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In Egypt, Anti-Semitism Is Back in Fashion
In a piece for Bloomberg, Jeffery Goldberg warns that culturally acceptable anti-Semitism illustrates how far Egypt still has to come,
Anti-Semitism, the socialism of fools, is becoming the opiate of the Egyptian masses. And not just the masses. Egypt has never been notably philo-Semitic (just ask Moses), but today it’s entirely acceptable among the educated and creative classes there to demonize Jews and voice the most despicable anti- Semitic conspiracy theories. Careerists know that even fleeting associations with Jews and Israelis could spell professional trouble.
Israel’s prime minister had an admirable role model in his academic Zionist father, writes Meir Y. Soloveichik in the Weekly Standard.
Benzion Netanyahu was a remarkable man. Long before Benjamin became prime minister, the Netanyahus were one of Israel’s famous families, as a result of the heroic death of Benzion’s eldest child, Yonatan, leading the otherwise triumphant Entebbe raid of 1976. But Benzion Netanyahu was already a major Zionist figure in his own right.
Times of Israel: Israel to allow additional Egyptian forces into the Sinai following foiled terror attack
Haaretz: New intelligence reveals Iranian military nuclear program advancing faster than previously thought
Jerusalem Post: Study completes genetic map of N. African Jews
New York Times: If Assad Falls in Syria
Washington Post: A bloody incident in the Sinai
Wall Street Journal: British Bank Standard Chartered Examined Over Iran Dealings
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