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Sunday, March 3rd 2024 / Sunday, March 3rd 2024

Citation de la semaine: “Un conciliateur c’est quelqu’un qui nourrit un crocodile en espérant qu’il sera le dernier à être mangé.”  Winston Churchill _____________________________________________________                     Table des Matières La campagne à Gaza touche à sa fin, mais Israël peut encore gagner la guerre: Lazar Berman, Times Of […]

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Sunday, March 3rd 2024 / Sunday, March 3rd 2024

Nadav Shragai Israel Hayom, Mar. 3, 2024 “The PalestiNazis, if we are to put this in a nutshell, aspire to complete what the Nazis failed to do – the destruction of the Jewish people.” “Hitler” – the preacher Massoud Rian once informed his audience – “was sent by Allah to punish the Jews for their […]

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Friday, March 1st 2024 / Friday, March 1st 2024

SHABBAT READING Between Truth and Peace:  Ki Tissa, Covenant & Conversation — Ki Tissa tells of one of the most shocking moments of the forty years in the wilderness. Less than six weeks after the greatest revelation in the history of religion – Israel’s encounter with God at Mount Sinai – they made a Golden […]

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Friday, March 1st 2024 / Thursday, February 29th 2024

  Natan Cohen-Magnus, Times of Israel, Feb. 28, 2024   Say what you will about Jon Stewart, but he is an intelligent and caring person, with integrity and a deep desire to do some good in the world. This was admirably demonstrated by his passionate backing of benefits for 9/11 first responders. I like Jon. I don’t […]

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Friday, March 1st 2024 / Thursday, February 29th 2024

Melanie Phillips, Substack, Jan. 21, 2024 The Conservative MP Andrew Percy has accused the BBC of putting British Jews directly at risk through its coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict. Absolutely. The BBC’s relentless portrayal of the Israelis not as the victims of genocidal terror but as hard-hearted, vengeful and wanton killers of children and the […]

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Friday, March 1st 2024 / Thursday, February 29th 2024

Benny Morris Quillette, Feb. 27, 2024 “… the article’s worst historical distortions concern the events surrounding the Second World War. Penslar claims that “between 9,000 and 12,000 Palestinians fought for the Allied forces in World War II.” In fact, as far as I know, it is doubtful whether any Palestine Arabs actually “fought” during the war …” […]

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Friday, March 1st 2024 / Thursday, February 29th 2024

 Jonathan Leaf, Commentary Magazine, February 2024 Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, one figure has been most ubiquitous and most determined in his assertions that Israel is actually to blame: British academic Avi Shlaim. His op-eds or his comments have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, EL PAÍS (Spain), Al-Quds, the Wire, the Irish Times, the Islam Channel, […]

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Thursday, February 29th 2024

The European Country Most Hostile to Israel:  Itamar Eichner, Ynet News, Feb. 25, 2024 Please Boycott My Country: Torkel Brekke, WSJ, Feb. 27, 2024 Told that Norway is the West’s Most Anti-Semitic Country, Diplomat Lashes Out at Israel:  Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel, Nov. 6, 2012 As It Prepares for 250th Anniversary, Sweden’s Jewish Community Suddenly Faces Uncertain Future: […]

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Thursday, February 29th 2024 / Wednesday, February 28th 2024

David Stavrou Haaretz, Feb. 3, 2024 “We always had antisemitism, but you could avoid it by moving to a different neighborhood or changing your job. Now it’s everywhere – in the streets and squares, even in the ‘nice’ neighborhoods.” Sweden’s Jewish community is preparing to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, but what was being […]

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Thursday, February 29th 2024 / Wednesday, February 28th 2024

Raphael Ahren Times of Israel, Nov. 6, 2012 ‘Today, the radical left-wing government silently accepts Hamas’s demand for ethnic cleansing of the Jewish minority, while foreign ministers like Jonas Gahr-Store pose no major remarks.’ A prominent Norwegian historian and a senior diplomat from her country wrangled over the Scandinavian’s country’s anti-Semitism and anti-Israel record, trading […]

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Thursday, February 29th 2024 / Wednesday, February 28th 2024

Itamar Eichner Ynet News, Feb. 25, 2024 “Norway is the only country in Europe that does not define Hamas as a terrorist organization.” After a long period during which Ireland was considered the most hostile country toward Israel in Europe, it seems that Norway has managed to take its place and win the dubious title. […]

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Thursday, February 29th 2024 / Wednesday, February 28th 2024

Torkel Brekke WSJ, Feb. 27, 2024 “When Norwegian university faculty and boards call for boycotts of Israel, their virtue signaling typically comes without a cost, but a counter-boycott might change the calculus because losing U.S. partners would hurt most institutions.” I have spent years researching religious discrimination against Jews and Muslims globally and am deeply […]