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What A (Jewish) Week - Joshua Namm

It Can't Be Good For All Of America, Unless It's Good For Us Too

Politics | The Left

Senate Democrats Launch Eleventh-Hour Campaign To Kneecap Jewish State

In the Biden-Harris administration’s eleventh hour, Senate Democrats are launching a campaign against the Jewish state aimed at drumming up support for blocking arms sales to Israel. 

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Michael Oren: The Altneu Antisemitism: Part I

Michael Oren: The Altneu Antisemitism: Part I Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren The spike in antisemitism globally is hardly news. And yet, there is something about contemporary antisemitism that sets it apart from its earlier and even ancient versions

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 19, 2024

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 19, 2024 “Women need role models and communities to succeed. Then we’ll see more female entrepreneurs.” Hilla Ovil-Brenner, CEO and founder of the Yazamiyot organization, a platform

News | Antisemitism Watch

Elder Of Ziyon - Why accusing Israel of "genocide" is inherently and purely antisemitic

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Politics | Debunking Lies

Elder Of Ziyon - The libelous UN report "70% of Gaza dead are women and children" is an absurd, easily provable lie

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Politics | Politics

Trump plans to cripple Iran with 'maximum pressure' sanctions | World Israel News

National security expert: 'Trump is determined to reinstitute a maximum pressure strategy to bankrupt Iran as soon as possible.'

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Biden admin sanctions more Israeli 'settlers,' NGOs, including key development group

The impact of the move is expected to remain limited following last week's election of President-elect Donald Trump.

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Gabe Ende: ISRAEL-The Cantorial Concert: One Tiny Forgotten Detail

Gabe Ende: ISRAEL-The Cantorial Concert: One Tiny Forgotten Detail I was invited by my son Ezi and my grandson Avsha to join them for a performance at the Cantorial School in Petach Tikva. The performance was very enjoyable , but a  dissonant note early

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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 17, 2024

This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 17, 2024 This week’s newsletter sees Israel valiantly advancing in its war to topple Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and its terror proxies. Meanwhile, Israel’s citizens have been awarded top national an

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Bibi’s Offensive Against Defense (Ministers)

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Bibi’s Offensive Against Defense (Ministers) Here’s a not so trivial trivia question: What do these four Israeli politicians – Yitzhak Mordechai, Moshe Yaalon, Avigdor Lieberman, Yoav Gallant – uniquely share in common? Tr

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Tel Aviv University: New Insight into Brain Stability

Tel Aviv University: New Insight into Brain Stability New Insight into Brain Stability: The Key Role of NMDA Receptors Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a fundamental discovery: the NMDA receptor (NMDAR)—long studied primarily for its role in

Politics | Politics

WATCH: Israel ‘Has Title Deed to Judea and Samaria,’ Said Incoming US Ambassador to Israel | United with Israel

'There's no such thing as an 'occupation.,'' Huckabee emphasized.

Politics | Politics

Rabbi says US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee 'wants to be a settler himself' | World Israel News

Rabbi Weisz said that Trump's appointments could mark a sea change in US foreign policy 'from night to day, from bad to good.'

Politics | Politics

Trump promises to cancel all restrictions of arms shipments to Israel | World Israel News

Trump's clear policy marks a change from The Biden Administration's back and forth with Israel on arms shipment restrictions throughout the Gaza War.

Politics | Politics

Trump warns US universities at risk if they don't remove antisemitism - The Jerusalem Post

Trump added that any colleges that permit antisemitic violence will be seen as violating the Civil Rights Law.

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UNPACKED: Watch – Is Israel the Scariest or Happiest Country?

