“None of us should need to be at a rally against antisemitism in 2021, but we do need to be here because we must again respond to vile rhetoric, physical attacks and symbols of hatred against our people.” – Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington at at the July 11th event in Washington, DC, titled: “No Fear – A rally in solidarity with the Jewish people.”(Jerusalem Post, July 12, 2021)
“However, we demand peace and we will allow the development of the Gaza Strip only after the boys return home.” — Defense Minister Benny Gantz during the “Strengthening the Residents of the Gaza Envelope” conference for retired Histadrut state employees at the Eshkol Regional Council. He referenced the two Israeli citizens held captive by Hamas for the past seven years, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, along with the remains of two kidnapped IDF soldiers, Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin. (Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2021)
“The laudable intention of shielding minorities from intolerant attack has had the paradoxical effect of empowering intolerant Islamists whose ultimate aim is to eliminate the core values of the wider culture. ‘Multiculturalism has now enabled monoculturalism,” Mr. Husain writes…The most dangerous threat of all emanates not from groups like the Tableeghi Jamaat but from the general loss of belief in Britain’s own great traditions. If British patriots, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, would only defend their traditions with vigor and self-confidence, the magnitude of the problem would shrink…There’s a lesson in this argument for Americans too.” — Michael Doran, Bookshelf, “From Islamist to British Patriot”, reviewing Ed Husain;s ‘Among the Mosques. A Journey Across Muslim Britain.’ Husain, a former Islamist, focuses on Islamist groups like the Tableeghi Jamaat, the world’s largest, internationally active Indian Muslim organization, dominant among Britain’s fast-growing [now over 3 million] Muslims. (WSJ, July 11, 2021)
“Look how far the left’s war on liberalism has gone. Due process? If you’re a male on campus, gone. Privacy stripped away…Non-violence? Exceptions are available if you ‘want to punch a fascist’. Free speech…free association? You’ve got to be kidding. Religious freedom? Illegitimate bigotry. Equality? Only group equity counts now, and individuals of the wrong identity can and must be discriminated against. Color blindness? Another word for racism….Objectivity? A racist lie. Science? A manifestation of white supremacy… The rule of law? Not for migrants or looters. Borders? Racist. We are going through the greatest radicalization of the elites since the 1960s….” — Columnist Andrew Sullivan writes. (The Weekly Dish, July 9, 2021)
“Critical race theory undermines military effectiveness. Mark Milley [Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman] is a fine officer [but is] simply wrong [about CRT, which] isn’t a benign academic theory in support of the advancement of civil rights for African-Americans [but] a species of Marxism [dividing Americans into] oppressors and victims [and] encourages distrust among racial groups, which is fatal for the unit cohesion upon which military effectiveness depends.” — Macobin Owens, Gen. Mark Milley’s teacher at the Naval War College. Gen. Milley has come under fire for his apparent embrace of “critical race theory.” (Washington Examiner, July 8, 2021)
“The unwoke are left outside the prevailing culture. But what form might resistance to the dominant regime take? A small number of magazines continue to exist outside the woke culture, among them Commentary, First Things, the Claremont Review of Books. The Journal does too, and ought to be supported. Those journalists and intellectuals who haven’t gone woke need to be encouraged and reminded that they are not alone. Argument and humor must be regularly deployed against the absurdity of woke language and slogans. Diversity, inclusion and equity—put them all together, they spell DIE, and death to much that is best in American life they bode.” – author Joseph Epstein, most recently of “Gallimaufry: A Collection of Essays, Reviews, Bits.” (WSJ, July 6, 2021)
