10+ mon, 2+ week ago (225+ words) The CEO of the leading Washington, DC think-tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Mark Dubowitz has been a constant presence on talk shows and opinion sections in the wake of the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7, 2023. Personally sanctioned by the Iranian regime in 2019, and accused in 2022 by Tehran's Intelligence Ministry of having played "a key role in organizing the rebellions against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Dubowitz has repeatedly emphasized that Iran seeks to eliminate Israel through a "ring of fire" strategy that deploys its proxies in Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. Yet the powerful blows struck by the IDF against Iran and its allies over the last year present an opportunity to secure regime change, Dubowitz has argued. The recent military successes against Hezbollah and Hamas, and the destruction of Iran's central air defenses, "proves that the IDF is…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago (425+ words) Friday, January 17th | 17 Tevet 5785 The New York Times reporter who covers the US State Department, Edward Wong, has had a rocky past few weeks, inflicting a series of half-truths and outright falsehoods on Times readers. Wong's technique sometimes is to write a sentence that is technically accurate but leaves out so much significant context that it winds up being functionally inaccurate, or at least highly misleading. Consider, for example, this sentence in a recent Times article about American military aid to Israel: "The annual aid had been about $3 billion, but Mr. [President Joe] Biden increased that amount after Israel began waging war in Gaza after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks by Hamas." Wong uses the same half-truth technique in a different sentence in the same article: "At one point, Mr. Biden said he was withholding a single shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago (403+ words) Friday, February 7th | 9 Shevat 5785 President Trump's proposal to take over Gaza is being greeted by the New York Times with the same mixture of unremitting contempt, historical ignorance, alarmism, and disregard for factual accuracy that has characterized the newspaper's reaction to every other pro-Israel Trump policy initiative. A professor at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School, Eugene Kontorovich, who is also a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said the New York Times is "boldly lying about President Trump's Middle East plans." Kontorovich pointed to a Times news analysis that included a passage stating, "Never mind that he could name no legal authority that would permit the United States to unilaterally assert control over someone else's territory or that the forcible removal of an entire population would be a violation of international law." "Gaza, unlike most places in the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago (296+ words) Israeli National Counterterrorism Unit (Yamam) fighter Arnon Zamora, of blessed memory, was fatally wounded during the daring June 2024 rescue operation in central Gaza that secured the freedom of four hostages seized by Hamas during the terrorists' rampage of Oct. 7, 2023 " Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv. Survived by his wife and two children, Zamora was hailed by then-Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for having "lived and died a hero." Many Israeli commentators noted that Zamora had volunteered to fight during the Hamas invasion, having taken a stand at Yad Mordechai, a battle that was instrumental in halting Hamas's terrorist incursions into Israel. Then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz also conveyed his condolences, paraphrasing King David's lament for King Saul: "Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen." Wednesday, January 15th | 15 Tevet 5785 Be in the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago (386+ words) Ten months after Herzl Halevi took the oath as Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces in January 2023, the Jewish state was shaken to its foundations by the Hamas invasion and subsequent massacre of Oct. 7. In the momentous year that followed his frank admission that the IDF had "failed" on that black day in October, Halevi has commanded Israel's armed forces in Gaza and in Lebanon, as well as dealing with broader threats posed by Iran's proxies around the region, such as the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Amid a rapidly evolving situation that has seen Iran profoundly weakened and Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship in Syria overthrown, Halevi has remained staunchly loyal to the true heroes: the young men and women of the IDF risking their lives on daily basis. "We " the IDF and its commanders " must now focus…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago (380+ words) Israeli TV producer Limor Gott Ronen has been one of the driving forces behind the outpouring of Israeli offerings on a range of different streaming platforms in recent years, among them "Prisoners of War," "False Flag," and "When Heroes Fly." In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 atrocities, Gott Ronen turned her talents to rousing support for Israel as it faced a war on multiple fronts and angry pro-Hamas demonstrations around the world. On the anniversary of the slaughter, Gott Ronen was among what one news outlet described as a "dizzying array of Hollywood actors, comedians, and entertainment executives" who penned a letter to US President Joe Biden urging the release of the hostages seized by Hamas and held captive in Gaza. "We all want the same thing: Freedom for Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace. Freedom…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago (295+ words) At The Algemeiner's 11th annual "J100" gala on Tuesday night, the publication's new chief executive, Dovid Cohen, expressed appreciation for... The post The Algemeiner's CEO Dovid Cohen: 'I Feel a Tremendous Sense of Responsibility to Stand Up, Be Heard' first appeared on Algemeiner.com. At The Algemeiner's 11th annual "J100" gala on Tuesday night, the publication's new chief executive, Dovid Cohen, expressed appreciation for the "warmth and support enveloped by all of you as I assume my new task as CEO of The Algemeiner." Cohen recalled The Algemeiner's founding on Feb. 25, 1972 as a weekly Yiddish newspaper that cost $0.25 with an initial edition that sold out. "Very few things in life are cheaper today than they were 52 years ago. But The Algemeiner today is actually less expensive than that first edition," Cohen said. "The Algemeiner went from Yiddish to English, from print to online, from…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago (585+ words) A new podcast that launched on Tuesday puts a focus on innovation in technology, health care, cybersecurity, and other fields,... The post New Podcast Highlights Israel-UAE Collaborations, Innovation, Entrepreneurship first appeared on Algemeiner.com. A new podcast that launched on Tuesday puts a focus on innovation in technology, health care, cybersecurity, and other fields, and how they are positively impacted by Israel's diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, even amid a war in the Middle East. "Tech Twins " The Israel in Dubai Podcast" will feature conversations with tech industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators. In each episode, they will discuss "the stories behind groundbreaking technologies, the challenges of entrepreneurship, and the cultural exchanges that drive collaboration between these dynamic hubs," according to a description of the podcast provided by the Consulate General of Israel in Dubai, which is producing "Tech…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago (344+ words) A former British Army officer who served in Bosnia, Northern Ireland and the Middle East, Andrew Fox is now a Research Fellow with the pro-democracy British think-tank, the Henry Jackson Society. In December 2024, Fox authored a study that dismantled the casualty figures published by the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza, which does not distinguish between terrorist and civilian casualties and fatalities. The ministry's figures "have been overstated," Fox's research demonstrated. "The data behind their figures contains natural deaths, deaths from before this conflict began, and deaths of those killed by Hamas itself; it contains no mention of Hamas combatant fatalities; and it overstates the number of women and children killed." Fox has also been a vocal opponent of rising antisemitism in the UK, declaring that the problem of Jew-hatred "is not a problem for the Jewish community to solve alone....

10+ mon, 2+ week ago (300+ words) Proudly identifying as a Zionist, Jewish Parisian Caroline Yadan was elected to the French parliament during the country's elections in 2024, achieving her second term as a representative in the National Assembly. During her campaign, alongside messages directed at the general population, Yadan emphasized her desire to fight antisemitism and highlighted her strong support for Israel: "I have always fought antisemitism, but since Oct. 7 and the rise in antisemitism, I am very focused on the fight to eradicate antisemitism, and this is one of my main goals as a parliament member." She added: "For me, it's also a personal matter, and it's important to me to reduce the flames of hatred burning in certain parts of French society. I also do everything to show the French people the positive aspects of Israel and present the country in a positive light." Wednesday,…...