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Volume 13, Issue 60:

"Contemporary conspiracy theories are often shorn of content that is explicitly paranormal, but the medieval contours remain: They constitute a kind of secular magic that seeks to expose the devil and his collaborators. The oppressed, both perceived and actual, use them to deflect pain and misery from themselves to a scapegoat.

And that scapegoat is us.

It's not enough for the wretched of the earth to identify their oppressors.
The people of darkness must be rooted out. They have earned the undying
contempt of the children of light. Today the witches are gone, but the Jews remain."

----John Paul Pagano, “Anti-Semitism is a Conspiracy Theory”, Tablet Magazine
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** Going it Alone in the Community of Nations ([link removed])
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** By Sarah Stern / July 16th, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, who had been a close friend of mine, revealed to me what she thought was one of the most difficult days of her professional life. That was when she was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and President Ronald Reagan had just learned of the secret operation that Israel had conducted to bomb Iraq’s nuclear reactor in Osirak on June 7, 1981. In those days, the U.S. was trying to work with Iraq against Iran. She was instructed by President Ronald Reagan to give a speech, condemning Israel’s actions “in no uncertain terms.” She followed his instructions and likened the attack to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

The Security Council then voted unanimously to censure Israel.

Many years later, she told me, that when the United States entered the Gulf War 1991, and again, in the War against Saddam in 2003, she had wished she could eat her words.

The United States has what I like to call “two liquid assets,” bordering us with the Atlantic Ocean on our east and the Pacific in our west, and two benign neighbors on our northern and southern borders. Up until now, that has helped to keep the continental United States relatively safe, with the sole exception of September 11, 2001.

We have periods of foreign policy adventurism and entanglement, fluctuating with periods of retrenchment and isolationism. After our long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States is in no mood for further entanglements. And no one can blame them.

However, Israel is in no such position. A quote, generally attributed to Prime Minister Golda Meir, is “We cannot afford to make a single mistake.” Nor can they afford the luxury of “waiting it out” while Iran has accelerated its nuclear program to near breakout.

As of last week, breakout time was a matter of perhaps 2 to 3 months.

Then, a series of mysterious, clandestine attacks began to occur.

No one knows for sure who is behind this spate of attacks in nuclear facilities throughout Iran, but we know that the Mullahs are not happy about it.

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** Israel
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** The Trump Peace Plan – Aiming Not to Make a Deal, but to Make a Deal Possible ([link removed]) - BESA
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** ‘The unilateral application of Israeli sovereignty is necessary to move the peace process forward’: An Open Letter to Boris Johnson from Yossi Kuperwasser ([link removed]) - Fathom
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** Israel will always be a Jewish state ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** A so-called Israeli “annexation” might provide Palestinians with an opportunity ([link removed]) - AIJAC
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** Cyber attacks again hit Israel’s water system, shutting agricultural pumps ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Hebrew U: Drug could turn Covid-19 into common cold ([link removed]) - Globes
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** EU builds for Palestinians in Area C, FMs speak against annexation ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Israeli research center finds 28 new Hezbollah missile launch sites ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Hamas naval commander, suspected ‘collaborator,’ flees Gaza to Israel – report ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Hamas accuses Saudi media of ‘lies, fabrications’ ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Turkey is increasingly becoming a threat to Israel ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Heard Around the Hill
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** Pelosi endorses Omar for re-election to Minnesota seat ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Senate amendment seeks to ban use of US defense funding for Israeli annexation ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Middle East
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** Explosion as Fire Breaks Out at Iranian Industrial Complex ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** With U.S. Backing, U.N. Confronts Tehran Over Nuclear Work ([link removed]) - Wall Street Journal
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** China ‘strategic accord’ could give Iran a $400 billion boost, up military ties ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** A Doomed Middle-East Peace ([link removed]) - Project Syndicate
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** Jordan’s top court dissolves country’s Muslim Brotherhood ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Videos Allegedly Showing US Military Convoy Ablaze in Southern Iraq Emerge Online ([link removed]) - Sputnik News
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** Libya’s eastern parliament signals support for Egyptian military intervention ([link removed]) - Financial Times
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** Iran
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** Iran vows retaliation if Natanz blast found to be intentional ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Iran vows to 'decisively' deal with anti-regime, economy crisis protests ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** How Iran uses charities and humanitarian organizations as cover to export its revolution ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Iranian security forces clash with protesters chanting 'No Gaza, no Lebanon' ([link removed]) - Israel Hayom
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** US has 'several' indications Iran has put portions of air defense on high alert ([link removed]) - CNN
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** Hagia Sophia resurrection paves way for 'Al-Aqsa liberation', Erdogan says ([link removed]) - The New Arab
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** Long-Planned and Bigger Than Thought: Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** Iran executes alleged spy Reza Asgari for selling CIA info on Iranian missiles ([link removed]) - CBS News
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** Explosion shakes buildings in Tehran - report ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** At Least Three Ships on Fire in Iran’s Bushehr Port ([link removed]) - Bloomberg
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** Anti-Semitism
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** Anti-Semitism Is a Conspiracy Theory ([link removed]) - Tablet
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** Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood? ([link removed]) - The Hollywood Reporter
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** “Day of Rage” Rallies Demonize Jews, Israel ([link removed]) - ADL
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** California school boards forge ahead with controversial ethnic-studies curriculum ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Bias and bigotry on the Syracuse University campus ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Don't accept the myth of 'Jewish privilege' ([link removed]) - JNS
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** How Jewish Twitter users and celebrities took down a virtual anti-Semitic mob ([link removed]) - NBC
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