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Thursday, August 3rd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Alex Traiman JNS, July 24, 2023 “… prior to the formation of the current government, several opposition leaders, including Yair Lapid, Avigdor Lieberman and Gideon Sa’ar, have all spoken out in favor of judicial reform.”   Amid the largest and most well-funded protest movement in Israel’s history, the democratically elected governing coalition passed the first reform in […]

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Thursday, August 3rd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Shayndi Raice WSJ, July 26, 2023 “Legal scholars say petitioners would have to prove several things in order for the court to strike down the law. Opponents would have to prove that the law undermines the core values of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. They could also try to prove that there were […]

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Thursday, August 3rd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Jeff Seidel Israel Hayom, July 28, 2023 “With a deep-rooted historical and emotional connection to Israel, should American Jews have a say in what happens in the Jewish state? Perhaps they should, given the implications of Israeli policy for Jews worldwide. However, since they don’t directly bear the consequences of these policies, maybe their involvement […]

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Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 / Tuesday, August 1st 2023

MEDIA-OCRITIES  It’s Mayday for the Jewish People:  Ronald S. Lauder, World Jewish Congress, July 25, 2023 The following message by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder has been published today in The New York Times and will also appear this week in other major U.S. and Israeli publications: “We, the Jews of the diaspora, usually refrain from meddling in […]

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Tuesday, August 1st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

The Fall of the Ivory Tower: American Education Is Failing:  Everett Piper, Washington Times, July 23, 2023 American Anthropological Association Boycott of Israel will be to its Detriment – Opinion:  Asaf Romirowsky, Jerusalem Post, July 30, 2023 Ethnic Studies Group Is Teaching Anti-Israel Hatred; Some School Districts Are Saying Yes:  Max Samarov, Algemeiner, July 19, […]

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Tuesday, August 1st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Everett Piper Washington Times, July 23, 2023 “At this university, we will teach you to be selfless rather than self-centered. We are more interested in you practicing personal forgiveness than political revenge.”   This past week, Gallup released a poll showing public confidence in American higher education is plummeting. A national survey conducted in June found that […]

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Tuesday, August 1st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Asaf Romirowsky Jerusalem Post, July 30, 2023 “… the AAA and MESA resolutions, for all their self-proclaimed morality, are the death cries of disciplines devoted to self-destruction.”   In a widely predicted move, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) has now joined the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) in adopting a boycott of Israeli universities. It represents a […]

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Tuesday, August 1st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Max Samarov Algemeiner, July 19, 2023 “When Jews raised concerns and asked to be included as well, the districtresponded that, “Jewish Studies and Israeli Studies are not part of the Ethnic Studies discipline.”   In June 2023, the Hayward Unified School District (HUSD) in Northern California signed a contract worth over $90,000, with a group called the Liberated […]

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Tuesday, August 1st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Frieda Vizel Tablet, July 17, 2023 “It is an irony of the current debate that liberals who believe in strong social safety nets, who would balk at the assertion that a person should be judged by their wealth or career attainment, and who once celebrated the maxim made famous by Hillary Clinton, ‘It takes a […]

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Monday, July 31st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

IRAN’S TAKE Exclusive: Inside the Downfall of Rob Malley:  Sadra Torabi, Tehran Times, July 10, 2023 — On June 30th, Matthew Miller, the spokesperson for the US State Department, somewhat reduced the ambiguity and announced via email to Reuters that Robert Malley had taken “a leave of absence” and that his duties would be temporarily […]

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Monday, July 31st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Zvi Bar’el Haaretz, July 17, 2023 “Israeli sources leaked information about American intentions to sign a “mini-deal,” or a limited agreement, with Iran, to replace the full nuclear agreement. And lo, shortly after … comes Iran International, known for its cozy relations with several senior Israeli figures, who reports Malley’s suspension, allegedly for mishandling classified […]

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Monday, July 31st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

J.E. Dyers The Optimistic Conservative, July 28, 2023 “The same pattern overlays nicely on the Biden administration’s move against Malley.” There’s an interesting tale of two official “disappearings” out there, one involving the U.S. and the other in China. I don’t intend to go in-depth on either one here, partly because doing so would cause […]