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UNRWA, Refugees and Terrorists

Asaf Romirowsky and Alex Joffe Pundicity, Oct. 3, 2024 “UNRWA’s ties to terror go back decades, as do denials.” There are few constants in American foreign policy. One of them is deference to UNRWA, the internationally funded welfare agency for Palestinians. This organization is implicated in terrorism. The news that Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, head […]

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For 75 Years, UNRWA Has Sought to Undermine Israel, Perpetuate Conflict – Analysis

Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Oct. 29, 2024 “IT’S WORTH thinking of UNRWA not as the organization it was after its founding, when it provided essential services that were actually needed, but rather as the empire of perpetual suffering that it has become.” In the wake of Israel passing two bills that essentially block the […]

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UNRWA Deserves No Immunity in U.S. Courts

Elizabeth Samson Middle East Forum, Oct. 11, 2024 “The motivation for the Secretary-General’s refusal to waive immunity is likely a desire to protect the U.N. from the exposure of a court investigation. The organization cannot plead ignorance.”   The United Nations has refused to waive immunity from prosecution for its subsidiary, the United Nations Relief […]

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Daily Briefing: AMERICAN JEWS REMAIN TRUE TO SELF: POLLS

In an Incredibly Close Race, Can the Jewish Vote Make a Difference? Five Takeaways – Opinion:  Ted Sasson, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 26, 2024 –– A few weeks ahead of the November 5 presidential election, we now have a few relatively high-quality polls of Jewish Americans. LISTEN:  Trump or Kamala?  Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate:  Honestly with […]

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If Israel Is Alone, What Do We Do About It?

Bret Stephens Commentary, November 2024 “Broadly speaking, American Jews, at least outside of the Orthodox world, opted not just for assimilation. Too often, they went for self-erasure.”   The prose style of Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s most recognizable public intellectual, is not to everyone’s taste. He is prone to grandiloquence, self-reference, and metaphor salads. In the margins […]

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American Jews Failed Themselves and Their Children After Oct. 7

Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Oct. 11, 2024 “… many American Jews have been happily swimming in the same cultural sea of hostility towards Zionism, and until recently, never suspected that its venom could drown them.” On Yom Kippur, there will, as there is every year, be a lot of collective breast-beating in the American Jewish community […]

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Why Jews Are Voting for Kamala Harris?

Abigail Pogrebin Tablet, Oct. 28, 2024   “While I would say I’m enthusiastic, there is a caveat, and it does have to do with a post-10/7 world where Israel is an important issue to me in a way it simply wasn’t beforehand.”   According to polls, Kamala Harris is set to receive the lion’s share of […]

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Why Jews Are Voting for Donald Trump

Abigail Pogrebin Tablet, Oct. 28, 2024   “Antisemitism on Oct. 7 was a wake-up call for me to reevaluate the entire left’s policy on everything.” Please raise your hand. How many of you feel pretty enthusiastic—as opposed to ambivalent—about voting for your candidate, Donald Trump? I see six of you: Brent, Marianne, Linda, Pia, Alanna, […]

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Daily Briefing: Israel Strikes Back at Iran

‘Days of Repentance’: This Is How the Iran Operation Unfolded:  ILH staff, Israel Hayom, Oct. 26, 2024 — In a significant military operation dubbed “Days of Repentance,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a series of precision strikes against military targets inside Iran, marking a direct response to Iran’s recent attacks on Israel.   Killing Iran’s Nuclear Program: Did Israel Throw Away a […]

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Though Limited, Israel’s Highly Successful Attack Leaves Iran More Vulnerable Than Ever

Lazar Berman Jerusalem Post, Oct. 27, 2024 “The Israeli strike may have been somewhat limited in terms of the actual damage it caused, but the message to frail Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is what matters: Israel can reach strategic sites in Iran and can hit what it wants, and […]

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The War with Iran

Melanie Phillips Substack, Oct. 27, 2024   “Israel’s strategic aim, he said, had changed. It would no longer tolerate Iranian aggression either directly or through its proxies and would now hold the Iranian regime itself accountable.”   This morning, people have been trying to work out the significance of the Israeli strikes on Iran that […]

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Israeli Strike Could Create Deterrence, Embolden Opposition to Tehran

Ron Ben-Yishai Ynet News, Oct. 26, 2024 “Last night’s attack on Iran represents a strategic and military masterpiece.”   The Iranian leadership, spearheaded by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is currently grappling with a complex dilemma over whether and how to respond to last night’s Israeli airstrikes. This challenge arises from the need to balance three critical […]

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