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Israel Related News You Can Trust April 2, 2019
Praying the Headlines: Israel Related News You Can Trust 4 2 2019
Approaching Israeli elections in 2019 | Netanel R, Kehila News | As we approach the 2019 elections in Israel, many outside Israel are wondering about how elections work in Israel and what is likely to unfold in the upcoming elections.
Interview:
The First Messianic Jew to Run for Knesset | David Lazarus, Israel Today |
Israel's national election is just one week away. Meet the Messianic Jew who
hopes to win a seat on April 9
Democrats’
absence at AIPAC cause for concern | Ron Cantor | Speaking at the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee annual conference on Monday, Pence noted that
the Democrat Party is no longer a reliable supporter of Israel and has been
“co-opted by people who promote rank anti-Semitic rhetoric.”
One
year of the "March of Return" on the Gaza Strip border: Statistics of
violence | Israel Foreign Ministry |
November 2018 saw the biggest surge in the number of rocket launches, with 460
confirmed incidents. While over 100 of those were intercepted by the IDF Iron
Dome air defense system, the rocket fire has nevertheless inflicted casualties.
The total number of border incidents since 30 March 2018 stands at 2199,
including: 1,233 rocket/mortar bomb launches | 18 incidents of gunfire from the
Gaza Strip | 94 IED incidents, where one or several explosive devices were
hurled across the security barrier | 600 Molotov cocktail incidents | 152 incidents
of arson/burning tires/hurling of various objects
PA prioritizes
salaries to terrorists over medical care for Palestinians | Maurice Hirsch,
Adv. and Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch | PA to stop giving
Palestinians medical care in Israel which cost them $100 million a year,
because Israel cut from the PA what the PA spends on terrorists' salaries -
$138 million a year.
Why
Palestinians are Fleeing Lebanon | Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute |
International journalists based in the Middle East seem to care precious little
about the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon, who, for several
decades now, have been protesting the apartheid and discrimination practiced by
an Arab country....The Arab and Western silence towards the plight of the
Palestinians in Lebanon achieves one thing alone: aggravating Palestinian
agony. Yet the only evil the Arab leaders and the international community see
is the supposed evil that they link to Israel.
UN-Funded
Social Studies Textbook Says ‘Zionist Occupation Started in 1856’ | JNS.org
| A 2017 United Nations-funded school textbook for Arab students offers a
revisionist history of Israel as part of its goal to incite violence against
Israelis.
UNIFIL
Confirms Existence of Six Tunnels in South Lebanon |Anna Ahronheim,
Jerusalem Post | Two tunnels confirmed to have crossed into Israeli territory;
U.N. head Guterres expressed “deep concern” about Hezbollah’s tunnels.
U.S.
Eyes New Front to Combat Iran in Golan Heights | Adam Kredo, Washington
Free Beacon | U.S. officials say recognition of territory is key to fight
against Iran terror
Good
Job, Grenell |The Jerusalem Post editorial praises the unyielding efforts
of US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, to ensure that German companies
cooperate with the US sanctions on Iran despite German government actions
actively aimed at attempting to increase business with Tehran and circumvent US
sanctions, and declares: “As the largest economy in the EU, German cooperation
with sanctions would go a long way in hindering Iran’s ability to spread its
death and destruction across the globe. Grenell should be commended for working
overtime toward that goal. And Germany should reverse its course.”
Germany
Refuses to Disclose Iranian Attempts to Buy Nuclear, Missile Technology |
Jerusalem Post | Germany is concealing important data that could establish
Iranian regime violations of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Ex-London
Mayor Ken Livingstone: ‘It’s Not Antisemitic to Hate the Jews of Israel’ |
Algemeiner | Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone — no stranger to controversy –
has stirred outrage again, telling a meeting of supporters of far-left Labour
UK:
Radical Muslims Welcome, Persecuted Christians Need Not Apply | Raymond
Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute | In rejecting the claim for asylum of a man who
converted from Islam to Christianity, and presumably compelling his return to
Iran, the British government is effectively sentencing him to death. At the
same time, the Home Office allowed a Pakistani cleric, Syed Muzaffar Shah
Qadri, considered so extreme that he is banned even from his native Pakistan,
to come and lecture in UK mosques.
