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** Volume 13, Issue 39:
“There are some who say, ‘If something is wrong, let me be among the first to make it right.' They are the leaders. They are the ones who make a difference in our lifetimes. They are the ones who make ours a better world.”
----Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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** Aiding the Shiite Octopus ([link removed])
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** By Sarah Stern / February 20, 2020
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Earlier this month, I met with Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer, where he described Iran as “the head of the octopus whose tentacles are reaching into Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and from the Middle East, throughout the world.”
Well, one of those tentacles just got a great deal stronger. In January, new elections swept in Hassan Diab as Prime Minister. Mr. Diab is closely aligned with the Iranian proxy, Hezbollah.
Shiite-linked parties also now control more than half of the Lebanese parliament.
After the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War in Lebanon, UN resolution 1701 said that all foreign powers have to leave Lebanon. Israeli troops immediately withdrew. Although Hezbollah Commander, Hassan Nasrallah, promised to honor the resolution, the terrorist group quickly swooped in to fill the void.
As Ambassador Dermer told me, “You go into any house on the Lebanese border with Israel, and they will show you their kitchen, their bedroom, their rocket room.”
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** Israel
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** Former IDF officer speaks to hundreds of California students about Israel's humanitarian aid to Syrians ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** Israel's new strategy in the war with Iran ([link removed]) - Israel National News
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** US-Israel sovereignty committee ready to work as Trump appoints members ([link removed]) - Israel Hayom
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** Palestinian mayor forced to quit for joining anti-Trump plan meet with Israelis ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Palestinian officials face threats, abuse for normalizing ties with Israel ([link removed]) - The Jerusalem Post
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** Bahrain sentences citizen to 3 years in prison for burning Israeli flag ([link removed]) - The Jerusalem Post
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** Gilad Shalit, Israel's son, is getting married ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** Middle East
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** Tunisia fires envoy to UN; he was apparently too critical of Trump peace plan ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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** Iran's Rouhani says no talks with U.S. while 'maximum pressure' campaign is on ([link removed]) - The Wall Street Journal
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** Air strikes hit hospitals, camps in northwest Syria, Turkey demands back ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** 'A horrifying new level': UN says 900,000 displaced in northwest Syria since December ([link removed]) - France24
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** Arab official rules out aid for Lebanon under Hezbollah's sway ([link removed]) - The National
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** Turkey seeks U.S. patriot missiles to deter Russia in Syria ([link removed]) - Bloomberg
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** Scout movement in Lebanon is youth wing of Hezbollah which is 'grooming children as young as four to become Islamic terrorists' ([link removed]) - Daily Mail
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** Family of American held in Lebanon claims he's a hostage, US senator threatens sanctions ([link removed]) - Fox News
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** US sanctions Iranian officials involved in vetting election candidates ([link removed]) - The Hill
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** The inconvenient truth about ISIS ([link removed]) - The Atlantic
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** US warship seizes Iranian weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, Navy says ([link removed]) - Fox News
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** Lebanon's Prime Minister: is he a puppet? ([link removed]) - Asharq Al-Awsat
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** International watchdog to review Iran's status on anti-terror, money laundering laws ([link removed]) - Radio Farda
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** Anti-Semitism
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** New York City's latest tactic to combat anti-Semitism: An ad campaign featuring diverse Jewish New Yorkers ([link removed]) - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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** 'Most visible Jews' fear being targets as anti-Semitism rises ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** First look at 'Viral': New film explores rise of anti-Semitism attacks in US and Europe ([link removed]) - The Wrap
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