Sign of Christmas in Gaza – Lela Gilbert (J. Post via Daily Alert)
Dec. 25, 2019 No Sign of Christmas in Gaza – Lela GilbertOut of 3,000 Christians who lived in Gaza in 2007 when Hamas seized power, no more than 700-800 remain, among 1.8 million Muslims. Gazan Christian Khalil Sayegh told me, “The Christians are suffering from the current situation in Hamas-controlled Gaza….They cannot hold government jobs. But, […]
Read More →First Muslim Maj.-Gen. in Israel Police at UN: State offers equality, by Myaan Jaffe-Hoffman (J. Post)
Dec. 12, 2019 “This is the place to highlight that the Israel police is a decent institution, that opens doors before every citizen in the country, regardless of their background or religion,” said Jamal Hakroosh Click here for full article
Read More →An Open Letter to Google’s Sergey Brin By Dennis Pragerk (Jewish World Review)
Oct. 16, 2019 Dear Mr. Brin: Fifty years ago this week, when I was a 21-year-old college senior, I was in the Soviet Union, sent by the government of Israel to smuggle in Jewish religious items and smuggle out names of Jews who wanted to escape the Soviet Union and could then be issued a […]
Read More →Canada: Muslim teen forced to wear hijab, marry much older man, by Christine Douglass-Williams (Jihad Watch via Act! for Canada)
Sept. 12, 2019 A Quebec youth court judge has removed a 16-year-old girl in Victoriaville from her family after she was forced into a marriage with an older man who insisted she wear a hijab, rifled through her cellphone and controlled who she could see. According to Judge Bruno Langelier: “This teenager has the right […]
Read More →Palestinian Middle Class Quitting Gaza – Fares Akram and Mohammed Daraghmeh (AP/Yahoo via Daily Alert)
Sept. 12, 2019 Palestinian Middle Class Quitting Gaza – Fares Akram and Mohammed Daraghmeh (AP) With a two-story home and a family pharmacy, Tamer al-Sultan had a life many in Gaza would envy. Fed up with the heavy-handed rule of Hamas, al-Sultan braved a treacherous journey in hopes of starting a new life in the West […]
Read More →Six Facts About Israelis, and One About Palestinians, That the Media Ignores, by Elder of Ziyon (Algemeiner)
Aug. 20, 2019 Here are six basic facts about Israelis, and one about Palestinians, that are hardly mentioned in the media or at universities. This refusal to report on the truth causes a major gap in Western understanding of the conflict. Israelis desperately want peace and to be accepted as a normal nation in the […]
Read More →Comparisons of Police Shooting in Israel with U.S. Are Dishonest and Unhelpful – Shmuel Rosner (LA Jewish Journal)
July 16, 2019 Comparisons of Police Shooting in Israel with U.S. Are Dishonest and Unhelpful – Shmuel Rosner It is tempting to compare the protests after the killing of a young Ethiopian Israeli by an off-duty police officer with “Black Lives Matter” in the U.S., but it is not the same. The reason why begins with […]
Read More →Treating Israel as a Friend Who Doesn’t Need to Be Ordered Around – Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS via Daily Alert)
Jun.25, 2019 Treating Israel as a Friend Who Doesn’t Need to Be Ordered Around – Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) When the New York Times gave the Democratic presidential candidates a chance to answer 18 policy questions, the only one that touched on the Middle East was: “Do you think Israel meets international standards of human rights?” That question […]
Read More →Does Israel Abide by International Standards of Human Rights? – Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post via Daily Alert)
Jun. 20, 2019 Does Israel Abide by International Standards of Human Rights? – Jennifer Rubin The New York Times asked the Democratic presidential candidates the same 18 questions, including asking whether Israel abides by international standards of human rights. Here is the answer they should have given: You know it’s weird you are asking about the only true […]
Read More →After 71 years, Israel is like the bougainvillea in my garden, by Giullio Meotti (INN)
May 9, 2019 Israel has taken root in very hostile conditions, putting down roots of freedom, modernity, democracy and tolerance in a region that has never known them. Click here for full article
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