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All ‘Jews’ today are the Khazars converts and Edomites some call them the Khazarian Mafia KM hellbent on a World Government as was the ruling Jewish class in the times of Jesus Herod was an Edomite after Esau Malachi 1: 3 Romans 9:13 not Jacob Israel These Jew Fraudsters believe themelves to be Israelites Hebrews or from the royal tribe of Judah claim the Bible Consignor gives themselves mandate to rule the whole world Psalm 2: 6-9 Psalm 2: 10-11 Deuteronomy 20: 10-14 Deuteronomy 20 : 12-17 Isaiah 60: 5 60: 10-11 60:12 60: 14-16 Psalm 2: 8 and a Judahite or descendent of the Tribe of Judah most of the apostles were Israelites only one of them was Jewish Judas The first time Jews are Mentioned in the Bible is in II Kings 16: 6105: 44 111: 6 Jesus was a Galilean or resident of Galilee Matthew 26:69 John 7:41 and then only in translations revised in the eighteenth century where we find Israel was at war with the Jews and drave the Jews from elathane The ‘Jews’ in ‘Jesus’ time were Edomites/Turkic Edom or Edomite had BEEN translated by Greek and Latin into Ioudaios and Iudaeus meaning a Judean or person living in Judea The original King James version of the Bible 1611 translated IDUMAEANS-Judean into Iewes The first Jews were Thousands of Palestinians take part in weekly protests along Gaza border September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Several thousand Palestinians were taking part in weekly protests along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel Friday afternoon According to the Walla news site some of the demonstrators attacked Israeli soldiers with improvised explosive devices and others attempted to sabotage the security fence Palestinians were reporting that several had been injured by Israeli military fire Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The demonstrations come after a week in which seven Palestinians were wounded when a rocket fired from the Strip towards Israel exploded near a house inside the coastal enclave Palestinian eyewitnesses said two of the three rockets struck outside a home in the southern city of Rafah Wednesday and a third fell near the fence separating Israel and the Gaza Strip Last Friday several thousand Palestinians protested along the Gaza border after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that war with terror groups in the Gaza Strip could break out “at any moment” Some 4000 people took part in the demonstrations with several hundred rioting and throwing rocks and explosive devices at Israel Defense Forces troops who responded with tear gas and occasional live fire The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said 30 people had been wounded including 15 from live fire Earlier in the month two Palestinian teens were killed in clashes which the IDF called “especially violent” Judah Ari Gross contributed to this report Source Article from Related Posts Weekly report on israel’s terrorism on Palestinians 12 – 18 September 2019 Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 12 – 18 Weekly report on israel’s terrorism on Palestinians 05 – 11 September 2019 Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 05 – 11 Weekly report on israel’s terrorism on Palestinians 29 August – 04 September 2019 Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 29 August – Weekly report on israel’s terrorism on Palestinians 22 August – 28 August 2019 Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 22– 28 August The Gov’t Gave Her Son a Sex Change Without Parental Consent And Other Weekly News From The Twilight Zone By Simon Black Sovereign Man Welcome to our Friday roll up where we highlight the Hits: 10 Orphan of victims killed in attack on Mumbai Chabad House celebrates bar mitzvah September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Moshe Holtzberg whose parents were killed in the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai when he was 2-years-old celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah by donning phylacteries for the first time during a ceremony in New York Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were the directors of the Nariman Chabad House in the Indian city when it was attacked on November 26 2008 Along with the couple four other Israeli and American visitors to the house were killed The Chabad House was among 12 locations targeted in coordinated shooting and bombing attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba an Islamic terrorist organization based in Pakistan that killed 166 people and injured hundreds more in a three-day rampage in Mumbai Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The child was dubbed “Baby Moshe” when a photo of his terrified-looking nanny running from the besieged Chabad House clutching the little boy was splashed on the front pages of newspapers around the world On Tuesday Moshe celebrated the ceremony of Hanachat Tefillin or putting on phylacteries for the first time during a ceremony in Stony Point New York surrounded by family and friends of his parents Crown Heights info reported He also helped a US Navy SEAL put on tefillin He also visited the grave of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson and put on tefillin there according to the report Source Article from Related Posts Israeli who helped Weinstein undermine victims: ‘He wasn’t a monster then’ Israeli who helped Weinstein undermine victims: ‘He wasn’t a monster then’ Source Article from What Does Bolton’s Ouster Mean To Victims Of US Imperial Aggression What Does Bolton’s Ouster Mean To Victims Of US Imperial Aggression Above Photo: From Blackagendareportcom John The Real Victims of France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Revolution Classified ‘sublethal’ the rubber bullets teargas and stun grenades used by French police have nevertheless Mexico uncovers 3000 secret graves hiding bodies of drug war victims More than 3000 secret graves containing victims of Mexico’s raging drug wars have One Of Epstein’s Victims Claims She Was Forced To Have Sex With Prince Andrew As A Teen The Facts:Darwin’s Theory of Evolution has for a great many scientists become relatively obsolete in Hits: 10 IDF officer hit by rock while driving in West Bank moderately hurt September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ An Israeli military officer on leave was moderately wounded Friday afternoon after being hit in the face with a rock while driving in the northern West Bank The 23-year-old was hit when the rock flew through the windshield of his car near the settlement of Ma’aleh Shomron west of Nablus The officer’s father was with him in the car at the time The wounded man was treated by medics at the scene and taken to a hospital in Petah Tikva Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Several other rock-throwing incidents against Israeli cars were reported in the area with no injuries Rock-throwing attacks against Israeli vehicles are common in the West Bank though they rarely cause casualties Extremist settlers have also been known to attack Palestinian drivers with rocks and in one incident last year an Israeli teen is accused of having thrown a rock that killed a Palestinian woman Friday’s attack came a day after security guards at a checkpoint near Jerusalem shot and killed a Palestinian woman carrying a knife Police have said the guards were in “immediate danger” when they shot and killed the woman though a widely circulated video of the shooting has raised concerns about excessive force Source Article from Related Posts Cop Arrested With Gloves Knife and Zip Ties While On His Way to Meet a 14-Year-Old Girl An Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy was arrested with a large knife gloves and zip ties while Liberals sign petition to protect unborn eagles while advocating the killing of unborn humans Natural News In the wonderful world of Los Angeles California liberals are New World Order Globalist Cabal Melting Down While Russia Fortifies New World Order in Meltdown But Russia Stronger Than Ever by Jon Hellevig Nan Goldin Among Activists Arrested While Protesting Governor Cuomo’s Failure To Open Safe Injection Sites Nan Goldin Among Activists Arrested While Protesting Governor Cuomo’s Failure To Open Safe Injection Sites Hollywood’s contribution to world peace: Kick ass while chewing bubblegum The Scottish movie star’s latest offering to the God of US exceptionalism is Angel Has Hits: 10 New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has ended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination De Blasio struggled to gain traction in a sprawling field of Democrats seeking the presidency He announced his decision in an MSNBC interview on Friday De Blasio launched his bid in May but his campaign largely failed to take off Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up De Blasio says he feels he’s contributed all he can “to this primary election” He tells MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show “it’s clearly not my time” The mayor had announced his presidential run by heading to the Statue of Liberty where he said the country is in an “identity crisis” around immigration which he called “the founding and unifying element of the American experience” “We are figuring out who we are” he said then “There are American values we need to return to and fight for in order to achieve our greatest potential” On his campaign’s first day he dived into an insult match with US President Donald Trump Source Article from Related Posts The Prosecution Against Julian Assange: Where 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand By Kevin Gosztola WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been jailed in London’s Belmarsh Prison since Democrats in presidential debate blast Trump’s trade policies Linda Sarsour emerges as surrogate for Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign JTA — Political activist Linda Sarsour has been named a surrogate for Bernie Sander’s 2020 Presidential advisor: Erdogan will be forced to leave Syrian territories It is our decision and it is not up to him ST Saturday 31 August 2019 21:05 Syrian Presidential Media and Political Advisor Dr Bouthaina Shaaban Rogues’ Gallery: A Sober Look at the “Progressive” Democratic Presidential Candidates Before we examine the “progressive” Democratic candidates we should note in passing the likelihood that Hits: 10 Swastika painting in Brussels art gallery sparks outcry September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ A Hitler-themed swastika painting by a local politician that was recently put on display at a Brussels art gallery has sparked outcry in the Belgian Jewish community Fatmir Limani is an artist and the Socialist Party alderman in charge of cultural affairs in the Brussels-area municipality of Koekelberg His painting titled “God created A Hitler” is scheduled to be featured until Sept 30 in the prestigious Bog-Art gallery The gallery is located 600 yards from the Jewish Museum of Belgium where four people were killed in a 2014 terrorist attack allegedly perpetrated by an Islamist Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up “It’s shocking” Yohan Benizri president of the CCOJB umbrella group representing French-speaking Belgian Jews told the RTBF broadcaster Tuesday “Seeing something like this on the streets of Belgium it can be offensive Seeing it in the context of rising anti-Semitism it makes Belgium’s image seem even worse than it’s seen locally and international today” The artist Benizri added has a record of using shocking visuals and did not seem to attempt to single out Jews but has nonetheless displayed “bad taste” with the swastika painting La galerie Bog-Art rend hommage à Toots Son portrait sera exposé jusq’au 15 Septembre Un registre de condoléances… פורסם על ידי Bog-Art Contemporary Gallery Space ב- יום שני 22 באוגוסט 2016 Limani defended is exhibition in remarks to RTBF saying that the theme of his exhibition was the global rise of fascism and Nazism and was not promoting either ideology “I am aware that my work is shocking but I can not help but represent what