T. Belman. This article and letter are so full of crap that I questioned whether I should be posting it. I decided to post it because I think you should know about the letter.

by Chris McGreal, THE GUARDIAN

Hundreds of Israeli and American public figures have called on US Jewish groups to speak out against the occupation of the Palestinian territories as “the elephant in the room” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deeply divisive judicial reforms.

The statement has drawn international attention because of the prominent Israelis who have signed its forthright declaration that “Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid”, including the renowned Israeli historian Benny Morris, and the former speaker of the Israeli parliament, Avraham Burg. (anti-Zionists both.)

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AMERICAN THOUGHT LEADERS

Shameful moral idiocy and cowardice.

by Bruce Thornton, FPM

Joe Biden recently spoke out on the terrorist violence afflicting Israel, particularly in the refugee camp in Jenin, currently controlled by Iranian surrogates. Sourcing the violence to vague “extremists”––the West’s go-to euphemism for hiding the widespread popularity of such attacks among Palestinian Arabs––our titular president then pulled out another duplicitous evasion by blaming Israel’s political “extremists” on the right. At the same time, he refused to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington until he was pressured to do so.

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The Caroline Glick Show

THIS IS A HUGE STORY

Brian Berletic

The tenuous nature of rulers has been attested to by “the Arab Tsunami” (gullibly named “the Arab Spring”), which has traumatized the Arab Street since 2010,

By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger

A conclusion of an Israeli-Saudi (peace or normalization) accord requires the US State Department to demonstrate realism, by recognizing:

= The inherent constraints of the inter-Arab arena;
– The predominance of the Saudi – over Palestinian – interest;
– The intra-Arab Palestinian track record;
– The critical role of Israel’s posture of deterrence.
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A catalogue of the failures of the various Palestinian factions can be found here: “Palestinian Society Sinks into Shambles,” by James Sinkinson, JNS.org, August 10, 2023:

…Last May, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) spent days bombarding Israel with rockets, forcing the Jewish state to retaliate. Hamas refrained from fighting, yet did not prevent PIJ from attacking Israel—demonstrating the Hamas rulers were either unwilling or unable to curb rival terrorists.

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MK says government should apologize only for IDF Chief of Staff Halevi remaining in role, has a ‘duty to fully condemn’ warnings about army readiness being impaired

By TOI STAFF      Today, 10:23 am

Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks attends a Knesset State Control Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on August 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Renegade Likud MK Tally Gotliv on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defending Israel Defense Forces officials and the security establishment, and justified recent attacks by lawmakers on the military.

Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued a joint statement Tuesday rejecting the mounting rebukes of IDF brass expressed by lawmakers, confidants of the the premier, right-wing media, and others, after defense officials repeatedly voiced concern over damage to the military’s readiness caused by some reservists’ refusals to carry out their duties in protest of the coalition’s judicial overhaul legislation.

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Reserves airmen reportedly explain colleagues’ refusal to serve to defense minister during visit to southern base meant to patch up ties between the government and air force

By TOI STAFF     Today, 2:26 am

Tomer Bar, left, and Yoav Gallant speak to members of the Air Force at Ramon air base on August 15, 2023. (Defense Ministry)

Pilots in the Israeli Air Force reserves reportedly warned Tuesday that they may not be willing to carry out attacks on behalf of Israel should it slide into authoritarianism, expressing sympathy for colleagues who have suspended volunteer duty to protest the government’s designs on the judiciary.

The pilots made the comments during a meeting with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as he sought to bridge a growing divide between the government and military, the Ynet news website reported.

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BREAKING STORY

ARAB NEWS 16.8.23

DUBAI: The Jordanian army on Wednesday downed a drone loaded with explosive materials (TNT) coming from Syrian territory, the Jordan state news agency said.

“A drone loaded with TNT explosives originating from Syrian territory was intercepted.” said an official statement from the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces.

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It turns out the percentage of the globe that burns each year has been declining since 2001.

By Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ     31.7.23

Smoke and flames near Houston, Canada, July 10.

One of the most common tropes in our increasingly alarmist climate debate is that global warming has set the world on fire. But it hasn’t. For more than two decades, satellites have recorded fires across the planet’s surface. The data are unequivocal: Since the early 2000s, when 3% of the world’s land caught fire, the area burned annually has trended downward.

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By Petr Svab, EPOCH TIMES 15.8.23

News Analysis

The indictment of former President Donald Trump in Georgia over his efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 election lacks evidence that he harbored the criminal intent necessary to be convicted.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis laid out her case on Aug. 14, detailing how President Trump and his alleged co-conspirators claimed fraud in the 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere, how they arranged for an alternative slate of electors in Georgia and several other states, and how they tried to use this strategy to delay the counting of electoral votes by the vice president on Jan. 6, 2021.
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An Orthodox Jew, ex-Obama chief of staff has extensive ties to Israel, has been critical of Netanyahu

By JACOB MAGID, TOI 13 August 2023,

Former US treasury secretary Jack Lew speaks at the panel “Reforming the Euro Area: Views from inside and outside of Europe,” during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 19, 2018. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Former US treasury secretary Jack Lew is a leading candidate to become the next US ambassador to Israel, two sources familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Sunday.

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‘People need to learn that the days of Chinese rapid growth—debt-fueled as it was—are basically over,’ says one analyst

By Terri Wu, EPOCH TIMES        August 15, 2023

Chinese laborers work at a construction site at sunset in Chongqing, China, on Mar. 6, 2005. (China Photos/Getty Images)

China has slid into deflation after months of disappointing export, manufacturing, home sales, and youth employment results. This has led to louder calls for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to roll out stimulus measures to kickstart the sputtering economy.

The world’s second-largest economy has been struggling for months, failing to achieve the post-pandemic boom that many had anticipated. The latest July data release showed exports posting its sharpest year-on-year drop since before the pandemic, and imports at five straight months of decline. Factory-gate prices fell for the 10th consecutive month, while new home sales saw its most significant monthly drop since July 2022.

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By Mark Swanson, NEWSMAX    |   Monday, 14 August 2023 11:51 PM EDT

Former President Donald Trump released a lengthy statement late Monday night, shortly after the Fulton County District Attorney’s office returned a 13-count indictment against him for allegedly trying to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia.

Trump’s statement:

“Justice and the rule of law are officially DEAD in America.

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Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

https://rumble.com/v34fn1p-australian-senator-gerard-rennick-grills-evasive-pro-vaccine-pro-pfizer-doc.html

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• August 3, 2023, the Australian Senate held a COVID hearing. Sen. Gerard Rennick asked Dr. Krishan Thiru, Pfizer’s Australian medical director, to explain the mechanism of how the mRNA COVID shot causes myocarditis. Thiru, however, kept talking in circles rather than answering the question
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