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RAND PAUL’S Surprisingly Hawkish On Israel – Business Insider
By MB Snow at January 17, 2013 | 10:00 am
Grace Wyler | Jan. 17, 2013, 2:54 AM -- Returning to Washington from his weeklong tour of Israel, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul took national security hawks off-guard Wednesday by voicing support for an Iron Dome-style missile defense system to defend major U.S. cities. "Absolutely I'm in favor of it," Paul told reporters on a conference call briefing ... Go To Article
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RAND PAUL: Building in J’lem none… JPost
By MB Snow at January 16, 2013 | 12:40 am
By HERB KEINON, 01/12/2013 -- As week-long visit to Israel comes to a close, senator says US should not meddle in decisions regarding settlement construction, but on issue of Iran J'lem's decision making has ramifications for the entire Mideast. Republican Sen. Rand Paul in Jerusalem Photo: Rav Hakotel It is “none of our business” whether Israel builds new ... Go To Article
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DANIEL GREENFIELD:: President Morsi: “We Must Nurse Our Children and Grandchildren on Hatred for Jews”
By MB Snow at January 15, 2013 | 10:30 am
By Daniel Greenfield -- The Arab Spring? It’s just great. The Muslim Brotherhood? Bunch of moderates. Peace in the Middle East? Looking good, except for Israeli obstructionism. This guy who sounds like Hitler’s more hateful cousin? Obama turned him into the biggest power player in the region. In the video footage first broadcast Friday on Mr. Youssef’s ... Go To Article
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DEBORAH WEISS: CAIR’s Thought Police: At It Again
By MB Snow at January 12, 2013 | 12:35 am
January 11, 2013 By Deborah Weiss The thought police over at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are urging journalists to delete the word “Islamist” from their lexicon. Though CAIR claims that the word stems out of bigotry, CAIR’s real agenda is to protect Islam — and Islamists — from so-called “defamation.” The Associated Press Style ... Go To Article
MIRENGOFF: ISRAEL gave peace a chance; now it will try realism | PowerLine
By MB Snow at January 12, 2013 | 12:15 am
JANUARY 11, 2013, BY PAUL MIRENGOFF IN ISRAEL -- On January 22, two days after President Obama’s second inauguaration, Israel effectively will reelect Obama’s nemesis Benjamin Netanyahu. Unlike in Obama’s case, the Netanyahu electoral victory will be overwhelming. And it will reflect a much more significant mandate than raising taxes on the “the ... Go To Article
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MORSI: Boycott USA, Jews ‘Descendants of Apes and Pigs’
By MB Snow at January 7, 2013 | 10:45 am
by JOEL GRIFFITH 4 Jan 2013 The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) released avideo of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi delivering racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-American remarks . The incendiary rhetoric becomes relevant now that the Obama administrationplans to give 200 Abrams tanks and 10 F-16 fighter jets to the Morsi government. Morsi expounded on his ... Go To Article
JONATHAN TOBIN: Why Israel Has Shifted to the Right « CommentaryMagazine
By MB Snow at December 21, 2012 | 12:30 am
Jonathan S. Tobin, 12.20.2012 -- If liberal American Jews weren’t already dismayed about the fact that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is a shoe-in to be re-elected in next month’s election, the latest political news out of Israel may give them conniption fits. The results of new polls show that Netanyahu’s Likud and its coalition partners are set to exceed ... Go To Article
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BRET STEPHENS: Chuck Hagel’s Jewish Problem – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 18, 2012 | 12:50 am
By BRET STEPHENS, GLOBAL VIEW- December 17, 2012 The would-be secretary of defense has some curious views. Prejudice—like cooking, wine-tasting and other consummations—has an olfactory element. When Chuck Hagel, the former GOP senator from Nebraska who is now a front-runner to be the next secretary of Defense, carries on about how "the Jewish lobby intimidates ... Go To Article
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JONATHAN TOBIN:: Telling the Truth on Facebook « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at December 18, 2012 | 12:40 am
Jonathan S. Tobin -- Israel’s embassy in Ireland got itself in hot water for an inflammatory posting on its Facebook page that embarrassed the Jewish state. The post stated that were Jesus and Mary alive today and walking around Bethlehem without security, they would be lynched as Jews by the Palestinians. When a controversy over the post ensued, it was soon deleted ... Go To Article
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CAROLINE GLICK:: Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary – Bring it On!
By MB Snow at December 17, 2012 | 11:23 am
Many in the American Jewish community are aghast to discover that President Obama is planning to appoint former Senator Chuck Hagel to serve as Defense Secretary. If you want the skinny on how Hagel has come to be known as one of the few ferociously anti-Israel senators in the past generation, Carl from Jerusalem at Israel Matzav provides it. Meantime, all I can say is ... Go To Article
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