Friday, January 18, 2019

Finally, catching up on my email. Glad to be on my way home.

Trudeau: "I Will Continue to Condemn the BDS Movement" - Ryan Maloney (Huffington Post-Canada)

Abbas Celebrates 14th Anniversary of His Four-Year Term - Elliott Abrams  (Council on Foreign Relations)

Haaretz, NY Post Turn Anti-Israel Slogan Into Journalistic Shorthand - Gilead Ini (CAMERA) It's a road and a border wall! Israel’s opening of Route 4370, a strange road that’s half highway and half territorial boundary, was used as an occasion to yet again unholster the apartheid slur. New "Divided" Road near Jerusalem Will Considerably Shorten Travel Time for Palestinians - Shaul Arieli (Ha'aretz)

Rahaf's Saudi family will never, ever stop coming after her (Israel National News)Young Saudis Risk Their Lives in Pursuit of Freedom (Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia) - Phyllis Chesler  While Prof. Chesler (you can see her in a Netflix documentary on feminism) is working on her 5th book, she  reminds us about others who weren't so lucky to escape: Saudi princess Mishaal bint Fahd al Saud (1977), Hamza Kashgari (2012) Dina Ali Lasloom, (2017) , and Eman Al-Nafjian (now)

BDS-backer Ilhan Omar given seat on powerful House Foreign Affairs panel - Eric Cortellessa (Times of Israel) The assignment, chosen by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will give a vehement critic of the Jewish state a voice — and a vote — on the powerful panel that oversees US foreign policy and foreign aid.

More Twisted Facts at Newsweek - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)