A former Middle East negotiator, who served both Democratic and Republican administrations, said the latest flare-up in Gaza was a threat against U.S. interests and those of its allies – orchestrated by the Islamist terrorist group, Hamas and its Iranian patrons – in the face of the Trump administration’s “maximum...

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Jewish peoplehood is under attack by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign and other forms anti-Israel activism and in response, the Jewish community “must build a communications infrastructure,” to address those threats, Josh Block, CEO and president of The Israel Project wrote Tuesday in an op-ed published in the Jewish Journal. Historically, American Jews have risen...

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The Israel Project Mourns the Passing of Shimon Peres The Israel Project (TIP) today deeply mourns the passing of Shimon Peres. The last of Israel’s founding fathers, Peres contributed decisively to Israel’s security in its vulnerable early years, became its leading voice for peace later on, and ultimately served as...

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The passage of legislation against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign in eight states over the past year has sent a strong signal to anti-Israel activists that their “smear campaign to delegitimize and demonize Israel has backfired,” Josh Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, wrote in an op-ed published...

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Bipartisan American support for Israel remains at historically high levels, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. The survey found that 62% of Americans are sympathetic towards Israel, while only 15% favor the Palestinians. The remaining 23% were sympathetic to neither or both sides, or had no opinion. Gallup:...

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There is an “intense struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party” being waged between those who believe that the United States is “the leader of the free world” and those who reject that premise and see rather “hubris, not leadership in America’s history,” Josh Block, president and CEO of The Israel...

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Bipartisan bills have been introduced into both houses of Congress that would protect the rights of state and local governments to withdraw their business from companies or entities that engage in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The bill, known as the Combating BDS Act of 2016, is sponsored by Sens. Mark Kirk...

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Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, warned that if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) doesn’t close its file of past Iranian nuclear violations, the Islamic Republic will stop complying with the terms of the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 powers, Iran’s semi-official PressTV news service reported on...

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David Simha, the president of the Israeli-Palestinian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said on Wednesday that the European Union’s decision to label goods produced by Israeli companies that operate beyond the 1949 armistice lines will most likely hurt the thousands of Palestinians these enterprises employ, rather than have a perceptible effect...

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Voters in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida oppose the nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), by more than a 2 to 1 margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday. Voters in Florida oppose the deal by a margin...

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