What does it actually mean when people warn Israel is ‘turning into Hungary’  

T. Belman.  This is a very long article so I extracted the key paragraphs which are enough to give you a clear picture.

By Eldad Beck, ISRAEL HAYOM

Hungary has become in the last few weeks one of a symbol. At the protests against the proposed judicial reforms and on television studios, people have been discussing how Israel is becoming like Hungary and comparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Orbán is presented as an unrestrained political leader who consistently works to destroy Hungary’s democracy and replace it with an authoritarian regime, a kind of dictatorship.
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February 16, 2023 | 3:41 pm | 2 Comments »

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The DNA of Intelligent Design  

By Robert Arvay, AM THINKER

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Much of the public is familiar with the term “DNA” because it is associated with court cases involving paternity lawsuits and criminal investigations. Few people are aware, however, that there is no proof that DNA does what many biologists have long been saying it does. DNA is clearly important to heredity, yes, but it is not the blueprint for your body. The evidence for that is potentially revolutionary in terms of science.
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February 16, 2023 | 3:06 pm | 7 Comments »

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US/NATO Starts to Admit it is losing the logistics war against Russia in Ukraine  

By Mark Sleboda, REAL POLITICK

– US officials tell Kiev regime that assistance level may not last forever and to “fight harder”
– Latest Western arms packages to the Kiev regime
– Stoltenberg warns NATO is losing the “ammunition war” against Russia
– US hysteria over balloons and aliens is a manufactured political distraction
– Domestic politics in Turkey over earthquake aftermath
– Pakistan’s new to sit down with US officials to “repair ties”, what’s up?

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February 16, 2023 | 2:43 pm | 7 Comments »

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The Romans, not the Jews, killed Jesus  

By Lewis Regenstein

For two thousand years, “the Jews” have been falsely blamed for the murder of Jesus. This charge of Deicide is the oldest and most damaging and pernicious of all the “blood libels” spread to provoke hatred and killing of innocent Jews by Christians through the ages.

But a careful reading of the Christian Bible, the “New Testament”, shows that it was not the Jews but the Romans who killed Jesus. Indeed, Jesus, his family, disciples,  followers and supporters were Jews, and they, like him, were the victims of the Romans, not the perpetrators.

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February 16, 2023 | 2:11 pm | 62 Comments »

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Returning power to democracy: Understanding the Israeli judicial reform  

Head of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee explains the ‘Zion Will Be Delivered With Justice’ work plan. “Returning power to the Israeli democratic process, and bringing Israel in line with almost every known Western democracy”.

  Feb 15, 2023, 11:22?PM 

Since the 1980s, Israel has experienced a “judicial revolution”. By judicially declaring Israel to have a constitution, the court usurped the legislative power. Using a unique and exclusive “reasonableness” doctrine, it also transferred the last word on all executive decisions, including appointments to ministerial positions, to its own hands. And above all, the court holds a preposterous veto power over the appointment of justices to its own body.

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February 16, 2023 | 10:58 am | Comments »

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Security Council to condemn Israel over construction in J&S  

Security Council considering draft resolution that would demand Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities”.

16.2.23

The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution, seen by Reuters on Wednesday, that would demand Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.”

The 15-member council is likely to vote on Monday on the text, drafted by the United Arab Emirates in coordination with the Palestinian Authority, diplomats told the news agency.

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February 16, 2023 | 8:33 am | 7 Comments »

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US mulling further steps following Israel’s announcement on Judea and Samaria construction  

T. Belman. Bring it on.

US officials tell Axios the Israelis were told there will be a strong response to decision to authorize new communities and approve new housing units in Judea and Samaria.

The Biden administration is discussing additional steps it can take in response to Israel’s latest announcement on the authorization of nine communities in Judea and Samaria and the construction of 9,000 new housing units in the region, US officials told Axios’ Barak Ravid on Wednesday.

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February 16, 2023 | 8:22 am | 4 Comments »

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Washington’s failure to secure quiet in Judea and Samaria  

Abbas’s reluctance to have the P.A. fight terrorism emphasizes the fact that his role as a possible peace partner expired long ago. Op-ed.

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

P.A. chairman Mahmoud Abbas was outraged by the Feb. 12, 2023, decision of Israel’s Security Cabinet to recognize nine unauthorized outposts in Judea and Samaria. He issued a statement that the decision is a challenge to American and Arab efforts and a provocation to the Palestinian Arabs that will lead to further tensions and escalation.

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February 16, 2023 | 8:15 am | 2 Comments »

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Alan Dershowitz’s 3 compromises to fix Israeli judicial reform – opinion  

T. Belman. Dershowitz claims the current battle is “not about democracy. It is about justice, the rule of law and minority rights”. “But when it comes to decisions regarding basic issues of civil liberties, human rights, minority rights, civil rights, due process, free speech, religious liberty, equal protection and other enduring aspects of individual liberty, the Supreme Court should have the last word. “

Not so fast. Israel is at war with the Palestinian movement and should have the right to keep them in check. i.e., no flag, no naqba, no total free speech. Israel must have the right to pass laws that protect the Jewish state and Zionism. even if that means discrimination against the Arabs in their quest for collective rights or the destruction of Israel.. Save for that I am all for minority rights.

