Isranet Daily Briefing

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Thursday, May 18th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Who Wants to Destroy Israel? You Might Be Surprised.:  Guy Milliere, Gatestone Institute, May 15, 2023 — On April 17-18, Israel observed Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Sirens sounded across the country while people stood for two minutes of silence in remembrance of six million Jews who had been murdered. ________________________________________________________ Israel at 75 Is Threatened but Strong:  Walter Russell […]

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Thursday, May 18th 2023 / Thursday, May 18th 2023

Citation de la semaine: « Je ne vis pas à Jérusalem, Jérusalem vit en moi. » Elie Wiesel Table des Matières   Journée de Jérusalem – Yom Yeroushalaïm, des pierres et des jours alyah.fr, 23 mai 2017 Le jour où la guerre a fait irruption à Jérusalem                  […]

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Wednesday, May 17th 2023 / Wednesday, May 17th 2023

                   MEDIA-OCRITY House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden:  Luke Broadwater, NY Times, May 10, 2023 ‘After four months of investigation, House Republicans who promised to use their new majority to unearth evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden acknowledged on Wednesday that they had […]

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Tuesday, May 16th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

POLL:  SAUDIS SEEK ‘SOME TIES’ WITH ISRAEL New Saudi Opinion Poll Shows 40 Percent Still Back Some Ties with Israel; Three-Fourths Say Rocket Fire Against Israel Will Have Negative Effects:  David Pollock, Washington Institute, May 15, 2023 — Against the background of this week’s exchanges of fire between Israel and Gaza, it is striking that the solid […]

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Monday, May 15th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

  How Theodor Herzl’s Vision Created the Modern Jewish State: A Fireside Chat With David Matlow, Owner Of World’s Largest Collection of Herzl Memorabilia:  Honest Reporting Canada, May 10, 2023 — On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, proclaimed the Jewish State’s independence. Across Israel, euphoria erupted as crowds celebrated the country’s rebirth […]

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Friday, May 12th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

SHABBAT READING Family Feeling: Behar, Bechukotai, 5776, 5783:  Covenant & Conversation, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — I argued in my Covenant and Conversation for parshat Kedoshim that Judaism is more than an ethnicity. It is a call to holiness. In one sense, however, there is an important ethnic dimension to Judaism. Have Religious Israeli Jews Given Up on Israel’s Secular Society? – […]

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Thursday, May 11th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

 Operation Shield and Arrow May Test Iran’s ‘Unity of Front’ Plan – Analysis:  Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 9, 2023 Israel’s Deepening Iran Dilemma:  Ilan Berman, Washington Times, May 5, 2023 Tehran ‘Already Violating’ Missile Embargo Set to Expire in October:  Yaakov Lappin, JNS, May 2, 2023 China and Russia Encourage Iran to Go Nuclear:  Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh, WSJ, […]

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Wednesday, May 10th 2023

À la mémoire des victimes de la synagogue de Djerba. Djerba : Les deux victimes juives de la fusillade identifiées Times of Israel, Mai 2023 Une attaque lors du pèlerinage juif à la synagogue de la Ghriba à Djerba en Tunisie a fait quatre morts dont deux fidèles juifs la nuit dernière. Les deux autres décès sont […]

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Wednesday, May 10th 2023

                                         WEEKLY QUOTES “We must be ready for any scenario, including a prolonged campaign and expanding the firing ranges. It is very important that the citizens, under your leadership, be disciplined, attentive and listen to life-saving […]

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Tuesday, May 9th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

BONFIRES AND SONG Understanding Lag B’Omer: The Mystical Holiday of Holy Fire:  Rabbi Ari Enkin, United With Israel, May 8, 2023 — Lag B’omer marks the cessation of the plague that killed 24,000 students of beloved scholar Rabbi Akiva (50-135 AD). It might just be that this plague was the failed Bar Kochba revolt in which Rabbi Akiva’s […]

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Monday, May 8th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Tucker Carlson’s Fall Isn’t as Good for the Jews as the ADL Thinks:  Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Apr. 28, 2023 Who Helped Overturn the “Pentagon Papers Principle”? The Washington Post and New York Times:  Matt Taibbi, Racket News, May 6, 2023 There’s a Reason the Public Doesn’t Trust the Press:  Becket Adams, National Review, May 7, 2023 Scourge or Success: How the Media […]

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Friday, May 5th 2023

  SHABBAT READING   Holy Times:  Emor, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year. There are five such passages in the Torah. Two, both in the book of Exodus (Ex. 23:14-17; Ex. 34:18, 22-23), are very brief. They refer only to the three pilgrimage festivals, Pesach, Shavuot, and Succot. They do not […]