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Haaretz Weekly Podcast Is the U.S. Still Safe for Jews – and What Should Israel Do About It?
Source: Haaretz
By Simon Spungin
Published Oct 29, 2018
In the aftermath of the deadliest anti-Semitic attack on American soil, we discuss the rift between Israel and the Diaspora and the growing anger of U.S. Jews toward their own president and Israeli leaders
Read MoreAnti-Zionist influence growing in Southern Baptist, evangelical circles
Source: Capstone Report
By Capstone Report staff
Published November 5, 2018
Theology of Resistance embraced at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as the Social Justice infiltration of Evangelicalism continues; Social Justice Warriors adopt Liberation Theology to attack Israel
Read MoreOpinion // Thanks to Trump, the Entire Mideast Now Knows: You're Either With America, or Against Us
Source: Haaretz
By Elliott Abrams
Published November 04, 2018
Trump’s policy has been grounded in realism, in reasserting that the U.S. knows who its friends are - and who are not: A simple, old-fashioned, yet absolutely indispensable stance for a world power
Read MoreJews against Zionism - Rodolfo Ragonesi
Source: Times of Malta
By Rodolfo Ragonesi
Published November 7, 2018
Speaking out against Zionism and the occupation of Palestine, the Golan Heights and the illegal wars in the Middle East often creates a backlash and unleashes a bunch of trolls making ludicrous claims of anti-semiticism through that well-known cunning ad hominem tactic of attacking the person instead of rationally countering his arguments. Subsequently, many persons shy away from speaking out against Zionism and its roots in racist ideology, for fear of being thus labelled.
Read MoreOpinion // The Twisted Logic of the Jewish ‘Historic Right’ to Israel
Source: Haaretz
By Shlomo Sand
Publshed Nov 14, 2018
Our political culture insists on seeing the Jews as the direct descendants of the ancient Hebrews. But the Jews never existed as a ‘people’ – still less as a nation
Read MoreOpinion // God Is All the Palestinians Have Left
Source: Haaretz
By Odeh Bisharat
Published Nov 13, 2018
The risible Qatari sum given as charity money to Gaza shows the scum of the Arab world has joined with Israel against the Palestinians, and only God remains at their side
Read MoreTen Days in Palestine: A Close-Up View of the Fatuity of the Two-State Solution
Source: Mintpressnews
https://www.mintpressnews.com/ten-days-palestine-close-view-fatuity-two-state-solution/251791/
By Miko Peled
Published November 13, 2018
Ten days in Palestine is all one needs in order to experience the collapse of the prevailing political thinking regarding Palestine.
Read MoreIsrael’s Suicidal Passion for Tribal Nationalism
Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians
http://jfjfp.com/israels-suicidal-passion-for-tribal-nationalism-2/
By Arthur Goodman
Published November 19, 2018
Zeev Sternhell writes in Haaretz Nov 16, 2018. This article is printed in its entirety
The fate of the Jews has been tied to liberal values, and yet the levels of racist tribal nationalism reached here are incomparable,
Read MoreGaza will always remain a fortress of dignity
Source: Middle East Monitor
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20181119-gaza-will-always-remain-a-fortress-of-dignity/
By Dr Amira Abo el-FetouhPublished November 19, 2018
While the whole world is busy dealing with the case of assassinated journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and after the announcement of an internationally-mediated cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, a surprise security operation was carried out by a group of elite forces in the Zionist enemy army under the cover of darkness in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
Read MoreU.S. Evangelicals Put Their Faith in Netanyahu as Trump Readies Mideast Peace Plan
Source: Haaretz
By Amir Tibon
Published Nov 20, 2018
The U.S. president faces a Catch-22 with his ‘deal of the century’: Any plan that includes Israeli concessions could disappoint many of his evangelical supporters, but only a plan with real Israeli concessions has any chance of moving forward
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