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Tuesday, February 18th 2025 / Tuesday, February 18th 2025
Rory Jones WSJ, Feb. 14, 2025 “Because Gaza has changed hands so often, the legal framework governing individual ownership of the land is a knot of British, Egyptian and Palestinian laws.” President Trump wants the U.S. to control the Gaza Strip, but it isn’t even clear who owns it. Determining that might be among the most complicated territorial […]
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Nadav Shragai Israel Hayom, Feb. 14, 2025 “… if it were possible and practical – I would support it. It’s a better solution than others.” Two Gaza migrants, Talal al-Damsi and Khaled Abdul Qassab, entered the Israeli Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, in May 1970, where they fatally shot the ambassador’s secretary, Edna Peer. The pair […]
Reem Cohen INSS Insight No. 1948, Feb. 17, 2025 “The fact that the initiative originates from the United States rather than Israel reduces legal complexities and could make it easier to gain international support.” The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated and complex areas in the world, home to over 2.1 million […]
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Monday, February 17th 2025
EGYPT BENEFITTING HAMAS? WATCH: Briefing with Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter – January 28, 2025: Conference of Presidents, Feb. 14, 2025 — The Conference of Presidents was honored to have hosted Ambassador Yechiel Leiter for his first meeting with the leadership of the American Jewish Community. Israel’s US envoy: Egypt’s Sissi is […]
Shirit Avitan Cohen Israel Hayom, Feb. 13, 2025 “Not only are we allowing the buildup of forces on the other side, but we are also permitting it without receiving anything in return, in a way that does not align with the diplomatic language of the Middle East.” Attempts to smuggle weapons using drones, satellite images […]
David Wurmser The Editors, Feb. 12, 2025 “Egypt’s policy on Gaza was just one manifestation of the typical regional pattern of dealing with problems emanating from ideological danger: indulge and reconcile with the problem by exporting it to others who will deal with it.” The Gaza drama is putting Egypt’s peace with Israel under new […]
Peter Berkowitz Real Clear Politics, Feb. 9, 2025 “… all conventional options for rehabilitating and governing Gaza are terrible.” On Tuesday, Feb. 4, barely two weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On the occasion of his first official meeting in Washington with a foreign leader since returning […]
Oved Lobel Australian Jewish News, Feb. 13, 2025 “Egypt has demonstrated that it is either unable and or unwilling to play a relevant or helpful role in Gaza or with respect to Israeli-Palestinian issues generally.” If there’s one thing at which Egypt has excelled, it is avoiding international opprobrium for its actions. It was Egypt, […]
Friday, February 14th 2025 / Friday, February 14th 2025
SHABBAT READING: The Founding of Israel’s Judicial System: Prof. Bernard M. Levinson, The Torah.com, July 6, 2021 — While visiting the Israelite camp in the wilderness, Jethro grows puzzled as he observes Moses, his son-in-law, spending his entire day judging the people: שׁמות יח:יג וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיֵּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת־הָעָם וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם עַל־מֹשֶׁה מִן־הַבֹּקֶר עַד־הָעָרֶב. Exod 18:13 Moses sat as […]
Barry O’Halloran Spiked. Feb. 11, 2025 “Internally, Nderitu was coming under fire from UN staffers for refusing to go along with the anti-Israel consensus. Externally, pressure was also mounting on her to conform to the genocide-in-Gaza narrative.” Alice Nderitu, a special adviser on genocide, was sacked for refusing to lie about the war in Gaza. […]
Ran Kivetz The Times-Tribune, Feb. 13, 2025 “The ICC and U.N., however, disfavored the COGAT data, relying instead on incomplete data and biased analyses.” The wheels of justice may turn slowly, but they’re finally catching up with officials at the International Criminal Court after President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning those who target U.S. citizens […]
James S. Robbins Real Clear World, Feb. 12, 2025 “… while the United States can safely ignore ICC claims of jurisdiction, the ICC could have a harder time escaping American influence.” President Trump’s executive order placing sanctions on members of the International Criminal Court has met with strong opposition from European and other close allies […]
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