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RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks got the ultimate retweet this week - from President Trump <[link removed]>.

















Students at Amirkabir University in Tehran protest Iran's downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet.



Iranians Take to the Streets






Iranians have been protesting for several days, following the regime's admission that its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane last week, killing all 176 people on board. The Iranian government had denied culpability for the downed airliner for days.

Iranians are risking their lives, calling for the end of the mullahs' regime. President Donald Trump cautioned Iranian officials not to kill the protesters, and he praised the courage of the Iranian people on Twitter. CNN reports <[link removed]>:

"To the leaders of Iran - DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching," Trump wrote. "More importantly, the USA is watching. Turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free! Stop the killing of your great Iranian people!"

The tweet comes hours after the President voiced his administration's support for the protesters, writing on Twitter that he has "stood" with them since he took office nearly three years ago.

Trump's tweet of support for protesters, in Farsi and English, said <[link removed]>: 



Shoshana Bryenpoints out <[link removed]> that President Trump has figured out how to talk to people without their government (in Iran) or the media (here at home) intervening. The idea that the mainstream media - or anyone else - should filter the news that reaches people, is dead.

The President's respect for the people of Iran seems to be reciprocated: protesters purposely walking around rather than stepping on flags of the US and Israel painted on the ground <[link removed]> at the entrance of Beheshti University in Tehran.

Writing at Asia Times, David Goldman notes the Iranian public's dissatisfaction with the regime due to economic stress. He writes <[link removed]>:

Iranians face desperate conditions, if not actual hunger, due to the effect of economic sanctions. Add to this the long-term effects of mismanagement of the country’s scarce water resources… Few countries have endured this level of deprivation outside of full war mobilization, and few have seen such a drastic decline in the number of births. The only modern comparison is Venezuela. Governments with a monopoly of economic resources and the willingness to kill significant numbers of their own citizens can stay in power for quite some time, but there seems no question that Iran’s regime is fragile and prone to destabilization.

Christian Oliver, writing at Politico, takes a slightly broader view, asserting that Iranians are furious over the regime's lies and overall mismanagement of the country <[link removed]>:

There was a common refrain to many of the chants from crowds of students and other critics of the regime: that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his high-brass in the Revolutionary Guards should now resign because of their incompetence.

This is dangerous territory for Iran's rulers. Accusations that the leader is mismanaging the country (and fomenting corruption) plays to a fury that unites the reformist camp with many more conservative Iranians. At both ends of the political spectrum, there’s intense frustration that the Islamic Republic never delivered, and that neighbors like Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates put themselves on the map in a way that Iranians always aspired to, either politically or economically.

...The shooting down of the plane epitomizes both the incompetence of the regime, and the fact that the nation’s brightest and best look to emigrate. The list of fatalities from the flight manifest was a harrowing litany of not only children and newly married couples, but doctors, engineers and scientists.

Finally, two excellent articles on Iran that merit your attention:

- Lee Smith: Obama Passed the Buck. Trump Refused to Play. <[link removed]>
- Karim Sadjadpour: The Sinister Genius of Qassem Soleimani <[link removed]>







Sen. Marco Rubio



Republicans: Fighting Anti-Semitism, Supporting Israel






The Jerusalem Postreports <[link removed]>:

Three [Republican] congressmen, Reps. Ted Budd (R-NC), Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and David Kustoff (R-TN), have introduced H. Res. 782 in order to combat antisemitism in the United States. The resolution is designed to encourage public schools to teach a curriculum on the history of antisemitism and the Holocaust. It will also note the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) and the ongoing issue of antisemitism in American society.

The bill further calls for cooperation between federal law enforcement and state and local officials to hold perpetrators of antisemitism to account and bring them to justice.

Republican Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), along with Democrat Chris Coons (D-DE), introduced an authorization bill that will provide $3.3 billion in annual security assistance to Israel, in accordance with the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Israel. JNS reports <[link removed]>:

Rubio told Reuters the bill was crucial amid “unprecedented threats,” while Coons told the outlet that “the events of the past few days [the killing of Qassam Soleimani and the Iranian missile strikes at a coalition base in Iraq] are a stark reminder of the importance of US assistance to Israel’s security.”

Also this week, JTA reported <[link removed]> that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting state offices from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. South Dakota is the 28th state to have enacted an anti-Israel boycott executive order or legislation.

























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This is how the PA builds on Israeli nature reserves <[link removed]>A petition has been filed with the Jerusalem District Court Wednesday against the Palestinian Authority, which built an illegal school within the Nahal Macocha Nature Reserve, on state land... The site where the illegal construction was carried out spans some 18,000 dunams (4,450 acres) in the northern Judean Desert, extending from Mount Hatzor to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. The reserve is home to several species of rare flowers such as the Judean iris and the Tulipa agenensis, as well as several rare bird species. The sign posted on the school, which was built with EU funding and other foreign funds, indicates that the structure is owned and owned by the State of Palestine - Ministry of Education and Higher Education.


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