Analysis
Monday, January 9th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
JNS Reporter Zenger, Jan. 6, 2023 “Recent opinion polls by the Israel Democracy Institute found a majority of respondents believe the Supreme Court should have the power to strike down laws that conflict with Israel’s Basic Laws, which serve as a sort of constitution.” Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced on Wednesday a far-reaching […]
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Guy Lurie Jerusalem Post, Dec. 19, 2022 “While the Knesset has the authority to change the procedures for appointing judges with even a small majority, in order to gain full legitimacy, any changes to the constitutional arrangements in this area should be made only on the basis of broad consensus among the public at […]
Russell Avraham Shalev Jerusalem Post, Dec. 25, 2022 “Canada has many checks on its Supreme Court, which do not exist in Israel.” There are many important differences between Israel and Canada. Canucks are currently freezing in their parkas and toques, while Israelis are still in shorts and sandals. Canadians play hockey, while Israelis prefer matkot. […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Friday, January 6th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
SHABBAT READING When Moses Placed Ephraim Before Manasseh: Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz, The Torah.com, Jan. 12, 2017 — In the Torah’s account of the end of Jacob’s life, we read that Joseph, upon learning that his father is on his deathbed, brings his two sons to visit him (Gen 48:1) and that when Jacob […]
Lee Smith Tablet, Jan. 5, 2022 “The FBI’s penetration of Twitter constituted just one part of a much larger intelligence operation—one in which the bureau offshored the machinery it used to interfere in the 2016 election and embedded it within the private sector.” After journalist Matt Taibbi published the first batch of internal Twitter […]
Paul Sperry, Real Clear Investigations, Dec. 20, 2022 ______________________________ The FBI relied more extensively on Christopher Steele’s debunked dossier in their Russiagate investigation than has been revealed, inserting key parts from it into their applications for warrants to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign. Agents did this without telling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance […]
Editorial Board, I & I, Jan. 5, 2023 For years Twitter denied that it targeted conservatives, despite piles of evidence to the contrary. But who could have imagined that Twitter had been working hand-in-glove with leftist officials in the federal government to silence speech they didn’t like. If Twitter was this bad, imagine what true […]
Jed Rubinfeld, WSJ, Jan. 4, 2023 Elon Musk says the Twitter Files prove a profound and systematic violation of the First Amendment. Commentators on the left insist they’re a “nothingburger.” This dispute ought to be resolved in court. But how? The wrong way would be more First Amendment lawsuits against Twitter by targets of censorship […]
Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing
Thursday, January 5th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
Citation de la semaine: Une année qui finit, c’est une pierre jetée au fond de la citerne des âges et qui tombe avec des résonances d’adieu. Aphorismes du temps présent – Firmin Van den Bosch ) L’année 2022 en Israël en 12 sujets marquants GLENN CLOAREC and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Times of Israel, 31 December […]
Thursday, January 5th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
The Islamic State Is Cautiously Optimistic About a New Turkish Operation in Syria: Charlie Winter, War on the Rocks, Dec. 23, 2022 It’s Clear That Turkey Has Imposed Islamic Rule on Both Its Domestic and Foreign Policies – Opinion: Robert Ellis, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 11, 2022 Turkey Continues to Hide the Identity of Captured ISIS […]
Charlie Winter War on the Rocks, Dec. 23, 2022 In internet forums over the past several weeks, Islamic State members have expressed cautious optimism about the benefits of a potential Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria. For the group’s scattered fighters, further Turkish attacks against the Syrian Democratic Forces could represent a unique opportunity to […]
Levent Kenez Nordic Monitor, Dec. 20, 2022 Turkey’s Defense Ministry on Monday tweeted that border guards in a joint operation with the gendarmerie captured an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suspect who is wanted on an INTERPOL Red Notice in Hatay province, located on the border with Syria, while the suspect […]
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