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Thursday, June 27, 2019

Kushner asks if Palestinians hate Israel more than they love their kids. Unfortunately, they do.

Reuters reported from the Bahrain workshop: “Gaza right now is feeling a lot of pain because of bad leadership and the sanctions that have been imposed on them because of it,” Kushner said. “So the question that (Hamas) leadership has to ask themselves is ... do they hate their neighbor in Israel more than they love their citizens and their people?” Does he have to ask?...

Living in the Shadow of the Next War (Vic Rosenthal)

Vic Rosenthal's Weekly Column War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman The recent tension between the US and Iran is being watched very closely here in Israel, because it could well be the trigger for our next war.I am convinced, to my very great sorrow, that this war is...

From Ian: Seth Mandel: Return of the kingmaker Indeed, Sharpton had become a fixture in Obamaworld. The seeds for that alliance were planted in 2007. Obama had been getting flak from Jesse Jackson and others for supposedly not supporting black activism enough. Obama confidant Valerie Jarrett was looking for someone from the world of civil rights advocacy to fill the void....

Way back in January, Israel opened Route 4370, a stretch of highway that leads from Samaria to Jerusalem. This particular 5-kilometer stretch of 4-lane highway is divided by a wall that runs smack down its middle. The wall divides PA citizens from Israeli citizens and those with Jerusalem entry permits, separating these populations so they never have to come in contact...

This is a guest post from someone who goes by the pseudonym Adam Johnson. ____________________________ There has been increasing recognition by Jews that anti-Zionism in modern times is in no way distinct from antisemitism. Any distinction that may have been able to be drawn between the two in the 19th Century when there was no a Jewish state is not able to be drawn...

From Ian: Alan Dershowitz: How Does Turning Down a $50 Billion Economic Plan Help the Palestinians? Neither the Palestinian Authority nor the Hamas tyranny over the Gaza Strip are functioning democracies with structures that assure that the opinions of their citizens will be taken into account. But neither could those leaders totally ignore “the street” — Palestinian public...

Once again, we have more evidence that "peace" to Palestinians does not mean what the West thinks it means. It sounds cynical, but an impartial look at how Palestinians have responded to every peace plan or economic opportunity shows a single consistent pattern: If it brings Israel closer to being destroyed, they are all for it. If it doesn't, they are opposed. This...

UNRWA held a fundraising conference in New York on Tuesday, raising $113 million to keep the utterly worthless agency going for another few months before the next fundraiser. 23 nations pledged to help bail out UNRWA this time: The following delegations confirmed 2019 pledges in the following amounts: European Union (€21 million); Turkey ($10 million); Philippines ($10,000);...

Let's examine what Mohammed Shtayyeh, the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, says to Christiane Amanpour on PBS: Amanpour: Why would you boycott an event that is designed simply to explore, remember it's called a workshop, the opportunity to give billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars, $50 billion to your people and the Palestinian Authority? Shtayyeh: ...

06/25 Links Pt2: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism; AOC Is Dividing Americans And Inciting Anti-Semitism; U.N. commemorates 25th anniversary of the AMIA bombing

From Ian: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism Al Jazeera journalist Mehdi Hasan has boasted in a recent Twitter post about having “won” a debate in London hosted by Intelligence Squared. The debate was about whether or not “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.” Journalist Melanie Phillips and politician Einat Wilf spoke for the proposition, while Hasan and historian Ilan Pappé spoke against...

Here are a couple of anti-Bahrain workshop cartoons I saw. (Proverb:) My Brother and I against My Cousin; My Cousin and I against the Stranger. Me and the stranger against my brother. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

Here is an entire story from Hezbollah's Al Manar, mirrored in Arabic media, of how upset Arabs are that Israelis are tweeting photos of themselves in Bahrain, calling happy tourist shots "provocative." Shortly as they traveled to or arrived in Manama to cover the US-led economic workshop in Bahrain, Israeli journalists started boasting about their presence for the first...

From Ian: There Won’t Be Peace Until the Palestinians Accept Israel Amnesia and willful ignorance seem to be running amok in today’s political arena, especially when it comes to Israel and the Palestinians — mostly due to the desperation for a peace agreement. And it is in this environment that we were introduced to President Trump’s plan to alleviate the economic hardships...

CodePink's Ariel Elyse Gold, who I am increasingly convinced is as dumb as the butt of stereotypical blonde jokes, tweeted: Kusher is stupid enough to think the Palestinian people can be bought off for $50 million Freedom justice and dignity are priceless https://t.co/GHOJhGKYeb — Ariel Gold🔥☮️ אריאל (@ArielElyseGold) June 24, 2019 Besides misspelling "Kushner" and...