Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, April 12th 2018

The Holocaust and Assad: Editorial, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 11, 2018— If Syria, Russia and Iran are right and Israel did in fact carry out an attack on a Syrian air base a day and a half after Bashar Assad’s regime used chlorine gas against civilians in a Damascus suburb, the Jewish state should be proud. […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, April 11th 2018

                                         LESSONS NOT LEARNED                                                           Editorial                                                      Jerusalem Post, Apr. 8, 2018 Commemorating the genocide of European Jewry as we will on Holocaust Remembrance Day – which begins Wednesday night and continues through Thursday – is not just a show of respect for those lost. Actively remembering the past should also have relevance for us […]

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Tuesday, April 10th 2018

Our Fair Weathered Saudi Friend: Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 8, 2018— Have we entered a new period of sweetness and light with our Arab neighbors? Saudi Arabia Can Win Islam’s War of Ideas: John Hannah, Foreign Policy, Mar. 15, 2018— When U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, April 9th 2018

Expect Trump to Strike Syrian Forces Again, With the Same Result: Eli Lake, Bloomberg, Apr. 8, 2018 — If the past is prelude, we should expect a U.S. strike sometime soon against Syrian airfields. Has Trump Finally Figured It Out?: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Mar. 26, 2018— Donald Trump was elected president with no government […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, April 6th 2018

On Passover, We Can’t Forget Mireille Knoll, Newly Murdered Holocaust Survivor, Victim of Anti-Semitism: Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Fox News, Mar. 30, 2018 — Much of our conversations during Passover should be focused on Israel’s upcoming 70th birthday – a remarkable (some say miraculous) milestone for the age-old “startup nation.” But we should not forget Mireille […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, April 5th 2018

Calm, Poised and a Steady Hand: Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 5, 2018— May is going to be quite the month for US President Donald Trump. Trump and the Fading Ghost of an Illusion.: Amir Taheri, Gatestone Institute, Apr. 1, 2018— Does the appointment of John Bolton as National Security Adviser indicate President Trump’s determination […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, April 4th 2018

On Topic Links What We Know and Don’t About Friday’s Gaza Protests: Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, Apr. 2, 2018 The World Goes for Israel’s Throat: Giulio Meotti, Arutz Sheva, Apr. 3, 2018 Erdogan’s Hypocrisy: Editorial, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 2, 2018 As We Celebrate Passover, Let Us Not Forget the Kurds: Liel Leibovitz, Tablet, […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, April 3rd 2018

Danger Ahead if the U.S. Withdraws from Syria: Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 02, 2018— The United States is considering reducing or ending its presence in Syria, according to President Donald Trump. In Ohio last week Trump said, “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon.” In Syria, We ‘Took the Oil.’ Now Trump […]

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Monday, April 2nd 2018

Palestinians: A March to Destroy Israel: Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute, Apr. 2, 2018— On March 30, an attempt by tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to infiltrate the border with Israel launched a six-week campaign of mass protests… Just in Case Anybody Forgot What Hamas’s ‘March of Return’ is Really All About: […]

Analysis

Friday, March 30th 2018 / Thursday, November 29th 2018

After about a quarter-century of public advocacy for Christian Zionism it still throws me off-balance when people come up to the platform and ask whether it isn’t a contradiction in terms to be a Christian and a Zionist. In fact, the sin of wilful contradiction belongs on the heads of those Christians who reject the […]

Analysis

Friday, March 30th 2018 / Wednesday, November 28th 2018

    As the democratic Jewish state of Israel turns seventy, what is the historical-societal balance sheet? What is the meaning of modern Israel—which only three generations ago had to fight for its very existence against five invading Arab armies—both for the Jewish people and the world? First, modern Israel is today one of the […]

Analysis

Friday, March 30th 2018 / Wednesday, November 28th 2018

For a PDF of Israfax 295 click the following link       EDITORIAL: CELEBRATING ISRAEL AT 70 Frederick Krantz   As the democratic Jewish state of Israel turns seventy, what is the historical-societal balance sheet? What is the meaning of modern Israel—which only three generations ago had to fight for its very existence against […]