Christchurch
Murders: The Real Accomplices | Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute | Two
days before the tribute to the victims and the broadcasting of the call to
prayer, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern invited an imam to read the
Koranic verses of Surah al Baqarah before the opening of a parliamentary
session. Surah al Baqarah speaks of "those who are killed in the way of
Allah" and evokes a "great punishment" for "those who
disbelieve". ...The real accomplices of Christchurch mass murderer are not
those who sounded the alarm about Muslim immigration to the West, but those in
the West who embrace this passive submission, weakness and cultural suicide and
refuse to see the potential storms ahead.
After
the New Zealand mosque attacks, pointing fingers of blame | Melanie
Phillips, JNS | Much of this Orwellian frenzy is part of the campaign to
silence all criticism of the Islamic world through character assassination of
its legitimate and necessary critics.
Sarah
Halimi’s Lawyers, Relatives, Express Fury as Prospect of Criminal Trial in
French Antisemitic Murder Case Again Recedes | Ben Cohen, Alegmeiner |
Lawyers representing the family of the Jewish doctor murdered during a frenzied
antisemitic assault inside her Paris apartment in 2017 have expressed angry
frustration at the news that the accused killer may yet escape a criminal
trial.
Never
Forget: CAIR's Dirty Deeds | Michelle Malkin, Town Hall | When unappeasable
CAIR is ascendant, our free speech rights, religious liberty and national
security are at risk.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Israel Related News You Can Trust 3 27 2019
White House Signing Ceremony with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu
as USA Officially Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
The Purim Miracle: Israel's Golan Heights
as USA Officially Recognizes Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
Praying the Headlines: Israel Related News You Can Trust 3 27 2019
Trump Remains Most Pro-Israel President Ever
The Purim Miracle: Israel's Golan Heights
Trump
Signs Document Officially Recognizing Israeli Control Over Golan | Herb
Keinon, Jerusalem Post | "Today I am taking historic action to promote
Israel’s ability to defend itself, and really to have very powerful and very
strong national security, which they are entitled to have.”
VIDEO
Ron Cantor
Debunks Reports that Trump's Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan
Heights is No Big Deal. Ron says WRONG:
It is a big deal that released something positive in the spiritual realm. The
courage of President Trump's pro-Israel moves has given other nations the
courage to follow his lead.
Why
Trump’s Golan Heights Gesture Won’t Derail Peace | Jonathan S. Tobin,
National Review | And the clear message it sends to allies and enemies of
Israel. Since there’s no peace process worthy of the name, it’s better to stand
with our ally — and send a warning to Iran.
Reaction
to Trump’s Golan move illustrates the growing divide over Israel | Jonathan
S Tobin, JNS Daily Syndicate | Democrats aren’t cheering the president’s
embrace of a consensus Israeli position, while their leading presidential
contenders are boycotting AIPAC.
US
Secretary of State Pompeo Makes Unprecedented Visit to Western Wall in
Jerusalem | Algemeiner Staff | This marked the first-ever tour of the
Jewish holy site by a top American diplomat accompanied by an Israeli official.
In the past, the US government had sought to avoid tacitly recognizing Israel’s
sovereignty over the parts of Jerusalem it took control of in the 1967 Six-Day
War.
Global
Leadership: Time to Favor Israel
US
Sanctions Iran’s Nuclear Research Unit, Urges Tehran to Negotiate | Reuters
and Algemeiner Staff | “The US government is taking decisive action against
actors at all levels in connection with Iran‘s Organization of Defensive
Innovation and Research (SPND) who have supported the Iranian regime’s defense
sector,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
These
EU states just took an unprecedented stand for Israel at the UN Human Rights
Council | by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA | In a major policy reversal by Western
members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, all its European Union
member states voted against a permanent item singling out Israel.
UK Bans
Hezbollah | Judith Bergman, Gatestone Institute | "Hezbollah
themselves have laughed off the suggestion there is a difference. I've
carefully considered the evidence and I'm satisfied they are one and the same
with the entire organisation linked to terrorism." — UK Home Secretary
Sajid Javid.
Global
Islamist Terrorism is Always Anti-Israel
Austrian
Chancellor Says Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism ‘Two Sides of the Same Coin’
| Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner | In an address at a conference held by the
American Jewish Committee’s Transatlantic Institute on Thursday, Austrian
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, “In today’s political climate, antisemitism and
anti-Zionism are often two sides of the same coin.”
