Guardian of the Gulf  

For the Gulf States and the Saudis, a common threat means that Israel is becoming part of the solution instead of playing its old role as the core of the problem.

By Mordechai Kedar, INN

The parade of visitors to the Arab Gulf States (note that this term is being used because the Arabs are insulted when “their” gulf is called “Persian”) in recent weeks is quite remarkable: The Prime Minister, two Cabinet ministers – Miri Regev and Yisrael Katz – the head of Israel’s Mossad and a Judo delegation.  The Israeli flag was flown at a judo competition in Abu Dhabi, the Israeli national anthem was played there twice and the Israeli Culture Minister sang “the Jewish soul yearns…to be a free nation in our land…” while wiping away tears of emotion. The skies, it should be noted, did not fall down. And to top it all off, their host took them to visit the Sheikh Zaid Mosque – and all of the above happened in the space of one month.

The question that arises of its own is does this signal something new? Is this a real change?  A strategic earthquake? Or is it simply that what was going on behind the scenes has been revealed all of a sudden. It is worth remembering as well, though, that while Israelis have visited the Gulf, there has been no public reciprocal visit to Israel of anyone from the Gulf States.
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November 12, 2018 | 11:13 am | Comments »

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Israeli Army Confirms One Officer Killed, Another Wounded During Gaza Raid  

Seven Palestinians killed, including Hamas military commander, in Israeli raid in southern Gaza ? Wave of rocket alarm sirens sound, Iron Dome intercepts three projectiles

By Amos Harel, HAARETZ

IDF soldiers in Eshkol regional council, November 11, 2018

The Israeli military confirmed late Sunday night that one officer was killed and another was moderately wounded during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip.

“During IDF special forces’ operational activity in Gaza, an exchange of fire broke out, during which an IDF officer was killed and an additional IDF officer was moderately injured,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. The military added the officer was a lieutenant colonel.

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November 12, 2018 | 7:43 am | 2 Comments »

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US envoy: Neither side will like everything in peace plan  

Jason Greenblatt reportedly says plan will be announced ‘soon’ and urges people not to believe rumors about the plan before they’ve read it.

ARUTZ SHEVA

US envoy Jason Greenblatt said at a closed-door event in London on Wednesday that the US will “soon” announce President Trump’s peace plan, Channel 10 reported, citing officials attending the event, organized by the UK Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers.

Greenblatt was in London after meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday. He tweeted that he had “discussed important topics including the situation in Gaza and regional developments” during the meeting with the prime minister.
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November 12, 2018 | 6:26 am | 2 Comments »

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PA Systematically Annexing Tens of Thousands of Acres in Judea and Samaria  

JEWISH PRESS

Hostile Takeover: Regavim’s latest report exposes the Palestinian Authority’s systematic but silent plan, powered by massive European Union financial support: Strategically-positioned agricultural land-seizure projects covering tens of thousands of dunams of land in areas under full Israeli jurisdiction are creating irreversible facts on the ground. Large-scale planting, creation of irrigation systems, and an enormous network of illegal roads are carving up the open spaces in Judea and Samaria and drawing the borders of a de facto Palestinian state in Israel’s heartland – in flagrant violation of the law.
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November 11, 2018 | 5:19 pm | 2 Comments »

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We can take back our sovereignty  

By Vic Rosenthal

Every time Tzipi Livni opens her mouth, the word “democracy” comes out. According to Livni, the government and the Knesset that were democratically elected by the people are constantly “endangering” it, “undermining” it, “imperiling it,” and so on.

Nothing contradicts her more powerfully than the fact that her bloc is consistently defeated at the ballot box in elections that are probably the most free and fair in the world.

There is, however, another word that she does not say – and unfortunately, that our supposedly “right-wing” government doesn’t utter often enough either. That word is “sovereignty.”
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November 11, 2018 | 5:09 pm | 1 Comment »

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THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH MOB AND THEIR REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE  

The Last Jewish Gangster: From Meyer to Myron, is more than just a riveting account of the author’s nearly sixty-year career as an international outlaw in the field of slot machines and casinos.

