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Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
While the NYBSA can’t disbar Giuliani, it can remove him from its membership roles.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
The New York State Bar Association (NYBSA) is opening an investigation into former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s role in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. Giuliani serves as one of Trump’s personal lawyers.
While the NYBSA can’t disbar Giuliani, it can remove him from its membership roles.
Giuliani spoke at the rally that led to the riot. He said at the rally about Trump’s fraud allegations, “If we’re wrong, we will be made fools of, but if we’re right a lot of them will go to jail. Let’s have trial by
combat.”
Five people died during the Capitol riots, including one policeman after being struck on the head by a fire extinguisher and one rioter who was shot by a Capitol officer.
If the NYSBA finds that Giuliani bore some responsibility for the attack, it would be an ironic coda to a career devoted to fighting crime. Giuliani is credited with cleaning up New York City. Thirty years ago, before he came on the scene, the city was a den of murder, mugging, car theft, drug dealing and vice.
However, as far as the NYBSA is concerned, Wednesday’s events overshadow the good Giuliani did for the city of New York.
“As the nation’s largest voluntary state bar association, NYSBA has a responsibility to defend and protect the rule of law,” it said in a statement.
“Based on these complaints, and the statement Mr. Giuliani uttered shortly before the attack on the Capitol, NYSBA President Scott M. Karson has launched an inquiry pursuant to the Association’s bylaws to determine whether Mr. Giuliani should be removed from the membership rolls of the Association,” the statement read.
“This decision is historic for NYSBA, and we have not made it lightly. We cannot stand idly by and allow those intent on rending the fabric of our democracy to go unchecked,” NYSBA said.
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Construction site for new apartment buildings in the settlement of Efrat in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, Dec. 1, 2020. (Flash90/Gershon Elinson)
Despite the impression that Trump gave Netanyahu ‘carte blanche,’ construction in Judea and Samaria hasn’t returned to previous high numbers.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
A Samaria-based think tank that specializes in population issues rejected a news report alleging the settlement population in Judea and Samaria surged under the Trump administration, telling World Israel News on Thursday that the population growth was actually higher before Trump took office.
Baruch Gordon, director of the organization West Bank Jewish Population Stats, said a report published earlier this week by the Associated Press claiming “settler population surged during Trump era” was misleading because in reality the population growth rate decreased as housing construction slowed.
“Over the last eight years, the growth rate of the West Bank Jewish Population has steadily decreased,” Gordon said, noting that the percentage growth rate was actually higher than before Trump came into office.
Central Bureau of Statistics data released earlier this month showed Israel’s population grew by 1.7% in 2020, but last year the Jewish population of Judea and Samaria, aka West Bank, increased by 2.6%, and AP deduced their “surge” from those numbers, Gordon said, explaining that the population growth rate in the settlement areas had been over 4% before 2016.
“The assumption was that Trump gave an open carte blanche to do whatever we wanted, but you see there was much less growth in Trump’s era than in Obama’s era, so the numbers came out opposite,” Gordon said in a phone interview with World Israel News. “But since the numbers were higher than in the rest of Israel, the AP report used that to try and frame it as a settlement issue.”
Gordon attributed the slowing of the growth rate to the slow pace of housing construction, pointing out that over the past four years Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had only approved a limited amount of new housing starts in Judea and Samaria, well below the demand.
Noting that the incoming Biden administration was facing a new situation, Gordon said the changes in reality would have to be part of U.S. foreign policy.
“They are inheriting an improved Middle East, where the old stereotypes that ‘there is an Arab boycott of Israel – the Arabs will not engage with Israel’ have been erased,” Gordon said. “Now you have four Arab countries that have officially signed peace treaties with Israel in defiance of the Palestinian Authority.”
“Biden is coming into a situation where Arab countries are sticking it to the Palestinian Authority, saying, ‘We have other interests that are more important than the plight of the Palestinian people,'” Gordon said, adding that the Arab position now is that “Israel is a major force here, and we have a common Iranian enemy. That is what is driving our policy towards Israel, not the Palestinian people.”
“Biden has to recognize that he should not immediately shift back to the policies that Obama had in place and were applicable four and eight years ago, but rather assess and analyze the actual realities of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors and recognize that the Palestinians have less standing today,” he said.
Gordon said the population growth in Judea and Samaria over the next four years had less to do with the Biden White House than with Israel’s upcoming election.
“It’s all dependent on who the next prime minister is and who the next housing minister is,” Gordon said, adding that Netanyahu’s history of imposing freezes when pressured by the Americans “doesn’t bode well for serious housing construction.”
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News site N12 reported on Tuesday that Netanyahu’s request “aroused great anger in the Foreign Ministry and among legal officials.”
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing pressure from settlement leaders, some of whom began a hunger strike in front of his Jerusalem office earlier this month, pushed for the normalization of a handful of settlements in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday.
In the end, the matter did not come before the government after the prime minister encountered pushback within his coalition and from others.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party rejected the move, saying “No politically irresponsible proposal will come up at the cabinet meeting in such a sensitive period.”
News site N12 reported on Tuesday that Netanyahu’s request “aroused great anger in the Foreign Ministry and among legal officials” as it comes just as a new U.S. administration is taking over.
“It is unbelievable that they are trying to pass such a significant decision, with far-reaching consequences that could complicate Israel at the international level and with the new Biden administration, without holding an orderly discussion,” sources told N12.
And despite Netanyahu’s pressure, Israel’s National Security Council refused to sign on to the move, saying that the Cabinet Secretariat is the one required to do so, N12 reports.
Under Netanyahu’s plan, five or six settlements would have their status “normalized.” Doing so would allow those settlements to connect to Israel’s water and electricity grid.
However, the handful of settlements Netanyahu has agree to help is small beer in the eyes of settlement leaders, who are calling for a change in status to 46 settlements, housing some 25,000 Jews.
The hunger strike has brought media attention to their situation, especially after two of the hunger strikers collapsed and had to be rushed to hospital.
One of them, Itai Zar, said “The electricity is terrible. The water is terrible. We are tired. Enough! What has that got to do with politics?”
“I just want to live like a human being, I went to synagogue on Saturday night because there was no water… There are 25,000 people here… It could be arranged in a second to give us electricity and water,” he said.
The settlement leaders laid the fault at the feet of the prime minister, whom they normally support.
On Tuesday, one of the most prominent, Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani, announced he was not voting for Netanyahu in the March 23 election and would throw his support behind former Likud MK Gideon Saar, who has formed a new party.
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Thousands filled Moscow’s Pushkin Square where clashes with police broke out and demonstrators were roughly dragged off by helmeted riot officers.
By Associated Press
Protests erupted in dozens of cities across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. Police arrested more than 2,100 people, some of whom took to the streets in temperatures as frigid as minus-50 Celsius (minus-58 Fahrenheit).
In Moscow, thousands of demonstrators filled Pushkin Square in the city center, where clashes with police broke out and demonstrators were roughly dragged off by helmeted riot officers to police buses and detention trucks, some beaten with batons.
Navalny’s wife Yulia was among those arrested.
Police eventually pushed demonstrators out of the square. Thousands then regrouped along a wide boulevard about a kilometer (half-mile) away, many of them throwing snowballs at the police before dispersing.
The protests stretched across Russia’s vast territory, from the island city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk north of Japan and the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk, where temperatures plunged to minus-50 Celsius, to Russia’s more populous European cities. The range demonstrated how Navalny and his anti-corruption campaign have built an extensive network of support despite official government repression and being routinely ignored by state media.
“The situation is getting worse and worse, it’s total lawlessness,” said Andrei Gorkyov, a protester in Moscow. “And if we stay silent, it will go on forever.”
The OVD-Info group that monitors political arrests said at least 795 people were detained in Moscow and more than 300 at another large demonstration in St. Petersburg. Overall, it said 2,131 people had been arrested in some 90 cities.
Undeterred, Navalny’s supporters called for protests again next weekend.
Navalny was arrested on Jan. 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from a severe nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin and which Russian authorities deny.
Authorities say his stay in Germany violated terms of a suspended sentence in a 2014 criminal conviction, while Navalny says the conviction was for made-up charges.
The 44-year-old activist is well known nationally for his reports on the corruption that has flourished under President Vladimir Putin’s government.
His wide support puts the Kremlin in a strategic bind — risking more protests and criticism from the West if it keeps him in custody but apparently unwilling to back down by letting him go free.
Navalny faces a court hearing in early February to determine whether his sentence in the criminal case for fraud and money-laundering — which Navalny says was politically motivated — is converted to 3 1/2 years behind bars.
Moscow police on Thursday arrested three top Navalny associates, two of whom were later jailed for periods of nine and 10 days.
Navalny fell into a coma while aboard a domestic flight from Siberia to Moscow on Aug. 20. He was transferred from a hospital in Siberia to a Berlin hospital two days later. Labs in Germany, France and Sweden, and tests by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, established that he was exposed to the Soviet-era Novichok nerve agent.
Russian authorities insisted that the doctors who treated Navalny in Siberia before he was airlifted to Germany found no traces of poison and have challenged German officials to provide proof of his poisoning. Russia refused to open a full-fledged criminal inquiry, citing a lack of evidence that Navalny was poisoned.