IPT
Exclusive: Anti-Israel AMP's Inadvertent "Truth" | IPT News |
"Speaking truth to power" was the theme Sunday for the American
Muslims for Palestine (AMP) Chicago chapter's fundraising dinner. At least five
AMP officials and speakers were part of a defunct network created by the Muslim
Brotherhood in America called the "Palestine Committee." It was
tasked with helping Hamas politically and financially, court records show. An
investigation by the Investigative Project on Terrorism also found that the AMP
carries out tasks similar to the old Palestine Committee, including
fundraising, propaganda and lobbying.
So it was little surprise that
the AMP dinner honored Marc Lamont Hill with its "Al Quds [Jerusalem]
Award." Hill warned Palestinian supporters last October against adhering
to "a civil rights tradition which romanticizes nonviolence." He also
falsely accuses Israel of poisoning Palestinian water.
Omar
Holding Secret Fundraisers With Islamic Groups Tied to Terror | By Adam
Kredo, Washington Free Beacon | Democratic freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.)
has been holding a series of secret fundraisers with groups that have been tied
to the support of terrorism, appearances that have been closed to the press and
hidden from public view.
The
Campaign to Make Omar's Anti-Semitism Unassailable | IPT News | Two
prominent American-Islamist political activists, both avowed opponents of
Israel's existence, renewed complaints Monday that the recent controversy
involving U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's series of anti-Semitic statements was unjust.
The
Media Goes to Bat for Congressional Antisemitism | Sean Durns, JNS |
“Sunlight,” the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once wrote, “is said
to be the best disinfectant.” However, the press is failing to provide such
light with full and honest reporting about the mainstreaming of antisemitism in
Congress. Their failure will enable the virus to spread.
Israel
Designates Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV as a Terrorist Organization | IPT | Israeli
authorities revealed last month that Hamas recruiters posing as journalists
conveyed secret messages to West Bank operatives via al-Aqsa TV. According to a
recent report from the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center,
Palestinian terrorists often rely on media affiliations to communicate with
operatives and avoid being targeted by Israel during conflicts.
The
protests Hamas don’t want you to see | Joshua S Block, Times of Israel
blogs | Gazans have spent 12 years under a tyrannical regime that spends its
vast sums on arms rather than food for its people. Those who follow events in
the Middle East are no stranger to the weekly riots on the Gaza-Israeli border,
but there are other protests going on you probably haven’t heard much about.
Why? Because Hamas doesn’t want you to know
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Israel Related News You Can Trust 20 Mar 2019
Shia-Supremacy Related
New
Hizballah Terror Network in Syria Exposed | Yaakov Lappin for IPT News | The
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced last week that it uncovered a new, covert
Hizballah terrorist network operating in southern Syria with the backing of
Iran. The announcement is an indication that the radical Shi'ite axis has not
stopped in its efforts turn Syria into a base of operations.
Iranian
Commander: All of Israel within reach of Hezbollah's missiles | Jerusalem
Post | Tehran deployed some of its warships to Bab el-Mandeb strait, which
connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
Congress Unloads on Pro-Iran Deal Forces in Trump Administration | Adam Kredo for Free Beacon |Top GOP lawmakers unite against bid to grant Iran reprieve from sanctions. A debate has been raging inside the Trump administration for months over how far it will go to sanction the Iranian regime. While President Donald Trump has promised a "maximum pressure" campaign to choke off Tehran's resources, the State and Treasury Departments have advocated in favor of waivers permitting Iran to continue sensitive nuclear work as well as its lucrative oil trade.
Congress Unloads on Pro-Iran Deal Forces in Trump Administration | Adam Kredo for Free Beacon |Top GOP lawmakers unite against bid to grant Iran reprieve from sanctions. A debate has been raging inside the Trump administration for months over how far it will go to sanction the Iranian regime. While President Donald Trump has promised a "maximum pressure" campaign to choke off Tehran's resources, the State and Treasury Departments have advocated in favor of waivers permitting Iran to continue sensitive nuclear work as well as its lucrative oil trade.
US
Declares West Bank and Golan No Longer “Occupied Territories” | Israel
Today | For first time ever, the US State Department's annual human rights
report doesn't call Golan and West Bank "occupied"
IDF: Hezbollah head of Golan operations murdered U.S. troops in Iraq (WATCH) | Jerusalem Post | The Hezbollah terrorist organization has begun an attempt to establish and entrench a covert force in the Syrian Golan Heights.
