Newsletter—December 9, 2022

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Volume 14, Issue 85

"I think it is appropriate now to declare that I oppose my brother's actions and I express my sympathy with all mothers mourning the crimes of the Islamic Republic, from the time of Khomeini to the current era of the despotic caliphate of Ali Khamenei…Ali Khamenei's Revolutionary Guards and mercenaries should lay down their weapons as soon as possible, and join the people before it is too late.”

------ Badri Hosseini Khamenei, Sister of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, December 7, 2022

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Two former diplomats display their inveterate animus towards Israel

By David Green | December 7, 2022

A Nov. 29 op-ed in The Washington Post by former State Department analyst Aaron David Miller and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer appears to reveal an inveterate animus towards the Jewish state.

Miller and Kurtzer cite the incoming Israeli government—especially soon-to-be ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, as well as returning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—as a pretext to call on the Biden administration to tell Israel that the U.S. will “not provide offensive weapons” to the Jewish state if Israel does not follow the administration’s dictates.

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Antisemitism: Ideologies and Institutions that Help Further the Hate

December 15, 2022 - 12 PM ET

From the halls of Congress and college campuses to corporate board rooms and social and mainstream media, antisemitism from the left, right, the Black community, and the Islamic community is metastasizing with no end in sight. On the heels of the publication of historian Richard Landes’ new book, Can “The Whole World” Be Wrong?: Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, and Global Jihad (Antisemitism in America), Landes and Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Executive Director, Asaf Romirowsky, join us for a discussion of antisemitism in America today, why all Americans should be gravely concerned, and what we should be doing to fight this dangerous hatred.

About the Speaker: Richard Landes Ph.D. was a professor of history at Boston University and a senior fellow at Bar-Ilan University. He currently serves as chair of the council of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. He has written several books, most recently Can “The Whole World” Be Wrong?: Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, and Global Jihad (Antisemitism in America) (2022). He has a BA from Harvard University and an MA and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

About the Speaker: Asaf Romirowsky Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA). Romirowsky is also a senior nonresident research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) and a Professor [Affiliate] at the University of Haifa. Trained as a Middle East historian he holds a Ph.D. in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King's College London, UK, and has published widely on various aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict and American foreign policy in the Middle East, as well as on Israeli and Zionist history.

Romirowsky is co-author of Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief and a contributor to The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel. Recently, he co-edited Word Crimes: Reclaiming the Language of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, a special issue of the journal Israel Studies.

Romirowsky’s publicly-engaged scholarship has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, The American Interest, The New Republic, The Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Ynet, and Tablet among other online and print media outlets.

News

EMET in the News

O Ye of Little Faith: The Anti-Semitism of Kanye West - Commentary

Iran

Mohsen Shekari: Iran carries out first execution over protests - BBC

Sister of Iran's leader condemns his rule, urges Guards to disarm - Reuters

Iranian Regime Eying Venezuela As Sanctuary For Leaders - Iran International

Iranian activist calls out ‘propaganda’ by NYT, says Iran has not abolished morality police as previously reported - OP India

Iranian patrol boat tried to temporarily blind US Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz, US says - CNN

Iran protests: BBC identifies many more people killed in demonstrations after Mahsa Amini's death - BBC

Rise In Iranian Assassination, Kidnapping Plots Alarms Western Officials - Washington Post

Iran’s moment of truth: what will it take for the people to topple the regime? - The Guardian

Israel

Israeli intelligence chiefs see Tehran surviving protests, for now - Reuters

Lockheed Martin to Join Development of Israeli Laser-based Anti-missile System - Ha'aretz

As Israel’s Left Suffers Defeat, So Does Two-State Solution - Wall Street Journal

Antisemitism

Anti-Semitic hate crimes in NYC soared 125 percent in November: NYPD - New York Post

Behind the Global Surge in Anti-Semitism - Wall Street Journal

Report says Harvard university ranks top for campus antisemitism - Jewish Chronicle

Academia’s Selective Deviation from Freedom of Inquiry - Algemeiner

New report reveals severity of antisemitism in Virginia - ABC

America can no longer remain silent about its antisemitism problem - The Hill

Palestinian Affairs

Palestinian Official Calls Jews ‘Apes and Pigs.’ Where’s the Outrage? - Algemeiner

At the World Cup, the Arab world rallies to the Palestinian cause - Washington Post

‘Palestinians are to blame for rise of Israel’s far-right’ says Arab human rights campaigner - Jewish Chronicle

Middle East

CIA warns Turkey that strikes in Syria endanger U.S. troops - Axios

Saudi’s MBS rolls out the red carpet for China’s Xi, in a not too subtle message to Biden - CNN

The Turkish connection: How Erdoğan’s confidant helped Iran finance terror - Politico

Meeting UAE president, Herzog assures him all Israelis support Abraham Accords - Times of Israel

The Middle East in a Multipolar Era - Foreign Affairs

United States

Bipartisan coalition pushes for national strategy on antisemitism - Axios

Blinken to headline anti-Israel J Street conference - World Israel News

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