Last month, Navalny released the recording of a phone call he said he made to a man he described as an alleged member of a group of officers of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, who purportedly poisoned him in August and then tried to cover it up. The FSB dismissed the recording as fake.
Navalny has been a thorn in the Kremlin’s side for a decade, unusually durable in an opposition movement often demoralized by repression.
He has been jailed repeatedly in connection with protests and twice was convicted of financial misdeeds in cases that he said were politically motivated. He suffered significant eye damage when an assailant threw disinfectant into his face. He was taken from jail to a hospital in 2019 with an illness that authorities said was an allergic reaction but which many suspected was a poisoning.
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People shelter in the House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
In a raucous, out-of-control scene, protesters fought past police and breached the building, shouting and waving Trump and American flags as they marched through the halls.
By Associated Press
Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
Trump issued a restrained call for peace well after the melee was underway but did not urge supporters to disperse.
Earlier he had egged them on to march to Capitol Hill. The Pentagon said about 1,100 District of Columbia National Guard members were being mobilized to help support law enforcement at the Capitol.
Wednesday’s ordinarily mundane procedure of Congress certifying a new president was always going to be extraordinary, with Republican supporters of Trump vowing to protest results of an election that they say was reversed by fraud. But even the unusual deliberations, which included the Republican vice president and Senate majority leader defying Trump’s demands, were quickly overtaken.
In a raucous, out-of-control scene, protesters fought past police and breached the building, shouting and waving Trump and American flags as they marched through the halls. One person was reported shot at the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the situation. That person’s condition was unknown.
Congress interrupted
The protesters abruptly interrupted the congressional proceedings in an eerie scene that featured official warnings directing people to duck under their seats for cover and put on gas masks after tear gas was used in the Capitol Rotunda.
With the crowds showing no signs of abating, Trump tweeted, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!” Earlier, at his rally, he had urged supporters to march to the Capitol.
Senators were being evacuated. Some House lawmakers tweeted they were sheltering in place in their offices.
Demonstrators fought with Capitol Police and then forced their way into the building, not long after a huge rally near the White House during which Trump egged them on to march to Capitol Hill.
Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College results.
Though fellow Republicans were behind the challenge to Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sought to lower tensions and argued against it. He warned the country “cannot keep drifting apart into two separate tribes” with “separate facts.”
McConnell declared, “The voters, the courts and the states all have spoken.”
But other Republicans, including House GOP leaders among Trump’s allies were acting out the pleas of supporters at his huge Wednesday rally up Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House to “fight for Trump.”
“We have to fix this,” said Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the GOP whip.
The last-gasp effort is all but certain to fail, defeated by bipartisan majorities in Congress prepared to accept the November results. Biden i s to be inaugurated Jan. 20.
Still, Trump vowed to he would “never concede” and urged the massive crowd to march to the Capitol where hundreds had already gathered under tight security.
“We will never give up,” Trump told his noontime rally.
Pence rejects president’s plea
Vice President Mike Pence was closely watched as he stepped onto the dais to preside over the joint session in the House chamber.
Pence has a largely ceremonial role, opening the sealed envelopes from the states after they are carried in mahogany boxes used for the occasion, and reading the results aloud. But he was under growing pressure from Trump to overturn the will of the voters and tip the results in the president’s favor, despite having no legal power to affect the outcome.
“Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!” Trump tweeted Wednesday.
But Pence, in a statement shortly before presiding, defied Trump, saying he could not claim “unilateral authority” to reject the electoral votes that make Biden president.
Despite Trump’s repeated claims of voter fraud, election officials and his own former attorney general have said there were no problems on a scale that would change the outcome. All the states have certified their results as fair and accurate, by Republican and Democratic officials alike.
Arizona was the first of several states facing objections from the Republicans as Congress took an alphabetical reading of the election results. Then the chaos erupted.
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There were a total of 10,022 cases Monday despite a lockdown that has gone on nearly two weeks.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Watching the news on Israel’s coronavirus situation is like being on a see-saw. The good news on Tuesday is that the Health Minister says he plans to vaccinate 250,000 a day. The bad news – Israel’s daily corona count spiked above 10,000 on Monday, the largest single-day record.
There were a total of 10,022 cases Monday despite a lockdown that has gone on nearly two weeks. Israel’s government is deciding on Tuesday whether to extend the lockdown.
The rising numbers fly in the face of ongoing vaccination efforts and may be due to the spread of the UK strain of the virus, which is more infectious than the original. Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price said Tuesday that one man returning from the UK infected 700 people with the new strain. The Jewish Press is calling him the “typhoid Mary” of Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to close the airport entirely to travelers. It’s the third time Netanyahu has urged the closing of the skies to contend with the corona threat. He made the request in light of the new corona strains, of which there are at least three identified.
In a new ripple, the latest corona wave appears to be impacting pregnant women, 10 of whom are reported to have been hospitalized in serious condition in Israel due to the disease. One woman has lost her baby.
Deputy Director General of the Health Ministry Itamar Grotto announced on Tuesday a reversal of Health Ministry policy and directed that pregnant women should also be vaccinated. The Health Ministry had recommended against it until now as pregnant women were not part of the vaccine trials and the vaccine’s effect on pregnancy is unknown.
“We know that pregnancy is a risk for corona, because there is a very wide infection. We also see a lot of women who have been infected. We recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated,” Grotto said.
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While both Israeli and Saudi sources unofficially confirmed the visit, Netanyahu’s comments mark the first hint of the meeting’s existence by the prime minister himself.
By Josh Plank, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a closed Likud meeting Saturday night that that he had recently visited “other Arab states,” possibly confirming reports that he visited Saudi Arabia in November, the Jerusalem Post reported.
When asked whether Israel plans to normalize ties with the Kurdish autonomous zone in Iraq, Netanyahu responded, “I recently visited other Arab states, and just like I couldn’t tell [in advance] about the Emirates, I cannot say now.”
Netanyahu reportedly attended a secret meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Saudi city of Neom on November 22.
While both Israeli and Saudi sources unofficially confirmed the visit, Netanyahu’s comments at the Likud meeting Saturday night mark the first known hint of the meeting’s existence by the prime minister himself.
On November 23, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan denied the reports that Netanyahu had met with the crown prince.
“I have seen press reports about a purported meeting between HRH the Crown Prince and Israeli officials during the recent visit by SecPompeo,” he tweeted. “No such meeting occurred. The only officials present were American and Saudi.”
Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior spokesman for the Hamas terror organization, called Netanyahu’s meeting with the Saudis “dangerous” and an “insult” to the Palestinian cause.
During a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft on December 24, Netanyahu said that he expects “many more countries” to enter into normalization agreements with Israel, joining a growing list that includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
“We’re going to see many, many more countries, a lot more than people expect and perhaps a lot sooner than people expect,” Netanyahu said.
“We have the people of Israel yearning for peace, praying for peace and dreaming of peace. That dream is being realized today, thanks to many of your efforts and the efforts of the Trump administration and their defense of Israel, of truth, and of genuine peace,” he said.
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"While both Israeli and Saudi sources unofficially confirmed the visit, Netanyahu’s comments mark the first hint of the meeting’s existence by the prime minister himself.\nBy Josh Plank, World Israel News\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a closed Likud meeting Saturday night that that he had recently visited “other Arab states,” possibly confirming reports that he visited Saudi Arabia in November, the Jerusalem Post reported.\nWhen asked whether Israel plans to normalize ties with the Kurdish autonomous zone in Iraq, Netanyahu responded, “I recently visited other Arab states, and just like I couldn’t tell [in advance] about the Emirates, I cannot say now.”\nNetanyahu reportedly attended a secret meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Saudi city of Neom on November 22.\nWhile both Israeli and Saudi sources unofficially confirmed the visit, Netanyahu’s comments at the Likud meeting Saturday night mark the first known hint of the meeting’s existence by the prime minister himself.\nOn November 23, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan denied the reports that Netanyahu had met with the crown prince.\n“I have seen press reports about a purported meeting between HRH the Crown Prince and Israeli officials during the recent visit by SecPompeo,” he tweeted. “No such meeting occurred. The only officials present were American and Saudi.”\nSami Abu Zuhri, a senior spokesman for the Hamas terror organization, called Netanyahu’s meeting with the Saudis “dangerous” and an “insult” to the Palestinian cause.\nDuring a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft on December 24, Netanyahu said that he expects “many more countries” to enter into normalization agreements with Israel, joining a growing list that includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.\n“We’re going to see many, many more countries, a lot more than people expect and perhaps a lot sooner than people expect,” Netanyahu said.\n“We have the people of Israel yearning for peace, praying for peace and dreaming of peace. That dream is being realized today, thanks to many of your efforts and the efforts of the Trump administration and their defense of Israel, of truth, and of genuine peace,” he said.",
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Israel struggles with mutated strains despite world-beating vaccination drive
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A volunteer team member wearing safety gear helps a Jewish patient diagnosed with Covid-19 to put on his tefillin at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, Jan. 27, 2021. (Flash90/Olivier Fitoussi)
Neither vaccines nor lockdowns appears to be taming the spread of the coronavirus in Israel.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Israel has vaccinated nearly 30% of its population in 5 1/2 weeks, an achievement that has the world racing to learn its methods. Yet, it can’t seem to keep the contagion under control as new mutations spread rapidly.
