Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, June 19th 2024 / Wednesday, June 19th 2024

FIGHTING BACK Podcast: Ruth Wisse on the Explosion of Anti-Israel Protests on Campus:  Mosaic, May 3, 2024 — Anti-Israel campus activism has never been more popular or unpleasant than it is right now. In years past, much of this activism was mixed up with nods to the desire for peace and a two-state solution that would allow […]

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Tuesday, June 18th 2024

Thousands of Launches Per Day: What Does Hezbollah’s Arsenal Look Like Today?:  JP staff, Jerusalem Post, June 11, 2024 — Hezbollah’s weaponry has seen significant developments in its arsenal of rockets, UAVs, and precision missiles, the Alma Research and Education Center stated in its report released this week.   The Grave Consequences of the UN’s Failure in Lebanon:  Bradley […]

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Monday, June 17th 2024

TURKEY CAUGHT SPYING Germany Accuses Turkey of Running Spying Operations and Fueling Far-Right Movements: Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor, June 4, 2024 — The 2023 report from Germany’s Hamburg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Hamburg ) was released on June 3, 2024, shedding light on the activities of various intelligence agencies and illegal […]

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Friday, June 14th 2024 / Friday, June 14th 2024

                SHABBAT READING   Birkat Kohanim: The Magic of a Blessing: Prof. Shawna Dolansky, The Torah.com, June 15, 2016 — Many of us are familiar with the priestly benediction (birkat hakohanim) from the liturgy, found in Numbers 6:24-26. A sensational archaeological find by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 demonstrates the antiquity of […]

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Thursday, June 13th 2024

Citation de la Semaine:  « C’est le plus beau cadeau qu’on pouvait me faire ».  Yakov Argamani, père de Noa Argamani, otage du Hamas libérée par l’armée israélienne                              Table des Matières   Les 4 otages sauvés étaient « frappés quasiment quotidiennement […]

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Tuesday, June 11th 2024

WHO WE REALLY ARE Why This Year’s Shavuot Is One of the Most Important Ever:  Moshe Hauer, Algemeiner, June 10, 2024 — Beginning Tuesday evening, June 11, Jews all over the world celebrate Shavuot and commemorate the day they received the Torah and its commandments at Sinai. Land or Torah: What Binds Israel as a Nation?:  Dr. […]

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Monday, June 10th 2024

PRONOUNCED ABSURDITY BBC Asks Why IDF Didn’t Warn Gazans on Secret Raid:ILH staff, Israel Hayom, June 8, 2024 — Former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus pushed back against a suggestion by BBC news anchor Helena Humphrey Sunday after she said the Israeli military should have given Palestinians advance warning on Saturday’s hostage rescue operation. EU’s Foreign Minister, Countries Around World, Condemn Rescue Op […]

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Friday, June 7th 2024 / Friday, June 7th 2024

SHABBAT READING Liminal Space:  BAMIDBAR • 5771, 5784, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — In English, the book we begin this week is called Numbers, and for an obvious reason. It begins with a census, and there is even a second count toward the end of the book. On this view, the central theme of the book is demography. […]

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Thursday, June 6th 2024

YOM YERUSHALAYIM: VICTORY PRESERVED WATCH:  Jerusalem of Gold — Yerushalayim Shel Zahav — André Rieu, Tel Aviv, Israel 2018 – HD VERSION — There are video’s of this performance taken live from the audience. This is a recording of this part of the show, which was broadcasted on TV in The Netherlands. Too beautiful not to share. […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, June 6th 2024

Citation de la semaine:  « chaque mort de civil était une tragédie, mais que pour le Hamas, c’était une stratégie: “Ils utilisent sciemment les civils comme des boucliers humains. Nous avons envoyé des milliers d’affiches. Nous faisons tout pour évacuer les civils des zones de conflit, et le Hamas fait tout pour les laisser dans […]

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Wednesday, June 5th 2024

MAKING THE CASE   WATCH:  Webinar | The CCP’s Invasion of Israel: How Xi Set Fire to the Middle East – and Why:  Committee on the Present Dangers of China, May 27, 2024 — Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognized a non-existent state of “Palestine” today. They thus indulged in the sort of European virtue-signaling that has […]

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Tuesday, June 4th 2024

  ALONE The Soil Beneath the Encampments: How Israel and Jews Became the Focus of Hate at Harvard: The Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance (HJAA), May 2024 – Through conversations with 42 Jewish students, we learned that they had been systematically targeted and excluded not only by other students but also within classrooms and by professors. Every […]