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– Netanyahu and Biden both need normalization on for domestic consumption.
– Israel should play it cool and not hunger for a deal.
– SA needs a deal much more than Israel does,
– Israel should take the Palestinian issue off the table.
– Israel should keep total sovereignty over the territories and the Temple Mount.
– Islam hates Israel and the Jews and always will.
– US wants a deal for electoral reasons primarily.

BY ERIC MANDEL, THE HLL – 09/14/23

During the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union, there was an economic competition, in which each side tried to lure unaffiliated and discontented poor nations to choose sides.

Today, the primary competition for nations is a contest between Western capitalism and the market-oriented communism of China, which aims to end the West’s dominant economic status.
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T. Belman. I totally agree with Trump and disagree with The HILL..

BY BRETT SAMUELS, THE HILL  – 09/18/23

Trump shared a photo on Sunday evening without any caption of his own. The photo included the message: “Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed false narratives! Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward! Happy New Year!”

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”

The September 20, 2023 meeting

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, President Biden will meet Prime Minister Netanyahu in order to intensify the pressure on Israel to refrain from an independent military action against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Biden will, also, pressure Netanyahu to make significant concessions to the Palestinian Authority, which would facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian state.

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By Prof. Shmuel Sandlerm, BESA

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,213, September 18, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The long delay preceding Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invitation to the White House reflects significant issues concerning Israel’s security and international position. President Joe Biden does not hide his distaste for the structure of the current Israeli government, even as Israel faces rising security tensions on all fronts. The potentially historic breakthrough of a peace agreement between the Jewish state and Saudi Arabia, largely motivated by Biden’s electoral considerations, has been delayed by Netanyahu’s domestic problems.

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Long-range cruise missiles supplied by UK and France, hit Russia’s Black Sea fleet at its home port of Sevastopol, Sept 13, 2023

BY M. K. Bhadrakumar, INDIAN PUNCHLINE 17.9.23

The ground war in Ukraine has run its course, a new phase is beginning. Even diehard supporters of Ukraine in the western media and think tanks are admitting that a military victory over Russia is impossible and a vacation of the territory under Russian control is way beyond Kiev’s capability.
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This is Part 8 of a 10-part series exposing the underreported joint European and Palestinian program to bypass international law and establish a de facto Palestinian state on Israeli land. 

WESTERN JOURNAL

Those in Israel who are part of the movement dedicated to the protection of Israel’s national lands and resources have called to disband Israel’s Civil Administration entirely.

They demand a zero-tolerance policy toward illegal Palestinian construction, regardless of European Union funding and lawsuits, and have called on the Israeli government to initiate a long-overdue diplomatic effort to make it clear to the EU that it has established red lines that will be enforced.

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BY PETER WADE, ROLLING STONE

Crowds arrive for the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) GETTY IMAGES

FULLY ONE-THIRD OF U.S. states have election deniers in some of the highest positions overseeing elections. That’s according to a new report from States United Democracy Center highlighted by Mother Jones.

Although many election deniers lost their races in the 2022 midterms, States United, a non-partisan organization, found that a total of 23 election deniers now hold statewide office positions that give them influential oversight over elections in 17 different states. This includes seven governors, five secretaries of state, and 11 attorneys general.

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T. Belman. I repeat, nothing is going to happen regarding normalizaton with SA until Jordan is recognized as the Palestinian state. This will not happen until Abdullah abdicates and Mudar Zahran becomes President of Jordan. You don’t have to believe me. Time will tell.

I fully support Smotrich and Ben Gvir. Remember, neither SA or the US is doing Israel a favour by pushing for normalization. SA is leveraging it to get what it can from the US e.g. nuclear plant and defense pact. The US is leveraging it to get progress toward a TSS.  Israel, on the other hand, just wants normalization.

The US is telling the Saudis that in order for the US to give them what they want, the US must get what it wants form the Israelis and that SA must apply pressure on Israel to make concessions. That’s what is going on. The news is totally focussed on the Palestinian issue which is a minor issue, rather than whether the US should give the Saudis a nuclear plant or a Defense Pact. Strange, don’t you think?

Saudi-owned site says hardline government’s refusal to make any concessions to Palestinians at heart of Riyadh’s decision to pull away; Israel said ‘confused’

By TOI STAFF    Today,

File: Benjamin Netanyahu (right) during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 13, 2021; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Saudi Arabia has reportedly told the Biden administration that it intends to freeze US-brokered normalization talks with Israel because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government is unwilling to make any concessions to the Palestinians.

