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#OnThisDay FEB 27th...1991: (First) Gulf War is Over (Saddam Hussein remains in power)...1949: (Trans) Jordan-Israel Armistice Talks Open/ Lebanon Talks set...1957: Israeli FM Golda Meir meets with Sec State Dulles re Gaza/Sinai....1933: The Reichstag Fire open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

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RIP Gene Hackman variety.com/2025/film/ob...

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"ON THIS DAY- Israel" for February 26.....1993: The (First) World Trade Center Bombing…..1969: Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol Dies (His successor: Golda Meir)... 1991: Kuwait is Liberated - Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City...

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Video of this morning's address by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (from Israel) to "AIPAC's Congressional Summit" in Washington DC Netanyahu spoke, a little-delayed, for just under 15 minutes (audio quality not the finest) www.youtube.com/live/9SHlaPx... #Israel#AIPAC #Netanyahu

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Can view #Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin #Netanyahu speaking at AIPAC's Congressional Summit today, Tuesday at 8.45 am (EST) (or just after) Via Video- not in person! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SHl... #AIPAC

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From 1952 or 1953: Fascinating Video - Interview with (Former) first US Ambassador to Israel, James Grover McDonald (who #OnThisDay in 1949 became the first US Ambassador to Israel) youtube.com/watch?v=vBFw... - More about James G. McDonald en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G... #Israel #USIsrael

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"Highlights" from today's #ONTHISDAY ISRAEL - February 25...1994: Baruch Goldstein's Hebron Massacre...1996: Hamas Suicide Bombings...1949: First US Ambassador to Israel Named.....1956: Khruschev's "Secret Speech" Denouncing Stalin...1971: Conference on Soviet Jewry.... 2008: AIPAC Moves Offices..

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"Making Peace With Israel" - As today marks the 76th Anniversary of the first of the Israel-Arab (Egypt) Armistice agreements…A look at peace-making. (And no I’m not asserting that Israel has never made mistakes!) Making Peace With Israel open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

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RIP... Robert Flack dies at age 88. Immortal - especially if you're of the age to remember her from the early 1970s -for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song" www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjrc... #RobertaFlack

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Israel's Opposition Leader, Yair Lapid speaking now at the "AIPAC Congressional Summit" being held in Washington DC- Can watch live at youtube.com/live/GiGTx73... #AIPAC #YairLapid

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Via @jewishinsider.com's @marcrod.bsky.social "Congressional leaders, Israeli officials, NSC’s Trager to address AIPAC summit - Attendees will take to the Hill to advocate for legislation on Iran sanctions and U.S.-Israel cooperation" jewishinsider.com/2025/02/aipa... @aipac1.bsky.social #AIPAC

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#OnThisDay Feb 24...1949: Israel and Egypt Sign Armistice Agreement Under Auspices of Ralph Bunche...1942: Sinking of "The Struma"off the coast of Turkey - Almost 800 Jewish Refugees Killed ...1991: US Forces Enter Iraq….1981: Georgetown U Returns $600,000 to Libya open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

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Some things don’t change too much…10 years ago today - #OnThisDay in 2015: Code Pink and other “Hate Israel/Hate aipac” groups were preparing, announcing in press release “Peace Activists Protest AIPAC’s Bellicose Policies re Iran and Palestine during AIPAC Summit” www.codepink.org/peace_activi...

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A few past "On This Day" for February 23... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFfT... #OnThisDay

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40 Years Today: First Meeting with My Two Future Bosses: The Washington Institute's Martin Indyk and AIPAC's Steve Rosen open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

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After today's announcement that Ariel and Kfir Bibas were strangled it's clear: "Evil Truly Does Walk the Earth" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #Hamas #Gaza

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Israel after Shiri Bibas ...Besides obvious disgust at Hamas and contempt at the responses - and non-responses - of Israel haters; 3 questions 1) WHY? What motivated the non-return of Shiri Bibas? 2) HOW? Can one determine how Ariel & Kfir Bibas died? 3) WHAT NOW? What should Israel do now...

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‘For Peter Beinart, focusing on the right of Jews to be secure from terrorists is immoral’

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The identification may take 6–24 hours. If Kfir Bibas is in one of the coffins, his identification could be difficult. Forensic scientists use dental records, but Kfir had none. His teeth never had the chance to grow in. He was just a sweet baby. My heart is shattered 💔

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“On This Day” -February 20….1977: Breira - First (and only) Breira Conference...1939: 20,000 at Nazi Rally (German American Bund) at Madison Square Garden...1958: UK Government Demanding Israeli Territorial Concessions open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #Breira #AmericanKews #AmericanNazis

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Attempts to Absolve Hamas of Child Murder open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

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#OnThisDay FEB 19...1979: PLO's Yasser Arafat in #Iran Meeting with Khomeini who gives #PLO Israeli Defacto Embassy in Tehran...1949: Truman Congratulates Chaim Weizmann on becoming President of #Israel... 1942: Executive Order 9066 ("Japanese American Internment") open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

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As mark 500 Days since the October 7th 2023 Hamas-inflicted horrors on Israel; a reminder of what was the IMMEDIATE response of Israel haters. My Times of Israel piece from last October "How Israel’s Detractors Responded to October 7: The first 24 Hours" blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-israels-...