UNPACKED: Watch – Is Israel the Scariest or Happiest Country?   In a region fraught with conflict, Israel consistently ranks as one of the happiest nations on earth. Bound by family, united through community, and strengthened by a shared resili

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Jonathan Sacks z”l: Walking Together VAYERA

Jonathan Sacks z”l: Walking Together VAYERA There is an image that haunts us across the millennia, fraught with emotion. It is the image of a man and his son walking side-by-side across a lonely landscape of shaded valleys and barren hills. The son

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Barry Shaw: Trump, the Abraham Accords, and Gaza

Barry Shaw: Trump, the Abraham Accords, and Gaza Barry’s Newsletter  More from Barry Shaw at israelseen With the clock ticking down to Donald J. Trump re-entering the White House as the 47th President of the United States, the same clock is also ti

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Tel Aviv University: Special Protocol of Hyperbaric Therapy for PTSD & New Effective Treatment for Parkinsons

Tel Aviv University: Special Protocol of Hyperbaric Therapy for PTSD & New Effective Treatment for Parkinson’s   Groundbreaking study at Tel Aviv University and Shamir Medical Center Biological damage in the brain of people with PTSD responds t

Politics | American Politics

Dear Jared Kushner, the Jewish people need you

Jared, you have proven time and again that you have the skills, the knowledge, and the tenacity to make a difference. 

Politics | The Left

The moral ghettoisation of the Jews

The left’s apologism for the pogrom in Amsterdam marks a foul new low.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Justifying the ‘Jew Hunt’

An important ideological convergence is taking place in the wake of the Amsterdam football pogrom, demonstrating a timeless characteristic of Jew-hatred: It has no permanent political home—hatred of the “wandering

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 12, 2024

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 12, 2024 “Laser technology is a true game-changer. There are applications we haven’t yet conceived of.” Brigadier General Ran Kochav, former commander of the Israeli Air Missile Defense

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Jonathan Feldstein: Jews Hunted in European Pogrom

Jonathan Feldstein: Jews Hunted in European Pogrom A pogrom is a premeditated, organized, violent riot with the aim of threatening, intimidating, and massacring Jews, made common in late 19th and early 20th century Russia and Eastern Europe. Last week, in

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Michael Oren: Contextualized and Decontextualized: Israel’s Fight for Truth

Michael Oren: Contextualized and Decontextualized: Israel’s Fight for Truth Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren Speaking on a Pod Save America podcast last November 7, former President Barack Obama urged listeners to “take in the whole truth” about

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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 10, 2024

This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 10, 2024 Like our ancestor Abraham, Israelis use the lessons of the past and a positive outlook, to go forward and build a better future for the Jewish State and for the whole of humanity. The highlights in

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Pogrom in Amsterdam - Melanie Phillips

“Globalise the intifada” they’ve screamed for a year. This was the result

Politics | Opinion

Amsterdam shows how bad things are. But this time we have Israel

One of the most chilling elements has been the reports of how the Israeli fans were abandoned by the local authorities

News | Antisemitism Watch

Amsterdam Pogrom Is the Quintessence of Anti-Zionism

Those who have said that last night’s pogrom in Amsterdam is yet more proof of the need for the existence of the State of Israel are correct. But it’s worth

Politics | Judea & Samaria

Judea and Samaria leaders hail Trump, eye sovereignty push

Donald Trump's victory on Nov. 5 was widely welcomed in the area's Jewish communities.

Jewish sovereignty needs to be extended over every inch of Jewish land

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel-How to Topple an Elected, but Deeply Unpopular Government

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Israel-How to Topple an Elected, but Deeply Unpopular Government For most Israelis, the recent firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant by PM Netanyahu in the middle of a war on several fronts, with another imminent massive Iranian

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The "Crime" Of Decent Journalism - Joshua Namm

Journalism Is Now A Social Crime. If It’s Pro-Jewish.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

'Pogrom' in Amsterdam: Netanyahu sends planes to save Jews, US congressmen demand action

The Israeli National Security Council told Israelis to remain in their hotel rooms, avoid wearing anything with Jewish or Israeli symbols and to return home early.

I'm so sick of this. ALL Jews need to start fighting back. Have we not learned that hurting them in FAR worse ways/proportions than they hurt us is what deters, and then stops, this???

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Jonathan Sacks: The Power of Example LECH LECHA

Jonathan Sacks: The Power of Example LECH LECHA So familiar are we with the story of Abraham that we do not always stop to think about what a strange turn it is in the biblical narrative. If we fail to understand this, though, we may fail to understand th

Politics | American Politics

Trump will not restrain Israel: the clock is now ticking for Iran and its proxies

The terrorists’ window of opportunity will close when Trump is inaugurated

Politics | Debunking Lies

Macron’s error: The UN did not create Israel

The League of Nations agreed on “the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country.”

