The IHRA definition has led defenders of the Jewish people down a blind alley

By MELANIE PHILLIPS 2.6.23

What use is the definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance?

The Biden administration’s US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which was published last week, has drawn outrage from those Jewish groups and commentators who unequivocally back Israel and defend the Jewish people against its enemies.

Their central charge against this strategy is that it has watered down the widely adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism.

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By Daniel Greenfield, 01 Jun 07:10 PM

On May 29th, 2020, the nationwide insurrection by the racist hate group BLM and its leftist allies arrived in the nation’s capital in a very big way.

On Friday night, a violent racist leftist mob, falsely described as “peaceful” by its media allies, converged on the White House. The insurrectionists assaulted Secret Service and Park Police officers. They shouted obscenities and threatened President Trump even as they fought their way past law enforcement personnel to reach the White House.
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Gibbon in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire wrote what would have been had al-Rahman won at Poitiers: It is happening now. 

By Giulio Meotti, INN
The name Bordeaux – the sixth metropolitan area of France (1,200,000 inhabitants) – evokes a legendary wine, the cathedral, Montaigne, Montesquieu and the Bourbons.

But demography makes history and numbers make culture.

So a few days ago some parents of students from the Emile Combes college in Bordeaux discovered that the meal offered was halal. An exclusively halal menu, says Bfmtv. Parents are “restless”. And they are right to be. Maybe they remember when, ten years ago, Le Monde branded the fear of halal in schools as a “right-wing conspiracy”. The left lügenpresse.

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T. Belman. While it is true that there is no direct representation.  But does this mean that there is no accountability.  I think not. Israelis vote on the platforms and personalities of the parties .  Those parties are help accountable. When the preferences of the people change so will their votes. After all, the parties are appealing for the support of the public. Thus the parties are held accountable.

By Alex Rose, INN     Jun 2, 2023, 8:25 AM (GMT+3)

In an article on judicial reform in the Jerusalem Post several months ago, Michael Star discusses “Law and disorder” in Israel.

Starr reminds us that the reform plan on the balance of powers between the Knesset and the Supreme Court of Justice did not commence with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, but commenced with the very origins of the state.

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JOEL B. POLLAK, BREITBART

Two Jewish conservative activists are pushing back against claims that criticizing left-wing billionaire Democrat donor George Soros is antisemitic by launching a new organization, Jews Against Soros, to oppose his efforts.

Josh Hammer, a writer who works for Newsweek, and Will Scharf, a candidate for state attorney general in Missouri, launched JewsAgainstSoros.com to say there is nothing antisemitic in opposing Soros’s agenda.

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By Victor Davis Hanson, JWR   1.6.23

Conservatives and traditionalists are often exasperated at the ongoing woke cultural revolution in their midst.

How can America be turned upside down, as it is, when there is little public support for the things happening around us?

They don’t see much backing for the current border policy and illegal immigration, yet it continues.

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Israeli officials should insist on having the US trigger the snapback mechanism in the JCPOA to its fullest extent. This will make it possible to move forward with a Saudi-American-Israeli deal that also addresses Riyadh’s nuclear demands. It will also open the door to joint Israeli-American action against the Iranian program.

 By  Jacob Nagel, ISRAEL HAYOM 1.6.23

A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges placed on display during Iran’s National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021 | Photo: Iranian Presidency Office/WANA via Reuters

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi, and his senior deputy Gil Reich are all in Washington for meetings with senior White House and state officials, ahead of critical decisions regarding Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Israel must not be confused about the priorities of what should be presented during the talks. It is very important to prevent a potential error in judgment (perhaps unintentional) and to make sure the United States understands that preventing a bad agreement regarding the Iranian nuclear program has not been relegated to second priority after reaching a deal with Saudi Arabia. The potential for damage is very severe.

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By Matthew G. Andersson, AM THINKER

With Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, subject to increasing Russian bombardment, and Moscow subject to new drone attacks, the hostility now reflects direct provocation of central government and leadership.  Whether you rightly find Russia’s aggression in Ukraine unacceptable, or like University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer, you also see, pragmatically, a long trail of U.S. and EU provocation and mismanagement in foreign affairs, one thing is fairly obvious: the United States is not interested in pursuing, or trying to broker, a peace deal.  Current U.S. foreign policy toward Russia is following a narrow path of strict escalation toward superpower confrontation.  Russia is not going to lead a peace effort, nor will Ukraine.
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Mudar Zahran brought this article in the Jordanian Press and translated by Google.

The Hebrew newspaper , Yedioth Ahronoth, said that the US-Israeli efforts in the region had received a new blow, after the UAE withdrew from a naval alliance against Iran. Because of her disappointment in the United States.

And the UAE announced, today, Wednesday, that it withdrew two months ago from a US-led maritime security coalition in the Middle East.

