Today’s Top Stories
1. Sanity prevails (for now) at Oberlin, as the college’s powers-that-be threw down the gauntlet on anti-Semitism. The Washington Post explains:
Oberlin College’s Board of Trustees has labeled social media posts by Joy Karega, an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition, as “anti-Semitic and abhorrent” and has demanded that school leaders “challenge the assertion that there is any justification for these repugnant postings” and report back.
2. Cairo accused Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood for last year’s assassination of prosecutor general, Hisham Barakat in a car bombing.
“Hamas trained, prepared, and oversaw the implementation” of the attack, he said in an address broadcast by state and private media, which also aired confessions by some of the alleged perpetrators.
Meanwhile, the Shin Bet arrested a Palestinian who oversaw a terror cell in Egypt in order to plan and carry out attacks in Israel. The cell reportedly had ties to Hamas.
3. Anti-Semitism row threatens to divide the UK Labour Party; latest from the Daily Telegraph.
It comes as insiders claim that Jeremy Corbyn is trying to “bury the Party’s problem with anti-Semitism” after refusing to publish the original investigation into harassment of Jewish students at Oxford University, then subsuming it within a new, wider inquiry that involves unrelated complaints.
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Israel and the Palestinians
• YNet: Work began on reinforcing Gush Etzion bus stops with barriers against car-ramming attacks.
• Sweden refuses to link Palestinian aid to incitement.
• Vice President Joe Biden kicked off his Mideast tour with a visit to Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates. Tomorrow, the VP hits Dubai before landing in Israel for talks with leaders in Jerusalem and Ramallah. On Thursday, Biden heads to Jordan. Syria and Islamic State are the primary focus of the Veep’s visit, and he is not expected to push any Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
• Worth reading: The Daily Mail‘s Jake Wallis Simons visited the IDF’s Bedouin trackers, Israel’s first line of defense along the northern border.
https://twitter.com/JakeWSimons/status/706775817750233089
• The New York Times takes a closer look at a left-wing plan to unilaterally divide Jerusalem.
• Police nab 3 Turks entering Israel through Jordan
• The latest archaeological discovery in Jerusalem:
Rare 2500 y/o seals, dating to the First Temple period and written in ancient Hebrew, were discovered in Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/1FXOrebOZG
— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) March 7, 2016
• Jordan Valley farmers are refusing to label their products in accordance with EU guidelines for labeling settlement goods. Jerusalem Post coverage.
Last week Elhayani penned an angry letter to the German Ambassador Clemens von Goetze in which he said that the request was “discriminatory” and “politically motivated.”
• Carlos the Jackal confirmed the PLO and Switzerland had a “non-aggression pact” in the 1970s.
• The US foiled a Black September plot to assassinate Golda Meir. The hit involved bombs planted around New York City.
• Eugene Kontorovich‘s take on this Western Sahara development (reported by AP) is tweet of the day.
EU doesn't threaten to recognize WSahara in frustration at stalled peace process, or label Moroccan settlement goods https://t.co/aOBkNRprKR
— Eugene Kontorovich (@EVKontorovich) March 7, 2016
• Israeli customs officials caught a Jordanian diplomat trying to smuggle gold, jewelry, and hundreds of smart phones in his car. According to Globes, the unnamed diplomat was sent back to Jordan.
• FYI, Palestinian Media Watch’s YouTube account was reinstated after being “terminated” for exposing PA hate speech.
Around the World
• Nice tongue in cheek from Margaret Sullivan, the New York Times’ public editor. And yes, it’s for real.
NYT sources, who asked to remain nameless to avoid career suicide, say a stricter policy on anonymous sources is imminent. @AnonyWatch
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) March 2, 2016
Commentary/Analysis
• Here’s what else I’m reading today . . .
– Alon Ben-David: Israel’s next war with Hezbollah will be swifter and decisive
– Smadar Perry: What we’ve learned about Israel-Egypt normalization
– Yossi Melman: Israel’s strategic position has improved
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