Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, June 30th 2022

ISRAEL UPDATE:   Israeli Knesset Dispersed, Lapid Is Prime Minister from Midnight:  Gadi Zaig and Eliav Breuer, Jerusalem Post, June 30, 2022 —   The 24th Knesset voted to disperse on Thursday morning in a 92-0 vote and to hold the next election on November 1. Interview: How Much Is China Helping Russia Finance Its […]

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Wednesday, June 29th 2022 / Wednesday, June 29th 2022

MEDIA-OCRITIES OF THE WEEK These 11 Moderate Voters See an America That Others Don’t:  Patrick Healy and Adrian J. Rivera, NY Times, June 21, 2022   “Should trans girls in high school be allowed to compete on girls’ sports teams?”…. Michael: ‘I am transfeminine. I live my life as a female. But I don’t call […]

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Tuesday, June 28th 2022

Antisemitism Envoy Compares Anti-Israel Bias to US Media Treatment of Conservatives:  Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2022 — Israeli Special Envoy for Combating Global Antisemitism and Delegitimization Noa Tishby participated in a televised political panel on Tuesday, comparing liberal bias in the US media to double standards against Israel. How to Kill a Democracy:  […]

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Monday, June 27th 2022

WATCH:  Status Update:  Biden and the Iran Deal: Behnam Ben Taleblu Emet, The Endowment for Middle East Truth, June 23, 2022 –– Last week, International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA) confirmed that Iran removed 27 cameras from its nuclear facilities. EU and Iran Agree to Resume Nuclear Talks in Vienna:  WIN, June 26, 2022 — Negotiations […]

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Thursday, June 23rd 2022

How Kaliningrad, Russian Land Ringed By NATO, Is Tangled in Ukraine War:  Rachel Pannett and Amy Cheng, Washington Post, June 21, 2022 — The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, hundreds of miles west of the rest of the country, is the latest flash point between Moscow and the rest of Europe as the fallout from Russian President […]

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Wednesday, June 22nd 2022

   WEEKLY QUOTES “Without pressure from the West, the Islamic regime in Iran could get their hands on a nuclear bomb very soon. The world must take a firm stance … Iran’s nuclear program won’t stop until it’s stopped.” — Israel PM Naftali Bennett to The Telegraph.  Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on May 17 […]

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Tuesday, June 21st 2022

Far-right Conspiracy Theories Are Now Embedded in the UK Mainstream:  Melanie Phillips, Open Democracy, May 24, 2022 — The threat of far-right terrorism is overstated, according to Sir William Shawcross, who is leading an independent review of the UK government’s anti-extremism strategy Prevent. Renewed EU Aid to Palestinian Authority Will Compromise Fight Against Antisemitism in […]

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Monday, June 20th 2022 / Thursday, June 23rd 2022

The Great Paradox of Swedish Neutrality in the Cold War and Today:  Susanne Berger, War on the Rocks, Dec. 28, 2015 — For years now, political observers have struggled to properly assess Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aims and ambitions. One large obstacle standing in the way of realistic analysis might be that today’s […]

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Friday, June 17th 2022

Is It Time to Rethink the Relationship Between Jews and Elite Universities?:Irit Tratt, Algemeiner, June 1, 2022 Why I Quit Georgetown:Ilya Shapiro, WSJ, June 6, 2022 Two Ivy League Presidents Are Stepping Down. They Leave Different Legacies on Campus Israel Speech and Antisemitism.:Andrew Lapin and Caleb Guedes-Reed, JTA, June 10, 2022 What Princeton Did to […]

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Thursday, June 16th 2022 / Thursday, June 16th 2022

Citation de la semaine: “ Plus on est près du pouvoir, plus on risque de se brûler.  Proverbe iranien ; Mille et un proverbes de l’Iran (1969)”   Israël a changé de stratégie vis-à-vis de l’Iran  Jacques BENILLOUCHE, Friday June 10, 2022 USA : Les députés favorables à une alliance d’Israël et 9 États arabes contre […]

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Thursday, June 16th 2022 / Thursday, June 16th 2022

Jonathan Haidt: We Are on a Path To ‘Catastrophic Failure’ of Our Democracy If We Don’t Change:  Jacob Hess, Deseret News, June 5, 2022 — Few have done more to raise national awareness about the potential implications of the hyperpartisan, toxically polarized spiral we are in than Jonathan Haidt, the Thomas Cooley professor of ethical […]

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Wednesday, June 15th 2022

WEEKLY QUOTES  “Without pressure from the West, the Islamic regime in Iran could get their hands on a nuclear bomb very soon. The world must take a firm stance … Iran’s nuclear program won’t stop until it’s stopped.” — Israel PM Naftali Bennett to The Telegraph.  Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on May 17 confirmed […]