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Volume 13, Issue 53:
"'I believe that the nations are with us, and if, for various reasons which I do not want to go into, several governments condemn and may repeat it in the Security Council, well, my friends, what can we do? We are an ancient people. We are used to it. We survived. We shall survive."
----- Prime Minister Menachem Begin, on authorizing Operation Opera
Today marks the 39th anniversary of Operation Opera on the Hebrew Calendar, in which Israel eliminated the Iraq nuclear bomb
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** By Sarah Stern / May 27, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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Patriotic citizens throughout the United States just commemorated Memorial Day, when we honor those courageous Americans who were prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice so that others can live in freedom. We remember with gratitude, for example, those courageous men who stormed the beaches of Normandy, in which 2,500 American soldiers lost their lives in a single day.
This pivotal operation during World War II was the beginning of the turning of the tide by the Allies against the Nazis. I shiver to think where we would be today without the heroism of those brave American men.
Sometimes, freedom takes the ability to look squarely into the face of evil and to acknowledge that we have no choice but to confront that evil. If not for our sake, then for the sake of our children.
Which brings us to another anniversary.
This past weekend, we also commemorated 20 years since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, on May 24, 2000, after an 18-year occupation. Israel originally went there to protect the predominantly Christian Southern Lebanese Army, which was besieged by Hezbollah. The Israelis had created a narrow “security zone” they felt was necessary to provide Israel with the protection from Hezbollah’s attacks into northern Israel from Lebanese territory.
The Israel Defense Forces were instructed not to act offensively, but simply to respond when they were directly confronted by Hezbollah. In the eyes of many in the Israeli public, it was excruciating to watch their sons be “like sitting ducks” for Hezbollah and to return home in body bags.
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** Ahlam Tamimi’s Middle East Terror Morality Tale (Part Two) ([link removed]) - Jihad Watch
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** Iran’s head rabbi berates Israelis, Netanyahu: ‘You don’t represent Judaism’ ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Incendiary balloons return, balloon units threaten more launches ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Hezbollah's Nasrallah warns of 'great war' on all fronts with Israel ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Hezbollah leader says Israel spared its operatives in Syria to avoid all-out war ([link removed]) - N World
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** Amid U.S. Pressure, Israel Rejects Chinese Bid for Major Infrastructure Project ([link removed]) - Wall Street Journal
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** ICC Requests Palestinians Clarify Whether Oslo Accords Still Stand ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** Israel, the EU, and International Law ([link removed]) - The National Review
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** Israel-Turkey relations could be in for a change ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Fearing fiscal collapse, Iraq requests Gulf funds ([link removed]) - Arabian Business
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** Saudi Arabia to send ambassador back to Iraq soon ([link removed]) - Saudi Gazette
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** Iran has spent $30 billion in Syria: Prominent MP ([link removed]) - Al Arabiya
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