by Martin Sherman
Thousands of Israeli protesters rally against PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government in Tel Aviv, Feb. 11, 2023. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
The raising of the issue of a constitution as a potential way out of the political impasse over the future of Israel’s legal system is nothing but a red herring on the part of the opponents of judicial reform.
American Jews are overwhelmingly Democrat in orientation. They’re also, sensibly, extremely worried about antisemitism. The problem is that these same Democrat Jews are blind to the fact that antisemitism is the growing rot at the heart of their own party.
There are lots of reasons Jews are leftists. The main reason, probably, is that American Jews are dedicated to college degrees. There were already jokes in the 1930s showing a lady smiling down at a brand new baby swaddled in a white blanket and asking, “So, what is it? A doctor or a lawyer?” For American Jews, the journey from shtetl to tenement to the middle class was a short one if you could see your son (and, later, your daughter) through college. They are one of the most credentialed religious groups in America.
By Richard Abelson, GATEWAY Jul. 11, 2023 7:15 am
Photo: Eitan Salonim
42 radical left-wing protestors were arrested in Israel during Tuesday‘s “Day of Disruption“ as the Biden Regime continues to push for regime change in the Holy Land. Israel’s Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warned the Biden insurrectionists: “Israel is no longer a star on the American flag.“ The USA has spent $15 million on radical left-wing subversives trying to destroy the Jewish state 2012-2021.
TIERNEY’S REAL NEWS 11.7.23
ROSEANNE BARR IS JEWISH AND THIS IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY TO PIERS MORGAN ABOUT UKRAINE AND ZELENSKY:
ROSEANNE: “I’m from the Ukraine, there is a large faction of Nazis.
By Jonathan S. Tobin 11.7.23
(JNS) In an interview this past weekend with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, President Joe Biden painted a dismal picture of one of America’s closest allies. Following up on previous statements damning Israel’s leaders, Biden claimed that the Jewish state was being run by “one of the most extreme governments” he’s ever seen. He went on to characterize the goings-on in the Israeli cabinet as a coalition with “problems” and one where Prime Minister Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu is struggling to maintain control by “moving toward moderation.”
MEMRI July 11, 2023
Qatar, Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 10701
On July 3-5, 2023, the Israeli armed forces conducted a military operation in the Jenin refugee camp against the Jenin Brigade, a recently formed group comprising fighters from several Palestinian terror organizations, including the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ); Fatah’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and Hamas’ military wing, the ‘Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades. Although the operation resulted in the death of 12 armed terrorists[1] and in the dismantling of terror infrastructures in Jenin, the media outlets of the various terrorist organizations, chief of them Hamas, present it as an achievement and victory of the Palestinian resistance.[2]
Arguably no issue is less partisan, and more likely to unite people of every political stripe, even in our current state of hyper-polarization, than child trafficking. How could opposition to the cruel kidnapping of children and their forced recruitment into the international sex trade fail to draw unified support from all corners? And yet when a movie comes along that dares to address this uncomfortable topic, this horrific evil, head-on – a movie aimed not only at raising awareness but at inspiring action – the Left curiously rallies to undermine it with partisan smears and ugly innuendo.
Since Benjamin Netanyahu’s electoral success this past November, his conservative political coalition has been challenged with a non-stop tsunami of judicial, political and mainstream media generated reports that have only one goal, it demonize and de-legitimize Netanyahu’s electoral success forcing him to abandon his role as the leader of the nation. Exposing this slanderous campaign has had negligible success in convincing the general public that as consumers of information, they are being forced fed a steady diet of conspiracy theories and fake news, chaos, all culminating in what has developed into a politics of rage.
Douglas Macgregor & Kim Iversen:
Jay Valentine makes a strong case that ballots should not be mailed out to addresses for which mail cannot be delivered (vacant lots), at which voters cannot reside (commercial or industrial addresses), or where mail cannot be accurately delivered (apartment or dorm buildings with no apartment number or dorm room number.) He recommends purifying voter rolls so that ballots will not be mailed out to addresses where mail cannot be delivered or voters cannot live. This can be done by compiling the Undeliverable Ballot Database (UBD).
