By David Matas,

WINNIPEG – David Matas, B’nai Brith Canada’s Senior Legal Counsel and a world-renowned human-rights activist, recently penned an op-ed arguing that Israel’s closure of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was justified.

In October 2022, Israel closed six organizations – al?Haq, Addameer, Defense for Children International ? Palestine, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, the Union of Agriculture Work Committees, and the Bisan Center for Research and Development, after having designated them as terrorist groups.  Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has stated that the organizations assisted in raising funds for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) by forgery and fraud. The PFLP has been designated a terrorist organization by Canada and Israel, among other countries, for its deadly assaults against innocents.

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According to those privy to the negotiations, officials may use legal maneuvers so that the talks only deal with “marking of a border” rather than the “setting a border” so as to avoid triggering a national referendum.

By  Ariel Kahana, IH

Israeli negotiators tasked with resolving the ongoing dispute with Lebanon on the maritime border near the Israeli gas field Karish have been exploring the possibility of having the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet hold a secret vote on any final deal before it is presented to the public, Israel Hayom has learned from sources who are close to the negotiations.

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T. Belman. This article ignores the possibility that Jewish Home will reach the threshold..  I think Bibi will make sure they do by sending them some of Likud’s supporters to vote for it.

Notice Sa’ar is insisting on a Gantz-led unity government.

Justice minister says that even after splitting from the more hardline Balad, party heads Odeh and Tibi have ‘extremist’ views; says only option is Gantz-led broad unity government

TOI

Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar vowed Sunday that his center-right National Unity party will not form a coalition with a narrow majority that relies on Arab-majority party Hadash-Ta’al, even after they parted ways with the more extreme Balad party.

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T. Belman.  Bennett has opened up the flood gates.

The ripple effects of the move may push one of the blocs over the 61-seat threshold, but it is not clear yet which one it benefits.

By ELIAV BREUER, JPOST

The dramatic split at the last minute late on Thursday night between the Joint List‘s Hadash-Ta’al and Balad could end up being one of the most important occurrences of the election.

The ripple effects of the move may push one of the blocs over the 61-seat threshold, but it is not clear yet which one it benefits.

Prior to the split, the Joint List was a union of three parties: The socialist-communist Hadash, led by MK Ayman Odeh; Arab-nationalist Balad, led by MK Sami Abou Shahadeh; and Ta’al, led by MK Ahmad Tibi, which, ideologically, is somewhere between the other two.

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David Nussbaum.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18329/russia-putin-ukraine-invasion?dicbo=v1-420cb9c58c6925a101c9b97f4abb130f-00ff13663fc0953954f73bc4fce27f4ab5-gfrdkn3cgq2daljtg42gkljumu4dmllcgbrdsljqg44weyrvmmzdcmtcgu

This article looks at different theories. Sadly, Putin is a dictator with nationalist fantasies trying to maintain power via a war. Author Sorn even discusses but rejects Mearsheimer’s “blame the West & U.S. ” view for NATO encroachment.

Was Putin/Russia with a greater number of nuclear ICBMs than anyone else really worried about being invaded by NATO? Apparently Gorbachev denied that the West ever promised not to expand NATO eastward. On the other hand, Russia violated many assurances of peaceful coexistence with the West, most egregiously by not recognizing or respecting Ukrainian sovereignty and borders in exchange for repatriation of the legacy Soviet nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil. I bet the Ukrainians would love a “do over” on that one.

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By Joshua Klein, BREITBART   18 Sep

Reflecting on the country’s last 15 presidencies, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Joe Biden, conservative radio legend Michael Savage argued that Biden is the “worst” president to lead the country during his lifetime, claiming a “criminal enterprise [is] running the country,” while highlighting the current border crisis, the recent Afghanistan withdrawal, the return to energy dependence, and the “authoritarian” COVID-19 mandate.

Detailing “the good, the bad, and the ugly” aspects of the presidents who ruled America over the last several decades, Savage weighed in on today’s issues during his latest podcast.

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by Ezequiel Doiny, ISRAEL UNWIRED       September 13, 

On September 12, 2022 Arutz 7 reported “A Jewish shepherd was attacked by an Arab armed with a hoe near the settlement of Ma’on in southern Mount Hebron.  The victim was seriously injured. He was treated by Magen David Adom staff and evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva.  According to a security source, dozens of Palestinian Arabs were involved in the incident where the shepherd was attacked. The police are investigating the circumstances of the incident.   MDA paramedic Elyashiv Ameti said: “The injured man suffered from a severe bleeding head injury and was in a state of semi-consciousness. We gave him initial medical treatment that included drug treatment, oxygen administration and dressing the wound and evacuated him to the hospital while his condition was serious and stable.”  Mount Hebron Regional Council chairman Yochay Damry said that “this is an attempted murder. I demand that the security forces act decisively against the perpetrators, and restore deterrence and security to the residents and the region.”

