The PA has significantly escalated its lawfare to delegitimize Israel’s existence in international forums, demonizing Israel and Israel’s Jewish supporters worldwide. And Biden has become complicit in the Palestinian lawfare against Israel. Op-ed.

Dr. Aviel Sheyn-Stevens, INN

Aviel Sheyin -StevensCredit: INN:AS

Joseph Biden, on his first presidential trip to the Middle East, visited Israel; he is not a friend of Israel. Before Biden became US President, the most important job he ever held was as vice president to the most anti-Israel administration in American history.

Back in March 2010, on an official visit to Israel, then Vice President Biden criticized an Israeli plan to build homes for Jews in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish state. Prior to his visit, the Obama-Biden regime warned various Israeli government ministers that it viewed construction of housing for Jews in Jerusalem with hostility. But it pressured Israel to permit construction of homes for Arabs in Jerusalem, and harshly opposed all moves by the government to destroy illegal construction in Arab neighborhoods and in Area C.

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The White House undoubtedly scored a few diplomatic wins on its trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, but the trip was mainly a victory for the host countries

By Ben Samuels, HAARETZ   18.7.22

WASHINGTON – “As my father always said, never crucify yourself on a small cross.” That was a commonly used aphorism employed by then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Michael Oren’s memoir.

During his four-day whirlwind visit to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia, the U.S. president all but declared the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a small cross, effectively shelving any efforts at actively pursuing a two-state solution for the duration of his presidency.

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By Eneia Krivine, FDD  Senior Director, Israel Program & Senior Director, National Security Network

It could still emerge that Biden not only failed to advance a regional defense alliance against Iran but brought Russia and Tehran closer together; a blunder for which Israel might have to pay in the form of reduced freedom of action in Syria.

By  Prof. Eyal Zisser, ISRAEL HAYOM

American presidents usually aren’t very popular in the Middle East. Although every Arab, Iranian, and Turk dreams of one day immigrating to the United States and making a life there, until that day comes, if ever, they will wholeheartedly hate the West and especially the US, which more than anything symbolizes the West’s victory and diplomatic, economic, and even technological superiority over the East.

Indeed, more than a few presidents have raised the ire and animosity of the region’s people and rulers but, as they say: Even if they don’t like one president or another, at least they are afraid of him and respect him.

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By ,James Phillips, HERITAGESenior Research Fellow,

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address to participants of the 10th Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum in Saint Petersburg on June 30, 2022.MIKHAIL METZEL / Sputnik / AFP / Getty Images

Say goodbye to Biden — and hello to “King Kong Monkey COVID-19.”

By Wayne Allyn Root, FPM         18.7.22

Do you think the GOP will win a landslide victory in the November midterms? Do you think it will be a cakewalk? Boy, are you naive.

I’ve been warning about what’s coming for many months on my nationally syndicated radio show, “Wayne Allyn Root: Raw and Unfiltered” on USA Radio Network. It’s all starting to happen just as my crystal ball predicted.
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16 tons of explosives destroyed when jets dropped bunker-busting bombs on subterranean facility on Saturday in response to rocket fire; IDF: Drones also manufactured at site

By EMANUEL FABIAN, TOI     17 July 2022, 6:54 pm   

A view of an explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, July 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ali)

An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday has significantly set back the Hamas terror group’s weapon production capabilities, military officials said.

The major strike against the Hamas underground facility came in response to rockets launched from the coastal enclave at southern Israel, which caused no injuries or damage.

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Shaked demanded answers about the gestures to the Palestinians. Gantz replied: Everything we approved is only within their territory.

Israel National News    18.7.22

A verbal confrontation broke out between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked during the meeting of the political-security cabinet on Sunday, while the ministers received an overview of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel.

According to a report in Channel 13 News, Shaked asked for clarification on the gestures given to the Palestinian Arabs during the visit and demanded answers from the Minister of Defense on the subject. The argument between the two became quite loud.

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NEWSMAX   17.7.22

In this image released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, greets President Joe Biden with a fist bump after his arrival at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

US President Joe Biden sought to use his first Middle East tour in office to reassert Washington’s influence but emerged without a single diplomatic breakthrough, an outcome analysts said was no surprise.

On issues ranging from energy prices to human rights and Israel’s role in the region, Biden could point only to small — if any — gains after four whirlwind days of meetings and speeches.

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Settlement leader Yossi Dagan appeals to former PM to block Defense Ministry plans.

By Hezki Baruch, INN  17.7.22

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional CouncilIsrael National News

Yossi Dagan, the head of the Samaria Regional Council, has appealed to Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to veto the authorization of six construction plans for Arab housing that were approved by the Defense Ministry as a “gesture” to US President Joe Biden during his visit to Palestinian Authority areas last week.

The plans include the authorization of around one thousand illegally built units in areas where they are liable to choke off the expansion of Jewish communities, according to Settlement leaders.

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by Raymond Ibrahim, GATESTONE  •  July 17, 2022

• “Muhammad Irfan came to my shop for wheel balancing for his motorbike. I balanced the wheel and demanded my amount of labour as settled between us. Muhammad Irfan refused to give me money and said, ‘I am a follower of Peer Fakhir [a Muslim ascetic] and don’t ask for money from me.'” — Ashfaq Masih, Christian falsely accused of “blasphemy” and sentenced to death by hanging, chuchinchains.ie, July 7, 2022.
• “They both made conspiracy against me and lodged a false FIR [First Incident Report] against me. I told the real story to a police officer but he did not record my version but conducted investigation ex-parte. I neither uttered any derogatory word against Prophet Muhammad nor can think about it.” — Ashfaq Masih, chuchinchains.ie, July 7, 2022.

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By Ivana Saric, AXIOS

Ted Cruz on July 14. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday became the latest Republican to voice opposition to the Supreme Court’s ruling to legalize gay marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, saying on an episode of his podcast “The Cloakroom” with conservative political commentator Liz Wheeler that the ruling was “clearly wrong.”

Why it matters: The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade has prompted many Democrats and activists to warn that other legal precedents such as contraception and gay marriage could be next to be overturned.

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A popular uprising of working-class people against the elites and their values is underway—and it’s crossing the globe. There is a growing resistance by the middle and lower classes against what Rob Henderson has coined the “luxury beliefs” of the elites, as everyday folks realize the harm it causes them and their communities.

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DON’T MISS THIS.

VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTELLECTUAL

Israeli rhythmic gymnast Daria Atamanov finished with two gold medals and a silver at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.

Atamanov, 16 took first place for her ribbon routine on Wednesday, and came second in the batons contest.
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T. Belman.  I think what is important is not what they say but what they do. I couldn’t care less that they are insisting on the API. They are normalizing relations and that’s what counts.

After Biden hails Saudi okay to Israeli overflights as first step to normalization, Riyadh’s foreign affairs minister says Palestinian statehood must come first

By JACOB MAGID, TOI    16.7.22

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks at his notes as he meets with US President Joe Biden at the Al Salman Royal Palace, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Jeddah. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A senior Saudi minister described normalizing ties with Israel as a “strategic option,” while clarifying that a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians was a “requirement” before Riyadh would formalize ties with Jerusalem.

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by Majid Rafizadeh, GATESTONE  •  July 16, 2022

• Even [Iran’s mullahs] probably cannot believe that they have gotten away with so many violations since the Biden administration assumed office.
• Now, in Natanz, the Iranian regime is digging an underground nuclear facility that is reportedly extremely difficult to bomb.

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