This was land Israel gave away for peace but no peace ever came of it – instead endless Arab aggression.

By Victor Sharpe, (June 13, 2021 / JNS)

When the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was signed in 1979, the 14 km (8.7 mile) security and buffer zone known as the Philadelphi Corridor was under Israel’s control. Its purpose was to prevent the illegal importation into the Gaza Strip from Egypt of weapons and terrorists to be used against the Jewish state. The Oslo Accords, signed in 1995, allowed Israel to retain the security corridor, but it soon became apparent that Sinai Bedouin and the Palestinian Arabs were digging ever more sophisticated smuggling tunnels under it.

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Beijing’s interest in the Arab Gulf states is growing, and Israel, in the interests of its national security, would do well to examine the evolving relations between its new friends in the Gulf and the Chinese superpower, which is also developing its ties with Iran

By Yoel Guzansky and Galia Lavi, INSS

Relations between China and the Arab Gulf states are evolving in new directions, some problematic for Israel and the United States. Against this background, the Abraham Accords, which offer Israel new opportunities for partnerships, also expose it to risks. Alongside the expected rise in the importance of the Gulf states for China’s energy security and in view of China’s increased political involvement in the Middle East, Israel must examine its ties with the Gulf states from a multiple viewpoints and take steps to minimize the new risks. It must learn more about China’s relations with the Gulf states, and specifically about security cooperation between the parties. It should set up a database of Chinese investments in the region and examine its own technological collaboration with the Gulf states and expected investments in Israel by Gulf corporations, while considering the issue of Chinese involvement. Israel must also reinforce and expand its mechanisms for supervising investments, in order to ensure coordinated regulation with the United States against the common risks faced by both countries.

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By Jennifer Van Laar, RED STATE            |Jun 11, 2021 11:15 PM ET

One week ago we reported that a man believed to be the highest-ranking Chinese defector ever was working with the Defense Intelligence Agency and that he had direct knowledge of special weapons programs in China, including bioweapons programs. We also reported that the defector provided an extensive, technically detailed debrief to US officials, that the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) was able to corroborate very technical details of the information provided, and that in DIA’s assessment, the information provided by the defector is legitimate. RedState has now learned some details of the information provided by the defector, including that he provided data proving that SARS-CoV-2 was manmade and leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in addition to evidence confirming that the People’s Liberation Army managed the Wuhan program (and others), as Chinese virologist Yan Li-Meng told the FBI last year.

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In the 13th Jun 21 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Israel has now had several days with no new coronavirus cases.
• An Israeli eye-scanning device performs blood tests without blood.
• Israel was overwhelmingly voted onto the UN Economic and Social Council.
• Israelis use bacteria to keep crops fresh – in the ground and on the shelf.
• 2021 investment in Israeli startups has already exceeded the total for all of 2020.
• Divers can explore Israel’s new unique underwater nature park.
• Evidence that the land of Israel was an ancient trade center.

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T. Belman. My source tells me that Netanyahu was a protector of the King and did not want a coup to remove him. But Kushner and Saudi Arabia wanted to diminish Jordan’s role in the Temple Mount so Saudi Arabia could replace Jordan there.

In the Washington Post, David Ignatius writes that alleged April coup attempt on the Jordanian king was connected to U.S., Saudi and Israeli efforts to undermine the monarch’s position on Jerusalem’s holy sites.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, in December.

HAARETZ      Jun. 12, 2021 6:44 PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was involved in a Saudi and U.S. pressure campaign on Jordan over the past three years, which among other things attempted to lower the standing of the country’s King Abdullah II, the Washington Post reported Friday.

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T. Belman.  No one believes they can achieve a two-state solution. Instead they use this fantasy as a basis to prevent Israel from deviating from its potential. ie, they want the status quo to be continued as bad as it may be.

IT SEEMS CLEAR that before any resolution of the Israel-Palestinian dispute is possible, the gulf that divides the Palestinian body politic must be bridged, at least in part.

By NEVILLE TELLER, JPOST 

Palestinians sit in a makeshift tent amid the rubble of their houses which were destroyed by Israeli air strikes during the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

High-level talks involving Israel, Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt are in full swing. Sponsored by Egypt, the talks aim to secure an effective truce between Hamas and Israel, putting a formal end to the Gaza conflict.