shocked me in my life” he told the broadcaster But Joel Rubinfeld president of the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism or LBCA told RTBF: “The passer-by seeing this on the street isn’t given the key to decipher the artist’s meaning” Belgium has seen several anti-Semitism scandals recently including over the inclusion of a hooked nose gesture for the word “Jew” in the official Flemish sign language dictionary Source Article from Related Posts Norwegian daily depicts Netanyahu as swastika-shaped enforcer of apartheid accused of anti-Semitism The cartoon by Finn Graff shows the Israeli leader sitting on a bench marked “Whites The Swastika: Part One – Earliest Evidences The Swastika has to be one of the most misunderstood symbols of our time In City Bans Anarchy Symbol – Officials Call It “Hate Speech Similar To Swastika” By John Vibes Ontario Canada – Last week officials with the City of German theater investigated over free ‘Mein Kampf’ tickets for swastika wearers The Konstanz Theater in the state of Baden-Württemberg has been offering a controversial deal for Television Under the Swastika Over a decade before most Americans even dreamed of having a television the Third Reich Hits: 9 Trump doesn’t want war with Iran so Pompeo changes tone accordingly: Analyst September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ US President Donald Trump does not want war with Iran and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has changed his tone accordingly a former American Senate foreign policy analyst has said Pompeo has said the United States prefers a peaceful resolution to the crisis sparked by the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company “We’d like a peaceful resolution” Pompeo said on Thursday in Abu Dhabi the capital of the United Arab Emirates “I hope the Islamic Republic of Iran sees it the same way” he told reporters Pompeo dialed back war rhetoric against Iran after Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif raised the prospect of “all-out war” if the United States carried out a possible military strike against the country Asked by CNN what the consequence of a US or Saudi military strike on Iran would be Zarif said: “All-out war” “We won’t blink to defend our territory” Iran’s foreign minister emphasized Mike Pompeo has said the US prefers a peaceful resolution to the crisis sparked by the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company Speaking to Press TV on Friday James Jatras a former Senate foreign policy adviser in Washington said “It’s been noticed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s tone regarding Saudi Arabia Iran and the crisis in the last week or so has changed somewhat He’s been quite militant at the beginning regarding the military action against Iran It seems that President Trump does not want to do that and Secretary of State Pompeo has changed his tone accordingly” “I suspect that this is not something what Mr Pompeo wants but he feels this is what his boss wants And the options regarding military action by the United States against Iran are not at all appetizing for Washington’s point of view and they are looking for some other way to resolve the crisis It’s so very uncertain at this time but the fact that Mr Pompeo had to back down rhetorically is a positive indication I believe” he added Source Article from Related Posts North Korea welcomes Trump’s firing of ‘nasty’ Bolton North Korea has welcomed the move by US President Donald Trump to fire his Can Trump Still Avoid War with Iran By Patrick J Buchanan ” President Donald Trump does not want war with Iran America does not want war with Iran Even the Senate Republicans are advising against military action in response to that attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities” “A more fundamental question arises: If the United States was not attacked why is it Tillerson: Netanyahu ‘played’ Trump with misinformation 9/19/2019 Tillerson: Netanyahu ‘played’ Trump with misinformation Source Article from Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel On Saturday September 14th two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were Trump Protestors Burn American Flag Outside Trump Fundraiser in LA Anti-Trump protestors made clear their feelings about the United States by burning an American flag Hits: 10 Ireland: ‘Civil unrest’ on UK border if Brexit fails September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ The Irish Deputy Prime Minister has dispelled any “spin” over recent Brexit progress warning of potential “civil unrest” on the UK border if talks fail Simon Coveney The Tanaiste said on Friday that Ireland would not be “collateral damage” for Britain’s Brexit plans while also urging all sides to be honest and admit that “we are not close to a deal right now” His remark comes in stark contrast to those recently made by Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay who said the UK and EU share a “common purpose” in reaching a new withdrawal deal after a meeting in Brussels with chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier The backstop policy – aimed at preventing the return of a hard border on the island of Ireland – has proven to be the biggest bone of contention in EU-UK talks thus far UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted that the EU scrap the controversial Northern Ireland backstop element of the existing deal Any new checks between the two nations have been predicted to likely trigger both peaceful civil disobedience and then terrorist attacks Mr Johnson also said he will not allow infrastructure on the Irish border in a no-deal Brexit However the UK government’s “Yellowhammer” report into the potential effects of a no-deal Brexit suggested that this would not be sustainable Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin of the Northern Ireland Police Service PSNI recently warned that Northern Ireland was gradually sliding back towards a level of violence not seen since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement The uncertainty over the backstop is set to complicate politics within Northern Ireland in addition to increasing diplomatic and political tension between Britain and the Irish Republic It is for this reason that more and more Irish nationalists are beginning to view Brexit as an opportunity to loosen London’s grip on the north and to prepare the grounds for a union with the south Source Article from Related Posts Beijing denies Hong Kong port visits by two US warships amid ongoing unrest China has “denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong” by the USS Lake Erie For the anti-China lobby Hong Kong unrest is a godsend The initial proximate cause of the unrest in this semi-autonomous former British colony – as US piles pressure on Venezuela… but remains mute on Haiti anti-govt unrest Thousands of people demonstrated in the Haitian capital demanding that President Jovenel Moise step down Amir-Abdollahian: Foreign meddling traces in Basra unrest conspicuous MNA – Hossein Amir-Abdollahian the Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide in International Affairs said there Will help Trump but unrest Rust belt guys are getting sick of being called stupid by Democrats: Dennis Miller Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Source Article from Hits: 10 North Korea welcomes Trump’s firing of ‘nasty’ Bolton September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ North Korea has welcomed the move by US President Donald Trump to fire his national security adviser John Bolton who espoused a standoffish view of how America had to deal with Pyongyang “I would like to welcome the wise political decision of President Trump to approach the DPRK-US relations from a more practical point of view” said North Korea’s chief negotiator with the US Kim Myong-gil on Friday using an abbreviation for North Korea’s official name the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Referring to Bolton Kim said “A nasty trouble-maker who used to face everything out of his anachronistic way of thinking has disappeared from the US administration” Trump announced Bolton’s dismissal in a tweet last week saying he had “disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions” Bolton was known for his hawkish foreign policy approach notably against countries such as North Korea Syria Venezuela and Iran US President Donald Trump has fired National Security Adviser John Bolton Bolton advocated for a “Libyan model” for North Korean denuclearization calling for the full elimination of the country’s nuclear program as a precondition for US incentives Speaking on Wednesday Trump said that Bolton’s Libya approach had set back US talks with North Korea “very badly” adding that “maybe a new method would be very good” In his Friday remarks Kim welcomed Trump’s comments and said they demonstrated “the political perception and disposition peculiar to President Trump” The chief negotiator added that while he was not sure what Trump meant by the “new method” he believed that it could imply “a step-by-step solution starting with the things feasible first while building trust in each other would be the best option” North Korea currently under multiple rounds of harsh sanctions by the United Nations UN and the US over its nuclear and missile programs put a unilateral halt to its missile and nuclear tests — with the exception of a few test-launches recently — shortly before a diplomatic thaw began between Pyongyang and Seoul in early 2018 That thaw later led to two summits between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to discuss the demilitarization of the Korean Peninsula the first of which was held in Singapore in June last year and the second in Vietnam in February The talks made little progress largely due to the Washington’s insistence on Pyongyang’s complete denuclearization before the removal of any US sanctions Pyongyang on the other hand has called for a step-by-step approach that would include verifiable American commitment to end its massive military presence near North Korean territorial waters Despite disagreements however Kim and Trump agreed to kick-start working-level talks during a third brief meeting at the Korean border at the end of June Source Article from Related Posts A Post-Salvini Italy Reverses Course Welcomes Migrants From NGO Rescue Boat Following the ouster of right-wing interior minister Matteo Salvini Italy’s new left-leaning government Brexit’s ‘Never-Ending Story’ Continues: Saxo Welcomes UK To Emerging Market Status Authored by Steen Jakobsen via Saxobank Any deal on Brexit still very unlikely – highest Merkel welcomes G7 progress on seeking peaceful solution to Iran-US tension: report MNA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday G7 leaders had taken a big Iranian FM Zarif welcomes Johnson as British PM but warns Iran will defend its waters Tensions between Britain and Iran have steadily risen in recent weeks beginning with Britain’s seizure China welcomes US-Russia talks on arms control but sees no reason to participate in negotiations Washington hopes to begin drafting a nuclear weapons treaty with Moscow at a meeting in Hits: 10 Resource: Tracking Israel’s support for illegal outposts September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ The Israeli government has been quietly authorizing illegal settlement outposts in recent years A criminal activity the trend also exposes Palestinians to increased violence and harassment from settlers Text by Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg Jewish settlers prepare to resist an evacuation operation at the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank February 1 2017 Miriam Alster/FLASH90 Illegal settlement outposts have become increasingly regularized during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure according to a recent report from Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now In a trend largely kept hidden from the Israeli public these unauthorized outposts enjoy unwavering support from the government despite their clear illegality According to the report 15 such