T. Belman. Progress. I have always believe that Netanyahu was in a weak position and that when push comes to shove that he would cave. He can’t afford to go to another election and he must have partners who agree to help him get rid of his legal troubles. Ergo he had to cave.

This is a huge victory for the right.

The Civil Administration, which Religious Zionism will be responsible for in Israel’s next government, oversees coordination of government activity in the West Bank. However, coalition talks remain stuck due to Smotrich’s demand to control the Jewish Conversion Authority

By Michael Hauser Tov, HAARETZ Nov 23, 2022 10:00 pm IST

Israel’s designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to grant Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism authority over the Civil Administration which oversees construction, infrastructure and security coordination in the West Bank.

The agreement was reached as part of coalition talks between Netanyahu’s Likud and Religious Zionism which stalled once more after the parties failed to reach agreement on several other key issues.

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Emerson Poll: Trump Owns 30-Point Lead in GOP Primary Field

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As Donald Trump announces his 2024 run for president of the United States, he has also said the GOP wins in the midterm elections are just the beginning of the battle. Taking place now is a contest of who represents the Republican Party, and which values the party will stand for.

Meanwhile, the Department of Justice announced the launch of a special counsel to investigate Trump. And soon after, House Republicans announced they will form a committee to investigate the Department of Justice.

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By Zachary Stieber, EPOCH TIMES   November 23, 2022

A Republican candidate for Arizona’s attorney general position on Nov. 22 sued his opponent and a slew of election officials, including officials in Maricopa County, alleging that widespread “errors and inaccuracies” caused voter disenfranchisement.

Officials in at least 15 counties have “caused the unlawful denial of the franchise to certain qualified electors, erroneously tallied certain ballots, and included for tabulation in the canvass certain illegal votes in connection with the election for the office of Arizona Attorney General,” Abe Hamadeh, the candidate, said in the complaint.
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T. Belman. This article is silent on Area C.

TOI Today, 5:37 pm

Illustrative: Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri during a meeting in Jerusalem, March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reports significant progress in coalition talks following a meeting held by prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas party leader Aryeh Deri.

The two leaders apparently hope agreements can be filed by tonight, but at the pace of talks thus far, that would seem unlikely.

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How many nuts do the Diversity Police want?

By Daniel Oliver, AM GR   November 20, 2022

United States Representative James Clyburn (D-S.C.) gives “diversity” a bad name.

That’s not because he’s black: his congressional district is almost 60 percent black.

It’s because he’s nuts.

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By  Daniel Greenfield, 22 Nov

After being described as “partners” by the Biden administration, the Taliban announced that they’re bringing back sharia punishments by chopping off hands and stoning their victims.

Last year, the Biden administration had praised the Taliban’s “openness” to women’s rights.

This development puts the nail in the coffin of claims by Biden administration figures that the Jihadist organization had changed into a kinder, gentler Taliban. But the media has conveniently ignored revelations of the close collaboration between the administration and the Taliban.

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The American people should prepare for more stunning revelations about the FBI’s key role in the events of Jan 6.

By Julie Kelly, AM GREATNESS    November 19, 2022

Amid bombshell revelations that the FBI embedded numerous informants in two militia groups accused of plotting to overthrow the government on January 6, FBI Director Christopher Wray finally is facing some heat.

During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, Representative Clay Higgins (R-La.) angrily demanded to know more details about the use of FBI informants related to the Capitol protest. Higgins twice asked Wray whether FBI informants disguised as Trump supporters were planted inside the building even before protesters gained entry.
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Glazov Gang: Rep. Jim Jordan on ‘Bringing Corrupt FBI Officials to Justice’

‘High quality’ explosive charges were placed in a bush and behind wall, police official says

Head of the police operations division Sigal Bar Zvi said that the explosive charges were very powerful and of “high quality.” “We are witnessing a series of terror attacks, mostly in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] and today in Jerusalem. It is clear that there is an intention to harm the public resilience and morale.”   Bar Zvi confirmed that the attacks were masterminded by an organized cell and weren’t spontaneous. The devices, she added, were placed in a bush and behind a wall near the bus station.

Two explosions in Jerusalem * 7 injured near Central Bus Station * Second bombing near Ramot

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF  Updated: NOVEMBER 23, 2022 08:30

Israeli security forces and medics gather in Jerusalem following an explosion at a bus stop which wounded at least seven people, two of them seriously, on November 23, 2022. (photo credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Two explosions rocked the entrance to the city of Jerusalem on Wednesday morning near the Central Bus Station at the entrance to Jerusalem and a second at the entrance the neighborhood of Ramot, wounding at least 18 people. Two of the injured were in serious condition.

