In the first conference presentation, titled “The (De) Development of Gaza: Economy, Women, and Youth,” both speakers, Sara Roy and Laila El-Haddad, and the moderator, Rebecca Stein, all are on record having supported various boycotts of Israel. El-Haddad is a vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign...

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March 26, 2019 marks the fourth decade since the signing of the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty. It is a bittersweet anniversary. Relations between Israel and Egypt have long been described as a “cold peace” with little person-to-person contact – so different from the euphoria of the early Eighties when Israelis...

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Several 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have met with AIPAC officials and constituents representing the group in town for the annual policy conference, despite reports of a widespread boycott, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The candidates had earned praise from the far-left activist group MoveOn, which had publicly called on them...

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On Saturday March 23, I attended UNC-Chapel Hill’s (UNC-CH) “Conflict Over Gaza,” which I had hoped might possibly be constructive but in reality, was an anti-Israel hate-fest. The three-day conference was sponsored by UNC’s Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies and the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies. As...

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Dialing 911 in an emergency is something that we’ve all been instructed to do since childhood. And old-fashioned, simple dialing is what most of us are still doing, even in an age of far more sophisticated technology. This is despite the fact that most of us are no longer calling...

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After a tension-filled day, a rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, sending thousands of residents to shelters, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Israel warned that it was ready to launch additional strikes against terror targets in Gaza, as the IDF moved more troops to...

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Arab states no longer “honestly” think about Israel in such negative terms, Nikki Haley told the AIPAC policy conference Monday, as the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations said she has “hope” that anti-Israel bias at the international body is in decline. “I was meeting with a couple...

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One of the perks of my current career has been the opportunity and privilege to attend the annual AIPAC policy conference. In 2019, I attended my fourth consecutive gathering. There are always thrills of seeing old friends and colleagues or attending fascinating breakout sessions on important topics given by experts...

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Hamas announced that it had an accepted an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel after a day of escalation, following a rocket attack by the Gaza-based terror group that destroyed a house in central Israel, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Israeli officials did not confirm that a ceasefire had been agreed...

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In a groundbreaking development, the United States announced Monday that it formally recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the Associated Press reported. The U.S. is the first country to sign such a proclamation. Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump made...

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