T. Belman.  Shmuel Rosner wrote in the NYT about the power sharing arrangement between Bennett and Lapid, “In reality, neither can do anything without the consent of the other because of a law that in practice gives each veto power.”

Alternate prime minister lays out foreign policy agenda, improving relations with Jordan and the US Democratic Party.

By LAHAV HARKOV, JPOST  JUNE 14, 2021 21:20

Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett

Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid is expected to take a leading role in Israel’s international relations, unlike the past 12 years in which the prime minister did so.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett plans to focus on his domestic agenda, at least at first, a source close to the new premier said. Any diplomatic decision or statement Bennett makes will have to be coordinated in advance with Lapid because of the delicate rotation government they formed on Sunday.

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T. Belman. The reason I posted this, is because Barkat is the leading challenger in Likud to take over after the Netanyahu era. He is often described as more of a centrist than Netanyahu but here he is against any Palestinian state west of the Jordan R.

I am registered to participate in a ZOA  Zoom meeting tomorrow in which Barkat is presenting his Sovereignty Plan.

Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat pledges to block establishment of Palestinian state, will push for sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.

By Arutz Sheva Staff , Jan 17 , 2019 10:04 PM

Nir Barkat

Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (Likud) responded Thursday to reports that the Middle East peace plan being drawn up by the Trump administration will included the establishment of a Palestinian state spanning most of Judea and Samaria, with its capital in part of eastern Jerusalem.

During a tour of the Samaria Regional Council on Thursday, Barkat said he was opposed to the establishment of a Palestinian state in the area.

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A letter to Israelis and American alike. 

By Mark Levin,  INN                 Jun 14 , 2021 12:30 PM

Jerusalem’s iconic Mahane Yehuda Market

(JNS) Barak Ravid is an Israeli journalist of the old Soviet school. In other words, he is a shameless propagandist for the cause. In his case, the cause is to destroy Netanyahu and install a left-wing government, and he’s been working on it for many years. In his last Axios screed, he trashes former President Donald Trump and then tries to link the smeared president with Netanyahu—that is, both men are said to oppose a government of the people and the decision of the voters.

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Wokeism has become our most popular secular religion—at least for a moment dethroning climate change. It reduces all of the past and present into puerile binaries between “whites” and “non-whites.”

Its aim is for the present generation to rewrite our history—whether by The 1619 Project and cancel culture or iconoclastic statue-toppling and Trotskyization of names and places. Wokeism becomes a child’s morality tale of noble non-white victims versus villainous white victimizers. Erasing the past and its language supposedly fuels a recalibration of the future, all in the here and now, a holy Year Zero

In the process, wokeism has done a lot of damage to America, and will do even more if left unchecked. Here are its chief characteristics.

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By David Israel, JEWISH PRESS       June 14, 2021

Despite his attempt to show deference to his predecessor, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took a swing at his former boss when he said that the ministers in the new government would be a better fit in carrying out the duties of their portfolios. It should have stung, because the past two years under former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were rife with internal wars within an impossibly split cabinet, and not so much about doing the job of governing.

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On November 13, 2020, we reported the following which to date is STILL UNEXPLAINED by any election official in Pennsylvania. 

By Jim Hoft, GP

We caught their fraud!

And in this post — OUR FIRST OF MANY — We will reveal how they stole the battleground states!

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Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:

The ZOA congratulates my friend and ZOA’s friend, Yamina (Right) party leader Naftali Bennett, on becoming Prime Minister of the Jewish State of Israel, and our friends Gideon Sa’ar and Ayelet Shaked on their anticipated important roles in a new coalition government. Nevertheless, we do have serious concerns.

We ZOA-ers have a wonderful and special remembrance that at ZOA’s 2016 Gala Dinner, then-Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett quoted a statement by Jewish leader Simon the Hasmonean from over 2,000 years ago: “We did not take a foreign land and did not rule the property of strangers; rather, the land of our fathers was taken unjustly, and now that we have the opportunity, we have returned it to ourselves.” Minister Bennett then added that “one cannot occupy his own home,” as 1,200 ZOA Gala attendees wildly cheered and applauded.

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T. Belman. In his speech Netanyahu set a high bar in describing what must be done to resist the demands of Biden. Unfortunately, his conduct suggests he fell far short of it. Now it remains to be seen if Bennett  will find a way to hold onto his principles, without isolating the US or his coalition partners on an issue that will be a consistent tension point in Jerusalem and Washington.

Bennett throughout his political career has been clear that he believes that all of Area C, where all the Israeli settlements are located should be part of sovereign Israel.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST         JUNE 14, 2021 07:51

Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 05, 2021.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sounded like the right-wing leader that he is when he promised in his Knesset speech, to “ensure the national interest in Area C” of the West Bank.

It’s not an idle line. The phrase was also written into the coalition agreement between his Yamina Party and that of Yesh Atid.

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Just 37% of Israelis oppose new government – but Netanyahu holds wide lead over Bennett as top pick for prime minister.

By David Rosenberg, INN      Jun 14 , 2021 9:00 AM

Bennett, Sa’ar, Lapid, and other coalition members

A plurality of Israelis support the new national unity government formed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Sunday night, a new poll shows, even as former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains the top pick for the premiership.

According to the poll, which was conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs and published by Channel 13 after the establishment of the new government Sunday night, 48% of Israelis back the new government, compared to just 37% who oppose it. Among respondents who expressed an opinion on the matter, 56.5% supported the government, compared to 43.5% who oppose it.

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T. Belman. Netanyahu has opened up the floodgates.

MK Mansour Abbas says that if decisions are made that run counter to Islam, his party will resign from the government.

By Dalit Halevi, INN , Jun 14 , 2021 5:00 AM

Mansour Abbas

MK Dr. Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra’am party, on Sunday stressed the centrality of his party within the coalition of the Bennett-Lapid government.

In an interview with the Panet.co.il website and the Hala TV channel, Abbas said that “MK Saeed Alkharumi was absent from the vote on the approval of the government in coordination with us”, stressing that the party is united under his leadership.

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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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