Isranet Daily Briefing

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Friday, December 3rd 2021 / Friday, December 3rd 2021

The Secret Speech of General Chi Haotian:  J.R. Nyquist Blog, Posted Sept. 11, 2019 – In 2005, the Epoch Times acquired a secret speech given by Defense Minister Chi Haotian to high Level Communist Party cadres sometimes before his retirement in 2003.  Details given in Chi’s speech coincide with previously unpublished defector testimony on Sino-Russian […]

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Thursday, December 2nd 2021

China and Russia Race Ahead of America:  Caroline B. Glick, Israel Hayom, Nov. 26, 2021 US Pressure Is Pushing Russia-China Cooperation to New Levels, Beyond Defence:  Danil Bochkov, South China Morning Post, Dec. 1, 2021 Japan Approves Extra Defense Spending and Sets a Record:  Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, Nov. 26, 2021 China Locks Down Its History, […]

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Wednesday, December 1st 2021

Eating Donuts on Chanukah: History and Practice (Book Review of Schwartz, Emek Ha-Sufganim):  Henry Abramson, YouTube, Nov. 29, 2021 — Video review of Reuven Melekh ben Binyamin Yitzhak Schwartz’s Emek Ha-Sufganim: Iyunim u-beiurim be-inyan minhag akhilat sufganim be-yemei hanukah Israel: Sh. Vaynraikh, Hanukah 5780 (2019), 431 pages. Jewish Rappers Nissim Black, Kosha Dillz Debut Remix of […]

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Tuesday, November 30th 2021 / Tuesday, November 30th 2021

“The Menorah:”  Theodor Herzl, The Herzl Institute, (Published in Die welt, December 31, 1897) ONCE THERE was a man who deep in his soul felt the need to be a Jew. His material circumstances were satisfactory enough. He was making an adequate living and was fortunate enough to have a vocation in which he could create […]

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Monday, November 29th 2021

Oberlin Giving Haven to Iranian Diplomat (Who Can’t Keep His Story Straight!):  Dexter Van Zile, Times of Israel, Nov. 16, 2021 — In the years after the Holocaust, right-wing Catholic clergy living in the Vatican helped Nazis escape punishment for their crimes against humanity. In one instance, Catholic Bishop Alois Hudal provided false identification papers […]

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Friday, November 26th 2021

Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed 2021:  Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report, Nov. 23, 2021 — Jewish national liberation holiday.  Chanukah (evening of November 28 – December 6, 2021) is the only Jewish holiday that commemorates an ancient national liberation struggle in the Land of Israel, unlike the national liberation holidays, Passover, Sukkot/Tabernacles and Shavu’ot/Pentecost, which commemorate […]

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Thursday, November 25th 2021

Inside the Insurance anti-oil Cartel:  Terence Corcoran, Financial Post, Nov. 10, 2021 Opinion: We Need Cheap Green Energy, Not Grandiose Climate Promises:  Bjorn Lomborg, Financial Post, Nov. 9, 2021 Israel, Sitting on Solar Power Goldmine, Struggles To Meet Green Energy Goals:  Maya Margit, The Media Line, Oct. 26, 2021 How to Save Israel’s Export Industry […]

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Wednesday, November 24th 2021 / Tuesday, November 23rd 2021

MEDIA-OCRITY OF THE WEEK How Did So Much of the Media Get the Steele Dossier So Wrong?:  Bill Grueskin, NYTimes, Nov. 15, 2021“Now it has been largely discredited by two federal investigations and the indictment of a key source, leaving journalists to reckon how, in the heat of competition, so many were taken in so easily because the dossier […]

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Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 / Tuesday, November 23rd 2021

As Hopes for Nuclear Deal Fade, Iran Rebuilds and Risks Grow:  David E. Sanger, Steven Erlanger,Arnaz Fassihi and Lara Jakes, NY Times, Nov. 21, 2021 —  Over the past 20 months, Israeli intelligence operatives have assassinated Iran’s chief nuclear scientist and triggered major explosions at four Iranian nuclear and missile facilities, hoping to cripple the centrifuges that […]

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Monday, November 22nd 2021 / Monday, November 22nd 2021

If Only Kyle Rittenhouse Could Ask Biden and Media: “Have You No Sense of Decency?”:  Johnkassnews, November 2021 — A jury has loudly issued “not guilty” verdicts in the malignant political prosecution of Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse. And now, what next? What happens to corporate media—and its phony social justice warrior pundits–who savaged Rittenhouse and […]

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Friday, November 19th 2021 / Friday, November 19th 2021

Will the Sun Ever Set on Anti-Semitism?:  Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, Oct. 22, 2021 — If anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools, what to make of anti-Zionism? It is increasingly in vogue on the left, and throwing its weight around. Consider Sunrise DC, Washington hub of the Sunrise Movement, an activist group whose once-fringe proposal for […]

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Thursday, November 18th 2021

Citation de la semaine:  « Tant que les Arabes sentiront qu’il existe le moindre espoir de se débarrasser de nous, ils refuseront d’abandonner cet espoir en échange de paroles aimables ou de pain et de beurre, car ils ne sont pas une populace, mais un peuple vivant. Et quand un peuple vivant cède sur des questions […]