February 27 Blogging
• Michael Coren wonders about the the BDS movement’s deafening silence over Gaddafi’s butchery. Where’s the outrage? Yet where are the massive street protests in Europe’s large cities? Where are the...
View ArticleStephen Walt’s Cold Words of Comfort
Cold words of comfort indeed from Professor Stephen Walt on the Itamar massacre. Walt, most famous for co-authoring The Israel Lobby, is no one-trick pony. In a 425-word post, 44 percent of his word...
View ArticleMixed Verdict for Ehud Olmert
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories: 1. Ehud Olmert was acquitted on corruption charges...
View ArticleA Busy Media Day for the Munich Olympic Widows
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. AP follows up on the status of Christians in the Gaza...
View ArticleHamas Bans Palestinian Journos From Working With Israeli Media
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Hamas forbids Palestinian journalists to work with...
View ArticleSettlements-Iran Linkage Reflects Mideast Shifts
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Prime Minister Netanyahu created linkage between...
View ArticleReporter Fired For Questioning Arafat Coverage
Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Al Jazeera dumped investigative reporter Ken...
View ArticleHow Foreign Islamists Support Temple Mount Conflict
Today’s Top Stories 1. Sparks are going to fly. The Prime Minister’s Office gave a green light to 1,000 new housing units in Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo Netanyahu will also push new infrastructure...
View ArticleUS to Agree on Construction in Settlement Blocs?
Today’s Top Stories 1. As John Kerry met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in a bid to calm two months of terror, Haaretz reported that Jerusalem was prepared to make gestures to Palestinians if US accepts...
View ArticleCongress Targets Hezbollah Finances
Today’s Top Stories 1. Congress approved a bill targeting Hezbollah financing by banning or sanctioning banks that do business with the terror group. The legislation also targets Hezbollah’s television...
View ArticleLebanese Banks Shut Down Hundreds of Hezbollah Accounts
Today’s Top Stories *** Breaking News *** As this roundup was published, early reports broke of what the IDF is saying was “likely an intentional terror attack.”suspected Palestinian car-ramming attack...
View ArticleShimon Peres ‘Drastically Deteriorating’
Today’s Top Stories 1. Shortly before this roundup was published, Israeli media reported that “the medical status of former President Shimon Peres has drastically deteriorated,” and that “the...
View ArticleTrump Eyes Cutting UN Funds Over PA Membership
Today’s Top Stories 1. According to the New York Times, the Trump administration is moving to cut US funding to various UN organizations. Palestinian membership is one of the red lines: Those criteria...
View ArticleTrump Casts Doubt on Two-State Solution
Today’s Top Stories 1. In a joint press conference (see transcript or video) with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump cast doubt on the future of the two-state...
View ArticleWill Israel Apartheid Week Breach UK Definition of Anti-Semitism?
Today’s Top Stories 1. British university chiefs were put on notice that Israel Apartheid Week activities hosted on campus run afoul of a definition of anti-Semitism that was adopted by UK Prime...
View ArticleUproar Over UN Report Accusing Israel of ‘Apartheid’
Today’s Top Stories 1. A new UN report smearing Israel is raising a stink. This one’s from the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and authored by Professor Richard Falk, a former...
View ArticleUS-Israeli Citizen Arrested in Ashkelon For JCC Phone Threats
Today’s Top Stories 1. A 19-year-old dual US-Israeli citizen was arrested in Ashkelon on suspicion of carrying out a wave bomb threats made to JCCs and other Jewish institutions around the world. The...
View ArticleFIFA Delays Debate on Kicking Israel Out of World Soccer
Today’s Top Stories 1. The leadership council of FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, delayed a discussion on Israeli settlement soccer clubs ahead of its upcoming annual congress, saying,...
View ArticleStudents Sue SFSU Over Campus Anti-Semitism
Today’s Top Stories 1. San Francisco State University is facing a lawsuit filed by a group of students who say the administration is allowing a climate of anti-Semitism to fester. The suit says Jewish...
View ArticlePA to Begin Taking Over Gaza Next Week?
Today’s Top Stories 1. PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah will visit Gaza next week to begin taking control of the Strip’s governmental responsibilities. However, the PA hasn’t cancelled any of its...
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