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Daily Archives: October 10, 2018

Photo: Gen (ret.) Amos Yadlin By Sebastian Widmann

The Mideast Piece(!) Process

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“We can’t wait for a Palestinian messiah to come and make peace with us, because that won’t happen. And we can’t wait for the messiah who will give us a clear Jewish majority from...
The International Court of Justice in The Hague. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The International Criminal Court’s fundamental flaw

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In my last column, I noted in passing that the International Criminal Court’s blatant anti-Israel bias is merely a symptom of a more fundamental flaw. That isn’t self-evident; court supporters would doubtless argue, just as...
Mahmoud Al-Habbash, who was appointed by Abbas as his personal advisor on Islam and the P.A.'s Supreme Shari'ah Judge [Official P.A. TV, Quranic Horizons, June 30, 2018, emphasis added] (Credit: PMW)

Abbas adviser: ‘Islam’s religious war to destroy Israel has started’

The most important religious figure in the Palestinian Authority and the closest to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, continues to tell Palestinians that the conflict with Israel is an uncompromising religious war for Islam...
A view of the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Michael preparing to hit Florida. Credit: National Hurricane Center.

As Hurricane Michael spins into Florida, new rabbi spins up aid

While tens of thousands of people were busying themselves with storm preparation or heading out of town to escape the worst of Hurricane Michael—now approaching the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm with...
Railway station in Omsk, Russia, in southwest Siberia. Credit: Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

Russia to deport Siberia’s chief rabbi over ‘espionage’

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A Russian court has ordered Siberia’s Chief Rabbi Asher Krichevsky deported, along with his wife and six children for alleged espionage. The court in Omsk, the second-largest city in Siberia, rejected an appeal by Krichevsky...
Bank of Israel chief Karnit Flug speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on March 28, 2018, during the presentation of the Israel bank's annual report. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

IMF projects Israeli economy to see 3.6% growth in 2018

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The Israeli economy will have grown by 3.6% by the end of 2018, with inflation of 0.9% and an all-time low of 3.9% unemployment, the International Monetary Fund reported on Tuesday. The IMF also expects...
The oldest discovered inscription of “Jerusalem” found to date, unveiled in October 2018. Credit: Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Oldest-ever inscription of ‘Jerusalem’ found on pillar

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A pillar from the Second Temple period bearing a three-line inscription was unveiled at the Israel Museum on Tuesday, the earliest stone inscription of the full modern Hebrew spelling of “Jerusalem.” “Hananiah son of Dodalos...
Aryeh Deri (Wikipedia)

Interior minister pulls plug on Israeli-Arab terrorist’s book launch

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Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has ordered the northern ‎Arab town of Baqa al-Gharbiya to cancel plans to ‎host a book launch for a convicted ‎terrorist. ‎ The event was to mark the release of “The...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Iran's Kermanshah Province in November 2017. Credit: Khamenei.ir via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran has spent $16 billion to destabilize Middle East, finds US State Department report

The U.S. State Department recently published an ‎unprecedented report detailing the financial ‎resources Iran invests in destabilizing the Middle ‎East. The report estimated that over the past six years, ‎the Islamic republic has spent some...
John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the American Culture department at the University of Michigan, cited the BDS movement in his decision to withhold a letter recommendation for a Jewish student seeking to study abroad in Israel. Credit: Screenshot.

Michigan professor faces disciplinary action for denying student letter

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A University of Michigan professor, citing his support for the BDS movement in denying a student’s request in August for a letter of recommendation for a semester-long study-abroad program at Tel Aviv University, was sanctioned on...