IDF: Hezbollah head of Golan operations murdered U.S. troops in Iraq (WATCH) | Jerusalem Post | The Hezbollah terrorist organization has begun an attempt to establish and entrench a covert force in the Syrian Golan Heights.
American Islamist Related
Omar Headlines for CAIR | John Hinderaker for Powerline | The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is, like al Qaeda and Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR masquerades as a civil rights organization, but is actually a supporter of terrorism, as was demonstrated in the Holy Land Foundation case, where CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator. CAIR is also viciously anti-Israel and anti-Semitic
Online
petition calls for investigation of Omar, Tlaib and CAIR | Jerusalem
Post | An online petition started by the
group Stop Antisemitism calls on the US attorney general William Barr and
special antisemitism envoy Elan Carr to take a deep look at the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.
Good Guys
Clash at UN: Experts Refute UN Gaza Inquiry's Findings | UN Watch briefing email |GENEVA, March 18, 2019 — In testimony this morning at the United Nations, a panel of military and legal experts rejected a report presented by the UN Human Rights Council which accuses Israeli soldiers of alleged “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” on the Gaza border, and calls for their arrest. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO.
Italian
Mayor Take a Stand against Barring Israelis | Alegemeiner |The mayor of
Santa Teresa Gallura, Italy, recently cancelled an international jazz festival
set to be held in August in the city after the program’s artistic director
expressed support for barring Israeli artists from participating in the event,
the blog Israellycool reported on Friday.
Its
planned Israel trip explains why J Street is losing the fight with the far-left
| Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS | The left-wing group’s effort to compete with
Birthright Israel represents a backhanded acknowledgement of Jewish state’s
centrality that its anti-Zionist allies abhor.
Bad Guys
Palestinian Red Crescent to host BDS conference | By Maurice Hirsch, Adv. and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for PMW Palestinian Media Watch | In direct breach of its commitments, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which is a member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is set to host a BDS conference.
Southern Poverty Law
Center fires its co-founder, Morris Dees | Don't
Stop With Morris Dees: Former Employees Told SPLC to 'Clean House at the Top'
| PJ Media | The SPLC Claims the U.S. Is Three Times More Hateful Than It
Actually Is ...."cares more about raising money than anything else. The
amount of money they rake in, is totally out of proportion to the work that
they do."
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Israel Related News You Can Trust Mar 6 2019
Elections
Jerusalem, We Have a Problem | by David Lazarus, Israel Today | Netanyahu's legal woes have ratcheted up Israel's raucous election scene to unprecedented levels of insanity
The Netanyahu indictments:
unfair and inevitable | by Jonathan S Tobin, JNS
| The charges against the prime minister set an unfortunate precedent in more
ways than one. Here are four takeaways
from the charges against him. First, the corruption allegations are, in fact,
highly questionable, and it’s hard to believe they can be sustained in a fair
court of law.
What Bibi’s Indictment Means | by Avi Bell, Tablet Magazine | The attorney general’s misguided
decision to charge the prime minister with bribery and breach of trust may
spell trouble for the future of Israeli democracy. The criminal charges against
the prime minister lack legal substance, and they threaten both the rule of law
in Israel and the health of its democracy. Professor Alan Dershowitz said as
much in several op-eds and an open letter to Mandelblit in recent months, and
he is absolutely right.
Violence
Palestinians: Marching Backwards as Israel Prepares for Elections | by Khaled Abu Toameh , Gatestone Institute | Instead of marching Palestinians towards democracy, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas have chosen the model of totalitarianism as a way of governing their people.
Anti-Semitism
IPT Concludes Two-Part Video
Series About Anti-Semitism on the Left | The Investigative Project on Terrorism | Polling shows a growing
divide within the Democratic Party when it comes to support for Israel. he
party's younger, more liberal members increasingly support the Palestinians
more than Israel, which could lead to changes in the party platform, and
perhaps, U.S. support. Three new members of Congress are amplifying that
agenda.
Progressive Replacement
Theology | Liel Leibovitz, Tablet
Magazine | Why the left is repeating Christianity’s most dangerous historical
mistakes, and why it’s very, very bad for the Jews
The United Church of Christ
Wrongfully Attacks Israel |
by Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute | Mistakes and falsehoods such as those
we encounter throughout the UCC's misnamed guide to "Promoting a Just
Peace in Palestine-Israel", each one seemingly trivial, cannot be
dismissed as the results of a moment's inattention. Much effort has gone into
the writing of this Guide, and factual errors, which take up so much of the
text, are clearly the result of conscious assumptions that have never been
checked against reputable facts.