US SLAMS IDF DEMOLITION OF TERRORIST’S HOME, BENNETT PUSHES BACK (Jerusalem) — After the IDF demolished the home of terrorist Muntasir Shalabi, who shot and killed yeshiva student Yehuda Guetta in April 2021, the U.S. Embassy in Israel released a statement highly critical of the decision. The statement suggested that home demolitions are an obstacle for peace and derail potential paths to resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A spokesperson from the Prime Minister’s Office responded in a statement. “The Prime Minister appreciates and respects the U.S. government. At the same time, he acts only in accordance with considerations for the State of Israel’s security, and to protect the lives of Israeli citizens,” the statement read. (WIN, July 8, 2021)
ISRAELI PRESIDENT HERZOG SPEAKS WITH TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN, FIRST SUCH CONVERSATION IN YEARS (Jerusalem) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, the first conversation between the Turkish leader and an Israeli official in years. (Jewish Press, July 13, 2021)
COALITION BRINGS ISRAELI WATER TECHNOLOGY TO HARD ROCK COMMUNITY IN NAVAJO NATION (Jerusalem) — The Israeli company Watergen has implemented a pilot project, installing a GEN-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas & Market (RRGM) in the Hard Rock community of the Navajo Nation Arizona State Rep. Watergen’s innovative technology creates high-quality drinking water from the air. This project aims to address the lack of access to clean drinking water within the Hard Rock community. According to recent estimates, nearly 10,000 families across Navajo Nation lack access to running water. (JNS, July 8, 2021)
BEDOUIN ISRAELI MILLIONAIRE CHARGED WITH SPYING FOR IRAN (Negev) — Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an, a former politician and construction magnate who is a resident of the Bedouin town of Hura in the southern Negev region, was indicted at the Southern District Court in Beersheba on charges of contact with a foreign agent and passing information to an enemy. He is suspected of maintaining prohibited contacts with a Lebanese-Iraqi man and, through him, having contact with Iranian intelligence figures to whom he passed information. (Times of Israel, July 12, 2021)
NEW EDUCATION MINISTER UPHOLDS DECISION TO DENY ISRAEL PRIZE TO PRO-BDS PROFESSOR (Jerusalem) — Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton (New Hope) announced that she would not intervene in the decision of her predecessor Yoav Gallant (Likud) to deny the Israel Prize to pro-BDS Weizmann Institute professor Oded Goldreich. The Israel Prize is an award bestowed by the State of Israel and regarded as the state’s highest cultural honor. The fate of the award will now be decided by the High Court of Justice. (Jewish Press, July 6, 2021)
‘MEDICAL MIRACLE’: ELDERLY COVID PATIENT LEAVES HOSPITAL AFTER 100 DAYS (Ashdod) — A 73-year-old resident from the Ashdod region who was hospitalized 100 days ago after her COVID-19 symptoms worsened, has been released. “It is a medical miracle,” said Yonatan Edel, head of Internal Medicine at Samson Assuta Ashdod Hospital, where Ludmilla Sorostan was treated.“She had a hole in her lung that was leaking under her skin. It was all very severe.” Edel said most older intubated patients do not make it out alive, and certainly not ones like Sorostan, who had underlying medical conditions and complications that led to abdominal surgery, among other procedures. (Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2021)
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO SEIZE $7.3 MILLION WORTH OF BITCOIN, DOGECOIN, XRP AND OTHER CRYPTOCURRENCIES FROM HAMAS (Jerusalem) — The Israeli government has moved to confiscate 84 cryptocurrency wallets that are linked to the Hamas terrorist organization, according to an administrative seizure order issued
by the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing. Apart from Bitcoin, the members of the Islamist terror group also own a vast array of cryptocurrencies. According to blockchain sleuth Elliptic, the wallets collectively contain $7.3 million worth of crypto. Hamas militants hold $3.8 million worth of Tether, $3.3 million worth of Bitcoin, $51,129 worth of Ether, and $40,235 worth of Dogecoin. (UToday, July 7, 2021)
AFTER PALESTINIANS REJECT DEAL, ISRAEL TO SEND 700,000 VACCINES TO SOUTH KOREA (Jerusalem) — Israel will send South Korea some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that are due to expire shortly in a deal signed between the two nations, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced, calling the deal a “win-win” situation for both countries. The deal comes weeks after the Palestinian Authority backed out of a similar agreement, saying the vaccine doses were too close to their expiration date despite Israel using the same batches to vaccinate its teens. Under the deal with Seoul, Israel will receive the same number of doses from South Korean orders later in the year. (Times of Israel, July 6, 2021)
