Middle East

Black Lives Matter Should Stick to Its Core Issue; Leave Israel Out of It

How does the Black Lives Matter movement find the time and energy to brand Israel as an apartheid and genocidal state and equate its policies with police brutality? And why don’t any BLM members speak up about those among their associates who have diverted attention from the primary issue that inspired the Black Lives Matter campaign? [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USA

UCSD Graduate Students Choose Harmony Over BDS

StandWithUs commends the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for rejecting a destructive and one-sided resolution calling for an academic boycott against Israel on Monday, June 7, 2021. GPSA representatives instead voted to form a committee that will include Israeli, Jewish, and Palestinian students who will work together to develop an unbiased resolution that supports both Israeli and Palestinian student communities.  [StandWithUs news release]

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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli army clarifies reasons for attack on media offices in Gaza

Published by DPA Following the controversial airstrike on a building housing media offices in the Gaza Strip several weeks ago, Israel’s military has elaborated on the reasons for the destruction of the high-rise building. The Islamist Hamas movement had been working there on technology to disrupt the deployment of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defence system,

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Middle East

Bye Bye Bibi — But Not Yet

A half hour before the end of his mandate, Yair Lapid announced to the President the formation of a government.

It’s something of a mess. Eight or nine parties, or portions of parties. Still some issues having to be sorted out. And Bibi is not going quietly, to be head of the opposition, accused of three crimes, and in a trial that may last for years, or until there’s an agreement about a plea bargain. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Israel’s Netanyahu alleges election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity

Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of “the greatest election fraud” in the history of democracy. He made his sweeping accusation at a time when Israel’s domestic security chief has warned

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Middle East

Hamas Winning Propaganda War on Social Media

Despite Israel’s strict adherence to international law and the use of limited proportionate force against the terrorist targets, the unrelenting global hate chorus accuses the IDF of war crimes. Hamas has been very clever in selling itself as the victim on social media, and the new battlefield front of multidimensional public opinion. [Nitsana Darshan-Leitner]

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Good News from Israel (June 6, 2021)

In the June 6, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, highlights include:
–An Israeli Covid-19 treatment cures 10 severely ill patients in one day.
–An Israeli study proves that being positive can increase longevity.
–An Israeli airline is commencing flights to Marrakesh.
–Israelis have developed synthetic spider silk and “no-bee” honey.
–Foreign tourist group tours to Israel have restarted.
–The first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
–Take a hi-tech look inside Jerusalem’s refurbished Tower of David Museum.
(Michael Ordman0

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Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Jewish Leaders Commend US Support for Restocking Israel’s Iron Dom

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Dianne Lob, Chair, William Daroff, CEO, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on Friday issued the following statement: “We are deeply appreciative of the outspoken support from President Biden and his Administration, and from many on both sides of the aisle

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Middle East, USA

Optimism Extends Life Expectancy Among Seniors, Israeli Research Finds

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Happiness might lead to better health, but does it help you live longer? That’s a question that researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) took on in a longitudinal study they began back in the 1990s. They looked at the impact of optimism on longevity and found that maintaining a positive

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

US Defense Secretary Stresses ‘Ironclad’ Commitment to Israel’s Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The following are opening remarks from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Israeli Minister of Defense Benjamin Gantz from their meeting at the White House on Thursday: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Minister Gantz, it’s a pleasure to host you here at the Pentagon. I

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Middle East, USA