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Daily Briefing: IS THE OBAMA ERA OVER?

NATIONALISM WON Yoram Hazony: America is Looking for Strong Allies, Not Weak Allies to Be Bossed Around:  Israel National News, Nov. 8, 2024 — Nationalism is here to stay, political left is turning towards neo-Marxism: Yoram Hazony talks about the results of the US elections, long-term trends in politics, and what the US would like to see […]

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How Trump Crushed Obama’s Legacy

David Samuels Unherd, Nov. 8, 2024   “After Trump left, Obama stayed in Washington and continued his role as unelected Party Leader during what had been advertised as the Biden Presidency.”   It was long past midnight in Livingston, Montana, when Donald Trump finally stood up to address the nation as President-elect of the United […]

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The End of the Obama Presidency – Finally

Jonathan Rosenblum Mishpacha Magazine, Nov. 12, 2024   “Democrats continued to address minority groups as if they owed the party their allegiance.”   Nowhere will the end of the Obama era be more welcome than in Israel Residents of D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood will likely be seeing less of Barack Obama, as his third term draws […]

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Obama Isn’t Going Anywhere

Lee Smith Tablet, Nov. 12, 2024   “Obama never hid his role as the real center of power during Joe Biden’s term.”   Donald Trump’s decisive victory last week was the only logical plot point in the most remarkable story in American political history. After the protagonist is humiliated, exiled and silenced, runs the gantlet […]

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The End of the Obama Coalition

Ezra Klein NY Times, Nov. 13, 2024   “The Obama coalition was exhausted and defeated.”   In my post-election essay, I said that the 2024 election marked the end of the Obama coalition. But what does that mean? Well, in part it means that some of the political strategies the Democrats thought would turn Obama’s […]

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Daily Briefing: WHAT DOES A TRUMP VICTORY AUGUR FOR ISRAEL?

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INSS’ TAKE   Trump Victory:  Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis, Theodore Sasson and Jesse R. Weinberg, INSS Insight No. 1910, Nov. 6, 2024 — Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in a tight and highly contentious US presidential election, running a campaign focused on the threat posed by immigration while touting his record on the economy, crime, and […]

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President Trump’s Middle East Challenges (Reversible Economic Sanctions or Irreversible Regime-Change?)

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger The Ettinger Report, Nov. 12, 2024 “… regime-change is irreversible, eliminates the threat, and cannot be restored by a succeeding President.”   “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars,” proclaimed President-elect Trump in his November 6 victory message. *Bolstering the US’ posture of deterrence is the most critical prerequisite for stopping/minimizing […]

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Trump’s Victory: A Historic Window for Change, Starting at the UN

Gilad Erdan Israel Hayom, Nov. 7, 2024 “President Trump isn’t a blind follower of “multilateralism” at any cost.”   During my tenure as Israel’s Ambassador to the US and UN, I witnessed firsthand how the differing approaches between the Trump and Biden administrations affected Israel’s national security. President Biden deserves gratitude and appreciation for military […]

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Trump Will Reverse Biden’s Israel Delusions and Bring an Era of Mideast Peace

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Caroline Glick NY Post, Nov. 11, 2024 “Eight years ago, Trump and Netanyahu’s complementary worldviews set their nations on a course to previously unimagined achievements.”   On Sunday, Israel reportedly killed Hezbollah terror boss Ali Musa Daqduq in Syria, bringing a measure of justice to the US military’s Iraq war veterans. In 2007, Daqduq and […]

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Trump Might Not Lead a U.S. Retreat from the World Stage After All

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Noah Rothman National Review, Nov. 12, 2024 “All this is nerve-wracking to those who believed they were getting in Trump a capitulatory advocate for global retrenchment.” It’s axiomatic that personnel is policy. That can be overstated, but Donald Trump’s cabinet picks do provide us with some clues about how his next administration will govern. What is […]

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Daily Briefing: WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH CANADA?

  REWARDING TERROR WATCH:  Eylon Levy Testifies at the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs:  Eylon Levy, YouTube, Nov. 1, 2024   Canadian Government Speaking With Allies About Palestinian Statehood Recognition, Official Tells MPs:  Raffy Boudjikanian, CBC News, Nov. 8, 2024 — Ottawa has been speaking with like-minded countries about recognizing a Palestinian state, a government official told […]

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To Counter Antisemitism, Canadians Must First Be Able to Recognize It

Deborah Lyons, Irwin Cotler and Noah Lew Globe and Mail, Nov. 11, 2024 “Canadians of conscience – which we believe most Canadians are – see this surging hate and are eager to be part of the solution, but don’t always have the tools to do so.”   By now, many Canadians are aware of the epidemic of antisemitism […]

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