PM tells Knesset committee the difference between Hamas and the PA is Hamas wants to destroy Israel now, the PA wants to do it in stages.

Israel National News    Dec 11, 2023, 4:35 PM (GMT+2)

“The days that Israel will rely on the labor of Palestinian workers are over,” said Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat.

Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat meets with leaders in the business sector in Tel Aviv, Oct. 23, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

(December 11, 2023 / JNS) Israel’s Socioeconomic Cabinet on Sunday evening voted to recommend not reintroducing tens and thousands of Palestinian workers from Judea and Samaria into the country’s pre-1967 lines.

The measure was reportedly opposed by almost all 15 members of the Socioeconomic Cabinet, which is smaller than the full government but includes the finance and economy ministers. Only Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter and Labor Minister Yoav Ben-Tzur abstained, according to Ynet.

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By Irina Tsukerman, JCPA   11 December 2023

Dr. Shmuel Katz, a leader in Israel advocacy in the United States, in a conversation with Arutz Sheva-Israel Nation News, discusses the rise in anti-Semitism on US campuses.

According to Dr. Katz, Arab countries have made for decades strategic investments in education, where financial contributions to the tune of billions of petro-dollars lead to increased influence and representation within universities in the form of appointment of scholars who align with the values of the donors.

This, he explains, has shaped the academic discourse and fostered a connection between the university and the interests of the donor countries.

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iT WAS DISPICABLE THEN AND IT IS DISPLICABLE NOW

The American media is covering this up

T. Belman. Kirk and Carlson get a pass.  Owens does not.

By  Rabbi Dov Fischer, JP  Dec 3/23

The Hamas-ISIS Gaza War has erupted not only in the Mideast but also on Twitter, TikTok, podcasts, and YouTube. Social media language tends to be edgy. In the politically conservative Jewish community where I reside, three conservative commentators have elicited concern: Charlie Kirk, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens.

First, Charlie Kirk. His work on colleges is amazing. Is he anti-Semitic? I don’t buy it. Is he “a little bit anti-Semitic”? First, I don’t buy it. He is a Christian Zionist. Second, there is no such thing as a “little bit anti-Semitic.” That’s like “a little bit pregnant.” Remember that as you read on.

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One Middle Eastern nation does indeed pay to influence U.S. foreign policy. Hint: It’s not Israel.

Martin Indyk and John Kerry, 2013.(Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

BY LEE SMITH, TABLET  SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The New York Times recently published a long investigative report by Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams, and Nicholas Confessore on how foreign countries buy political influence through Washington think tanks. Judging from Twitter and other leading journalistic indicators, the paper’s original reporting appears to have gone almost entirely unread by human beings anywhere on the planet. In part, that’s because the Times’ editors decided to gift their big investigative scoop with the dry-as-dust title “Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks,” which sounds like the headline for an article in a D.C. version of The Onion. There is also the fact that the first 10 paragraphs of the Times piece are devoted to that highly controversial global actor, Norway, and its attempts to purchase the favors of The Center for Global Development, which I confess I’d never heard of before, although I live in Washington and attend think-tank events once or twice a week.

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By  David Israel, JEWISH PRESS

Israel’s Habsora AI system using machine learning algorithms to pick bombing targets and precalculate likely civilian deaths.

By Bianca Baggiarini, ASIA TIMES  10 December 2023

In principle, machine learning systems may enable more precisely targeted attacks and fewer civilian casualties. Photo: AP

Last week, reports emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using an artificial intelligence (AI) system called Habsora (Hebrew for “The Gospel”) to select targets in the war on Hamas in Gaza. The system has reportedly been used to find more targets for bombing, to link locations to Hamas operatives and to estimate likely numbers of civilian deaths in advance.What does it mean for AI targeting systems like this to be used in conflict? My research into the social, political and ethical implications of military use of remote and autonomous systems shows AI is already altering the character of war.

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T. Belman.  US policy is to force Israel to offer territorial concessions to Hezbollah to avoid war between Israel and Hezbollah.

With regard to Lebanon, U.S.-Israel relations are on a collision course.

By Caroline Glick, JNS  10 December 2023

IDF: 40 soldiers currently hospitalized in serious condition, 211 in moderate condition and 165 in mild condition.

Israel National News    Dec 10/23

By Lawrence Kadish, GATESTONE  10 December 2023

A handout photo made available by Iran’s Supreme Leader’s office on February 12, 2012, shows Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greeting Ismail Haniya (L), Palestinian Hamas premier in the Gaza Strip, during a meeting in Tehran. AFP PHOTO

Iran’s militia groups have initiated more than 82 attacks — just since October 17 — on US forces and assets in Syria and Iraq. The latest, on the US Embassy in Baghdad, is an attack on US sovereign territory. During Biden’s presidency, Iran has initiated 151 attacks against the US. Forty-six US service members have so far been wounded, 19 seriously, with traumatic brain injury.

These strikes do not include Iran’s having largely funded and helped plan a savage invasion of Israel by an estimated 3,000 Gazans under the direction of Iran’s proxy, the terrorist group Hamas, on October 7. Once there, they murdered 1,200 people; raped and tortured an untold number, and kidnapped around 240, about 100 of whom — women and children — have been released. Several hostages have reportedly been murdered (here, here and here).

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Ep. 46 The Alex Jones Interview

TIMESTAMPS:

2:46 Alex Jones predictions
15:07 Deplatforming
21:59 Dividing us on race
25:37 The border
28:09 Austin
32:12 New World Order
42:09 Brian Stelter demon video
50:57 Depopulation
1:07:51 Food
1:13:51 Whiskey
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 7, 2023

“ACCORDING TO an article in the magazine Foreign Affairs there supposedly exists an understanding between Washington and Tehran on the Iranian nuclear program, …. the US would bring all its weight to bear on promoting the case of the Palestinian state before its other goals and not, as before, on normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.”

By Zalman Shoval, JPOST

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As Israel perseveres with its military efforts, the question has already arisen, and now more forcefully, how it views the military-political situation once the war is over. The clear objective outlined by the war cabinet is the dismantling of Hamastan, and Israel, hopefully with the full support of the US, will not deviate from that aim, among other things, ascertaining that in any scenario, security in Gaza will remain under Israeli control, an imperative which could require setting up a temporary military administration in the Gaza Strip (though not a permanent one).

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Sources tell Arab media Cairo pressing West, Arab countries to allow Gazans to move to various destinations via the Rafah crossing amid ongoing war

By Lior Ben Ari, YNET NEWS

Despite Egypt’s continuous and public opposition to Gazans entering its territory following Israel’s war against Hamas, Cairo is preparing for the possibility such a scenario would happen against its will.

Arab newspaper Al-Akhbar quoted sources on Saturday claiming that Egypt is exploring ways to deal with the Palestinian migration that may begin in early 2024. One option the country is looking into is the possibility that other countries will agree to host the Gazans who’ll be allowed to leave via the Rafah border crossing.

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Imagine if you were the parent. She was obviously sodomised and battered.

There are 17 young females still being held hostage. One of them is my girl, Naama. And time is running out.

By AYELET LEVY SHACHAR

Naama Levy, 19, was captured on October 7 and last seen in a video released by Hamas.

You have seen the video of my daughter Naama Levy. Everyone has. You have seen her dragged by her long brown hair from the back of a Jeep at gunpoint, somewhere in Gaza, her gray sweatpants covered in blood. You may have perhaps noticed that her ankles are cut, that she’s barefoot and limping. She is seriously injured. She is frightened. And I, her mother, am helpless in these moments of horror.

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