Israel reported 7,756 cases yesterday. The number of cases has shot up since the end of November when they hovered in the 700s. The positive test rate – 9.6% out of 83,000 tests – is also the highest it’s been in months.
Israel imposed a tight lockdown three weeks ago. It virtually completely shuttered its airport for a week starting Jan. 25. The moves have not yet improved the numbers as hopeful signs of a decrease last week proved premature. They also defy Israel’s health experts who said the lockdown’s effects would start to show up this week.
The cabinet was to debate an extension of the lockdown on Wednesday but a difference of opinion between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz have delayed it. Website N12 reports estimations are the lockdown will be extended for four days, a compromise over the additional week health officials had sought.
It is not clear if the airport’s closure, what Netanyahu called a hermetic seal on the state, was succeeding in keeping out dangerous new strains of the disease. Walla news reports on Wednesday that the South African variant, particularly worrisome as it might be able to evade the vaccine, was found in three Israelis during random tests. It was the first time the strain had been found among Israelis who hadn’t returned from abroad.
Adding to the struggle is the higher proportion of critically ill corona patients in this wave of the pandemic.
Dr. Edward Keikov, director of the coronavirus geriatrics department at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, told N12 on Tuesday:
“What characterizes this wave is that patients arrive in a more difficult situation. In the first and second wave we saw an improvement in the condition of the hospitalized within about seven days of treatment. Now, after 10-14 days, there is a sudden deterioration that includes severe lung disease and systemic collapse.”
Also among the worrisome changes is the virus’s effect on pregnant women, a phenomenon not seen in previous waves. Israel now recommends that pregnant women take the vaccine, contradicting the World Health Organization’s recommendation.
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The heads of the two parties posed to draw the highest number of mandates behind Netanyahu’s Likud party are consulting with anti-Trump advisors.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
As Israel’s March 2021 election draws nearer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political rivals are seeking guidance from American advisors who campaigned against Trump and other Republican candidates.
The heads of the two parties posed to draw the highest number of mandates behind Netanyahu’s Likud party, New Hope and Yesh Atid, have obtained the services of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and top Democratic advisors.
Yair Lapid, the leader of the center-left Yesh Atid party, landed in Israel on Monday just before Ben Gurion Airport’s weeklong closure aimed at stemming the flow of foreign strains of the coronavirus into the Jewish state.
According to Israeli media, Lapid visited the U.S. to consult on campaign strategy with Democratic advisors including Mark Mellman of Democratic Majority for Israel and his personal friend, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla).
Lapid, who had not publicized the trip, was spotted by a sharp-eyed passenger who posted a photo of the politician aboard the plane on Twitter.
Last week, Gideon Saar reportedly ordered members of his New Hope party to take polygraph tests, after a mole leaked to the Israeli media that he hired the anti-Trump Lincoln Project to help plan his campaign for the upcoming election.
Channel 12 reported that former Likud veteran Saar, who defected in a dramatic December speech to create the New Hope party, has been in talks with four Lincoln Project members on his strategy to unseat Netanyahu.
Founded by anti-Trump Republicans, the Lincoln Project ran a campaign aimed at convincing Republican voters to abandon party loyalty and not vote for Trump, arguing on its site that “electing Democrats who support the Constitution over Republicans who do not is a worthy effort.“
“Gideon Saar’s decision to employ the Lincoln Project personnel as strategic advisors is a threat to Israeli democracy and reveals a negative face in Saar’s approach to society and our politics,” wrote American-Israeli political commentator Caroline Glick on her Facebook page.
While the group publicly states its mission is protecting the Constitution, the Lincoln Project has shifted gears to “holding accountable” those who supported Trump or worked in his administration.
A late November attack ad from the Lincoln Project slammed Republicans who supported Trump’s questioning of the election results.
“They are treasonous, unpatriotic, downright despotic,” the ad reads, showing images of politicians including Senators Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and others.
“These hypocrites in office don’t care about a republic. They don’t care about our democracy or the constitution they swore on a Bible to protect,” the ad said.
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A member of the Palestinian security forces casts his vote in the local council elections, at a polling station in Ramallah on Oct. 18, 2012.(Flash90/Issam Rimawi)
Most residents of eastern Jerusalem hold permanent residency or Israeli citizenship, and receive social security, health benefits and other services from the Israeli government.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
As the Palestinian Authority prepares for general elections expected to take place in spring 2021, PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh are planning to set up polling stations in eastern Jerusalem.
Adult residents of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian residents of Judea and Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem are eligible to vote in PA elections.
Senior PA officials told Channel 20 that if the PA is unable to secure voting sites in eastern Jerusalem, the election will likely be delayed. The ability for eastern Jerusalem residents to vote is viewed as an “essential condition” for PA elections, officials said.
To ensure their vote, PA officials are also reportedly exploring alternative options, such as online voting.
In an internal meeting on Tuesday, Shtayyeh said the PA should call upon European countries and the UN to pressure the Israeli government to allow PA elections in eastern Jerusalem.
The issue of eastern Jerusalem residents voting in PA elections has long been contentious. According to the 1994 Oslo Accords, the PA can hold elections in eastern Jerusalem if they are conducted in cooperation with the Israeli government. But many in Israel view eastern Jerusalem residents voting in PA elections as a violation of Israeli sovereignty over the city.
Most residents of eastern Jerusalem hold permanent residency or Israeli citizenship, and receive social security benefits, health plans, and other services from the Israeli government.
“Palestinian Authority elections in East Jerusalem hurt Israeli sovereignty in the eastern part of the city,” Maor Tzemach, founder of right-wing NGO Your Jerusalem, told WIN.
“Israel cannot allow East Jerusalem residents to vote for the Palestinian parliament. In the past, Israel allowed this, and one of the candidates elected was Muhammad Abu Tir – a senior Hamas member who has been imprisoned for terror offenses.”
“The French in Paris don’t vote for the British parliament. There’s no reason Israeli citizens should be voting for the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah.”
Tzemach acknowledged that the PA may use online voting or televoting in order to skirt the challenges around erecting physical polling sites.
“If there’s some sort of digital voting, and an East Jerusalem resident decides to participate, he should immediately lose his Israeli citizenship,” Tzemach added.
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"A member of the Palestinian security forces casts his vote in the local council elections, at a polling station in Ramallah on Oct. 18, 2012.(Flash90/Issam Rimawi)\nMost residents of eastern Jerusalem hold permanent residency or Israeli citizenship, and receive social security, health benefits and other services from the Israeli government.\nBy Lauren Marcus, World Israel News\nAs the Palestinian Authority prepares for general elections expected to take place in spring 2021, PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh are planning to set up polling stations in eastern Jerusalem.\nAdult residents of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian residents of Judea and Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem are eligible to vote in PA elections.\nSenior PA officials told Channel 20 that if the PA is unable to secure voting sites in eastern Jerusalem, the election will likely be delayed. The ability for eastern Jerusalem residents to vote is viewed as an “essential condition” for PA elections, officials said.\nTo ensure their vote, PA officials are also reportedly exploring alternative options, such as online voting.\nIn an internal meeting on Tuesday, Shtayyeh said the PA should call upon European countries and the UN to pressure the Israeli government to allow PA elections in eastern Jerusalem.\nThe issue of eastern Jerusalem residents voting in PA elections has long been contentious. According to the 1994 Oslo Accords, the PA can hold elections in eastern Jerusalem if they are conducted in cooperation with the Israeli government. But many in Israel view eastern Jerusalem residents voting in PA elections as a violation of Israeli sovereignty over the city.\nMost residents of eastern Jerusalem hold permanent residency or Israeli citizenship, and receive social security benefits, health plans, and other services from the Israeli government.\n“Palestinian Authority elections in East Jerusalem hurt Israeli sovereignty in the eastern part of the city,” Maor Tzemach, founder of right-wing NGO Your Jerusalem, told WIN.\n“Israel cannot allow East Jerusalem residents to vote for the Palestinian parliament. In the past, Israel allowed this, and one of the candidates elected was Muhammad Abu Tir – a senior Hamas member who has been imprisoned for terror offenses.”\n“The French in Paris don’t vote for the British parliament. There’s no reason Israeli citizens should be voting for the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah.”\nTzemach acknowledged that the PA may use online voting or televoting in order to skirt the challenges around erecting physical polling sites.\n“If there’s some sort of digital voting, and an East Jerusalem resident decides to participate, he should immediately lose his Israeli citizenship,” Tzemach added.",
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Democrats want Trump out now, but lack path to impeachment
Nancy Pelosi shed no fresh light on Democrats’ plans for impeachment and there is virtually no chance the Republican-led Senate will act to remove the president before his term ends Jan. 20.
By Associated Press
Momentum built among Democrats on Saturday for a fresh and fast push to impeach President Donald Trump, even as the House speaker accused his backers who violently invaded the Capitol of choosing “their whiteness over democracy.”
Nancy Pelosi’s remark came as Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., one of the chief sponsors of draft impeachment articles accusing Trump of inciting insurrection, said at midday that his group’s draft had collected 176 co-sponsors. The lawmakers plan to formally introduced the proposal Monday, with a vote possible by Wednesday.
Pelosi, addressing her hometown San Francisco constituents during an online video conference, shed no fresh light on Democrats’ plans. Her party seems intent on pressing ahead against Trump, even though there is virtually no chance the Republican-led Senate will act to remove him before his term ends Jan. 20.
