Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, August 16th 2024

SHABBAT READING   The Shema: Instructions for a Romance with YHWH:  Prof. Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, The Torah.com, Aug. 11, 2022 — The Shema[1] is taken from the book of Deuteronomy, and named after the first word of the passage: דברים ו:ד שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְ־הוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְ־הוָה אֶחָד. Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel! YHWH is our God, YHWH alone. Following this […]

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Thursday, August 15th 2024 / Thursday, August 15th 2024

Citation de la semaine:   “Nous avons appris de l’Europe que l’apaisement ne marche pas. Nous ne voulons pas que le nouvel Hitler de l’Iran refasse au Moyen-Orient ce qui s’est passé en Europe » Mohammad Ben Salman, Prince héritier d’Arabie Saoudite (faisant allusion à l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei)                  […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, August 15th 2024

‘So Unimaginable and So Abhorrent’: Federal Judge Orders UCLA to Stop Aiding Activists Enforcing Jew-Free Zones on Campus:  Zach Kessel, National Review, Aug. 14, 2024 The AAUP Abandons Academic Freedom:  Cary Nelson, SPME, Aug. 13, 2024 The Boycott Against Israel Is Spreading into New Corners of Society:  Anat Peled and Carrie Keller-Lynn, SPME, July 10, 2024 War College: How […]

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Wednesday, August 14th 2024 / Wednesday, August 14th 2024

Iran’s Profound Predicament:  Salem Alktebi, Israel Hayom, Aug. 11, 2024 China Is Now Goading Iran into Attacking Israel:  Gordon G. Chang, Gatestone Institute, Aug. 14, 2024 Iran Is Better Positioned to Launch Nuclear-Weapons Program, New U.S. Intelligence Assessment Says:  Laurence Norman and Michael R. Gordon, WSJ, Aug. 9, 2024 Only a Credible Offensive Threat Can Deter […]

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Tuesday, August 13th 2024 / Tuesday, August 13th 2024

INCREASING TIES Podcast: J.J. Schacter on the First Tisha b’Av Since October 7:  Tikvah podcast at Mosaic, Aug. 2, 2024 — On the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av in the year 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian forces destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.    Original Tisha B’Av Documentary: Heroism and Faith amid the […]

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Monday, August 12th 2024

BACKING THE WRONG PONY WATCH:  Elections 2024: What Elites Are MISSING About the Working Class | Think Twice:  JNS TV, July 29, 2024 — So much has been said about Donald Trump’s appeal to blue collar workers since he first came down the escalator to announce his candidacy in 2015. … In this episode of Think Twice, our […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, August 11th 2024

Citation de la semaine:   « Une armée sans agents secrets est exactement comme un homme sans yeux ni oreilles. » Sun Tzu, L’Art de la guerre _____________________________________________________                                        Table des Matières _____________________________________________________ Iran: les médias expliquent le retard […]

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Friday, August 9th 2024

SHABBAT READING   The Opening Of Devarim: A Recounting or Different Version of the Wilderness Experience?:  Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber, The Torah.com,  July 1, 2013  — Where does the book of Deuteronomy begin? This may seem like a simple question—surely a book starts at chapter 1 verse 1! But Deuteronomy turns out to be more complicated than […]

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Thursday, August 8th 2024

DARK CLOUDS AHEAD? WATCH:  The Coming Kamala Calamity and Israel: “The Caroline Glick Show” with guest David Wurmser, Ep. 110:  Caroline B. Glick, JNS, YouTube, Aug. 7, 2024 — Prepare to be rattled by the harsh realities Israel must confront to emerge victorious from the current crisis. American foreign policy specialist David Wurmser joins “The Caroline Glick Show” […]

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Wednesday, August 7th 2024 / Wednesday, August 7th 2024

OFFENSE MEASURES   It’s Not a Border. It’s a Front.:  Brig. Gen. (res.) Eran Ortal, BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,290, Aug. 5, 2024 — Israel’s traditional security concept consisted of a defensive strategy based on mainly offensive tactics.  ‘Allah Vult’: Sinwar’s Hamas between Islamist Messianism and Hardline Convictions – Analysis:  Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 7, 2024 –– On […]

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Tuesday, August 6th 2024

INCREASING TIES WATCH:  Iran Humiliated: How will the Islamic Republic Respond?:  Alex Traiman and Josh Hasten, JNS TV   WATCH:  Biden and Harris Diminish Israel and Elevate Iran:  Jonathan SS. Tobin and Michael Moran, JNS Iran Has Decided to Attack Israel; Foreign Minister Katz Says:  Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 5, 2024 MENA Defense Intelligence Digest | Hezbollah’s Asymmetric […]

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Monday, August 5th 2024

WHAT’S NEXT? Israel Brings Deterrence Back to the War on Terror:  Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, Aug. 1, 2024 — Coming on the heels of strikes that killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in Khan Younis and Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, the assassination in Tehran of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, sent clear messages to Hezbollah, Hamas and, most important, […]