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Sunday, January 28th 2024 / Friday, January 26th 2024

Citation De la Semaine: La grande science est donc de faire vouloir à l’ennemi tout ce que vous voulez qu’il fasse et de lui fournir, sans qu’il s’en aperçoive, tous les moyens de vous seconder. Sun Tzu- L’Art de la Guerre                  Table des Matières L’histoire de quelques-uns […]

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Friday, January 26th 2024 / Friday, January 26th 2024

SHABBAT READING   The Song at the Sea: What Does It Celebrate?:  Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz, The Torah.com, Apr. 18, 2014 — The rabbinic reconstruction of the chronology of the events of the Exodus, succinctly summarized by Rashi in his commentary on Exodus 14:5,[1] places the miraculous rescue of the fleeing Israelites at the Red Sea on the […]

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Thursday, January 25th 2024 / Thursday, January 25th 2024

TREES CELEBRATED A Tu BiShvat Guide for the Perplexed, 2019:  Yoram Ettinger, Algemeiner, Jan. 20. 2019 –– 1. The Jewish Arbor Day, Tu Bishvat (ט”ו בשבט) highlights human gratitude for the creation of fruit-bearing trees. Jewish tradition stipulates a one-sentence blessing before consuming any fruit. ______________________________________________________________________________ “NORMALIZE THE MASSACRES” London Pro-Hamas Rally Proves that the Absurd Is […]

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Wednesday, January 24th 2024

WATCH:  The Big Squeeze – An End To The War?:  Gadi Taub and Michael Doran, Tablet, Rumble, Jan. 21, 2024 — Prime Minister Netanyahu faces a pincer movement from his domestic rivals and the White House. His domestic rivals are organizing protests demanding the immediate return of the hostages by means of a deal with Hamas. In Critique Of PM, Eisenkot Says Talk Of […]

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Tuesday, January 23rd 2024

REMOVING NETANYAHU U.S., Israel Voice Conflicting Views on Future Palestinian State, Exposing Friction:  Dov Lieber, Andrew Restuccia and Vivian Salama, WSJ, Jan. 21, 2024 — Disagreements between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state after Israel’s war with Hamas have spilled into public view in recent days, threatening to create a deeper […]

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Monday, January 22nd 2024 / Monday, January 22nd 2024

WHAT’S WITH SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa’s Anti-Israel Obsession:  Michael B. Bishku, Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2023 — Addressing the summit of the Economic Community of West African States in June 2017—the first non-African leader to do so—then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu proudly declared, “Israel is coming back to Africa, and Africa is coming back to Israel.” _________________________________________________________________ This Is […]

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Sunday, January 21st 2024

SHABBAT READING   The March of Folly:  פרשת בא:  BO • 5771, 5784, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — There is a fascinating moment in the unfolding story of the plagues that should make us stop and take notice. At the opening of this week’s parsha, seven plagues have now struck Egypt. The people are suffering. Several times Pharaoh seems to soften, only […]

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Thursday, January 18th 2024

ILLUSIONS SHATTERED LISTEN:  The Whitewashing of Hamas: The Brendan O’Neill Show, Spiked, Jan. 17, 2024 — Jake Wallis Simons – editor of the Jewish Chronicle – returns for this episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jake and Brendan discuss the denial of Hamas’s crimes, the double standards of the ‘anti-Zionists’, and why Israelophobia is just anti-Semitism rebranded.   Sadly, The War […]

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Thursday, January 18th 2024 / Friday, January 26th 2024

Citation de la semaine:  « La vérité est en marche et rien ne l’arrêtera » Émile Zola (lors de l’Affaire Dreyfus) ________________________________________________________________________                                                          Table des Matières ________________________________________________________________________ Shmuel […]

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Wednesday, January 17th 2024 / Wednesday, January 17th 2024

COUNTERING CHINA   Lai Ching-te Will Be the Next President of Taiwan:  The Economist, Jan. 13, 2024 — On January 13th 2024, voters elected Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party as Taiwan’s next president. Inside Taiwan’s Strategy to Counter a Chinese Invasion | WSJ, YouTube, August 2023 — For decades, Taiwan has looked to its east coast as a safe haven […]

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Tuesday, January 16th 2024 / Tuesday, January 16th 2024

HOUTHIS RESPOND Houthi Rebels Hit US-Owned Cargo Ship In Gulf Of Aden:  Robert Wright, Andrew England and Shotaro Tani, Financial Times, Jan. 15, 2024  — Iran-backed Houthis struck a US-owned cargo ship on Monday, the first direct assault on a commercial vessel since American and British forces launched multiple strikes against the Yemeni rebels last week. Attacking the […]

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Monday, January 15th 2024 / Thursday, January 18th 2024

BEYOND POLITICAL THEATER Opening Statement of MFA Legal Advisor Dr. Tal Becker at the International Court of Justice Proceedings:  Dr. Tal Becker, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jan. 12, 2024 — 1.    The State of Israel is singularly aware of why the Genocide Convention, which has been invoked in these proceedings, was adopted. Seared in our collective memory […]