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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 15h

Flashback 80 years... #OnThisDay in 1945: @jta.org on a new magazine #Commentary published by @ajcglobal.bsky.social "'[C]ommentary', New Monthly Magazine, Published; Incorporates “contemporary Jewish Record." Issue 1 included George Orwell & Editor, Elliot Cohen www.commentary.org/issues/novem...

Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 1d

King Charles III visiting today the site of the Manchester "Heaton Park" Synagogue terror attack of a couple of weeks ago. Britain's Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis among those meeting with HRH King Charles www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-z-...

King Charles Visits Manchester Synagogue After Terrorist Attack On Yom Kippur

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 4d

#OnThisDay - OCT 17

1994: Jordan's King Hussein & Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin initial peace deal

2000: Failed Sharm El-Sheikh summit

2001: PFLP assassinate Israeli Cabinet Minister

1933: Albert Einstein arrives in US/Institute for Advanced Study

1973: OPEC Oil Embargo +Price Surge

Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 5d

"AS A JEW" (Updated) - The “As A Jew” argument when it comes to “Critiquing” Israel open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #Jews #AntiZionism @timesofisrael.com

Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 6d

Zionism will not be deterred by Arab terrorism. Some things don't change very much...From almost 90 years ago (Oct 1938) "Massacres Will Not Halt Zionism, Arabs Told" @jta.org reporting the the comments of Jewish Agency's Moshe Shertok -later Israeli Foreign Minister & Prime Minister, Moshe Sharett

Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 7d

#OnThisDay in 1994: Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres win the Nobel Peace Prize www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ujf...

Yitzhak Rabin hears that he won the Nobel Peace Prize Credit IDF Archive from the Defense Ministry

YouTube video by Haaretz.com

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 7d

Flashback 5 Years today...AIPAC changes (modernizes) its logo @aipac1.bsky.social #AIPAC

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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 8d

J Street is relieved and overjoyed by the long-overdue release of Israeli hostages.

We share in the profound joy of the hostages and their families after more than two years of unimaginable suffering. 🧵

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 8d

President Donald Trump speaking at the Knesset in Jerusalem today www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-N...

President Trump Delivers Remarks to The Knesset

YouTube video by The White House

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 9d

#OnThisDay (Oct 12)...1973: Operation Nickel Grass- The mass US air resupply of Israel - Pres. Nixon’s "Tell them to send everything that can fly"...2000: Attack on USS Cole killing 17 US servicemen...2000: Lynching of 2 IDF Reservists in Ramallah...2002: Bali Nightclub bombing

Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 10d

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 10d

Decade Flashback....10 Years ago; a few weeks after overcoming a BDS effort at the Sunsplash Festival
in Spain; Matisyahu performs "Jerusalem" in Jerusalem 🇮🇱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCo8... #Matisyahu #Jerusalem #OnThisDay

Matisyahu with Idan Raichel performing Jerusalem @Sultan pool in Jerusalem

YouTube video by Ari Sprung

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 10d

#OnThisDay in 1937... Less than a year after abdicating the British throne; Former King Edward VIII - the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson began a two-week visit to Nazi Germany meeting with various senior Nazis, including Adolf Hitler via British Pathe www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXR...

Wallis Simpson and Edward visit Nazis in Germany, 1937

YouTube video by British Pathé

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 15d

#OnThisDay OCT 6 -Happy Sukkot!

1943 - President Roosevelt refuses to meet the 400 Rabbis who came to Washington DC seeking FDR save European Jewry

1973 - Start of “Yom Kippur War”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=118Q...

1981: Assassination Egyptian President Anwar Sadat www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Eb...

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 18d

Marking Yom Kippur in England - In England, the country of my birth (which I left long, long ago): Attacking Jews on Yom Kippur - (And wishing all Jews Shabbat Shalom, Happy Sukkot. And living in safety without fear)

Marking Yom Kippur in England

(From Sky)

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 21d

#OnThisDay September 30

1938: "Munich" -
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Chamberlain returning to England www.youtube.com/watch?v=SetN...

1946: Nuremberg War Crimes Trials - Verdicts and Sentences www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFi...

2016: Funeral of Shimon Peres www.c-span.org/program/whit...

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 23d

#OnThisDay - September 28

1995: White House signing ceremony of Israeli-PLO "Oslo II" agreement youtube.com/watch?v=yfrF...

2016: Death of Shimon Peres www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/w...

1970: Death of President Nasser nytimes.com/1970/09/29/a...

2000: Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 25d

As the expression goes: "Old wine in a new bottle." #OnThisDay in 1969: Haters of #Israel demonstrating outside the White House as Israeli PM #Golda Meir was meeting with President #Nixon

TEXT: Departure Statements www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/re...

VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNS...

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 26d

"Myths & Facts About AIPAC & Israel" - From @aipac1.bsky.social responding to some recent "critiques" about the organization (where I myself, until a year used to work) #AIPAC #Israel #USIsrael

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 26d

#OnThisDay in 1969: New Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir is warmly-greeted at the White House by President Richard Nixon - Text & Video of #RichardNixon & #GoldaMeir arrival comments youtube.com/watch?v=s-0v... presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/re...
#Golda #GoldaMeir 🇺🇸🇮🇱 #USIsrael #Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir at the White House, 1969

YouTube video by Richard Nixon Foundation

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · 29d

Wishing all Jews around the World a "Shanah Tovah"....1946 Flashback: 18 months before Jewish Statehood: Jews celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Jerusalem at the Western Wall (then British Mandate controlled) via British Pathe
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Jewish New Year In Palestine (1946)

YouTube video by British Pathé

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · Sep 21

The annual @thejerusalempost.bsky.social

50 Most Influential Jews" ... my former organization @aipac1.bsky.social ... At #43: #AIPAC's new heads: CEO Elliot Brandt, who succeeded Howard Kohr at the beginning of 2025 and President Bernard Kaminetsky jpost.com/influencers-... #JerusalemPost

Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · Sep 19

"Marking One Year Post-AIPAC - What I've learned....What I've Done...What I've written" (Including a compilation of articles written over this past year) Feel free to follow me on Substack and Twitter! open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #AIPAC @aipac1.bsky.social #israel #AntiZionism

Marking One Year Post-AIPAC

What I've learned....What I've Done...What I've written

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · Sep 17

#OnThisDay in 1978: A truly-wonderful moment. #Egypt's Anwar #Sadat and #Israel's Menachem Begin, witnessed by President Carter sign the "Camp David Accords.” (6 months later, Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty). www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLEU... #CampDavidAccords @cartercenter.bsky.social

President Carter, Camp David Treaty Signing w/ Sadat & Begin 250058-05 | Footage Farm

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Washington Views @washingtonviews.bsky.social · Sep 16

"Ah...J Street (Continued)! - The perspective of a former (long-time) AIPAC Staffer…Some current and past comments regarding J Street" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @aipac1.bsky.social #AmericanJews #Israel #JStreet #AIPAC