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Britain’s deportation farce  

T. Belman. This article should be read carefully. The situation she describes apply similarly to the US and To Israel. Remember all the trouble Israel to expel illegal immigrants.

“Human rights” culture is now an active threat to the rule of law

By Melanie Phillips

Migrants in the English Channel, 2021

Boris Johnson’s Rwanda deportation policy has descended into a circular farce.

The British government wanted to deport illegal asylum-seekers to Rwanda, under an agreement reached with that country. It intended to fly out the first such group yesterday.

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June 15, 2022 | 11:37 am | Comments »

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Judea & Samaria sovereignty bill heads to ministerial committee  

T. Belman.  Surely they jest.

Bill drafted by Religious Zionist Party to face key vote in ministerial committee. ‘No doubt Liberman, Yamina, New Hope will back the bill.’

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Religious Zionist Party MKs?

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will vote Sunday on a bill which would apply Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.

The bill was submitted by Religious Zionist Party chief MK Bezalel Smotrich and MK Orit Strook (Religious Zionist Party) in response to the ongoing deadlock in the Knesset over the Judea and Samaria Law.

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June 15, 2022 | 11:15 am | Comments »

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January 6 for Non-Dummies  

The January 6 committee is pure political theater intended to crush the MAGA movement once and for all.

By June 13, 2022

During another public hearing on Monday, the January 6 select committee featured a witness so irrelevant that his appearance should prompt even the most ardent defender of Nancy Pelosi’s illegitimate inquisition to question the committee’s real purpose. Former Fox News talking head Chris Stirewalt, fired by the network shortly after the Capitol protest for calling the state of Arizona for Joe Biden early on election night, told his sob story to a presumably slim viewing audience.

The washed-up commentator, however, is the last person with any insight into the events of January 6, 2021. Stirewalt’s performance—similar to the overwrought speechifying by committee members last Thursday—is another headfake designed to turn attention away from the truth about what happened that day and in the months leading up to the brief disturbance that resulted in the deaths of four Trump supporters.

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June 15, 2022 | 10:59 am | 4 Comments »

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As Russia threat grows, visiting European Union chief looks to Israel for solutions  

T. Belman. You have to wonder if Europe needs us so much, why do we take so much shit from them.

In ToI interview, Ursula Von der Leyen indicates Europe sees Jerusalem as a valuable ally on defense, energy, food security; says Iran deal ready but ‘political decisions needed’

By HAVIV RETTIG GUR, TOI     13 June 2022,

In February 2015, as Russia-backed separatists waged war in eastern Ukraine, America seemed eager for a fight.

Then-vice president Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin “continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past.”

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June 14, 2022 | 12:50 pm | 9 Comments »

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‘He should’ve called me’ – ex-Trump envoy David Friedman slams veteran Israeli journalist  

T. Belman.  I totally agree with Friedman’s remarks. Not that I was a fly on the wall but because that’s also how I viewed Trump’s position. Regarding the fact that we intended to annex immediately and then the rug was pulled from under us, my guess is that the UAE or Saudi Arabia contacted Trump and nixed the idea.

In an exclusive interview with World Israel News, Friedman said that Trump’s disparaging remarks against Netanyahu were possibly taken out of context.   

By Debbie Reiss, World Israel News

Former U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman has rejected claims made by Barak Ravid in his book, “Trump’s Peace,” saying the veteran Israeli journalist “should have called me.”

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June 14, 2022 | 11:28 am | Comments »

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Emergency regulations: A poor stand-in for national policy  

The only thing that has prevented Israeli governments since 1967 from applying Israeli law in Judea and Samaria is their own timidity

By Naomi Kahn, jns   June 13/22

The Emergency Regulations Law in Judea and Samaria is expected to be brought to the Knesset plenum for another vote in the coming days, after being voted down in the Knesset plenum for the first time in over five decades. This rather standard legislation, which has been passed without question every five years since 1967, failed to pass a first reading last week, due to a “perfect storm” of political and ideological arm wrestling: Of the Knesset’s 120 parliamentarians, 52 voted in favor, 58 opposed.

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June 14, 2022 | 11:08 am | Comments »

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Matan Kahana: ‘I wish I could press a button and send the Arabs to Switzerland’  

T. Belman.  So do I.

A prominent conservative publisher refused to publish my article, It’s not too late to make amends to the Jewish people for this historical injustice. because its last paragraph read,

“All Palestinians who are not Israeli citizens should be induced to move to Jordan and Israel should declare sovereignty over all lands to the west of the Jordan River.”

I responded to their specific remarks,
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June 14, 2022 | 10:16 am | 5 Comments »

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President Trump Delivers 12-Page Rebuttal to Jan. 6 Committee’s Latest Lies, Smears and Omissions  

“Our Nation is SUFFERING. Our Economy is in the Gutter – What is the Democrat Congress Focused On? A Kangaroo Court” – 

GATEWAY PUNDIT

Day II of the January 6 Democrat Party Show Trial was held on Monday morning following their ratings bust on opening night.

