Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, October 13th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

  The Sound (of Prayer) and the Fury:  Daniel Gordis, Israel from the Inside, Oct. 13, 2023 — We’ll start with the mood in Israel. We’ll go on to a project that people can support if they’d like to help Israelis who have lost everything. A dog story. And we’ll end with a prayer now […]

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Thursday, October 12th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

IRAN GAVE COMMAND Iran Gave the Order: This is How Hamas’ Offensive was Planned:  Shirit Avitan Cohen, Israel Hayom, Oct. 10, 2023 — Indications of the meticulous planning behind the surprise attack on the Gaza border communities are becoming clearer as time passes. The broad picture, even if late, should not soothe the politicians and […]

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Wednesday, October 11th 2023 / Tuesday, October 10th 2023

                   WEEKLY QUOTES “We have only started striking Hamas. What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations. The atrocities committed by Hamas have not been seen since ISIS atrocities. Bound children executed along with their families. Young men […]

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Tuesday, October 10th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

Israel’s Choices in Gaza All Lead to the Destruction of the Hamas Regime:  Yaakov Lappin, JNS, Oct. 9, 2023 Israel’s Retribution Will Be Righteous:  Noah Rothman, National Review, Oct. 7, 2023 A Wounded, Weakened Israel Is a Fiercer One:  Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel, Oct. 8, 2023 Israel, Our White-House Absurdities, and the Left’s […]

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Friday, October 6th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

SHABBAT READING   What is Shemini Atzeret?: Rabbi Paul Steinberg, My Jewish Learning, no date — Although Hoshanah Rabbah may technically be the “last day” of Sukkot, the Rabbis decided to treat Shemini Atzeret (and Simchat Torah) as a part of Sukkot , because its significance is unequivocally informed by Sukkot itself. _______________________________________________________   Remembering the Yom Kippur War in a […]

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Thursday, October 5th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

Inside Tehran’s Soft War:  Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Iran International, no date — Three Iran experts who have worked closely with Robert Malley, the Biden administration’s special envoy on Iran, were members of an influence network formed and guided by Tehran, an investigation by Iran International shows. _____________________________________________________ Inside Iran’s Influence Operation:  Jay Solomon, Semafor, Sept. 29, […]

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Wednesday, October 4th 2023 / Tuesday, October 3rd 2023

 WEEKLY QUOTES “The wars of the Jews are always the ugliest. The Arabs won’t need to fight. The Jews, as usual, will destroy themselves.” — Yoni Netanyahu, late brother of P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu, to his parents in November 1973. (WSJ, Sept. 28, 2023)   “Our government won’t come within a kilometer of anything that even […]

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Wednesday, October 4th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Des archives déclassifiées témoignent de fortes réserves sur les accords d’Oslo                                                                                  MICHAEL BACHNER                                […]

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Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

MBS OPENS UP Bret Baier Interviews Saudi Prince: Israel Peace, 9/11 Ties, Iran Nuke Fears: ‘Cannot See Another Hiroshima’:  Peter Aitken, Fox News, Sept. 20, 2023 —  Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his first interview with a major American news network since 2019 addressed controversies that have plagued his country and government over the […]

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Friday, September 29th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

________________________________________________________ SHABBAT READING   Is Kohelet’s Wisdom Vanity of Vanities?:  Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin, The Torah.com, Sept. 2023 — The Mishnah (m. Yadayim 3:5) makes clear that the inclusion of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in the biblical Canon engendered more opposition than other biblical books.[1] Unfortunately, we don’t have a detailed record of the rabbinic discussions about Kohelet, pro and […]

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Thursday, September 28th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

The Real History Behind the ‘Golda’ Movie:  Sonja Anderson, The Smithsonian, Aug. 24, 2023 ‘Golda:’ What the Movie Doesn’t Tell You About the Israeli Prime Minister:  Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 2023 Good as ‘Golda’: Nattiv on Directing Helen Mirren:  Hannah Brown, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 2, 2023 How Golda Transformed Helen Mirren into Golda Meir:  Lisa […]

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Wednesday, September 27th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

Ukraine, U.S., Russia (And China): Antisemites, Jews, and Means-Ends Discourse in a Global, Nuclear Age:  Frederick Krantz, Isranet,Sept. 27, 2023 Canadian Speaker in House of Commons Quits After Honoring Ukrainian Who Fought for Nazis: Ian Austen, NY Times, Sept. 26, 2023 Rota Resigns So Trudeau Can Pretend Nazi Scandal Isn’t His Problem: Carson Jerema, National Post, Sept. […]