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Amid Anti-Regime Protests, Iranians Repeatedly Continue To Refuse to Trample American, Israeli Flags

Photo purportedly showing mosque attendees in Ahvaz, Iran refusing to place their shoes on American and Israeli flags. Photo: @the_boss1396 …

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In milestone, Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt | The Times of Israel

Jerusalem's and Cairo's energy ministries issue rare joint statement announcing implementation of estimated $19.5 billion deal to pump gas from 2 massive offshore gas fields

This is a minor miracle. It would have been unthinkable a few decades ago. Israel wasn't an energy producer, it imported most of its energy. The Arab countries were the energy producers. Not anymore thank G-d!

Politics | Opinion

Will Arab anti-Zionism revive? | The Jerusalem post

The old wall of Arab anti-Zionism has fractured, but lingering hostility against Israel could explode anew.

News | International News

Social Media Video Shows Iranian University Students Refusing to Trample American, Israeli Flags

Iranian university students refusing to trample American and Israeli flags. Photo: Twitter screenshot. Video emerged on Sunday of students at …

Politics | Iran

Iran Opens Fire On Demonstrators. Protesters Chant: ‘Our Enemy Is Right Here; They Lie To Us That It’s America’ |

The Iranian government opened fire with live ammunition against demonstrators who were protesting the Islamic regime for shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane last week and lying about it for days. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which i

Politics | Iran

U.S. Forces Followed Soleimani On Road During Airstrike, Reveal What They Found On Him | The Daily Wire

U.S. Special Operations forces were only a few hundred yards behind Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) commander Qasem Soleimani last week when an American Reaper drone shot a hellfire missile at his vehicle, killing him, as he and oth

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BREAKING: Video Appears To Show Missile Hitting Passenger Plane In Iran

Video obtained and verified by The New York Times on Thursday appears to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane near Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, the same area where a Ukrainian passenger plane went down earlier this week. “A smal

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Gazan with "New York" T-Shirt and Superman cap participates in "Death To America" event

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Not the brightest.

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israel unveils breakthrough laser to intercept missiles, aerial threats

Technology expected to take down a variety of aerial threats including rockets, drones, anti-tank missiles.

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

How the Palestinians Manipulate the International Criminal Court Against Israel | HonestReporting

A sustained campaign has turned the ICC against Israel, and made it into a political tool, despite its lack of jurisdiction, and against the intentions of the court's founders.

Politics | Iran

Iran claims victory in the Honor/Shame Theater - and to all appearances, Trump's calculations were correct

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Politics | Opinion

Don’t confuse me with facts: It’s always about the ‘occupation’

The American Jewish left has once again fallen in line with the Palestinian demand that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict always be conflated to a problem of “occupation,” regardless of facts or history.

Politics | Iran

‘More aggressive SINCE the agreement’: AG takes Obama-cult defending his precious Iran Nuclear Deal apart in thread

Yeah, Obama's deal sucked. You're welcome.

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Iran not expected to strike Israel in response to Soleimani killing | The Jerusalem Post

The security cabinet convened to discuss the security situation following the US strike on the Iranian general.

Miscellaneous | Interesting

What Is the Middle East In the Middle Of Anymore?

Since World War II, the United States has been involved in a series of crises and wars in the Middle East on the premise of protecting U.S., Western, or global interests, or purportedly all three combined. Since antiquity, the Middle East has been the hub

Politics | Iran

Petraeus on Soleimani Airstrike: 'This is Bigger Than Bin Laden' and Baghdadi's Death

Former CIA Director David Petraeus characterized the U.S. drone airstrike that killed Iran's top military commander, Qassem Soleimani, as "bigger" than the raid that killed former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the

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Veteran Israeli Analyst Says Assassination of Soleimani Second Only to Execution of Holocaust Architect Reinhard Heydrich

SS officer Reinhard Heydrich’s car after a 1942 assassination attempt in Prague. Heydrich later died of his injuries. Photo: German …

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Some of the Barracks in “Concentration Camp” Gaza | Israellycool

Some of the properties on offer from OSOSS Real Estate, a real estate company located in Gaza

Politics | Politics

BREAKING: Thousands Of Terrorist Supporters Storm U.S. Embassy In Baghdad After U.S. Strikes Kill Dozens Of Terrorists

Thousands of terrorists’ supporters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday after the U.S. killed dozens of terrorists from an Iranian-backed terrorist organization earlier this week. The terrorist supporters who attacked the U.S. Embassy did so in

Politics | Opinion

Israel needs to say categorically that enabling Jews to live in the West Bank is not a war crime

Israel needs to say categorically that enabling Jews to live in the West Bank is not a war crime.

