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Canada and the Decline of Western Civilization

Jerry Grafstein JNS, July 10, 2024 “My guide to seeking truth today is best summed up by Maimonides: “This I accept as trustworthy because of tradition, this because of sense-perception and this on the grounds of reason.”   Is the history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire unfolding before our eyes in […]

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Changing the Conversation: Talkisrael Helps Gen Z Creators Post a More Positive Picture of Israel

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Alan Rosenbaum Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2024 “We’re talking to those who don’t know anything, or a lot about Israel, who don’t hate it or love it.”   ‘Most teens and young people in the United States don’t know a lot about Israel,” says Elena Yacov, executive director and president of TalkIsrael, the US- and Israel-based […]

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Daily Briefing: HAMAS LOSING

EVIL PERSONIFIED WATCH:  What Does Hamas Want? – An Interview with Matthew Levitt:  Mathew Levitt, Fathom Journal, June 2024 — Counter-terror expert Matthew Levitt speaks to Fathom about Hamas’s vision and strategy. What is Hamas’s strategy for the destruction of Israel? Is it strategically divided? What are the chances of a rapprochement with Fatah? What does Levitt mean by […]

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From the Battle of Badr to Military Defeat: Changes in Hamas Perceptions of the Gaza War

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Barta BESA, June 25, 2024 “To Saleh and other writers on the site, the operation began and ended on October 7 with a decisive Palestinian victory for the Hamas organization. It was a divine victory.”   To faithful Muslims, the Battle of Badr marks the victory of a small group […]

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Hamas Faces Growing Public Dissent as Gaza War Erodes Support

Lucy Williamson & Rushdi Aboualouf BBC, July 5, 2024 “They did not build any safe shelters for people, they did not reserve enough food, fuel and medical supplies. If my family and I survive this war, I will leave Gaza, the first chance I get.”   The man in the video is beside himself, a […]

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This Is Why Hamas Won’t Surrender – Opinion

Cookie Schwaeber-Issan Jerusalem Post, July 7, 2024   “This new current of blame and unsubstantiated accusations is a useful weapon in Hamas’s arsenal, allowing them the luxury of the “do nothing” strategy while others pile on the guilt, in the hope of casting the Jews as the true evildoers.”   Eli Podeh, a teacher of […]

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How Hamas Is Trying to Shape the “Day After” in Gaza

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Ehud Yaari Washington Institute for Near East Policy, June 13, 2024 “With generous help from Qatar, Hamas also started a campaign in March asking unaffiliated Palestinian activists from Arab countries and the diaspora to press for a collaborative Hamas role in postwar Gaza.”   Over the past few weeks, Hamas leaders have been engaged in […]

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Daily Briefing: US AND EUROPEANS TIE ISRAEL’S HANDS

Like Sadistic Nazis: Secret Hamas Papers Reveal Step-By-Step Action Plan for Oct. 7:  Itay Ilnai and Filipp Piatov, Israel Hayom, June 28, 2024 — Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, known as “Abu Saheeb,” a senior Hamas official and commander of the Gaza Brigade, held a secret meeting with his battalion commanders on October 6, hours before the surprise attack […]

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Tracking Iran’s Weapons Route into the West Bank

Jonathan Spyer Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2024 “The Iranian arms route from Lebanon, through Syria and Jordan to the West Bank, represents the main flagrant subversion of Jordanian sovereignty so far achieved by the Tehran regime.”   Iran-supported Islamist militias are currently engaged in war against Israel on two fronts. The main focus of combat […]

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Silent Boycott: European Countries Limiting ‘Simple’ Munitions Sales to Israel

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Yuval Sade Ynet News, July 9, 2024 “Despite the understandable effort to strengthen local industry and thereby reduce dependence on the external factors, those who believe that Israel can produce all the ammunition in-house it needs are likely to be disillusioned.” While the complex relations with the Americans regarding aid to Israel are capturing most […]

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Where Are the Weapons? Israel is Defending Freedom against Tyranny for All of Us; It Needs the Weapons Promised It

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Nils A. Haug Gatestone Institute, July 7, 2024 “It is the mission of the Islamic republic of Iran,” Iran’s current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been recorded as saying, “to erase Israel from the map of the region.” He adds, “Israel is a hideous entity in the middle east which will undoubtedly be annihilated.” If […]

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Impending Gaza Deal: Is Israel Ready to Make Painful Concessions? – Comment: 

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 Jacob Nagel, Jerusalem Post, July 5, 2024 If there is a chance to reach a deal that Israel can accept, it is only by increasing the military pressure, not by reducing it.”   After nine months of fighting in Gaza and the north, direct attacks from Iran, and terror attacks inside Israel, the country faces several […]

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