Analysis

Monday, April 24th 2023

Iran International, Apr. 13, 2023 “It is impossible to separate the Iranian nuclear issue from the internal protest in the country.”   Senior Israeli intelligence analysts have spoken about the in-depth research its dedicated units are doing in assessing the threat from Iran. In an article in Israeli newspaper Maariv, four officials revealed the country’s focus on Iran’s […]

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Friday, April 21st 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

SHABBAT READING The Plague of Evil Speech:  Tazria, Metzora, 5768, 5783:  Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — The Rabbis moralised the condition of tzara’at – often translated as leprosy – the subject that dominates both Tazria and Metzora. It was, they said, a punishment rather than a medical condition. Their interpretation was based on the internal evidence of the Mosaic books […]

Analysis

Friday, April 21st 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

  Robert Fife and Stephen Chase Globe and Mail, Mar. 2, 2023 “Classified documents revealed the campaign’s goals were to ensure that a minority Liberal government was returned in 2021 and that certain Conservative candidates identified by China were defeated.”   China appears to have targeted Justin Trudeau in a foreign influence operation after he became Liberal […]

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Friday, April 21st 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Omid Horeishi The Epoch Times, Apr. 19, 2023 “Citing unnamed insiders at the foundation and an internal document, La Presse said the money couldn’t be returned because the name on the donation cheque wasn’t the same name as that of the real donor.”   At the centre of the controversy surrounding the Pierre Elliott Trudeau […]

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Friday, April 21st 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

James Griffiths Globe and Mail, Apr. 16, 2023 “The donations did raise some eyebrows, as did Mr. Zhang’s attendance at a cash-for-access fundraiser with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in May, 2016.”   Zhang Bin, a wealthy Chinese businessman, finds himself in the middle of a controversial 2016 donation to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation that The Globe […]

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Friday, April 21st 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Tristin Hopper National Post, Mar. 6, 2023 “Pierre Trudeau had an open affinity for Communist China that would be strange even by the standards of 2023.”   Of the many CSIS leaks to hit headlines in recent days, one of the most explosive was an intelligence report claiming that Chinese agents have pursued an “influence” […]

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Thursday, April 20th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

The Palestinian Resistance Axis Converges with the Iran-Hezbollah Axis:  Udi Dekel, INSS Insight, No. 1709, April 19, 2023 Hezbollah and Its Allies Are More Emboldened Than They’ve Been in Nearly Two Decades:  Nicholas Blanford, Atlantic Council, Apr. 13, 2023 Israel’s Main Military Challenges:  Dr. Ehud Eilam, BESA Center for Strategic Studies, Apr. 3, 2023 Saudi […]

Analysis

Thursday, April 20th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Udi Dekel INSS Insight, No. 1709, Apr. 19, 2023 “The underlying rationale is the convergence of the axes: the Palestinian resistance axis, led by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, with the Iran-Hezbollah axis.”   The escalation in the Palestinian arena during Passover and the month of Ramadan in 2023 was sparked by the clashes on April […]

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Thursday, April 20th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Nicholas Blanford Atlantic Council, Apr. 13, 2023 “It’s not Hezbollah shooting, but it’s hard to believe that Hezbollah didn’t know about it.”   A tense calm has returned to the Lebanon-Israel border days after an unknown group launched a barrage of rocket fire at Israel from inside Lebanon. This marked the most serious bout of violence in […]

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Thursday, April 20th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Dr. Ehud Eilam BESA Center for Strategic Studies, Apr. 3, 2023 “Hezbollah and Hamas prepare for war but are not actively seeking to start one, at least not right now. But war could break out anyway because of miscalculations or an incident that goes out of control.”   Striking Iran’s Nuclear Sites The biggest military […]

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Thursday, April 20th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Summer Said, Dov Lieber and Aaron Boxerman WSJ, Apr. 16, 2023 “According to Saudi officials familiar with the visit, the kingdom’s rapprochement efforts with Hamas are part of a larger drive to demonstrate the crown prince’s diplomatic clout as regional players re-establish ties with Syria and countries such as China and Russia challenge the U.S. […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, April 19th 2023 / Wednesday, April 19th 2023

Citation de la semaine: L’oubli signifierait danger et insulte. Oublier les morts serait les tuer une deuxième fois. Et si, les tueurs et leurs complices exceptés, nul n’est responsable de leur première mort, nous le sommes de la seconde. La nuit Elie Wiesel (préface de l’édition 2006) Table des Matières Yom HaShoah : Israël s’arrête […]