Isranet Daily Briefing

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Wednesday, October 6th 2021 / Wednesday, October 6th 2021

MEDIA-OCRITIES OF THE WEEK Whistleblower says Facebook ‘Fuelled Riots’ on Capitol Hill:  Salten News, Oct. 4, 2021“A whistleblower has accused Facebook of helping to fuel the Capitol Hill riot by prematurely removing some of the safeguards it introduced for the presidential election …Facebook had put in sweeping controls before the election over fears that Donald Trump […]

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Tuesday, October 5th 2021 / Tuesday, October 5th 2021

  https://isranet.org/analysis/our-woke-national-icons/ https://isranet.org/analysis/doj-inspector-generals-report-exposes-a-broken-fisa-system/ https://isranet.org/analysis/general-milleys-excellent-adventure/ https://isranet.org/analysis/bipartisan-support-for-israel-is-broken-heres-how-to-fix-it/ For Further Reference: Supreme Court Turns Away Appeal by DC Residents to Give Them Voting Member in Congress:  Cristina Leila, Gateway Pundit, Oct. 4, 2021 — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by DC residents seeking a voting member in the House of Representatives. The Supreme […]

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Monday, October 4th 2021

https://isranet.org/analysis/the-sharp-u-s-pivot-to-asia-is-throwing-europe-off-balance/ https://isranet.org/analysis/dj-u-s-spat-with-france-shows-challenge-of-keeping-allies-unified/ https://isranet.org/analysis/europe-tightens-purse-strings-to-try-to-pressure-poland-and-hungary/ https://isranet.org/analysis/end-of-the-merkel-era-sic-transit-gloria-mundi/ For Further Reference European Budget Committee Links UNRWA Aid to Erasure of Anti-Israel Incitement:  JNS, Oct. 1, 2021 — The European Parliament Committee on Budgets passed an amendment to withhold more than $23 million in financial aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees unless anti-Israel incitement is removed […]

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Friday, October 1st 2021 / Friday, October 1st 2021

 Media-ocrities of the Week U.S. Haiti Envoy Quits In Disgust Over Expulsions:  Daina Beth Solomon and Humeyra Pamuk, National Post, Sept. 24, 2021 “This is a challenging moment that requires leadership. It is unfortunate that, instead of participating in a solutions-oriented policy process, Special Envoy Foote has both resigned and mischaracterized the circumstances of his […]

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Thursday, September 30th 2021 / Friday, July 22nd 2022

Who Cares?:  Mitchel G. Bard, Jewish Press, Sept. 26, 2021 — At the risk of putting a target on my back, it has occurred to me that the proper response for much of the anti-Israel activity on and off campus should be a combination of derision, counter-attack and neglect. I’ve been dealing with anti-Semitism, Israel […]

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Monday, September 27th 2021

Podcast: Peter Kreeft on the Philosophy of Ecclesiastes:  Peter Kreeft, Tikvah, Sept. 24, 2021 — This week, Jews celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, during which it is traditional to read one of the most philosophically interesting books of the Hebrew Bible, Ecclesiastes. After @RashidaTlaib finished her diatribe, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann responded, yielding himself as much […]

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Friday, September 24th 2021 / Friday, September 24th 2021

WATCH:  Bitfilah Amen: Worship From The Nations: International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, ICEJ, YouTube, Sept. 20, 2021 — As a special Sukkot holiday greeting to the people of Israel, the ICEJ teamed up with recording artists, musicians and choirs worldwide to produce a video cover of the Hebrew song Bitfilah Amen, the Israeli entry in the 1995 […]

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Thursday, September 23rd 2021

The Progressive Left Now Sees Antisemitism As An ‘Acceptable’ Racism:  David Baddiel, NY Post, Sept. 18, 2021 — In May, there was renewed violence at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Even though I am Jewish, this would not especially concern me any more than the many other awful things going on 4,000 miles away […]

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Monday, September 20th 2021

Rabbi Sacks zt”l on the Meaning of Sukkot and the Sukkah:  The Office of Rabbi Sacks, Sept. 19, 2021 — Here is a powerful clip from Rabbi Sacks zt”l on the meaning of Sukkot and the Sukkah in which he explores the idea that the permanent can become temporary and the temporary can become permanent. […]

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Friday, September 17th 2021 / Friday, September 17th 2021

Dozens Of Afghan Women Rescued From Kabul In First Ever Israeli-Emirati Aid Mission:  James Rothwell, The Telegraph, Sept. 16, 2021 — Some 40 at-risk Afghans were evacuated from Kabul by bus in a nail-biting evacuation that involved passing numerous Taliban checkpoints.   Israeli aid workers and the United Arab Emirates have completed a daring rescue […]

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Wednesday, September 15th 2021

WATCH: IDF Cantor and Choir Chant Yom Kippur Prayer:  United With Israel, Sept. 13, 2021 — The famous prayer is about God determining who will die and who will live in the coming year. Included are scenes from the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Because of Yom Kippur, the Daily Briefing will not be available tomorrow, but will return on […]

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Tuesday, September 14th 2021 / Tuesday, September 14th 2021

The Courage to Grow:  A Thought for Yom Kippur:  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Fund — I vividly remember the surprise and delight I had when I first read Jane Austen’s Emma. It was the first time I have read a novel in which you see a character changing over time.  Yoram Ettinger: […]