According to the report Sunday in the Saudi-owned Elaph newspaper, citing officials in Netanyahu’s office, the US has informed Israel of the Saudi stance.

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by Robert Williams, GATESTONE •  September 17, 2023 at 5:00 am

• “I was pretty dismayed at the extent of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in the federal Parliament. I should probably not say any more to stay on the right side of the libel laws… [W]hat are the authorities doing about this? I think that’s the real measure of China’s influence.” — Australian professor Clive Hamilton, National Post, April 15, 2019.
• Despite leaked intelligence reports about Chinese interference in Canada’s last two federal elections in 2019 and 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to hold a public probe into the matter.

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By Jack Davis, WESTERN JOURNAL September 16, 2023

After 10 months of court battles over the 2022 election, Arizona Republican Kari Lake still has some fight left. Lake has claimed that the election for governor, which she narrowly lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs, was tainted by misconduct that included malfunctioning election systems and improper signature verification of early voters’ ballots. She launched multiple efforts in Arizona’s state court system to have the results overturned but has not been successful.

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T. Belman. The PA has no say in the matter.  MBS has abandoned the 2002 Saudi Plan even as a starting point of negotiations. He doesn’t call f0r “the TSS” because that has always meant west of the Jordan R. Instead he calls for “a Palestinian state.”  Blinken also calls for “a TSS”. Thus he too will accept Jordan as the Palestinian state.

MBS wants the end of the Hashemite rule. He doesn’t need any competitors.

“If [Saudi-Israel normalization] is to move forward, the Palestinian piece is going to be very important too,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST    Sept 14, 2023

Saudi Arabia has let the Biden administration know that resolving Palestinian issues is critical for any normalization deal with Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “It is also clear from what we hear from the Saudis that if this process is to move forward, the Palestinian piece is going to be very important too,” he said on Wednesday in an interview with the podcast Pod Save the World.

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T. Belman. As I have said before, there will be no normalization before Jordan will be declared the Palestinian state. This will happen as soon as King Abdullah II abdicates and Mudar becomes the President of Jordan. This is expected to happen this fall. When this happens Mudar will be the recognized leader of the Palestinians rather than the PA.

This will satisfy MBS because he has asked for the creation of a Palestinian state. He didn’t say where. He will accept Jordan as the Palestinian state because he wants the King gone.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows that to obtain normalization with Saudi Arabia, he must bypass his hard-line coalition partners and offer the Palestinians significant benefits.

By Ben Caspit, AL MONITOR

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference in Nicosia on September 3, 2023. (Photo by Iakovos Hatzistavrou / POOL / AFP) (Photo by IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)[/caption]

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have reversed his policy toward the Palestinian Authority (PA), but can he take it far enough to generate the changes the Biden administration and the Saudis are demanding? Two days before his departure for the United States, chances of that happening look bleak.
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Order switches burden of proof onto justice minister, who tells court it doesn’t have right to force him to have committee meet, as he seeks to expand coalition control of judiciary

By JEREMY SHARON, TOI     14 September 2023,

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend opening of a new courthouse in Katzrin on June 1, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

The High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction against Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Thursday, demanding he explain why he has not convened the Judicial Selection Committee.

The injunction was issued ahead of a critical hearing in the High Court scheduled for Tuesday in which petitions requesting that the court order Levin to convene the committee will be heard, and indicates that the justices are unlikely to view his refusal favorably.

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Woke Revolution depends on its advocates never having to experience firsthand any of the nonsense they inflict on others

By Victor Davis Hanson. AM GREATNESS 14.9.23

When the progressive woke revolution took over traditional America, matters soon reached the level of the ridiculous.

Take the following examples of woke craziness and hypocrisy, perhaps last best witnessed during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution.

The Biden administration from its outset wished to neuter immigration law. It sought to alter radically the demography of the U.S. by stopping the border wall and allowing into the United States anyone who could walk across the southern border.

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PULSE OF ISRAEL

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Israel is potentially entering what people are calling a “constitutional crisis”, which is quite ironic since Israel does not even have a constitution.

Stick with me as I explain to you the latest judicial over reach and why Blue & White leader Benny Gantz is part of the problem even though he is being sold to us all as part of the solution.

BY Mark Sleboda, REAL POLITICK

NATO/Kiev Regime Cruise Missile & Drone Strikes Target Russia’s Sevastopol Shipyards, Russia Issues Demarche over British-trained Saboteurs Plot to Attack Russian Nuclear Power Plants

Radio Interview on the Critical Hour 13/09/23

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