Netanyahu’s Judicial Reform Doesn’t Go Far Enough  

Israel should establish rules of standing and recognize the distinction between policy and law.

By Michael B. Mukasey, WSJ   26.2.23


Demonstrators protest near Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Feb.10.PHOTO: ATEF SAFADI/

Judges and attorneys general throughout the world—I’ve served in both capacities in the U.S.—wield substantial authority. In any sound legal system, such authority is subject to clear, objective limits. That seemingly unexceptional principle might help clarify the debate roiling Israel over the country’s Supreme Court justices and attorney general, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposals to change that authority and the method of selecting justices.

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February 27, 2023 | 2:58 pm | 3 Comments »

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How sad, this new Europe!  

Europe is falling apart and is on a slope, absorbing blow by blow without being able to respond. Op-ed.

By Giulio Meotti, INN 27.2.23

Midday on a mild, almost hot Monday in mid-December, and the muezzins of West London were chanting the glory of Allah and how there was no other God…”. Thus opens “1985”, the prophetic novel by Anthony Burgess, the author of “A Clockwork Orange”. He wrote it in 1978 and it looks like the portrait of Europe in 2023…<
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February 27, 2023 | 2:07 pm | 1 Comment »

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Coalition MK lauds torching of Arab village after terror attack  

‘I want to see Huwara closed and burned to the ground.’ MK Brig. Gen. (ret.) Zvika Fogel praises Jewish rioters who torched Huwara.

 

Torched cars and building in Huwara, February 27th, 2023Erik Marmor/Flash90

A Coalition MK praised Jewish rioters who torched cars and buildings in the Arab village of Huwara in Samaria overnight, hours after a terrorist murdered two young Israeli men in Huwara.

MK Zvika Fogel (Otzma Yehudit), a retired IDF brigadier general, told Galei Yisrael radio Monday morning that he wanted to see Huwara “shuttered and burned” in response to Sunday’s attack and subsequent celebrations by local Arabs.

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February 27, 2023 | 1:58 pm | 2 Comments »

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The USA wants to dominate the world. Is that a good thing?  

This is a history of all successful US sponsored coups beginning with Hawaii and ending with the removal of Ghadaffy as leader in Libya. The US also removed Mubarak as leader of Egypt, tried to remove Assad as leader of Syria removed a pro-Russian government in Ukraine in 2014 and have been attempting to remove Putin as leader of Russia. The US also bombed Serbia for 68 days forcing its capitulation and the removal of Kosovo from Serbia’s sovereignty.
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February 27, 2023 | 8:30 am | 7 Comments »

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Netanyahu rushes to deny settlement freeze announced after Aqaba summit  

Joint communiqué says Jerusalem won’t discuss new West Bank units for 4 months, authorize outposts for 6 months, but PM, Hanegbi insist ‘there is no change in Israeli policy’

But hours after the joint statement was released, Netanyahu tweeted that “the building and authorization in Judea and Samaria will continue according to the original planning and building schedule, with no change,” using the biblical term for the West Bank.
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February 27, 2023 | 2:36 am | 5 Comments »

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US reveals Israeli concessions to PA, plans for second summit  

Israel will join US-mediated talks with Palestinian Authority, Jordan, and Egypt again next month, State Department reveals.

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Aqaba, JordanNati Shohat/Flash90

Israel has agreed to freeze the approval process for new housing projects in Judea and Samaria for four months, and will not normalize the status of any additional outpost communities for at least six months, the US State Department said Sunday evening.

In a statement released following an emergency summit held in Aqaba in southern Jordan Sunday, the State Department said that both sides had agreed to meet again in Sharm el Sheikh on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt next month to continue efforts to calm regional tensions.

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February 27, 2023 | 2:16 am | 2 Comments »

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Amid mass protests, government set to keep advancing legal overhaul at full steam  

Knesset panel to discuss bills letting MKs shield legislation from review, limit option of recusing PM; next plenum votes expected Wednesday, when protesters plan ‘day of struggle’

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Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee hearing, February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After hundreds of thousands of people protested Saturday evening against the government’s judicial overhaul plans, the coalition was nevertheless expected to continue advancing the radical reform package at full speed Sunday, with the next plenum votes on pieces of legislation set for Wednesday, although the schedule could yet change.

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February 26, 2023 | 2:54 pm | 16 Comments »

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IDF reduces counterterror activity following Jordan summit  

MK Gideon Sa’ar slams govt. after decision to reduce operations to arrest terrorists in Judea and Samaria in response to summit.

The IDF is reducing its counterterrorism activity in Judea and Samaria following the emergency summit which was held in Aqaba, Jordan today between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Yediot Aharonot military correspondent Yossi Yehoshua reported.

A senior security official said: ”We are giving it a chance. We will only act in the face of ticking bombs or an urgent operational need.”

