Analysis
Wednesday, October 23rd 2024
Prof. James A. Diamond The Torah.com, Oct. 21, 2016 “Questions fuel all Jewish biblical interpretation.” “After [Abraham] was weaned, while still an infant, his mind began to reflect. By day and night, he was thinking and wondering, “How is it possible that this sphere should continuously be guiding the world and have no one […]
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Shlomo M. Brody Tablet, Oct. 15, 2014 “Another distinctive element of Simhat Torah is that in addition to reading the day’s Torah portion and its maftir, we take out a third Torah scroll to begin the reading of Genesis.” Simchat Torah is an anomaly on the Jewish calendar. The festival, which celebrates the completion […]
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Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 / Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
IRAN ON THE MOVE 7 East Jerusalem Men Arrested in Iran Spy Plot, Including Bid to Kill Nuclear Scientist: TOI staff, Times of Israel, Oct. 22, 2024 — Seven East Jerusalem Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran and plotting attacks in Israel on the Islamic Republic’s behalf, the Israel Police and Shin Bet said Tuesday, […]
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
Frank Gardner BBC, Oct. 21, 2024 “Glaringly absent from these documents is any mention of what targets Israel intends to hit in Iran, or when.” US investigators are trying to find out how a pair of highly classified intelligence documents were leaked online. The documents, which appeared on the messaging app Telegram on Friday, contain […]
Iran International, Oct. 20, 2024 “After a series of incidents that have raised serious questions, many people have been concerned about possible Iranian influence and infiltration in the US government, not to mention those with animus towards a key US partner Israel.” As Washington investigates a top-secret document leak regarding Israel’s retaliation plans […]
Stephen Bryen Weapons & Strategy, Oct. 20, 2024 “There can be no doubt that the leak of geospatial-origin intelligence has brought significant harm to Israel.” “Middle East Spectator,” is a pro-regime Telegram outlet based in Tehran, as all media channels based in Tehran are – by law. Last week, Middle East Spectator leaked two sensitive intelligence documents […]
Julian E. Barnes, Ronen Bergman and David E. Sanger NY Times, Oct. 19, 2024 “If the latest leak is confined to a pair of satellite documents, it will be far less damaging. But the Discord leak started with a few documents, only to see dozens and dozens of pages come to light.” The […]
Monday, October 21st 2024
ANOTHER LEAK Leaked Documents Show US Intelligence on Israel’s Plans to Attack Iran, Sources Say: Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN, Oct. 20, 2024 — The US is investigating a leak of highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of the people familiar confirmed […]
John Aziz Quillette, Oct. 19, 2024 “To judge him by his own terms, 7 October was a colossal and humiliating failure.” When I first heard, the news hadn’t yet been confirmed: there were just swirling rumours that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, had been killed in Gaza. But then within a half-hour, the press […]
Monday, October 21st 2024 / Monday, October 21st 2024
Brendan O’Neill Spiked, Oct. 17, 2024 “… there are consequences now to singling out Jews for special opprobrium and wicked violence. Do that today and you might very well die. Do that now and you might get your head caved in, as Sinwar did.” So Yahya Sinwar has been killed. The leader of Hamas in […]
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Oct. 20, 2024 “So Israel has to win, not just look for an excuse to “settle.” To invoke the framework of motives and methods laid out by Basil H. Liddell-Hart in his 1954 book Strategy, Israel has to seek a “better peace.”” In the aftermath of Yahya Sinwar’s death, it’s easy […]
Gary Willig Israel National News, Oct. 20, 2024 “It must also be remembered that all of the good that has been accomplished in the last month never would have happened if a ceasefire had been reached beforehand.” The month from September 17 through October 16 2024 may well be the most fateful and impactful […]
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