Social Media Mind Control
Fatah under fire for
inflammatory Facebook posts | Ron Cantor, Messiah's
Mandate | The Palestinian president’s party is under fire for incendiary posts
on its Facebook page that include drawings of Jews being murdered and praise
for terrorists who killed dozens of Israelis, including children, among other
inflammatory posts.
Facebook Still Championing
Blasphemy Laws | Judith Bergman, Gatestone
| Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg now appears to be more intent on censorship than
ever. In a recent memo, written in mind-numbing, bureaucratic obfuscatese, he
described his plan to discourage "borderline content", a concept
appearing to be so meaningless as to encompass anything that Zuckerberg and
Facebook might ever want to censor..... It should, however, be of little
surprise that CAIR executives are able to wield such power over social media.
High Note
Israeli Christians Call for
Esther-Like Fast After Syria Pullout Decision | CBN News | The fast was initiated by Succat Hallel, a 24/7 house of
prayer overlooking the Temple Mount. "There are some urgent developments
in the Middle East that are so important that we believe decisions will be made
in these next two months that could affect the destiny—the fate of millions of
people in this region and even the future of Israel," Rick Ridings,
founder of Succat Hallel, explains in a video.
Sea of Galilee level rises after heavy weekend rain | The water level of Israel’s main freshwater reservoir has risen by an additional 7.5 centimeters (three inches) following this weekend’s heavy rain, the national Water Authority said on Sunday.
Low
Note
The Kedushah Crisis | Sexual
abstinence of married men roils the Hasidic sects of Gur, Slonim, and Toledot
Aharon | By Benjamin Brown, Tablet
| Kedushah (holiness) was developed as a pietistic ideal for the virtuous few,
encouraging married men to limit to the minimum the frequency and modes of
sexual intercourse with their wives. Today, the Hasidic groups of Gur, Slonim,
and Toledot Aharon (Toldes Aaron) have radicalized this ideal by imposing it on
the community as a whole.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Israel Related News You Can Trust Feb 27 2019
Praying the Headlines: News articles for Believers who LOVE Israel
Israel
Kushner on Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Initiative: ‘We Want to Bring Peace, Not Fear’ | by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner | White House senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke publicly on Monday for the first time on the details of the Trump administration’s yet-to-be-unveiled Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.... Kushner described the plan as “very detailed,” touching on all aspects of the conflict, including the “redrawing of boundaries and resolving final status issues.”
Gulf states offering ‘de facto’ recognition of Israel | Yaakov Lappin, JNS.org | It is possible that both sides are also cooperating on covert operations in Iran, according to Mideast analysts.
Sisi: 'If Jews return to Egypt, we'll build synagogues’ | Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post | “President Sisi spoke fondly not only of Egypt's past vibrant Jewish community, but also said that should there be a resurgence of the Jewish community in Egypt."
Exposed: World Council of Churches Spying Against Israel | David Lazarus, Israel Today | Major global Christian organization has dramatically increased its anti-Israel activity, and is possibly breaking the law
Hamas recruits terrorists from Jerusalem via satellite | Jerusalem Post | Hamas agents used agreed upon codes via Al-Aqsa TV to gain the trust of those they wanted to recruit to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel.
Palestinians clash with police on Temple Mount amid efforts to end crisis | Jerusalem Post | The Palestinians entered the site, also known as the Gate of Mercy, despite reports that Israel and Jordan had reached understandings to end the crisis over the area.
Muslims Still Trying to Keep Messiah Out of Jerusalem | David Lazarus, Israel Today | Muslims storm Golden Gate area of Temple Mount; Palestinians hail it as a victory for their cause and for Islam
Iran launches large-scale maritime war games in the Persian Gulf | Jerusalem Post
The Anatomy of a Diplomatic Crisis | by Yaacov Katz, Jerusalem Post | Leaders in both Israel and Poland will need to find a path out of this crisis in a way that preserves Jewish history as well as Polish national pride.
Can Israel Defeat Hamas Without Toppling It? | Yaakov Lappin, Algemeiner | Despite its radical Islamist ideology and long-term commitment to Israel’s destruction, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is — for now — avoiding high intensity armed conflict.
Tiny Israel is Fourth Country to go to the Moon | Tikkun.TV Staff | Israel became just the fourth nation to go to the moon, joining Russia, China and of course, the United States.
