By Prof. Hillel Frisch,BESA

Front page of Khaleej Times of Dubai hailing UAE-Israel peace agreement, image via Twitter feed of Yiftah Curiel

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,729, September 3, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: To the surprise of Iranian and Palestinian leaders, the Arab public did not protest the Israel-UAE peace agreement—but they continue to protest Iranian meddling in Iraqi and Lebanese affairs. The lack of protest against the Israel-UAE breakthrough is a sign of political maturity as Arab and Muslim populations clamor for reform at home rather than destructive ideological visions.

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By Debra Heine, AM GREATNESS

The Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security confirmed this week that the DOJ is investigating the organizers and funders behind the violent riots that have engulfed the country since May.

“We are investigating coordinated, criminal activity—not First Amendment activity—and violence related to riots, destruction of federal property and violence against law enforcement officers,” said DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec on Tuesday.

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Compiled by Robert Sklaroff

{These musings are not provided in any particular sequence.}

Problems at Colleges/Universities are legion, manifest by students, teachers and administrators; they are routinely interlaced with anti-America/anti-Jewish motivations, and they often threaten those who try to protest via the “Cancel Culture” mechanism (as amply documented by the Legal Insurrection Foundation led by @ Columbia Law School William A. Jacobson, Esq.
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Compiled by Dr Robert Sklaroff

{These musings are not provided in any particular sequence.}

U.K. Warned Anti-Semitism Being Normalized on College Campuses

J Street Chapters Aiding BDS Campaigns on Campuses by Fueling anti-Israel climate through lobbying and activism

Counterpointing such Jew-hatred that envelopes campuses is the type of Muslim speakers who dominate [Muslim cleric who advocates wife-beating, stoning, hatred for non-Muslims speaks at St. John’s University] and the type of education these professors provide [UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: MUSLIM PROF MADE STUDENTS PRAISE ALLAH BEFORE ENTERING OFFICE; and CHRISTIAN STUDENT WAS FORCED TO WRITE ISLAMIC CONVERSION CREED APPEALS CASE TO SUPREME COURT].

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R. Fischer. I couldn’t be more strongly opposed to this mass trip to Uman. But this year, I found that I could be even more strongly opposed.

By Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, INN

I have always been strongly opposed to the mass exodus from Israel to mark Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur in Uman. For years I have published my feelings on the matter. In normal years, the mass exodus is wrong on many levels. In no particular order:

1. Men leave their wives and families for Rosh Hashannah? For Yom Kippur? Where does this come from? A family, if at all possible, should spend the High Holidays together. The father should be on site for the children to observe and to learn from him and how he conducts himself on such a day of awe. Even on a regular Shabbat, a husband should eat his meal with his wife and children. OK, sometimes there is an emergency and someone has to be away on business. OK. But that is not Uman.

Yes, I know that Rabbi Nachman told his followers to come to his grave to pray, but the Ra’avan (Rabbi Avraham ben Nachman)’s closest talmid, Rabbi Levi Yitschak Bender, said in a Yiddish recording that Rabbi Nachman’s words were not intended for those in Eretz Yisrael (the informationis from a Hebrew article).
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Following the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, the Israeli military reveals it struck 35 weapons factories and 30 underground sites, dealing a “significant blow” to the terror organization.

JNS

Israeli firefighters battling the damage caused by Hamas arson attacks. Source: Twitter/IDF.

(September 2, 2020 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces struck some 100 Hamas targets in August in response to a wave of terrorism from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Tuesday.

Following Monday’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas—whereby the terrorist organization agreed to halt arson and rocket attacks, as well as border riots, in exchange for an easing of border and fishing-zone restrictions—the IDF released a list of the retaliatory actions it took over the past few weeks.

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Normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has created a dilemma for PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, who since 2012 has gone against the school of thought that forbids non-Palestinian Muslims from visiting Jerusalem.

By Nadav Shragai, ISRAEL HAYOM

Protesters on the Temple Mount burn pictures of the Emirai leader after the deal to normalize with Israel was announced | File photo: Reuters

The huge signs waved only days ago on the Temple Mount calling Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Zayed a “traitor,” the pictures of the Emirati leader that were burned and the UAE flags that were trampled outside the Dome of the Rock don’t seem to be a good sign for Jared Kushner’s religious peace vision, a story that has slipped under the radar amid all the coverage of Israeli-Emirati normalization.

The fatwa published last week by Palestinian Authority Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, which forbids Muslims who travel through the UAE from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque, does not fit in with American expectations.

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Baltimore private school founded by Jews reportedly revamping curriculum in response to pressure campaign by BLM activists.

ARUTZ SHEVA

Baltimore, Maryland

An elite private school in Baltimore founded by Jews is revamping its curriculum in response to a pressure campaign by Black Lives Matter activists demanding an examination of the school’s “wealth hoarding” and “tolerance of Zionism”, The Washington Free Beacon reported on Tuesday.

According to the report, BLM activists’ latest academic target is Baltimore’s Park School, which was founded in 1912 by Jews who were barred entry into the city’s existing private schools.

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Dr. Kedar: Arab Muslim Countries Need Peace with Israel NOT vis versa

By David B. Larter, DEFENSE NEWS ,  April 24/20

A maintainer with the 388th Fighter Wing out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, checks for structural damages on an F-35A Lightning II during Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Jan. 25, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard/U.S. Air Force)

WASHINGTON — The F-35 Joint Program Office has put in place stopgap fixes for five key technical flaws plaguing America’s top-end fighter jet, but the problems have not been completely eliminated.

Last June, Defense News reported exclusive details about 13 major technical issues, known as category 1 deficiencies, impacting the F-35. The JPO has since quietly downgraded five of those issues to the lesser category 2.

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By Alex VanNess & Ryan Mauro | August 31, 2020

Clarion Project has discovered another $3.2 billion in foreign financing of U.S. universities and colleges that the schools failed to originally disclose as required by law.

The Education Department is in the midst of an investigation into the foreign financing, which a Senate investigatory report described as a “black hole.”

The discovery comes as the Clarion Project is set to release its new documentary, Covert Cash, about the foreign financing and influencing of U.S. schools.
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Peace between Israel and the UAE could have benefitted the Palestinians enormously, but they prefer to cling to frustration, anger, and dreams that will never come true.

By Prof. Eyal Zisser, ISRAEL HAYOM

Israel and the United Arab Emirates are now taking another important step toward peace.

This weekend’s announcement that the UAE was cancelling its economic boycott of Israel, the first commercial flight that departed for the UAE from Ben-Gurion International Airport, and the start of practical negotiations for implementing peace all show that the Emirati leaders are determined to make sure the peace deal includes real content, maintain warm ties with Israel, and cooperate with it on economic ventures, rather than just defense.

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