Allow Palestinian Arabs to obtain Israeli residency status and dismantle the PA  

T. Belman.  It is a must read. It is predicated on the belief that the Palestinians can be domesticated i.e., made peaceful. Is it more realistic that believing that compensated emigration will solve the problem.

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What is the use of the “differential” solutions that already exist on the ground (such as checkpoints, cameras, military presence, Shin Bet, etc) if there is no overarching political “integrated” move to deal with the root of the problem? 

19.6.23

It’s no secret that the Israeli economy benefits from the Palestinian Arab workforce, especially in the real estate domain. Broad consensus supports this arrangement, with only a few extreme parties on either side opposing it.

Tens of thousands of Palestinian Arab workers cross what I call the “Israel-Israel” border every day to earn a living or visit their lucky relatives in Israeli Arab villages. This reality often invites security problems. However, the Israeli leadership is adept at lowering the level of concern to swiftly return to the routine of these workers.

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June 20, 2023 | 11:06 am | 7 Comments »

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PM: Current bill for coalition to control judicial panel is dead  

Netanyahu reportedly informs coalition heads Levin-Rothman legislation to restructure Judicial Selection Committee won’t be enacted, other parts of package will be advanced instead

By TOI STAFF   Mon 6:43 am  

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told ministers over the weekend that the coalition’s current legislation aimed at securing control over the Judicial Selection Committee, which was suspended in late March just prior to being enacted, will not be revived.

The legislation — which would give the coalition near-complete control over the appointment of all Israel’s judges — is one of the central planks of the judicial overhaul, crafted by the package’s architects Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Constitution Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman.

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June 19, 2023 | 4:11 pm | 2 Comments »

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Top Court Orders Government to Justify Expanding Far-right Ben-Gvir’s Powers Over Israel Police  

T. Belman. This is one more example of judicial overreach necessitating Judicial Reform.

The injunction issued by Israel’s High Court means that the court found the petitioners’ arguments against the amendment, which states that the National Security Minister will direct police policy, persuasive, and the burden of convincing the court not to repeal it now falls on the respondents

Chen MaanitBy Chen Maanit, HAARETZ

Israel’s High Court of Justice has issued an injunction ordering the government, the Knesset, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to explain within 90 days why the amendment to the Police Order, which grants Ben-Gvir the power to determine police policy, including in investigations, should not be repealed.

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June 19, 2023 | 3:36 pm | Comments »

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Washington did not give the green light to Hussein II.  

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June 19, 2023 | 2:20 am | 1 Comment »

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Trends in Trade Between Israel and China Over the Past Decade (2013–2022)  

Tomer Fadlon, INSS 18.6.23

This paper surveys the trends in trade between Israel and China, in both goods and services, over the past decade (2013–2022). Especially noticeable is the significant and consistent rise in trade with Israel during those years, based mostly on the import of goods from China, which totaled $17.62 billion in 2022. The imports from China are diverse and include machinery for infrastructure and construction projects, consumer products ordered from Chinese websites, which to some degree has mitigated the rise in the cost of living in Israel, and for the past two years, the import of cars from China. 

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June 19, 2023 | 1:46 am | Comments »

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INTO THE FRAY: Yair Lapid -Thinking the unthinkable  

By MARTIN SHERMAN

When the official reasons given for the Oct. 2022 gas deal with Lebanon unravel, who can be blamed for allowing “heretical” alternative explanations to creep into one’s mind

 We will divide up the region. Israel will return most of the West Bank, and the Palestinian flag will fly on public buildings in East Jerusalem – Yair Lapid,Der Spiegel, May 8, 2008.  

 Jerusalem is not a place; it is the constitutive concept of Israeli identity and our most fundamental ethos…We will not divide Jerusalem. No matter what happens. If that eventually means that there will be no resolution [of the conflict] then there will be no resolution – Yair Lapid, Walla, December 27, 2014.

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June 19, 2023 | 1:23 am | 2 Comments »

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Smotrich: Intel to Invest $25 billion in New Israeli Plant  

By David Israel, JEWISH PRESS   

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and Budgets Commissioner Yogev Gerdos on Sunday informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Economy Minister Nir Barkat that the lengthy negotiations between the global Intel company and the budget division of the finance ministry had concluded successfully, and agreements in principle were reached regarding Intel’s plan to invest approximately $25 billion in a new plant in Kiryat Gat.

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June 19, 2023 | 1:18 am | Comments »

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JOC invited to Congress  


The office of the Jordanian Coalition for the Opposition in London received an official invitation, on a specific date, in the near future, by the US Congress, where the Jordanian opposition delegation will meet with a special, diverse subcommittee in Congress that was formed to look into the Jordanian issue..

June 18, 2023 | 10:26 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israel’s Attorney General to Object to Ben-Gvir’s Bill Seeking Power to Detain Israelis  

T. Belman. The government is quite right to propose this extension to the Minister of National Security. This differs from the detention  applied to the Jan 6 detainees  in that they were subject to trumped up charges whereas in Israel the detentions would be soundly based.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara warns that the bill could create ‘a slippery slope’ for Israel’s Arab citizens, and ‘violate basic principles of Israeli law’

By Chen Maanit and Noa Shpigel, HAARETZ 17.6.23


Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, in May.Credit: Abir Sultan/Pool via Reuters

Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is expected to oppose the bill aimed at giving National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir authority to approve administrative detention orders.