“Justice will be done. Democracy will prevail. And America will be healed. But it is a decision that we have to make,” Pelosi said.
A largely white throng of Trump supporters broke through police lines and rampaged through the Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to scatter as they put the final, formal touches on Democrat Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over Trump. The crowd surged to the Capitol after being urged by Trump to march there during remarks in which he repeated his claim that his election defeat was fraudulent.
“It has been an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country led by this president, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy,” Pelosi said of Wednesday’s attack, during which five people died.
She added: “This cannot be exaggerated. The complicity, not only the complicity, the instigation of the president of United States, must and will be addressed.”
No. 4 House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., reiterated his support for moving against what he called “an act of sedition that was incited and encouraged by Donald Trump.”
At a news conference in New York, Jeffries added, “He should be impeached, convicted and thrown out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and forever banished to the dustbin of history.”
The outrage over the attack and Trump’s role in it capped a divisive, chaotic presidency like few others in the nation’s history. With less than two weeks until he’s gone, Democrats want him out — now — and he has few defenders speaking up for him in his own Republican Party.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told the Anchorage Daily News on Friday that Trump simply “needs to get out.”
Trump has been holing up at the White House, abandoned by many aides, top Republicans and Cabinet members.
After refusing to concede defeat in the November election, he has now promised a smooth transfer of power when Biden is sworn in. But even so, he says he will not attend the inauguration — the first such presidential snub since just after the Civil War.
Asked about impeachment, Biden said, “That’s a decision for the Congress to make.”
The Democrats are considering lightning-quick action. A draft of their Articles of Impeachment accuses Trump of abuse of power, saying he “willfully made statements that encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — imminent lawless action at the Capitol.”
If Trump were to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, he might also be prevented from running again for the presidency in 2024 or ever holding public office again. He would be the only president twice impeached. A person on the call said Pelosi also discussed other ways Trump might be forced to resign.
Trump spokesman Judd Deere said, “A politically motivated impeachment against a President with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country.”
Twitter said late Friday it was permanently suspending Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.”
The soonest the Senate could begin an impeachment trial under the current calendar would be Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.
One Trump ally, Republican Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, did speak up, saying as the White House did that “impeaching the President with just 12 days left in his term will only divide our country more. ”
Democratic leaders have called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to force Trump from office. It’s a process for removing the president and installing the vice president to take over.
Pelosi said later that option remains on the table. But action by Pence or the Cabinet now appears unlikely, especially after two top officials, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, suddenly resigned in the aftermath of the violence and would no longer be in the Cabinet to make such a case.
The House impeached Trump in 2019, but the Republican-led Senate acquitted him in early 2020.
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Her party seems intent on pressing ahead against Trump, even though there is virtually no chance the Republican-led Senate will act to remove him before his term ends Jan. 20.\n“Justice will be done. Democracy will prevail. And America will be healed. But it is a decision that we have to make,” Pelosi said.\nA largely white throng of Trump supporters broke through police lines and rampaged through the Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to scatter as they put the final, formal touches on Democrat Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over Trump. The crowd surged to the Capitol after being urged by Trump to march there during remarks in which he repeated his claim that his election defeat was fraudulent.\n“It has been an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country led by this president, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy,” Pelosi said of Wednesday’s attack, during which five people died.\nShe added: “This cannot be exaggerated. The complicity, not only the complicity, the instigation of the president of United States, must and will be addressed.”\nNo. 4 House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., reiterated his support for moving against what he called “an act of sedition that was incited and encouraged by Donald Trump.”\nAt a news conference in New York, Jeffries added, “He should be impeached, convicted and thrown out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and forever banished to the dustbin of history.”\nThe outrage over the attack and Trump’s role in it capped a divisive, chaotic presidency like few others in the nation’s history. With less than two weeks until he’s gone, Democrats want him out — now — and he has few defenders speaking up for him in his own Republican Party.\nSen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told the Anchorage Daily News on Friday that Trump simply “needs to get out.”\nTrump has been holing up at the White House, abandoned by many aides, top Republicans and Cabinet members.\nAfter refusing to concede defeat in the November election, he has now promised a smooth transfer of power when Biden is sworn in. But even so, he says he will not attend the inauguration — the first such presidential snub since just after the Civil War.\nAsked about impeachment, Biden said, “That’s a decision for the Congress to make.”\nThe Democrats are considering lightning-quick action. A draft of their Articles of Impeachment accuses Trump of abuse of power, saying he “willfully made statements that encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — imminent lawless action at the Capitol.”\nIf Trump were to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, he might also be prevented from running again for the presidency in 2024 or ever holding public office again. He would be the only president twice impeached. A person on the call said Pelosi also discussed other ways Trump might be forced to resign.\nTrump spokesman Judd Deere said, “A politically motivated impeachment against a President with 12 days remaining in his term will only serve to further divide our great country.”\nTwitter said late Friday it was permanently suspending Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.”\nThe soonest the Senate could begin an impeachment trial under the current calendar would be Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.\nOne Trump ally, Republican Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, did speak up, saying as the White House did that “impeaching the President with just 12 days left in his term will only divide our country more. ”\nDemocratic leaders have called on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to force Trump from office. It’s a process for removing the president and installing the vice president to take over.\nPelosi said later that option remains on the table. But action by Pence or the Cabinet now appears unlikely, especially after two top officials, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, suddenly resigned in the aftermath of the violence and would no longer be in the Cabinet to make such a case.\nThe House impeached Trump in 2019, but the Republican-led Senate acquitted him in early 2020.",
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According to Canary Mission, Anayah is also treasurer of Students for Justice in Palestine at Johns Hopkins.
By JNS
Anti-Semitism watchdog groups are raising alarm over a graduate student and teaching assistant at Johns Hopkins University who threatened to fail pro-Israel students, while also making disparaging remarks about Israelis and white people.
“We find it alarming that a teaching assistant at a major university is expressing a clear intent to punish students on the basis of their race, Jewish identity or national origin as Israelis — all protected categories under state and federal non-discrimination laws,” Yael Lerman, director of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department, said in a statement.
In November, the TA, who was identified by StopAntiSemitism as Rasha Anayah, at John Hopkin’s University’s Thor Research Group wrote a series of tweets where she not only threatened to fail pro-Israel students.
In one tweet, she asked: “Ethical dilemma: if you have to grade a zionist student exam, do you still give them all their points even though they support your ethnic cleansing? like idk.”
Additional tweets from Anayah also included disparaging remarks about Israelis and white people., including: “y’all allah looking out for me. The majority of undergrads in chem here are white and i was blessed enough to be paired w a black woman to mentor who has good race analysis. Didn’t get pinned with an israeli or some b**ch white boy to have to share my knowledge with.alhamdulilah [Thank God].”
According to Canary Mission, Anayah is also treasurer of Students for Justice in Palestine at Johns Hopkins and was previously a board member for “Bears for Palestine” at the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained a degree in chemical biology.
While Johns Hopkins has not issued a formal statement on the incident, Sunil Kumar, from the university’s provost office, said in an email to StandWithUs that it is “aware of the incident.”
The statement further noted that while privacy concerns prohibit them from providing more information: “We wish to assure you that we take seriously any and all allegations of discrimination, harassment, or other misconduct – including anti-Semitism.”
“Any link between grading and bias runs counter to our values and policies, and we are taking all necessary steps to ensure that does not occur.”
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Cops raid wedding attended by hundreds in predominantly ultra-Orthodox city where the positive corona infection test rate is a whopping 20%.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
A force of police officers broke up a large ultra-Orthodox wedding Monday night where hundreds had gathered at a synagogue in the city of Bnei Brak despite coronavirus health guidelines banning large gatherings.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed the police, calling on all Israelis to stop violating the lockdown restrictions as the national death toll from the pandemic rose to to 4,060 – a jump of 356 deaths in the past week, the highest weekly death count yet.
“I expect from all of you to put life first and support the right decision,” Netanyahu tweeted. “I call on all citizens, even those who attended yesterday’s scandalous wedding in Bnei Brak, to stop breaking the law. It’s bloodshed. I call on the police to take an iron fist against all who violate the law wherever they are.”
The chairman of the religious Shas Party, Aryeh Deri, said the images from the mass wedding “are an unparalleled great and grave desecration of God’s name.”
“I shout and call on anyone who can lend a hand in stopping such events and gatherings, including heads of authorities and public leaders,” Deri pleaded to his fellow Orthodox Jews. “Please, spare your lives and stop the severe harm to the entire ultra-Orthodox public. This is not our way.”
The loud music, which was heard throughout the area, led to several reports to the police about the event, with dozens of officers showing up about an hour later to disperse the participants. As they entered the building they were met with cries of “Nazis” and “Get out of here” by locals, Ynet reported.
A video posted on social media showed at least one large bag of garbage being dropped on police from a balcony over the entrance to the yeshiva where the synagogue is located.
“When the forces arrived, they ordered those present to leave the place, recorded a number of fines in the amount of 5,000 shekels ($1,500) for those in charge of the event, and the organizer will be summoned for a criminal investigation on suspicion of spreading an illness,” police said in a statement released on social media.
