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Friday, May 5th 2023

  SHABBAT READING   Holy Times:  Emor, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year. There are five such passages in the Torah. Two, both in the book of Exodus (Ex. 23:14-17; Ex. 34:18, 22-23), are very brief. They refer only to the three pilgrimage festivals, Pesach, Shavuot, and Succot. They do not […]

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Friday, May 5th 2023

Sinan Ciddi National Interest, Apr. 28, 2023 “… one can observe that, from the outset, this opposition bloc never prioritized the rule of law and democratic governance issues beyond rhetoric. Instead, it has been focused on the division of political spoils.”   There are intense and often heated differences between Turkey watchers over the outcome […]

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Friday, May 5th 2023

Onur Isci and Samuel J. Hirst War on the Rocks, May 1, 2023 “Building on our historical research on Turkish-Russian relations, we have argued in Diplomatic History that the baseline for modern Turkish foreign policy is much closer to that of a development-oriented Third World neutral than a committed NATO member.” On May 14, Turkey is scheduled to hold […]

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Friday, May 5th 2023

Pietro Baldelli Trends, Apr. 29, 2023 “This cooperation, however, even at times of greater détente, will not lead to the building of a strategic partnership or, even further, an organic alliance.”   On August 17, 2022, after a phone call between then Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the two countries […]

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Friday, May 5th 2023

He was jailed and barred from public office, yet managed to overturn the ban and came to dominate Turkish politics. He has won five parliamentary elections, two presidential polls and three referendums. He has even faced down a military coup. But on May 14th Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on Europe’s second most populous country may […]

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Thursday, May 4th 2023 / Thursday, May 4th 2023

MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL The US-Israel Nexus Transcends Politics And Geo-Strategy:  Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report, May 22, 2023 –*Notwithstanding the 75-year-old systematic – and sometimes brutal – pressure on Israel by the US State Department and almost all US presidents, US-Israel commercial and defense cooperation has surged to dramatic heights. US House Speaker McCarthy to Israel: Beware the […]

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Thursday, May 4th 2023

Tovah Lazaroff Jerusalem Post, May 1, 2023 “If Israel’s enemies thought the US didn’t have Israel’s back, then here was McCarthy to remind them that he did.”   It is a rare day when the White House seems almost irrelevant in the relations between nations. But US Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his bipartisan congressional delegation […]

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Thursday, May 4th 2023

Lahav Harkov Jerusalem Post, May 1, 2023 “We cannot allow the Iranian regime’s evil campaign to succeed. To deter Iran’s dangerous behavior, our nations must continue to stand united. We in the United States integrated Israel into our Central Command and are continuing to carry out military exercises together. As long as I am Speaker, […]

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Thursday, May 4th 2023

Rabbi Uri Pillichowski Israel Hayom, May 2, 2023 “For well over a century, many Americans, including presidents like Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson believed in the Jewish people’s right to the Land of Israel.”   As Israel celebrated its 75th birthday last week, scores of American elected representatives, from the president to […]

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Thursday, May 4th 2023

Elliot Kaufman WSJ, Apr. 25, 2023 “The outcomes in Israel and India may be as different as Judaism and Hinduism, but the challenge for the right is the same: to marshal the best in its tradition to revise what is no longer sustainable from the old regime. The worry is that it will marshal the […]

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Wednesday, May 3rd 2023

Citation de la semaine: Je n’ai jamais osé être de gauche quand j’étais jeune de peur de devenir de droite en vieillissant. Antoine Blondin Table des Matières Sondages: Benny Gantz confirme son envolée. Où en est le Likoud?   LPH INFO, avril 30, 2023 Avec Saar, Gantz entend s’emparer de la « droite douce » SIMON […]

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Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 / Wednesday, May 3rd 2023

                                       WEEKLY QUOTES “We’ve come so far in 75 years, but the promise of the years ahead is just as compelling.  I believe the best days for Israel and that unbreakable bond are ahead of us. My greatest […]