Isranet Daily Briefing

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Monday, October 21st 2024

ANOTHER LEAK Leaked Documents Show US Intelligence on Israel’s Plans to Attack Iran, Sources Say:  Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN, Oct. 20, 2024 — The US is investigating a leak of highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of the people familiar confirmed […]

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Wednesday, October 16th 2024

REVELATORY JOURNEY WATCH:  Unlocking the Mystery of Sukkot through the Book of Ecclesiastes:  The Lessons of Kohelet:  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — Friends, Succot. I want to share with you a journey. A long journey, actually, but not a difficult one but a really, really revelatory one, as to the nature of Succot. And […]

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Tuesday, October 15th 2024

MESSAGE RECEIVED The Extremism of Ta-Nehisi Coates:  Ethan Strauss and Park MacDougald, The Scroll, Oct 11, 2024 — The fallout continues over Ta-Nehisi Coates and his new anti-Israel book, The Message. The Championing of Ta-Nehisi Coates Exposes the Media’s Gross Bias:  Melissa Langsam Braunstein, Jewish Chronicle, Oct. 15, 2024 — Publicising his new book, The Message, on Trevor Noah’s podcast, […]

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Monday, October 14th 2024 / Monday, October 14th 2024

Citation de la semaine: « Les principes sacrés comme le nom du Seigneur ne doivent pas être utilisés en vain – pour soutenir une escroquerie, pour dissimuler une injustice. Le principe d’autodétermination ne signifie pas que si quelqu’un s’est emparé d’une parcelle de terre, elle doit rester en sa possession pour toujours, et que celui qui […]

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Friday, October 11th 2024

SHABBAT READING Jonah Leaves Us with Questions, So on Yom Kippur We End with Micah:  Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler, The Torah.com, Oct. 8, 2024 — The book of Jonah is a remarkable four-scene[1] story that is both absurd and sublime.[2] The tradition of reading Jonah during the afternoon service, for many the centerpiece of the day, goes back, at […]

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Thursday, October 10th 2024

*** My Message to the Jews:  Jordan Peterson, The Standard, Oct. 4, 2024 The Antisemitism is the Point:  Jim Geraghty, National Review, Oct. 7, 2024 Did the Media Coverage of October 7 and the Hamas War Lead to Increased Antisemitism?:  Chaim Lax,  Algemeiner, Oct. 8, 2024 Now They Won’t Even Let Jews Grieve in Peace:  Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, Oct. 9, […]

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Wednesday, October 9th 2024

“USE-OVER-LOSE” Experts See Hezbollah ‘Escalation’ In Use of New Missiles, As Group Weathers Israeli Bombardment:  Agnes Halou, Breaking Defence, Oct. 8, 2024 — Ten days after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and amid an aggressive Israeli bombardment, a senior Hezbollah official today attempted to assauge any of the group’s concerns by saying its capabilities are […]

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Tuesday, October 8th 2024

CONSEQUENTIAL YEAR WATCH:  Douglas Murray: A Time of War:  The Free Press, Oct. 2, 2024 — When we planned the conversation you’re going to hear today—a live conversation with Douglas Murray—we thought it would be a searching conversation that we’d release on the anniversary of October 7th, looking back at a year of war from a slightly quieter […]

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Monday, October 7th 2024

A DAY LIKE NO OTHER WATCH:  Einat Wilf on Israel, Antisemitism and a New Middle East / The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Oct. 2, 2024 — The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosted an insightful and timely conversation between two leading voices on global issues – Einat Wilf, former Knesset member and expert on Israel’s foreign policy, and Casey Babb, Senior Fellow […]

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Wednesday, October 2nd 2024

ROSH HASHANAH READING   Rosh Hashanah & American Democracy: How Do We Celebrate God as King?:  Prof. Rabbi Richard Hidary, The Torah.com, Sept.30, 2024 — How is an American, an Israeli, or anyone living in a modern democracy to relate to the Rosh Hashanah liturgy’s focus on God’s enthronement as King? For most of recorded human history, the […]

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Tuesday, October 1st 2024

Citation de la semaine:   “Lève-toi et va dans la ville du massacre Et tu verras de tes yeux, et tu palperas de tes mains (…) Tes narines en respireront de force L’étrange encens offert par un aimable printemps. Et tandis que de ses flèches d’or Un soleil radieux te fendra le corps De chaque […]

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Tuesday, October 1st 2024

WHAT’S NEXT? JNS Poll: Israeli Public Believes Now Is the Time to Attack Iran’s Nuclear Installations:  Caroline B. Glick, JNS, Sept. 30, 2024 –– Israelis are almost unanimous in their support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision not to coordinate the airstrike that targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with the Biden administration in advance of its commission, […]