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BY HUGH FITZGERALD, JIHAD WATCH JUN 24, 2023 10:00 AM

Thomas Nides is the American Ambassador to Israel. He has not exactly endeared himself to the Israelis in the little more than two years he’s been in their country, for he has a supercilious habit of telling them what he, the grand panjandrum and viceroy from Washington, thinks they should do. More on this stumble-bumbling Mr. Buttinsky can be found in this article from March that retains its relevance: “A Bumbling Ambassador in Israel,” by Jerold Auerbach, Algemeiner, March 3, 2023:
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T. Belman. I have further edited the sub-titles to give you a more coherent reading of what was said. I did so because I believe my remarks are noteworthy.

It is my pleasure and honor to welcome you here to this historic event. The conference will be seen as the beginning of the end of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and hopefully the beginning of the Jordanian presidency of my friend Mudar Zahran.

I met Mudar shortly after making Aliyah some eight years ago and worked with him during those years to pursue and perfect his plans. Mudar wanted to become president of Jordan because he wanted to serve his people, the Palestinians.

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There is no moral equivalence whatsoever between Palestinian terrorists and Israeli troops. Falsely balanced diplomatic formulations like those that “call upon all sides to end the cycle of violence” must be rejected.

By  David M. Weinberg, IH 23.6.23

As is his usual rotten wont, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland this week condemned the “continuing cycle of violence” in Judea and Samaria, as if Israel and the Palestinians each were cavalierly engaging in murder just for fun or out of comparable burning hatred.

Even US Ambassador Tom Nides seemed to draw a parallel between the gruesome Palestinian attack near Eli (where two Palestinian terrorists gunned down four Israeli civilians in a restaurant), and the Palestinian bystanders killed in a shootout between IDF soldiers and the terrorists they were seeking during an arrest raid in Jenin.

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FirstOneThrough   24.6.23

The United Nations met this week to discuss counter-terrorism. One of the discussions focused on a left-wing term-of-art called “maculinities” and its need to be studied and addressed in the field of terrorism. Specifically, a 90-minute discussion called “Bridging the gap: Connecting research, policy and practice on masculinities to more effectively counter terrorism and prevent and counter violent extremism” urged the UN and members states to tackle the issue of “toxic masculinity” and how it is used to draw recruits to terrorism.
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T. Belman.  What undermines the rule of law is the governments failure to protect her citizens. The citizens are taking the law into their own hands because is failing to do so.  Obviously, if the government took a stronger stance, the citizens wouldn’t take action. In addition, this is not a matter of crime and punishment so much as it is an existential battle. The Palestinians back the terrorists and the citizens should be help responsible. Collective punishment is in order.

PM criticizes National Security Minister for calling on Israelis to move to unauthorized outposts in Judea and Samaria.

Israel National News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday over Ben-Gvir’s call for Israelis to move to unauthorized outposts in Judea and Samaria.

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T. Belman. Why does Israel need Cypress. Why does Israel not convert it to LNG herself and then ship to Europe?

By Michele Kambas

NICOSIA, June 20 (Reuters) – Cyprus hopes to develop plans for a pipeline linking it to Israel’s east Mediterranean gas fields during talks which start next month, the island’s top energy official told Reuters.

Proposals by the new centrist Cypriot government, which came to power in March, represent a markedly different approach to its predecessors in getting gas to Europe and other markets.

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Investigative journalist James O’Keefe peeled back layers covering global investment firm BlackRock Inc., and what was revealed was frightening for those who value freedom.

A journalist with his new O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) talked with BlackRock recruiter Serge Varlay. She listened as he told her of the incredible mass of funding the company controls and how that money enables it to “run the world.”

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Mecouris says that this revolt is already fizzling out.

Justice Minister calls trial of PM Netanyahu ‘worst political and legal persecution in the country’s history’ after latest developments.

Israel National News     Jun 23, 2023, 11:27 AM (GMT+3)

Likud Ministers responded this morning (Friday) to the apparent collapse of the bribery charge against Benjamin Netanyahu in Case 4000, which is known as the Bezeq-Walla case.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin said: “The worst political and legal persecution in the country’s history is collapsing. It is impossible not to be shocked by everything that has happened until now, and by what is revealed step by step. Even if it takes years – the truth must come to light.”

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By Robyn Dolgin, AM THINKER

Kayla Lovdahl is the perfect test case as a 13-year-old who was approved for “transgender surgery:” She could not conceive, at the time, of the possibility of suffering a lifetime of disfigurement and chronic pain.

Ms. Lovdahl, now 18, has retained an attorney, Charles Limandri, who has employed such emotionally charged words as “barbaric and cruel” to describe the medical team’s actions in causing his client deep physical and emotional wounds.

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A Russian mercenary leader claimed he controls a military headquarters in southern Russia, and Vladimir Putin vowed to take action.

By the NYT staff of The Morning  June 24, 2023, 7:20 a.m. ET

The Wagner chief’s broadside against the Russian military establishment has escalated tensions drastically, but it’s not yet clear how much of a threat the situation poses to the Kremlin.

By Mike Ives, NYT June 24, 2023, 2:54 a.m. ET

Russian generals on Friday accused a Russian mercenary tycoon of trying to mount a coup against President Vladimir V. Putin. It signaled an extraordinary, open confrontation between the Wagner chief and the military, who have feuded for months over Russia’s war tactics in Ukraine.

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T. Belman. Pinkas says that an escalation of violence will destabilize Jordan and undermine normalization with Saudi Arabia.  In my opinion, destabilizing Jordan is a good thing and clamping down on the Palestinians won’t retard normalization with SA. SA has already indicated that it won’t be subservient to the Palestinian cause.

Any escalation in the West Bank will undermine efforts the U.S. is making to facilitate an upgrade in Saudi-Israeli relations and also destabilize Jordan. So why is Washington refusing to get involved?

By Alon Pinkas, HAARETZ

Palestinians checking a car burned by Israeli settlers during clashes near Ramallah in the West Bank last month.Credit: ALI SAWAFTA/REUTERS

by Dion J. Pierre, ALGEMEINER

Palestinian employees of UNRWA in Gaza City demonstrate against the US decision in Jan 2018 to cut contributions to the agency. Photo: Reuters/Mohammed Salem.

The US Department of State has increased its 2023-24 contribution to the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees despite widespread concern that antisemitism and jihadi violence is openly taught in schools it administers in the Palestinian territories.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), founded in 1949 to provide humanitarian and social services to Palestinian refugees, will receive an additional $16.2 million this year, the State Department announced on Wednesday, bringing the total dollar amount it will rake in from the US under a framework agreement finalized in April to $223 million. Since 2021, the US has provided UNRWA $940 million.

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