Isranet Daily Briefing
Friday, March 22nd 2024
SHABBAT READING Purim: Mocking Persia’s Dat and Reaccepting the Torah: Rachel Friedman, The Torah.com, May 3, 2023 — The book of Esther centers on the action and intrigue at the royal court of King Ahasuerus in the Persian capital of Shushan (Susa), repeatedly calling attention to its silliness and eccentricities.[1] Nowhere does the Persian court appear more […]
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Friday, March 22nd 2024 / Thursday, March 21st 2024
Philologos Mosaic Magazine, Mar. 16, 2023 “Hamas, however, is not a people. It is an organization. And when Netanyahu compared it to Amalek, he was calling for the extermination of an organization every last one of whose combatants Israel does want to see dead and with good reason.” “The word Amalek is now as common as […]
Stuart Halpern Tablet, Mar. 21, 2024 “A humble young woman thrust onto a stage she never expected to step on to, a scheming and irredeemably wicked antagonist, and a society hoping that by virtue of its faith it might merit heavenly favor have served as the concocted elements of countless American moments.” Twenty-three years […]
Rabbi Haim Jachter Jewish Link, Mar. 7, 2024 “… the Jews took the necessary steps to defend themselves in a situation in which they were in mortal danger. Moreover, the Jews defended themselves in a measured and disciplined manner.” Some critics wrongly label our self-defense on the 13th of Adar as a massacre. This […]
Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing
Citation de la semaine: Ce n’est pas l’antisémitisme des hommes, c’est, avant tout, l’antisémitisme des choses, la xénophobie inhérente du corps social ou du corps économique dont nous souffrons. Vladimir Jabotinsky, Témoignage devant la Commission Peel Chambre des Lords Londres, 11 février 1937 […]
Yoram Hazony Commentary Magazine, March 2016 “Strength attracts strength, and power attracts power. Thus the weak, to the degree they can make themselves seem strong, can attract the support of the strong, thereby becoming strong in reality.” As the book of Esther reaches its climax, the Jews of Persia have turned political defeat into political […]
Thursday, March 21st 2024 / Thursday, March 21st 2024
CANADA DISTINGUISHES ITSELF Fury Over Antisemitic Canadian Newspaper Cartoon Depicting Netanyahu as Blood-Sucking Vampire: Ben Cohen, Algemeiner, Mar. 20, 2024 — One of Canada’s leading French-language news outlets abruptly removed a crudely antisemitic caricature of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from its website on Wednesday morning following a storm of protest from Canadian politicians and Jewish advocates. […]
Thursday, March 21st 2024 / Wednesday, March 20th 2024
Daniel Greenfield Gatestone Institute, Mar. 18, 2024 Five Americans are still being held hostage by Hamas and President Biden has sent no troops to help them, but in his State of the Union address he promised to send troops to build a pier for Gaza. The estimated over 1,000 troops will spend as long as two […]
Pinhas Inbari, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Mar. 18, 2024 Qatar’s inclusion would mean a foothold for Turkey, which has coveted Gaza since the ill-starred naval convoy of the Mavi Marmara, as a means to control the eastern basin of the Mediterranean. The Emirates would reject that out of hand because they are allies, along with […]
CDR, David Levy, BESA, Mar. 20, 2024 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The US has embarked on a significant humanitarian initiative in Gaza, planning to establish a temporary maritime pier to facilitate large-scale aid delivery. This strategic move, announced by President Biden, aims to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by ensuring the steady flow of food, water, medicine, and […]
Michael Rubin Middle East Forum Observer, March 11, 2024 During his March 7, 2024 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden bragged about “leading international efforts to get more humanitarian assistance into Gaza,” and called for the creation of a temporary offshore pier. Elizabeth Samson, an international lawyer and the Henry Jackson Society’s star fellow, called the […]
Wednesday, March 20th 2024
CIJR APPLAUDS LIBERAL MP ANTHONY HOUSEFATHER WATCH: ‘I Am a Canadian, I Am a Jew and I Am A Zionist’: Liberal MP Condemns Motion That ‘Rewards Hamas’: National Post, YouTube, Mar. 19, 2024 — Liberal MP Anthony Housefather gave an impassioned speech on March 18 during a debate over a non-binding NDP motion, which originally called for the immediate […]
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