The time has come for both sides of the hotly disputed proposals for judicial reform to sit down and work out reasonable and principled compromises. Each side has some good points and both sides overstate the dangers they fear. But neither side seems in the mood to compromise, since their ideologically driven views have considerable popular support.

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February 16, 2023 | 8:08 am | 2 Comments »

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Coalition Freezes Judicial Reform Bills to Open Possibility for Dialogue  

T. Belman. Two bills are going ahead. “One concerns changes to the makeup of the Judicial Selection Committee and the other prohibits the Supreme Court from weighing in on Basic Laws, which have a quasi-constitutional status in Israel.”

By  Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)       15.2.23

The government on Wednesday delayed three bills it planned to put up for a Knesset vote, “in order to encourage dialogue” regarding its judicial reform program.

The first bill seeks to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling that Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri cannot serve as a cabinet minister. The second concerns an override clause that would let the Knesset re-legislate laws overturned by the Supreme Court, and the third calls for placing the Police Investigations Unit under the minister of justice and granting it additional powers, including the ability to investigate attorneys.

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February 16, 2023 | 12:23 am | Comments »

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Netanyahu to Transfer Full Power over Civil Administration to Smotrich  

By  Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)   15.2.23

Benjamin Netanyahu and Bezalel Smotrich in the Knesset. Dec. 20, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday to immediately transfer to him power over the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration, in accordance with their parties’ coalition agreement.

Netanyahu phoned Smotrich after the latter slammed the Civil Administration for ordering the razing earlier Wednesday of a Jewish-owned olive grove and orchard in Samaria.

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February 16, 2023 | 12:16 am | 1 Comment »

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9,000 new housing units to be approved in Judea and Samaria  

The cabinet has decided to immediately implement several decisions to strengthen Judea and Samaria.

   14.2.23

The Cabinet’s decisions are being implemented immediately: along with formal recognition of nine new towns in Judea and Samaria, 9,000 new housing units are being approved for construction.

These include, among other things, about 1,100 new housing units that will be approved in Ma’ale Adumim, about 600 in Tel Zion, about 500 in Givat Ze’ev and about 400 in Kedumim and Elazar. In addition, tenders will be published for another 2,377 new housing units throughout Judea and Samaria.

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February 15, 2023 | 3:23 pm | 3 Comments »

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New Samaria demolition reignites coalition crisis  

Defense Minister Gallant again overrides Smotrich, orders Samaria demolition.

The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria uprooted a Jewish-owned orchard and olive grove in Samaria Wednesday morning, defying the instructions of Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party).

Dozens of yeshiva and seminary students gathered at the olive grove and fruit orchard, owned by Hen Ben-Eliyahu and located in the Shilo Valley in the Binyamin district of Samaria, in an attempt to prevent the demolition.

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February 15, 2023 | 3:13 pm | 17 Comments »

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The Russian Offensive has begun  

HINDUSTAN TIMES

Putin’s missile storm hits Zaporizhzhia; Ukraine’s major ammunition depot destroyed

Russian Army pierces Ukraine’s defence in Luhansk; Zelensky’s men retreat 3 KMS

February 15, 2023 | 2:24 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israel-Sudan Agreement a Success for Abraham Accords, Setback for Iran  

by Jonathan Spyer, The Jerusalem Post

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced late last week that Israel will sign a full peace agreement with Sudan in the course of 2023. The announcement followed a visit to Khartoum by Cohen.

This development reflects the further crystallization and further advance of the undeclared regional alignment of which Israel forms a part, and in which Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are all crucial components.

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February 15, 2023 | 1:38 pm | Comments »

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Antisemitism dramatically undercounted in 2022, AJC report says.  

THE JEWISH VOICE   15.2.23


Following the Holocaust, Antisemitism was politically incorrect in America for about 30 years, but a new kind of anti-Semitism started originating from Campus leftism of the 1960’s just after Israel’s miraculous victory in the 1967 Six-Day-War and the new military alliance it formed with America

(JNS) Despite well-documented surges in antisemitism in America, new data suggests official numbers dramatically undercount the problem’s scope.

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February 15, 2023 | 12:36 pm | Comments »

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When you remove cheating from elections, the left can’t win  

– even in big cities! It’s a global con job!

TIERNEY’S REAL NEWS     14.2.23

Remember I told you that Berlin held elections over a year ago and the machines failed just like they later did in Maricopa county, Arizona? There was widespread cheating & the conservatives DEMANDED a new election. They finally got it.

Last November, Germany VOIDED THE OLD ELECTION and ordered a new election due to all the problems – over a year later! It was run again last weekend and guess what?

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February 15, 2023 | 12:09 pm | 2 Comments »

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