Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, February 7th 2024 / Wednesday, February 7th 2024

GEIGER COUNTDOWN Iran Closer Than Ever to Weaponizing Uranium, Building Nuclear Bomb – Report:  Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 6, 2024 —  A new report from the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) is sounding the alarm on Iran’s closeness to going nuclear, upgrading its threat level to “Extreme Danger,” the highest of its six ratings, for the […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, February 6th 2024

REWARDING TERROR We Must Not Reward Hamas’ Barbaric Violence of October 7th:  Keith Black, Express, Feb. 1, 2024 — On October 7th, Hamas unleashed a wave of barbaric violence murdering over 1,200 innocent men, women and children. More than a hundred innocent Israelis are still being held hostage in horrific conditions. _________________________________________________________________ US Support Is Firm, But […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, February 5th 2024 / Monday, February 5th 2024

BIDEN’S POLITICAL MANEUVERING WITH ISRAEL’S SECURITY It’s Biden Who’s Playing Politics with the Gaza War, Not Bibi:  Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Feb. 2, 2024 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reputation as a master political schemer and a cynical seeker of power is so deeply embedded in the public consciousness that there is literally nothing he can do […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, February 2nd 2024

SHABBAT READING The Existence of Two Versions of the Decalogue:  Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin, The Torah.com, Feb. 2, 2015 — The Decalogue, a central text of Judaism, appears in the Torah in both Exodus and in Deuteronomy, and the wording is not the same in the two books. This creates a significant problem for interpreters. For the […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, February 2nd 2024 / Friday, February 2nd 2024

Citation de la semaine: Quand ils sont venus chercher les socialistes, je n’ai rien dit, je n’étais pas socialiste. Quand ils sont venus chercher les syndicalistes, je n’ai rien dit, je n’étais pas syndicaliste. Quand ils sont venus chercher les Juifs, je n’ai rien dit, je n’étais pas juif. Puis, ils sont venus me chercher. […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, February 1st 2024 / Thursday, February 1st 2024

SINGLING OUT THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT WATCH:  Victor Davis Hanson: An American’s Case for Israel | Robinson’s Podcast #191: Robinson Erhardt, YouTube, Jan. 22, 2024 — …  In this episode, which is the second in an installment of three considering different perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Robinson and Victor discuss his appraisal of the situation as a military historian, some […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, January 31st 2024

ABOUT FACE Testimony on UNRWA Before Congress:  Why Evolution is True, Jan. 30, 2024 — If you have any interest in UNRWA, several people, including Hillel Neuer, the head of the NGO UN Watch, will testify before a House subcommittee starting NOW. I expect there will be lot of testimony, supported by evidence, about how this UN […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, January 30th 2024 / Tuesday, January 30th 2024

INCREASING TIES ICJ Verdict: SA Chief Rabbi’s Call to Fight Back:  Chief Rabbi Goldstein, YouTube, Jan. 28, 2024 — The International Court of Justice has delivered its interim judgment. Even a political body appointed by the United Nations General Assembly, whose members are mainly non-democratic states, couldn’t bring itself to order Israel to ceasefire, but we should […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, January 29th 2024

IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE ICJ Asks Israel to Prevent Genocide, Doesn’t Order End To Gaza War:  Rina Bassist and Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 26, 2024 — The International Court of Justice in the Hague (ICJ) issued Friday a provisional order that Israel must refrain from acts that could possibly lead to genocide but fell short […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

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 […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

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 […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

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 […]