Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, March 13th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? Gov’t Endangering Israel’s Economy? What are the Signs?:  Oren Dori, Globes, Jan. 22, 2023 —Various commentators and company executives have expressed concern recently about the possible economic consequences of the government’s plans, specifically of the changes to the judicial system and the generous coalition agreements that the Likud party signed with the […]

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Friday, March 10th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

SHABBAT READING: The Closeness of God:  Ki Tissa:  Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Covenant & Conservation,  5776, 5783 — The more I study the Torah, the more conscious I become of the immense mystery of Exodus 33. This is the chapter set in the middle of the Golden Calf narrative (between Exodus chapter 32 describing the sin and its […]

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Thursday, March 9th 2023 / Thursday, March 9th 2023

Citation de la semaine:  “(…) à Pourim, nous nous souvenons de la fois où les Perses ont essayé de nous tuer ; à Pessah, nous nous souvenons de la fois où les Egyptiens ont essayé de nous tuer ; à Hanoukka, nous nous souvenons de la fois où les Grecs ont essayé de nous tuer.  […]

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Thursday, March 9th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

What the Battle Over Judicial Reform in Israel Is Really About | Opinion:  Caroline Glick, Newsweek, Mar. 2, 2023 Netanyahu’s Judicial Reform Doesn’t Go Far Enough:  Michael B. Mukasey, WSJ, Feb. 26, 2023 ‘Why Do We Need Judicial Reform?’ An Architect Behind the Proposal Explains:  David Isaac, JNS, Mar. 7, 2023 Actions Speak Louder than Chants:  Douglas Altabef, Israel National […]

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Wednesday, March 8th 2023 / Tuesday, March 7th 2023

                                      WEEKLY QUOTES “International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi just said in Tehran that an Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities is against the law. Rafael Grossi is a worthy gentleman who said something unworthy. […]

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Tuesday, March 7th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

   SHORT TAKES FOR CONTEXTUAL REFERENCE: Jerusalem Post, Mar.5, J.P. staff, “El Al finds alternative crew after pilots refuse to fly Netanyahu to Italy“— Israel’s national airline, El Al pilots left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, high and dry after no one volunteered to fly Israel’s couple out to Rome for a state visit to Italy scheduled […]

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Monday, March 6th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

DIGGING DEEPER INTO MEGILLAT ESTHER Purim: Mocking Persia’s Dat and Reaccepting the Torah:  Rachel Friedman, The Torah.com, Mar. 3, 2023 — The book of Esther centers on the action and intrigue at the royal court of King Ahasuerus in the Persian capital of Shushan (Susa), repeatedly calling attention to its silliness and eccentricities.[1] Nowhere does the […]

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Friday, March 3rd 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Shabbat reading: The Torah Is Sanctioned by God: In the Footsteps of the Abravanel:  Rabbi Avi Weiss, The Torah.com, Feb. 9, 2023 — The Book of Deuteronomy poses a unique challenge for those who believe that God authored the Torah: It is presented as an address by Moses! This includes the book’s many laws, which […]

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Thursday, March 2nd 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

WATCH:Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: One Year Later:  A Conversation with Dara Massicot, Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, Feb. 27, 2023 — Foreign Affairs Editor Dan Kurtz-Phelan and authors, Dara Massicot, Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine Is the West’s War Now:  Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, Feb. […]

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Wednesday, March 1st 2023 / Wednesday, March 1st 2023

          WEEKLY QUOTES   “I strongly condemn the cruel and violent rampage against the residents of Huwara yesterday. This is not our way. It is criminal violence against innocents.  It harms the State of Israel; it harms us; it harms settlers. It harms security forces who are busy searching for those […]

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Tuesday, February 28th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Timeline: How The Covid Lab Leak Origin Story Went From ‘Conspiracy Theory’ To Government Debate:  Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, Feb. 26, 2023 — The U.S. Energy Department reportedly became the second government agency Sunday to conclude the coronavirus probably leaked from a lab rather than jumping from animals to humans naturally, a “low confidence” conclusion that lends more attention […]

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Monday, February 27th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

ANALYSIS: Harbingers of Coming Israeli Military Action Against Iran: Yochanan Visser, Israel Today, Feb. 26, 2023 Syria’s Civil War: The Descent into Horror: Zachary Laub, Council on Foreign Relations, Feb. 14, 2023 Syria: The War Has Not Ended:  Amir Taheri, Gatestone Institute, Feb. 12, 2023 Syria’s Isolation Hinders Earthquake Relief Effort:  Vivian Salama and Stephen […]