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John Fetterman Signals ‘Enthusiastic’ Support for Pro-Israel Trump Cabinet Picks
(Nov. 25, 2024) US Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) expressed excitement about the incoming Trump administration’s seemingly pro-Israel posture, suggesting that he will seek bipartisan opportunities to advance policies that favor the Jewish state. During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream, Fetterman reiterated that he wants Israel to continue its ongoing wars…
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Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Deal ‘Tantamount to a Hezbollah Defeat,’ Says Leading War Studies Think Tank
(Nov. 28, 2024) The terms of the newly minted ceasefire agreement to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah amounts to a defeat for the Lebanese terrorist group, although the deal may be difficult to implement, according to two leading US think tanks. The deal requires Israeli forces to gradually withdraw from southern Lebanon, where they…
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France Believes Israel’s Netanyahu Has Immunity From ICC Arrest Warrant
(Nov. 27, 2024) France said on Wednesday it believed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had immunity to actions by the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is seeking his arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza, given Israel has not signed up to the court statutes. France‘s view, issued a day after the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah…
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Thomas Friedman explains how devastating Israel’s attacks on Iran have been
By BERNIE BELLAN I’m not sure how many readers follow Thomas Friedman’s writing in the New York Times; after all, he’s been highly critical of Netanyahu for years, which probably makes him persona non grata for a lot of you. But, on Tuesday, November 26, Friedman wrote a piece that was so particularly incisive –…
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Memoir of child of Holocaust survivors takes riveting twists
Book Review by Julie Kirsh (former Sun Media News Research Director)Exclusive to The Jewish Post“We used to Dream of Freedom, A Memoir of Family, the Holocaust, and the Stories We Don’t Tell”By Sam Chaiton (Dundurn Press) 2024Sam Chaiton’s memoir of growing up with Holocaust survivor parents in downtown Toronto in the 1950s is a compelling…
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Can Donald Trump “Fix” Higher Education in the United States?
By HENRY SREBRNIK When protests disrupted campuses nationwide in the United States last year celebrating the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, signs and chants demanded “Divest!” and “Cease-fire now!” This fall, much of the protest language has grown darker, echoing language used by Hamas, and declaring “Glory to the resistance!”Some protesters now refer to…
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CAROL SLATER (née GENSER)
With great courage on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, surrounded by her family. Treasured daughter of the late Esther and the late Percy. Beloved wife of Ron for 69 years. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Charles and Dina Slater, Erin and Joe Battat, Adam and Kit, Claudia and the late David. Cherished grandmother of Zach, Robert…
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Canadian University Hires Convicted Terrorist Who Bombed Paris Synagogue to Teach ‘Social Justice’
Carleton University in Ontario, Canada is being castigated for hiring convicted terrorist Hassan Diab — who carried out a 1980 bombing of a synagogue in Paris, which killed four Jewish worshippers and injured dozens of others — as a professor. Diab, 70, is teaching at least one course in Carleton University’s sociology department this fall,…
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Samidoun: Organization founded in Canada listed as terrorist entity by Government of Canada
On October 15 the Government of Canada officially listed an organization known as Samidoun as a terrorist organization. Here is part of the statement released by Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc on October 15 :“Violent extremism, acts of terrorism or terrorist financing have no place in Canadian society or abroad.” “The listing of Samidoun as…
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Secret documents reveal Iran, Hezbollah knew of Oct. 7 plan
Hamas pleaded with Iran to join its Oct. 7, 2023 attack months in advance, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing documents seized by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza back in January. According to the report, the deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, Khalil al-Hayya, informed senior Iranian commander Mohammed Said Izadi of the plot…