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By Andrew Thornebrooke, EPOCH TIMES  31.5.23

Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping (center) and Chinese and foreign naval officials applaud after a group photo during an event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in Qingdao, in eastern China’s Shandong province, on April 23, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON—The United States lacks an effective tool to adequately combat widespread espionage and intellectual property theft being perpetrated by China’s communist regime, according to a U.S. Treasury Department official.

Despite years of competition and ongoing IP theft, the United States has not developed the tools required to target and prevent the continued transfer of sensitive U.S. technologies to China, according to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Rosen.

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Dr. Oshrit Birvadker is a leading analyst of India’s foreign policy in Israel, a Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), a business development expert, and an entrepreneur. She tweets @birvadker.
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T. Belman. There are two paths to judicial reform. Either change the judges or change the law. The latter restricts the wiggle room of the judges from supporting a non-Zionist agenda. Or do both. But no matter what the law is, liberal judges, like in the US, still find a way to circumvent it.

The equality issue is central to the debate. The right want laws that favour Jews and Zionism and the left want laws that favour equality between Jews and Muslims. That’s the difference between a state of the Jews and a state of all its citizens.

Why is it that the US and the EU can fully accept all Muslim states but not a Jewish state. They demand that Israel be a liberal democracy but make no such demands on the Arab states.

In bitter Knesset debate, justice minister foils opposition bid to enshrine equality into Basic Law, calling it ‘hypocrisy’ amid ongoing talks on judicial compromise

By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN, TOI       31 May 2023, 4:53 pm  

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks in the Knesset on May 31, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In a bitter and fiery Knesset speech, Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Wednesday complained that Israel’s top court was skewed by “post-Zionist agendas,” accused the opposition of pursuing subversive policies, and savaged his political opponents for an impasse in negotiations on judicial reform. His predecessor, the National Unity party’s Gideon Sa’ar, said in response that Levin should “get hospitalized.”

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BY TYLER DURDEN, ZERO HEDGE 30.5.23

BEWARE. THIS VIDEO IS OVER 2 HOURS LONG.  I COULDN’T TAKE 2 MINUTES OF IT.

In a recent town hall meeting at the University of Winnipeg, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau engaged in a lengthy Q&A with constituents which focused largely on socialist policies and woke ideology, eventually culminating in a rhetorical screed about the American public’s push-back against social justice agendas.

A member of the audience identifying as a “two spirited trans woman” says he is “horrified” by the growing US movement to stop identity politics from taking over the national culture, asserting that this makes trans people “feel like they are irrelevant in this world.”
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By Barry Shaw, AM THINKER

Susie Gelman is absolutely the wrong candidate for US ambassador to Israel.  Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, maybe, but not to Israel.

In her role as chair of the Israel Policy Forum (someone will have to explain to me how she ever got that position), Gelman professed to love Israel as she works tirelessly against the best interests of Israel.  Israel Policy Forum, like JStreet, attempts to impose left-wing radical policies on Israel.  Susie Gelman embodies their unacceptable ideas.
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By Jan MacMichael, AM THINKER

The President and many members of Congress want to keep borrowing money and don’t seem to care about whether their expenditures are essential or non-essential, nor do they seem to care about the very real and perilous ramifications of overspending.

From 2012–2022, interest payments on debt held by the public totaled $3,593 billion; interest payments on intragovernmental debt holdings totaled $1,919 billion. The grand total in interest payments amounted to a hefty $5,512 billion.
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Israel’s far-right government ministers are no longer hiding their dreams of wildly proliferating the settler population. 

By Hagit Ofran, HAARETZ

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich who has a plan for massive settlement expansion.Credit: Photos: Hadas Parush Artwork by Anastasia Shub

There are three recent developments related to Israel’s West Bank settlements that at first glance seem unconnected, but are actually all deeply intertwined. They are part of the bigger picture of settler power reestablishing itself with unprecedented muscle in this Israel’s government.

Diplomatic sources say Riyadh’s demands that the US back a Saudi nuclear program place chances of Israel-Saudi normalization in jeopardy.

Amir Tibon, Jack Khoury, Jonathan Lis, HAARETZ    31.5.23

Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanREUTERS

Even hopes for an agreement on direct flights for Muslim Israelis seem unlikely to be realized this year, and in any event, most of those planning to make the Hajj have already made travel arrangements through Jordan

Senior Israeli officials have clarified that ongoing talks aimed at normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel are far from maturing due to several issues that would affect Israel’s military superiority and nuclear hegemony in the region.

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T. Belman. I found it interesting that UAE wouldn’t talk to Biden whereas Bibi begs for a meeting in the White House.

The U.S. Navy steps up patrols after complaints from the United Arab Emirates

By Benoit Faucon in Dubai and Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ in Washington
May 30, 2023 8:59 am ET

Redacted News

Bomb Gaza before invading  THE RULES OF WAR

TO INDESCRIMINATLY BOMBING CIVILIANS IS A WAR CRIME