Politics | Resources

If You Hate Israel, You're No Friend of the Jews | PragerU

It’s one thing to criticize Israel. It’s another thing entirely to be against the very existence of the Jewish state. In this clarifying video, Dennis Prager defines the difference and explains why anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism are one and the same.

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Third Elections Appear Inevitable in Israel, as Coalition Efforts Remain Stuck in Logjam

Benny Gantz, Avigdor Lieberman and Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Reuters /Ronen Zvulun, Nir Elias, Amir Cohen / File. Israeli politics remained …

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Inside Rawabi: A new West Bank city built by a Palestinian for Palestinians

For the first time in over a thousand years, a new, planned Palestinian city is rising. Bill Whitaker reports from the West Bank on Rawabi.

Just watched this and thought it was an interesting piece. I am not taking sides and don't want to engage so I blocked user comments.

Politics | Opinion

Losing the Semantic War on ‘Palestine’

The Jewish community of Beit El in Judea and Samaria. Photo: Yaakov via Wikimedia Commons. I have written before about …

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Israel to provide Security Council with data on Iranian nuclear violations

European powers on Wednesday filed a grievance with the UN over what they said was a blatant Iranian violation of

Politics | Iran

‘Unprecedented’: Iran Kills Hundreds Of Unarmed Protesters, Quran Expert Warns It May Kill Thousands In Crackdown | The

A brutal crackdown by the Iranian government has left at least 180 demonstrators dead after they participated in protests that were initially sparked by an unexpected increase in fuel prices. “Altogether, from 180 to 450 people, and possibly more, w

Politics | Campus Watch

In Survey, UC Berkeley Prof. Finds Most Students ‘Passionate’ About ‘Israeli Occupation’ Can’t Find Palestinian Territories on Map

Israeli security forces gather at the scene of a Palestinian terrorist attack near the West Bank settlement of Dolev, Aug. …

Eighty-four percent of those in the most passionate cohort could not name the decade when Israel captured the West Bank, while 75 percent could not locate the Palestinian territories in question on a map. Twenty-five percent “of these students placed the Palestinian Territories west of Lebanon, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea,” Hassner wrote. “The class average for this blunder was 14%.”

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Arab States Are Claiming the Heritage of Their Expelled Jews

Iraqi Jews leaving Lod airport in Israel on their way to the Ma’abara transit camp, 1951. Photo: Israel Government Press …

Politics | Resources

Must Read: The Myth of 'Occupied Palestine'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the United States will no longer consider Israel's settlements in the West Bank an inherent violation of international law. This policy shift comes in the wake of last week's ruling by the European

Politics | Media Bias

Did Media Pass Off Palestinian Rocket as Israeli Missile? | CAMERA

The New York Times runs a front-page AFP photo of a projectile over Gaza City, identifying it as an 'Israeli missile.' The founder of

Politics | Opinion

Israel News: To all two-staters: Take this simple challenge

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Politics | Opinion

Elder Of Ziyon - Pompeo is right - stopping claiming that settlements are illegal can help peace

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The Elder of Ziyon nailed it. Again.

Politics | Opinion

The Trump Administration Is Absolutely Correct To Call Israeli ‘Settlements’ Legal

In a move that will only further buttress the Trump administration’s well-deserved claim to being the most pro-Israel American presidency since the 1948 founding of the Jewish state, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced today that it shall hence

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

You’re going to love our superb shakshuka recipe - ISRAEL21c

It’s not hard to make one of Israel’s favorite breakfast foods in your own kitchen. Follow along as ISRAEL21c’s Jessica Halfin shows you how as part of our Tayim recipe series.

Politics | Media Bias

Palestinian Terrorist Killed In Israeli Airstrike. AFP Calls Him Simply 'Palestinian.'

