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Volume 14, Issue 11
 
“It is especially despicable when Israel is singled out in ways that apply to no other country. To take just one example, when was the last time you heard of a campus demonstration or a call for boycotts and divestment in response to Turkey’s 47-year occupation of northern Cyprus or its routine bombardment, using American-made jets, of Kurdish militants in Iraq?”
 
 
—Bret Stephens, in his New York Times column, “Anti-Zionism isn’t Anti-Semitism? Someone Didn’t Get the Memo" May 24, 2021
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In Memory of Ido Avigayil

Sarah N. Stern | Date | Published by JNS

He was only 5 years old. He could light up the room with his radiant smile. Ten minutes before his death, he was laughing and dancing, which his mother captured on video.

Then the siren sounded.

Ido Avigayil was sitting on his mother’s lap in the “safe room” in Sderot when the shrapnel of a missile pierced through the window, killing him instantly.

This occurred on day three of last month’s conflict between Hamas and Israel, “Operation Guardian of the Walls.”
 

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After two years of extensive study, Marcus Sheff and IMPACT-SE have just come out with a new, groundbreaking, 200-page report exploring exactly what is being taught in the UNRWA schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.

All of this is extremely timely.

On June 11, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken had stated that the Biden administration’s renewal of funding for UNWRA is contingent upon the reform of the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hate education that has been omnipresent in the UNRWA textbooks, from maps that eliminate the state of Israel, and call it “Palestine”, to praising and glorifying terrorists, and to exhortations to become jihadists and martyrs.

Said the Secretary of State: “We’re also determined that UNRWA pursue very necessary reforms in terms of some of the abuses of the system that have taken place in the past, particularly the challenge that we've seen in disseminating in its educational products antisemitic or anti-Israel information, so we're very focused on that,” Blinken said before the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate regarding the State Department's budget requests for the 2022 fiscal year.

Please join us as we examine whether or not UNRWA has met the conditions set out by the Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
About the speaker: Marcus Sheff was a political reporter at The Nation, an editor at The Jerusalem Post, and a foreign correspondent before heading The Word Shop, a strategic communications firm, for a decade. He worked for Dow Jones International and Advanstar Inc. and was CEO at Intermedia, an international business development firm, before becoming Executive Director at The Israel Project. He has for two decades been involved in global healthcare. He has briefed world leaders, spoken at the United Nations and parliaments, and appears regularly on media. He studied political science and international relations at Leeds University where he was an elected leader of the student union and international relations at Tel Aviv University.
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Israel Just Tested the World's First 'Airborne Laser Weapon' - Interesting Engineering

Why Israel’s move to CENTCOM matters - Jewish Insider

Israel’s Rafael defense firm unveils new consortium to provide cyber security in Dubai - JNS
Palestinian Affairs
‘Get out Abbas’: Thousands protest at funeral of activist who died in PA custody - Times of Israel
Prominent Abbas critic dies in PA custody after ‘vicious beating’ by officers - Times of Israel
PA and Abbas Spit at Biden and Blinken — Vow to Continue Rewarding Terrorists - The Algemeiner
SWC Encouraged by US linkage of renewed UNRWA aid to Curriculum that Doesn’t Promote Incitement - Simon Wiesenthal Center
Hamas UN Gaza talks break down as Sinwar calls for popular resistance - Jerusalem Post
Iran
Reports From Iran Speak Of 'Sabotage', 'Attack' West Of Tehran  - Iran International
Iran initiates unexplained emergency shutdown of nuclear power plant at Bushehr  - ABC
Iran’s next president could be the most repressive figure to ever hold the position  - Washington Post
Iran’s Hardline President-Elect Toes Line, Demands Sanctions End  - Bloomberg
Iran says U.S. to lift oil sanctions, Germany cautious on matter  - Reuters
Iran Atomic Agency Says It Thwarted Attack on a Facility  - New York Times
Iran likely had failed rocket launch, preparing for another  - AP News
Middle East

U.S. Military to Withdraw Hundreds of Troops, Aircraft, Antimissile Batteries From Middle East - Wall Street Journal

Israeli research center exposes how Hezbollah ‘liaisons’ help control Lebanon - JNS

Saudi Arabia presses IAEA over inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites - Times of Israel

US
U.S. wants nuclear deal done before Iran's new president takes power  - Axios
Lapid, Blinken to meet in Rome next week as Iran talks progress  - Jerusalem Post
Antisemitism
Philadelphia food festival canceled after uproar over disinviting Israeli vendor Times of Israel 
2 Million Member US Education Union to Vote on Backing ‘Palestinian Struggle for Justice’ The Algemeiner
German media giant: If you’re anti-Israel, don’t work for us Jerusalem Post
Why I Resigned From the Professional Staff Congress (PSC)-CUNY The Algemeiner
Google Sanctions Use of Anti-Semitic Slogan Free Beacon
Heard on the Hill

Congressional Democrats urge Biden to reverse Trump moves on Israel - Times of Israel

U.S. State Dept denies changes to policy regarding the Golan - U.S. State Department

Phase Two’ Iran Talks Go Kaput - Wall Street Journal
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