Britain/Western Europe
EU: Going Full Orwell | by Judith Bergman, GatestoneInstitute.org | The EU has launched a comprehensive Action Plan against Disinformation — protecting Islam.
Guardian Again Falsely Accuses Israel of 'Massacring Civilians' in Gaza | CAMERA Alert | Another smear from the Guardian (British newspaper)
German Government Records 60% Surge in Violent Attacks Targeting Jews During 2018 | by Ben Cohen, Algemeiner | In yet another dramatic sign of rising antisemitism on the European continent, Germany’s government disclosed on Wednesday that violent attacks...
Thousands Demonstrate in Paris and Across France Against Surging Antisemitism | by Ben Cohen, Algemeiner | More than 20,000 demonstrators filled the Place de la Republique in Paris on Tuesday night in response to a nationwide call for...
Europe: Trying to Legitimize Iran's Regime | Giulio Meotti, GatestoneInstitute.org | |"The E.U. only seems to care about the nuclear agreement and trade ties. It pretends that the regime is legitimate and that Iranians have no alternatives to living under tyranny"
UK Newspaper Investigation Uncovers Extensive Links Between Top Corbyn Aide and Anti-Israel Terror Groups | by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner | A top aide to controversial UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has long-standing ties to anti-Israel terrorist groups and would likely be denied a...
Kushner on Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Initiative: ‘We Want to Bring Peace, Not Fear’ | by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner | White House senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke publicly on Monday for the first time on the details of the Trump administration’s yet-to-be-unveiled Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.... Kushner described the plan as “very detailed,” touching on all aspects of the conflict, including the “redrawing of boundaries and resolving final status issues.”
Gulf states offering ‘de facto’ recognition of Israel | Yaakov Lappin, JNS.org | It is possible that both sides are also cooperating on covert operations in Iran, according to Mideast analysts.
Sisi: 'If Jews return to Egypt, we'll build synagogues’ | Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post | “President Sisi spoke fondly not only of Egypt's past vibrant Jewish community, but also said that should there be a resurgence of the Jewish community in Egypt."
Exposed: World Council of Churches Spying Against Israel | David Lazarus, Israel Today | Major global Christian organization has dramatically increased its anti-Israel activity, and is possibly breaking the law
Hamas recruits terrorists from Jerusalem via satellite | Jerusalem Post | Hamas agents used agreed upon codes via Al-Aqsa TV to gain the trust of those they wanted to recruit to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel.
Palestinians clash with police on Temple Mount amid efforts to end crisis | Jerusalem Post | The Palestinians entered the site, also known as the Gate of Mercy, despite reports that Israel and Jordan had reached understandings to end the crisis over the area.
Muslims Still Trying to Keep Messiah Out of Jerusalem | David Lazarus, Israel Today | Muslims storm Golden Gate area of Temple Mount; Palestinians hail it as a victory for their cause and for Islam
Iran launches large-scale maritime war games in the Persian Gulf | Jerusalem Post
The Anatomy of a Diplomatic Crisis | by Yaacov Katz, Jerusalem Post | Leaders in both Israel and Poland will need to find a path out of this crisis in a way that preserves Jewish history as well as Polish national pride.
Can Israel Defeat Hamas Without Toppling It? | Yaakov Lappin, Algemeiner | Despite its radical Islamist ideology and long-term commitment to Israel’s destruction, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is — for now — avoiding high intensity armed conflict.
Tiny Israel is Fourth Country to go to the Moon | Tikkun.TV Staff | Israel became just the fourth nation to go to the moon, joining Russia, China and of course, the United States.
Britain/Western Europe
EU: Going Full Orwell | by Judith Bergman, GatestoneInstitute.org | The EU has launched a comprehensive Action Plan against Disinformation — protecting Islam.
Guardian Again Falsely Accuses Israel of 'Massacring Civilians' in Gaza | CAMERA Alert | Another smear from the Guardian (British newspaper)
German Government Records 60% Surge in Violent Attacks Targeting Jews During 2018 | by Ben Cohen, Algemeiner | In yet another dramatic sign of rising antisemitism on the European continent, Germany’s government disclosed on Wednesday that violent attacks...
Thousands Demonstrate in Paris and Across France Against Surging Antisemitism | by Ben Cohen, Algemeiner | More than 20,000 demonstrators filled the Place de la Republique in Paris on Tuesday night in response to a nationwide call for...
