October 7 Diary by Julie Szego
Julie Szego describes life over the last year in this dark testimonial to the horrors in society which have risen. ...
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How Not to Combat Antisemitism by Elkana Shmotkin - from the Rebbe
What doesn't work to combat antisemitism, compiled by Elkana Shmotkin based on teachings of R Menachem Mendel Schneerson OBM, from Chabad ...
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Fancy a PhD in Hamas Studies? by Julie Szego
The ugly hypocrisy of our universities: With the steadfast refusal to repudiate Hamas, or, worse, the frank celebration thereof, came disinhibited anti-Semitism on campus. One invariably follows from the other. After all, the Hamas terrorist didn’t brag to his parents on October 7 about killing “Zionists,” simply “Jews.” ...
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Empty Words by ICJS Edittors
Empty words on antisemitism from our Australian leaders ...
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ABC staff pass no-confidence vote in boss as senior journalist lashes leadership by Michael Bachelard and Calum Jaspan
Lyons said the ABC “faced one of its darkest days” last Tuesday, when this masthead published a series of leaked WhatsApp messages documenting a letter-writing campaign from a group of pro-Israel lawyers targeting Anderson and ABC chair Ita Buttrose, in the lead up to, and on the day of Lattouf’s dismissal. ...
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Pro-Palestinian journos like Antoinette Lattouf fail to do homework on horrors of Hamas by Chris Mitchell
Israel’s public is so traumatized by Hamas’s attacks on innocent civilians in southern Israel on October 7 that there is no internal pressure for peace. ...
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ABC Managing Director accused of ignoring Jewish leaders’ plea over Q&A by Jenna Clarke
Prominent Jewish leaders have been ignored by the ABC and its managing director David Anderson. ...
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Hamas’s forever war against Israel has a glitch, and it isn’t Iron Dome by Haviv Rettig Gur
Why Hamas promises another war soon, and another and another. And why it won’t work ...
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Israel pounds tunnel network in Gaza as Hamas keeps up rocket fire by Yoav Zitun
IDF says the strikes also targeted head of Hamas military wing, who escaped 7 assassination attempts in the past, but they were unsuccessful; meanwhile, ceasefire talks stalled over Hamas demands to condition end of fighting on Jerusalem situation ...
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AP clarifies: Israel vaccinated Jerusalem Palestinians, 100,000 Westbank Palestinians by CAMERA Staff
AP agreed that the paragraph was misleading, and commendably inserted the following clarifying sentence... ...
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IDF arrests three suspects for attempted terror attack in Beth El by Tal Lev Ram/Maariv
Two suspects were said to have been hit by the soldiers' fire, the spokesperson said. ...
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Ahlam al-Tamimi ‘no longer subject to Interpol warrant’ by Lauren Marcus
al-Tamimi - associated with the deadly Sbarro attack - was sentenced to 16 life sentences for murder, but was released during the October 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. Interpol has now dropped her from most wanted list ...
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Murderers of the Fogel family set to get 50% salary increase from the PA by Maurice Hirsch
Having now almost completed 10 years in prison, the salary the Palestinian Authority pays to the murderers of the Fogel family is set to rise by 50%, from 4,000 shekels ($1,203) per month to 6,000 ($1,806) per month. ...
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Israeli intelligence cooperation with Arab allies thwarts Iranian terrorism by Erfan Fard
A newly formed intelligence cooperation between Israel and several Arab states has already thwarted Iranian attacks. ...
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University professor embroiled in a growing anti-Semitism row by Jake Ryan
University professor embroiled in anti-Semitism row is sole shareholder of Corbynite group bankrolling far left figures accused of harassing Jewish people ...
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Israel’s ahead-of-the-world vaccine rollout offers hope for countries lagging behind by Steve Hendrix, Shira Rubin and Karin Brulliard
JERUSALEM — Israel's fastest-in-the world vaccine campaign, which reached half its citizens as of Sunday, is offering other countries the first real-life look at how mass inoculation can bend the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic. ...
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Major Jewish groups split over Biden’s anti-Israel staffers by Dominic Green
A crisis in Jewish American politics is coming ...
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BBC admits it was wrong to suggest Israel had responsibility to vaccinate Palestinians by Staff reporters
Backtrack comes after reporter suggested Oslo Peace Accords meant Israel is obliged to carry out inoculations ...
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ICC’s Israel Investigation Betrays its Mandate and Places All Western Nations in the Firing Line by Alex Ryvchin
The International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber has determined jurisdiction to investigate Israel and Palestine for events in the West Bank and Gaza. This has sparked debate not only about jurisdiction, but whether the ICC is genuinely serving as a court of last resort reserved for the most serious mass crimes ...
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Major Israeli study finds Pfizer jab 94 per cent effective in ‘real world’ use by Paul Nuki
The results, which were carefully controlled and cover 1.2m people, are better than expected and likely to improve as more data comes in ...
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IDF: Hezbollah looking to spark escalation for first time since 2006 by Yoav Zitun
Intelligence Directorate report warns that Iran wishes to return to 2015 nuclear deal and is only less than 2 years away from a bomb; military is doubtful whether Palestinian elections will maintain stability in the West Bank and Gaza ...
