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Netanyahu slams Biden-brokered maritime deal with Lebanon as capitulation to Hizballah threats 

In a disappointing move, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is moving ahead with a Biden-brokered, proposed maritime border agreement with Lebanon. According to former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the deal is "without a debate in the Knesset

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Elder Of Ziyon - Is the US State Department taking Jerusalem out of Israel again?

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The new loyalty oath imposed on Jews

Making work and school hostile for Americans under the guise of 'anti-Zionism.'

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Elder Of Ziyon - "The Jews are the real antisemites" is not a new argument by antisemites

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Russia's annexation is illegal. Israel's are legal. Here's why.

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Right-Wing Extremism in Israel: Then & Now

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The Noxious Anti-Semitism Of “European Settler Colonialism”

There are some narratives that simply boggle the mind. Some are completely nonsensical and easily disproven. Others are seemingly spat out of desperation to belittle an enemy's position. And a few are so twisted, they must have been hatched and sanctified

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UNPACKED: Watch – Who Are The Mizrahi Jews?

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Elder Of Ziyon - Today's Palestinian antisemitism: Rewriting the history of the Levant

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Elder Of Ziyon - Rashida Tlaib, the Lion's Den, and the ubiquity of Jew-hate across political boundaries

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Combatting anti-Semitism must include emancipating Zionism

Knowing the real-world harm that excludes Zionists from equal access and participation—in university book clubs, in support groups for victims of sexual harassment, in class, etc.—is an unacceptable reality.

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CTECH Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Sept. 29, 2022

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The numbers are in: What’s in store for Israel’s population?

According to the nation’s bureau of statistics, Israel currently has 9,593,000 residents, with that number expected to cross 10 million at the end of 2024 and 15 million at the end of 2048.

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Israel's 'Peace Partner' Is Slaughtering Israelis

These two bodies [Palestinian Authority (PA) and its ruling faction, Fatah] are headed by one man: Mahmoud Abbas, who has zero compunction about his loyalists murdering and wounding Israelis. On the contrary, he encourages it and pays generously for it

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Elder Of Ziyon - Malki Roth: A National Jewish Cause (Judean Rose)

Why isn't Malki Roth a household name, a national Jewish cause?

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Uncertain Future Awaits Puerto Rico But One Israeli Team Is Working to Build The Population’s Resilience

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We Must Always Remember the Extraordinary Gift of Israel

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Lia Baram – My Photos from our Family Trip to Northern Italy

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Rashida Tlaib's absurd acid test

The Michigan congresswoman's denunciation of Israel supporters puts her in line with the ideologies of totalitarians and theocrats like Iran and Hezbollah

The article neglects to mention that while Tlaib is the only Arab in Congress who denies Israel’s right to exist, she is not the only Muslim who denies the right of the world’s ONLY Jewish state to exist. There are others and every single one of them is a democrat.

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UNPACKED: Hebron 1929: The Most Important Moment You Never Heard Of.

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This Week’s Sanity Report for Israel New Year Sept. 25, 2022

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Two-State Solution? In the Middle of the Muddle

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UNPACKED – What Is Hezbollah?

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The slaughter of Shulamit Ovadia and the myth of ‘lone wolf’ terrorism

Israeli security officials, politicians need to realize: There is no such thing as a “lone wolf” terrorist. It’s not TikTok and Twitter that breed and cultivate such monsters; it’s the PA.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Arab site: Khazars started Zionism!

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I Was Failed for Speaking the Truth About Israel

Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds in England. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Over a year ago, I was submitting my …

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How the UN gives international legitimacy to murderous regimes

“Wine with Adam” with Adam Bellos and guest Hillel Neuer

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Charles Abelsohn – Letter from Israel: Rosh Hashana 5783: The Happiness Report

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Joe Biden Uses U.N. to Call for Palestinian State: They Are 'Entitled' to It

President Joe Biden told the United Nations on Wednesday that the Palestinians are "entitled" to their own state.

I’m sure the Jew hating UN loved this. If you’re Jewish: WHY are you still voting for ANY democrat? Their party hates us.

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'She was out shopping for the Rosh Hashanah when she was murdered' | Israel National News

Victim was out shopping for Rosh Hashanah when terrorist beat her to death with a metal pipe. 'She was going to have the whole family over.'

