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BIBI TO CONGRESS: “GIVE US THE TOOLS, AMERICA, AND WE WILL FINISH THE JOB”

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Frederick Krantz Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarkable Churchillian speech to the joint session of the U.S. Congress yesterday, July 24, needs to be placed in its immediate U.S. and Israeli contexts. This superb address struck precisely the right political balance, without a false note, noting both President Biden’s and former President Trump’s strong support […]

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JULY APPEAL 

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    MESSAGE FROM PROFESSOR FREDERICK KRANTZ Dear CIJR Friends and Supporters: Each time I have sat down to write this Appeal, I have been interrupted by dramatic news. There was the July 13 assassination attempt against President Donald J. Trump. The initial video showed the President’s head bleeding as he slumped to the ground. For a […]

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Daily Briefing: HOUTHIS EMBOLDENED

  GROWING BOLDER   Houthi UAV Strike Against Tel Aviv Escalates Iran-backed Regional War: Ari Cicurel, JINSA, July 23, 2024 –– The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen launched an Iranian Samad-3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on July 19 that killed one person and injured ten other individuals in Tel Aviv, Israel. 2 Hours 50 Minutes: Every Detail of […]

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U.S. Launches Effort to Stop Russia from Arming Houthis with Antiship Missiles

Michael R. Gordon and Lara Seligman WSJ, July 19, 2024 “A decision by Moscow to arm the Houthis would mark an escalation in its confrontation with Washington, which has been playing out mostly over the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow has already sparked deep concern among U.S. officials by solidifying ties with North Korea and Iran […]

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The Houthi Drone Strike is an Opportunity for Israel: 

Shachar Kleiman, Israel Hayom, July 19, 2024 “The Houthis’ confidence is also reflected in their escalating threats towards Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.”   The Houthi drone attack in Tel Aviv is a troubling reminder of this growing threat since the outbreak of the civil war in Yemen in the previous decade. The militia, known as “Ansar […]

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A Turning Point in the U.S.-Iran Shadow War?

Seth Mandel Commentary Magazine, July 23, 2024   “Russia is leveling that threat as a direct response to U.S. support for Ukraine, more proof that the conflicts cannot be compartmentalized and treated as if in a vacuum.”   The tagline of the seminal reality-tv show, MTV’s The Real World, was: Find out what happens when people […]

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Iran’s New Best Friends

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar Foreign Affairs, Jan. 29, 2024   “… as Yemen descended into warfare, the Houthis became a highly motivated and formidable military force, capturing large amounts of land. Today, Houthis control two-thirds of Yemen’s 34 million people and a third of the country’s territory—land they took even in the face of an intensive […]

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Daily Briefing: ICJ “OPINION” DEEMS ISRAELI “POLICIES AND PRACTICES” VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

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  REWARDING TERROR A Reward to Hamas’: International Legal Expert on the ICJ’s Latest Ruling on Israel:  Ari David Blaff, National Post, July 19, 2024 –– Arsen Ostrovsky has spent his life moving. Born in Odesa, Ukraine, his family fled the Soviet Union when he was seven for Sydney, Australia, where he spent his formative years growing […]

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Our Demand for the Right to Settle in Our Land is Legal

Prof. Talia Einhorn Israel Hayom, July 18, 2024 “In international law, according to the principle of Uti possidetis, the borders of a new state are determined according to the borders it had when it was established.”   The “Iron Swords” War imposed on us underscores the need to reexamine the legality of Jewish settlement across the […]

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Anti-Israel Lawfare Has Reached a Dangerous New Low:

  Natasha Hausdorff, The Telegraph, July 20, 2024 The virulently anti-Israel Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, arguing Israel’s “policies and practices” have breached international law, is just that: an opinion. It does not have legally binding status. The value of that opinion is ultimately undermined by the weakness of […]

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Injustice, Israel, and the “International Court of Justice”

Elliot Abrams Council on Foreign Relations, July 20, 2024 “The hostility toward Israel, the sheer malice, the desire to do harm, is clearly visible in paragraph 278, where nations are urged not to have embassies in Jerusalem and not to allow trade in items from the West Bank.”   On Friday, July 19, the International […]

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A Judge from Uganda Sides with Israel : 

 Robert Nicholson, WSJ, July 21, 2024 In a gross miscarriage of justice that surprised no one, the main judicial body of the United Nations has attacked Jewish self-determination in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion Friday saying that Israel’s “occupation” of the Palestinian Territories violates international law. The ICJ’s opinion […]

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