You hear this all the time, and no - the UN did not create Israel.

Politics | Opinion

The US must reject the Palestinian claim of a ‘right of return’

In trying to navigate the conflicting positions of American interest groups and citizens, policymakers end up pleasing no one.

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‘I Can Finally Breathe’: Israel Welcomes Trump’s Election Victory

The news of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election was met with enthusiasm across much of Israel on Wednesday morning, starting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's effusive congratulations to the president-elect and extending — if pol

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Israel:PoLoPo Signs Agreement with CSM Ingredients to Bring Egg Protein from Molecular Farming to Commercial Baking Market

Israel:PoLoPo Signs Agreement with CSM Ingredients to Bring Egg Protein from Molecular Farming to Commercial Baking Market   Molecular farming startup PoLoPo, which grows egg protein in potatoes, is now working with ingredients giant CSM to develop

Politics | American Politics

Where Jews fit in America’s realigned parties

Most Jews will vote for the party that represents the credentialed elites. That they do so while claiming to support social justice doesn’t make sense.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Jewish-owned businesses vandalized (again) in LA's Pico-Robertson area on Election Day

An investigation was underway in Los Angeles' Pico-Robertson neighborhood after several Jewish-owned businesses were vandalized.

News | Interesting Stories

Netanyahu fires Gallant, says no trust with Defense Minister at time of war | The Times of Israel

Citing a lack of mutual trust, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces he is firing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, a longtime rival within the Likud Party.

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U.S. Soldier Injured During Humanitarian Mission In Gaza Passes Away

He had recently been placed on early medical retirement due to the severity of his condition, which prevented him from continuing his military service - Click on the link for more.

And yet Kamala lied and claimed that there are no US soldiers in dangerous areas under their watch.

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 5, 2024

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Nov. 5, 2024 Wiz eyeing Dazz acquisition in deal worth hundreds of millions. The cybersecurity giant is considering acquiring Israeli startup Dazz, which provides AI-powered cloud security remediation. 

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

This Man Rescued 120 People on Oct. 7th

Oz Davidian risked his life to save Nova festival participants, driving back and forth 15 times under fire.

Politics | Politics

Biden threatens to cut off military aid to Israel one week after US election | World Israel News

Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is expected to respond to the letter on Tuesday, following the US elections.

Politics | Politics

WATCH: Harris campaign airs two 'starkly different' ads to Jewish and anti-Israel voters | World Israel News

Kamala Harris released two contrasting ads aimed at distinct voter blocs: in one, she pledges to defend Israel, while in the other, she promises to support Palestinian efforts to establish a state.

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The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Expands United Hatzalah’s Fleet of Emergency Vehicles with $2 Million Donation

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Expands United Hatzalah’s Fleet of Emergency Vehicles with $2 Million Donation The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has donated 25 new emergency vehicles, totaling a $2 million do

News | Antisemitism Watch

'Squad' Member Summer Lee Touted Support From 'Pittsburgh Jewish Community' Member Now Indicted for Vandalizing Pittsburgh Synagogue

Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.), a member of the anti-Israel "Squad," published a letter last year touting support from "members of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community." One of those "members," Talya Lubit, is now charged with vandalizing a synagogue and Jewish com

News | Antisemitism Watch

Chicago education board president resigns amid backlash to antisemitic social media posts

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker had called for his resignation on Thursday afternoon

Another black antisemite. Is anyone surprised?

Politics | The Left

Poll: Most Democrats blame Israel 'a lot' for Mideast conflict

While half of Americans fear regional war, the poll shows deep partisan divisions regarding responsibility for the escalation of the conflict.

Politics | The Left

Abigail Shrier: The Kindergarten Intifada

There is a well-coordinated, national effort between teachers, activist organizations, and administrators to indoctrinate American children against Israel. A Free Press investigation.

Another reason to depose teachers instead of lionizing them as the left continues to insist we all do. They do it because teachers are the avenue through which they continually create new generations of the left’s cult. They insist we generate them, and shun anyone who criticizes them, to keep the indoctrination going.