outposts have already been legalized with at least 35 more on the way to authorization The goal is permanency the strategy is “facts on the ground” Starting out as ostensibly temporary settlements courts find themselves unable to enforce demolition due to outpost leaders’ clever legal tactics One such method involves settlers using various code words and phrases in official correspondence: “The preservation of state lands” means the removal of Palestinian presence from the area for example Another strategy sees outpost leaders using trucks on wheels for housing rather than buildings as vehicles do not require building permits In this way the outposts evade court demolition orders In recent years settlement organizations have employed a new method of rapidly expropriating large swaths of Palestinian land with little investment by setting up agricultural farms As the report explains initial takeovers of land for outposts are often carried out by a handful of people perhaps a couple of families with children who take over stretches of land for “land cultivation” or grazing To the naked eye these farms look like individual local initiatives and because outposts are illegal it is difficult to establish “who is behind their establishment where the money originates and what portion have the various authorities contributed to them” Yet Peace Now’s research shows that these outposts are an organized and well-funded project backed by non-governmental bodies such as the Amana movement a private organization promoting Jewish settlement on occupied lands and the Settlement Division of the World Zionist Organization The report emphasizes that the most significant assistance comes from the government itself which sends a clear message to the settlers: “You may establish facts on the ground illegally and we will expunge your crimes” Most of the time the Israeli authorities remain passive and simply refuse to enforce the law thereby turning a blind eye to the everyday acts of official bodies This attempt to create geographically contiguous settlements has direct effects on the Palestinians Settlers frequently act as self-appointed “wardens” expelling Palestinians from their their home villages Palestinians who remain are often subjected to intimidation in the form of “threats harassment theft and even violence by settlers” according to the report Conflicts do not last forever It is likely that in the future a peace agreement will involve the evacuation of Israeli settlements — a price that will likely be paid by the settlers themselves who will have to endure the trauma of leaving their illegally-seized homes This was the story of Yamit in the Sinai in 1982 then Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip in 2005 whose settlers were evacuated by Israeli authorities Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg is an Israeli living in North America She has a PhD in social work from Tel Aviv University and a post-doctorate from the University of Toronto Her research focuses on anti-racism in Israel and anti-Semitism in North America She is also a group facilitator practices social work and volunteers with the New Israel Fund in Canada Source Article from Related Posts Mercedes Caught Spying On Drivers With Tracking Devices Sending Info To Bailiffs Mercedes has admitted to spying on drivers with covert tracking devices The company says are Mercedes caught ‘spying on drivers with secret tracking devices’ Mercedes-Benz has found itself at the center of an apparently illegal spying operation following reports Comcast Plans In-Home Health Surveillance and Medical Tracking Device By Nicholas West “Comcast is already in talks with hospitals about taking on shared savings Orwellian Canada: Police Now Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior for ‘Risk’ Database Police in Canada are using ‘risk’ databases to track the behavior of certain people for Digital Freezers with Iris-Tracking Cameras Now Spy On Shoppers for Nestlé Walgreens Coors and More I hope you had a happy new year “because I’m about to ruin the image and Hits: 10 Otzma Yehudit is out Does that mean Israelis reject Kahanism September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ While the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit party failed to pass the electoral threshold the latest national elections in Israel saw the normalization of Kahane’s particular brand of overt racism Right wing activists attend a ceremony honoring the late Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem on November 17 2016 Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Twenty-one years ago Rabbi Meir Kahane stared into the camera during an election ad for his Kach party and told viewers “the Arabs of Israel want to kill us they want to wipe us out and it is up to each and every Jew to rise up and say ‘never again’” Last Wednesday six days out from the most recent Israeli elections Benjamin Netanyahu’s Facebook chatbot sent users a message warning them of the dangers of a “left-wing secular weak government that relies on Arabs who want to annihilate us all — women children and men” That is why the message said voters needed to guarantee his place at the head of a right-wing Jewish “strong” government Although Netanyahu claimed that the message was created due to a staff error it in fact made explicit the subtext to his central campaign tactic for these elections: incessant demonization of Palestinians in the belief that stoking fear and hatred was the most likely route to victory Accordingly over the past few weeks the prime minister has assailed Palestinian citizens of Israel from every conceivable direction He announced that Arabs were trying to “steal” the election repeatedly issued ominous statements about a looming “left-Arab government” and on Election Day itself resuscitated his tactic of telling his supporters that the Arab turnout was at unprecedented levels This web of anti-Arab lies incitement and paranoia wouldn’t have looked out of place on a Kach campaign flyer Indeed taken together this messaging is simply a more elaborate version of another statement Kahane made in his 1988 election broadcast while standing in Jerusalem’s Old City and lamenting that the city had become unlivable for Jews: “Look around: Arabs Arabs and more Arabs What’s it going to be like in 10 years” Netanyahu is not of course a true Kahanist For one thing he has no interest in a Jewish theocracy as much as he’s willing to advocate for those who do if it’ll keep him in power Nor does he talk of “transferring” Palestinians out of the West Bank although his embrace of annexation is a slippery slope Netanyahu’s politics rather revolve around keeping himself and his family indefinitely ensconced in the prime minister’s residence on Balfour Street As Netanyahu’s grip on power has looked increasingly shaky in recent elections however he has leaned into Kahane’s brand of industrious histrionic racism as a means of agitating his base His traditional clutch move of invoking looming military threats from Gaza and the rest of the Middle East has now been overtaken by his conjuring up of a peril much closer to home — “the enemy within” — in order to maintain his reputation as “Mr Security” and with it the keys to the Prime Minister’s Office It was not immediately clear in the wake of 2015’s “Arabs are going to the polls in droves” fiasco that this marked the start of a new electoral tactic for Netanyahu Given how successful it was the idea that this extravagant display of racism might prove a one-off was perhaps naive Netanyahu did not pay a price for introducing a dose of Kahanism into his election-day messaging on the contrary it may well have saved him his job In April of this year the prime minister went one better and personally intervened on behalf of the Otzma Yehudit party populated by Kahane’s political progeny and faithful to his ideology At the same time Netanyahu consistently warned that a victory for the Blue and White party would bring Palestinians into the government Once again despite domestic and international uproar Netanyahu did not pay a political price for his maneuvering or his message Instead he chalked up another electoral victory albeit far less comfortably than in 2015 In the most recent election cycle incitement against Palestinians — alongside efforts to suppress the Palestinian vote through intimidation — was the central plank in Netanyahu’s campaign And now even as there is evidence that his racist ploy backfired by galvanizing Palestinian voters Netanyahu is continuing to frame his premiership as one defined by its negation of Arabs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech following the results of the 2019 elections at the Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv September 17 2019 Gili Yaari/Flash90 In telling his meager crowd of supporters at the Likud post-election party that he had a “Jewish majority” he effectively erased Palestinian voters from the democratic process And in doubling down on his doomsday warnings about Palestinians entering the government if he is not prime minister Netanyahu is distilling his message into a simple slogan: it’s me or the Arabs Kahane would have approved As it happens Kahane never made it into the Knesset in 1988 His Kach party was barred from running officially because of its racist platform but actually because his right-wing opponents feared he would eat into their support This fact along with the party’s outright ban not long after is still heralded as evidence of the Israeli state being able to rein in dangerous levels of bigotry when they appear in its polity Yet the evidence does not support that assertion Firstly as Ron Cahlili recently wrote on this site and as has been made so patently clear during the last few elections — not least by the prime minister himself — “hatred of Arabs as a political ideology is part of the mainstream political discourse” And secondly because Otzma Yehudit — a Kahanist party through-and-through — ran in both 2019 elections on a platform strikingly similar to the one that purportedly led to Kach’s outlawing Ah but the counter-argument goes: the Israeli electorate thoroughly repudiated Otzma Yehudit this time round giving them less than 2 percent of the vote share and thereby ensuring that they remain outside the Knesset Like the response to the Kach ban Otzma Yehudit’s showing at these elections is being offered as proof that Israelis rejected outlandish racism This conclusion overlooks the fact that Otzma Yehudit didn’t even need to run this time for Kahanist rhetoric and tactics to play a role in these elections It’s easy to sideline marginalize and mock fascists who are already in the shadow of vast political machines The real test is when such sentiments come barreling out of the prime minister’s office And on that front the fact that Otzma Yehudit fell short is cold comfort indeed Source Article from Related Posts Survey shows Likud soaring to 36 seats Otzma Yehudit out A poll published by the Knesset Channel on Thursday showed Likud surging to 36 seats Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers REJECT Coroner’s ‘Suicide’ Ruling Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein have rejected the coroners official ruling that the child sex trafficker Poll: 68 of Americans would reject Trump’s “Deal of the Century” Palestinian refugee Shaher Al-Khatib 71 holds a handmade symbolic key to his family houses left Palestinians have every right to reject another Oslo With the Bahrain workshop the Trump administration is relying on the same old Palestinians reject Madonna’s ‘fig-leaf gestures of solidarity’ Thanks for this article Jonathan I’ve been going cross- eyed reading the coverage of the Hits: 11 Elections reveal a seismic split within Israel’s right September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Once the ascendant elite the settler movement’s political power is on the decline By Meron Rapoport Israeli security forces guard as Jews tour the Palestinian side of the old city market in the West Bank city of Hebron June 15 2019 Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90 