Myron is a regular contributor to Israpundit.

Myron Sugerman, THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH MOB AND THEIR REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BOTH HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN PALESTINE PRE STATE ISRAEL…. DURING THE 30’S FIGHTING THE AMEIRCAN NAZI PARTY, THE 40’S HELPING THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, AND THEN POST WWII, HELPING HAGANA AND IRGUN SECURE WEAPONS AND ARMS ETC TO HELP CREATE THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL.

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November 11, 2018 | 2:42 pm | Comments »

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There is no diplomatic solution  

by Steve Kramer

The vaunted two-state solution is defunct, because the Palestinian Arabs want to annihilate Israel, not “live alongside of Israel in peace.” The one-state solution has its own insurmountable problems. So, what is the best alternative other than continuing the status quo? Jordan as the State of Palestine.

When the Balfour Declaration was promulgated in 1917 during WWI, it included all of today’s Israel and Jordan, with the idea that the “National Home” for the Jews would be established “in” Palestine. But, in the 1916 ?ussein-McMahon correspondence, Britain had already promised an independent Arab state in Palestine to the Hashemite clan, for its assistance in opposing the Ottoman Empire.
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November 11, 2018 | 11:24 am | 1 Comment »

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Can Europe’s Liberal Order Survive as the Memory of War Fades?  

By Katrin Bennhold, NYT

Tyne Cot cemetery in Belgium is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world. Nearly 8,400 of roughly 12,000 soldiers buried there remain unidentified.Tomas Munita for The New York Times

The Rev. Joseph Musser’s family has always lived in the region of Alsace, but not always in the same country.

His grandfather fought for the Germans in World War I, and his father for the French in World War II. Today, no one is fighting anymore. His great-niece lives in France but works in Germany, crossing the border her ancestors died fighting over without even noticing it.

It is this era of peace and borderless prosperity that champions of the European Union consider the bloc’s singular achievement.
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November 11, 2018 | 9:24 am | Comments »

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Analysis What Israel Thinks the U.S. Is Trying to Achieve With Renewed Iran Sanctions  

Ted Belman. Harel neglects to mention that the US is also trying to force Iran to abandon its attemps at hegemony and its support for terrorism and to get it to withdraw from Syria. Why Israel’s intelligence community is not on board is a mystery to me.

U.S. may be trying to force Tehran into reopening the nuclear deal, or affect regime change. Either way, the pressure is leading Iran to make grave mistakes in Europe

By Amos Harel, HAARETZ

A protester sets fire to the American flag during a demonstration on the anniversary of the U.S. embassy seizure, in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2018.
A protester sets fire to the American flag during a demonstration on the anniversary of the U.S. embassy seizure, in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2018.Bloomberg

The imposition of the second wave of American sanctions against Iran, following Washington’s exit from the multilateral nuclear agreement with Tehran, has led to smiles in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hastened – and quite rightly – to claim credit for the Trump administration’s move. The final outcome from the escalation of the pressure on Iran is still a ways off, but it’s hard to deny the claim that Netanyahu is the one who pushed Trump in that direction, especially as he did it despite a contrary view in much of the Israeli intelligence community.
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November 11, 2018 | 9:11 am | Comments »

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Adam Shiff will shut down the probe that found FBI abuses  

Burying the Other Russia Story

The Editorial Board  Wall Street Journal

Arguably the most important power at stake in Tuesday’s election was Congressional oversight, and the most important change may be Adam Schiff at the House Intelligence Committee. The Democrat says his top priority is re-opening the Trump-Russia collusion probe, but more important may be his intention to stop investigating how the FBI and Justice Department abused their power in 2016. So let’s walk through what we’ve learned to date.