A Palestinian terrorist leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike Tuesday morning, yet the Agence France-Presse referred to him simply as a “Palestinian.” In a tweet thread announcing  the death of Baha Abu al-Ata, a senior leader of the militant group Pa

Politics | Opinion

MAKOVSKY: Calls To Cut Aid To Israel Detrimental To U.S. Interests

With fires raging constantly in California, no one would reasonably argue to cut the firefighters’ budget. Yet several leading Democratic presidential candidates recently called for cutting American military aid to Israel despite it increasingly acting as

Politics | Opinion

Why U.S.-Israel Security Cooperation Is A Win-Win

One of the few points of unbounded bipartisan agreement in Washington has for decades been that U.S.-Israel security cooperation is right, good, mutually beneficial, and worth every nickel spent on it. It is well–grounded in facts and has acknowledged ben

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Elder Of Ziyon - Jewish Unity Required to Combat Anti-Semitism; Islamists impersonating Jews; Disguised as Agricultural Work, French Pro-BDS Org also Supports Terrorism

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Victor Rosenthal - Keeping Our Honor in the Middle East

Victor Rosenthal – Keeping Our Honor in the Middle East What I’m about to write will probably be off-putting, even offensive to some Western readers. But it’s a subject that is extremely relevant to life in much of the rest of the world, especia

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Following Netanyahu’s Failure to Form a Government, What Comes Next?

The results of the exit polls are shown on a screen at Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party headquarters, following …

Sports | Surfing/SUPing

Paddle Boarding Israel | Supconnect.com

I bet you never thought of Israel as a great destination for SUP, surf, windsurf and kite! You’ll be surprised to discover in this article the wide va...

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

Israel In Numbers: Snapshot Of A (Largely) Happy, Healthy, Educated Nation

The annual report released every year by the Central Bureau of Statistics provides a fascinating picture of Israel in numbers. | NoCamels

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Elder Of Ziyon - Phyllis Chesler: The Radical Feminist Who Refuses Your Intersectional Anti-Israel Slot

Interview with Phyllis Chesler, an academic, best-selling author, feminist, and expert in Islamic antisemitism.

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Path to Israeli Unity Government May Be Opening, With Gantz Indicating a Willingness to Sit With Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz meet in Jerusalem, Sept. 23, …

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Netanyahu Promises Aid To Kurds. Miss Iraq: That's Why I Stand With Israel

On Thursday, Sarai Idan, who was Miss Iraq, lauded Israel for its commitment to help the Kurdish people in the face of what Turkish dictator Recip Erdogan’s brutal assault on them. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Thursday morning, “Israe

Good for Bibi! Trump is 100% wrong on this one.

Politics | Other Politics

'POTUS went rogue': Trump's Syria move blindsides national security leaders - POLITICO

The White House’s announcement that U.S. forces are pulling back from northeastern Syria to allow a Turkish offensive there took the Pentagon and the government’s Syria point man by surprise ⁠— and the decision defied the current thinking of President Donald Trump's national security leaders.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Arab plumbers in Haifa refuse to charge Holocaust survivor

Here is a nice story that was only in the Hebrew-language media a couple of weeks ago.

History | History

Sure Palestine existed. It became Israel. Today's "Palestine" has NOTHING to do with pre-1948 Palestine.

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President taps Netanyahu to form new government, but political uncertainty continues

President Reuven Rivlin tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with Blue

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Rivlin meets with PM, Gantz in effort to break political deadlock

President Reuven Rivlin summoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party chief Benny Gantz to his official residence

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Israeli Political Parties Take Unexpected Positions in First Day of Post-Election Consultations With President Rivlin

Members of the Joint List party sit next to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as he began talks with political parties …

Politics | Media Bias

Israel: How English Wikipedia Parrots the Arab Narrative of 1948

Supporters of Israel should get involved, achieve the 30/500 status that allows them to edit articles about the Conflict and make English Wikipedia much more accurate and balanced.