While political analysts wonder if we have come to the end of the Netanyahu era little attention is being paid to another major outcome of this election — that is the decline of the national religious movement’s political power Once these self-described lords of the land believed they were well on their way to becoming Israel’s new political and cultural elite But the numbers show that their political influence is waning The Likud has always been at the center of the right wing bloc In recent decades it absorbed the parties that represent three major demographic groups: the ultra-Orthodox immigrants from the former Soviet Union and the national religious or settler movement Netanyahu created a coherent political bloc which promised a near-axiomatic right wing majority in each election Netanyahu made the consolidation of the right wing bloc his political life’s work based on the belief that this was the best way to prevent a Palestinian state So he strengthened Likud’s connection with the national religious camp because their loyalty to the Land of Israel was beyond question — in contrast to the Likud’s old base which is more interested in libertarianism than in territorial expansionism This is one of the reasons that Netanyahu surrounded himself with people who wear the crocheted-style yarmulke favored by national religious settlers The April election caused a rift in the right wing bloc with the parties representing the ultra-Orthodox and voters from the former Soviet Union pulling back from the national religious ideologues whose worldview they do not share They were never particularly interested in either the idea of controlling the Biblical Greater Land of Israel nor in the settlement project Liberman didn’t have to work very hard to convince his base of secular hawks from the former Soviet Union that the ultra-Orthodox were their greatest enemy The ultra-Orthodox are the ones who question their Jewish identity and try to impose their religious lifestyle on them with their refusal to allow public transportation on the Sabbath and their attempts to control the sale of non-kosher foods The ultra-Orthodox fought back In the Sept 17 elections both groups came ahead with Liberman raising his party’s five mandates to eight and the ultra-Orthodox increasing theirs from 16 to 17 But there is little chance of the right wing parties coming together again to reconstruct their once-powerful alliance What’s more interesting is the fate of the national religious parties which harnessed their destiny to the Likud In April they won 44 mandates 35 for the Likud four to Kahlon and five to the union of right-wing parties plus four from Bennett and Shaked’s New Right party and another three from Moshe Feiglin’s Jewish Leadership Altogether 51 mandates went to the right wing bloc This election saw the hollowing out of the national religious movement’s political power The Likud won only 31 mandates down from 35 in April Even with the seats that were won with votes from supporters of Kahlon Feiglin Smotrich Rafi Peretz and Shaked and Bennett Netanyahu ended up with only 38 mandates in his bloc The Kahanist Otzma Yehudit Jewish Power did not pass the threshold but even if it had it would have brought only four additional seats bringing the total to 41 of the 61-seat minimum required for a coalition government The balance of power in the political right is now shaken up with critical implications If the ultra-Orthodox parties see that partnering with the right wing bloc doesn’t guarantee them a seat in the government they will rethink their alliance If voters from the former Soviet Union see that going to battle against the ultra-Orthodox makes them kingmakers in the Israeli political arena they won’t be rushing back to rejoin Netanyahu’s bloc The national religious movement will pay the highest political price for this redistribution of the balance of power They have consistently failed to break into politics as an independent party despite their self-perception as lords of the land Instead of rising to become the “new elite” the settler movement might be on its way to becoming a political burden — much like the now all-but forgotten Kibbutz Movement which became nearly irrelevant in 1977 after Menachem Begin led the Likud to victory We are not there yet but we are closer than anyone would have thought six months ago A version of this article was first published in Hebrew on Local Call Read it here Source Article from Related Posts All from one New study suggests comets may have single cosmic source within our solar system The scientists used chemical models in a small scale survey of some 14 well-known comets Former White House Aide Claims Trump Will Quit 2020 Race Within Months President Trump will drop out of the 2020 presidential election race and will not seek Sen Richard Black to ST: Establishment of an occupied zone within Syria is prohibited by international law ST Thursday 08 August 2019 20:55 Virginia Senator Richard Black has described the ‘safe’ zone Lapid defends controversial video denies reports of rift within Blue and White Blue and White No 2 Yair Lapid on Wednesday denied reports of a rift within A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility Crisis within the US Command Structure Updated July 21 2019 In this article we examine America’s war strategies including its ability Hits: 2 Netanyahu might be on his way out but Israelis remain firmly right wing September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Voters might be weary of Netanyahu’s decade-long reign but the numbers show that the vast majority of Israelis remain consistent in their voting habits Israelis protest against a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on April 17 2018 Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 The cashier at an organic food shop in Tel Aviv was a burly man with a crew-cut I asked if he had voted but he didn’t understand the question Then he explained in halting Hebrew that he had immigrated only nine months earlier from Russia “I don’t understand Israeli politics” he said But he managed to convey one thing clearly: “Bibi he’s been in power too long I come from Russia we have Putin Too long I don’t want Israel like Russia” Outside a ballot station in the city center a 72-year-old woman named Dalia who has always lived in Tel Aviv was decisive: “I vote for Netanyahu because there’s no one else like him – on security on foreign relations he’s a wonderful foreign minister” With one eye on her grandchild she added that Netanyahu is among the 18 people with the highest IQ in the world Do the corruption allegations bother her As long as he hasn’t been convicted she says she believes Netanyahu’s claim that the charges are baseless The investigations are mainly due to the left-wing media “They can’t tolerate when something good happens – they have to trip him up” Had he voted the cashier could claim victory in Tuesday’s elections Based on his assumed demographic group — most Russian-speakers from countries that were formerly in the USSR are firmly on the right — he is unlikely to be a left-winger On Tuesday a small percentage of right-wingers threw their support behind Avigdor Liberman who had promised to prevent another Netanyahu-led right-wing religious government This is a tiny group: Liberman won 4 percent of the vote in April with about two-thirds of the results published he won just over 7 percent on Tuesday The 3 percent difference however will be significant by the final tally Liberman will have eight to 10 seats Netanyahu had 60 seats for the right-wing bloc in April and needed Liberman to reach 65 Liberman’s additional seats make him the kingmaker: without him Netanyahu cannot come close to the number of seats he needs to form a governing coalition Israelis who voted for the right wing parties in April but who decided this time that they were ready to end Netanyahu’s reign voted for Liberman Any other right-wing Israeli who still supported Netanyahu remained with the far-right Yemina party one of the two ultra-Orthodox parties or – like Dalia – with Likud itself Netanyahu’s rivals in the Blue and White party appear to have lost a few seats from April when they reached 35 projections now show the party at 32 But the size of the center the Zionist left and the Joint List known collectively as the center-left bloc hardly changed from April The one factor that kept the bloc the same size was a stronger showing for the Joint List which is projected to win either 12 or 13 seats The two-point rise can probably be attributed to higher turnout only 49 percent of the Arab electorate voted in April It appears that this number rose dramatically to 60 percent which has made a big difference in maintaining the size of the bloc These two population groups 3 percent from the moderate right some of whom might have voted for Blue and White in April and the newly re-energized Arab Palestinian citizens who turned out are the driving forces behind what might lead to a change of government in Israel toward a right-centrist unity government between Likud and Blue and White in Israel The remainder of Israelis remained extraordinarily consistent voting as they did in April Despite musical-chairs for the parties the size of the ideological blocs – in other words counting Liberman on the right – has not changed The next government is not yet known and the direction and extent of change under a center-right unity government is not known It is clear however that the vast majority of Israeli voters did not change their minds fundamentally about their ideology and vision for the country The largest portion are still right wing by their own definition A new government would be a political change but deeper social change appears to be much further away Source Article from Related Posts Elections reveal a seismic split within Israel’s right Once the ascendant elite the settler movement’s political power is on the decline Netanyahu says right-wing Haredi factions to operate as bloc in coalition talks Right-wing and ultra-Orthodox political leaders rallied around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreeing to present a Blue and White is Right all over With 92 of the votes for the Israeli parliament counted the picture is quite clear Trump: Democrats Hellbent on Eliminating ‘God-Given Right to Self-Defense’ President Trump has slammed “radical” Democrats for trying to take away guns from law-abiding Americans Austria’s far-right faction elects leader ahead of national elections Austria’s far-right party on Saturday formally elected Norbert Hofer to lead it into national elections Hits: 2 The end of the Netanyahu era doesn’t mean the end of the occupation September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ If Netanyahu is replaced things might actually get worse for Palestinians A giant portrait of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a protest against the Jewish Nation-State Law in Tel-Aviv on July 30 2018 Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 As election results started pouring in Tuesday night one could hear a sigh of relief – and even some cries of joy – among Israelis who identify with the center-left According to near-final results the right absorbed a serious blow Its voter intimidation campaign failed to deter Palestinian citizens of Israel from going to the polling stations and may have actually backfired giving the Joint List additional mandates Meanwhile the Zionist left parties held on to the same number of seats as in the previous election The Netanyahu era is probably coming to an end His options are limited: he might join a unity government with Blue and White which means the latter would backtrack on its campaign promise not to sit with Netanyahu his own party might oust him or there might be a third election In any case Netanyahu won’t be able to prevent the Attorney General from issuing criminal indictments against him he will soon be forced to step aside This is no small matter Given political patterns in Israel over the past decade the departure of Netanyahu might signal a shift in a new direction We might be seeing the last