By Moshe Phillips
It’s not too often that the release of a new book of poems that are over 80 years old can be seen as a transformative moment in the American Jewish community. It can be argued that this happened in June. The Complete and Translated Poetic Works of Avraham Stern published by Yishai Edberg is the first book of English translations of history’s key Zionist revolutionary.
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Vice Adm. (ret.) Eliezer Marom, IH
On Saturday, the IDF’s Barak 1 missile system intercepted three drones that had been launched by Hezbollah “on an intelligence-gathering mission” of Israel’s Karish gas field.
This is a historic interception because for the first time it showed that the system, which had been installed on navy ships many years ago, was operational, effective, and accurate.
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Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola 5,7.22 Fact Checked
T. Belman. I sadly note the passing of Irving Abella who was my neighbour for many years. He is survived by his wife Rosie Abella and two sons. (Rosalie Silberman Abella FRSC is a Canadian jurist. In 2004, Abella was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, becoming the first Jewish woman and refugee to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court bench. She retired from the federal bench in 2021)
Historian was known for writing about Canada’s refusal to accept Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Canadian Jewish historian Irving Abella, notable for co-writing a book on the Canadian government’s refusal to accept Jewish refugees fleeing Europe during the Holocaust, has died at 82.
Abella passed away on Sunday after a lengthy illness, the day after he turned 82-years old, according to the Canadian Press.
by Sean Durns, THE NATIONAL INTEREST
Iran, Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett warned on June 12, “is dangerously close to getting their hands on a nuclear weapon.” In an interview with The Telegraph, the premier pointed out that “Iran is enriching uranium at an unprecedented rate.” Bennett added: “Iran’s nuclear program won’t stop until it’s stopped.”
Bennett isn’t alone in expressing concern.
By Dr Harvey Risch (Dr Risch asked me to publish this.)
Dr. Zev Zelenko had both moral and intellectual courage in a society dominated by go-along-to-get-along. Dr. Zelenko was an astute physician, keenly aware of the nuances in disease presentations of his patients. They came to him for treatment of the respiratory disease that would become Covid-19.
Dr. Zelenko’s mind was always active in thinking about the best ways to care for his patients, and in the absence of established methods of treatment, he searched for what other clinicians had been doing for this and similar respiratory infections.
Exclusive: Senior Israel Hayom journalist Yoav Limor visits Saudi Arabia and is pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome and friendly atmosphere.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen before the Formula One race in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 5, 2021 | File photo: Reuters/Andrej Isakovic
On Sunday night, while in a restaurant in Riyadh, a local young man sitting next to me asked me from where I was. “Israel,” I replied. He laughed, and moved on. Shortly before leaving, he looked at me again and asked, “Israel, really?” I said “yes,” to which he replied, “Wow, welcome. We welcome everyone here happily, from all religions.”
Saudi Arabia was a pleasant surprise. Friendly. Happy. Not even mentioning Israel brought anyone down. I tested this on several cab drivers and market vendors. Some smiled and shook their head in disbelief or worry, others were curious and struck up a conversation. I wondered if any of them had ever met an Israeli before, or heard Hebrew, but no one made us feel unwelcome in the kingdom, home to the holiest sites of Islam, not even for a moment.
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T, Belman. Key take away. Liberman said “I think I am no less [capable of becoming prime minister] in terms of seniority, ability, execution and knowledge,” adding that there was a chance he would cooperate with the Likud party, but only if it were led by someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu.”
That gives Likud one more option in forming government.
Gantz, Lapid both said courting ex-IDF chief Eizenkot for spot on slate ahead of elections; United Torah Judaism’s Gafni calls new PM; Liberman says he could be premier
By TOI STAFF 2 July 2022,
With Yair Lapid taking the post of prime minister as the country heads to elections, the interim cabinet is considering a reshuffle of certain portfolios, according to a Friday report.
Channel 13 news said Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar could move to the Foreign Ministry (taking over from Lapid) and Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked could take Sa’ar’s Justice Ministry.
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” “Israel Hayom”, October 23, 2016,
According to Prof. Robert Bellah, a leading UC Berkeley sociologist, there is “a well-institutionalized civil religion” in the US, which stipulates separation between religion and state, but not between religion and society. In fact, President John Quincy Adams wrote: “The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal , as well as a moral and religious code.”
