Isranet Daily Briefing

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Thursday, November 2nd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

  ‘Progressives’ and the Hamas Pogrom: An A-Z Guide:  Alan Johnson, Fathom Journal, October 2023 — Pogrom is a Russian word meaning ‘to wreak havoc, to demolish violently.’ Historically, the term refers to violent attacks by local non-Jewish populations on Jews. (The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)   LISTEN:  WTH Is Going on with the Explosion of Antisemitism on […]

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Wednesday, November 1st 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

GLORIFYING MONSTERS WATCH: Trigger Warning: x, Oct. 24, 2023  — “We took a 15-year-old girl, took a selfie with her” “Her body was lying on the floor, I shot her. The commander yelled at me, said I was wasting bullets on a corpse.” These are just some of the horrific confessions of Hamas terrorists interrogated by Israeli security […]

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Tuesday, October 31st 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

INCREASING TIES Antisemitic or Pro-Palestinian?:  America’s New Majority Project, Oct. 25, 2023 — Majorities or pluralities of Americans agree that key sentiments expressed by anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian politicians and protesters are antisemitic. ________________________________________________________ The Islamo-left is a Menace to Jews and Decency:  Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, Oct. 22, 2023  Jews Are Being Abandoned by the Left: Joel Kotkin, National Post, […]

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Monday, October 30th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

“WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?” Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East:  REMARKS:  US Dept of State, Oct. 24, 2023 — Mr. Secretary-General, we’re grateful for your leadership in this incredibly challenging time, particularly in helping get humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.   WATCH:  Victor […]

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Sunday, October 29th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Citation de la semaine: “Si les Arabes déposaient leurs armes aujourd’hui, il n’y aurait plus de violence. Si les Juifs déposaient leurs armes aujourd’hui, il n’y aurait plus d’Israël”. Golda Meir Herzog : Le Hamas voulait utiliser des agents cyanurés contre des civils le 7 octobre Times of Israel, 24 octobre 2023 Video – ATTAQUES DU […]

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Friday, October 27th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

SHABBAT READING   When Peace Fails: Psalm 120:  Prof. Adele Berlin, The Torah.com, Oct. 26, 2023 — In these troubled times we often look to psalms to express our feelings and to find hope. Psalm 120 seems especially relevant now. It begins by calling on God for protection from the deceptive speech of the speaker’s enemies: שיר המעלות קכ:א שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת […]

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Thursday, October 26th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

CAIR AT WORK  The Hamas Network in America: A Short History:  Lorenzo Vidino, Program on Extremism at George Washington University, October 2023 — Hamas supporters have long operated in the United States. Internal Hamas documents and FBI wiretaps introduced as evidence in various federal criminal cases clearly show the existence of a nationwide Hamas network engaged in […]

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Wednesday, October 25th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

MEDIA-OCRITIES The Goal for U.S. Diplomacy With Israel: First Calm, Then Peace: Richard Haass, WSJ, Oct. 20, 2023  “… The initial U.S. response to the Hamas attack was full-throated support for Israel, both rhetorically and in the provision of military aid. In just a matter of days, however, that support became somewhat more conditional, with President […]

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Tuesday, October 24th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

INCREASING TIES Dr. Jonathan Schanzer on Hamas, Qatar, Turkey, and more— PBS Firing Line With Margaret Hoover:  FDD, Oct. 23, 2023 — FDD‘s Dr. Jonathan Schanzer joins Margaret Hoover break down all things Hamas. ________________________________________________________ How Will the IDF Handle Urban Combat?:  David Kilcullen, Foreign Affairs, Oct. 23, 2023 Taking Gaza Would Be Possible, Sieges from Mosul to Mariupol […]

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Monday, October 23rd 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND Canada Faults Hamas for Gaza Hospital Blast, But Trudeau and Joly Remain Oddly Quiet:  Michael Higgins, National Post, Oct. 22, 2023 — Is it expecting too much to hope that our prime minister and foreign affairs minister will act in a fair, principled and impartial manner? The answer, unfortunately, appears […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, October 22nd 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Citation de la semaine: « J’ai toujours condamné la terreur. Je dois condamner aussi le terrorisme qui s’exerce aveuglément dans les rues d’Alger. En ce moment, on lance des bombes dans les tramways d’Alger. Ma mère peut se trouver dans un de ces tramways. Si c’est cela la justice, je préfère ma mère».  Albert Camus, […]

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Friday, October 20th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

SHABBAT READING Hero or Zero?:  NOACH • 5767,  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — Noah is one of the most tantalising figures in the Torah, and nowhere is this more evident than in the first and last glimpses we catch of him in the sedra that bears his name. The opening is full of expectation: […]