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Volume 13, Issue 57:

"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting"

--- Milan Kundera
Jump to: Middle East (#Middle East) Israel (#Israel) Anti-Semitism (#Anti-Semitism)
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** Shattering the Illusions of Oslo ([link removed])
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** By Sarah Stern / June 24, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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Within the next week, the government of Israel will decide whether or not to implement a part of the Trump “Peace to Prosperity” plan by extending sovereignty over 30 percent of Judea and Samaria, and the Jordan Valley. This represents a significant paradigm shift away from the Oslo Accords.

Paradigms are difficult things to break from. For the last 27 years, an elaborate crystal palace chiseled from Oslo was erected and has taken firm root in the brains of many well-intentioned people. Since its signing on Sept. 13, 1993, the agreement has caused an enormous industry of professional “peace processors” to spring up. These folks stand a lot to gain—and everything to lose—both financially and in terms of their own personal reputations by looking squarely at the facts on the ground of what has transpired since that time.

“Two states for two people” and “land for peace” are lovely aphorisms, and make for nice bumper stickers. Responsible foreign policy, however, entails delving into the sobering reality and looking at the facts, as vexing as they might be.

The night after signing the Oslo Accords, PLO chief Yasser Arafat went on Jordanian television and said that this was “the peace of the brave”—words many in the West immediately embraced and interpreted to mean Arafat displayed the courage to finally make peace with the Israelis. However, he then added that this was “like the prophet Mohammad signed with the tribe of Koresh.”

That part of the sentence has been ignored, long forgotten from our collective memories. It references the fact that Mohammad had entered into a peace agreement with the tribe of Koresh—a stronger tribe—only to gain attack them later and totally vanquish them.

Such is the selective editing of many of us in the West, who tend to think with our cardiac organs and not our cranial ones. A “group think” mentality subsequently set in. We therefore sleep well at night, safe on this side of the Atlantic and far from having to deal with the bloody consequences of these monumental decisions.

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On Wednesday, July 1st Israeli lawmakers will vote on whether or not to extend Israeli sovereignty over certain communities in Judea and Samaria, and possibly, the Jordan Valley.

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** Heard Around the Hill
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** No final decision at White House talks on Israeli annexation moves, U.S. officials say ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** Letter from Republican lawmakers voices firm support for sovereignty bid ([link removed]) - Israel Hayom
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** 189 House Democrats warn against Netanyahu’s annexation plans ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Secretary Michael R. Pompeo At a Press Availability on the Release of the 2019 Country Reports on Terrorism ([link removed]) - The U.S. Department of State
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** Don’t Buy the ‘Annexation’ Hype ([link removed]) - Wall Street Journal
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** Are US international agreements carved in stone? ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Ron Dermer: We must stop pursuing a two-state illusion and commit to a realistic two-state solution ([link removed]) - Washington Post
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** The great myth of Israeli annexation ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Israel, UAE launch partnership to fight coronavirus ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Mossad chief visits Jordan’s king amid annexation tension ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Amid questions over shooting, police release video of driver ramming checkpoint ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Hadassah Hospital First with Tested COVID-19 Vaccine ([link removed]) - Jewish Press
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** MEPs call for further investigations into EU funding of Palestinian terror ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Palestinians and Israelis Will Both Gain From Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank ([link removed]) - Newsweek
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** America, Keep Your Word. Don’t Delay Trump's Peace Plan, and Israel’s Biblical Sovereignty ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** Middle East
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** Suspected Israeli air strikes kill seven pro-government fighters in Syria: Report ([link removed]) - Middle East Eye
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** Explosion reported near Tehran, as Iraq detains Iran-backed militia ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** U.S. doubles bounty on ISIS leader to $10 million ([link removed]) - CNBC
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** Turkey slammed for airstrike that killed three women in Syria ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** U.S. to free imprisoned Hezbollah financier early due to coronavirus ([link removed]) - Y Net News
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** Ex-IDF intel chief: Iran will respond to overnight airstrikes in Syria ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Anti-Semitism
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** New Tel Aviv University Study Shows Massive Wave of Coronavirus-Related Antisemitism Sweeping Globe ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** UK Labour Leader Axes Top Party Official for Sharing Article Promoting ‘Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory’ ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** Brazilian pastor prays for second Holocaust to ‘destroy the Jews like vermin’ ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** New York Times Revives Apartheid Charge Against Israel Amid Anti-Annexation Push ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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