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UNFORTUNATELY, MEAD IS A TWO-STATER.

“Few of America’s foreign relations are as internationally controversial and internally contentious as our close relationship with Israel. That relationship has long been under intense criticism, and its true history has been obscured by rhetoric. Fortunately, Walter Russell Mead of the Hudson Institute offers a new perspective on this contested subject in The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People (Knopf, 2022). Seeking out the truth, Mr. Mead challenges both pro-Zionist and anti-Zionist narratives to shed light on the complicated origins of a now-divisive issue.”

T. Belman. Its time to end proportionality. We must use as much force as is necessary to bring peace to the land. In other words, zero tolerance for terrorism. No more pussy-footing around. Our words must be as bold as our action.

Zvika Fogel from Itamar Ben-Gvir’s extremist party says that Israel is ‘too merciful’ to the Palestinians, and that such an approach must change

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The far-right leader, who will now have Israel’s border police units in the West Bank at his disposal, has consistently called to impose ‘governance’ against the Bedouin communities in Israel’s southern region

By Josh Breiner, HAARETZ

Incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi ShabtaiCredit: Ohad Zwigenberg

by Amir Taheri, GATESTONE  •  December 11, 2022

The failure of Iran’s rulers to develop a coherent narrative, let alone a strategy to deal with what looks like an existential crisis for the regime, has led to a chaotic response to the popular uprising. Pictured: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a rally in Tehran on November 4, 2022. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

• The failure of the Khomeinist clique to develop a coherent narrative, let alone a strategy to deal with what looks like an existential crisis for the regime, has led to a chaotic response to the popular uprising. According to semi-official figures, between 300 and 500 protesters have been killed by the security forces and more than 15,000 jailed. By the time of this writing, four executions have also been officially reported.
• But when you break down those figures, a curious pattern emerges.
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by Guy Millière, GATESTONE  •  December 11, 2022

The January 28, 2021 appointment as US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs of Hady Amr (pictured), a man who wrote “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada” and who falsely accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing,” was a significant step that promised the worst. (Photo by Ryan Rayburn/IMF via Flickr)

• The January 28, 2021 appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs of Hady Amr, a man who wrote “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada” and who falsely accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing,” was a significant step that promised the worst.
• Two days before that, the Biden administration not only restored relations with the Palestinian Authority, but resumed most of the financial aid that had been suspended by the Trump administration — but they failed to ask the Palestinian leaders to stop financing and supporting terrorism.
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The Palestinians aspiration is not to establish a state of their own but to dismantle a state of others

By MARTIN SHERMAN      DECEMBER 16, 2011 

Newt Gingrich 311 (R) 

I think there is an Arab nation. I do not think there is a Palestinian nation. I think it’s a colonialist invention… When were there any Palestinians? …until the 19th century Palestine was the south of greater Syria. – Azmi Bishara, 1994

I think we’ve had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs, and who were historically part of the Arab community. – Newt Gingrich, 2011

Newt Gingrich is to be warmly commended on his recent statement underscoring the lack of authenticity of Palestinian nationality.

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The Modern Orthodox-Lite component is the most endangered.. Reactions to Avi Ciment’s “The Modern Orthodox Conundrum.”

By Rabbi Avraham Gordimer, INN   Dec 10, 2022,

Avi Ciment’s recent series in The Jewish Press, The Modern Orthodox Conundrum (Part I, Part II and Part III), is an absolute must-read. The author rivetingly lays forth the issues facing Modern Orthodoxy and suggests solutions, with great detail and plenty of personal and third-person narrative, making the topic come alive and demonstrating just how serious and compelling the matter is.

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by Dr. Joseph Mercola

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• In his new book, “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022,” former BlackRock fund manager Edward Dowd details data showing the COVID shots are a crime against humanity
• Insurance industry research in 2016 concluded that group life policyholders die at one-third the rate of the general U.S. population, so they’re the healthiest among us. Group life policyholders are those employed with Fortune 500 companies, who tend to be younger and well-educated
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By Richard Abelson, GATEWAY PUNDIT         December 10, 2022

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro emerged from the Alvorada Palace in Brasilía Friday and spoke to protestors for the first time since mass protests against the stolen election began 41 days ago, promising to “fight to the death” for Brazil. ‘Load up on cash, food and gas’, the military is advising.

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by Micha Gefen, ISRAEL UNWIRED     December 8, 2022

There are a lot of hints that a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is in the works.

While peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia will take time, there are already interesting developments. For one, officials from Saudi Arabia met with the heads of America’s Jewish community. They made it clear that they want peace with Israel.