New coronavirus lockdown restrictions that went into effect on Jan. 7 limit indoor gatherings to a maximum of five people only, but many sectors of the ultra-Orthodox community have ignored the health restrictions in direct violation of the guidelines as coronavirus infections continue to soar – especially in ultra-Orthodox communities.
“It is impossible not to celebrate a wedding,” one man told Ynet. “We only listen to the rabbis who allowed this event to take place.”
Except for Jerusalem, Bnei Brak has the highest number of active coronavirus patients in the country, with 4,844 currently sick with the virus and a positive test rate in the city of 20% – meaning one in every five residents of the city who is tested is found to be sick.
As Israel’s morbidity level continued to soar despite the lockdown, the cabinet is scheduled to convene Wednesday to discuss extending the nation’s third national lockdown by as much as two more weeks and include a shutdown of Ben Gurion International Airport except for cargo and essential flights.
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Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) (r) is placing an Israeli flag outside her office next to that of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) (117th Congress Official Photo/AP/Carlos Osorio)
“I think it’ll be very helpful as she walks past it every day,” Cammack said.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Florida Republican Kathryn “Kat” Cammack, 32, who became the youngest Republican woman in the House of Representatives in January, found herself placed next door to Israel-hating Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib when office spaces were assigned.
“She [Tlaib] has some very strong opinions about Israel, and I have some very strong opinions about Israel, so I have made a pledge that I’m going to be planting the flag of Israel outside my door right next to the American flag,” WCJB TV reports Cammack said.
“I think it’ll be very helpful as she walks past it every day,” Cammack said.
Student group Gators for Israel sent her a package which includes an Israeli flag for display, Cammack says.
Tlaib likes to boast of her Palestinian Arab descent. For Tlaib, that heritage appears to comprise mainly of a hatred for Israel. She supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
When the House voted overwhelmingly to pass a bipartisan resolution condemning the boycott-Israel movement, 398-to-17, Tlaib was one of the handful of representatives to condemn the resolution, launching into a violent defense of it. But Rep. Ted Deutch, Democrat of Florida, represented the majority view when he said “BDS doesn’t seek social justice. It seeks a world in which the state of Israel doesn’t exist.”
In early December, Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania said Tlaib should be stripped of her committee assignments for participating in an American Muslims for Palestine conference, which featured terror supporters.
“Rep. Tlaib’s participation in this conference, coupled with her recently deleted retweet of a slogan calling for the elimination of Israel, are just the latest examples of a deeply disturbing pattern of anti-Semitism that has been on display since she was elected. Yet Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats refuse to condemn her heinous behavior,” he said.
A week prior to the conference, Tlaib promoted a tweet on her Twitter account which read, “From the river to sea, Palestine will be free,” a slogan associated with the destruction of the Jewish State. Tlaib later deleted the tweet.
The Israeli flag that Cammack plans to display may be a form of karma for Tlaib, as she, or someone in her office, displayed a map featuring Israel with the word “Palestine” and an arrow on a post-it note pointing to it.
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Team members of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital wearing safety gear as they work in the coronavirus ward, Jan. 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
“More people died in two weeks of peace with Dubai than in 70 years of war with them,” a senior health official quipped.
By World Israel News Staff
Israel has apologized to the United Arab Emirates for comments by a senior health official blaming the rise in COVID-19 cases on the fact that so many Israelis have visited Dubai since the signing of the Abraham Accords.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the health ministry’s head of Public Health, said that “more people died in two weeks of peace with Dubai than in 70 years of war with them,” Israel’s Channel 13 reported.
The comments reportedly angered the UAE, prompting an apology Thursday from the Prime Minister’s Office, which described Alroy-Preis’s offensive comment as “an unsuccessful joke” that does not reflect the position of the Israeli government.
Health officials last week identified several Israelis who arrived from abroad infected with the mutated coronavirus that is rapidly spreading, as well as some cases with the highly contagious South African mutation of the virus.
Israel’s government agreed on Sunday to stop flights to and from Ben Gurion Airport.
“We are sealing our skies, except for limited exceptions, in order to prevent the entry of the virus mutations, and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign… so that more Israelis are vaccinated soon,” Netanyahu said on Sunday.
With the surge of coronavirus cases in the country despite the apparently successful vaccination program, the prime minister is urging an extension of the lockdown, including the airport closure.
“We want to win and get rid of it; for this, a final effort is required.” he said.
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‘Our Squad is big!’: Supersized Squad prepares to take on Congress
Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) have officially joined the group of progressive lawmakers.
By Josh Plank, World Israel News
Reports of the Squad’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated as the group of progressive U.S. lawmakers grew substantially larger on Sunday with the addition of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who were officially sworn in as members of the 117th Congress.
“Squad up,” tweeted Bush alongside a photo of herself and Bowman standing with the original Squad members Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
Tlaib tweeted the same photo, saying, “Let’s do this.”
Omar retweeted Bush’s photo along with a raised fist emoji and the message, “Unbought and unbossed.”
“Our squad is big!” said Bowman along with his retweet of the photo.
Pressley made a similar observation, saying, “The squad is big, family.”
“Let’s go!” ordered Ocasio-Cortez with a retweet including three flexed bicep emojis.
The rising progressive wing of the Democratic party has been a cause for concern among pro-Israel lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.
Bush was criticized during the Missouri Democratic primary by Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) for her support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS).
In response to a mailer by Clay’s campaign which featured a photo of Bush with anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour, Bush doubled-down on her support for BDS.
“Cori Bush has always been sympathetic to the BDS movement, and she stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people, just as they have stood in solidarity with Black Americans fighting for their own lives,” said a Bush campaign statement on August 1.
In a now deleted foreign-policy section of her campaign website, Bush’s stance on Israel read, “In our current geopolitical economy, money talks far louder than speech alone. This is why nonviolent actions like the BDS movement are so important—and why the effort to mischaracterize and demonize the BDS movement by its opponents is so urgent.”
Bowman, who beat relatively pro-Israel Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) in the primary, shared his views on Israel with City & State New York on August 5.
Bowman said that “as a humanitarian leader” the U.S. needs to be more involved with “what’s happening in Palestine with the Palestinians.”
“One stark contrast between myself and Congressman Engel is I’ve been critical of occupation, annexation and detaining Palestinian children – where Congressman Engel has not,” Bowman said.
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"‘Our Squad is big!’: Supersized Squad prepares to take on Congress\nReps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) have officially joined the group of progressive lawmakers.\nBy Josh Plank, World Israel News\nReports of the Squad’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated as the group of progressive U.S. lawmakers grew substantially larger on Sunday with the addition of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who were officially sworn in as members of the 117th Congress.\n“Squad up,” tweeted Bush alongside a photo of herself and Bowman standing with the original Squad members Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).\nTlaib tweeted the same photo, saying, “Let’s do this.”\nOmar retweeted Bush’s photo along with a raised fist emoji and the message, “Unbought and unbossed.”\n“Our squad is big!” said Bowman along with his retweet of the photo.\nPressley made a similar observation, saying, “The squad is big, family.”\n“Let’s go!” ordered Ocasio-Cortez with a retweet including three flexed bicep emojis.\nThe rising progressive wing of the Democratic party has been a cause for concern among pro-Israel lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.\nBush was criticized during the Missouri Democratic primary by Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) for her support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS).\nIn response to a mailer by Clay’s campaign which featured a photo of Bush with anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour, Bush doubled-down on her support for BDS.\n“Cori Bush has always been sympathetic to the BDS movement, and she stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people, just as they have stood in solidarity with Black Americans fighting for their own lives,” said a Bush campaign statement on August 1.\nIn a now deleted foreign-policy section of her campaign website, Bush’s stance on Israel read, “In our current geopolitical economy, money talks far louder than speech alone. This is why nonviolent actions like the BDS movement are so important—and why the effort to mischaracterize and demonize the BDS movement by its opponents is so urgent.”\nBowman, who beat relatively pro-Israel Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) in the primary, shared his views on Israel with City & State New York on August 5.\nBowman said that “as a humanitarian leader” the U.S. needs to be more involved with “what’s happening in Palestine with the Palestinians.”\n“One stark contrast between myself and Congressman Engel is I’ve been critical of occupation, annexation and detaining Palestinian children – where Congressman Engel has not,” Bowman said.",
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video promoting his latest economic stimulus package, with the slogan "many politicians, one leader." Jan. 24, 2021. (Twitter/Screenshot)
Netanyahu and Finance Minister offer ‘financial assistance’ grants to all Israelis, but attorney general says that’s a no-no before elections.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz announced an economic stimulus package including cash grants to all Israelis, despite being warned by the attorney general that such moves could not be made during an election campaign, Globes reported Monday.
The plan includes cash grants to households of 750 shekels ($230) per adult, 500 shekels ($150) per child (up to four children) and 300 shekels ($90) for each additional child in large families. Grants from 8,000 shekels ($2,440) to 30,000 shekels ($9,150) are also being made to every small business that suffered losses of at least 25% during the pandemic, as well as stimulus checks to businesses that add more workers and unemployed workers who can’t find jobs.
While most major announcements come from the prime minister’s office and are sent to the press, the details of the plan were instead posted by Netanyahu on his personal social media accounts and not the official government accounts. A video explaining the details of the plan ended with the phrase “many politicians, one leader,” showing a larger Netanyahu beside the leaders of the parties opposing him.