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February 26, 2023 | 2:27 pm | 2 Comments »

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VERY GOOD NEWS ISRAEL  

By Michael Ordman, VGNI

The title “Now it’s personal” is so appropriate to Israeli innovations. Many were initiated because of an Israeli entrepreneur’s personal experience. In this newsletter, see the articles about Surgical Theater, the accessible beehive and the Michal Sela Startup Academy. The new Israeli cancer awareness campaign even uses AI to simulate you personally at a future event – but you will only live to see that event if you have a check-up for cancer.
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February 26, 2023 | 1:21 pm | Comments »

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A law firm documented a nationwide racketeering scheme by the cartels to bribe our judges & rig our elections  

– after a 4 year investigation!

TIERNEY NEWS

I updated yesterday’s post with MUCH NEW INFORMATION that came out last night that you need to see. Please read and share. Have a good weekend. Thanks! Peg

178 million people saw President Trump’s visit to East Palestine, Ohio in spite of the fact that Fox News did not cover it live. Trump brought water, food, supplies and hope to people who had none. Trump spurred FEMA, the EPA, the NTSB and Buttigieg into action!

Citizen journalists like you and me CAN spread the truth better than the fake news. Keep going Patriots!

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February 26, 2023 | 9:48 am | 3 Comments »

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Donetsk and Luhansk: What you should know about the ‘republics’  

T. Belman. The following two articles published on Feb 22, 2022. add some much needed background. Donetsk and Luhansk both voted to secede in 2014. Putin waited until Feb 21, 2022 to recognize their independence. Two days later the Russian military operation commenced. So from Putin’s point of view Russia was not invading Ukraine. The West refused to recognize their independence and so considered that Russia invaded Ukraine. According to the following article, these provinces had the right to secede and their secession did not depend on how many nations recognized it.

Ukraine: The right of self-determination supersedes sovereign inviolability

This would not have happened but for the CIA sponsored Maidan Coup in 2014. Russia annexed Crimea in Mar 2022 and the other provinces in Sept 2022.

Who has followed Russia in recognising the controversial, Moscow-backed statelets in Ukraine? And what is life like there?

By  22 Feb 20, 22

Kyiv, Ukraine – Moscow-backed separatists have controlled the southeastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, known collectively as Donbas, for almost eight years.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised them only on Monday, paving the way for the official presence of Russian troops in the rebel-controlled areas that occupy about a third of Donetsk and Luhansk.

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February 26, 2023 | 4:50 am | Comments »

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How the Powerful Captured the Public in a Pandemic  

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola 25.2.23

Kim Iverson interviews Robert F Kennedy VIDEO

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks the truth about the authoritarian pandemic response that continues to threaten democracy and liberty as we know it
  • In an interview with journalist Kim Iversen, Kennedy explains how the military industrial complex uses mind control techniques and fear to exert control over the population
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February 25, 2023 | 4:59 pm | 2 Comments »

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Thanks to Obama’s ‘Nuclear Deal,’ Iran Now a Major Arms Exporter  

by Majid Rafizadeh, GATESTONE  •  February 25, 2023

  • In the next phase of Iran’s dangerous development, export and proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it is attempting to set up drone assembly lines abroad, likely to expedite the process of weapons delivery to its allies.
  • “Moscow and Tehran are moving ahead with plans to build a new factory in Russia that could make at least 6,000 Iranian-designed drones for the war in Ukraine, the latest sign of deepening cooperation between the two nations….” — Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2023.
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February 25, 2023 | 4:45 pm | Comments »

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China Empowers Russia in Ukraine, Risks Nuclear War With US, Says Former General  

T. Belman. From my point of view, it is the US that risks nuclear war. The US policy should have been to embrace Russia rather than alienate her.  The US believed in its own supremacy and wanted to dominate Russia. In the end American hubris  brought about the demise of  American dominance and the NWO.

The pot is calling the kettle, black 

The US is reaping what it sowed.

Gordon Chang to Newsmax: China ‘Supplying Lethal Assistance’ to Russia

By Andrew Thornebrooke, EPOCH TIMES

A Russian soldier patrols a street in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)<

The growing alliance between Russia and communist China carries significant implications for the war in Ukraine and the future of U.S. nuclear deterrence more broadly, according to one former general.

It is likely that the intensity of Russian military actions in Ukraine and potentially elsewhere will increase as Beijing and Moscow grow closer, and there is a real risk that nuclear war could erupt, according to retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding.

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February 25, 2023 | 4:26 pm | Comments »

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Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: ‘Feckless’ Biden Is ‘Major Cause’ of Ukraine War  

T. Belman.  Unfortunately he doesn’t mention how the US pushed Russia to the brink in the twenty years proceeding. Nor does he mention the the US could have avoided this war by not causing the Maidan Coup etc.

By Nicole Wells, NEWSMAX  24 February 2023

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Newsmax Friday that President Joe Biden is a “feckless” commander in chief who is a “major cause” of the war in Ukraine.

“When it comes to foreign policy, [President] Joe Biden has managed, for over two years now, to get everything exactly backwards,” Cruz said during an appearance on Newsmax’s “The Chris Salcedo Show.” “He has managed to alienate and abandon our friends and allies and, simultaneously, to show weakness and to show appeasement to our enemies.”

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February 25, 2023 | 4:05 pm | 1 Comment »

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