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Friday, January 13th 2023 / Saturday, December 2nd 2023
Don’t Call Me Hebrew! The Mysterious Origins of the First Anti-Semitic Slur: Dr. Yitzhaq Feder, The Torah.com, Jan. 9, 2015 — Long before the children of Jacob were called Jews, they were Hebrews (עברים). Despite the commonplace use of this term today (as in Hebrew language – which never appears as such in the Bible!),[1] the Torah does not offer us […]
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Laith Alajlouni Atlantic Council, Jan. 4, 2023 “… polling data shows a significant level of dissatisfaction among Jordanians, where 70 percent believe that their country is “governed in the interest of a few.”” On December 14, 2022, a new nationwide strike took place in Jordan four years after another strike toppled the government of Prime Minister […]
Emanuel Fabian The Times of Israel, Dec. 27, 2022 “Unlike Israel’s other frontiers — with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria — its border with Jordan is relatively unguarded due to its sheer length, and lacks significant fencing in many areas, making it an obvious channel for large-scale smuggling.” In the evening of October […]
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Dec. 29, 2022 “The question now is whether every incident that can be exploited, will be exploited to cause a cycle of endless crisis.” Jordanian King Abdullah II warned on CNN of potential escalation and conflict due to concerns about tensions in Jerusalem, while Israel’s most right-wing government was sworn in. […]
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