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by Guy Millière, GATESTONE • July 11, 2023 at 5:00 am
Israel National News Jul 10, 2023, 9:48 AM
Prime Minister Netanyahu intends to distance Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir from any involvement in the issue of possible concessions for the Palestinians as part of the cabinet’s decision to prevent the collapse of the Palestinian Authority, according to Army Radio.
According to the report, after Ben-Gvir voted against the proposal in yesterday’s cabinet discussion, a limited team of ministers is expected to be formed to continue dealing with concessions to the Palestinian Authority – of which Ben-Gvir will not be a part.
You are a nice person, but you don’t really understand the judicial reform, Lt. Col. (res.) Oren Shvil told Likud lawmaker Tsega Melaku during a recent panel on the controversial legislation. I too received a similar response when I tried to explain to Svhil that the words “dictatorship” and “regime” do not describe the current situation in Israel.
Opponents of the judicial reform cannot fathom the fact that the other side has brains and are capable of thinking for themselves. In Shvil’s mind, there is no way I studied the material and came to an informed decision.<
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by Bassam Tawil, GATESTONE • July 10, 2023 at 5:00 am
T. Belman.
“Reasonableness is a judicial test that allows courts to strike down government and administrative decisions seen as having not taken into account all the relevant considerations of a particular issue, or having not given the correct weight to those considerations — even if they do not violate any particular law or contradict other administrative rulings.”
“The Attorney General’s Office also criticized the bill, saying that it opened the door to “arbitrary” decision-making.”
No one want’s “arbitrary decisions”. But who is to decide what considerations are more important than others? The Courts or the Government?
The Knesset was set to vote Monday on a controversial bill to curtail judicial review of the “reasonableness” of elected officials’ decisions, as part of the government’s broader plan to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.
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THE CURRENT OFFENSIVE HAS ACHIEVED NOTHING EXCEPT THE LOSS OF HUGE NUMBERS OF UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AND EQUIPTMENT.
STARTING AT 16:40, BERLETIC COVERS THE RETURN TO THE UKRIANIAN ARMY OF THE AZOV BATTALIAN. HE FULLY EXPOSES IT AS A NAZI BATTALION AND ZALENSKY’S EMBRACE OF THEIR LEADERS.
THE NEW ATLAS
The discussion with Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara during the weekly Cabinet meeting became heated after data was presented showing that very few indictments have been made in the ongoing anti-government protests.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded the data on indictments against those who were arrested during the protests,
The attorney general forwarded the data to Deputy Superintendent Yoav Talem, Deputy Head of the Intelligence and Investigations Division in the police, and he replied: “six indictments out of 572 arrested, only for assaulting police officers.”
by Martin Sherman July 5, 2023
For months Israel has been engulfed in a tumultuous public dispute in the titanic clash between the advocates of a direly needed reform of the country’s system of law enforcement on the one hand, and its increasingly strident opponents on the other.
According to the University of Haifa’s annual index for public sector performance, the public’s level of trust in the Israeli judicial system is at the lowest level since the index was first published in 2001.—i24News, Nov. 6, 2018.
After a decade in which left-wing voters expressed a 44 percent confidence in the judiciary, their confidence has eroded since 2017 to 25 percent in 2020.—Haaretz, Jun. 4, 2020.
The reasonableness doctrine isn’t explored enough in the debate, but Israeli citizens would do well to review the arguments on both sides.
By MICHAEL STARR, JPOST 25.5.23
Israel’s judicial reform can be a daunting topic to understand, as it is not one proposal, but several provisions. Some are simpler and more straightforward, like the Judicial Selection Committee or the override clause. But some issues, like the reasonableness standard, are more complicated.