The economic plan was apparently not discussed in the Finance Ministry and senior officials and civil servants were not involved in its preparation, Globes reported, making it appear to be an “election economy” aimed at getting votes in Israel’s upcoming March 23 national vote.
Last week, Attorney General Mandelblit warned Netanyahu and Katz that under the rules of the caretaker government in place until after the elections, they were barred by law from taking economic measures that might be considered for election purposes, the report said.
“Why is this an election economy?” Netanyahu asked, saying his steps were to help the victims of the coronavirus economic crisis. “That the whole economy will wait until after the election?” Netanyahu added.
Globes reports that the economic stimulus package “may seem like a sort of test to Mandelblit’s statement.”
“Our economic leadership brings Israel to a better position than most countries in the world. This allows us to give more financial assistance to all Israeli citizens – and I work for that around the clock,” Netanyahu tweeted on the weekend.
The economic program contains nine measures “that will boost the economy and help, first and foremost, small and medium-sized businesses and job seekers,” Netanyahu said, but he admitted that part of the plan would first require the approval of the government and the Knesset.
The move was slammed by leaders of the parties running against Netanyahu.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz called it a “display of capabilities of indulgence,” tweeting that “after the election, we will make sure that the government of honest people can be trusted to care about the economy, not just during an election campaign.”
“There is one thing everyone needs to know about Netanyahu’s new plan… it will not be implemented,” tweeted opposition leader Yair Lapid of the centrist Yesh Atid party. “Bibi is strong in statements and weak in performance. Ask the self-employed who are still waiting for this promise from Netanyahu from nine months ago,” Lapid added, referring to several billion shekels in promised grants and loans that were not yet disbursed.
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"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video promoting his latest economic stimulus package, with the slogan \"many politicians, one leader.\" Jan. 24, 2021. (Twitter/Screenshot)\nNetanyahu and Finance Minister offer ‘financial assistance’ grants to all Israelis, but attorney general says that’s a no-no before elections.\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz announced an economic stimulus package including cash grants to all Israelis, despite being warned by the attorney general that such moves could not be made during an election campaign, Globes reported Monday.\nThe plan includes cash grants to households of 750 shekels ($230) per adult, 500 shekels ($150) per child (up to four children) and 300 shekels ($90) for each additional child in large families. Grants from 8,000 shekels ($2,440) to 30,000 shekels ($9,150) are also being made to every small business that suffered losses of at least 25% during the pandemic, as well as stimulus checks to businesses that add more workers and unemployed workers who can’t find jobs.\nWhile most major announcements come from the prime minister’s office and are sent to the press, the details of the plan were instead posted by Netanyahu on his personal social media accounts and not the official government accounts. A video explaining the details of the plan ended with the phrase “many politicians, one leader,” showing a larger Netanyahu beside the leaders of the parties opposing him.\nThe economic plan was apparently not discussed in the Finance Ministry and senior officials and civil servants were not involved in its preparation, Globes reported, making it appear to be an “election economy” aimed at getting votes in Israel’s upcoming March 23 national vote.\nLast week, Attorney General Mandelblit warned Netanyahu and Katz that under the rules of the caretaker government in place until after the elections, they were barred by law from taking economic measures that might be considered for election purposes, the report said.\n“Why is this an election economy?” Netanyahu asked, saying his steps were to help the victims of the coronavirus economic crisis. “That the whole economy will wait until after the election?” Netanyahu added.\nGlobes reports that the economic stimulus package “may seem like a sort of test to Mandelblit’s statement.”\n“Our economic leadership brings Israel to a better position than most countries in the world. This allows us to give more financial assistance to all Israeli citizens – and I work for that around the clock,” Netanyahu tweeted on the weekend.\nThe economic program contains nine measures “that will boost the economy and help, first and foremost, small and medium-sized businesses and job seekers,” Netanyahu said, but he admitted that part of the plan would first require the approval of the government and the Knesset.\nThe move was slammed by leaders of the parties running against Netanyahu.\nDefense Minister Benny Gantz called it a “display of capabilities of indulgence,” tweeting that “after the election, we will make sure that the government of honest people can be trusted to care about the economy, not just during an election campaign.”\n“There is one thing everyone needs to know about Netanyahu’s new plan… it will not be implemented,” tweeted opposition leader Yair Lapid of the centrist Yesh Atid party. “Bibi is strong in statements and weak in performance. Ask the self-employed who are still waiting for this promise from Netanyahu from nine months ago,” Lapid added, referring to several billion shekels in promised grants and loans that were not yet disbursed.",
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Then-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns shown in New Delhi, President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Burns to be his CIA director. (AP/Saurabh Das)
A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents.
By Associated Press
President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday he has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director.
A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents. He rose through the ranks of the diplomatic corps to become deputy secretary of state before retiring in 2014 to run the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace.
Amid tumult in the State Department after Donald Trump took office in 2017, Burns held his tongue until last year when he began writing highly critical pieces of the Trump administration’s policies in Foreign Affairs and other publications.
He opposed Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, writing in August that the administration “will continue to pretend that the United States can participate in only the punitive parts of the Iran nuclear deal that it likes and opt out of all the others.”
Burns was said to have been a candidate to be Biden’s secretary of state. Biden chose Anthony Blinken instead.
“Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience on the world stage keeping our people and our country safe and secure,” Biden said.
“He shares my profound belief that intelligence must be apolitical and that the dedicated intelligence professionals serving our nation deserve our gratitude and respect. Ambassador Burns will bring the knowledge, judgment, and perspective we need to prevent and confront threats before they can reach our shores. The American people will sleep soundly with him as our next CIA Director.”
Burns has received three Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and the highest civilian honors from the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community. He has doctoral degrees in international relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.
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"Then-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns shown in New Delhi, President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Burns to be his CIA director. (AP/Saurabh Das)\nA former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents.\nBy Associated Press\nPresident-elect Joe Biden announced Monday he has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director.\nA former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns, 64, had a 33-year career at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic presidents. He rose through the ranks of the diplomatic corps to become deputy secretary of state before retiring in 2014 to run the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace.\nAmid tumult in the State Department after Donald Trump took office in 2017, Burns held his tongue until last year when he began writing highly critical pieces of the Trump administration’s policies in Foreign Affairs and other publications.\nHe opposed Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, writing in August that the administration “will continue to pretend that the United States can participate in only the punitive parts of the Iran nuclear deal that it likes and opt out of all the others.”\nBurns was said to have been a candidate to be Biden’s secretary of state. Biden chose Anthony Blinken instead.\n“Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience on the world stage keeping our people and our country safe and secure,” Biden said.\n“He shares my profound belief that intelligence must be apolitical and that the dedicated intelligence professionals serving our nation deserve our gratitude and respect. Ambassador Burns will bring the knowledge, judgment, and perspective we need to prevent and confront threats before they can reach our shores. The American people will sleep soundly with him as our next CIA Director.”\nBurns has received three Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and the highest civilian honors from the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community. He has doctoral degrees in international relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.",
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Squad member Tlaib accuses Israel of racism for Palestinian failure to secure and administer vaccines.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib attacked Israel on Tuesday, claiming that her grandmother living in lands controlled by the Palestinian Authority was being denied a coronavirus vaccine because of Israeli “racism.”
Interviewed by the Democracy Now! television program, Tlaib latched onto recent accusations by anti-Israel organizations that claimed Israel was responsible for providing coronavirus vaccinations to Palestinians.
The Palestinian Authority itself has not requested vaccines from Israel and for the past several decades has run its own separate healthcare system under the terms of the Oslo Accords.
The PA has repeatedly said it is procuring its own vaccines through the World Health Organization and the UN, and last December announced it had purchased 4 million doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccine, 5,000 of which are due to arrive this week, Reuters reported.
Tlaib ignored the Palestinian health program and laid the blame on Israel, calling it a “racist state” because “they would deny Palestinians like my grandmother access to a vaccine; that they don’t believe that she’s an equal human being that deserves to live, deserves to be protected by this global pandemic.”
“Israel has no intention of every being caring, or allow equality or freedom for them [Palestinians] as their neighbors,” she charged.
Israeli officials have stated clearly that their responsibility is to their own population. The Health Ministry is inoculating all Israelis, including its roughly 2 million Arab citizens, regardless of their religion or ethnicity.
Tlaib is known for her anti-Semitic statements and support for the anti-Israel BDS movement that the U.S. State Department declared last year is a “manifestation of anti-Semitism.”
When it became clear earlier this month that the deliveries of the Russian vaccine were delayed, Palestinian officials started blaming Israel and anti-Israel organizations echoed the accusation, drawing fierce rebukes from Israeli NGOs.
“The PA has been assuring its population for two months that its Ministry of Health is in control, has ordered vaccines, and that their arrival is imminent, without Israel’s help and the PA’s behavior following its inability to acquire the Covid-19 vaccine fast enough is no different,” said Maurice Hirsch of the media watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch, which reported last week on the Palestinian efforts.
”The PA has chosen its default excuse for all PA failures: to blame Israel,” Hirsch said. “This sudden attack ignores the fact that the PA did not want Israel’s help and did not ask for Israel’s help, and contradicts its repeated assurances that it succeeded to secure the vaccines.”