This is heartbreaking. She was an 84 year old woman shopping for her family. I hate the cowards who do these things so much. I’d take care of each and every one of them myself if it was possible.

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South Carolina treasurer declines ratings call with investment firm Morningstar in ‘solidarity with Israel’

Morningstar, catching fire for alleged anti-Israel bias in its risk ratings, is under investigation in 19 states.

Good for him!

““Our state does not support businesses that are involved in the boycott, divestment or sanctions of Israel. As such, we are unwilling to do business with Morningstar until we can be assured their decisions are based on sound financial data and investment policies, and not a radical agenda that has nothing to do with the Treasurer’s fiduciary responsibility to maximize returns at a prudent level of risk for the benefit of our citizens,” said Loftis.”

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Elder Of Ziyon - There was a single Muslim poem about Jerusalem written before 1967. It is about revenge against Crusaders.

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Obviously written out of animosity toward Crusaders, not because of any particular feelings about Jerusalem.

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News Sept. 21, 2022

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation and Technology News Sept. 21, 2022 Google acquires Israeli climatech startup BreezoMeter for over $200 million. The Israeli startup aims to monitor air quality and improve people’s health by using atmospheric data that i

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Israel: Voting the Brand

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We Are Back: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 19, 2022

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Fixing weak electric current in part of brain may treat Parkinson’s -- Israeli lab

University of Haifa scientist says her peer-reviewed study could open up a new approach to fighting the disease, enable detection when people are young

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What has the game-changing Abraham Accords accomplished after two years?

For one thing, the dialogue has shifted from security to collaboration.

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Give Iran Nukes, Says Quincy Institute’s New Iran Expert

Iran should be allowed to build a nuclear weapon, according to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's newest hire, Roxane Farmanfarmaian.

These people are stupid and insane: a scary combination.

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PA officials turn down Israeli request to boost counter-terror efforts ahead of High Holidays

Palestinian intelligence chief Majed Faraj and PLO Secretary General Hussein al-Sheikh reportedly said they could not strengthen joint mechanisms to quell a surge of violence due to ongoing IDF operations in Judea and Samaria.

Of course they did. But they want peace, right?

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Fatah announces return to terror

Fatah announces return to terror

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Rare, stolen 2,000-year-old silver coin returned to Israeli authorities in US

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American filmmaker Ken Burns has a Palestine problem

Why is Burns trying to disqualify Palestine from the conversation? Why resort to a technicality about sovereignty in order to try to push Palestine out of the discussion?

Jen Burns turned out to be a real bastard. Just like the Democrat’s hero FDR.

“Sadly, Roosevelt chose to keep Jews out of the Virgin Islands, despite the offer by the governor and legislative assembly of that territory to open their doors to Jews fleeing Hitler.”

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Fetterman Says He’s a Friend of Israel. His Art Gallery Raises Questions.

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Anti-Zionists advocate a global apartheid

Those who accuse Israel of apartheid want to make the Jews second-class citizens of the world.

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Why the anti-Israel industry is obsessed with South Africa - JNS.org

The apartheid libel isn’t just inaccurate, it’s an indefensible evil.

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Elder Of Ziyon - A short list of Palestinian violations of signed agreements with Israel

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The “State of Palestine” is just a stepping-stone to the destruction of Israel

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The Jewish 'nakba' was greater than the Arab • Point of No Return

The following is an extract from one chapter, including footnotes, from The  Industry of Lies  by Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini. It is an insightful and concise must-read. The book was published by Norwegian pro-Israel group Med Israel For Fred (MIFF

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Tearing Up the Rules of Engagement Between Israel and America

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Daniel Lewin: The Israeli-American 9/11 Hero

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The unlearned lessons of 9/11

A short memory may be helpful as a coping mechanism, but it is deadly in matters of foreign policy.

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Anti-Israel boycotts masquerade as social justice

Morningstar refuses to take responsibility for how its “responsible investment” methods have targeted Israel, after yet another confusion between Social Justice and Anti-Zionism.

The entire concept of “social justice” is false. There is justice, alone, and anything else is a perversion of the idea.

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The Truth About Israel

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Two antibodies identified in Israel can fight all known COVID strains, study finds | The Times of Israel

Infusible to patients, antibodies are so powerful neutralizing the coronavirus they could eliminate the need for more vaccine boosters, peer-reviewed research says

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Palestinian planned mass bombing, shooting attack in Tel Aviv, arrested in Jaffa

Israeli security forces received intelligence that a suspect who aided the terrorist was on the run in the West Bank.