The January 6 hearings that aired in primetime last Thursday took in less viewers than a normal night of television.

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June 14, 2022 | 9:45 am | Comments »

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Jan. 6 Hearing Liz Cheney Says “2000 Mules” Was Debunked — Bill Barr Laughs at Movie During Questioning  

— Wireless Services CEO Sets Barr Straight (Video)

By Jim Hoft, GATEWAY

The sham Jan. 6 Committee public show trials continued on Monday in Washington DC.

The committee was put in place to discredit and smear President Donald J. Trump and his supporters.

In her remarks earlier today activist Liz Cheney stated, without any proof or evidence, that the movie “2000 Mules” was debunked.

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June 14, 2022 | 3:56 am | 5 Comments »

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Why Have Negotiations?  

Shoshana Bryen, JPC • June 13, 2022 • Jewish News Syndicate

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks as he meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken March 27, 2022 in Ramallah. (Photo: AP)

In December, the Biden administration quietly proposed a five-government summit to enhance prospects for the “two-state solution” it promotes as key to Middle East regional security. Israel, Jordan, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and the United States would meet to discuss, discuss … discuss … what?

Israel apparently waited several months to see if something useful would materialize but has now said it will not participate. No surprise. Negotiations work best; in fact, they work only when the parties have a common endgame. Hashing out the mechanisms, concessions, policies, gains and losses is the way to get to an agreed-upon future. These five governments have no common view.

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June 14, 2022 | 2:32 am | Comments »

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When Reagan and Begin Discussed Expelling Palestinians  

T. Belman. This title is very misleading because what was discussed was the “problem” of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Begin proposed that the Palestinians in Lebanon be transferred to other countries. No where in this report is there mention of “expelling”.  Remember that the Arab League committed themselves to preventing the resettlement of any Palestinian refugees.  They want them kept in limbo so as to apply pressure on Israel to take them back.

By Ofer Aderet, HAARETZ

Ronald Reagan and Menachem Begin outside the White House in 1981.Credit: Yaakov Saar/GPO

Two weeks after the outbreak of the First Lebanon War, which Israel embarked upon 40 years ago this month, Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. President Ronald Reagan met in Washington.

Among the items on the agenda: the need to find a “final solution” to the “problem” of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The Americans agreed that Israel had a right to take action against the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization), which had entrenched itself in Lebanon after being expelled from Jordan in the 1970s, and used it as a base to launch attacks within Israel.

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June 14, 2022 | 1:18 am | 1 Comment »

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Sa’ar pans opposition bill ‘completely politicizing’ selection of Supreme Ct. judges  

T. Belman. I am shocked by Sa’ar’s move. I support Likud’s Bill totally. I reject the notion that to have the Knesset pick the Judges rather than the Selection Committee is anti-democratic.  Just the opposite.

If the government is elected by a right wing public, why not allow them to appoint judges who share their view point? Why is that not democratic?

In the US, the government picks the judges subject to Senate approval. It always picks Judges which reflect its views on the constitution. How is what is being proposed any different?

Justice minister vows to torpedo proposal, which he says will ‘eliminate’ the court’s independence; warns a Netanyahu government will endanger Israeli democracy

Today, 

 

A view of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday assailed an opposition bill aimed at reforming the selection process for Supreme Court judges, vowing to torpedo it.

According to the bill — submitted by lawmakers from the Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism and Religious Zionism parties — Supreme Court judges, including its president and vice president, will be appointed by the government, with final approval given by a vote in the Knesset plenum.

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June 14, 2022 | 12:58 am | 1 Comment »

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Thanks to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s Recognition of Israel Is Now Inevitable  

Pakistan can’t afford to remain the last Sunni Islamist bastion resisting Saudi normalization with Israel. But the country’s rulers, both political and military, want safeguards against a frenzied domestic backlashKunwar Khuldune Shahid
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, HAARETZ    JUNE 13/22

The visit to Israel of a group of Pakistani-Americans and Pakistanis last month has mainstreamed the debate surrounding the formalization of ties between the two countries. From newspaper columnsto blogsto YouTube videos, to Twitter threads in the local Urdu language – all are dedicated to the discussion. While the most visible narrative still betrays Islamist hyperbole and antisemitic hysteria, even the hyper-nationalist internet fora in Pakistan have found space for arguments in favor of recognizing Israel.

That change is in the air is clear from the surprisingly robust defense of former state television journalist Ahmed Quraishi, who was part of the Pakistani delegation that visited Israel last month, who himself isn’t the only prominent voice championing the formalizing of ties between the two countries today. Despite being sacked by the government affiliated Pakistan Television Cooperation, and being targeted by the recently ousted Imran Khan, many mainstream journalists have come to Quraishi’s defense.

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June 13, 2022 | 5:01 pm | 3 Comments »

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