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Obama’s 3rd term by Melanie Phillips
Israel scarcely needs the absence of a phone call to tell it that it has a grave problem with the new occupant of the White House. ...
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Revealed: how Mossad eliminated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh by Jake Wallis Simonss
The plot took eight months to plan and execute; it was carried out without American support or approval, with only the subtlest of warnings given to Washington in advance; and it was undertaken by a large team of more than 20 spies and agents, some of whom were Israeli nationals operating undercover on the ground in Tehran. ...
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US Senate agrees to keep funding Jerusalem Embassy by Ron Kampeas
The US Senate passed an amendment to provide funding for its Jerusalem Embassy, making it even more unlikely that it could be moved back to Tel Aviv. Notably, Bernie Sanders (Jewish) was one of three Senators opposing the amendment. ...
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Anti-semitism in America by Armin Rosen
The new AJC report shows growing and broadening anti-Semitism, but also broad recognition of the trend ...
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Sudan and Israel agree to normalize ties, the third such accord since August by Anne Gearan and Steve Hendrix
Sudan and Israel have agreed to begin normalizing relations and set aside decades of hostility, President Trump and leaders of both nations said Friday, marking the third such accord brokered by the White House in the weeks leading up to the U.S. presidential election. ...
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The Middle East’s new map by Robert D Kaplan
The imminent establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and two Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, is part of an on-going process of security cooperation going back many years. While that robs the event of some drama, it also increases its significance. It means that the process of ending the era of Arab-Israeli confrontation will continue, culminating perhaps in a political upheaval in Iran. That is the road that the Middle East may now be on ...
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Israel surpasses US in new daily cases per capina by Staff of TOI
Military task force shows country ahead of many others in daily infections and positive test rate, as officials warn of continued lockdown ...
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The Bias that divides us by Keith E Stanovich
Not about Israel, but many insights into bias: eg -
What our society is really suffering from is myside bias: People evaluate evidence, generate evidence, and test hypotheses in a manner biased toward their own prior beliefs, opinions, and attitudes. That we are facing a myside bias problem and not a calamitous societal abandonment of the concept of truth is perhaps good news in one sense, because the phenomenon of myside bias has been extensively studied in cognitive science. The bad news, however, is that what we know is not necessarily encouraging. ...
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What has led Israel into its coronavirus madness? - analysis by Herb Keinon
The government is unable to act because of political considerations, as evidenced by the way it could not decide for the second day in a row on even a partial nighttime lock-down. ...
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UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal by Jon Gambrella
The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries. ...
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Arab doctor begs Lebanon to send wounded to Israel by Benjamin Kerstein
Head of hospital in Galilee pleads with Lebanon to send Beirut disaster victims to Israel. ...
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Should there be a price for rejectionism and terror? by Douglas J. Feith & Lewis Libby
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Bari Weiss leaves NYT: HonestReporting responds by Daniel Pomerantz
This week Bari Weiss, an opinion editor with a focus on antisemitism left the New York Times. Shockingly it was Bari’s own colleagues at The Times who called her a “Nazi” and a “racist,” and demeaned her for “writing about the Jews again.” ...
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Anti-Israel rallies display outrageous hatred and hypocrisy by Steve Emerson
Ours is a time when antisemitism is surging and the popularity of intersectional politics has given new credibility to radical...
A woman representing the New York-based Nodutdol, which says it is “inspired by the democratic social movements in Korea,” said Koreans who seek to unite North and South understand the Palestinian cause. ...
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Tlaib tweets lies re ramming attack, CNN spreads disinformatoin pushed by terrorist’s Family by Yakir Benzion
A Palestinian’s recent attempt to kill an Israeli policewoman with his car prompted sympathy for the terrorist from Rashida Tlaib and a troubling report from CNN. ...
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The battle over BDS – trends, lessons, and future trajectories by Asher Fredman
.. it is becoming increasingly clear that the counter-BDS network is succeeding in disrupting BDS momentum and forcing the BDS movement out of its comfort zone ... ...
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I don’t regret breaking the unwritten rule British clergy should not intervene in party politics by Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romaine
Rabbi Jonathan Romain reflects on the backlash against his decision to publicly urge congregants to vote against Labour ...
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French parliament decides anti-Zionism is antisemitism by Lahav Harkov
This decision "comes amidst a continuing rise in antisemitism, including acts of violence, in France," said the AJC. ...
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The Chief Rabbi’s intervention in Britain’s general election by Melanie Phillips
Reaction to the Chief rabbi's intervention proves the truth of his words ...
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Chief Rabbi: Corbyn ‘sanctioning a new poison’ in the Labour Party by Jewish News reporter
In a devastating attack, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis accuses party leader of being “complicit in prejudice,” adding: "It's a failure to see this as a human problem"
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Why I spoke out about Labour’s antisemitism shame by Rachel Riley
a transcript of Rachel Riley’s speech to the Holocaust Education Trust reception in Westminster 22 January 2018 ...
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