Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, appears set to establish first far-right Italian government since fall of Mussolini in WWII

By GILDAS LE ROUX and ELLA IDE , TOI

Leader of Italian far-right party “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni flashes the victory sign as she delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party’s campaign for the September 25 general election. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

ROME (AFP) — Italians began voting Sunday in an election expected to usher in the country’s first government led by the far-right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.

The Brothers of Italy party, led by one-time Mussolini supporter Giorgia Meloni, is leading opinion polls and looks set to take office in a coalition with the far-right League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia parties.

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By Daniel Greenfield, 25 Sep

Biden threw a party to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act on the White House South Lawn even as the latest figures showed that core inflation has continued to rise. Grocery prices had the steepest increase since 1979. Rent prices shot up again and medical costs are escalating.

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Under Netanyahu, Israel’s foreign policy was based not on US dependence but on Israeli economic and military power. The results speak for themselves. The results of the Gantz-Lapid US-reliant appeasement policies also speak for themselves. 

By Caroline Glick

(JNS) Caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his supporters in the media went berserk Tuesday after Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out against the gas deal the Biden administration is mediating between Israel and Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon.

Since Hezbollah launched two drones against Israel’s Karish gas platform in July, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly threatened to blow up Karish if Israel brings Karish online without first surrendering to Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon large swathes of sovereign Israeli land underneath Israel’s recognized maritime economic zone, including the Qana gas field.

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Peterson – July 10, 2022

Today, Liberalism has far more in common with Conservatism than it does with Leftism. Op-ed.

By Alex Rose, INN    Sep 23, 2022,

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“The Left’s view of America was encapsulated in then presidential candidate Barak Obama’s statement in 2008. ‘We are 5 days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America,’ he said.” [Dennis Prager].

Perhaps an understanding of the present day plague which haunts us is best described in “Quotation of the Day on Why the Left is Consumed by Hate ” by Mark J. Perry, featured in AEIdeas of September 24, 2018.

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By Alexander G. Markovsky, AM THINKER

After Russia announced partial mobilization, which effectively doubled the Russian forces to be engaged in Ukraine, politicians, government officials, and analysts proclaimed that the action was a sign of Russian failure, weakness, and desperation. Be that as it may, the West once again has demonstrated aloofness from history and a refusal to face the reality that regardless of the amounts of weaponry, international sanctions, and billions in financial assistance, the West cannot defeat Russia. Hitler couldn’t do it. Embracing unrealistic expectations will inevitably lead to complete distraction and eventual dismemberment of Ukraine.
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by Majid Rafizadeh, GATESTONE  •  September 24, 2022

• [M]ore than a year and half of negotiations seems to have benefited no one except the ruling and Islamist mullahs of Iran. The endless negotiations seem simply to have bought time for the mullahs, so that they could comfortably advance their nuclear program to their highest level ever. Not only has the Biden administration seen no urgency to change its disastrous path, it is actually redoubling efforts to for Iran talks, presumably after America’s mid-term election on November 8.
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State TV reports 35 fatalities over past eight nights, though rights group says at least 50 killed in unrest triggered by death of woman detained by morality police

By AGENCIES       Today, at 1:01 pm

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on September 21, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators burning a rubbish bin in the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. (AFP)

The official death toll has nearly doubled to 35 in a crackdown by Iran’s security forces on more than a week of protests that erupted after the death of a young woman in custody.

Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets of major cities across Iran, including the capital Tehran, for eight straight nights since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

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T. Belman. Sa’ar is 100% wrong is rejecting the supremacy of the Knesset over the High Court. He argues that a democracy requires checks and balances so the Knesset shouldn’t have authority over the election of Judges. In the US, the President appoints the judges subject to the approval of the Senate. What Netanyahu wants is for the Knesset to approve judges.

