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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

An Israeli Arab and Jew sing of peace at an Italian music festival. Some people can't stand this.

On the opening night of the annual Italian Sanremo music festival, a video of the Pope was shown where he said "music is an instrument of peace and it must remain so." This was followed by Israeli singers Mira Awad and Noa.Here is how their performance was described in L'Orient Today by self-described cultural journalist Karl Richa:On a stage illuminated by blue neon...

02/17 Links Pt2: A letter to my anti-Zionist Jewish friend; No, free speech did not cause the Holocaust; Antisemitic nurses video ‘tip of the iceberg’

From Ian: A letter to my anti-Zionist Jewish friend My sense is that you are struggling with something akin to white saviour complex and I am sorry. I am sorry because of the way you describe your blissful teenage years in a Zionist youth movement which now make you feel ashamed. That is so sad. I do not feel torn or anguished with where I stand. I will stand with the only...

From Ian: Seth Mandel: A Watershed Moment in American Jewish History Jon Ossoff is Georgia’s first Jewish senator. And the Jews of the Peach State are doing something remarkable: refusing to be taken for granted. Though this drama is playing out behind the scenes, it represents a watershed in American Jewish politics. The New York Times has obtained a letter sent privately...

Guest postJewish education is at a crossroad. It is being challenged, like never before, by college professors, grade-school teachers, hostile journalists, biased historians, unhinged social media influencers, human rights organizations, and other wealthy domestic and foreign Non-Governmental Organizations. Making matters worse (if you can imagine such a thing) there is, at...

By Daled AmosOn February 4th, Trump held a joint press conference with Netanyahu:We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal. And I don't want to be cute. I don't want to be a wise guy. But the Riviera of the Middle East, this could be something that could be so...This could be so magnificent. But more importantly than that is the people that have...

Jordanian media this weekend rediscovered a 32-year old fatwa that says that is it better for Palestinians die as martyrs than to leave their homes.The Jordanian Fatwa Council in 1993 ruled that the people of Palestine are not permitted to emigrate and are not permitted to evacuate the Holy Land to the Jews."The people of Palestine remaining in their land is a jihad in the...

Palestinian site Safa reports: 26 resistance operations continued in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem during the past twenty-four hours against occupation soldiers and settlers.The Palestine Information Center "Ma'ati" indicated that the resistance activities included a shooting operation, armed clashes, 6 explosive device detonations, damaging a military vehicle,...

02/16 Links: Trump’s question for Arab rulers; Western Countries Have Funded Palestinian Hostility toward Israel for Decades; The Moral Bankruptcy of the International Red Cross

From Ian: Clifford D May: Trump’s question for Arab rulers Though Trump is famously unpredictable, I wouldn’t be astonished – based on remarks he’s made over recent days—if he were to tell Sissi and King Abdullah something along these lines: “You receive huge amounts of American aid along with vital security assistance. These are not entitlements. “I’m trying to put an...

Plenty of people have already reviewed and savaged Ta-Nehisi Coates' book "The Message" section on Israel. I have not read the whole thing but I was looking at Benny Morris' scathing review and saw him mention something that prompted me to check out its context.Coates describes his visit to the Temple Mount. Actually, he doesn't: he only describes waiting in line.On my first...

A large amount of anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda has this formula:* Project Arab mentality on Jews* Notice that Jews don't act on that mentality they supposedly have* Proudly say that their own actions dissuaded the JewsOne example that we see all the time is the assumption that Israelis and Jews intend to demolish the Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock to build a...

From The Lancet:Life expectancy losses in the Gaza Strip during the period October, 2023, to September, 2024In the central variant, life expectancy in the Gaza Strip decreased by 34·9 years during the first 12 months of the war, about half (–46·3%) the prewar level of 75·5 years. Life expectancy losses were larger for males (–38·0 years [–51·6%]) than for females, but nonetheless,...