Middle East

Britain’s Sky News’ Reporter’s Bias is Obvious in Wake of IDF’s Incursion into Lebanon

In the wake of the IDF’s incursion into Lebanon, accompanied by its advice to residents there to leave in order to avoid civilian casualties, the far-from-objective Sky News correspondent bewailed the exodus of the population there after having ignored the similar fate suffered by tens of thousands of Israelis in the north of Israel for the past year. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Middle East, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

International Media Ignores Suffering of Israelis in Current Warfare

The screen is full of scenes of cars, trucks and other vehicles stuck bumper to bumper and packed to the brim with families fleeing southern Lebanon to get away from the region being bombarded by Israel. As is the case in Gaza, the UN is concerned about the fate of the children. Funnily enough, the UN showed little concern for the fate of Israeli children … [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Middle East, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors

AMCHA Initiative: Faculty Chapters Spur Campus Antisemitism

A report released Thursday, Sept. 26, highlights the role Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP), a nationwide network of over 100 faculty chapters, plays in escalating antisemitic incidents, fomenting chaos and pushing forward the academic boycott [Press Release]

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Hezbollah Mocked by Arabs; Ethical Concerns Proliferate in Wake of Pager Attack

Hezbollah, a group known for its terrorist activities, found itself targeted in a series of attacks in Lebanon. Twin blasts involving rigged pagers and walkie-talkies killed dozens and injured thousands, including Hezbollah fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.  [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Mordechai Kedar, Israeli Expert on Islam, Coming to San Diego

Kedar, an expert on Middle Eastern politics and Arab culture, will hold discussions with students, strategic meetings with local leadership and media, and speak that evening at a location in La Jolla that will be disclosed to those who register. [Pamela Nathan]

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The Matzo Chronicles: Hosting a Muslim Student from Jordan

My concern was mostly for him, a 20-year-old, religiously observant, first-time visitor to the U.S. How would he feel staying with Jews? We were fine. We were adults, who had willingly opened our home, but how about him? Would he, who had merely been assigned a random housing slot, feel blind-sighted, uncomfortable, overwhelmed, or G-d forbid, hostile? [Karen Galatz]

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OpEd: Biden Administration Ties Israel’s Hands Behind Its Back

Never mind that many of the “innocents” were terrorists, many more were supporters of Hamas, and any civilians who were killed were human shields, a diabolical war crime that ensures many civilian casualties. This is the atrocious Hamas strategy of making the Gazans into the first line of defense for Hamas terrorists (human shields). [Steve Kramer]

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Hillel Plans Oct. 7 Observances on Area College Campuses; Braces for Anti-Israel ‘Week of Rage’

Karen Parry, executive director of Hillel of San Diego, said pro-Israel vigils and demonstrations would occur on these campuses notwithstanding a “Week of Rage” announced by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and other anti-Israel groups that will commence Monday, Oct. 7, and continue through Yom Kippur on Saturday, Oct. 12. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Yohanan Plesner: Ceasefire or Continued War: Israel at an Inflection Point

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, does not want a ceasefire.  His goal, Plesner said, is to touch off a general war from the countries and regions surrounding Israel – Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, the West Bank, and Yemen – in which Iran might also participate as it did for the first time with a missile and drone attack on Israel in April. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Britain’s Mideast Arms Policy Penalizes Israel; World is Silent About Iranian Arms

Questioning weapons for Israel is fair game. However, I do not hear anyone telling Iran to cease its endless supply of weapons to its proxies close to Israel’s borders – like Hamas, Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Activities Resume Following Labor Day in Schools, Sports and Some Jewish Organizations

Monday was Labor Day and many celebrated by working as little as possible and celebrating the “unofficial end of summer.” Why is it called the “end of summer,” yet summer technically ends Sunday, September 22? [Cailin Acosta]

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