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Arizona Lawmaker Responds to AG Garland: “You Will Not Touch Arizona Ballots or Machines Unless You Want to Spend Time in Arizona Prison”

The Printing Companies that Supplied Ballots in the 2020 Election May Be As Guilty as Voting Machine Companies in Potentially Altering the 2020 Election Results

Massive Number Of Missing Ballots Foretold In Arizona Election Audit…Decertification Now Openly Discussed

By Kyle Becker, TRENDING POLITICS

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Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland is attempting to put a chill in the air over states deciding to audit the 2020 elections.

Speaking on Friday regarding what the left misleadingly terms “voting rights” (all eligible adult U.S. citizens already have voting rights), Garland issued a not-so-subtle threat to states that are doing election audits.

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T. Belman. This article doesn’t mention many things agreed to which are hugely important.

As all coalition agreements were submitted to the Knesset Secretariat, Yamina and Yesh Atid present the government’s key principles

By Yoni Kempinski, INN Jun 11 , 2021 4:01 PM

Key principles outlined in the coalition agreement and basic documents of the Unity Government:

• The Ministry of Digital Affairs, the Ministry of Water, the Ministry of Community Promotion, the Ministry of Strategic Affairs – will be closed.
• The establishment of a state inquiry to investigate the disaster on Mount Meron.

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Chinese company banned in US competing for Tel Aviv light rail tender to be decided in coming days.

By YAAKOV KATZ , JPOST    JUNE 11, 2021 17:20

Labour workers seen at the construction site of the new Seaport in Ashdod, Southern Israel, April 12, 2016.

Remember who won the tender to build the Ashdod Port in 2014 for a hefty $1 billion? The answer: the China Communications Construction Group.

Remember the Alon Tavor power station sold recently for about $600 million? That was also sold to a subsidiary of the same Chinese group.

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By Yoram Ettinger

The remarkable performance the US-Israel jointly-produced Iron Dome mobile, all-weather, anti-missile defense system – during the May 2021 Gaza war against Hamas terrorists – was another milestone in the mutually-beneficial US-Israel alliance in the face of mutual terrorist threats and in the pursuit of cutting-edge technologies.

The Iron Dome was fully-developed by Israel, mostly funded by the US, and co-manufactured by Israel and (mostly) the US. Upon completion of the development by Israel’s RAFAEL, the game-changing Iron Dome technology was shared with the US’ Raytheon, which spared the US many years and mega-billions of dollars of research and development.

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Show that there is principled continuity in Israeli foreign and defense policy, and retake the Temple Mount.

By DAVID M. WEINBERG, JPOST JUNE 10, 2021 20:06

Would a government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid really be a potential leftist disaster?

Pundits already are saying that Israel’s new government is a self-neutered, immobilized entity; powerless to make substantive policy changes. That Israelis will be lucky if all it does is pass a responsible budget and bring some stability and sanity to Israeli politics for a medium-term period.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, there is ample room for the Bennett-Lapid government to set a few things in order, and to make it clear to Israeli friends and adversaries abroad that there is principled continuity in Israeli foreign and defense policy.

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T. Belman. New Hope got Funding a program to supervise Palestinian construction in Area C. Whatever does that mean or imply.

Although the terms under which the new coalition deals were finalized will only be revealed on Friday, the agreements’ key elements are clear

By Michael Hauser Tov, HAARETZ          Jun. 9, 2021

The coalition agreements signed by all the parties in the emerging government will be made public only on Friday, but the main points are already clear.

A few issues still require further discussion, including some agreements with the United Arab List and the precise mechanism by which this “parity government” will work. But few governments actually finalize all the issues before they’re sworn in.

Given that this will be an ideologically diverse government composed of eight parties, each one knows its own accomplishments will be modest. The agreements state that every bill submitted to the Knesset and every other significant decision will require the consent of all the parties, making many major changes impossible.

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T. Belman.  The agreement with Ra’am is far less onerous than originally reported. The deal with Lieberman was as expected.

Ra’am will be the first Arab party in the governing coalition since the Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers in Yitzhak Rabin’s first term as prime minister.

By GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST    JUNE 11, 2021 10:33

YESH ATID leader Yair Lapid meets with the head of Ra’am, Mansour Abbas. 

Opposition leader Yair Lapid signed a historic agreement with the Ra’am (United Arab List) Party Friday morning.

Ra’am will be the first Arab party in the governing coalition since the Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers in Yitzhak Rabin’s first term as prime minister in 1974-1977.

The deal gives Ra’am a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office that will deal with Arab affairs and the chairmanship of the Knesset interior committee and committee on Arab society.

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