Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, May 5th 2025

Why is it So Hard to Stop the Houthis in the Middle East? – Analysis:  Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 Houthi Drones Drain Billions from West as Red Sea Chaos Escalates, Experts Say:  Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line, Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 U.S. Strikes Spur Plans for Yemeni Ground War Against Houthis: […]

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Friday, May 2nd 2025 / Friday, May 2nd 2025

SHABBAT READING The Tzaraʿat Paradox:  Prof. Albert I. Baumgarten, The Torah.com, Apr. 15, 2021  —  The rules of the skin condition called tzaraʿat begin with a series of descriptions of the signs that indicate its presence, such as swelling, rash, and white discoloration. The person is then to approach a priest who will decide on its status […]

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Thursday, May 1st 2025

UNSUITABLE AND UNFEASIBLE Macron Fights for a Palestinian State, Trump Negotiates with the Iranians:  Amb. Freddy Eytan, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA), Apr. 27, 2025 — We welcome France’s good intentions to play a significant role in resolving international crises and seeking a definitive solution to end hostilities in the Middle East. […]

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Wednesday, April 30th 2025 / Wednesday, April 30th 2025

SINGING ISRAEL’S PRAISES LISTEN:  Naomi Shemer’s Soundtrack of Israel at 77 – with Moti Zeira:  Yehuda Kurtzer and Moti Zeira, Shalom Hartman Institute, Apr. 29, 2025 True Face of Israel is Found in the Torch Held by Inspirational Heroes – Editorial:  JPost Editorial, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 21, 2025 —  This Independence Day, as the sun sets […]

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Tuesday, April 29th 2025

A DIVIDED COUNTRY:  TOUGH SAILING AHEAD   Mark Carney’s House of Cards:  Michael Cuenco, Unherd, Apr. 29, 2025 —  Two narratives were at play in Canada’s election: either the Great White North was going to continue on its liberal sonderweg, rejecting the Right-populist surge that has erupted elsewhere in the West — or it was going to take […]

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Monday, April 28th 2025 / Tuesday, April 29th 2025

  Canadian Jews to Head to Polls with Concerns About Safety and Antisemitism:  Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 27, 2025 Canada Votes Soon: A Globalist-Islamic Alliance and the Consequences for Jews:  Sonia Bailley, RAIR Foundation, Apr. 20, 2025 Opinion: This is an Existential Election for Jewish Canadians:   Karine Toledano and Aline Levi, National Post, […]

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Friday, April 25th 2025

SHABBAT READING: Food for Thought:  Shemini • 5770, 5772, 5785,  Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy —  The second half of Exodus and the first part of Leviticus form a carefully structured narrative. The Israelites are commanded to construct a Sanctuary. They carry out the command. This is followed by an account of sacrifices to be offered there. Then, in the first […]

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Thursday, April 24th 2025

Citations de la semaine: “La mémoire ça peut disparaître, ça peut s’effacer, on peut (la) perdre ou volontairement la mettre de côté si on prend, disons, des régimes où cette mémoire commence un peu à gêner,” Guy Poirot, né dans le camp de concentration de Ravensbrück (Allemagne) Table des Matières Le Hamas diffuse une 3e […]

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Thursday, April 24th 2025

THEN AND NOW WATCH: Israel Remembers the Holocaust with Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem:  World Israel News, Apr. 23, 2025 — On Yom HaShoah, as Israel honors the memory of six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, the October 7th massacre by Hamas serves as a chilling reminder that the Jewish people’s fight for survival and safety […]

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Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 / Wednesday, April 23rd 2025

  JEWISH AWARENESS WATCH:  People Love Dead Jews | Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe:  Sinai Temple, Apr. 15, 2023 —  People Love Dead Jews | Sermon by Rabbi David Wolpe (14:32) Saturday, April 15 Ziegler Sanctuary Shabbat Service *** Argentine President Opening Files on Nazi ‘Ratlines’ That Trafficked Eichmann, Mengele:  Matt Lebovic, Times of Israel, […]

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Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 / Tuesday, April 22nd 2025

That Iran might use all of its proxies to respond to such an attack is indeed a risk. But what’s more likely is that so long as the strikes only target military and nuclear sites, Ayatollah Khamenei will not risk escalation.” — Mike Pompeo HIGH STAKES TALKS WATCH:  Dr. Wurmser: Dissecting Trump’s Iran Strategy:  Center […]

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Friday, April 18th 2025

SHABBAT READING Song of Songs: A Secret for Maimonides, An Open Book for Gersonides:  Prof. Menachem Kellner, The Torah.com, Apr. 17, 2025— If ever a biblical text “cried out” to be interpreted allegorically, it is Song of Songs. Indeed, the Talmud states that treating the Song like a regular song is an insult to God […]