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Top US Nazi Hunter Tells ‘Post’: Israel Is Obligated to Stop Hamas’s Genocide: 

 Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2024 “The crime of genocide requires not just an outcome of mass death over the course of war but the intent “to destroy a population in whole or in part.””   Israel and much of the world have a legal obligation under international law to stop the genocidal intent […]

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Does ICC Prosecutor Khan have a Case against Netanyahu and Gallant? Experts Doubt it

Jeremy Sharon Times of Israel, May 21, 2024 “But there is no intention in that regard. It is clear that there has been no policy of starvation; there is no evidence of that.”   The announcement on Monday by International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan that he was seeking arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister and […]

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Iran Is About to Double Down Ebrahim Raisi’s Death Will Embolden the Ayatollah:

David Patrikarakos, UnHerd, May 21, 2024   “Raisi was a senior figure in the regime, but ultimately it was Khamenei who still ruled.”    It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving man. Ebrahim Raisi’s presidential career represented the worst of the Islamic Republic. As Tehran’s deputy prosecutor less than a decade after the revolution, he […]

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Daily Briefing: GOOD RIDDANCE, RAISI

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  NO TEARS SHED, EXCEPT EU’S, NATO’S, ETC. Good Riddance, Raisi: Iranians Living In The West Celebrate ‘Butcher Of Tehran’s’ Helicopter Crash Death Including Daughters Of Woman Who Was Assassinated By 167 Bullets:  Rachel Bowman, Daily Mail, May 20, 2024 — Iranians living in the West are dancing in the streets and posting photos showing celebrations following the […]

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Authorities meet with Supreme Leader of Iran- Eid al-Mab'ath - July 10, 2010 (Ebrahim Raisi & other Clergymen- Wikipedia

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I Will Shed No Tears for Ebrahim Raisi, the Butcher of Tehran | Opinion

Sheila Nazarian Newsweek, May 20, 2024 “Raisi’s unrelenting hostility towards Israel was a cornerstone of his foreign policy, reflecting the regime’s broader ideological commitment to the eradication of the world’s only Jewish state, with Raisi pledging to “destroy” the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv.” In May 19, the president of Iran was killed […]

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If Raisi Is Dead: Implications for the Islamic Republic of Iran

Shay Khatiri Middle East Forum Observer, May 19, 2024 “Whatever happens next, however, Raisi’s “hard landing” will mark the first chapter in a game of musical chairs that will consume the Islamic Republic for months and will set the stage not only for the post-Raisi-era, but the post-Khamenei one as well.” State media report that […]

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Raisi’s Death Doesn’t Change Iranian Policy, But Will Spark Fight for Power

Lazar Berman Times of Israel, May 19, 2024 “Tehran has been displaying weakness for months.” Iran confirmed Monday morning that President Ebrahim Raisi, as well as Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were dead following a helicopter crash the previous day. Though the deaths of two senior Iranian officials are a dramatic development at a time […]

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Ebrahim Raisi helicopter crash site 19 May 2024- Mehr News Agency - Wikipedia

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After Raisi’s Death, Iran Wrestles with Two Succession Challenges

Sune Engel Rasmussen WSJ, May 20, 2024 “The Iranian leadership never discusses potential successors in public, leaving the question of who will run the country after Khamenei dies a matter of speculation.” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death has dealt an unsettling blow to the country’s politics and raises questions regarding the succession of not just the […]

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76e d’Israël: pas le cœur à la fête, mais déterminé à vaincre

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Citation de la semaine: “Au cœur du deuil national, je sais, je crois de tout mon cœur qu’une nouvelle aube se lèvera sur tout Israël” Yitzhak Herzog, Président d’Israël, discours du Yom Hazikaron  Table des Matières   “Au cœur du deuil national, je sais, je crois de tout mon cœur qu’une nouvelle aube se lèvera […]

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Daily Briefing: US EMBRACES IRANIAN “MODERATES” IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN

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SHABBAT READING   Violating the Holiness of God’s Camp: The Story of the Blasphemer:  Dr. Adrian Leveen, TheTorah.com, Mar. 9, 2017— Reading through Leviticus can be a tedious experience. Details of sacrifice and ritual blur together until suddenly a story unceremoniously disrupts the book’s formulaic language. To make matters worse, the episode is obscure and violent: […]

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How Princeton Got Burned by Its Outreach to Iran

Jay Solomon Semafor, May 9, 2024 “Many of Mousavian’s dictums on the nuclear file would be adopted by the Iranian government after his close political ally, Hassan Rouhani, succeeded Ahmadinejad as president in 2013 and moved to negotiate directly with the Obama administration over the next two years.” As US-Iran relations thawed during the Obama administration, […]

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Buried Facts About the Gaza War

Melanie Phillips JNS, May 16, 2024 “Even more astonishingly, Tabatabai runs the office overseeing hostage negotiations. Three weeks after the Oct. 7 pogrom, a reporter asked White House Spokesman John Kirby whether it was appropriate for Tabatabei to be in such a position given the claims made against her.  Kirby stalled. Tabatabai is still there.” […]

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