Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

During “All-Stars Week”, CIJR’s Isranet Briefings will highlight the work of outstanding individuals, whose invaluable efforts contribute to strengthening public perception of the Jewish state’s regional and global position. Each Briefing will include a sample of articles written over the last year by a given author, dealing with issues such as Israeli politics and security, […]

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OBAMA’S FAILING IRAN DIPLOMACY Richard Grenell Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2011 On Nov. 13, President Obama made some remarkable statements. “When I came into office,” he said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Honolulu, “the world was divided and Iran was unified around its nuclear program.” Now, he said, “the world is united […]

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WHAT CHANGE LOOKS LIKE UNDER OBAMA Peter Wehner Contentions, November 16, 2011 Speaking to a crowd in Hawaii, President Obama contrasted his uplifting, high-minded campaign with the “narrow, cramped vision of an America where everybody is left to fend for themselves.” (That would be the Republican vision). Obama went on to say this: “That was […]

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On Friday, October 21, US President Barack Obama announced that “the long war in Iraq will come to an end by the end of this year,” marking the conclusion of a nearly 9-year war that cost the U.S more than 4,400 lives, more than 30,000 injured servicemen and servicewomen, and upwards of one trillion dollars. […]

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        QUI SOUFFRE (LE PLUS) DE LA POLITIQUE ANTI-ISRAÉLIENNE DE L’ONU? Simon Deng JForum.fr, 22 novembre 2011 Ce sont les paroles de Simon Deng, qui a été un esclave soudanais. Il s’est adressé à la conférence de «Durban III» à New York sur «Les périls de l’intolérance globale» le 22 septembre 2011. […]

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      INQUIÉTUDE FACE AU FLOU ET À L’AGITATION QUI RÈGNENT EN IRAN Naama Rehoboam Guysen.com, 1 décembre 2011 Entre l’attaque de l’ambassade de Grande-Bretagne, les sanctions internationales et les mystérieuses explosions: le monde semble avoir pris la mesure du danger d’un Iran nucléaire.   Les choses semblent se compliquer pour l’Iran. Après l’attaque ce […]

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Last week, Egyptians went to the polls in record numbers, in the first free elections since Hosni Mubarak was deposed last February. Over the weekend, Egypt’s High Election Commission announced that the Muslim Brotherhood’s fundamentalist Freedom and Justice Party garnered approximately 40 percent of ballots cast, while The Nour Party, representing the more hard-line Salafi […]

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REACHES NADIR AS PANETTA URGES ISRAEL TO “GET TO THE DAMNED TABLE” WITH PA Frederick Krantz The Arab world is in turmoil, as the high promise of the “Arab spring” is everywhere descending—from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to (soon) Syria—into the triumph of the Islamists and Muslim Brothers. And meanwhile Abbas and […]

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In an interview this week with journalist Barbara Walters, Syrian president Bashar Assad denied ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters, claiming that rogue “individuals” were to blame for the bloodshed. According to Assad, “I did my best to protect the people. I cannot feel guilty when you do your best.”   Despite Assad’s ongoing defiance, […]

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OLDEST HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TURNS 108 Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust, celebrated her 108th birthday in London on November 25. A native of Prague and professional pianist in her mid-teens, Mrs. Herz-Sommer, her husband and young son were sent to the Nazi show camp at Terezin in 1943, where she played more […]

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Quizz sur la «Palestine» Dépêche primo-info.eu, 8 décembre 2011 Prenez plaisir à répondre à ce quizz concernant la démographie, les conditions de vie et l'histoire du peuple palestinien… et testez vos connaissances avec les réponses fournies à la fin du Communiqué…:   QUESTIONS   1.) Classez ces pays en fonction de l'espérance de vie (taux […]

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“We believe that you can’t reach democracy by elections. We believe in a long process. It should start by education.”—Israel’s Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon, commenting on the emergence in the Middle East, as a result of the so-called “Arab Spring,” of Islamic fundamentalists through democratic mechanisms. (Associated Press, December 12.)   THE DANGERS OF […]