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Netanyahu’s Speech Lays a Trap for the Biden Administration

Gadi Taub JNS, July 28, 2024 “Regional integration” is a progressive, postcolonial version of an old State Department bias. It assumes that America’s allies, especially Israel but now also the Saudis, are an unnecessary burden.”   The media mostly discussed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fourth speech before a joint session of the two houses […]

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How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Would Differ as Commander in Chief

Jonathan Harounoff NY Post, July 27, 2024 “Nowhere would Trump and Harris diverge more than on addressing Tehran’s nuclear weapons program. A Harris administration, notes Jason Brodsky of the United Against Nuclear Iran watchdog, would focus on perpetuating a Biden-esque policy of concessionary soft diplomacy while attempting to revive a nuclear deal.”    Kamala Harris […]

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Iran Nuclear Program Nears “Breakout”

Antonio Graceffo Geopolitical Monitor, July 22, 2024   “The April 13 attack on Israel, where Iran launched 300 missiles and drones, suggests that Iran is more willing to risk triggering a war, increasing the potential shift toward nuclear weapons if attacked.” Iran’s military activity, support for terrorism, and advancements in nuclear capabilities were the central focus of […]

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From the West Bank to US Campuses, Iran’s Psychological Influence Is Spreading – Interview

Chad Merlin Jerusalem Post, July 26, 2024 “… in my opinion, all of the above is just a diversionary tactic until they can reach the holy grail, which is a nuclear bomb. Then everything will change.”   The Islamic Republic goes to great lengths to invest in influencing minds across the globe to act against Israel and […]

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TRAGEDY IN NORTH: IS HEZBOLLAH ESCALATING?

CROSSING RED LINES Will Israel Go to War in Lebanon? Saturday’s Attack and What Might Come Next, Explained:  Ben Sales, JTA, July 29, 2024 — On Saturday, a conflict that has been heating up for 10 months neared the verge of exploding into all-out war when a suspected Hezbollah missile killed 12 children and teens on a […]

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Israel is Spying on Hezbollah Commanders — and Killing Them One by One

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Nabih Bulos Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2024   “Paramount among the questions facing Hezbollah is how Israel managed to identify, track and kill top officers of the group, which has a reputation for high levels of operational security and discipline.”   The first assassination took two tries. An Israeli drone fired a missile that hit […]

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War in the North, the Defense Budget, and Strategy

Brig. Gen. (res.) Eran Ortal BESA, July 21, 2024   “No progress regarding the return of the displaced Israelis will be achieved as a result of a war that would end in a (very) bloody draw and an agreement that Israel would not be able to believe in.”   In a previous article I proposed that we […]

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Three Pings on the Hezbollah Attack in the Golan Heights

J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, July 27, 2024   “There is in any case no such thing as a “proportionate” response to having children at a recreational park blasted into bloody pieces.”   This will be quick and focused.  There is a lot else to say, but it’s more important to get these points out […]

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The Children of Majdal Shams Deserve Our Tears, Not Qualifiers

Nathan J. Minsberg Israel Hayom, July 28, 2024   “There are images of dismembered children, their bodies torn apart by the blast, that prove the truth of this atrocity. Yet the world looks away.”   Yesterday, on July 27th, an unthinkable tragedy struck the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli Northern region of […]

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Daily Briefing: WASHINGTON RALLY EXPOSES BLATANTLY LEFTIST ANTISEMITISM

OUT OF CONTROL Anti-Semitic Violence Is Out of Control in Canada:  Hardeep Singh, Spiked, July 24, 2024 — Montreal is not what it used to be. During a visit to Canada’s second most-populous city earlier this year, one thing stood out to me – the huge volume of pro-Palestinian posters, on walls and shop windows, denouncing Israel’s […]

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A Fascist Rally in Washington, DC

Brendan O’Neill Spiked, July 25, 2024 “When Netanyahu is given horns and a blood-filled mouth, it should be clear he has become a stand-in for something else – for The Jew, for the toxic influence of that most problematic of peoples.”   What would you call a gathering of angry people marching behind a giant, […]

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Israel’s Great Defender

Carly Adno Australia Jewish News, July 25, 2024 “We find ourselves in echo chambers and TikTok will deliberately suppress pro-Israel content, so it’s important to take the fight beyond social media as well.” In a wide-ranging interview in this week’s AJN, former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy says fighting the information war against Israel is […]

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