days of a decade-long Trump-like style of leadership based on racist rhetoric toward Palestinian citizens left-wing NGOs the media and the judicial system This is indeed a reason to rejoice The occupation however is not going anywhere Israeli military control over the day-to-day lives of millions of Palestinians in the West Bank the siege on Gaza and the structural discrimination against hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem are all here to stay None of these three aforementioned groups were allowed to vote for the government that decides their fate Likud which is likely to play a central role in the next government with or without Netanyahu will not end the occupation or the siege Neither will Avigdor Liberman a settler who has historically incited against Palestinians Nor will Blue and White a party run by a group of former IDF generals who presided over the occupation and who have already made a career out of planning to bomb Gaza “back to the stone age” The end of the Netanyahu era does not mean the annexation of the Jordan Valley or the settlement of Kiryat Arba — which the prime minister promised in the last few days of his campaign — but it certainly is not the dawn of a new peace process Far from it The occupation not only not going anywhere but might actually become even more deeply entrenched Apart from the Joint List not a single party in these elections offered any solution for ending the occupation As Meron Rapoport previously wrote Jewish rule and supremacy throughout Israel-Palestine has become so thoroughly etched into the political consensus that it’s actually fracturing the right which has lost its unifying ideological pillar Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers firing tear gas at Palestinian protesters at Qalandiya checkpoint Nati Shohat/Flash90 In spite of this we could be entering a new phase in the way the international community treats Israel Liberal forces such as the Democratic Party in the US and particularly its voter base who have become more critical of Israel’s occupation policies might mistakenly see the fall of Netanyahu and the rise of the so-called “moderate” Blue and White party as a sign that things are about to change They might be fooled into thinking this “new Israel” deserves a second chance at peace negotiations That would be bad news for Palestinians outside of international pressure on Israel they have very little leverage Meanwhile Israelis prefer to maintain the status quo Trump has postponed the unveiling of his “Deal of the Century” until after the elections It will likely aim to further entrench Israel’s control over the occupied territories while trying to “buy off” Palestinian resistance with financial benefits and normalizing relations between Israel and Arab countries These developments will only embolden Israel to commit further human rights violations and war crimes While we celebrate the possible end of Netanyahu’s rule we must continue to remind the world about the silenced voices of our political environment Millions of Palestinians living under Israel’s boot are not going anywhere and it’s our responsibility to put an end to that reality Source Article from Related Posts An election between annexationist fanatics and pro-occupation generals Palestinians have no say over whether they will be ruled by messianic religious Meretz is the last Jewish anti-occupation party But for how long As Israel’s center-left and centrist parties have dropped the topic of the occupation The Impact Of The US Occupation On The Hawaiian People The Impact Of The US Occupation On The Hawaiian People Above photo: US troops come The US Occupation Of The Hawaiian Kingdom The US Occupation Of The Hawaiian Kingdom Above photo: USS Boston occupying Arlington Hotel grounds during The Israeli right stopped talking about occupation and that will hurt it at the polls Netanyahu has joined forces with religious radicals who have stopped talking about Palestinians and Hits: 2 America has a serious weight problem but is ‘fat shaming’ the cure September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ As an American living abroad it’s hard not to feel a sense of shame when the United States looks bad really bad on the world stage It’s even worse when we smash the world stage to splinters just by standing on it Yet as citizens of the so-called ‘indispensable nation’ we rarely admit to our faults or allow outsiders to draw attention to them Indeed America’s sense of self-worth and gift of navel-gazing is world renowned which is very ironic since many of us are so fat we can’t find our navels While it’s hardly breaking news that Americans are now engaged in an epic battle of the bulge what is truly astounding is how widespread the problem has become Obesity in the land of Golden Arches has exploded by 70 over the last three decades for adults and by 85 over the same time period for children Today almost 100 million Americans are clinically obese Yet it seems the more that Americans address the problem – remember Michele Obama’s disastrous school lunch program – the worse the situation becomes We just yawn and stretch and loosen the belt to accommodate the bursting national waistline In 2015 for example a man from Rhode Island was so heavy – 1000 pounds or 453 kg – that authorities needed to use an industrial crane to move him out of the nursing home where he was residing Such fantastic stories are no longer as rare as they once were I learned this on a recent trip back to the US when I chanced upon a middle-aged man in a supermarket who was so heavy that he needed an electric cart to wheel himself around the store and recklessly fast I might add It was the first time I had seen such a thing I regret to say my sympathy for this person quickly vanished when I saw that most of the items in his basket consisted of high-processed junk food as well as bottles of high-calorie carbonated beverages to wash it all down How is it possible I thought to feel sorry for someone who is forced to use a mechanical contraption to get around yet refuses to see any connection between their physical plight and the poor diet they are on At this point however I had to pause and rethink my criticism Was this individual suffering from some sort of chronic disease that made losing weight impossible Perhaps he was suffering from a thyroid affliction Another possible explanation was that this guy was suffering from deep depression maybe due to some profound personal tragedy and his only relief came through the ‘coping mechanism’ of consuming food Or maybe he was simply living out his life exactly the way he wanted to without any regrets and despite the fact that it required him to use an electric buggy to get around town He may justify his condition by saying ‘It’s my business how I live my life leave me alone’ Yet such a carefree attitude doesn’t make the problem any less worrisome for the US government The New York Times recently summed up America’s health crisis in two words: “our food” In fact poor diet – not guns terrorism or car accidents – is the leading cause of mortality in the US The total economic cost of obesity when cardiovascular disease 351 billion and diabetes 327 billion are factored in comes out to an estimated 172 trillion annually or 93 percent of gross domestic product Those mind-blowing stats are placing a huge strain on the US healthcare industry at a time when sick and obese alike are struggling to pay their hefty medical bills As healthcare costs rise in direct proportion to the increase in obesity rates who is going to pick up the tab Also on rtcom ‘Fat Sex Therapist’ compares fitness to Nazism dieting to rape So if obesity is a problem in need of a solution what is the best approach US talk show host Bill Maher stirred up a heated debate which extended across the Atlantic Ocean when he suggested that the US should start “fat shaming” again in order to combat the growing obesity epidemic “In August 53 Americans died from mass shootings” Maher began in a highly derogatory monologue “Do you know how many died from obesity 40000 Fat shaming doesn’t need to end it needs to make a comeback” Many people would agree with that straightforward gloves off approach but in these touchy days of political correctness and social justice lunacy it would probably fail After all even Weight Watchers the decades-old organization devoted to helping millions of people lose weight was forced to change its name to just ‘WW’ due to negative associations with dieting “It’s not surprising that Weight Watchers is distancing itself from dieting” Vox reported last year “Talking openly about dieting is becoming taboo and the body positivity movement is on the rise” Also on rtcom YouTube vegans earned millions But when they quit all hell broke loose Should we pity them So now it appears that the US is confronting a dire situation that could be considered nothing less than a real national emergency Yet due to the stifling atmosphere of political correctness even mentioning the name of the problem has become taboo Will Americans be willing to listen to discussions about the hazards connected to overeating or will such efforts go the way of Michelle Obama’s school lunch programs Will corporations become more proactive and start offering healthier food options to consumers Would McDonald’s go out of business if they went the vegan route Or perhaps a tax increase on high-calorie products like sugary soda drinks will curb America’s seemingly insatiable desire for unhealthy foods Thus far such governments efforts for addressing the problem have met with mixed results In the end will comics like Bill Maher who think that ‘fat shaming’ people back into shape is a great idea have the last laugh Is this the only way to make a fiercely PC culture heed vital advice when it is delivered like bitter medicine in a heaping spoonful of unabashed and tasteless criticism If all else fails America may be in for a revolt against political correctness in order to save it from ultimate physical collapse RobertBridge Think your friends would be interested Share this story! Source Article from Related Posts Hard time reaching your weight loss goals Get your growth hormone levels checked Natural News Are you having a hard time reaching your weight loss goals British state and politics are fragmenting under the weight of constitutional crisis As Britain sinks chest-deep into constitutional crisis both systemic and political tensions are coming Natural Appetite Suppressants: The Best Ways to Eat Less amp Lose Weight August 30th 2019 By Dr Edward F Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World If you’re looking Tapping and EFT for Weight Loss – FREE eBook Download When you think about how to release extra weight what are the first things that Flaxseeds can help you lose weight: Here’s how Natural News Flaxseed is a popular superfood because it’s fiber-rich and can Hits: 2 Will Russia be driven from the West by Stephen Cohen September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Two years ago I asked “Will Russia Leave the West” The world’s largest territorial country—sprawling from its major European city St Petersburg to its vast Far Eastern territories and long border with China—Russia cannot of course depart the West geographically But it can do so politically economically and strategically Indeed where Russia belongs where it should seek its identity security and future—in the East or in the West—has divided the nation’s policymakers and intellectual elites for centuries In our times as I also pointed out two years ago a Russia departed or driven from the West would likely mean “a Russia—with its vast territories immense natural resources world-class sciences formidable military and nuclear power and UN Security Council veto—allied solidly with all the other emerging powers that are not part the US-NATO Western ‘world order’ and even opposed to it And of course it would drive Russia increasingly afar from the West’s liberalizing influences back toward its more authoritarian traditions” Also on rtcom ‘West’s leading role is ending’: G7’s no good without India and China Putin says