Prof. Bellah contended that civil liberties – reflecting more responsibility than rights – are Bible-driven: “Behind civil religion lie biblical archetypes [such as] the Exodus, Chosen People, Promised Land, New Jerusalem… a heritage of moral and religious experience….”
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T. Belman. Peg Tierney, draws attention to the fact that Communists in Russia and China induced famines, killing 20 million in Russia and 60 million in China and now they are playing this card again and the Dutch farmers are protesting en masse. I have posted her abstract at the bottom.
The Climate hoax and the Pandemic are tools of the Communists and NWO people to destabilize and impoverish people so that , the elite can take over.
Global warming is not a serious topic. No one cares, but the left wants us all to suffer in order to drop the Earth’s temperature by less than a degree or whatever.
Let’s cannibalize future economic growth, curb population growth while we’re at it, and declare war on burgers.
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There is no use trying to prove how moral Israel is because the world does not resent Israel for being immoral, but for being more moral than any other nation would be in Israel’s shoes. Op-ed.
By Rafael Castro, INN 3.7.22
Muslim Brotherhood supporters hold pro-Palestinian demonstration in AmmanReuters
Israeli leaders largely operate under the illusion that if only Israel were able to avert every Palestinian Arab civilian casualty, rein in all hilltop youths and silence all raving rightwing Zionists, the world would acknowledge that the greatest and most heartfelt desire of Israelis is to live in peace and let its neighbors enjoy peace and freedom.
By PM Yair Lapid
I want to start by thanking the 13th Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Naftali Bennett. For your decency, for your friendship and for leading the government this past year to economic and security achievements not seen here for years. A special thank you for allowing the citizens of Israel to see this week an orderly transition between people who keep agreements and believe in one another.
The State of Israel is bigger than all of us. More important than any of us. It was here before us, and will be here long after us. It doesn’t belong only to us. It belongs to those who dreamed of it for thousands of years in the Diaspora, and also to those yet to be born, to future generations.
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MEMRI
Saudi academic Dr. Marzouq Bin Tinbak said in a May 20, 2022 show on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that the Islamic world does not contribute anything to civilization and progress today because it has recoiled from and rejected modernity and because it clings too closely to its heritage. He said that in contrast, some countries have managed to simultaneously conform to the novelty of Western civilization while preserving their heritage. In addition, Dr. Bin Tinbak said that traditional Islamic thought was appropriate for past eras, but that today’s modern world requires new fatwas and new ijtihad (religious reasoning).
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Tanks are pictured at an Israeli military post near the Israeli-Syrian border on March 9, 2022, (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
Recently, this writer attended a dinner at which the keynote speaker was Yossi Cohen, the former director of Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence service.
The focus of Cohen’s address was the impact of global events on Israel’s strategic security.
What leftist, on the verge of losing his power in Washington, and yet possessed of the means of retaining it through violence, would have walked away as Trump did?
By Dan Gelernter, AM GREATNESS
A Trump aide testified that the president tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential limo so he could go to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. After the aide’s testimony, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) embraced her, as though expressing solidarity with someone who has just been through a tremendous ordeal. You could say that Washington and Hollywood have finally converged, turning into a single giant Oscars ceremony that no one is watching.
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“The historical argument between left and right over the fate of Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria no longer exists; it was decided on the ground, aided by the failures of Oslo and the disengagement. Meanwhile, now that our possession of Judea and Samaria is axiomatic and no longer at the core of our divisions, we can also redesign the political map and concentrate all the good actors together.”
Last Saturday, I met with a group of friends who served with me in the army as officers, eons ago. What can I say? The State of Israel and the Jewish people have no finer people than these – all patriots, talented, and decent individuals. The overwhelming majority of them have historically voted center-left, and all had praise for now-former prime minister, Naftali Bennett.
After a year in the Religious Services Ministry, Yamina MK gets a middling grade from liberal figures for shaking up Haredi hegemony but failing to advance core issues
Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana, left, with Haya Kliger, on July 15, 2021 (Courtesy)
In his short term as head of Israel’s Religious Services Ministry, Matan Kahana made his mark on the often-overlooked office, rolling out a number of reforms that won’t easily be reversed no matter who wins the upcoming election.
Kahana updated the long-maligned process of naming municipal rabbis, removing many of the aspects that left the positions open to corruption and abuse. At his direction, women have not only been allowed to participate in the management of religious services but are now mandated to do so for certain tasks.
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