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The Liberal Jew in 2024

John Podhoretz Commentary Magazine, November 2024 “The fact that under any proper understanding of moral responsibility, Hamas is to blame for every bullet fired, every meal missed, and every death recorded since October 7 is just too simplistic for the wonderful complexity of your preferred worldview.”   Do you consider yourself cosmopolitan, sophisticated, properly skeptical […]

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Daily Briefing: IRAN THREATENS ISRAEL WITH “STRONG AND COMPLEX” ATTACK

STATE OF ALERT IDF Heightens State of Alert in Anticipation of Iranian Response:  Amir Bohbot, Jerusalem Post, Nov. 4, 2024 — The IDF has heightened its state of alert and readiness in anticipation of a possible Iranian response to the recent Israeli strike, military sources said on Monday. Iran Wants to Hold Region Hostage With ‘Retaliation Op’ – Analysis:  […]

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Iran Tells Region ‘Strong and Complex’ Attack Coming on Israel

Summer Said and Benoit Faucon WSJ, Nov. 3, 2024 “Today, Israel has greater freedom of action than ever before.  We can go anywhere that we need to in Iran.” Amid U.S. warnings against a counterattack on Israel, Iran is sending a defiant diplomatic message: It is planning a complex response involving even more powerful warheads and […]

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Iran Expected to Attack Israel Despite Severe Damage to Its Air Defense System

Yoni Ben-Menachem Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Oct. 28, 2024 “Israel’s strike did not affect Iran’s estimated stockpile of 2,000 to 3,000 long-range ballistic missiles, and these missiles still pose a significant threat to Israel.” Israel’s recent airstrike on Iran has reportedly destroyed all of Iran’s strategic air defense capabilities and severely hindered its ability […]

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The Nuclear Program Target in the 26 October 2024 Strike on Iran

J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Oct. 30, 2024 “Taleghan 2 exists only for the purpose of supporting the Iranian nuclear weapons program.” The purpose of this article is to highlight the nuclear program target struck in Iran by Israel on 26 October 2024.  Public reporting has not counted this target as a “nuclear program target.”  […]

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Iran Braces for Trump Victory, Fearing More Israeli Strikes, Western Sanctions

Sarnia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi Reuters, Nov. 3, 2024 “Trump is much worse (than Harris) for Iran.” Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent U.S. presidential election: A return to power of Donald Trump. Opinion polls suggest the Republican Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris […]

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Daily Briefing: AS AMERICANS VOTE, ISRAEL HOLDS ITS BREATH

SWITCHING SIDES? Poll Shows Major Shift Among US Jewish Voters Could Be Underway:  Erez Linn, Israel Hayom, Nov. 3, 2024 — A significant number of Jewish voters in the United States are reconsidering their traditional party allegiances in light of rising antisemitism, with more Democratic-leaning Jewish voters indicating plans to switch parties than their Republican counterparts, according to […]

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There’s a Reason Israelis Prefer Trump Over Harris

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Elliot Kaufman WSJ, Nov. 1, 2024 “At the Republican convention, Mr. Trump told the world, “We want our hostages back, and they better be back before I assume office or you will be paying a very big price.” Ms. Harris has never said that to Hamas, Qatar or Iran. Her comments on the war blame […]

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Why I, a Progressive Feminist Democrat, Am Voting for Donald Trump

Rona Kaufman Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Nov. 2, 2024 “I am not voting for the party that condemns antisemitism on the right while excusing, and even spreading, leftist antisemitism and blood libels. I am not voting for the party that is equivocal in its support for Israel as she fights to defend her borders, half the world’s Jews, […]

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Here’s Why Orthodox Jews Are Loyal to Trump — Even If They Don’t Love Him

Binyamin Rose Forward, Nov. 1, 2024 “While Jewish voters at large do not prioritize Israel as an issue, the Nishma survey revealed that the candidates’ stances on Israel meaningfully influence their success with Orthodox voters.” National polls show Donald Trump and Kamala Harris running neck and neck down to the wire of a divisive and […]

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Existential Elections Against ‘Fascism’ And ‘Hitler’ Are Bad for Democracy

Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Oct. 30, 2024 “… this kind of deliberate polarization of the electorate is antithetical to democracy. Democracy is about more than just voting. It means being willing to accept those results and be able to treat political opponents as wrong on policy but ultimately well-meaning.”   For Democrats, the use of […]

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Communiqué: Au grand dam des « experts » et autres cassandres, Israël met à genoux le Hezbollah et l’Iran…

Citation de la semaine « L’attaque a été précise et puissante, elle a atteint tous ses objectifs » Le Premier ministre israélien, Benjamin Netanyahu, le samedi 26 octobre 2024                              Table des Matières Liban : le Hezbollah aurait perdu 80% de ses […]

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