Hirsch documented that in November, Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila met with WHO and UN officials, announcing that the PA would “submit the necessary documents to the WHO and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to ensure that Palestine is provided with adequate coronavirus vaccines.”
It was widely reported at the time that Israel was purchasing vaccines from multiple sources, however, the Palestinian Authority made no request to Israel and on Dec. 12 announced the deal for 4 million doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccine. On Jan. 9, the PA announced they were getting 2 million more doses from the British company AstraZeneca.
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Former top Israeli diplomat Michael Oren says, “Joe Biden should not squander the leverage he has inherited.”
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
A former top Israeli diplomat has advised President Joe Biden to reconsider any thoughts of bringing the United States quickly back into the Iran nuclear deal.
In an op-ed published in The Atlantic, Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi detailed the failings of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that was negotiated by the Obama administration and signed in 2015.
The JCPOA was central to the foreign policy of the Obama administration and was supposed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Iranian political and military leaders have repeatedly stated for decades that their goal is the “total annihilation” of Israel, and the nuclear deal was supposed to block that.
However, because of its many shortcomings Israel and Arab states threatened by Iran objected to the JCPOA and former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement in 2018, citing its weaknesses and continued Iranian aggression.
Now, Iran has violated the deal and is enriching uranium to 20% purity. It’s demanding that Biden return to the old nuclear deal with no changes.
Oren and Halevi noted that Biden himself in September acknowledged that Iran’s breakout time to a nuclear weapon is only a few months and that would spark a Middle East arms race with Saudi Arabia.
But with Democrats pressuring Biden for an immediate return to the deal, Oren pointed out that those with the biggest stake in the issue were united in their opposition to any such move.
“Why, then, aren’t Israelis and Arabs — those with the most to lose from Iranian nuclearization — also demanding a return to the JCPOA? Why aren’t they panicking over its dissolution? The answer is simple: The JCPOA didn’t diminish the Iranian nuclear threat; it magnified it,” he wrote.
Don’t squander American leverage
“Although every new administration seeks to distinguish itself from its predecessor… President Joe Biden should not squander the leverage he has inherited” from the Trump administration’s pressure on Iran, Oren said.
The advocates of a quick return to the Iran nuclear agreement say Iran is closer today to producing a bomb than it was in 2015, when the deal was concluded, but Owen and Halevi noted that President Obama himself admitted at the time the weakness of the deal that expires after 15 years and leaves Iran free to produce nuclear weapons.
“If in year 13, 14, 15 [after making the deal], they have advanced centrifuges that can enrich uranium fairly rapidly, the breakout time would have shrunk almost down to zero,” Obama said in an April 2015 interview.
Oren, who after serving as ambassador was elected to the Knesset and sat on the powerful Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee that tried to influence the nuclear deal, pointed out that the JCPOA allowed Iran to retain its massive nuclear infrastructure that has no civilian use, but is essential for a military nuclear program.
“The agreement did not shut down a single nuclear facility or destroy a single centrifuge. The ease and speed with which Iran has resumed producing large amounts of more highly enriched uranium — doing so at a time of its own choosing — illustrates the danger of leaving the regime with these capabilities. In fact, the JCPOA blocks nothing,” he wrote.
In a wide-ranging review of the details of the JCPOA, Oren and Halevi pointed out the “recklessness” of the omissions and failings that failed to remove Iran’s capability to produce nuclear weapons and instead catered to the mistaken ideal that Iran would somehow change its ideology because of the nuclear deal.
However, no such thing happened and even before Trump’s move Iran had simply continued on the same path of aggression in the region, including threatening Israel and the Sunni Gulf states with destruction.
Biden must resist pressure
“The Biden administration must resist pressure from members of Congress and others who are urging an unconditional return to the JCPOA. Even the deal’s fervent supporters need to recognize that its fundamental assumptions — that Iran had abandoned its quest for a military nuclear option and would moderate its behavior — have been thoroughly disproved,” said Oren.
America must consult its Middle East allies — Israel and the Arab states, who are united on the Iran issue — before entering a new deal, which would have to “verifiably and permanently remove Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons.”
Oren and Halevi noted that such “close and candid cooperation” wasn’t possible before 2015, but that has changed after Israel signed peace deals with several Arab nations and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met directly with Saudi leaders in Saudi Arabia.
The previous deal agreed to Iran’s demand to block “surprise inspections” by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and any new deal would have to give inspectors “unlimited and immediate access to any suspect enrichment or weaponization site,” Oren and Halevi say.
Oren noted that the JCPOA is incompatible with “Biden’s long-standing commitment to Israel’s security.”
“Reviving the JCPOA will endanger that vision, ensuring the emergence of a nuclear Iran or a desperate war to stop it. Biden is a proven friend who has shared Israel’s hopes and fears. He must prevent that nightmare,” Oren and Halevi concluded.
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"Former top Israeli diplomat Michael Oren says, “Joe Biden should not squander the leverage he has inherited.”\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nA former top Israeli diplomat has advised President Joe Biden to reconsider any thoughts of bringing the United States quickly back into the Iran nuclear deal.\nIn an op-ed published in The Atlantic, Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi detailed the failings of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that was negotiated by the Obama administration and signed in 2015.\nThe JCPOA was central to the foreign policy of the Obama administration and was supposed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Iranian political and military leaders have repeatedly stated for decades that their goal is the “total annihilation” of Israel, and the nuclear deal was supposed to block that.\nHowever, because of its many shortcomings Israel and Arab states threatened by Iran objected to the JCPOA and former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement in 2018, citing its weaknesses and continued Iranian aggression.\nNow, Iran has violated the deal and is enriching uranium to 20% purity. It’s demanding that Biden return to the old nuclear deal with no changes.\nOren and Halevi noted that Biden himself in September acknowledged that Iran’s breakout time to a nuclear weapon is only a few months and that would spark a Middle East arms race with Saudi Arabia.\nBut with Democrats pressuring Biden for an immediate return to the deal, Oren pointed out that those with the biggest stake in the issue were united in their opposition to any such move.\n“Why, then, aren’t Israelis and Arabs — those with the most to lose from Iranian nuclearization — also demanding a return to the JCPOA? Why aren’t they panicking over its dissolution? The answer is simple: The JCPOA didn’t diminish the Iranian nuclear threat; it magnified it,” he wrote.\nDon’t squander American leverage\n“Although every new administration seeks to distinguish itself from its predecessor… President Joe Biden should not squander the leverage he has inherited” from the Trump administration’s pressure on Iran, Oren said.\nThe advocates of a quick return to the Iran nuclear agreement say Iran is closer today to producing a bomb than it was in 2015, when the deal was concluded, but Owen and Halevi noted that President Obama himself admitted at the time the weakness of the deal that expires after 15 years and leaves Iran free to produce nuclear weapons.\n“If in year 13, 14, 15 [after making the deal], they have advanced centrifuges that can enrich uranium fairly rapidly, the breakout time would have shrunk almost down to zero,” Obama said in an April 2015 interview.\nOren, who after serving as ambassador was elected to the Knesset and sat on the powerful Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee that tried to influence the nuclear deal, pointed out that the JCPOA allowed Iran to retain its massive nuclear infrastructure that has no civilian use, but is essential for a military nuclear program.\n“The agreement did not shut down a single nuclear facility or destroy a single centrifuge. The ease and speed with which Iran has resumed producing large amounts of more highly enriched uranium — doing so at a time of its own choosing — illustrates the danger of leaving the regime with these capabilities. In fact, the JCPOA blocks nothing,” he wrote.\nIn a wide-ranging review of the details of the JCPOA, Oren and Halevi pointed out the “recklessness” of the omissions and failings that failed to remove Iran’s capability to produce nuclear weapons and instead catered to the mistaken ideal that Iran would somehow change its ideology because of the nuclear deal.\nHowever, no such thing happened and even before Trump’s move Iran had simply continued on the same path of aggression in the region, including threatening Israel and the Sunni Gulf states with destruction.\nBiden must resist pressure\n“The Biden administration must resist pressure from members of Congress and others who are urging an unconditional return to the JCPOA. Even the deal’s fervent supporters need to recognize that its fundamental assumptions — that Iran had abandoned its quest for a military nuclear option and would moderate its behavior — have been thoroughly disproved,” said Oren.\nAmerica must consult its Middle East allies — Israel and the Arab states, who are united on the Iran issue — before entering a new deal, which would have to “verifiably and permanently remove Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons.”\nOren and Halevi noted that such “close and candid cooperation” wasn’t possible before 2015, but that has changed after Israel signed peace deals with several Arab nations and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met directly with Saudi leaders in Saudi Arabia.\nThe previous deal agreed to Iran’s demand to block “surprise inspections” by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and any new deal would have to give inspectors “unlimited and immediate access to any suspect enrichment or weaponization site,” Oren and Halevi say.\nOren noted that the JCPOA is incompatible with “Biden’s long-standing commitment to Israel’s security.”\n“Reviving the JCPOA will endanger that vision, ensuring the emergence of a nuclear Iran or a desperate war to stop it. Biden is a proven friend who has shared Israel’s hopes and fears. He must prevent that nightmare,” Oren and Halevi concluded.",
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Israeli wine and oil flow from Judea and Samaria to UAE as peace breaks Palestinian hearts
The Palestinian Authority called the UAE’s purchase of goods from Judea and Samaria “a flagrant violation of international law.”
