Isranet Daily Briefing

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Friday, February 16th 2024

  Gersonides’ Scientific Interpretation of the Tabernacle:  Prof. Menachem Kellner, The Torah.com, Feb. 13, 2024 — Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (1288–1344),[1] known to the Jewish world by his acronym Ralbag and to the wider world as Gersonides, spent his fifty-six years in Provence.[2] While the names of his teachers remain unknown,[3] his erudition is staggering. Heavily influenced by Aristotelian philosophy, […]

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Thursday, February 15th 2024 / Thursday, February 15th 2024

COLUMBIA’S TURN House Committee to Investigate Columbia’s ‘Inadequate Response’ to Campus Antisemitism:  Cathryn J. Prince, Times of Israel, Feb. 12, 2024 — Columbia University’s handling of antisemitism is now the subject of an official Congressional committee investigation. What Happens When You Teach at Columbia and Reject Hamas: Shai Davidai and Yardenne Greenspan, Tablet, Feb. 13, 2024 Columbia University’s […]

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Wednesday, February 14th 2024 / Wednesday, February 14th 2024

SEE NO EVIL Hamas Was Right Under UNRWA’s Nose:  Editorial, WSJ, Feb. 11, 2024 — For how much longer will UNRWA try the ostrich defense? The United Nations’ forever-refugee agency for Palestinians claims it had no idea Hamas was operating a key tunnel underneath the UNRWA headquarters. On Saturday Israel exposed the tunnel, which includes one of Hamas’s […]

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Tuesday, February 13th 2024

INCREASING TIES Arab States Want Israel to Finish Hamas … And So Should the US:  Alex Traiman, JNS TV, Feb. 12, 2024 — Tension is growing between the United States and Israel about the timeline of the war in Gaza and the push for a two-state outcome. Are the two allies heading for a collision?  Alex Traiman […]

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Monday, February 12th 2024

DEFEATING YASSIN’S  PROPHESY WATCH:  Netanyahu: Bringing Hostages Home and Defeating Hamas Are ‘Not Mutually Exclusive’:  Fox News, Feb. 11, 2024 Yahya Sinwar Is Working to Fulfill Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s Vision:  Yoni Ben Menachem, JCPA, Feb. 5, 2024 — Yahya Sinwar is perceived as actively pursuing Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s goal of dismantling Israel by the year 2027. Sinwar envisions […]

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Monday, February 12th 2024 / Sunday, February 11th 2024

Citation de la semaine: “Israël a mis en œuvre plus de mesures pour prévenir les pertes civiles que toute autre armée dans l’histoire de la guerre”. John Spencer (directeur de l’Institut de la guerre moderne de l’académie militaire américaine West Point)                                Table des […]

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Friday, February 9th 2024

MORAL EQUIVALENCY Blinken: Oct. 7 Can’t Be A License For Israel To Dehumanize Others: Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 8, 2024 — Israel mustn’t lose sight of the humanity of the Palestinians in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as he urged the government to do more to protect civilians in the enclave.   House Foreign Affairs […]

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Thursday, February 8th 2024 / Thursday, February 8th 2024

JUST WAIT WATCH:  “After the War, We Must Deal with Qatar”:  Fakeland – Part 10, INSS Israel,  YouTube, Dec. 31, 2023— INSS Managing Director Major General (res.) Tamir Hayman, former head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, warns that Qatar is conducting a dangerous influence campaign against Israel, and calls for addressing the implications of this campaign […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]