Far-right leader Ben Gvir and others in his party are longtime advocates for increased Jewish prayer rights at the Temple Mount, and activists hope they’ll come through on promises

By JEREMY SHARON, TOI  Today, 6:02 am  

Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount compound escorted by police officers on March 31, 2022 (Facebook screenshot; used under clause 27a of the copyright law)

Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir is a well-known advocate of increased Jewish rights on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, where the activities of non-Muslims — including the right to prayer — are strictly limited.

The far-right leader and his party are set to be a crucial part of the governing coalition put forth by Benjamin Netanyahu, in which Ben Gvir is seeking to be public security minister — a role that carries with it authority over Israeli policy on the Temple Mount. As such, what changes might the next government make to arrangements at the incendiary holy site?

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Obviously, the coup hasn’t happened yet. But it will. Stay tuned.

By Hana Levi Julian , JEWISH PRESS

A bombshell report Saturday night on Israel’s Channel 13 News claimed millions of American dollars were used to increase the Arab vote in Tuesday’s Israeli elections.

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The information was made public by Israeli Arab candidate MK Sami Abu Shehada, chair of the Balad party.

Balad failed to cross the electoral threshold and will not be part of the 25th Knesset as a result.

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by Marilyn Stern
Middle East Forum Webinar
October 28, 2022

https://www.meforum.org/63750/danielle-pletka-is-the-middle-east-being-qatarized

Danielle Pletka, a distinguished senior fellow and former vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), spoke to an October 28^th Middle East Forum Webinar (video) about the “double game” played by Gulf countries which manage their foreign relations with the U.S. by copying Qatar’s strategic approach to U.S. relations.
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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE WATCHED OR POSTED A CHRIS HEDGES REPORT. THIS IS THE NARRATIVE THAT I HAVE BEEN PUSHING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. IT HAS  588,000 SUBSCRIBERS.

Turns out, the “Big Lie” is that January 6 ever mattered to anyone outside the Beltway.

By Julie Kelly, AM GREATNESSNov 3/22

If there is a poster child for the Democrats’ humiliating failure to make the events surrounding January 6, 2021 a winning issue in the midterm elections, it is U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-Va.).

The two-term congresswoman is fighting for her political life in a race now categorized as a toss-up; a recent poll showed Luria tied with Republican State Senator Jen Kiggans just a few weeks before an expected red wave election, despite Luria outspending Kiggans by a more than 2-1 margin. (Before the state’s remap process, Luria represented a district that voted for Joe Biden by 5 percentage points and Hillary Clinton by 6 percentage points. Her new district now has a 3-point Democratic advantage.)
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T. Belman.  The law should be strengthened, if needs be, and enforced. It was passed by a Labour government before the Oslo Accords in 1993.

“The Knesset Central Elections Committee is an official, autonomous, and self-contained body, responsible for the organization, logistics and execution of the general elections for Knesset.

“A new Central Elections Committee is formed 60 days after a new Knesset is established following elections, to prepare for the next round of Knesset elections. Heading the Committee is a Supreme Court judge, appointed by the President of the Supreme Court.  The Committee is comprised of the Committee presidency, plenum, and the professional staff, headed by the director-general.”

This must be part of the anticipated Judicial reform.

Theme:Political Participation
Status:Active  Year:1958

An amendment from 1985 added Section 7(A) to the Basic Law: The Knesset, which provides that, “A list of candidates shall not participate in the elections for the Knesset if its aims or actions, expressly or by implication, point to one of the following:

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By David Solway, PJ MEDIA 11:01 PM on November 04, 2022

(Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

Storms come in many forms and may consist of many different constituent elements, but when all these elements combine at the same critical moment, we call it a “perfect storm.” When such a storm is transposed analogically to the cultural, political, and economic realms, that is, when it seems to impact the entire social environment, we have no choice but to grasp its significance and prepare for its onset by taking protective measures.

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 Submitted to CDC’s Reporting System Since 2020: Triple All Other Vaccines Combined Over 30 Years

FACTS MATTER WITH ROMAN BALMAKOV<

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The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) is an organizational structure run jointly by the CDC and the FDA. It’s a reporting system that accepts and analyzes the reports of adverse events following vaccination in order to try and determine whether those adverse events were caused by the vaccine in question.

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by Majid Rafizadeh, GATESTONE  •  November 5, 2022

Iran is acquiring nuclear weapons — rapidly — with a deal or without one. Any “deal” appears simply a bribe to the Iranian regime please just not to use their nuclear weapons on the Biden administration’s watch. (Image source: iStock)

• In spite of US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley’s recently having said that the White House is not going to “waste our time” on the nuclear deal “if nothing’s going to happen,” he nevertheless stressed that the Biden administration is still committed to employing diplomacy, presumably to revive it at a later date.