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Abu Akleh and Biden’s pro-Iran realignment

The U.S. administration is exposing Israel to existential peril.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Why no investigation into the THIRTEEN journalists killed by US troops in Iraq in only two years?

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UNPACKED: Watch – When Did Judaism Become a Religion?

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Tel Aviv University researchers have isolated two antibodies that neutralize all known strains of COVID-19

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Jews

Six facts about the monarch’s tumultuous relationship with Jews, on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee.

It’s easy to pay homage and respect to Holocaust survivors, only a monster wouldn’t. It is also easy to show respect to the Jewish community when they are your “subjects” (a term which, as an American-I truly despise). However, her family was clearly antisemitic for a very long time, and she refused to visit Israel. So the praise from some quarters of the Jewish community is misguided in my opinion. Yes, her reign was impressive, her behavior during WWII was valiant, and her service to her nation is unprecedented. That said, this family has some clearly antagonistic views toward the Jewish community.

“‘lf. Besides her resolute steadfastness in never visiting (Israel), the Queen also made troubling remarks on an official visit to Jordan in 1984. Shown a map of the disputed West Bank, which has been in Israeli control ever since the Six Day War in 1967, Queen Elizabeth called it “depressing,” and described Israeli planes flying in the West Bank as “frightening.” On that visit, she also laid a wreath at a memorial to Arab soldiers who died attacking Israel.’”

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Rare First Temple-period document repatriated to Israel

The “Ishmael Papyrus,” which had been in Montana since 1965, was tracked down by the Israel Antiquities Authority

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Blood-Soaked Lessons of the Munich Olympics

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Exodus vs. Birth of a Nation: Media Miss Mark on Jewish Self-Determination, Palestinian Nationalism | Honest Reporting

Media should both revise their take on Israel's story and leave the Palestinian tale of eternal violent struggle on the cutting room floor.

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CTECH – Israel’s Latest Innovation & Technology News Sept. 7, 2022

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Jonathan Feldstein – On the Death of Two Arab Journalists in Israel

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Elder Of Ziyon - Seven inconvenient and under-reported facts about the Munich Olympics massacre

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Do not confuse the Jewish story with white privilege

The writer's grandfather suffered through Auschwitz after watching his family be murdered in the gas chambers.

Politics | Media Bias

The latest BBC reporting on the Munich Olympics terror attack > CAMERA UK

All but one of five BBC radio and written reports relating to the Munich Olympics massacre carefully avoided the words terror and terrorist.

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Munich Massacre is reminder of worst side of mixing sports and politics

Fifty years on, it is important not only to acknowledge the Munich Massacre, but to learn from it.

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IDF detains 17 Palestinians in series of raids following Sunday's terrorist attacks

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Conservatism in Israel? In Judaism, Not If It’s Laissez-Faire

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Online Platform Could Face Lawsuit for Selling Video Game That Lets You Slaughter Israelis

The online gaming platform Steam could be taken to court for its refusal to take off the market a video game that allows players to slaughter Israeli soldiers and perform acts of terrorism, an international legal group told the Washington Free Beacon.

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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Sept. 4, 2022

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Tel Aviv Univ: New method eradicates deadly brain tumors

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Sept. 1, 2022

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Sabine Sterk – Time To Stand Up for Facts&Truth: Israel

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TAU: New aquaculture technology can help ease the global food crisis:

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United Hatzalah – Ukrainian Refugees Train To Become EMTs in Israel

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Steve Kramer – A View From Israel: Iran’s Coming Windfall

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CTECH – Israel’s Latest Innovation and Technology News Aug. 25, 2022

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UNPACKED: Watch – Did Jews Always Support Israel?

UNPACKED: Watch – Did Jews Always Support Israel? In the late 1800s, rising antisemitism had people concerned that Judaism would disappear entirely. Two very different solutions arose in an attempt to solve this crisis: Reform Judaism and Zionism. R

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17 States Demand Answers From Ratings Giant Morningstar Over Anti-Israel Bias

Financial services firm Morningstar "may be furthering the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel," 17 attorneys general said in a letter sent on Tuesday and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon—and they want answers as to why

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Global Impact: Latest Work of UN Watch on Behalf of Israel

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