Volume 13, Issue 23:

“We will always remember and implement the basic rule that has guided us. Israel will defend itself, by itself, against any threat. The IDF is prepared to pre-empt any threat defensively or offensively, with crushing strength, in weaponry and in spirit. This is the tremendous spirit that was installed in us by the generation of the Yom Kippur War”
---Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , October 10, 2019

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The betrayal of the Kurds ([link removed])
Trump's impetuous move destabilized the entire region, with national security implications for generations to come.

As an American and as a Jew who has wondered throughout my life how the world could have turned their backs on us during World War II, I am horrified that the United States is once again turning our backs on our friends and allies, the Kurds.

The withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria constitutes an almost irredeemable black mark on American foreign policy. There are over 11,000 graves filled with the bodies of Kurds who made the ultimate sacrifice in fighting side-by-side with us against ISIS. (Contrast this to the 15 US service men who, also unfortunately lost their lives in that fight).

By Sarah N. Stern
The Times of Israel Blog
October 20, 2019

Middle East
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** Israel and Gulf states are going public with their relationship ([link removed]) - Bloomberg
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** Trump gave Erdogan everything he wanted ([link removed]) - Bloomberg
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** Turkey, Russia start clock on Kurdish withdrawal from Northern Syria ([link removed]) - WSJ (photo: Associated Press)
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** As US withdraws, Jerusalem spooked by Moscow's growing control over Middle East ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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** Erdogan's ambitions go beyond Syria. He says he wants nuclear weapons. ([link removed]) - NY Times
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** Was the American decision to abandon the Kurds a surprise? ([link removed]) - JCPA
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** Lebanon's Hezbollah under rare street pressure ([link removed]) - Yahoo News (photo: (AFP Photo/Anwar AMRO)
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** Putin is the new king of Syria ([link removed]) - WSJ (Photo: Pavel Golovkin/Associate Press)
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Israel
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** As mandate passes to Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz, all eyes now turn to Mandelblit ([link removed]) - JNS Press (photo: Yonatan Sindel)
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** Charged with forming coalition, Gantz asks Netanyahu to join, vows to heal rifts ([link removed]) - Times of Israel
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** Israel said bracing for direct cruise missile or drone attack by Iran ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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Anti-Semitism
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** Hate crimes targeting Jews more than double in year in England and Wales, new data shows ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner (photo: Vincent Kessler)
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** Why anti-Zionism is worse than anti-Semitism ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** UK Jewish groups condemn desecration of Synagogue cemetery ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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Palestinian Affairs
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** Terrorists call for killing Jews - from UN HQ in Gaza ([link removed]) - Gatestone Institute

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