Monthly Archives: July 2015

Good News Friday 

Posted on 31 July 2015 by

Following a weeks of ups and downs it’s a relief to arrive at Friday and read some good news for a change. So here is this week’s Good News Friday installment. We’ll start off with the European “Jewish Olympics” – … Continue reading →

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The Iran deal – emerging details make it worse than ever

Posted on 30 July 2015 by

The more the Iran deal is discussed in the media, and as news emerged from the debate in the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, the more we realize that there is so much about this miserable deal that we were … Continue reading →

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Some good news from the ICC!

Posted on 29 July 2015 by

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Just over a week ago I posted about the ICC’s illegal and anti-Israel move to reopen the case against Israel’s alleged war crimes committed during the Mavi Marmara fiasco. We had a hint that … Continue reading →

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Kerry’s Jew-baiting, threatens Israel, dangles Pollard as bait

Posted on 28 July 2015 by

US Secretary of State John Kerry last week engaged in a disgraceful piece of Jew-baiting when he expressed “concern” – which was in fact a not-so-veiled threat – that Israel could be blamed if Congress rejects the Iran deal”: US … Continue reading →

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Good News for after the fast

Posted on 27 July 2015 by

Tisha B’Av is over and normal programming will soon be resumed. But just to give us a little break between the sadness of the last couple of days and the diplomatic and political troubles that are in store for us, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Gush Katif 10 years after the expulsion

Posted on 26 July 2015 by

Today (technically the day after Tisha B’Av)  is the 10th anniversary of one of the most traumatic events in modern Israeli history: the expulsion of the Jewish citizens of the settlement bloc of Gush Katif in Gaza – euphemistically called … Continue reading →

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