Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, June 9th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

SHABBAT READING From Despair to Hope:  Beha’alotecha . 5776 – 5783 – The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, Covenant & Conversation — There have been times when one passage in this week’s parsha was, for me, little less than lifesaving. No leadership position is easy. Leading Jews is harder still. And spiritual leadership can be hardest of […]

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Thursday, June 8th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

  MEDIA COLLUSION Turkey and the Power of Controlling the Narrative: Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune/ TNS, May 23, 2023 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defied all expectations when he won nearly half the vote in Turkey’s election on Sunday. This means he’ll face a presidential runoff for the first time, but he looks poised to […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, June 8th 2023

Citation de la semaine:    “L’histoire nous a enseigné que personne n’a jamais mis fin au chantage d’un pays totalitaire par l’apaisement. ”
Yitzhak Rabin  Interview, Le Figaro du 8 janvier 1975  ________________________________________________________________        Table des Matières Israël craint que Washington ne se dirige vers un nouvel accord nucléaire avec l’Iran Lazar BERMAN TIMES […]

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Wednesday, June 7th 2023

MEDIA-OCRITY  Chris Christie and the Republican Party’s Peril:  Peggy Noonan, WSJ, June 1, 2023 “So the question right now isn’t so much whether you like Nikki or dislike Ron. It is: Do you wish the Republican Party to disappear as a force in American political history? If you answer honestly that you do, you will […]

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Tuesday, June 6th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

PURSUING TERROR Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East:  United States Mission to the United Nations, May 24, 2023 —  … it’s been a challenging month for the region, and the United States extends condolences to all Israelis and Palestinians affected by ongoing violence. […]

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Monday, June 5th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

IT GETS HOTTER AND HOTTER How the FBI Lost, Found, and Rewarded the Alleged Russian Spy Pivotal to Surveilling Trump:  Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, June 1, 2023 — Twelve years ago, FBI agents in Baltimore sought to wiretap former Brookings Institution analyst Igor Danchenko on suspicions he was spying for Russia. But the counterintelligence analyst they were […]

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Sunday, June 4th 2023 / Sunday, June 4th 2023

Citation de la semaine:  “Si l’on t’invite à table servie, un refus te fera prendre pour un ingrat.” Proverbe turc  ________________________________________________________________        Table des Matières   Shimon Sherman. Que signifie l’élection de la Turquie pour Israël ?  Tribune Juive, 20 mai 2023 La course présidentielle en Turquie : analyse des enjeux internes et internationaux […]

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Friday, June 2nd 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

SHABBAT READING Birkat Kohanim: The Magic of a Blessing:  Prof. Shawna Dolansky, The Torah.com, Jan. 15, 2016 — Many of us are familiar with the priestly benediction (birkat hakohanim) from the liturgy, found in Numbers 6:24-26. A sensational archaeological find by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 demonstrates the antiquity of this blessing at least as far back […]

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Thursday, June 1st 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

‘The Soldier’s Truth’ Review:  Ernie Pyle, at the Front:  Ben Yagoda,WSJ, May 24, 2023 The Price of Victory: Stanley Goldfarb, Washington Free Beacon, May 29, 2023 Buried Under the Stars:  Jamie Betesh Carter, Tablet, May 25, 2023 The Anonymous Postcard That Inspired a French Best-Seller:  Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, May 11, 2023 For Further Reference: […]

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Wednesday, May 31st 2023 / Wednesday, May 31st 2023

      WEEKLY QUOTES   “All Israeli occupation settlements built on the land of the State of Palestine, including the formerly evacuated Homesh settlement in the north of the West Bank, are illegal.” — Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in a statement responding to the relocation of the Homesh Yeshiva to a […]

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Tuesday, May 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Is it Enough The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism May 2023:  The White House, May 25, 2023-– Six years ago, Neo-Nazis marched from the shadows through Charlottesville, Virginia, chanting, “Jews will not replace us.” With torches in hand, they spewed the same antisemitic bile and hate that were heard across Europe in the 1930s. […]

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Monday, May 29th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

A SON’S PRAISE  My Father, Henry Kissinger, is Turning 100. This is his Guide to Longevity.:  David Kissinger,  Washington Post, May 25, 2023 — On Saturday, my father, Henry Kissinger, celebrates his 100th birthday. This might have an air of inevitability for anyone familiar with his force of character and love of historical symbolism. Not only […]