SHABBAT READING
The Sin of the Scouts: Prof. Rabbi David Frankel, TheTorah.com, May 2, 2022 — In preparation for the conquest of the land, YHWH commands Moses to send tribal chieftains to scout out the entire “land of Canaan” from the wilderness of Zin in the south to Rehov Levo-Hamat in the far north.[1] After forty days, the men return with a negative report about both the land and its inhabitants:
Num 13:25 At the end of forty days they returned from scouting the land. // 13:32 And they spread calumnies among the Israelites about the land they had scouted, saying, “The country that we traversed and scouted is one that devours its settlers. All the people that we saw in it are men of great size…”
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WATCH: Iran’s Elections ‘Completely Controlled by Supreme Leader’, Leading Regime Critic Says: Stuart Norval, France 24, June 25, 2024 — Ahead of Friday’s snap presidential elections in Iran, a leading critic of the regime has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the vote and how little the result is likely to change things in the country.
Long, Fraught Timeline of Tensions Over Iran’s Nuclear Program Ahead of its Presidential Election: AP, Jan. 25, 2024 — Iran will elect a new president Friday after the death of hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. Whoever takes the helm in the country will inherit Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, which now enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.
War Between Israel and Iran Is Inevitable: Seth Cropsey, WSJ, June 25, 2024
A Cold Revenge: How Iran Baited Israel on October 7: Peled Arbeli, Jerusalem Post, June 27, 2024
Can Iran be Coerced?: Jacob Olidort, The National Interest, June 25, 2024
Iran’s Multi-Front War on Israel Has Diminishing Returns – Analysis: Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, June 26, 2024
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Israeli Defense Minister Urges US Cooperation Against ‘Iran and Its Proxies’ As War With Hezbollah On Horizon: Peter Aitkin, Fox News, June 25, 2024 — Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, during a visit to the Pentagon on Tuesday, urged the U.S. to continue cooperating against “Iran and its proxies” after the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated the U.S. won’t likely be able to help Israel defend itself against a broader Hezbollah war as well as it helped Israel fight off an Iranian barrage of missiles and drones in April.
Israel Says Iran’s Cyber Attacks Intensify Globally: Iran International, June 26, 2024 — Israel’s National Cyber Directorate says Iran poses a significant cyber threat worldwide, escalating attacks at three times the rate since Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
Iran Pushing Ahead with Its Nuclear Program Because it ‘Does Not Fear a Credible Military Threat from the United States,‘ @JasonMBrodsky says: i24, June 25, 2024
Reality Check: Melanie Phillips, Substack, June 27, 2024 — Here are some things about the Iranian war against Israel that the objective, balanced and accurate mainstream media may unaccountably have omitted to tell you.