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November 11, 2018 | 5:30 am | 3 Comments »

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Karl Rove: As Florida ballot count battle rages, Democrats are recklessly violating state law  

T. Belman. Can anyone advise of the following:
Is there an approved voters list?
How is a ballot identied as belonging to a certain person on the list?
Are dead people removed from the list or is there a problem here?
What is to stop someone from using unused ballots to stuff the ballot boxes with fraudulent votes?

Breaking: Broward County Employee Signs Affidavit Admitting Seeing Elections Staff Filling Out Blank Ballots!

By Carl Rove, FOX NEWS

Local Democratic officials in Broward and Palm Beach counties in Florida are recklessly violating state law in what may be an attempt to overturn the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections for governor and the U.S. Senate in the Sunshine State.

This looks like a repeat of the actions in Florida in the 2000 presidential election, when Democratic officials ignored state election laws – and were slapped down by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision.

Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda C. Snipes said Tuesday night that 634,000 votes had been cast in the county. But by Thursday night, Snipes was claiming 712,840 ballots had been cast.
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November 11, 2018 | 4:12 am | Comments »

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Israel is a very low priority for Jewish Americans  

J Street National Post-Election Survey
BY GBA Strategies https://jstreet
org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/J-Street-Post-Elect-Topline-Results-110818
pdf
November 6, 2018
1,139 Jewish Voters
236 Oversample of Voters Aged 18-34 (130 Online, 106 Phone) Full sample
weighted to be representative by age
All results show 903 weighted interviews

Q 11 Below is a list of issues facing our country today Please mark which
TWO of these issues were the most important for you in deciding your vote
for Congress today
Total
Health care  43
Gun violence  28
Social Security and Medicare 21
The economy  19
Immigration  18
The environment 14
Taxes  11
Education 8
The deficit and government spending 8
The Supreme Court  8
ISIS and terrorism 7
Israel  4
Russia  3
Iran  1
Other  8
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November 10, 2018 | 9:28 pm | 85 Comments »

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What I saw in a day on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside shocked me  

How have we let things go so wrong for Canada’s roughest neighbourhood?

Marcus Gee, GLOBE AND MAIL


Trey Helten, frontline worker for the Overdose Prevention Society, opens the door for a user at the facility on East Hastings Street in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.RAFAL GERSZAK/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

It’s just another day on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

A young man sits on the wet sidewalk, his legs spread wide, sucking the smoke from a burning fragment of dope with a plastic tube. A man with lank black hair is slumped against a wall, bent over double like a limp marionette, his dangling arm twitching at his side. A woman in skinny jeans, leaning on a storefront, pulls the plunger of a syringe carefully up and down, getting ready to give herself a hit. An open package of dainty cookies lies by her side.

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November 10, 2018 | 7:20 pm | 11 Comments »

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Mass Migration: Majority of Germans Feel Like ‘Stranger in Their Own Country’  

Virginia Hale, BRIETBART

Germans

A majority of Germans say the level of mass migration has left them feeling “like a stranger in their own country”, according to a new study.

Presented as part of this year’s Leipzig University research into “authoritarian” attitudes in the country, the figure showed a rise of 12 points since the Competence Center for Right-Wing Extremism and Democracy Research tested Germans on the same questions in 2014, with 56 per cent of Germans expressing the sentiment in 2018.
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November 10, 2018 | 5:22 pm | Comments »

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Trump Versus the Euro-Swamp  

By James Lewis, AMERICAN THINKER

Flags outside the headquarters of the European Commission in BrusselsPhoto credit: Sébastien Bertrand

This guy Donald Trump has amazing physical staying power. Right after his end-sprint in the Midterms, which ended pretty well, and only pausing for a White House presser to deliver a kick to Jim Acosta, Donald Trump is in Europe, where the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day is being memorialized on Sunday.

