Volume 13, Issue 10:

"Let's be clear. The last thing the world needs is a failed Palestinian state in between Jordan and Israel. And right now, the Palestinian government is so weak. They have no answer to Hamas. They leave that to Israel to take care of....The one thing that can't happen is the Palestinians obtain independence and in short order this becomes a failed state controlled by Hamas, Hizbullah, ISIS, or al-Qaeda. That is an existential threat to Israel. It is an existential threat to Jordan. It simply can't be." 

---Ambassador David Friedman

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Don't entrust Jerusalem to the Muslims or the Jews (or the French)

That sentiment, held by British officials in Mandate Palestine, was the origin of the idea that the city should instead be internationalized.


By Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute
July 29, 2019
(Photo: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) 

"In his essay in Mosaic on diplomacy, law, and Jerusaelm, the estimable Michel Gurfinkiel asks, 'What is international law?' and comments, 'It's easy enough to doubt, if not to mock, the idea that there is such a thing.' It sure is. The last century of U.S. policy on Jerusalem is a tale of cynicism and sanctimony that makes one wonder whether U.S. officials ever take international law seriously." [Read more]

Middle East

The Saudi-Palestinian Labyrinth - The Ettinger Report

Iran admits a revolutionary guard commander killed in an "Israeli attack" in Iraq on July 19 - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (photo: Iron press) 

Switzerland and the Netherlands suspend fundraising for UN aid agency for Palestinians over graft scandal - JTA (photo: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) 

Why Iran will never give up on nuclear weapons - The American Interest

Jordanian and Palestinian Incitement against Saudi Arabia - Jerusalem Center for Publich Affairs  
Israel 

Iran presence in Iraq threatens Israel, security officials say - Haaretz

Iran, Hamas to open Gaza front if war breaks out in Israeli North, defense officials believe - Haaretz

This is how the IDF prepares for war - Israel National News

Kushner meets Jordan's king, Netanyahu in new tour to discuss peace plan - Times of Israel

US envoy urges 'transparent' investigation of UNRWA over alleged misconduct - Times of Israel

Israel expands its targets against Iran in Iraq, Syria - Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan says Turkey will not keep silent on Israel's new wave of terror - Press Tv (Photo: AFP) 

US Ambassador: Not ready to talk about Palestinian state - CNN

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview on Tuesday: "We believe in Palestinian autonomy. We believe in Palestinian civilian self-governance. We believe that that autonomy should be extended up until the point where it interferes with Israeli security."
Anti-Semitism 

2 Tuscon men are accused of trying to join Islamic State - Tuscon News 

Anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, and 'The Occupation' - JPost

Synagogue in Florida receives anti-Semitic, threatening package - JPost

California gunman posted about anti-Semitic screed before killing 3 at festival - Times of Israel (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)

American Jewry

Injecting race into the debate about Israel empowers anti-Semites - JNS (photo: CUFI via Facebook) 
EMET in the News

Chancellor Merkel supports the radical squad - FrontPage Mag
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