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Smotrich to WSJ: New govt. brings Israel closer to American model  

Smotrich says his party seeks to expand individual freedom, bring economy and judiciary more in line with US.


Religious Zionism party chairman and Finance Minister-designate Bezalel Smotrich penned an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal Wednesday addressing criticism of the incoming Israeli government and several of the coalition parties, including his own, as far-right and anti-democratic.

According to Smotrich, far from the vilification he and the new government have received in the American media, Israel’s next government will work to expand individual freedoms and will in fact move Israel closer to the American economic and judicial models.

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December 28, 2022 | 7:42 pm | Comments »

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Law granting Ben-Gvir unprecedented power over police passes 61-55  

The law is the last out of the four bills that the coalition began to expedite through the Knesset approximately three weeks ago.

By ELIAV BREUER, JPOST

Far-right Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir closes his eyes during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament, at the Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022. (photo credit: MAYA ALLERUZZO/REUTERS)

Israel’s Knesset plenum on Wednesday passed into law the bill by incoming national security minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, which will give him unprecedented control over the Israel Police. The debate continued throughout the night, and the final voting began at 10:00 a.m. on a number of reservations put forward by the soon-to-be opposition and then on its second and third reading.

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December 28, 2022 | 7:01 pm | Comments »

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Time to Annex Judea and Samaria  

T. Belman. Thanks Sebastien for reminding me of Plaut’s great article, “Time to Annex Judea and Samaria”

“Since 1993, the “Palestinian Authority,” which was set up by the PLO, has violated every single clause in that and the subsequent Oslo Accords. Twenty years hence, the “Palestinians” as represented by the “Authority” have yet to comply with a single one of their obligations. Arafat and his gangsters simply used the Accord as a cover to gain control over part of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.”

Nothing has changed except for an exponential increase in illegal Palestinian construction in Area and in antisemitism..

The proper response to the Palestinians’ unending war of annihilation”

by Stephen Plaut, FPM  16.1.13

In a few months it will be the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the “Oslo Accord” on the White House lawn. In that signing, Yassir Arafat, on behalf of the so-called “Palestinian Liberation Organization,” committed himself and his “people” to conduct negotiations with Israel that would lead to a peaceful resolution of the Middle East Arab-Israeli conflict. He forswore unilateral actions and decisions.

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December 28, 2022 | 4:48 pm | 5 Comments »

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‘SMART Cities’ worldwide being converted into ‘open concentration camps,’  

L. Goudsmit. Ted, every point in my 6/11/2018 article below is validated by Leo Hohmann in this article.

Hohmann’s article includes an interview with Aman Jabbi, the whistleblower engineer, who explains the digital prisons being created with data collected by SMART devices in SMART surveillance cities – for our “Convenience, Safety, and Security.”

says ex-Silicon Valley engineer turned whistleblower

By Leo Holman

Aman Jabbi is a native of India and an engineer who worked in Silicon Valley for 25 years, co-inventor of two cellphone camera apps. He emigrated to the United States in 1988 because he admired America’s culture of liberty and ingenuity.

Jabbi now lives in Big Fork, Montana, and has become, in my opinion, one of the most important whistleblowers and voices of warning about the coming beast system.

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December 28, 2022 | 4:24 pm | 7 Comments »

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How British officials during WWII blamed Jews for antisemitism  

How antisemitism in Britain is rooted in the Second World War 

By Martin Plaut, The Times,  23/08/2018

“From the beginning of the war there had been a considerable increase in antisemitic feeling. [Officials] seemed to regard it as quite beyond argument that the increase of antisemitic feeling was caused by serious errors of conduct on the part of Jews.”

Archive papers released to The Times show that Churchill’s bastion of propaganda and censorship allowed prejudice towards Jews to grow relentlessly. Dominic Kennedy reports

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December 28, 2022 | 3:52 pm | 2 Comments »

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Netanyahu taps veteran Iran hawk Tzachi Hanegbi to lead National Security Council  

Longtime ally and former minister recently said incoming PM would strike Islamic Republic if US failed to stop Tehran’s nuclear program

By LAZAR BERMAN, TOI27 December 2022, 

Tzachi Hanegbi attends a Conference of the ‘Besheva’ group in Kedem, in the West Bank, on September 5, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed his longtime political ally Tzachi Hanegbi as head of the National Security Council on Tuesday.

Hanegbi, 65, will replace Eyal Hulata, who has been National Security Advisor since July 2021.

Hanegbi, a veteran lawmaker for the Likud and Kadima parties, has headed a range of ministries over the past three decades, including the health, justice and public security ministries.

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December 28, 2022 | 10:17 am | 1 Comment »

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European court criminalizes criticism of Islam  

T. Belman. Essentially this law enables the worst of Islam to flourish. It legitimizes everything Islam does that one should fear.

The right to free speech does not include criticizing Iislam. Not to worry. Antisemitic speech is still allowed. 

By Dec 27, 2022,

“Islamophobia is not an opinion, but a crime,” exulted left-wing senator Danièle Obono at the news that the European Court of Human Rights – whose decisions are legally binding on the 28 member countries of the European Union – condemned right-wing journalist Eric Zemmour for “discrimination and religious hatred against the Muslim community”.
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December 28, 2022 | 9:52 am | 5 Comments »

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First Temple-era Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem to be excavated, opened to the public  

2,700-year-old water system built during reign of King Hezekiah to be excavated and opened up to the public.