CANADIAN ARABIC NEWSPAPER EDITOR MOURNS DEATH OF PFLP ARCH-TERRORIST (Mississauga, Ont.) — In a post on Facebook on July 8, Nazih Khatatba, the Editor of the Canadian Arabic newspaper Meshwar, mourned the death of Ahmed Jibril, the former leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who was an arch-terrorist and murderer with blood on his hands. The PFLP was responsible for the hijacking of an El Al jetliner in 1968 and machine-gunning another at Zurich airport in 1969. In 1970, it planted a time bomb on a Swissair jet that blew up on a flight from Zurich to Tel Aviv, killing all 47 onboard. In 1970, PFLP-GC gunmen attacked an Israeli school bus at Avivim, killing 12 civilians, nine of them children, and wounding 25 others. (Honest Reporting Canada, July 9, 2021)
AS SEARCH NEARS END, FLORIDA CONDO DEATH TOLL BECOMES CLEARER (Florida) — The death toll from a catastrophic condominium collapse in Florida last month is expected to land between 95 and 99 people, with the search-and-recovery operation at the disaster site nearing its end. Champlain Towers South in Surfside partially crumbled early on June 24. (NY Times, July 13, 2021)
JACOB STEINMETZ SELECTED BY ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS, BECOMES 1ST KNOWN DRAFTED PRACTICING ORTHODOX JEW (Arizona) — Jacob Steinmetz’s blazing fastball helped make him a baseball draft trailblazer. The New York native is believed to be the first known practicing Orthodox Jewish player to be selected by a major league team, going in the third round — 77th overall — to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Long Island native recently told the New York Post he keeps the Sabbath and eats only kosher food, but plays during the Sabbath and on Jewish holidays — although he walks to games during the Sabbath rather than taking transportation. No practicing Orthodox Jewish player has made it to the big leagues. (ESPN, July 12, 2021)
UKRAINIAN FILM SHOWS ‘DEEP HISTORY’ OF HOLOCAUST MASSACRE (Cannes) — “Babi Yar. Context,” a documentary by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of the mass killing that marked the start of the Holocaust in occupied Soviet Ukraine, as well as surrounding events. Nazi German forces shot dead an estimated 34,000 Jewish men, women and children on Sept. 29-30, 1941, in a large ravine known both as Babi Yar and Babyn Yar, on the edge of Kyiv. (Reuters, July 12, 2021)
SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD SCRUBBED FROM CANADA’S NATIONAL ARCHIVES, CALLED ‘OUTDATED’ AND ‘OFFENSIVE‘ (Ottawa) — An educational website run by Canada’s national archives was deleted after management decided that the site was no longer necessary in a “diverse and multicultural” Canada. According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the archives called the website “redundant” and “offensive.” Other pages celebrating Canada’s history and prime ministers have also been removed, including pages on the war of 1812. Removal of Macdonald statues have also been frequent, with statues being taken down in Macdonald’s hometown of Kingston, and Charlottetown. His statue was also forcefully removed by a mob in Montreal’s Place du Canada. (Post Millennial, July 6, 2021)
ONTARIO’S NEW CURRICULUM CLAIMS MATH ‘NORMALIZES RACISM’ (Ottawa) — The 2021 grade 9 curriculum for Ontario’s math program depicts math as a subjective method that normalizes racism and reinforces “Eurocentric mathematical knowledge.” The curriculum, which can be found on the Ontario government’s website, states: The 2021 curriculum advocates for students to “develop healthy and strong identities” in an “inclusive classroom.” It emphasizes the need to recognize and challenge systems of power and privilege – inside and outside the classroom – to eliminate systemic barriers and to serve students belonging to groups that have been historically disadvantaged and underserved in mathematics education. (Post Millennial, July 10, 2021)
WATCH: Former Latin American Celebrity Finds New Purpose In Judaism: World Israel News, July 13, 2021 — Former telenovela star Sarah Mintz has changed her life completely, having converted to Judaism and living in Israel as an Orthodox Jewish fashion and lifestyle influencer with over 1.6 million followers online.
Donald Rumsfeld: Knowable and Notable: Douglas J. Feith, Hudson Institute, July 9, 2021 — Why was Donald Rumsfeld such a notable public figure? Few American statesmen had the prominence and influence of Rumsfeld, who died on June 29.