That’s why the controversy provoked by President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron to readmit Russia to the G7/8 from which it was in effect expelled in 2014 for its annexation of Crimea is so important—and so uninformed Purportedly the now G7 is the elite club of prosperous functioning democracies In reality Russia under President Boris Yeltsin was neither when it was admitted in 1997 The decision was political—to assure Moscow that Russia was welcome in the West and indeed part of it potentially including its security arrangements Expelling Russia sent the opposite message as did moving the metaphorical “iron curtain” from Berlin to Russia’s border through a myriad of other exclusions and sanctions And as did above all expanding NATO to Russia’s borders the exceedingly unwise policy begun by President Bill Clinton and continued under President Obama The result has already been two wars in Georgia in 2008 and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and a Russian-Chinese relationship so close and expansive that its current leaders refer to each other as “best friends” Having come to power in 2000 as a pro-Western modernizer Putin’s own evolution in response to these developments should be clear to any fair-minded observer Also on rtcom ‘We’re going to work towards that end’: Pompeo on inviting Russia back into G7 Underpinning these Washington follies was the notion also promoted by President Obama and apparently still widespread in the sanction-happy US Congress that Russia could and should be “isolated” in world affairs Suffice it to point out that today it is said the United States is being isolated in international relations Meanwhile Russia’s seemingly tireless foreign minister Sergei Lavrov may be busier diplomatically than any of his counterparts around the world certainly among major powers Little if any of this seems to be understood by the US political-media establishment Astonishingly though perhaps not US-Russian relations still Washington’s single most important bilateral relationship not only because of their nuclear arsenals was not an issue in the recent Democratic presidential debates We can therefore only guess whether or not any of the featured candidates would as president seek to reverse Russia’s drift away from the West—the one candidate who says she would do so Tulsi Gabbard having been excluded from the debates By Stephen F Cohen This article was originally published by The Nation Stephen F Cohen is a professor emeritus of Russian studies history and politics at New York University and Princeton University A Nation contributing editor he is the author most recently of War With Russia From Putin amp Ukraine to Trump amp Russiagate and Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War Think your friends would be interested Share this story! Source Article from Related Posts What spooked the spooks What we still don’t know about Russiagate by Stephen Cohen It must again be emphasized: It is hard if not impossible to think of a Stephen Colbert: President Trump is ‘Proselytizing For the Devil’ President Donald Trump is “proselytizing for the devil” and “is not appealing to the better Peace in Ukraine The friends and foes of a Kiev-Moscow settlement By Stephen Cohen Some 13000 people have reportedly already died in Donbass in fighting between forces backed by Who’s afraid of William Barr by Stephen Cohen William Barr a two-time attorney general who served at the CIA in the 1970s would Will US elites give détente with Russia a chance by Stephen Cohen Despite determined attempts in Washington to sabotage such a “summit” as I reported previously President Trump Hits: 2 Washington’s Iran policy is backstreet thuggery masquerading as statecraft September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ “An act of war” Trump’s secretary of state Mike Pompeo proclaimed upon arriving in Saudi Arabia on a ‘working visit’ a visit that will be largely if not solely taken up with discussions over what form the response to the missile strike against key Saudi oil installations on September 14 should take Pompeo’s bombastic pronouncement followed the trend set by his boss in the immediate aftermath of the attack In one of his by now customary sabre-rattling tweets that do much to bring the English language into disrepute Trump announced: “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked There is reason to believe that we know the culprit are locked and loaded depending on verification but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack and under what terms we would proceed!” Tehran has been implicated but denies any involvement or responsibility for the attack while the Houthi rebels engaged against the Saudis and their allies in a protracted conflict in Yemen have claimed responsibility Said Houthis it should be pointed out have carried out drone and missile strikes against strategic targets in the kingdom before so it is conceivable that their claim to have been responsible for this attack carries with it the ring of truth Also on rtcom New sales pitch US makes the world’s ‘finest’ anti-air systems but sometimes they just don’t work Pompeo explains Regardless of who was or wasn’t behind this missile and drone strike against what is the largest oil processing facility in the world it was an outstanding success militarily and arguably strategically It has exposed the weakness of the Saudis’ military defences despite Riyadh spending huge amounts on weaponry military equipment and expertise from its US and UK allies in particular over the years along with the vulnerability of the kingdom’s economic infrastructure More significantly with the consequences of the attack reverberating beyond the region to produce a temporary spike in the price of crude on global markets the attack shines an incredibly harsh light on the reckless policy the Trump administration has been pursuing when it comes to Iran With the economic noose that’s been placed by Washington around Iran’s neck and the dagger at its throat in the form of substantial US British and Israeli military assets deployed within striking distance of its territory and with the Saudis adopting such an aggressive posture against the Islamic Republic of course it does Yes the Iranians have no doubt been supplying the Houthis with weaponry and no doubt also the expertise in how to use them in their conflict against the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen What of it Have the Saudis not supplied opposition groups in Syria with weapons Have the British and Americans not been supplying the Saudis with weaponry and military expertise in support of its four-year-long and counting war in Yemen And have those weapons not been responsible for killing thousands of civilians in that benighted and forsaken land Also on rtcom Saudi air defenses like Patriot amp Aegis don’t match their advertised properties unfit for real combat – Russian Army MAP There is only so much hypocrisy the world can be expected to take when it comes to the extent to which Washington and its allies assert the right to operate on the basis of ‘Do as I say not as I do’ Though Trump had recently begun to show signs of a return to some kind of sanity when it came to Iran talking up the possibility of talking to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani he remains a prisoner of a neocon establishment in Washington and his own dysfunctional approach to foreign policy As with North Korea as with Venezuela Cuba Russia and China the list goes on the notion that sanctions and tariffs can precede meaningful dialogue with a view to the normalisation of relations is not only absurd it reduces statecraft to an exercise in backstreet thuggery Economic sanctions are a blunt instrument and a weapon of war in themselves Indeed when it comes to Iran to assert that they are ‘hurting’ as Trump so blithely put it not too long ago vis-à-vis the impact of US sanctions this is to violate the bounds of understatement Since Trump drove a coach and horses through the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal in 2015 and for no other reason than his personal antipathy towards Obama Iran’s oil exports have fallen by half In the process its currency has slumped and the price of basic foods have spiked producing extreme hardship among a vast swathe of the population With the aforementioned military pressure Iran has come under added to the economic crisis which the country’s been plunged into only the most rotten-minded could conceivably lay responsibility for the present uptick in regional tensions at Tehran’s door Also on rtcom Tehran will commit to ‘all-out war’ if Iran is targeted by military strike FM Zarif warns Something’s got to give Just as you can only apply so much pressure to a man’s throat before he kicks you in the shins you can only asphyxiate a country of 80 million people so much before it strikes back This is why I say that whether or not the Iranians were behind this attack given all the circumstances it wouldn’t be surprising if they were So yes the drumbeats of war are beating as loud as they ever have when it comes to a region that has become sadly all too used to the beat of those drums However in this instance the Saudis and the Americans and possibly Mr Netanyahu know that escalation would be self-defeating in the extreme Iran is a hugely different proposition in 2019 than Iraq was in 2003 It possesses the ability and the will to do serious damage to anyone who would dare make the mistake of confusing the size of the dog in the fight with the size of the fight in the dog Whatever the outcome to this crisis on its current course there will be no winners only losers Think your friends would be interested Share this story! Source Article from Related Posts ‘We’ll respond to US plots all the way from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean’ Iran warns Washington “If the Americans think of any plots the Iranian nation will respond from the Mediterranean Pro-Israel neocons abound in Washington and they’re calling the shots It is not uncommon of course to be labeled “anti-Semitic” for calling attention to the Zarif on US blaming Iran for Saudi Aramco attack: Washington should look at realities in region Sputnik – The US has accused Iran of conducting an attack on Saudi Aramco oil Ignorant Iran ‘experts’ just the beginning of Washington’s foreign policy troubles Imagine a field of study in which less than a third of the experts had US defense failure… Why Washington has to blame Iran over Saudi attacks The Trump administration needs to scapegoat Iran for the latest military assault on Saudi Arabia Hits: 3 Israeli army raids Palestinian NGO’s office a direct attack on human rights September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Reposted from Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association Israeli occupation forces raided today Thursday 19 September 2019 at around 2:00am the office of Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association The Israeli forces stole five laptops memory cards three laptop memories one laptop card several books and additionally searching through the belongings of the office This is the third incident where the Israeli soldiers have raided the office the first was in 2002 and the second incident was in 2012 Addameer reassures that those constant raids will not stand in the face of any duties the organization has for Palestinian political prisoners The organization will continue to support Palestinian prisoners to flight all human rights violations they suffer from including torture arbitrary detention and unfair trails Addameer sees this Israeli raid as a part of ongoing and systematic attacks against the Palestinian civil society organization Those attacks are 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Palestinians struggle for equality as do people of color both Jewish and non-Jewish by Faisal Khan reposted from Counterpunch September 2018 I was inspired to write this article in light of recent political events in Britain For some time there has been an Anti-Semitism in the Labour party ‘scandal’ which has