News | ISRAEL NEWS

Netanyahu Seeking United Right-Religious Bloc for Coalition Talks | Jewish & Israel News

Laborers work on hanging up a Likud election campaign banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his party candidates, …

Sports | Cycling

Israeli Gravel Club - Arava January 2019

GRAVEL

Sports | Cycling

Gravel Adventure in the North of Israel

I've never been to Israel but what's interesting to me about this is I always thought once outside of the city, Israel is mostly barren desert. I guess it's a bit more lush in the northern part?

Politics | Media Bias

Four Questions the AP Won’t Dare Ask Palestinians | CAMERA

For AP or other reporters to ask Palestinians about rejection of peace proposals would require them to act like real journalists, rather than pro-Palestinian

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Top Arab official has been unknowingly spying for Israel for 5 years

IDF's human intel unit unveils one of Jewish state's most important assets in an unspecified Arab state, a spy known as 'Torpedo,' including details of his remarkable recruitment

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New Study: Palestinian Educational Materials Even More Radical Than Before, Celebrate Jihad and Terrorism, Delegitimize Israel

Palestinian schoolchildren sit inside a classroom at an UNRWA-run school, on the first day of a new school year, in …

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Pompeo: ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on US Passports is ‘Actively Being Looked At’

US passport. Photo: Pixabay. JNS.org – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the Trump administration is …

Good. If you’re born in Jerusalem, your passport should say Jerusalem.

Politics | Opinion

PRAGER: Criticism Of Israel Is Not Anti-Semitism; Anti-Zionism Is. This Is Why.

Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy because, they claim, Italy's origins are illegitimate. Imagine further that these people maintain that of all the countries in the world, only Italy is illegitimate.

Sports | Cycling

Documentary Epic Israel 2018 | The Ultimate Holy Land Mountain Bike Challenge

This is the 6th Ford Epic Israel powered by Trek and the first time it's taken place in the Jerusalem hills. Around 600 riders started the race at Ya'arim Ho...

Politics | The "Squad"

Palestinian Authority Cracks Down On LGBT Group; Ilhan Omar Responds By Bashing Israel | Daily Wire

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN) responded to the news that the Palestinian Authority is cracking down on LGBT groups on Monday by, once again, condemning Israel.

Who is more despicable? This sack of human garbage or the democrats who continue to make her bigotry possible?

Politics | Resources

Here’s A List Of All The Muslim Countries That Ban Jews

Fake news infected the body politic this week as liberals lost their minds over President Trump’s falsely-labeled “Muslim ban,” which bars refugees from seven high-risk Muslim majority countries (previously identified by President Obama’s own Department o

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Antisemite Linda Sarsour Falsely Implies Israel Banned Tlaib and Omar Because They Are Muslim | Israellycool

Linda Sarsour is yet again trying to exploit the situation to stoke the flames of hatred by claiming our decision was motivated by anti-Muslim/palestinian bigotry

History | History

No, the United Nations Didn’t Create Israel | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends the UN Security Council meeting on Iran at the United Nations, in New …

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Israel Bars Entry to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Rightfully So.

Israel was absolutely right to bar entry to US congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

My first thought was that Israel should allow them in because Israel is FAR stronger than these two. But their itinerary made it clear, as does every word that either has ever uttered (or refused to utter in terms of acknowledging Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state) about Israel, that neither had any intention but to use the trip as a propaganda tool in their ongoing efforts to damage Israel.

"Israeli law requires Israel’s interior minister to bar foreign nationals who “knowingly issued a public call to boycott the state of Israel” or have “pledged to participate in said boycott.” Both Reps. Omar and Tlaib publicly support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement; under Israeli law, they are likely categorically barred from entering Israel; there are no special exceptions within the law for politicians.

Despite this mandate from the Knesset, the Israeli government was planning to allow Omar and Tlaib to enter; Ambassador Dermer stated last month that “[o]ut of respect for the U.S. Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel.” But that decision was made before Omar and Tlaib’s itinerary became public.

According to a report from the Washington Post, the pair planned to visit East Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron — all cities under Palestinian control. They had also refrained from scheduling any official meetings with the Israeli government."

