Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, March 6th 2012 / Tuesday, March 6th 2012

Today’s Briefing:   THE MIDDLE EAST’S REAL APARTHEID Efraim Karsh, Jerusalem Post, March 5, 2012   PM NETANYAHU’S SPEECH AT THE 2012 AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, March 6, 2012   THE ‘JEWISH’ PRESIDENT Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2012   OBAMA SETS OUT THE CASE FOR AN ISRAELI STRIKE Caroline […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, March 5th 2012 / Monday, March 5th 2012

The following is excerpted from US President Barack Obama’s speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference on March 4, 2012. “…Let’s begin with a basic truth that you all understand: No Israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the Holocaust, threatens to wipe Israel off the map, and […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, March 2nd 2012 / Friday, March 2nd 2012

APRÈS LES REQUINS DU MOSSAD, LES POULES ÉGYPTIENNES EMPOISONNÉES Laure Onno Guysen International News, 27 février 2012 On croyait en avoir fini avec les vieux stéréotypes antisémites, mais visiblement ils vont toujours bon train. En Égypte on soupçonne encore Israël de semer du poison. On se souvient des Accusations datant du Moyen-âge, selon lesquelles les […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, March 2nd 2012

HARPER MUST STAND BY ISRAEL IN WARTIME Editorial National Post, March 2, 2012 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Ottawa today. No doubt, he and Prime Minister Stephen Harper will discuss a wide range of topics. But the most important, by far, will be Iran. Mr. Netanyahu is seeking to build support for […]

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Thursday, March 1st 2012 / Thursday, March 1st 2012

HATRED: COMING SOON TO A CAMPUS NEAR YOU Dore Gold Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2012 Anti-Israel hatred on campus crests each year during an event called Israel Apartheid Week. With this ominous name and programs that thrive on ignorance and blind disregard for the facts, tens of thousands of college students are urged to rise […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, February 29th 2012

Media-ocrity of the Week   The following is a letter written by CIJR’s Publications Chairman to the Jerusalem Post’s editor.   Re: Of Hate and Hope (Jerusalem Post, February 23.)   The publication of Daniel Eisenbud’s denigration of a “nefarious breed of Jewish immigrant [that] comes [to Israel] filled with rage” crosses the line. That […]

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Tuesday, February 28th 2012

A LOOK AHEAD: THE RETURN OF THE ISRAEL APARTHEID WEEK CULT Jonathan Kay National Post, February 25, 2012 In Syria, the Assad regime continues to rain artillery on rebel positions in the city of Homs, killing journalists and innocent civilians alike. Iran’s mullahs are set to execute a Canadian citizen for the crime of operating […]

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Monday, February 27th 2012 / Monday, February 27th 2012

CONDI’S LESSONS: Rick Richman Commentary, February 2012 The following is a review of Condoleezza Rice’s No Higher Honor: A Memoir Of My Years In Washington (Crown Publishers, 766 pages.) …Condoleezza Rice’s memoir of her service as national-security adviser and secretary of state…covers a decade, starting in 1999 when she joined George W. Bush’s presidential campaign […]

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Friday, February 24th 2012

THE BIG LIE RETURNS Ben Cohen Commentary, February 2012 A blurb on a book jacket would seem an unlikely vehicle for the introduction of a new and sinister tactic in the promotion of an ancient prejudice. But in September 2011, a word of appreciation on the cover of The Wandering Who launched a fresh chapter […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, February 24th 2012

    «ÉVENTUELLEMENT, TOUTE L’HUMANITÉ SERA DES RÉFUGIÉS PALESTINIENS» Daniel Pipes The Washington Times, 21 février 2012 Version originale anglaise: “Eventually, All Humans Will Be Palestine Refugees” Adaptation française: Anne-Marie Delcambre de Champvert De toutes les questions qui agitent le conflit israélo-arabe, il n'en est pas de plus centrale, de plus pernicieuse, de plus primordiale, […]

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Thursday, February 23rd 2012

OBAMA URGED TO ACT ON SYRIA Weekly Standard, February 17, 2012 The following is a letter written by a group of foreign policy professionals to U.S. President Barack Obama regarding the situation in Syria. Dear Mr. President: For eleven months now, the Syrian people have been dying on a daily basis at the hands of […]

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Wednesday, February 22nd 2012

Media-ocrity of the Week   “I don’t have an assessment yet. I’m not sure I’ll ever answer that question in the way you’ve just framed it.”—Jodi Rudoren, the incoming New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief, responding to whether she thinks Israel is an apartheid state. When asked if she is a Zionist, Rudoren answered, “I’m […]