intensified in recent months after Labour’s strong showing at the last General election under Jeremy Corbyn There have been near-daily press reports accusing Jeremy Corbyn of Anti-Semitism and he has put under a level of pressure that we have rarely seen in British Politics The Labour NEC National Executive Committee was asked to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of Anti-Semitism in full in-order to demonstrate action on the matter Last week the NEC bowed to the pressure and did precisely that The IHRA code offers a definition of Anti-Semitism and 11 examples of what constitutes Anti-Semitism Many legal experts including the very author of the text have raised serious reservations about the code arguing amongst other things that it limits freedom of speech I am inclined to agree for me the IHRA code is a flawed and contradictory document which will be very problematic to enforce I feel that whilst there is indeed some Anti-Semitism in Labour can prejudice ever be entirely eradicated the whole issue is primarily a witch-hunt against Jeremy Corbyn because there is a realisation in many quarters that for the first time in many years we may have a Prime Minister in this country who has Pro-Palestinian sympathies This view is reinforced by a four-part documentary made by Al Jazeera The Lobby which uncovers a very sophisticated campaign led by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs in Israel and the Israeli embassy in the UK to vilify demonise and silence voices critical of Israel in the Labour Party One of the more controversial examples in the code argues it is Anti-Semitic to see Israel as a racist endeavour It is this supposition that I feel warrants further examination Palestinians fleeing their homes during the 1948 Nakba – ‘the great catastrophe’ Israel’s racist founding Modern Israel was founded on Zionist principles There are varying definitions of Zionism but in a nutshell it is as the Oxford English dictionary states ‘A movement for the re-establishment of a Jewish nationhood in Palestine’ It is this very desire to create a Jewish state that led to the expulsion and ethnic cleansing of 750000 Palestinian’s between 1947-1949 Zionist forces ethnically cleansed and destroyed approximately 530 Palestinian villages and cities killed circa 15000 Palestinians and committed close to 70 massacres Palestinians remember this as the ‘Nakba’ the catastrophe Zionists forces seized many of the former homes of Palestinians: to this day many Palestinians still possess the British mandate deeds to these properties Israel’s ethnic cleansing has continued more or less ever since Under the UN-mandated partition plan Israel was given 47 of historic Palestine it now occupies approximately 90 of it That which is not directly held is heavily controlled The 1967 six-day war led to the expulsion of a further 300000 Palestinians At present there are approximately 5 million Palestinians recognised as refugees by the UN Apartheid in practice Citizenship v nationality Roughly 20 of Israel’s population is Palestinian or ‘Israeli Arab’ in the official lexicon As it stands Israel has close to 70 discriminatory or ‘apartheid’ laws There is for instance the Law of return which guarantees automatic Israeli citizenship to all Jews irrespective of where they are born an honour not afforded to Palestinians displaced by Israel Israeli Palestinians by contrast are subject to a ban on family unification and are prohibited from living in Israel should they marry a fellow Palestinian from Gaza or the West Bank under the Citizenship and Entry Law 1 Unlike most liberal democracies Israel classifies its citizens as holding differing ‘nationalities’ It distinguishes between citizenship rights and national rights the latter are reserved almost exclusively for its Jewish citizens National rights are deemed to be superior to citizenship rights so if there is a conflict between a ‘Jews national right and a Palestinians individual citizenship rights the national right is given priority by officials and the courts’ The Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked confirmed this earlier this year when she stated that Israel should provide ‘equal rights to all citizens but not equal national rights’ She added: ‘Israel is a Jewish state It isn’t a state of all its nations’ 2 African migrants clash with Israeli soldiers In a report issued Sept 9 2014 Human Rights Watch says Israeli authorities have coerced almost 7000 Eritrean and Sudanese to return tot heir homes where they may face serious abuse Ethnic separation There is an admissions committee Law which enables communities to reject housing applicants based on ‘cultural and social suitability’ a euphemism for denying residency to non-Jews Ethnic separation is further reinforced through the education system Barring a few exceptions most educational institutions are separated into Jewish schools teaching in Hebrew and Arab schools teaching in Arabic Sociological studies show that not a single positive reference to Palestinians exists in Israeli high school textbooks This all leads to a situation where there is minimal contact between Jews and Israeli Palestinians3 Further As the journalist David Sheen points out ‘The Israeli government has long funded various efforts to try to prevent romantic relationships between Jews and non-Jews both inside territories it controls and around the world’ By law Israel does not allow people of different religions to marry one another In recent years Israeli government initiatives against mixed relationships both inside and out of Israel have been led by the far-right Jewish Home party and its leader Naftali Bennett During Bennett’s time as education minister Israel has removed books on mixed romantic relationships from recommended reading lists for high schools In his other role as the Minister for Diaspora Affairs Bennet has upped the ante and funding on stamping out relationships between Jews and non-Jews overseas as well In June 2016 he told a Knesset Israel’s Parliament committee that ‘the marriage of Jews to non-Jews in modern times is a disaster on par with four other tragedies of Jewish history including the Nazi Holocaust’ A few months later two Israeli’s beat to death a Sudanese asylum seeker because he dared to talk to a group of Jewish girls He was so severely beaten that his face was unrecognisable to members of his own family4 Israeli newspaper’s report that some public swimming pools are also separated there are specific visiting times for Jews and separate times for Bedouins A recent survey by the Pew research centre found that nearly half of Israel’s Jewish population felt that Israel’s Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel5 A survey conducted in 2012 found that 52 of Israeli Jews agreed that African migrants ‘are a cancer’ 6 Palestinian lawmakers tear up copies of the nation-state law in the Knesset July 19 2018 Credit Olivier Fitoussi Basic Laws support second class citizenship for Arabs In June of this year Israel’s Knesset disqualified a bill suggested by an Arab party that called for all citizens to be treated equally rejecting the argument it must recognise the rights of its Arab minority as equal to the Jewish majority The fact that the bill was dismissed before even being debated by the Knesset was apparently unprecedented Israel doesn’t have a formal constitution this role is effectively carried out by a system of Basic Laws In July this month the Israeli Parliament passed a new Basic Law the Jewish ‘Nation-State’ Law This Law declares that only Jews have a right to self-determination in the country The Law was widely condemned outside of Israel and by powerful voices within with the famous Israeli composer Daniel Barenboim for instance saying it made him ‘ashamed to be Israeli’ 7 Discrimination against non-white residents Such prejudice formal separation and treatment however is not limited to Israel’s Palestinian/Arab population Israeli officialdom has long celebrated Operation Moses which involved saving thousands of Black Ethiopian Jews from persecution and bringing them back to Israel This however is only part of the story Despite Israel’s claim to be a Jewish state many Ethiopian Jews have faced appalling discrimination and racism They are denied equal opportunities suffer from the highest poverty rates among Israel’s Jews and most of their children study in predominantly Ethiopian schools Many are confined to the periphery of Israeli society In the 1990’s Israeli blood banks stealthily refused to accept the blood of Ethiopian Jews Further the Israeli government admitted that it gave birth control injections to Ethiopian women without their consent8 Other non-Jewish black migrants to Israel have suffered a similar fate Last year Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu devised a scheme to send roughly 40000 African migrants to Rwanda and Uganda on a per head fee basis he only dropped the plan after an outcry To justify his scheme he argued in a public speech that the arrival of African refugees was ‘much worse’ for Israel ‘than severe attacks by Sinai terrorists’ In March of this year one of Israel’s two chief rabbis Yitzhak Yosef called black people ‘monkeys’ and the Hebrew equivalent of the N-word in his weekly sermon9 Rejection of Syrian refugees Since 2011 there has been a vicious Civil War in Syria which shares a border with Israel This has led to the deaths of approximately 500000 people and created over 5 million refugees Naturally neighbouring countries have had to bear the bulk of the burden for most of these Turkey has accommodated approximately 35 million refugees Jordan a small country 12 million to the point where it has had an almost unbearable impact on its infrastructure and Lebanon around 1 Million10Many countries around the World have also taken in some Israel by contrast hasn’t taken in any one doesn’t have to be a genius to figure out why “Apartheid Plus” As part of the Rome Statute of 2002 International Law defines the crime of apartheid as ‘an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime’ That is precisely what operates in Israel no matter how much its officials seek to disguise it in legalese and sophistry Bishop Desmond Tutu- who has first-hand experience of apartheid in South Africa-argues in fact that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is worse than that of Black people during apartheid he has called it ‘apartheid plus’ Former American President Jimmy Carter made similar comparisons11 As the British writer Jonathan Cook points out “The discrimination faced by Palestinians in Israel is not illegal informal unofficial or improvised It is systematic institutional structural and extensively codified satisfying very precisely the definition of apartheid in International Law and echoing the key features of South African apartheid’12 To conclude from the above it’s very clear what kind of polity Israel is This also raises the question of whether Israel can legitimately be described as a democracy In Britain however we are now faced with the situation whereby to refer to Israel as a racist endeavour will mean that an individual is liable to lose their membership of the largest party in the country and this when Israel’s own leading figures are often unapologetically racist This consensus I strongly suspect will become the norm in British politics as it has in America to the point where any meaningful discussion and criticism of Israel will effectively be curtailed Notes 1 ‘Minority Life in Israel’ Rula Jebreal New York Times Op-Ed October 27th2014 2 Why Israel is an apartheid state’ Jonathan Cook March 2018 3 ‘Minority Life in Israel…’ 4 ‘Israel steps up its war on mixed marriages’ David Sheen Electronic Intifada 23rdJuly 2018 5 ‘About Half of Israeli Jews want to expel Arabs’ Jeffrey Heller Reuters March 8th 2016 6 ‘52 of Israeli Jews agree that African migrants are a cancer’ Times of Israel 7thJune 2012 7 ‘This racist new Law makes me ashamed to be Israeli’ The Guardian Monday 23rdJuly 2018 8 ‘Israel gave birth control to Egyptian Jews without their consent’ Sunday 27thJanuary 2013 9 ‘Black lives do not matter