The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority, and the City of David Foundation announced Tuesday the commencement of the excavation of the historic Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem.

The Pool of Siloam, located in the southern portion of the City of David and within the area of the Jerusalem Walls National Park, is an archaeological and historical site of national and international significance.

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December 28, 2022 | 7:55 am | 2 Comments »

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Supreme Court Hands Biden Admin Crushing Defeat, Keeps in Place Trump-Era Policy  


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The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely.In a Tuesday ruling, the Supreme Court extended a temporary stay that Chief Justice John Roberts issued last week. Under the court’s order, the case will be argued in February and the stay will be maintained until the justices decide the case.

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December 28, 2022 | 4:40 am | 2 Comments »

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Yisrael Katz threatens: If I’m not Foreign Minister, I won’t be in the government  

Tensions are rising in the Likud in preparation for the distribution of the remaining ministerial portfolios.

Dec 27, 2022,

Yisrael KatzMiriam Alster/Flash 90

Three days before the swearing in of the new government, and the anger among members of the Likud over their ministerial assignments is growing.

Sources close to Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he would call the Likud’s Knesset members to meetings on Wednesday, the day before the government is scheduled to be sworn in, and would tell them which portfolio it was decided to appoint them to – if at all.

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December 27, 2022 | 7:07 pm | 3 Comments »

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Bidding farewell to the rabbi who defined Religious Zionism  

One of Rabbi Druckman’s greatest virtues was his connection to the nation of Israel, whether in the Torah classes he gave in his home or when meeting them all over Israel.

By Ariel Kahana, ISRAEL HAYOM

How can one summarize a life of Torah? With decades filled with work? With one’s influence on the entire nation? With the decisions made at the country’s most significant points in time? These questions arise when we are about to do what we hoped we would never have to – summarizing the life and work of our teacher and rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Druckman.

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December 27, 2022 | 4:48 pm | Comments »

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New ‘Twitter Files’ Show Company Suppressed COVID Information From Doctors and Experts  

ByJack Phillips, EPOCH TIMES Dec 26, 2022

Twitter appeared to succumb to pressure from federal officials to moderate content around COVID-19, including blocking a post by a former Harvard scientist who offered critical feedback against COVID-19 vaccines in 2021, according to the latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter Files” posted on the morning of Dec. 26.

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December 27, 2022 | 4:21 pm | 2 Comments »

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Why the ADL Abandoned Antisemitism and Went Woke  

By Daniel Greenfield, 

In 2018, the ADL announced that it was no longer in the ‘kindness’ business. “Forget Kindness. Schools Need to Foster Social Justice,” Jinnie Spiegler, the ADL’s curriculum director, barked.

By three years old, Spiegler claimed white children in America are already racists.
Spiegler, an obsessive leftist with seemingly no Jewish interests, whose Twitter account promotes anti-Semitic leftists like AOC, Cori Bush, and Ilhan Omar, has a singular obsession.

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December 27, 2022 | 4:05 pm | 2 Comments »

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The real reason for the Islamist war against Israel and the West  

Lapid’s support for a Palestinian state compounds a disastrous error.

By Melanie Phillips       

(JNS) As soon as it emerged that Israel’s acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid would tell the United Nations General Assembly this week that he supports the establishment of a Palestinian state, he was engulfed by outrage, incredulity and dismay.

Critics charged that he was endangering Israel’s security by seeking to establish a terrorist state on land to which Israel is lawfully entitled. This, they said, would incentivize yet more Palestinian terrorism.

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December 27, 2022 | 6:43 am | 8 Comments »

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The Dismissal of Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit Shows Voter Disenfranchisement No Longer Matters  

L. Goudsmit. Lawfare is a particularly egregious crime, because it uses the legal system to destroy the legal system. Judge Thompson deliberately raised the metric for proof in Kari Lake’s election lawsuit to include intent, knowing he would rely on this maneuver to dismiss her case. The appearance of justice is not justice, it is a humanitarian hoax. It is the same deceit used by political medicine to dupe the public about Covid vaccines that are not vaccines. Changing the legal definition of a vaccine does not make an experimental mRNA jab a bone fide vaccine. The jab still does not prevent transmission or provide immunity. Changing the rules of evidence does not legitimize election fraud in Maricopa County, it makes a mockery of the legal system. Kari Lake won the election, and the mRNA jabs are not vaccines. Duping the trusting public through lawfare is the preferred weapon of the radical leftist Democrats, and their globalist handlers. There is no justice in rigged elections, and there is no public health in political medicine. There is only the tyranny of appearances. “Space is no longer the final frontier––reality is.”

Peg Tierney.  There has been much commentary on the trial and the judge’s ruling – but the best one I’ve seen so far is from Rachel Alexander who is an Arizona journalist, election lawyer & former prosecutor. SHE WAS LIMITED TO 1000 WORDS.

By Rachel Alexander, TOWNHALL

The trial court judge in Kari Lake’s election lawsuit predictably threw out her case on Saturday, putting on a sham trial that on the surface looked fair to the general public that doesn’t know any better, but to legal minds was a travesty of justice. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson only gave her two days for a trial and issued his ruling immediately afterwards, even though he could have taken several days, and it was one of the biggest, most important cases in the country. Legal experts believe his decision was ghostwritten, they suspect top left-wing attorneys like Marc Elias emailed him what to say.

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December 27, 2022 | 2:07 am | 4 Comments »

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