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Volume 13, Issue 62:
"This newsletter is dedicated in solidarity with the families of the more than 135 people who have died, the 5000 who have been wounded, and the over 300,000 who have been left homeless from the horrific explosion in Beirut this week. We hope that the good people of Lebanon will finally be able to find some stability and security, one day, which will only come when they extricate themselves from the pernicious stranglehold of Hezbollah, once and for all.
It is also dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, prodigious author, scholar and theologian who was long considered one of the greatest commentators on Judaism of the current time. Rabbi Steinsaltz passed away this morning in Jerusalem. May his memory be for a blessing."
---Sarah Stern, Founder & President of EMET
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** A Cautionary Tale: The Marriage Between the Persian Lion and the Chinese Dragon ([link removed])
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** By Sarah Stern / August 5th, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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The Chinese dragon and the Iranian lion have merged together in a pact that might forever alter the balance of power in the Middle East. China, with a population of 1.393 billion people and a land mass of 3.705 million square miles is merging with Iran, with a population of approximately 84 million people and a land mass of 636,000 square miles which would post a significant threat to the stability of the region, and the entire world.
Iran has been cash-starved by the US led sanctions, and China sees this as a way of getting heavily discounted oil from the current Iranian surplus, and access into the vast Persian territory for China’s hegemonic “Belt and Road” initiative. They will be participating in joint military exercises intelligence sharing, and research and development of weaponry.
Both are sworn enemies of the United States, and neither could be trusted when it comes to Israel’s national security interests.
On Friday, in his Eid al-Adha address, the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated “our main enemy is the US and their regime,” and revelled over our current economic problems, racial issues, and difficulties in containing the pandemic, gloating over the notion that “currently the American people are the greatest enemy to the US regime.”
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** Middle East
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** Hezbollah Pushes Lebanon Toward Iranian Domination ([link removed]) - BESA Center
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** Beirut explosion rocks Lebanon's capital city ([link removed]) - CNN
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** A Crumbling Lebanon Demands a Lifeline, Not War, and Hezbollah May Have to Change Course ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** Lebanon Is Collapsing and Urgent Reform Is Desperately Needed ([link removed]) - FDD
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** Will Beirut blast make Hezbollah remove arsenal from residential areas? ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** If need be, Hezbollah, Lebanon will be made to pay ([link removed]) - Israel Hayom
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** Hezbollah operatives seen behind spike in drug trafficking, analysts say ([link removed]) - Washington Post
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** The Beirut blast changes everything ([link removed]) - JNS
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** A Shattered City ([link removed]) - National Review
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** Hezbollah Will Not Escape Blame for Beirut ([link removed]) - Bloomberg
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** Saving Lebanon ([link removed]) - Newsweek
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** With Hezbollah in charge, the destruction of Beirut was matter of time ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Israel
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** Israel Strikes Hamas Target in Gaza After Explosive-laden Balloons Launch, Army Says ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** IDF downs drone trying to enter Israeli territory from Lebanon ([link removed]) - i24 News
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** Nasrallah threatened to blow up Israel with same chemicals as Beirut blast ([link removed]) - Jerusalem Post
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** Israel offers Lebanon humanitarian and medical aid following Beirut disaster ([link removed]) - JNS
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** IDF’s border alertness prevents second attempt at purported retaliation by Hezbollah-Iran axis ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Israel Strikes Syrian Military Sites After It Reported Foiling Border Attack ([link removed]) - Wall Street Journal
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** Tel Aviv City Hall Illuminated With Lebanese Flag in Show of Solidarity After Deadly Beirut Blast ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** Head of Hospital in Galilee Pleads With Lebanon to Send Beirut Disaster Victims to Israel ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** After recent tensions, Israel offers aid for devastated Beirut ([link removed]) - Washington Post
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** Culture Wars
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** Advice to Jewish celebs: Grow up! ([link removed]) - JNS
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** Anti-Semitism
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** WATCH: ‘Hitler Was Right’ Banner Hung Over Arizona Highway, 4 Men Arrested ([link removed]) - United with Israel
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** Even during the pandemic, it’s always the Jews… ([link removed]) - JNS
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** EMET in the News
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** ‘Aliyah’: Living the Zionist dream, building the modern state ([link removed]) - JNS
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** American Jewish groups react to Elliott Abrams as new special representative to Iran ([link removed]) - JNS
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