In case you forgot, Armistice Day is the day the guns stopped firing in the trenches in World War I, after the United States sent in our first huge expeditionary force to tilt the balance against the Central Powers, including the German Empire, as Bismarck had rebranded Prussia in 1848, and the other German Empire of the time, called the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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November 10, 2018 | 4:40 pm | 3 Comments »

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Israel, Qatar said to agree to sea crossing between Cyprus and Gaza Strip  

As part of Egypt-mediated talks, Jerusalem is demanding the crossing be monitored by security forces and international inspectors, according to a Lebanese report

TOI

Palestinian fishing boats sail into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Monday, July 9, 2018, with buildings of Gaza City seen in background. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel and Qatar have reportedly agreed to establish a sea crossing between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip as part of Egyptian-mediated talks aimed at reaching a deal between Israel and Hamas, which rules the Palestinian enclave.

The Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar reported that Israel is demanding that the crossing be monitored physically by international inspectors as well as Israeli security forces. Hamas, a terror organization committed to Israel’s destruction, is reportedly insisting that the crossing be under video surveillance while agreeing to international forces.
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November 10, 2018 | 3:48 pm | 2 Comments »

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FACEBOOK DELIVERS FOR DEMOCRATS:  

Erased 2 Billion GOP Page Views in Purge, Eliminated Conservative Content to Suburban Females

By Jim Hoft, GATEWAY

“What big tech has done to conservative and other undesirable publishers is nothing short of a digital Kristallnacht.”
— Andrew Marcus, filmmaker

It’s no secret that the Silicon Valley tech giants discriminate against conservatives and conservative content.

On Tuesday night, after the votes were counted, Democrats took control of the US House of Representatives.
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November 10, 2018 | 10:20 am | 1 Comment »

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Whitaker Ends Asylum for Illegals at Southern Border  

By Cillian Zeal, WESTERN JOURNAL

Matthew Whitaker’s tenure as acting attorney general may only be able to be measured in hours, but he’s already made a huge impact in how asylum-seekers are processed at the southern border.

According to a new interim final rule from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, those who enter the country illegally and are captured will no longer be able to claim asylum and will instead be returned to their country of origin on an expedited basis.

“Consistent with our immigration laws, the President has the broad authority to suspend or restrict the entry of aliens into the United States if he determines it to be in the national interest to do so,” Whitaker said in a joint statement with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
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November 10, 2018 | 2:53 am | 1 Comment »

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American ‘yidiots’  

By Lynne Lechter, AMERICAN THINKER

It used to be that Jewish people went to services at their synagogue, or temple or, in Yiddish terminology, their shul.  It used to be that men went to daily  morning minyan (ten) services,  families went together on Friday evening, and/or Saturday mornings.  It used to be that Torah was studied and  women kept Kosher — having two sets of dishes and silverware to ensure that dairy and meat products were not mixed.  It used to be that parents bought children new clothes for the “High Holidays” to mark the days of awe in which one repented for their sins and asked G-d to grant  another year of life.  It used to be that different kitchenware was used for the holiday of Passover, to commemorate the G-d given gift of freedom from Egyptian slavery.  For some of us that still exists, for others — it used to be.
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November 9, 2018 | 4:43 pm | 2 Comments »

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The true defenders of freedom and equality  

Why do we automatically assume that attorneys general and judges care more about defending public values than lawmakers who were elected to do precisely that? • And who decides what values are worthy of defending – the judges or the people?

By Dror Eydar, ISRAEL HAYOM

Dina Zilber, a deputy attorney general who recently criticized a government bill prompting the justice minister to call for her ouster, gave a speech at a meeting of the Knesset Education Committee that was so political that it could have easily been heard at a town square demonstration or in protests against the attorney general himself. This speech, and the controversy surrounding Zilber’s remarks, once again posited Israel’s two political camps one against the other. Even if that was the only damage Zilber had done, it is enough to demonstrate how such behavior by a public servant erodes the public’s trust in the legal system.
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