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Former hostage marks bar mitzva without his father, still a hostage

The family was prepared to support Erez for his bar mitzvah without his father, who remains in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Purging Jews From the Arts

Sally Rooney is a clarifying figure in the literary world. She does not go for complexity or nuance, and she doesn’t like to leave herself open to interpretation. Rooney has

Yet even MORE lefty antisemitism.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Turkish scholar accidentally admits Palestinians originate from elsewhere

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Global Threat: The Biden-Harris Administration Is Enabling Iran to Become the Next Nuclear State

Iran is now just a technical step away from acquiring a nuclear bomb, and these advances have been taking place while the Biden-Harris administration has done not a single thing to stop or even slow them. Why are the US and its allies not alarmed? The

Politics | Politics

Michael Oren: Bombing Hezbollah’s Drug Empire is the Key to Weakening its Power

Michael Oren: Bombing Hezbollah’s Drug Empire is the Key to Weakening its Power Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren   Israel’s destruction of Hezbollah’s drug empire could not be timelier or less controversial. Back in 1997, at the height of He

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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 3, 2024

This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Nov. 3, 2024 Israel’s seasonal rains are beginning, just after Jews finish reading the Torah portion about Noah and the Flood.  Israelis are currently helping flood victims in Poland, although Spain may h

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Religion for Human Society: Good, Bad… or Both?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Religion for Human Society: Good, Bad… or Both? My post here last week dealt with individual religious belief (https://israelseen.com/prof-sam-lehman-wilzig-personal-story-genesis-starts-with-god-on-belief-and-unbelief/). This t

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Steve Kramer: UNWRA Barred by Israeli Parliament

Steve Kramer: UNWRA Barred by Israeli Parliament Israel, which has been fighting Hamas in Gaza for more than a year, is finally willing to drastically reduce the power of the Jew-hating United Nations in this conflict. The UN’s  “creature” in the f

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United Hatzalah: Floyd Mayweather Donates 1,000 Bulletproof Vests and Helmets

United Hatzalah: Floyd Mayweather Donates 1,000 Bulletproof Vests and Helmets Floyd Mayweather Donates 1,000 Bulletproof Vests and Helmets at United Hatzalah Headquarters in Jerusalem Donation of $100,000 funds critical protective equipment for volunteers

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 29, 2024

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News Oct. 29, 2024 Armis raises $200M, boosting valuation to $4.3B in push towards IPO. Cybersecurity leader Armis secures new funding led by General Catalyst and Alkeon Capital, setting sights on $500M ARR mi

News | Israel At War

Official: Israel, mediators have received no Hamas response to hostage deal proposals

Israel has received no official response from Hamas on the various proposals for a hostage deal under discussion, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel, nor have the mediators.

Politics | American Politics

Donald Trump may be the most pro-Jewish president ever

This election, there is no subgroup for whom the stakes are higher than my Jewish co-religionists.

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Steve Kramer: Diverse Days in Israel

Steve Kramer: Diverse Days in Israel The High Holidays just finished, with Simhat Torah (a religious observance held on the last day of Succot when the yearly cycle of Torah reading is completed and the next cycle is begun.) being celebrated on Thursday,

News | Interesting Stories

Biden on Israel's retaliatory strike against Iran: 'I hope this is the end' | World Israel News

The Biden administration attempted to pressure Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear sites.

News | Interesting Stories

Israel Strikes Iran: Satellite Images Indicate ‘Significant Blow’ to Iranian Missile Production | United with Israel

Analyst citing commercial satellite imagery says Israel appears to have targeted infrastructure used for mixing ballistic missile fuel, which Iran 'will likely have a hard time replacing.'

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Michael Oren: Game-ender or game-changer?

Michael Oren: Game-ender or game-changer? Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren Israel’s retaliation against Iran leaves open the question of whether the mission secured its fundamental objective of deterring the Islamic Republic In strictly military term

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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 27, 2024

This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Oct. 27, 2024 I hope those who celebrated them, enjoyed the Jewish festivals of Sukkot (Tabernacles) and Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah.  This newsletter was compiled before the news of Israel’s response

News | Israel At War

Israel strikes inside Iran

"Should Iran choose to respond, we're fully prepared to defend Israel and support Israel, and there will be consequences," said a U.S. official.