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It's bad enough being "attacked" by haters of Israel. But I find it really obnoxious when those attacks come from either the Zionist left. Or the Zionist right. As I just posted...(Feel free to follow my FREE! Substack michaellewisonline.substack.com #Jews #Israel #Zionism #AntiIsrael

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Flashback.... #OnThisDay in 1919: "Proskurov" - The Proskurov Pogram in the Ukraine. Cossacks slaughter 1,500 Jews in a single day. haaretz.com/jewish/2016-... #Proskurov #Pogrom #Ukraine #Cossacks #Antisemitism

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"Life as a long distance, Jewish (and Pro-Israel) Supporter of the English Football (Soccer) Club, Queens Park Rangers (QPR)" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #QPR

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#OnThisDay - FEB 14....1949: First Meeting of #Israel's “Constituent Assembly"/First Knesset...1989: #Iran- Ayatollah Khomeini's "Fatwa" vs Salman #Rushdie... 2005: Ex #Lebanon PM Rafik Hariri Killed...1989: Israel Drive to Gain US Jewish support open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

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Concern For Israel and About Israel and For the US Jewish-Israeli relationship: Some off-the-cuff musings and concerns open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #AmericanJews

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"On This Day" February 13.... 1955: 4 #DeadSeaScrolls....2019: #AIPAC Statement on its Involvement in Political Process...1997: Clinton-Netanyahu Meeting...1944: @nytimes.com re Palestine and Jews...1939: Article re #EIchmann open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...?

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From @jewishinsider.com's Matthew Kassel "Is AIPAC’s big bet on Elfreth paying off? The freshman Democrat from Maryland was viewed by pro-Israel leaders as a standout ally. Her early record is raising questions about those assumptions" jewishinsider.com/2025/02/aipa... #AIPAC #SarahElfreth

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From the American Jewish Committee (AJC) @ajcglobal.bsky.social "The State of Antisemitism in America 2024" www.ajc.org/Antisemitism... #AJC #Antisemitism #USAntisemitism

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Antisemitic Incidents in the UK in 2024 - via the British Community Service Trust (CST) - @cstuk.bsky.social #Antisemitism #UKAntisemitism

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Today’s #OnThisDay - ISRAEL for Febr 12, including....1996: Israeli PM Shimon Peres calls for New Elections (Loses to Netanyahu)...1996: Arafat sworn in as President Palestinian Council...2006: Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Founded...1979: Iranian Revolution … open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

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#JTA re Betar US “A century-old Zionist group is being rebooted — and wants Jews to 'fight back' on the street @Jta.org www.jta.org/2025/02/11/u... #Betar #AmericanJews

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#OnThisDay Feb 11...1986: Natan #Sharansky Freed by Russia/flies to #Israel...1979: Ayatollah #Khomeini in Defacto Charge in Iran...2019: #IlhanOmar re #AIPAC "It's all about the Benjamins Baby" (Feb 10)...2008: Rep #TomLantos Dies…1990: #Mandela Freed open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #SovietJews

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Today's ON THIS DAY - FEBRUARY 10 open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #Israel

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REMINDER...On OCTOBER 7th 2023: The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) (which includes CAIR and American Muslims for Palestine) statement "USCMO Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Calls for Immediate End to Atrocities in Occupied Territories" uscmo.org/uscmo-stands...

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Netanyahu had a straightforward message for the 30 Jewish college students and recent graduates he met: Fight back. “If you fight, you’ll be respected. If you bow your head, you’ll be despised and not respected. You’ve gotta fight. That’s the most important thing."

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#75Years ago today #OnThisDay in 1950: The start of what became known as "McCarthyism." In Wheeling, West Virginia; Senator Joseph McCarthy speaks of having a list (actual number "evolved") of known communists working in the State Department www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textboo... #McCarthyism

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#OnThisDay- February 8 including among others: 2005: Ariel Sharon-Mahmoud #Abbas Sharm El-Sheikh Summit(with Mubarak and Abdullah)...2020: AIPAC Apologizes...1978: Amb. Herzog Urges #Jewish Unity with #Israel... 1983: Sharon Resigning as Defense Minister open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

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And also something for @los-angeles-fc.bsky.social #LAFC to have to deal with given that Ruben Gnanalingam is a Director and Partner - Via @jewishchron.bsky.social www.thejc.com/news/uk/qpr-...

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That's "MY" English soccer club you're writing about! #QPR

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The Weekly "Middle East Views" compilation preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1091...

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#OnThisDay February 7th including.... 1999: Jordan's #KingHussein Dies age 63....1995: World Trade Center Bombing I: #RamziYousef Detained in Pakistan/Brought to US…2021: #AIPAC Mourns Passing of Former Secretary of State, George Shultz... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #Israel #USIsrael

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