Isranet Daily Briefing

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Thursday, December 21st 2023 / Thursday, December 21st 2023

“Israel has been so prosperous and has been so normalized that I think there was a sense that this sort of horror was not possible, that they were set up such that they could catch anything that happened. … it is interesting to me that people who are the smartest at both intelligence and military intelligence […]

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Wednesday, December 20th 2023

MODERN DAY BLOOD LIBEL? The False Narrative of ‘Indiscriminate Bombing’:  Seth Mandel, Commentary Magazine, Dec. 15, 2023 —  CNN has been excitedly promoting an “exclusive” story that about 40 percent of Israel’s airdropped munitions in Gaza have been “unguided,” due to the use of “dumb” bombs.  Biden Preparing to Oust Netanyahu Over ‘War Crimes’:  David Israel, Jewish Press, Dec. 19, 2023 — […]

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Tuesday, December 19th 2023 / Tuesday, December 19th 2023

  Iran’s Proxies in Syria Move Toward Escalation with Israel:  Kasra Aarabi and Jason M. Brodsky, Foreign Policy, Nov. 10, 2023 What the War in Gaza Means for Syria:  Aron Lund, The New Humanitarian, Dec. 7, 2023 Syria’s Stakes in the Israel-Gaza War:  Giorgio Cafiero, The New Arab, Dec. 14, 2023 How Violence in Syria Is Connected to […]

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Monday, December 18th 2023

  BEEN THERE BEFORE Opinion: This Unpalatable Reality About Antisemitism at Harvard:  Lev Golinkin, CNN, Dec. 12, 2023 — Harvard University recently issued the latest in an ongoing string of attempts to underscore its commitment to combatting antisemitism, which has grown more evident in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Rabbi’s Lesson for Claudine Gay:  Seth Mandel, Commentary Magazine, Dec. 14, 2023 — Much […]

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Friday, December 15th 2023 / Friday, December 15th 2023

SHABBAT READING   Sibling Rivalry:  Mikketz, 5771, 5784, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — The Torah is a deep book. We make a great mistake if we think it can be understood on one superficial level. On the surface, the story is simple. Envious of him, Joseph’s brothers initially planned to kill him. Eventually they sell into slavery. He is […]

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Thursday, December 14th 2023

HAMAS IS ISIS Israel Security Chief in Letter to the World: ‘Do Not Interfere’:  Ben Caspit/Maariv, Jerusalem Post, Dec.  12, 2023 — Last month, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronan Bar addressed a long and poignant letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in which he wrote, among other things: “We are determined to complete our mission in Gaza. […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, December 14th 2023

Citation de la semaine: « L’antisionisme est une incroyable aubaine, car il nous donne la permission – et même le droit, et même le devoir – d’être antisémite au nom de la démocratie ! L’antisionisme est l’antisémitisme justifié, mis enfin à la portée de tous. Il est la permission d’être démocratiquement antisémite. Et si les […]

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Wednesday, December 13th 2023 / Thursday, December 14th 2023

The Infamy Of The UN: It Invokes Against Israel the Article That It Has Never Invoked Against Russia: Counting Stars, Dec. 8, 2023 –The organization, headed by Portuguese socialist António Guterres, has once again exhibited that bias this week. In a letter published on Wednesday, December 6, Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter against Israel, alerting […]

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Tuesday, December 12th 2023

The Treason of the Intellectuals: Nial Ferguson, The Free Press, Dec. 11, 2023 If a University President Is Dreadful, Fire Him/Her/They/Ze/It:  Charles Lipson, Real Clear Politics, Dec. 11, 2023 How Rich Alumni Ousted Penn’s President Liz Magill:  Melissa Korn, Rachel Louise Ensign and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, Dec. 11, 2023 It’s Time for Congress to Open Harvard’s Books:  Adam Andrzejewski. Tablet, Dec. […]

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Monday, December 11th 2023

ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND Why University Presidents are Under Fire:  Fareed Zakaria, CNN, Dec. 10, 2023 — When one thinks of America’s greatest strengths, the kind of assets the world looks at with admiration and envy, America’s elite universities would have long been at the top of that list. But the American public has been losing faith in these universities – and […]

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Thursday, December 7th 2023 / Thursday, December 7th 2023

OUTRIGHT LIES University Presidents’ Abhorrent Hypocrisy on Anti-Jewish Speech:  The Editors, National Review, Dec. 6, 2023 — All of a sudden, America’s elite universities have started to sound like John Stuart Mill. Asked yesterday by Representative Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) whether students who call for “intifada” or shout “from the river to the sea” were acting “contrary to […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, December 7th 2023 / Wednesday, December 13th 2023

Citation de la semaine: “A quelques-uns l’arrogance tient lieu de grandeur ; l’inhumanité de fermeté ; et la fourberie, d’esprit.”  De Jean de La Bruyére/Caractères            Table des Matières « Femmes victimes, on vous croit ! » Sauf si vous êtes Israéliennes                   […]