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Thursday, October 13th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Chris Miller WSJ, Sept. 29, 2022 “The Russian military knows that its most advanced systems depend on smuggled or improvised components of questionable reliability.” The Russian military has blundered repeatedly during the seven months since its armies stormed into Ukraine, but if Kyiv’s successful counteroffensives had to be explained with just one word, […]
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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. WSJ, Oct. 7, 2022 “The U.S. is accused of pouring money into a corrupt government. Ukraine has had corruption problems but so have we, and much of the money is actually going to Alabama and Arkansas, where Javelins and Himars are made, and to Tennessee and Missouri, U.S. centers of ammunition […]
Michael R. Pompeo Hudson Institute, Oct. 3, 2022 “If Mr. Putin should employ a nuclear weapon, Taiwan will be next, and Iran will be animated to attack Israel with nuclear-armed missiles.” America and NATO must seek a decisive victory for Ukraine. Victory must be attained quickly on Ukraine’s terms. Only this will save lives. It […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Wednesday, October 12th 2022 / Wednesday, October 12th 2022
WEEKLY QUOTES “That is ridiculous.” Ambassador Tom Nides shooting down claims that the U.S.-brokered deal on gas and maritime borders between Israel and Lebanon was a surrender to Hezbollah. He also rejected arguments by his predecessor, David Friedman, who tweeted that […]
Friday, October 7th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
SHABBAT READING The Multiple Metaphors for God in Shirat Haazinu: Prof. Rabbi Andrea M Weiss, TheTorah.com, Sept. 23, 2014 —Parashat Haazinu tells of a relationship gone awry. According to the poem at the heart of Deuteronomy 32 (referred to as “the Song of Moses” or, after its first word, “Shirat Haazinu”), God established a special relationship […]
Atar Hadari Mosaic Magazine, Sept. 16, 2013 “The festivals of the Jewish year form a chain. Rosh Hashanah is a wake-up call: ten days later, on Yom Kippur, you will be required to account for yourself. And at the end of the long Yom Kippur fast, you are required not to rush off and stuff […]
Dr. Dafna Langgut The Torah.com, Sept. 23, 2021 “The earliest archaeological evidence for the cultivation of the tree outside Persia is in a garden in Ramat Rahel—nowadays part of west Jerusalem but in that period a Persian administrative center near Jerusalem—in a stratum dated to the 5th/4th century B.C.E.” The Torah mentions four plant species in connection […]
Dovid Bashevkin Tablet, Sept. 1, 2021 “Instead of staring at the rubble of my Jewish ideals, promises, and commitments with a crestfallen sorrow exhausted to build again from scratch, a sukkah creates a world meant to be rebuilt, reassembled, and reimagined.” Most Jewish holidays are easy to explain to your non-Jewish colleagues. Many, if […]
Jeremy Rosen Algemeiner, Sept. 23, 2021 “ Our rituals … interlink social morality and responsibility with daily rituals, so that we are constantly reminded of our values and goals.” The ancient festival of Sukkot has numerous elements to it. First is the Sukkah. We value our homes and the security of our little […]
Thursday, October 6th 2022 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Gas Deal: Security Guarantees for Israel, Economic Benefits for Lebanon: Lahav Harkov and Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 2, 2022 — Israel will receive royalties from gas that Lebanon extracts in the disputed area of the Mediterranean Sea, Prime Minister Yair Lapid revealed at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. Maritime Agreement: A Tactical Concession for the Sake […]
Ron Ben Ishai Ynet News, Oct. 2, 2022 “Any attempt to target the Karish rig would have caused a massive Israeli military response that would have further burdened Lebanon, which is already a failed state, suffering from economic crisis.“ Even at this stage, while the details of the pending agreement to end […]
Tony Badran FDD, September 22, 2022 “If a border agreement is finalized, the Biden administration will have set a terrible precedent by leveraging Hezbollah threats to secure Israeli concessions that enrich and empower a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.” Israel and Lebanon are apparently close to a final agreement delineating their maritime border after […]
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