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Volume 13, Issue 50:
"In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles."
----- David Ben Gurion
Jump to: Middle East (#Middle East) Israel (#Israel) Anti-Semitism (#Anti-Semitism)
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This photo was published in the LAF website, along with an article about the joined military efforts of LAF and Hezbollah against ISIS in Arsal, at the Syrian Lebanese border. In the photo you can see a Lebanese flag and a Hezbollah flag, while beneath the flags there are Hezbollah combatants.
** Watching Hezbollah Entrench Itself in Lebanon ([link removed])
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** By Sarah N. Stern / May 8, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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20 years ago, on May 15, 2000, I was attending a small, elite gathering of a major lobbying organization in Washington. Dennis Ross, who had then been the Special Middle East Coordinator for President Bill Clinton addressed the group. Those were the days when negotiations were in full swing between then Syrian President Haffez al-Assad, and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak of about giving up the Golan Heights.
During that briefing, Ambassador Ross casually mentioned that “We have people in our embassy in Damascus, and they watch every day, as Boeing 747 planes leave from Tehran with men, arms and equipment for Hezbollah, refuel in Damascus and land in Beirut."
I raised my hand, and asked Mr. Ross how, when the Clinton administration was in the midst of serious discussions with Haffez Assad, they are allowing this to happen. His response: "Yes, I have brought this up to President Clinton, and he expressed his concern."
“Expressing concern” is diplomatic double-speak for barely doing anything.
Just 10 days after that fateful meeting, on May 25, 2000, Israel withdrew from Southern Lebanon.
Now is the time to reflect and examine how that withdrawal worked out.
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** EMET in the News
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** Congress members push for suspending U.S. assistance to Lebanese Armed Forces ([link removed]) - Jewish News Syndicate
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** Congress members push for extradition of wanted terrorist Ahlam Tamimi from Jordan ([link removed]) - Cleveland Jewish News
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** Antipathy on display ([link removed]) - One News Now
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** Letters to the Editor: What Israel should do now ([link removed]) - The Washington Post
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More EMET in the News:
* Jewish News Syndicate - Congress members push for extradition of wanted terrorist Ahlam Tamimi from Jordan ([link removed])
* Sanad (Arabic) - Members of Congress demand that Jordan hand over the liberated editor Ahlam Al-Tamimi ([link removed])
** Israel
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** Palestine says to sue U.S. for supporting Israel's plans to annex Palestinian lands ([link removed]) - Xinhua Net
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** Israel demands major changes in UN peacekeeping in Lebanon ([link removed]) - AP News
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** Under cover of COVID-19, Israel seems to intensify its attacks against Iran in Syria ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** Pompeo planning trip to Israel despite coronavirus restrictions ([link removed]) - Axios
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** U.S. salutes Jewish People who 'demonstrate an unbreakable spirit' ([link removed]) - Israel National News
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** Rocket fired from Gaza into Israel; IDF tanks respond, hitting 3 Hamas positions ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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** Hezbollah doesn't want another war with Israel, yet ([link removed]) - The Jerusalem Post
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** Danon: No need for a UNIFIL paralyzed by Hezbollah ([link removed]) - The Jerusalem Post
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** Israel isolates coronavirus antibody in 'significant breakthrough' ([link removed]) - Israel Hayom
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** Middle East
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** The Turkish sultan's dubious charm offensive ([link removed]) - Jewish News Syndicate
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** Obama alums wrong on all counts in attacks on Trump Mideast peace plan ([link removed]) - New York Post
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** U.S. eyes troop drawdown in Egypt's restive Sinai ([link removed]) - The Wall Street Journal
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** Iraq chooses new Prime Minister, an ex-intelligence Chief backed by U.S. ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** U.S. to remove Patriot Missile batteries from Saudi Arabia ([link removed]) - The Wall Street Journal
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** Coronavirus by air: the spread of coronavirus in the Middle East ([link removed]) - BBC News
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** Iran begins pulling troops out of Syria ([link removed]) - YNet News
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** Anti-Semitism
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** First hand account of anti-Semitism experienced in UCLA ([link removed]) - Ha'Am
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** German Far-Right AfD leader mourns allied victory over Nazis as 'Day of Absolute Defeat' ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** New York's universities stand up against BDS and anti-Semitism ([link removed]) - Romirowsky
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