Volume 13, Issue 26:
"On this Thanksgiving 2019, we, at EMET, would like to extend our profound gratitude to this wonderful country, which has given our people, and all religious minorities, fertile, rich soil in which to plant our roots. We are grateful to live in a nation with our brilliant Constitution, and First Amendment rights. And we are profoundly grateful, as well, to you, our many readers and supporters who enable us to keep on with our noble work of telling the truth about the many challenges within the Middle East, and about our one democratic ally, Israel, throughout the corridors of power, here in Washington."
---- Sarah N. Stern, November 27, 2019
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Israeli Settlements Are a Political, Not a Legal Issue ([link removed])
It was not radical for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to revive the Reagan policy.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has just upended longstanding, widely held opinion about the legality of Israel’s West Bank settlements. Critics say he is off on the law, has radically broken with U.S. policy, and is undermining the pursuit of peace. Those critics are wrong on all scores.
Pompeo made four main points. First, the settlements are not “inherently illegal.” Second, the West Bank’s fate should be determined through negotiations. Third, international law “does not compel a particular outcome” in favor of Israel or the Palestinians. And fourth, the issue is political in nature, not legal, and attacking the settlements’ legality “hasn’t advanced the cause of peace.”
For 35 years U.S. administrations refrained from repeating President Carter’s criticism of Israeli settlements as illegal, Pompeo recounted, but then President Obama broke with this policy by taking the Carter position at the United Nations. President Reagan had rejected Carter’s view. “This administration,” Pompeo said, “agrees with President Reagan.”
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By Douglas J, Feith
National Review
November 22, 2019
EMET Resources
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** Upcoming Event
Dec 10 at 3:30pm, on Capitol Hill:
Eastern Mediterranean Energy Strategy; an Update in Light of the Changing Dynamics in the Region ([link removed])
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Israel
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** UN adopts Israeli resolution on agricultural technology - Arab League abstains ([link removed]) - JPost
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** What those 107 Democrats got wrong ([link removed]) - JNS
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** U.S. policy change on Israeli settlements: a long awaited correction ([link removed]) - JCPA
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** Russia-Israel Relations: Expectations and Reality ([link removed]) - JISS
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Middle East
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** When the Dutch stopped funding the PA's 'Pay-for-Slay' ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Turkey must halt Syrian rebel abuses, Human Rights Watch says ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** With brutal sophistication and no internet, Iran was quick to stamp out protests ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** The fighting continues in Northern Syria ([link removed]) - WSJ
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** Turkey tests Russian S-400 air defense missile system ([link removed]) - The Defense Post
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** The unrest in Iran continues ([link removed]) - JCPA
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** Iran's nuclear violations: JCPOA and beyond ([link removed]) - INSS
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Anti-Semitism
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** Labour anti-Semitism storm: Jeremy Corbyn under increasing pressure to apologise after Andrew Neil interview ([link removed]) - Yahoo! News
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** Europe's labeling of Israeli products recalls Third Reich's boycott of Jews ([link removed]) - The Hill
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** Columbia University to hold Israel divestment referendum; supporters chant 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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** 'Very disturbing': people dressed in Nazi uniforms confront shoppers at supermarket ([link removed]) - The Sydney Morning Herald
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