Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, August 28th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Analysis | Why BRICS Is the Club Israel Doesn’t Want to Join:  David Rosenberg, Haaretz, Aug. 24, 2023 A BRICS Currency Replacing the Dollar is a ‘Ridiculous’ Idea, Says the Top Economist Who Named the Group—Unless China and India Become Allies:  Will Dniel, Fortune, Aug. 16, 2023 BRICS Swings Big with Invitation of Middle East Countries – […]

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Monday, August 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Will Daniel Fortune, Aug. 16, 2023 “It’s a good job for the West that China and India never agree on anything, because if they did the dominance of the dollar would be a lot more vulnerable.  I often say to Chinese policymakers…forget your endless historical battles and try to invite India to share the leadership […]

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Monday, August 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Aug. 24, 2023 “the real story here is the growth in influence in Middle East states. Saudi Arabia, for instance has hosted recent meetings with China. Riyadh also recently hosted Iran’s foreign minister and China has supported Iran in recent conversations with Iran’s foreign minister as well.” The BRICS economic […]

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Monday, August 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Frank Furedi Spiked, Aug. 25, 2023 “Russian foreign policy certainly benefits from an association with BRICS, but China is the main beneficiary here. There has even been the suggestion that if the bloc uses its own currencies to trade with each other, instead of relying on the US dollar, then the Chinese currency, the renminbi, could […]

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Monday, August 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

David Rosenberg Haaretz, Aug. 24, 2023 “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes noises about “options” with China out of frustration that he has not been extended a White House invitation. But joining BRICS would have nothing more than symbolic value, and the symbolism would not be welcomed by Washington.”   What is it about BRICS, an […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Sunday, August 27th 2023

Citation de la semaine: La citation la plus célèbre sur « nucléaire » est : « Un pays n’existe pas s’il ne possède pas sa bière et une compagnie aérienne. Eventuellement, il est bien qu’il possède également une équipe de football et l’arme nucléaire mais ce qui compte surtout c’est la bière. » (Frank Zappa). _________________________________________________________________ […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

SHABBAT READING   The Limits of Love:  Family Edition, KI TEITSE • 5783:  The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — This week’s parsha contains the law that if a man has two wives, each giving him a son, and he loves one more than the other, he is not allowed to choose which son to give the double inheritance of the […]

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Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Daniel Goldman Jerusalem Post, Aug. 20, 2023 “In a recent survey of religious Zionist and traditional Israelis, a majority agreed that the government is actually alienating the population from its Jewish identity. While we can’t easily associate a specific policy decision or legislative proposal that has triggered this response, we do know from previous polls […]

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Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

John Podhoretz Commentary Magazine, April 2023 “This government came to power through the same process as every other government in Israel’s history. Had the situation been reversed—had rightists taken to the streets against a legitimately elected left-of-center government—everyone from Haaretz’s anti-Zionists to Danny Gordis would have been awash in outrage at the attempt to interfere with proper democratic processes.”   […]

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Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Antonio García Martínez Tablet, Aug. 23, 2023 “If we lose, then all of Israel will be like Jerusalem.”   I’m jet lagged and jostled, in the back of a Maserati SUV driven maniacally by a guy named “Shay” on Israel’s Highway 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Next to me, also crammed between shrink-wrapped cases […]

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Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Rafi Demogge Mosaic Magazine, Aug. 3, 2023 “Most importantly for the question presently at issue: Jews are extremely politically polarized along self-ascribed secular vs. non-secular identities.”   In my essay “The Looming War over Israel’s War of Return,” I predicted that Israel’s immigration regime would become increasingly controversial and politicized. I based this forecast on […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, August 24th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Islamist Antisemitism in the United States:  Yehudit Barsky and Ehud Rosen, INSS, Apr. 18, 2023 A Decade After Egypt’s June 30th Revolution, the Ripple Effects Still Felt Across the Middle East:  Hany Ghoraba, IPT News, July 3, 2023 Naser Khader on Making Sense of Koran Burnings in Sweden and Denmark:  Marilyn Stern, Middle East Forum, […]