Isranet Daily Briefing

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Thursday, January 19th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

How Russia’s New Commander in Ukraine Could Change the War:  Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, Jan. 17, 2023 — Last week, Russia announced that it was replacing General Sergei Surovikin—who had been put in charge of the war in Ukraine only three months earlier—with another general, Valery Gerasimov.  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 15, 2023, Kateryna Stepanenko, […]

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Wednesday, January 18th 2023 / Wednesday, January 18th 2023

     MEDIA-OCRITY Israel’s Far Right Hits Ground Running, and Ripple Effects Are Already Being Felt:  Oliver Holmes, The Guardian, Jan. 7, 2023   “ In little more than a week, the administration has made moves towards the largest expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank since the occupation began. It has allowed the hardline minister Ben-Gvir to stage […]

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Tuesday, January 17th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

 DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE Biden White House Mounts Absurd Defense on Classified-Document Discoveries:  Jim Geraghty, National Review, Jan. 16, 2023 — Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day; may our country continue its path to equality, liberty, and justice for all.   Five Unanswered Questions About Biden’s Classified Documents:  Niall Stanage, The Hill, Jan. 15, 2023 —  It’s a controversy that […]

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Monday, January 16th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

“Schiff and the Democrats falsely claimed Russians were behind the Release the Memo hashtag, all my investigative work… By spreading the Russia collusion hoax, they instigated one of the greatest outbreaks of mass delusion in U.S. history.”  — Devin Nunes   “On January 23rd, 2018, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) published an […]

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Sunday, January 15th 2023 / Sunday, January 15th 2023

Citation de la semaine: Audi alteram partem (entendre l’autre partie) Expression latine Israël : des décennies de bras de fer entre pouvoirs législatif et judiciaire Johanna Afriat i24NEWS,09 janvier 2023 L’ENJEU EN ISRAËL DE LA RÉFORME JUDICIAIRE  Jacques BENILLOUCHE Benillouche.blogspot.com Aperçu de l’actualité Israël : des décennies de bras de fer entre pouvoirs législatif et […]

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Friday, January 13th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

Don’t Call Me Hebrew! The Mysterious Origins of the First Anti-Semitic Slur:  Dr. Yitzhaq Feder, The Torah.com, Jan. 9, 2015 — Long before the children of Jacob were called Jews, they were Hebrews (עברים). Despite the commonplace use of this term today (as in Hebrew language – which never appears as such in the Bible!),[1] the Torah does not offer us […]

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Thursday, January 12th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

Israel’s Powerful New Finance Minister Aims to Entrench Israeli Rule in West Bank:  Dov Lieber and Aaron Boxerman, WSJ, Jan. 4, 2023 Smotrich: Government will fight to prevent dismantlement of Homesh Yeshivah:  Josh Hasten, JNS, Jan. 4, 2023 Netanyahu, Now Is the Best Time to Act:  David M. Weinberg, Israel Hayom, Jan. 8, 2023 The […]

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Tuesday, January 10th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

I Will Risk My Licence to Escape Social Media Re-Education:  Jordan Peterson, National Post, Jan. 4, 2022 Will Jordan Peterson Lose His License for Wrongthink?: Neeraja Deshpande, The Free Press, Jan. 6, 2023  Defamatory Charges Against Jordan Peterson Should Be ‘Thrown Out Like a Dead Mouse’:  Conrad Black, National Post, Jan. 7, 2023 What’s Happening to Jordan Peterson […]

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Monday, January 9th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

 ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND DEBATE: Does the Supreme Court Have Too Much Power?:  Caroline Glick, JNS, Dec. 20, 2022 — The incoming Netanyahu government’s intention to enact reforms of the legal systems to limit the powers of the Supreme Court has stirred up a lot of controversies. In this week’s episode of the “Caroline Glick Show,” […]

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Friday, January 6th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

   SHABBAT READING When Moses Placed Ephraim Before Manasseh:  Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz, The Torah.com,  Jan. 12, 2017 — In the Torah’s account of the end of Jacob’s life, we read that Joseph, upon learning that his father is on his deathbed, brings his two sons to visit him (Gen 48:1) and that when Jacob […]

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Thursday, January 5th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Citation de la semaine: Une année qui finit, c’est une pierre jetée au fond de la citerne des âges et qui tombe avec des résonances d’adieu. Aphorismes du temps présent – Firmin Van den Bosch )   L’année 2022 en Israël en 12 sujets marquants GLENN CLOAREC and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Times of Israel, 31 December […]

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Thursday, January 5th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023

The Islamic State Is Cautiously Optimistic About a New Turkish Operation in Syria:  Charlie Winter, War on the Rocks, Dec. 23, 2022 It’s Clear That Turkey Has Imposed Islamic Rule on Both Its Domestic and Foreign Policies – Opinion:  Robert Ellis, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 11, 2022 Turkey Continues to Hide the Identity of Captured ISIS […]