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After they learned the vaccines were unsafe in March 2022, they said it was simply a manpower/budget issue that they weren’t able to inform the public. I’m serious!

By Steve Kirsch

On Sept 2, 2022, I wrote a long article about the medical corruption in Israel that was first exposed by an intrepid Israeli journalist Yaffa Shir-Raz:

Specifically, I found that:

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No truth to the claim “@jaredkushner offered Jordan’s kinglet to rule W. Bank”,a lie spread by Abdullah himself, picked up by @peterbakernyt
Kinglet made this up to cover leaks of his negotiations with Israel over “AlAqsa custodianship”, he wanted $150B, Israel offered only $30B

— Mudar Adnan Zahran ???????? ????? (@Mudar_Zahran) September 18, 2022

The West Bank is burning, and more and more young Palestinians are embracing armed resistance against Israel and do not accept the authority of the Palestinian Authority or its leader. Israel’s operational response –

Operation Break the Wave – heightens the motivation toward additional waves of terror, and the PA apparatuses are not able (and barely want) to defuse the volatile situation. Chaos is on the brink, and the “day after Abbas” is already here. How should Israel extricate itself from the cycle of escalation that feeds on itself?

INSS Insight No. 1643, September 18, 2022

By Orit Perlov and Udi Dekel

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By Michael Ordman

Two prominent themes in this week’s positive Israel newsletter are sustainable Israeli food technology and more life-changing innovations from the minds of Israelis.

In the 18th Sep 22 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Israeli scientists can detect pancreatic cancer with a blood test.
• Israel is top of the global
• Israeli technology streams video simultaneously to millions of viewers.
• An Israeli startup makes vegan meat from “used” vegetable oil seeds.
• New York awarded $1 million to an Israeli energy company.
• The movie Captain America 4 will feature an Israeli superhero.
• A rare Judean “Freedom” coin has returned to the Jewish State

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By Daniel Greenfield

Republicans want to hold the majority and co-exist with Democrats, while Democrats, under the influence of the Left, want to eliminate Republicans.

This fundamental difference between the two sides was on display during Biden’s fascist rant in Philadelphia where he denounced half the country as a threat to democracy.

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The tempo of attacks reflects a more general readiness for confrontation as the region enters a new phase.

By JONATHAN SPYER

A notable uptick in Israeli air operations against Iran-linked targets on Syrian soil has taken place over the last month, according to regional media.

Israeli aircraft struck Aleppo Airport in northern Syria on September 6. This operation followed on the heels of an earlier strike at the same target, on August 31. According to SANA, the official Syrian regime media agency, the raid on September 6 damaged the runway, putting it temporarily out of service.

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Will protests over the alleged police beating of a woman who refused to wear a hijab in public lead to regime change?

i24NEWS  18.9.22

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T. Belman. As far as I understand it, the President has little discretion.

“The president selects the prime minister as the party leader most able to form a government, based on the number of parliament seats his or her coalition has won. After the president’s selection, the prime minister has forty-five days to form a government.”

President Herzog: ‘I’ll work to promote a broad unity government at any price’

Israel National News  18.9.22

President Isaac HerzogAmos Ben Gershom/GPO

Reports have emerged that Israeli President Isaac Herzog intends to use the powers inherent in his position to work toward the formation of a “broad unity government” following the upcoming national elections in November.

According to several Knesset members who were present during closed conversations that Herzog held with MKs from both left-wing and right-wing parties, the President said, using the following words:

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– Hundreds of Thousands Died as a Result

GATEWAY PUNDIT

Steve Deace recently interviewed Dr. Harvey Risch, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Risch’s work has been cited nearly 50,000 times in journals and studies. He is also an MD.

Steve Deace asked Dr. Risch what was the biggest lie of the last 29 months of COVID pandemic.

Dr. Risch says it was the lies about hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID 19.

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By Bernard Gwertzman, New York Times   Feb. 19, 1984

For a period of nine months, the Reagan Administration conducted secret discussions through an intermediary with Yasir Arafat, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, according to American participants in the effort.

They said that the purpose of the talks was consistent with previous attempts by the Carter Administration to persuade the Palestinian leaders to accept the American offer of recognition of their organization in return for acceptance by the P.L.O. of Israel’s right to exist. After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in June 1982, the talks were broken off by the P.L.O. with no certain sign that they were succeeding.

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