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“When someone opens a store, he gets a visit warning him of the danger of fires, along with the local boss’ calling card.”

By Yoni Kempinski, INN

Meir Deutsch of RegavimIsrael National News

Speaking at a real estate conference in Eilat, Meir Deutsch, director of the Regavim organization, discussed the phenomenon of paying protection money to criminal groups in Israel, and the effect this is having on society in general.

“This is a problem that is entirely different from how people envision it,” Deutsch told Israel National News. “It has reached the stage where it threatens the personal security of regular Israeli citizens, and I don’t mean just in the Negev. 85 percent of Israel’s building contractors across the country are paying protection money. This drives house prices up, and it also affects agriculture, businesses, and service providers.

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Lehava kept in contact with Jewish girl married to Arab for 8 years. When he threatened to murder her, she called for help.

Israel National News   Dec 10, 2022, 11:50 PM

Bentzi Gopstein, head of LehavaIsrael National News

Last week, the Lehava organization received an urgent call from a young Jewish woman, begging them to rescue her from her Arab partner who had kidnapped her, assaulted her, and was now threatening to murder her.

Bentzi Gopstein, head of Lehava, related some of the details of the dramatic rescue operation undertaken by his organization, adding that it was the fourth such rescue that week alone. “We barely had time to recover from the previous rescue and we were already on our way to the next one. The number of appeals for help we’re receiving has gone up by dozens of percent recently,” he says.

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By Jack Gleason, AM THINKER

It’s been a month since the November elections, and it’s obvious that serious irregularities exist in our voting systems.  Unless they are exposed and fixed, our country will have been taken over by our internal and external enemies, and we will never recover.

All of the efforts to fight back against the fraud nationwide have been unsuccessful except for in Maricopa County, Arizona. Kari Lake, the gubernatorial candidate, is still fighting — filing lawsuit after lawsuit in an effort to overturn the “results” in her campaign, where the current secretary of state in charge of the election, Katie Hobbs, was her opponent.  Hobbs wouldn’t recuse herself despite the fact that she would be overseeing her own election.  Unbelievable!  When outrageous election problems caused some counties to withhold their vote certifications, Hobbs threatened them with class 6 felonies.

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By Joan Swirsky, RENEW AMERICA December 9, 2022

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Why? “Because when you admire someone and you want to be like them,” Steve told me, “You study what they do, how they act, what they say. You try to find out what the secrets of their success are, with the goal of achieving what they’ve achieved, or at least coming close. And that goes for farmers or hedge-fund managers, ballerinas, or composers, or astronauts, rich or poor, black or white…that goes for everyone!”

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T. Belman. Bibi’s partners have asked for certain legislation to be passed before the new government is formed. The opposition intends to slow walk the legislation and obstruct.  Then Herzog piles on by giving Bibi only a 10 day extension rather than the usual 14 days.  Even so, Bibi will get it done.

Herzog didn’t leave it at that but when on to lecture Bibi on what he must do like “the coalition being formed must maintain a respectful and responsible dialogue between the authorities—executive, legislature, and judiciary.” and “must preserve the powerful bond with the Jewish Diaspora,”

Seems to me like he is overstepping his role .which is that “of a non-partisan head of state who represents the country and the people as a whole, at home and abroad”

Likud leader now has until December 21 to finalize his right, far-right, ultra-Orthodox  coalition; It ‘must work for the entire public,’ maintain bond with Diaspora, says president

By TOI STAFF      9 December 2022, 3:21 pm

President Isaac Herzog on Friday granted Likud leader and Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu 10 additional days to finish forming a government, while indicating concern that the coalition Netanyahu is assembling — set to be the most right-wing in Israeli history — could potentially damage Israel’s democratic checks and balances, breach the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and alienate Jews overseas.

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By Jack Phillips, EPOCH TIMES

Spokespersons for former President Donald Trump on Thursday elaborated on his campaign strategy weeks after he announced a third White House bid.

Since Trump’s presidential announcement at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, reports indicate that the former president has not left his home state of Florida to campaign.
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by Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, EMET  December 1, 2022

Published originally under the title “In Qatar, the World Got a Rare Glimpse of Israel’s Existence Amidst a Sea of Hostility.”

Even though neither Israel nor Palestine is playing in the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar, Israeli fans and reporters were met with a climate of hostility and anger that forced many of them to return to Israel. While not covered in the Western media, nearly all Israeli reporters and journalists were the subject of public humiliation, hostility, and threats. Those who have been following the story got a rare glimpse of the Israeli reality of living amidst a sea of absolute rejection and hostility.

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