Secondly he he totally rejects the overrule by 61 MKs in  the Knesset. Perhaps he is right to say its too easy but in all democracies, the legislature passes laws and the courts interpret them according to the intention of the legislature when passing them. In Israel the High Court has appropriated too much power to legislate. It dictates to the Knesset what kind of country Israel should be i.e. a country of all its citizens. It also took the position that everything is justiciable and anyone can apply to the court. I would prefer that the wings of the Court be clipped thereby reducing their authority. In such a case, the Knesset will still need an override. That’s checks and balances.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Sa’ar said Netanyahu wants to make election of Israeli judges require Knesset approval, making it part of coalition negotiations.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, ELIAV BREUER

JUSTICE MINISTER Gideon Sa’ar. We support settlement where it is legal. This is an important distinction, because today there are extremists that have different approaches.

If opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu becomes prime minister and his policies are enacted, Israel will no longer be a liberal democracy and will instead become an “authoritarian democracy,” according to Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar.

This, more than anything else, is what is at stake in the upcoming election, and Sa’ar, in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post in his sprawling office at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, is seriously worried.

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Dr  Jonathan Turley

Washington D.C. (September 23, 2022) | Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement after Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced the Republican’s Commitment to America plan:

“Today, Congressional Republicans are unveiling our plan to address the issues and return to a nation that is free, safe, and full of opportunity, with a government that is accountable to the people. Our ‘Commitment to America’ acknowledges the struggles hardworking Americans are facing every day and lays out a plan of common sense solutions to fix these problem. Our plan includes legislative policies to restore America’s energy independence, stop wasteful government spending, secure our southern border, support law enforcement, and ensure parents are given a voice in their kids’ education. My colleagues and I are committed to restoring our nation to one that is free, safe, and full of opportunity for everyone.”

Background:

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By David Israel, JEWISH PRESS

PM Yair Lapid speaking at the UN General Assembly, September 22, 2022.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid channeled Benjamin Netanyahu at his finest on Thursday night, when he delivered a well-written speech with just the right amount of strong Israel vs. threatened Israel, the Holocaust, peace in our time (ok, that was Lapid channeling his inner Shimon Peres), and the startup nation Israeli-made widgets that are keeping your heart pumping as we speak – I gave him very high marks on both text and delivery – and then, as had been promised for at least a day, he promised a Palestinian State, even after mentioning Israel’s unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip in 2005 which resulted not in peace but instead, “Since we left Gaza, over 20,000 rockets and missiles have been fired at Israel. All of them at civilians. All of them at our children.”

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T. Belman. He is referring to the US administration’s policies. He is demanding that the US settle the matter. But he is wrong to think there is any going back. The only deal that will work today is that Russia keeps its territorial gains and the US and the EU lift all sanctions.

He also drew a parallel between the Ukraine War and the Iraq War. In both cases the US has justified their actions with lies.

Former PM Netanyahu reacts to Lapid’s speech at the UN: We will not allow Hamastan to be established on the border of Kfar Saba, Petah Tikva and Netanya.

Tonight we heard a speech full of weakness, defeat and surrender.

After the right-wing government led by me removed the Palestinian state from the global agenda, after we brought four historic peace agreements with Arab countries that bypassed the Palestinian veto, Lapid is bringing the Palestinians back to the forefront of the world stage and putting Israel right into the Palestinian pit. Lapid has already said in the past that he is ready to “evacuate 90,000 Israelis to establish a Palestinian state”. Now he intends to give them a state of terror in the heart of the country, a state that will threaten us all.

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T. Belman. I have taken a lot of heat for siding with Putin and not Biden. Yesterday I posted a video by Dr Turley with whom I often agree. But the comments totally rejected him. REDACTED totally agrees with Turley too. So does Alexander Mecouris whom I also follow as does TFIG.

It doesn’t matter whether the west recognizes the annexation of the Donbass. The West has to reconsider whether they will attack the Donbass when Russia claims it as their sovereign territory. I think the West will back off.

I highly recommend this video.

T. Belman. I hope so. This election should be about the Palestinians and not about Netanyahu. The Palestinians are a threat to Israel, Netanyahu is not.

By officially calling for “an agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid has changed the election paradigm from “anybody but Netanyahu” back to the issue that has divided Israel’s left and right since Yitzhak Rabin signed the infamous Oslo Accords in 1993.

By Alex Traiman, JNS

With just 29 words, from the stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, temporary caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid may have completely changed Israel’s fifth election landscape from the first four election cycles over the past two-and-a-half years.

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