Analysis

Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Mark Raven Commentary Magazine, August 1951 “It was the Jew’s burden—and still is—to turn over in his soul an insoluble problem of history: how could one people above all others become heir to such sorrow?”   This August 12th will be celebrated as Tisha B’av—the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av—the second most […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Citation de la semaine:  « Il n’y aura pas de conflit fratricide tant que l’ennemi sera à nos portes. » Menachem Begin Table des Matières Qu’est-ce que la clause de raisonnabilité? On vous explique tout LPH INFO juillet 24, 2023 Netanyahu : Nous sommes ouverts à des négociations, mais la loi était nécessaire TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF,24 […]

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Wednesday, July 26th 2023 / Wednesday, July 26th 2023

MEDIA-OCRITY Only Biden Can Save Israel Now:  Thomas Friedman, NY Times, July 23, 2023 “… Fifty years later, Mr. President, this Jewish democracy urgently needs another airlift to save it from being destroyed from the inside. It needs an urgent resupply of hard truths — something only you can provide. And what are those truths? […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

INCREASING TIES WATCH:  The Woke Penetration of Israel:  Caroline Glick, JNS, Feb. 14, 2023— This week’s “Caroline Glick Show” was filmed as opposition lawmakers rioted inside the Knesset and tens of thousands of leftists demonstrated outside it. ____________________________________________________ The Woke Army: Organized Against Israel:  Bob Goldberg, Jewish Journal, Mar. 22, 2023 Barack Obama’s Success: How […]

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Michael Ginsberg American Greatness, July 21, 2023 “What does [Obama] offer? First and foremost: his face. Think of it as the most effective potential re-branding of the United States since Reagan. Such a re-branding is not trivial – it’s central to an effective war strategy …”   He promised his presidency would fundamentally transform America. […]

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Bob Goldberg Jewish Journal, Mar. 22, 2023 “The woke army successfully identified Israel as the leading cause of oppression worldwide and enshrined anti-Zionists as the core of CRT doctrine and activity.”   To understand why undermining Israel is central to the woke agenda, read “The Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That is Destroying America’s Freedom,” a recently […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

John Lloyd Quillette, May 27, 2023   “New Right policies are substantially the same wherever they attract support—opposition to the EU, distrust of globalisation and corporations, dislike of mass and illegal immigration, support for families and local communities, aversion to the “woke” phenomenon and to cancel culture (at least when it is employed against the […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Matt Johnson Quillette, July 27, 2023 “The religious impulse may be ineradicable, but that doesn’t mean the level of overall religious commitment in society is stable.”   Remember “New Atheism”? In the mid-to-late aughts, public debates over religion suddenly expanded in scope and intensity. University auditoria, theaters, and even churches drew capacity crowds for public […]

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Monday, July 24th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Bad Timing  ‘Judicial Rift Parallels Tisha B’Av,’ Former US Amb. Friedman Warns:  Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2023 –– The heated debate over the government’s judicial reform plan parallels tragic events in the Jewish people’s past, former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Sunday, pointing out that the fast of Tisha B’Av is this […]

Analysis

Monday, July 24th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Israel Kasnett JNS, July 17, 2023 “… the Supreme Court has invented new legal grounds to review the reasonableness of government actions and even to disqualify government appointments.” Israel’s Supreme Court is either under attack or undergoing necessary reform, depending on who you ask. While there is talk of shelving the larger judicial reform package […]

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Monday, July 24th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Michael Starr Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2023 “… when the reform acts as a trigger for all the other aspects of the government’s agenda, it’s difficult to address the actual reform debate.”   The protests against the government’s judicial reform have been confusing from the beginning, with several complicated legal provisions at the crux of the debate. […]

Analysis

Monday, July 24th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

  Ruth Marks Eglash Jewish Insider, July 19, 2023 “With little to no constructive dialogue between supporters and opponents of the Netanyahu government’s designs for the judiciary, it’s difficult to identify any immediate path to ending this zero-sum game, which will continue to threaten Israel’s internal cohesion and cast the issue of America’s friendship for […]