Europe: Trying to Legitimize Iran's Regime | Giulio Meotti, GatestoneInstitute.org | |"The E.U. only seems to care about the nuclear agreement and trade ties. It pretends that the regime is legitimate and that Iranians have no alternatives to living under tyranny"
UK Newspaper Investigation Uncovers Extensive Links Between Top Corbyn Aide and Anti-Israel Terror Groups | by Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner | A top aide to controversial UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has long-standing ties to anti-Israel terrorist groups and would likely be denied a...
United States
IPT Launches Two-Part Series About Anti-Semitism on the Left | The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) | Alarming two-part series documenting the sudden rise of anti-Semitism on the left, including Democratic Party politics, the U.S. Congress, the LGBTQ community and the progressive Left.
IPT Launches Two-Part Series About Anti-Semitism on the Left | The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) | Alarming two-part series documenting the sudden rise of anti-Semitism on the left, including Democratic Party politics, the U.S. Congress, the LGBTQ community and the progressive Left.
Amid a fallout with Turkey, Trump
signs legislation blocking transfer of F-35 fighter jets | by Jackson Richman, JNS |
Israel-hating Islamists Fundraise Off of {US MN-Rep} Ilhan Omar's Anti-Semitism | IPT News
While hoaxes make headlines, real attacks on Jews keep happening | by Melanie Phillips, JNS | Such falsifications are justified on the grounds that they illustrate a “broader truth.” But they are in fact lies.
Why The Media Downplay Hate Crimes Against Jews | Ben Shapiro for Jewish Journal | Jews most targeted group in America
New US envoy on anti-Semitism: No distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism | JNS.org | “I will work to eradicate the attempted distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. There is no distinction,” said United States’ new envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
New York Times Issues Correction to Front-Page Attack on Netanyahu | by Ira Stoll, Algemeiner | The New York Times has already issued a correction to its latest front-page attack on Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel-hating Islamists Fundraise Off of {US MN-Rep} Ilhan Omar's Anti-Semitism | IPT News
While hoaxes make headlines, real attacks on Jews keep happening | by Melanie Phillips, JNS | Such falsifications are justified on the grounds that they illustrate a “broader truth.” But they are in fact lies.
Why The Media Downplay Hate Crimes Against Jews | Ben Shapiro for Jewish Journal | Jews most targeted group in America
New US envoy on anti-Semitism: No distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism | JNS.org | “I will work to eradicate the attempted distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. There is no distinction,” said United States’ new envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
New York Times Issues Correction to Front-Page Attack on Netanyahu | by Ira Stoll, Algemeiner | The New York Times has already issued a correction to its latest front-page attack on Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
About 150 years ago the
first and only Jew to ever serve as British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli
said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and
statistics."
At least that is who Mark Twain attributed the quote to, and who doesn't trust Mark Twain?
If you guessed that this is part two of what I was arguing a couple of weeks ago about the manipulated statistics reported by the ADL regarding a "surge" in White Supremacy groups in the United States since Trump took office, you are right.
At least that is who Mark Twain attributed the quote to, and who doesn't trust Mark Twain?
If you guessed that this is part two of what I was arguing a couple of weeks ago about the manipulated statistics reported by the ADL regarding a "surge" in White Supremacy groups in the United States since Trump took office, you are right.
The manipulated ADL
statistics are a false assertion that must be exposed especially among
people of faith. We are to know the truth and not be taken in as so many are by
"the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to
bolster weak arguments." We cannot make informed decisions in our voting
responsibilities if we have been convinced of lies based on manipulated
statistics.
I'm sure the Anti-Defamation League, like the Southern Poverty Law Center, started out with noble motives, but today they are riding on a past reputation that has been spoiled. ADL and SPLC are too politically biased against Republicans and for Democrats to deliver the unvarnished facts about anti-Semitism in America. If they were, they would be forced to reveal that the source of the great majority of rising anti-Semitism comes from Leftist activists and much of it is originating on college campuses across the USA.
That is why it was disturbing to me to see the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs (headed by Naftali Bennett) publish the false statistics of the Anti-Defamation League with the indication that there was a rise of Right Wing anti-Semitism starting with the Trump presidency. This is a false assertion that has been made across the liberal American news media, and the Israeli news media is just as Leftist leaning as their American counterparts in bias against conservative Republican leaders.
