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Tuesday, June 20th 2023 / Sunday, November 5th 2023
Avi Weiss and Eitan Fischberger Tablet, June 2, 2023 “… the majority of antisemitic acts in America are taking place in Haredi/Hasidic communities, such as Monsey, Crown Heights, and Borough Park, all in New York. With their visibly Jewish garbs, these innocent people can—and have been—easily singled out for constant attack. This is raw antisemitism, […]
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Charles Jacobs Jerusalem Post, June 2, 2023 “The Jewish establishment is now fully trapped. It put all our eggs into the imploding liberal basket. It made alliances with all the minority groups, and now these very groups have turned on us and have become Palestinianists and antisemitic.” It might not have been the kindest […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Monday, June 19th 2023 / Sunday, November 5th 2023
CEMENTING TIES? Egypt and Iran: Prospects for Rapprochement: Dr. Gawdat Bahgat, Gulf International Forum, June 7, 2023 — In May 2023, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman made separate state visits to both Egypt and Iran—two trips that were largely seen as an attempt to mediate between the two major Middle Eastern powers. ________________________________________________________________________ Can […]
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, May 30, 2023 “Cairo’s current outreach to Turkey and the Palestinian Authority, as well as potential new ties with Iran, all come in the context of a regional diplomatic revolution in which countries are pursuing diplomatic ties, rather than conflict.” In the wake of Turkey’s recent elections Egypt was […]
Alwaght, May 20, 2023 “…. for the Israelis, Egypt’s moving towards Iran means losing a good ally in the Arab world.” [The] Israeli regime, which has always used tensions among regional countries as a breathing space to break its isolation and advance the normalization with Arab countries, is struck with confusion, concern, and […]
Lazar Berman Times of Israel, June 14, 2023 “This points at a known pattern in Egyptian media and official communications, they don’t admit that something is wrong,” At 4:20 in the afternoon of October 5, 1985, an Egyptian soldier manning a checkpoint in the Red Sea resort town of Ras Burqa raised his gun […]
Amir Avivi Jerusalem Post, June 15, 2023 “Both the Sinai and the Negev suffer from weak sovereign governance and lawlessness, providing fertile ground for the narratives of various extremist groups aiming to recruit and deepen regional instability.” This month’s disastrous killing of three IDF soldiers near the Egyptian border by an Egyptian border police officer was a […]
Friday, June 16th 2023 / Sunday, November 5th 2023
Ellen Iones Foreign Policy, June 14, 2023 “Assad is not going to budge on core issues like Iran. He needs Iran; he’s not going to step away from Iran. And he’s not going to be a reliable negotiator that delivers everything that he promises to do.” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s appearance at the Arab […]
Emile Hokayam Foreign Affairs, May 23, 2023 “Western governments are unlikely to do anything to stop the Arab rehabilitation of Assad.” After many years of equivocation and handwringing, Arab states have decided to bring Syria in from the cold and back into the fold. Arab foreign ministers announced earlier this month that Syria would […]
Aditi Bhaduri India Narrative, May 20, 2023 “Syria’s re-admission to the Arab League is also symptomatic of the diminishing US influence in West Asia.” On May 7, the League of Arab States admitted Syria back into its fold, following its suspension more than 12 years ago, after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil […]
Aris Roussinos UnHerd, May 31, 2023 “The first myth to be shattered was of the power of protest to express and impose the popular will.” When Bashar al-Assad touched down in Riyadh last week, to be embraced by the Saudi king on the occasion of Syria’s readmittance to the Arab League, the Syrian War drew to a close, […]
Thursday, June 15th 2023 / Sunday, November 5th 2023
NO INVITATION PENDING As Israel Turns 75, the UN Won’t Be Invited to the Party: Terry Glavin, National Post, Apr. 25, 2023 — The circumstances attending to the 75th birthday of the world’s only Jewish state this week are not what you could call auspiciously pleasant. Yom Ha’atzmaut — Independence Day — is commemorated on Wednesday, […]
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