Incident came as IAF fighters departed area after alleged strike last week and they were not in danger; move could signal a significant shift in Moscow’s ties with Israel.

Times of Israel,  MAY 17, 2022

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Russian S-300 air defense missile systems drive during the Victory Day military parade marking 71 years after the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian forces opened fire on Israeli jets with advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles as they allegedly attacked targets in northwestern Syria last week, Channel 13 news reported Monday, in what could signal a significant shift in Moscow’s attitude to Israel.

According to the unsourced report, the incident occurred on Friday as the Israeli air force bombed several targets near the city of Masyaf in northwestern Syria.

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In this week’s edition of “Mideast News Hour,” Caroline Glick calls Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a “sociopath” and says his leadership is responsible for the current decline in national security.

BY JNS.ORG

(May 16, 2022 / JNS) In this week’s “Middle East News Hour,” Caroline Glick is joined by Amnon Lord, senior columnist at Israel Hayom and one of Israel’s foremost experts on the Israeli left. Caroline and Amnon discuss the Palestinian and international community’s use of blood libels to demonize Israel and legitimize the mass murder of Jews, in the context of the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin last week.

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Interior Minister fears that the law will be rejected by the Supreme Court and the prosecution will not defend it.

By Ben Ariel, INN

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is backing down from her intention to pass the law revoking the citizenship of terrorists, the Israel Hayom website reported on Monday.

Shaked backed down from the law, which had already been registered, after a conversation between her associates and the Ministry of Justice revealed that the law would not stand the test of the Supreme Court.

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T. Belman.  UNBELIEVABLE. Luckily the King doesn’t call the shots.

By Daoud Kattab, MEDIALINE

US President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah met in Washington for the second time and Jordan’s role in Jerusalem’s holy sites was high on the agenda

T. Belman. Not only must we have total victory in Gaza we must seek victory in Israel and Judea and Samaria. We must curtail and criminalize any speech likely to incite. We should have zero tolerance for violence. We must outlaw the Arab Naqba and and promotion of the Arab narrative which has no foundation in truth. We must get tough with the Arabs in the Galilee and the Negev.

There is no place in Israel for Palestinian nationalism. It must per suppressed.

After recent terror attacks, Members of Knesset call for Israel to create new policies and spirit to defeat its enemies.

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

On Monday, Members of Knesset from both the coalition and opposition called for the State of Israel to develop new policies to defeat its enemies, or its future might be challenging. The Members of Knesset, with senior military and security leaders, heads of NGOs and academics, came together for the opening of the Knesset Israel Victory Caucus (KIVC), in coordination with the Israel Victory Project of the Middle East Forum. Read more…

JORDAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Jordan Option Revisited

By Dr. Mordechai Nissan

In a closed-door meeting, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that a viral post threatening an Arab takeover of the country was “not far from reality.”

BY YEHUDA SHLEZINGER, jns

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz gives a statement to the media at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

In the closed portion of a Blue and White Party faction meeting last week, Defense Minister Benny Gantz read out a WhatsApp message that had gone viral across the country, containing threats by anonymous, ostensibly Arab elements to take control of the country. According to Gantz, the authors of the message were correct, and the future Jewish state could ultimately lie “between Gedera and Hadera.”
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JORDAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Jordan Option Revisited

By Naseem Al-Gheewan, Dep Sec’y Gen, JOC

JORDAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Jordan Option Revisited

By Dr. Edy Cohen

JORDAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Jordan Option Revisited

By Geoffrey Clarfield

JORDAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Jordan Option Revisited

By Michael Ross, Advisor to the JOC

Opinion: The longer only one side of the so-called Palestinian Catastrophe is cultivated, the longer hatred will continue to be nurtured, while historical facts point to Palestinians openly supporting Nazi propaganda during WWII

By Ben-Dror Yemini, YNET|   May 15/22

We’re told time and time again that we must recognize the Palestinian “narrative” of the conflict’s origins in order to understand their pain, and usher in peace.

The truth is that we need to do just the opposite. The Palestinian narrative has already become widely endorsed by many in the academia, and the more it continues to gain recognition, the more miniscule the chances for peace will become. What we need in order to achieve peace are not narratives, but historic facts.

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Being on the right side of history matters more than vainly trying to achieve positive pr from an antisemitic world. 

By Ronn Torossian, INN

For a very very long time, I thought Israel’s Public Relations problems were a major problem for the State Of Israel. Having founded one of the largest PR agencies in the United States, I am well aware of the power of the media. As I get older, I realize many in the media simply don’t care about the truth.

I also realize in many matters of war and peace, force matters most. Does one really think Russia and Vladimir Putin care about truth and media?

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T. Belman. So, Min. Gantz, what are you going to do about it?  When is Israel going to take charge of its life and stop allowing the Arabs to use illegal construction, propaganda and violence to achieve their ends.

In closed conversations, Defense Min. Gantz warns Israel may lose Negev and Galilee, with Jewish state limited to central Israel only.

Israel National News   16.05.22 08:38

Benny GantzYonatan Sindel/Flash90

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) has warned that Jewish Israel may soon be limited to the center of the country only, Israel Hayom reported.

In a closed meeting with his party last week, Gantz read aloud a WhatsApp containing threats from unnamed Arab sources, warning that they would take over Israel.

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JORDAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: The Jordan Option Revisited

By Abedelelah Amaala, JCC

Conference resolution:

1-The conference recognises that Jordan is an unstable country at the moment and has been for a  few years. The conference recognises the status quo in Jordan is a threat to regional peace and prosperity.

2-The conference recognises the Jordanian Opposition Collation as the only and sole legitimate representative of the people of Jordan.

3-the conference recognised as a necessity for all peace supporting parties and governments to provide political, logistical and technical support and help to the Jordanian Opposition Coalition to soft land Jordan from the current state of extreme chaos into  safety,  prosperity and  peacefulness

4-the conference emphasises the necessity of turning Jordan into an economically attractive destination under a new regime led by the JOC

The Conference recommends that Jordan join the Abraham Accords.

Declassified files show Britain attempted to sow division between Moscow and its Arab allies using fake reports blaming both sides for Egypt’s defeat in the 1967 Six Day War

By TOI STAFF         14 May 2022, 11:43 pm  

The British government ran a secret propaganda campaign aimed at destabilizing the country’s enemies during the Cold War by inciting violence, supporting racial tensions and encouraging hatred toward Israel, according to newly declassified documents.

The documents, which were reported on by The Guardian, highlighted a “black propaganda” campaign from the mid-1950s to late 70s that mostly targeted African countries, the Middle East and parts of Asia with fake reports that were ultimately intended to spread anti-communist sentiment.

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An official report about the university’s early history and a student editorial denouncing Israel reflect the confused state of higher education’s values.

By Ruth R. Wisse, WSJ    May 13, 2022 1:50 pm ET

The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., July 16, 2019.

A recent report, “Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery,” notes that the university’s faculty, staff and leaders held more than 70 black slaves between 1636, when Harvard was founded, and 1783, when Massachusetts abolished slavery. In atonement, President Lawrence Bacow reports, the university intends to dedicate $100 million of its endowment to help address “the persistent corrosive effects of those historical practices on individuals, on Harvard, and on our society.”

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