I'm sure the Anti-Defamation League, like the Southern Poverty Law Center, started out with noble motives, but today they are riding on a past reputation that has been spoiled. ADL and SPLC are too politically biased against Republicans and for Democrats to deliver the unvarnished facts about anti-Semitism in America. If they were, they would be forced to reveal that the source of the great majority of rising anti-Semitism comes from Leftist activists and much of it is originating on college campuses across the USA.
That is why it was disturbing to me to see the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs (headed by Naftali Bennett) publish the false statistics of the Anti-Defamation League with the indication that there was a rise of Right Wing anti-Semitism starting with the Trump presidency. This is a false assertion that has been made across the liberal American news media, and the Israeli news media is just as Leftist leaning as their American counterparts in bias against conservative Republican leaders.
This seems counter-intuitive
because one would think that Israeli news media would be more interested in
seeking the facts when it comes to issues directly impacting Israeli security.
Apparently the Israeli news media are just as agenda driven as the American
news media. Perhaps it is because they want to oust Benjamin Netanyahu from
office in a guilt-by-association-to-Trump mentality. For certain the Israeli
media smacks of anti-Trumpism and do follow the lead of liberal American Jews
on that point.
It is hard to see how denigrating the pro-Israel constituency in the United States, but rather supporting those who side with the enemies of Israel, could ever produce good outcomes for Israelis... but that is what is happening.
It is hard to see how denigrating the pro-Israel constituency in the United States, but rather supporting those who side with the enemies of Israel, could ever produce good outcomes for Israelis... but that is what is happening.
At the very least the
Israeli news media needs to recognize that the ADL statistics are so skewed, it
really is a detriment to Israel's national security to make decisions based on
them. Trump is not the cause of anti-Semitism in America and is the most
pro-Israel president in my 67-year old lifetime. But fake statistics die as
hard as fake news, and the ADL statistics are fake statistics that are being
widely distributed for political agendas - not a pro-Israel agenda or even a
pro-Jew agenda, but for American Jewish Liberal Democrat political agenda. Is
that really what Israelis want?
Let's break it down to why the
ADL numbers are fake. First the stats are too generalized. Reporting the ADL's
report, the New York Times headline read simply: "Anti-Semitic hate crimes
are on the rise, up 57 percent in 2017 from 2016." But that statistic
covers 3 categories of incidents: vandalism, harassment, and assault.
According to the ADL:
"The sharp rise, reported in ADL's Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, was in
part due to a significant increase in incidents in schools and on college
campuses, which nearly doubled for the second year in a row."
Vandalism accounts for much of the overall increase, with harassment also seeing an increase, largely due to the series of false bomb threats made by a troubled Israeli teenager on Jewish institutions across the U.S. The assault category actually saw a 47% decrease.
Vandalism accounts for much of the overall increase, with harassment also seeing an increase, largely due to the series of false bomb threats made by a troubled Israeli teenager on Jewish institutions across the U.S. The assault category actually saw a 47% decrease.
We know that the precursor
to assault is harassment and vandalism, which points us back to the Leftist
activist rhetoric on college campuses as the ground zero of anti-Semitic
incidents —not Trump, who by great contrast is consistently vocal on his pro-Jew
and pro-Israel sentiments.
We count on our government and our media to get it right, but what happens when their political agendas get in the way of relaying solid facts? We have to be on our toes in a propaganda-rich environment as information-overloaded as the world is today.
How do we do that? The old
fashioned way: we have to know the source — the original source of the
information, and the reliability of the source publishing the information. We always have to ask, does this source have
an agenda beyond providing me with facts? Usually they do. That's why I am devoting more focus in Arrows from Zion to highlighting important
news stories from sources I consider to be reliable.
There are many individual ministry leaders that I personally count on to shed light on the news in and about Israel. There are also Israeli Messianic Jewish news platforms that are able to sift through and bring the news stories that are most pertinent to international Christians and Messianic Jews. These Israeli believer sources and platforms are what should be our Ground Zero for obtaining the news we need related Israel, although I will also include reliable secular news stories and sources too.
— Donna Diorio
There are many individual ministry leaders that I personally count on to shed light on the news in and about Israel. There are also Israeli Messianic Jewish news platforms that are able to sift through and bring the news stories that are most pertinent to international Christians and Messianic Jews. These Israeli believer sources and platforms are what should be our Ground Zero for obtaining the news we need related Israel, although I will also include reliable secular news stories and sources too.
— Donna Diorio
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