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Thursday, February 2nd 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
“it is difficult for the Jewish community to take UofT’s apology for the school’s history of antisemitism seriously at the same time that the university is timorous in combating antisemitism among the TFOM faculty – as exemplified by a letter, signed by 45 faculty members, the minority of whom are Jewish, sent to the UofT’s […]
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Dominic Green WSJ, Jan. 24, 2023 “… these schools function as think tanks, facilitating valuable exchanges between academic theorists and real-world practitioners.” Should Kenneth Roth, recently retired executive director of Human Rights Watch, receive a fellowship at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government? In late July, the Kennedy School’s dean, Doug Elmendorf, rejected Mr. Roth’s […]
Alexander Joffe Algemeiner, Feb. 1, 2023 “By characterizing antisemitic harassment as “academic freedom” and framing complaints as mere unhappiness regarding “discourse on difficult topics,” the university dismissed concerns in a manner unique to Jewish issues.” As 2023 begins, several trends related to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement have become clear. On […]
Andrew Lapin Israel National News, Jan 31, 2023 “The program looks wholly insensitive. Instead of being a commemoration of the Holocaust, it looks like it’s turning into an opportunity for celebration.” An event that took place at a Virginia university Thursday night to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was scheduled to feature lectures […]
Barbara Kay Epoch Times, Jan. 23, 2023 “The troubling reality is that there isn’t to my knowledge a single organization dedicated to Palestinian rights that accepts Israel’s legitimacy as a nation, or that accepts an attachment to their ancient homeland as a legitimate component of Jewish identity.” On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, […]
Wednesday, February 1st 2023 / Tuesday, January 31st 2023
MEDIA-OCRITIES Netanyahu Gives Israelis ‘Green Light to Shoot Palestinians’: Al Jazeera staff, Al Jazeera, Jan. 29, 2023 “A rise in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem is feared following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to make it easier for Israelis to acquire firearms. On Saturday, […]
Tuesday, January 31st 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
INCREASING TIES No, President Biden, the Synagogue Attack Was Not Against the “Civilized World”: David Suissa, Jewish Journal, Jan. 28, 2023 — We attach ourselves to narratives because they comfort us. It’s comforting to think that the terrorist who murdered seven Jews coming out of a Jerusalem synagogue was striking a blow against “the civilized world,” as […]
Ari Blaff Newsweek, Sept. 13, 2022 “Abundant polling data demonstrates that Palestinians leaders broadly represent the values found on the Palestinian street.” It was said when Israel pulled out of Gaza. It was parroted when the halcyon days of Oslo crumbled into the bombed-out ruins of Israeli restaurants and discotheques. When democracy first came to the Palestinian territories. When […]
Melanie Philips Substack, Jan. 30, 2023 “The EU never loses an opportunity to defame Israel and pour money and support into illegal Palestinian activity in colonising land to which the Jews alone have a historic and legal claim.” Seven Israeli Jews were murdered outside a Jerusalem synagogue on Friday night, the start of the Jewish […]
Yossi Kuperwasser Israel Hayom, Jan. 20, 2023 “… the PA is a terror-promoting entity that has long since proven its commitment to the final objective of Israel’s annihilation.” Recent steps taken by the new Israeli government in retaliation for the Palestinian Authority’s appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) represent the first indication […]
Yoni Ben Menachem Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Jan. 30, 2023 “Abbas is playing with fire in his decision to stop security coordination with Israel.” U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken arrives in Israel this week to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to calm tensions and put […]
Monday, January 30th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
The Spread of Islamism in the West, Courtesy of Qatar: The Unique Case of France: Jacques Chitayat, Isranet, May 14, 2020 — Europe shares a complicated relationship with the Gulf States. There is a world of difference between their respective ideologies and policies (as well as their human rights track records). However, thanks to their […]
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