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Sunday, August 29, 2021

08/29 Links: Collier: The ethical demise of the Jewish Diaspora left; Rothman: The ‘Forever War’ Fallacy; Tlaib Describes Palestinian Terrorists as ‘Loving’ and ‘Successful’

From Ian: David Collier: The ethical demise of the Jewish Diaspora left The electoral defeat of Bibi Netanyahu has done much to expose the ethical vacuum in much of the leftist Jewish Diaspora that both obsessed about and despised him. From the day he was no longer Prime Minister, the ground on which this modern ‘pseudo-Zionist’ left stood, simply melted way. Three recent...

B'Tselem uncritically reports another dubious Palestinian claim:On 26 June 2021, at around 4:00 P.M., we suddenly noticed settlers coming towards us. The women and children on the farm were terrified. We tried to drive the settlers away to defend our families, and tried to protect the flock, tents and fodder as best as we could. A few dozen guys from the area who heard what...

Joe Biden hasn't exactly distinguished himself in recent weeks.But did Biden fall asleep while Naftali Bennett spoke to him in Washington on Friday?People are making that claim based on this video: Another angle of the entire meeting, with a much higher resolution...

Europe is characterized as being liberal and enlightened, and Israel is portrayed in the media as intolerant and Islamophobic.But European countries and towns have many laws that are specifically against the practice of Islam, and Israel doesn't.In so-tolerant Denmark, children who live in certain neighborhoods called "ghettoes" - which happen to be Muslim majority neighborhoods...

08/28 Links: Islamism’s Brutal Face Is Back on Display; IDF strikes Gaza after violent border riots, airborne arson attack; Rashida Tlaib Promoted a Fundraiser for Group Tied to Hamas, Taliban

From Ian: Islamism’s Brutal Face Is Back on Display Any notion that the worst days of Islamist terrorism are long behind us was brutally shattered at Kabul Airport on Thursday, as twin bombs ripped indiscriminately through Afghan civilians and US and other foreign servicemen trying to complete the desperate evacuation of thousands of people for whom Taliban rule represents...

08/27 Links Pt2: Melanie Phillips: The west's delusional fifth column; Caroline Glick: The roots of America's defeat; Quora Writers Say ‘Unchecked Jew-Hatred,’ Holocaust Denial Persist on Popular Q&A Site

From Ian: Melanie Phillips: The west's delusional fifth column All those precious, preening, posturing personalities who cheered Biden on while demonising all who stood against the Democrats or their left-wing agenda bear responsibility for swelling the fetid cultural sea in which this administration swims. The point of saying all this is not to point fingers gratuitously...

From TOI: The rate of new COVID-19 patients being hospitalized in serious condition has slowed significantly as a result of the booster vaccine, experts said on Friday, anticipating that the current outbreak has been curbed.After surpassing 700 concurrent serious...

From Ian: John Podhoretz: As We Mourn Today As we mourn the losses of American servicemembers today in Kabul, please keep this in mind: They would not be dead if Joe Biden had not chosen to pull American forces out of Afghanistan. The number of deaths today in Afghanistan is greater than the entire number of Americans who died there in 2020. They mark the first service deaths...

A new poll published by Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) asked Palestinians in the West Bank what they would prefer to see in a final solution with Israel.Their preference reminds one of an earlier "final solution."Only 36% support a two state solution. 60% support a "solution" where an Arab Palestine takes over the entire area: "a unified Palestinian state...

From Religion News Service:Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has written a letter to Pope Francis conveying its “distress” at comments he made suggesting Jewish law, as written in the Torah, is obsolete.The letter, first reported on by Reuters, was sent by Rabbi Rasson Arousi, chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for Dialogue with the Holy See. Arousi was referring...

Al-Monitor lists lots of excuses that Algeria blames Israel somehow for its decision to break relations with Morocco.Algeria's announcement this week that it was severing its diplomatic ties with Morocco came as no surprise — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had issued a statement Aug. 18 saying relations with Morocco were being reviewed. Still, the depth of accusations...

08/26 Links Pt2: Dozens of Civilians, at Least 12 US Troops Killed in Bloodbath at Kabul Airport; Why the Crown Heights Pogrom Still Matters; Dr. Fauci must apologize for comments on Hasidic Jews

From Ian: Dozens of Civilians, at Least 12 US Troops Killed in Bloodbath at Kabul Airport Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians and US troops, and bringing a catastrophic halt to the airlift of tens of thousands of Afghans desperate to flee. Two US officials put the US death...

In 2017, Jewish Voice for Peace published a document that explains perfectly what a sham the organization is. As the majority of what makes the earth, water is in one sense an ordinary resource. As those in Palestine and Puerto Rico are denied access to adequate water, water as an extraordinary resource is amplified.Mikveh is a simple ritual. In it’s simplicity, it is...

Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, August 29 - Israeli public health officials has launched a pilot program under which a character from a television comedy series by Marvel will serve as spokeswoman each time the Ministry of Health issues new guidelines or predictions, to lend such messages...

From Ian: At least 13 said killed at Kabul airport in suspected IS suicide attack Explosions went off on Thursday outside the Kabul airport, where thousands of people were gathered to try to flee Afghanistan on Western airlifts since the Taliban seized power earlier this month. Officials described the incident as deadly suicide bombings allegedly carried out by the Islamic...