. Your dismissal of the heinous acts as documented in the recent UN report—acts which are still being perpetrated—is not only […]

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Wednesday, March 13th 2024

SAVAGE WINDS NDP Faces Backlash Over Opposition Motion Calling for Recognition of Palestinian Statehood:  Isaac Lamoureux, True North, Mar. 12, 2024 — The NDP is calling on the Canadian government to recognize Palestine as a state. The call comes in an opposition motion the socialist party plans to introduce when the House of Commons returns next week. […]

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Tuesday, March 12th 2024 / Tuesday, March 19th 2024

SHABBAT READING   Building the Tabernacle in Your Mind:  Dr. Amy Cooper Robertson, TheTorah.com, Mar. 12, 2024 — The description of mishkan (Tabernacle) in Exodus is often read as a set of instructions. At first blush, this reading fits the plot: as the story goes, these are the instructions our forebears received to build just such a structure, and […]