The Justice Ministry has yet to formulate a final position on the bill, which is due to be on Sunday’s agenda of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. According to Justice Ministry sources, however, expanding the use of administrative detention, as Ben-Gvir is seeking, is unnecessary and could infringe upon human rights.

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June 18, 2023 | 3:26 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israel to Expedite Major West Bank Settlement Expansion Next Week, Defying Commitments to U.S.  

The decision by the Netanyahu-led government comes as Barbara Leaf, the top ranking American diplomat for the Middle East, is set to visit the region. Earlier this year, Israel issued a commitment to the Biden administration, promising not to expand West Bank settlements for four months

By Hagar Shezaf and Jonathan Lis, HAARETZ 18.6.23 12:24 PM

The Israeli cabinet is set to approve a resolution on Sunday that would shorten the process of approving construction in West Bank Jewish settlements and give Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich – who also serves as a minister in the Defense Ministry – the authority to approve one of the stages. The decision would change a system that has been in effect for the last 27 years.

In a related development, next week the Supreme Planning Council of the Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank will consider the advancement of plans for thousands of housing units in West Bank settlements.

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June 18, 2023 | 3:08 pm | 2 Comments »

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VERY GOOD NEWS ISRAEL  

By Michael Ordman, , VGNI

In the 18th Jun 23 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

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June 18, 2023 | 2:37 pm | Comments »

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France: Submission to Islamism Quickly Gaining Ground  

by Guy Millière, GATESTONE  •  June 18, 2023 at 5:00 am

Pictured: Bois-d’Aulne College in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, where Paty was murdered. (Photo by Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images)

  • Samuel Paty, a high school teacher [was] savagely beheaded on October 16, 2020 in… the suburbs of Paris where he taught…
  • The list of 14 people [indicted] does not include the murderer, Abdullakh Anzorov: he was shot dead by police.
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June 18, 2023 | 2:30 pm | 1 Comment »

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Southeast Asia between Major Powers: Lessons for the M.E.  

by  June 2023

China’s President Xi Jinping and Arab leaders during the China-Arab summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2022. Photo credit: Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

I once asked a Vietnamese friend what an impending leadership change in Hanoi meant for his country’s relations with China. “Every Vietnamese leader,” he replied, “must get along with China; every Vietnamese leader must stand up to China; and if you cannot do both at the same time, you don’t deserve to be the leader.” His answer succinctly describes Southeast Asia’s general approach not only to China but also to other major powers and major power competition.

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June 18, 2023 | 12:53 pm | Comments »

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The Left’s New Daddy Warbucks  

By (American Greatness)

Alexander Soros’ bragging, “I’m more political,” promises limitless funding of the progressive-Left agenda for the 2024 election. It seems that the June 11 glorified announcement in the Wall Street Journal, exalting Alexander Soros’ accession to his father’s financial empire and global “political-philanthropic” foundations, was meant to boost the young man’s clout.

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June 18, 2023 | 12:30 pm | Comments »

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REVEALED: The Secret, D.C. Uniparty Summit to Stop Donald Trump.  

by Raheem J, Kassam. NATIONAL PULSE

Top Democrats and former Republicans met at a Washington, D.C. think tank in early June 2023 to discuss election interference strategies to block former President Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House, according to a report in the Washington Post.

The meeting is said to have included recent Biden White House chief of staff Ron Klain, Democratic National Committee senior advisor Cedric L. Richmond, as well as Stephanie Cutter, a former campaign adviser to Barack Obama who has also worked with Biden.

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June 18, 2023 | 10:59 am | 1 Comment »

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Gafni: We’ll demand override clause be passed  

UTJ MK says haredi party still seeks to pass law allowing Knesset to re-enact legislation struck down by the Supreme Court.

18.6.23

While the Likud party is currently focused on passing smaller parts of the government’s planned judicial reforms in response to the opposition’s decision to suspend the negotiations at the President’s Residence, the haredi United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party is demanding the passage of one of the most controversial parts of the reforms, the override clause.

Kan Reshet Bet reported that Knesset Finance Committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) said in closed conversations last week that he is seeking the passage of the override clause.

“We will not give up on the override clause,” Gafni said in the midst of the crisis between the coalition and the opposition.
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June 18, 2023 | 10:41 am | 1 Comment »

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Supreme Planning Council approves: 4,500 housing units in Judea and Samaria  

Finance Minister Smotrich says Judea and Samaria residents no longer being treated as second-class citizens with new construction.

18.6.23

The agenda for the Supreme Planning Council for Judea and Samaria was published today (Sunday). The agenda includes the approval of over 4,500 housing units in various communities in Judea and Samaria.

The published plans join the nearly ten thousand units published at the previous meeting of the Supreme Planning Council. With the new plans, more housing units have been approved in the first six months of 2023 than at any other six-month period of the last decade.

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June 18, 2023 | 10:35 am | Comments »

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The heroic story of Tina Peters a 67 years old clerk at Mesa county in Colorado  

Persecuted and prosecuted by the FBI for exposing massive voter fraud in the November 2020 Presidential elections

By URI WEISS   17.6.23

https://rumble.com/v2unbse-tina-peters-on-colorados-2020-election-fraud-feds-persecute-election-integr.html

The story that Tina Peters tells is something we all knew since the fateful night of November 3rd, 2020, when the Presidential elections have been stolen from the American people in the most brazen way by the DemocRATS aided by the FBI and what has become to be known as the UNIPARTY in full cooperation with the lame, fake media, which this time included also Fox News.

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June 18, 2023 | 7:08 am | Comments »

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