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The UN Agency for Palestinians Is Even Worse Than You Think It Is

A corruption scandal involving sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation against whistleblowers, and lots of business-class travel has gripped the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It represents a new l

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israel's Amos-17 Satellite Successfully Launched Into Space, Will Provide Fast Internet Service To Africa, Mideast

The launch comes almost three years after a spectacular launchpad explosion destroyed Spacecom's Amos-6 satellite and the SpaceX rocket it was on in September 2016. | NoCamels

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Israel: Swastika Flag on Gaza Border Reveals Hamas' True Intention -- the Annihilation of the Jewish State

A Nazi swastika flag raised on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Photo: IDF. Israel continued on Tuesday …

History | History

Jewish Roots: Building the Land of Israel | HonestReporting

A continuous Jewish presence in the Land of Israel goes back thousands of years before Jews returned on Aliyah to rebuild their homeland.

History | History

We've Always Been Here: The Historical Right of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel

  Victor Rosenthal – We’ve Always Been Here: The Historical Right of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel I often talk about the Jewish people’s historical right to Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, in addition to our legal and moral ri

News | ISRAEL NEWS

An Israeli Victory Is Necessary if Peace Is to Be Achieved

Palestinians gather near the Israel-Gaza Strip border fence, east of Gaza City, May 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Mohammed Salem. …

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

The West Bank’s Unreported Forbidden Roads | CAMERA

Reuters asserts that Israeli settlers can drive through the West Bank 'without major restriction,' completely omitting the fact that Israelis are prohibited from entering

It is a lie that Jews can go anywhere they please in Judea/Samaria, or that Arabs don’t have full sovereignty in certain areas.

Travel | Travel Israel!

Israel welcomes 10% increase in tourists in 2019 | The Jerusalem post

"Summer begins with a hike in tourist arrivals to Israel," said Tourism Minister Yariv Levin.

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Life’s a Beach in Gaza | Israellycool

Yet anti-Israel propagandists would like the world believe Gaza is a 'concentration camp' and 'open air prison.'

Politics | Opinion

Elder Of Ziyon - Israel: How and Why we are Losing the Cognitive War

The long war against Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel has been going on since before the founding of the state. The identity of our enemies varies depending on their ability to fight at any given time and other factors, but – with one important exception that I will discuss later – they are drawn from the Arab and Muslim nations in our region.

News | ISRAEL NEWS

IDF Discovers Another Hamas Attack Tunnel Under Israel-Gaza Border

A Hamas attack tunnel discovered under the Israel-Gaza Strip border, July 8, 2019. Photo: IDF. Another attack tunnel was discovered …

Politics | Jihad/Muslim Extremism

Bye Bye Dubai: Wife of Ruler Flees | Clarion Project

Discover why Dubai's Princess Haya, who escaped her marriage to U.A.E.'s ruler, may impact women's rights in the region.

Good for her!

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The Golan Heights - The History, Present, and Future Explained | HonestReporting

Situated high up on Israel’s northern frontier with Syria and Lebanon, the Golan Heights' importance to Israel cannot be understated. Learn more about the

Politics | Iran

Victor Davis Hanson: We Hold All the Cards in the Showdown with Iran

In May 2018, the Donald Trump Administration withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal.The United States then ramped up sanctions on the Iranian theocracy to try to ensure th

History | History

The silence about black slavery in the Arab world | David Meir

In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the US about a demand by certain black organizations (like Black Lives Matter) for a financial compensation by the “white” people for slavery.

Politics | Politics

To Avoid War With Iran, Democrats and Europe Should Support Trump - Bloomberg

The regime’s leaders are the only ones who should be made to answer for Iran’s campaign of terror.

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Why Jared Kushner Is Right: Palestinians Do Not Deserve A State.

White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, who is helping the president devise and (one expects) eventually unveil his much-ballyhooed "deal of the century

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Israel News: It's a weird world when the only person really trying to help Palestinians is Jared Kushner

It's fascinating that the two state solution is such a dogma to so many that Jared Kushner saying that we should prioritize the actual human rights and dignity of Palestinians before we figure out the political parameters of a solution is mercilessly criticized.

Politics | Politics

Why Anti-Zionism Worse than Anti-Semitism | Jewish Journal

I always get suspicious when I hear someone flaunt their pro-Israel credentials by saying, “I firmly believe in Israel’s right to exist.” Gee, thanks. I firmly believe in your right to exist, too.