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Today’s Headlines:

* Luigi Mangione is a terrorist

* AOC loses coveted spot as the ranking member for the House Oversight Committee

* DNC Chair Top Candidate doubles down on Far Left extremism

* Iran is facing an economic and energy crisis

* SCOTUS accepts emergency injunction to halt TikTok ban

Shalom Chaverim!

Today’s Headlines:

* Yale University Exposed to have hidden almost $16 Million in Qatari Funding

* Israel and Saudi Arabia have reportedly restarted normalization talks

* Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations Reports Skyrocketing Anti-Jewish crimes

* Mass Grave of 100,000 Found in Syria

* Vice President Kamala Harris Skips Annual White House Hanukkah Party

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Today’s Headlines:

* The U.S. has asked Israel to assist in the West Bank as tensions are coming to a boiling point in Jenin.

* Israel’s Cabinet approved a 40M Shekel plan to double the population in the Golan Heights.

* Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of HTS and Syria’s de facto Head of State, has stated he won’t allow Syria to be used as a launchpad for attacks on Israel.

* A ceasefire between Turkish backed SNA and the Kurdish SDF has deteriorated, resulting in militarization in Kobani.

* Hamas and Israel are on the brink of a possible ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, but the parties are still disagreeing on key elements.

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Today’s Headlines:

* President Joe Biden (or those taking advantage of his senility) commuted a bunch of terrible people.

* President Joe Biden (or those taking advantage of his senility) released multiple members of Hamas without any hostages released in return.

* ActBlue didn’t do anything to prevent foreign donations to candidates up until September 2024.

* Only 7% of Gazans want Hamas to govern on the day after, but no one seems to care what they think.

* Israel closed their embassy in Ireland amidst their request to expand the definition of genocide at the ICJ.

Today’s Headlines

* Ireland and Spain redefine the word “genocide” because Israel isn’t committing one.

* There is a kindling of an intra-Palestinian conflict inside the West Bank.

* CNN Correspondent gets caught staging a rescue mission.

* A 12 year old boy has tragically passed after his school bus was shot at in Gush Etzion.

* An 11 year old boy was the victim of a hate crime in New Jersey.

Today’s Headlines:

* Netanyahu’s corruption trial began.

* Biden admin released $10B to the Islamic republic

* A yeshiva in kiryat shmona opened back up and people returned with a mall partially opening up and shopping is happening.

* Trump’s Middle East Advisor Pushes for Palestinian Statehood

* A car was set on fire in Australia and multiple houses were spray painted with anti-Jewish language. In conjunction with a Free Press investigation that states there has been a 670% increase in incidents since October 7th.

Shalom Chaverim! This is the inaugural Daily Dose - a (hopefully) daily rundown of some of the most interesting news stories I saw from the day prior.

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Many of my own friends and people in my circle were convinced that Trump was going to lose because they “couldn’t imagine why anyone would vote for him,” especially if they voted for Clinton or Biden previously. The answer as to why Harris lost lies in the fact that they had to imagine anything to begin with because they refused to earnestly engage with anyone who might’ve voted for him.

This past weekend, Israel did something no one ever thought would happen: They actually attacked Iranian soil. There’s a lot to unpack, and a lot of people have extreme takes from both sides but the most interesting ones are those who say Israel didn’t go far enough by refusing to attack Iran’s nuclear sites and energy infrastructure. Many are saying Israel should take advantage and go for the throat to topple the regime. The question is though, “Is that even possible?”

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Shay Khatiri who is the VP of Development and a Senior Fellow at Yorktown Institute. He’s also an Iranian national and a declared enemy of the state who participated in the famous Green Movement in 2009.

In addition to his Substack, The Russia-Iran File, he has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and Middle East Forum Observer. You can follow him on Twitter (ShayKhatiri).

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Topic

The connection between the Jewish people and the land of Judea from which they hail is integral to what it means to be Jewish. To be “antizionist” is not just to be against the actions of the Israeli government, but to be against the very idea of reestablishing sovereignty over our ancestral homeland.

I went LIVE on TikTok to discuss this. Take a listen.

Chapters

What is Zionism? 00:00-29:23

Religious Zionism 29:24-38:04

Judaism is an Ethnoreligion 38:05-47:12

More Jews are more Jewish Now 47:13-48:54

Antizionism in Academia 48:55-54:49

Reform Movement & Zionism 54:50-1:18:09

Wrap up 1:18:10-1:19:31