in Israel’ David Sheen Al Jazeera opinion 29thMarch 2018 10 The likes of Jordan and Lebanon have also absorbed large numbers of Palestinian refugees displaced by Israel since its inception 11 ‘Why Israel is…’ 12 ‘Why Israel is…’ RELATED READING: Palestinians slam Nation-State Law as “racism apartheid” At UN Hearing South African Delegate Decries Israel as “Apartheid State” Can you say 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House Minority Leader Kevin Staring Into Somebody’s Eyes for 10 Minutes Can Alter Your State of Consciousness Elias Marat The Mind Unleashed Waking TimesYou may have heard the term “piercing eyes” but Hits: 2 In Tuesday’s election Israelis made it clear: Netanyahu’s time is up September 21st 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Wednesday 18 September 2019 For most Israelis the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only Not the economy nor the occupation nor even corruption scandals It was about Benjamin Netanyahu Should he head yet another far-right government or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end Barring a last-minute upset as the final ballot papers are counted Israelis have made their verdict clear: Netanyahu’s time is up In April’s inconclusive election which led to this re-run Netanyahu’s Likud party tied with its main opponent in the Blue and White party led by retired general Benny Gantz This time Gantz appears to have nudged ahead with 32 seats to Netanyahu’s 31 in the 120-member parliament Both parties fared worse than they did in April when they each secured 35 seats But much more significantly Netanyahu appears to have fallen short of the 61-seat majority he needs to form yet another far-right government comprising settler and religious parties Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Racist reckless campaigning His failure is all the more glaring given that he conducted by far the ugliest – and most reckless – campaign in Israeli history That was because the stakes were sky-high Only a government of the far-right – one entirely beholden to Netanyahu – could be relied on to pass legislation guaranteeing him immunity from a legal process due to begin next month Without it he is likely to be indicted on multiple charges of fraud and breach of trust So desperate was Netanyahu to avoid that fate according to reports published in the Israeli media on election day that he was only a hair’s breadth away from launching a war on Gaza last week as a way to postpone the election Israel’s chief law officer attorney general Avichai Mendelblit stepped in to halt the attack when he discovered the security cabinet had approved it only after Netanyahu concealed the army command’s major reservations Netanyahu also tried to bribe right-wing voters by promising last week that he would annex much of the West Bank immediately after the election – a stunt that blatantly violated campaigning laws according to Mendelblit Facebook was forced to shut down Netanyahu’s page on two occasions for hate speech – in one case after it sent out a message that “Arabs want to annihilate us all – women children and men” That sentiment appeared to include the 20 per cent of the Israeli population who are Palestinian citizens Netanyahu incited against the country’s Palestinian minority in other ways not least by constantly suggesting that their votes constituted fraud and that they were trying to “steal the election” He even tried to force through a law allowing his Likud party activists to film in Arab polling stations – as they covertly did in April’s election – in an unconcealed attempt at voter intimidation The move appeared to have backfired with Palestinian citizens turning out in larger numbers than they did in April US President Donald Trump meanwhile intervened on Netanyahu’s behalf by announcing the possibility of a defence pact requiring the US to come to Israel’s aid in the event of a regional confrontation None of it helped Coalition-building complications Netanayhu’s only hope of political survival – and possible avoidance of jail time – depends on his working the political magic he is famed for That may prove a tall order To pass the 61-seat threshold he must persuade Avigdor Lieberman and his ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party to support him Former defense minister MK Avigdor Lieberman he resigned because of a ceasefire in Gaza which he characterized as “surrendering to terror Netanyahu and Lieberman who is a settler are normally ideological allies But these are not normal times Netanyahu had to restage the election this week after Lieberman sensing the prime minister’s weakness refused in April to sit alongside religious parties in a Netanyahu-led government Netanyahu might try to lure the fickle Lieberman back with an irresistible offer such as the two of them rotating the prime ministership But Lieberman risks huge public opprobrium if after putting the country through a deeply unpopular re-run election he now does what he refused on principle to do five months ago Lieberman has nearly doubled his party’s seats to nine by insisting that he is the champion of the secular Israeli public Most importantly for Lieberman he finds himself once again in the role of kingmaker It is almost certain he will shape the character of the next government And whoever he anoints as prime minister will be indebted to him The deadlock that blocked the formation of a government in April still stands Israel faces the likelihood of weeks of frantic horse-trading and even the possibility of a third election Palestinians in Israeli election Nonetheless from the perspective of Palestinians – whether those under occupation or those living in Israel as third-class citizens – the next Israeli government is going to be a hardline right one On paper Gantz is best placed to form a government of what is preposterously labelled the “centre-left” But given that its backbone will comprise Blue and White led by a bevy of hawkish generals and Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu it would in practice be nearly as right wing as Netanyahu’s Gantz even accused Netanyahu of stealing his idea in announcing last week that he would annex large parts of the West Bank The difficulty is that such a coalition would depend on the support of the 13 Joint List legislators representing Israel’s large Palestinian minority That is something Lieberman has rejected out of hand calling the idea “absurd” early on Wednesday as results were filtering in Gantz appears only a little more accommodating The solution could be a national unity government comprising much of the right: Gantz’s Blue and White teamed up with Likud and Lieberman Both Gantz and Lieberman indicated that was their preferred choice on Wednesday The question then would be whether Netanyahu can worm his way into such a government or whether Gantz demands his ousting as a price for Likud’s inclusion Netanyahu’s hand in such circumstances would not be strong especially if he is immersed in a protracted legal battle on corruption charges There are already rumblings of an uprising in Likud to depose him One interesting outcome of a unity government is that it could provoke a constitutional crisis by making the Joint List the third-largest party the official opposition That is the same Joint List described by Netanyahu as a “dangerous anti-Zionist” party Ayman Odeh would become the first leader of the Palestinian minority to attend regular briefings by the prime minister and security chiefs Netanyahu will continue as caretaker prime minister for several more weeks – until a new government is formed If he stays true to form there is plenty of mischief he can instigate in the meantime RELATED READING: How Did Israeli Elections Get So Racist Netanyahu’s Facebook page suspended over hate speech In Israel religious extremism is pervasive unchecked Levy: Netanyahu Isn’t the Problem The Israeli People Are Source Article from Related Posts Hamas arrests 10 in Gaza accused of fatal bombings Tuesday Gaza Update 2: ‘Hamas arrests ten persons believed to be behind the fatal bombings in Ankara receives 2nd batch of Russian S-400 on Tuesday: Turkish defense minister Turkey’s defense minister says the delivery of the second batch of Russian S-400 missile You Thought Monday Was Dramatic In Markets Welcome To Tuesday! 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The Role of John Bolton in US-DPRK Diplomacy 존 볼튼과 미국의 대북외교 |
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Moon Jae-in Insults South Korean Veterans and Families with Kim Jong-un Photos Rewrites History by Praising Kim Won-bong Senior Figure in the North Korean Government |
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North Korea Plans to Launch Cryptocurrency to Bypass Economic |
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Jeffrey Feltman visits North Korea – Possible Discussions and Outcome |
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North Korea app opens country to armchair travelers |
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US imposes sanctions on North Korean hacking groups blamed for global attacks |
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How to Deal With North Korea |
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US sanctions North Korean hacking groups |
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North Korean footballer Han Kwang Song signs for Juventus FC |
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Hanya Dua Fraksi Di DPRK Sabang |
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Human rights group locates North Korean execution sites |
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The Department of Industry says currently nine businesses in Nepal have North Korean investments and they have been ordered to close by the end of October |
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North Korea After the Cold War: Pyongyang Struggles to Adapt to New World Order |
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Eat Like a Local: North Korean Style Pyeongyang Naengmyeon – Sariwon at Shinsegae Department Store |
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North Korea summit: Donald Trump to greet launched America detainees |
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North Korea Tests Anti-Ship Missiles without a Care for America or South Korea |
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The Real Deal Tour: DPRK |
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Anggota DPRK Sabang Periode 2014-2019 Diminta Bertanggungjawab |
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Dollar Weakens Against Yen Following Another North Korean Missile |
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Why planes do not fly over North Korea |
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China to suspend all imports of coal from North Korea |
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Anggota DPRK Abdya Ikuti Orientasi Pembekalan Tugas dan Fungsi Dewan |
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North Korea Ready to Make a deal C A Victory for Ellie Jong Un or Trump |
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North Korea Plans to Launch Cryptocurrency to Bypass Economic Sanctions 0 56 |
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North Korea fires projectiles hours after offering to restart nuclear talks |
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The Great Successor: Inside North Korea by Bryan Caplan |
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Government bans North Korean Investment in Nepal More |
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N25 NORTH KOREA 200 WON UNC COMMEMORATIVE |
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Seoul says hiding North Korean diplomat has left Italy |
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North Korea expected to have its 2nd Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency |
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What if North Korean refugees fleeing war land in Japan |
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