The causes of the explosions were not immediately determined but Israel Police said that the one near the Central Bus Station appeared to have been caused by a bomb placed in a bag near the bus. The bus was riddled with holes, showing the dispersion of shrapnel. Another explosion went off minutes later near the Ramot Intersection in northern Jerusalem.

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Smotrich’s party says Netanyahu backed out of deal on division of portfolios, while latter denies, says PM-designate offered Smotrich to serve as treasury chief for half a term

By MICHAEL BACHNER and TOI STAFF    Today, 3:34 am

The Religious Zionism party declared that coalition negotiations were “back at square one” on Tuesday night, claiming that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party had walked back on previously-reached agreements regarding the cabinet posts the far-right party was supposed to receive.

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In an interview with JNS, the former secretary of state chides Biden for policies on Israel, calls the FBI probe of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death “political” and says Netanyahu has the right to choose his cabinet ministers “full stop.”

BY ALEX TRAIMAN, JNS (November 20, 2022 / JNS)

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo oversaw the foreign policy of the most pro-Israel administration in American history. His policy, which came to be known as the Pompeo Doctrine, reversed long-standing American wisdom that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria were illegal.

Pompeo, an Iran hawk, was also a champion of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” of sanctions on Tehran.
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by Kari Donovan, REPUBLICAN BRIEF  November 21, 2022

Lake says she plans on being Governor still.

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T. Belman. Over the years, I posted many articles by Ms Gordon. Then I didn’t hear from her for a long time. Now it appears she is writing for Haaretz. Big surprise.

She admits in this article that she supported Bennett’s government until she didn’t. In her reasons for breaking away she made no mention of the most important one, at least from my eyes, was Gantz’s policies in Area C. Because she is a settler herself, I would have thought that Gantz was a major concern to her as well. Perhaps Haaretz intervened.

I’m a religious Zionist settler, but I wanted to vote (again) against Benjamin Netanyahu. This is how the anti-Bibi bloc lost my vote

By Evelyn Gordon, HAARETZ

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First was the deal on a maritime border with Lebanon. Here’s how most rightists saw it: The government capitulated completely to Lebanon, traded tangible assets for empty promises and then, together with its media allies, lied about it.

For instance, this was no “compromise,” as Lapid and the headlines claimed; Lebanon received 100 percent of the maritime territory it initially sought by upping its demands halfway through the negotiations and then retreating to its original demand. Lebanon didn’t “recognize Israel”; both sides signed commitments to Washington, not each other. Israel’s coastal security border (the so-called “buoy line”) received neither Lebanese nor international “recognition”; it was merely acknowledged as the status quo, which can change. Hezbollah has already declared it occupied Lebanese territory.

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1. Summary: Jordanian media has recently leaked news about the nomination of a new American Ambassador to Jordan Yael Lempert. A veteran diplomat, Lempert currently serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs. The Jordanian media has been welcoming Lempert’s nomination with a “song and dance”, as a sign of Jordan’s king trying to over-welcome and perhaps impress the new ambassador. JaFaJ sources confirm this is all a part of the attempt by the king and queen to secure western support for their son to become King as Abdullah is contemplating early retirement to defuse the restless and angry Jordanian people. The Jordanian opposition on the other hand is more sceptical of the new Ambassador and sees her as just an implementor of Biden’s policies which they see as “unconditional support for Abdullah” at the expense of Jordanians. Despite the drama the Jordanian regime is trying to attach to Lempert’s appointment, she is not expected to trigger any major changes as it will remain business as usual at the US Embassy in Amman.

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While others are dominating the headlines with their exorbitant ministry demands, the Shas leader is quietly going about his business – starting with ensuring that he will be able to serve as a minister again

By Anshel Pfeffer, HAARETZ   Nov 21, 2022 9:01 pm IST

If you have been following the last three weeks of negotiations, you may be under the impression that the formation of Benjamin Netanyahu’s new governing coalition hinges on the exorbitant demands of Religious Zionism co-leader Bezalel Smotrich for the most senior of cabinet posts. Smotrich’s delusions of grandeur are certainly a sticking point, but he is not the main figure in the talks. And neither is Netanyahu.

Eight days have passed of the 28 allotted to Netanyahu to form a government, and Likudniks are already speculating that he may have to ask President Isaac Herzog for a two-week extension on his mandate.

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TREVOR SCHAKOHL  LEGAL REPORTER

November 21, 20227:36 AM ET

• More Maricopa County voting centers saw tabulator or printer issues than officials had announced, according to a memo by an attorney who observed the election process.
• “It seems very clear that the printer/tabulator failures on election day at 62.61% of the vote centers observed by 11 roving attorneys, and the resulting long lines at a majority of all vote centers, led to substantial voter suppression,” the memo said.
• “It is certainly safe to assume that many voters refused to wait in such lines, left the vote center, and did not return to vote later,” the memo read. “A survey of the electorate could easily confirm such an assumption.”

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