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Bibi’s story.

Redacted with Natali and Clayton Morris

The INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE IN CHARGE OF CENSORSHIP ON HIGH TECH MEDIA

T. Belman. This is a fascinating discussion but the title is very off. Pfeffer makes the point that the left always quotes the stock phrase “Jewish and Democratic” but only makes the case for “Democratic”.  Bibi on the other hand makes the case for “Jewish”. At the same time the Left never explained what’s “Jewish” for them.  He ends by saying:

” if we can’t make a robust case for our own Jewishness as Israelis who don’t support Netanyahu’s bleak authoritarianism and his partners’ fundamentalist vision, then what’s the point of living here anyway?

“Netanyahu has proven in every election victory that if you can’t explain what it means for you to be a Jew in Israel, then you won’t be able to fight for Israel’s democracy either.”

In effect, the Jews won and the Democrats lost.

Over numerous election campaigns, Benjamin Netanyahu has continually used Jewishness as a dividing and binding means to ensure his own political success

By Anshel Pfeffer, HAARETZ

Benjamin Netanyahu saluting supporters at Likud campaign headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.Credit: RONALDO SCHEMIDT – AFP

This hasn’t been a good week for Israel’s fragile and limited democracy. It has seen the return to office of Benjamin Netanyahu, a prime minister who is on trial for bribery and fraud, and incited during the campaign against the Arab minority. Furthermore, on Election Night, he embarked on a totally false series of accusations of voter fraud that he claimed – without any basis in reality – were taking place at polling places in the Arab community.

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By Tanya Berlaga, AM THINKER

In her recent article in The Atlantic, a Brown University professor, Emily Oster, is calling for “pandemic amnesty.”  She is telling me to “forgive and forget” everyone who was yelling obscenities at me for not wearing a mask in a public park or calling me a mass murderer for posting a picture with a friend visiting.  I must forget all this, the author insists, because all those people had nothing but my well-being in mind!

The author admits that many (if not most!) measures imposed on us by “the experts” were harmful and destructive.  But “dwelling on those mistakes” is “counter-productive.”  After all, people who made these mistakes had only good intentions.
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Those clutching their pearls over the “fascists” poised to join Israel’s new government should look in the mirror. Op-ed.

By Melanie Phillips

(JNS) With the result of its election this week, Israel has joined other Western countries in a notable current trend: A revolt by the public against the political establishment.

The Religious Zionist Party has now become the third-largest party in the Knesset. This is likely to mean cabinet posts for the perceived rabble-rouser Itamar Ben-Gvir and the ultra-conservative Bezalel Smotrich in a new government led by the Likud Party’s Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The doomsayers point to the victorious Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Religious Zionist Party, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, who won a combined 45-46 Knesset seats. Together with the 19-20 seats won by the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism, this gives Netanyahu’s right-religious bloc a commanding 65-seat majority.

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By Jack Davis, WESTERN JOURNAL        November 2, 2022 at 6:15 pm

The founders of the group True the Vote are now behind bars after being found in contempt of court for refusing to name people who gave it information concerning a company that provides software used in elections.

Founders Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips were locked up in Houston, according to The Washington Post.
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By Ted Belman

What follows is an excerpt from a Sept 12th article by Judy Maltz in Haaretz titled “Why So Many Young Israelis Adore This Racist, Politician” :

Ben-Gvir’s recent surge in the polls is often attributed to his growing appeal among young Jewish Israelis – particularly ultra-Orthodox men and traditional Mizrahi voters from the country’s geographic periphery. What became abundantly clear last week was that his appeal is spreading to less likely quarters – in this case, one of the last bastions of the secular left in Israel.

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T. Belman. The court accepted the argument put forward by the Min of Defense:

” the restriction is “minor” while the level of political sensitivity regarding land in Judea and Samaria is immense. “.

The Court held “the question is whether the considerations of the military commander in this matter are reasonable or unreasonable to the extent that the intervention of the Court is necessary.” No, the question is whether the law is racist.

The Court should not be the arbiter of values. That’s for the Knesset to decide. I expect this decision to be overruled.

Israel’s High Court of Justice rejects petition challenging Defense Ministry’s rule barring land sales in Judea and Samaria to Jews.

Israel National News

Yesterday (Wednesday), the High Court of Justice rejected a petition filed by the Regavim Movement to compel the military commander and the Civil Administration to repeal Jordanian Law #40 which prohibits the sale of land in Judea and Samaria to Jews – a law still in force due to Israel’s decision not to extend its law or sovereignty to territory liberated in 1967.

In the High Court hearing earlier this week, Regavim’s attorney, Boaz Arzi, argued that the discriminatory ordinance should be struck down without further delay.
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