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

'A lot of innocent people being killed,' Biden agrees with anti-Israel heckler 

"How can you apologize for a genocide while committing a genocide in Palestine?" the protester told the president.

He’s a major loser.

Politics | Media Bias

IDF Posts Directions After Anti-Israel Journalists Claim No Hezbollah 'Vault' Under Hospital

The IDF provided what it said were precise directions to Hezbollah's vault of $500 million in cash and gold underneath Al-Sahel Hospital.

This is another reason why I love the IDF.

News | Israel At War

Hezbollah drone scored direct hit on Netanyahu home

"Iran tried to eliminate the prime minister of Israel. It will not escape responsibility," said a senior government official.

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority

Though designated a terror group, Hamas funding thrives in Europe

Four reports from ELNET identify some 30 organizations and people affiliated with Hamas who work in Europe.

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Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs: News Resources Israel and Beyond

Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs: News Resources Israel and Beyond In-Depth Issues:   Gaza after Sinwar’s Death – Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom) A senior Israeli source told Israel Hayom that they expect Yahya Sinwar’s brother, Mu

News | Israel/Jewish Community

Very Dead Hamas Monster's Overfed Wife Carried Luxury Handbag in Tunnels While Palestinians Starved

 With the announcement of the death of terrorist mastermind Yahya Sinwar, footage has been released of his movements in the months before his death. In the days before the October 7 massacre, he took his family (including his amply fed wife who is apparently not experiencing the famine they insist is happening in Palestine) underground. Twitter noticed an interesting detail about his wife's handbag.

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: When the Situation Changes so Quickly, are Public Opinion Polls Really Useful?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: When the Situation Changes so Quickly, are Public Opinion Polls Really Useful? If you think public opinion polls are only for election campaign periods, you haven’t been following Israel’s media recently. Of course, if you’r

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WATCH: Dramatic footage of Sinwar's elimination

Yahya Sinwar "was hiding in an area surrounded by our forces. We didn't know he was there. He had a [tactical] vest, a pistol and 40,000 shekels."

So long….scumbag.

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

Jews who unplug on holidays grateful to hear haphazardly about Sinwar

"In a media soaked world, it's hard to be behind. But that regular disconnect keeps me sane," the pollster and strategist Mark Mellman told JNS.

Politics | American Politics

Harris says heckler, who calls Israel genocidal, talking about 'real' things

"The vice president has never previously suggested that Israel's defensive war in Gaza amounts to a genocide of Palestinian people," per the "New York Post."

HOW can people still foolishly believe that anyone in this administration is pro-Israel???

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“Trainees and Reservists’ take out Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar” & More

“Trainees and Reservists’ take out Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar” & More   Sky News host Erin Molan said a group of “trainees and reservists” took out Hamas’ leader Yahya Sinwar. “He died as he lived, a coward – cowering in the sh

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Steve Kramer: 5785: A Good Year for the Jews?

Steve Kramer: 5785: A Good Year for the Jews? Will the new year be better than the previous horrible one? It’s hard to believe that it won’t be, given the last year’s continuous warfare. At this juncture, Israel has ruptured Hamas in Gaza, leaving t

News | Interesting Stories

IDF confirms death of Hamas leader, Oct. 7 architect Yahya Sinwar | The Times of Israel

The IDF and Shin Bet announce that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed.

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Michael Oren: How the Israel-Iran Rope-a-Dope Ends

Michael Oren: How the Israel-Iran Rope-a-Dope Ends Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren Evenings after coming home from work, my father taught me how to box. The only Jewish kid in a working-class neighborhood, I was being bullied by a slightly older antis

News | Interesting Stories

White House confirms letter demanding Israel increase Gaza aid or face arms embargo | World Israel News

The letter gives Israel 30 days to implement 15 policy changes, including 10 measures to 'surge all forms of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza.'

Once again Biden/Harris prove that they are no friends to Israel. It is well documented that Hamas is taking 50% of all the aid and has so much that they have run out of storage space. This is not only designed to prevent Israel from doing anything that might show Kamala's true colors before the election but is also (thanks Ben Sharpiro for pointing this out) is EXACTLY what they impeached Trump for in 2019. If you are Jewish or love Israel and vote for Kamala then you are a complete idiot.