By Josh Plank, World Israel News
Despite condemnation from the Palestinian Authority, the historic Abraham Accords continue to bear fruit as Israeli wine and olive oil from Judea and Samaria make their way to customers in the UAE.
The economy ministry of the Palestinian Authority called the UAE’s purchase of goods from Judea and Samaria “a flagrant violation of international laws … and an attempt to legitimize settlements in occupied territory.”
“It breaks your heart to see your Muslim brothers in the UAE support your enemy at your expense,” Nizam Abdul Razzaq told Reuters.
“This is not logic, and it is not what God wants,” he said.
Razzaq, 57, is an olive and bee farmer from the Arab village of Yasouf in Samaria. The village is about two kilometers from Rehelim, home of the Tura Winery.
Tura signed an export agreement last month with FAM Holding, a UAE business conglomerate which plans to distribute Tura’s wine and olive oil in the UAE.
“It’s very exciting for [people in the UAE] to feel the peace process, to be a part of it,” Vered Ben Sa’adon, the winery’s owner, told Reuters.
“When you sit in a hotel in Abu Dhabi and drink a glass of Tura, it’s to be a part of history,” she said.
Tura’s wines proudly bear a label that reads, “Wine from the Land of Israel.”
“If you had asked me a year ago if I had dreamed such a thing could have happened, I would have told you no,” said Dr. Faisal Ali Mousa, chairman of FAM Holding, at the signing of the business agreement in December.
“We have achieved a great goal today. We have transformed the vision of our countries into practice,” he said.
“This is a statement to the world that we are real brothers, we are real friends, and we want to do business together and live in peace. We are changing the future,” said Ali Mousa.
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"Israeli wine and oil flow from Judea and Samaria to UAE as peace breaks Palestinian hearts\nThe Palestinian Authority called the UAE’s purchase of goods from Judea and Samaria “a flagrant violation of international law.”\nBy Josh Plank, World Israel News\nDespite condemnation from the Palestinian Authority, the historic Abraham Accords continue to bear fruit as Israeli wine and olive oil from Judea and Samaria make their way to customers in the UAE.\nThe economy ministry of the Palestinian Authority called the UAE’s purchase of goods from Judea and Samaria “a flagrant violation of international laws … and an attempt to legitimize settlements in occupied territory.”\n“It breaks your heart to see your Muslim brothers in the UAE support your enemy at your expense,” Nizam Abdul Razzaq told Reuters.\n“This is not logic, and it is not what God wants,” he said.\nRazzaq, 57, is an olive and bee farmer from the Arab village of Yasouf in Samaria. The village is about two kilometers from Rehelim, home of the Tura Winery.\nTura signed an export agreement last month with FAM Holding, a UAE business conglomerate which plans to distribute Tura’s wine and olive oil in the UAE.\n“It’s very exciting for [people in the UAE] to feel the peace process, to be a part of it,” Vered Ben Sa’adon, the winery’s owner, told Reuters.\n“When you sit in a hotel in Abu Dhabi and drink a glass of Tura, it’s to be a part of history,” she said.\nTura’s wines proudly bear a label that reads, “Wine from the Land of Israel.”\n“If you had asked me a year ago if I had dreamed such a thing could have happened, I would have told you no,” said Dr. Faisal Ali Mousa, chairman of FAM Holding, at the signing of the business agreement in December.\n“We have achieved a great goal today. We have transformed the vision of our countries into practice,” he said.\n“This is a statement to the world that we are real brothers, we are real friends, and we want to do business together and live in peace. We are changing the future,” said Ali Mousa.",
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The acting U.S. ambassador to the UN seemed to downplay the success of the Abraham Accords.
By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News
The Biden administration’s Acting American Ambassador to the UN Richard Mills, speaking at the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East Tuesday, appeared to reset the clock on Arab-Israel relations to a time before the Abraham Accords upended decades of “expert” assumptions.
The Abraham Accords came as a surprise to critics of White House peace efforts. Trump’s Mideast team, led by Senior Trump advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner, rejected the long-held assumption that no breakthrough between Israel and the Arab states could be expected until the Palestinian problem was solved.
Instead, the Trump White House went around the Palestinians and negotiated directly with Arab states. Ultimately, four Muslim states joined the Abraham Accords. More countries were reportedly to join but the Trump administration ran out of time as it was defeated in the November 2020 elections.
However, Mills signaled that the Biden team was going back to an old way of thinking, saying the new administration will encourage the two-state solution. “This will involve renewing U.S. relations with the Palestinian leadership and Palestinian people, relations which have atrophied over the last four years,” he said.
He said the U.S. will restore “U.S. assistance programs that support economic development and humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people and to take steps to re-open diplomatic missions that were closed by the last U.S. administration. ” He said such steps help “preserve a stable environment that benefits both Palestinians and Israelis.”
This is a reversal of the actions taken by former President Donald Trump, who closed the PLO mission in Washington and the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, cut off aid to the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria and Gaza and ceased funding UNRWA — all in an attempt to hold the Palestinian Authority (PA) accountable for its actions, including its notorious pay-for-slay program in which it financially supported terrorists and their families.
Only at the end of his remarks did Mills mention the Abraham Accords, and then not by name, downplaying the Trump administration’s position that Arab countries such as the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, having established ties with Israel, would be able to kickstart an overall Middle East peace.
Although “the United States will continue to urge other countries to normalize relations with Israel,” he said. “We recognize that Arab-Israeli normalization is not a substitute for Israeli-Palestinian peace.”
After the UAE broke the ice by being first to sign the Accords that he helped broker, Jared Kushner called it a “historic breakthrough” whose overriding significance was that it has inspired people “to see that peace is possible.”
All the countries that have signed the Accords have talked of its importance to the region. When Sudan signed, the statement put out by its cabinet said, “The declaration stipulates the necessity to consolidate the meanings of tolerance, dialogue and coexistence between different peoples and religions in the Middle East region and the world, in a way that serves the promotion of a culture of peace.”
In comments that sounded as if he was speaking two decades ago, Mills said, “The United States looks forward to working with Israel, the Palestinians, Security Council Members, the Quartet, and the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East over the next several years.”
Historically, these actors have held Israel responsible for the conflict, forcing it to make concessions to the Palestinian side in a process that never led to a peace deal as the PA continued to up its demands.
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“Just relax, and let’s do our jobs. We have a responsibility to follow the law,” said Sen. Ted Cruz.
By Josh Plank, World Israel News
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) told Fox News on Sunday that his fellow lawmakers need to calm down after some suggested that he be charged with treason for insisting that a commission should investigate allegations of election fraud.
“I think everyone needs to calm down. I think we need to tone down the rhetoric,” Cruz said.
He said the U.S. is currently in a “volatile” situation. “It’s like a tinderbox, and throwing lit matches into it,” he said.
“Yesterday, when I released my statement with 10 other senators, I had multiple, multiple Democrats urging that I should be arrested and tried for the crimes of sedition and treason,” said Cruz, adding, “Now look, that’s not helpful.”
“Sedition or treason.” From the crowd that pretends they want “unity and healing.” https://t.co/A6LVPwaAxh — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 31, 2020
He said, “Just relax, and let’s do our jobs. We have a responsibility to follow the law.”
Cruz said that following the law is exactly what he intends to do, pointing to the precedent set by the presidential election of 1876, where there were serious allegations of fraud in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina.
“What did Congress do in 1876? They didn’t throw up their hands and say, ‘Well, gosh, we’ve got allegations of fraud but we can’t do anything about it. We’ve just got to certify.’ No. They didn’t do that,” he said.
Cruz said that Congress instead appointed a special Electoral Commission to investigate the allegations of election fraud, a plan which he thinks will also work in this case.
“We ought to have a fair inquiry, a fair audit into these results, and we ought to resolve these claims, not just dismiss them out of hand,” he said.
Cruz issued a joint statement on Saturday along with Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-Elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).
“We intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed,” the statement said.
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"“Just relax, and let’s do our jobs. We have a responsibility to follow the law,” said Sen. Ted Cruz.\nBy Josh Plank, World Israel News\nSen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) told Fox News on Sunday that his fellow lawmakers need to calm down after some suggested that he be charged with treason for insisting that a commission should investigate allegations of election fraud.\n“I think everyone needs to calm down. I think we need to tone down the rhetoric,” Cruz said.\nHe said the U.S. is currently in a “volatile” situation. “It’s like a tinderbox, and throwing lit matches into it,” he said.\n“Yesterday, when I released my statement with 10 other senators, I had multiple, multiple Democrats urging that I should be arrested and tried for the crimes of sedition and treason,” said Cruz, adding, “Now look, that’s not helpful.”\n“Sedition or treason.” From the crowd that pretends they want “unity and healing.” https://t.co/A6LVPwaAxh — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 31, 2020\nHe said, “Just relax, and let’s do our jobs. We have a responsibility to follow the law.”\nCruz said that following the law is exactly what he intends to do, pointing to the precedent set by the presidential election of 1876, where there were serious allegations of fraud in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina.\n“What did Congress do in 1876? They didn’t throw up their hands and say, ‘Well, gosh, we’ve got allegations of fraud but we can’t do anything about it. We’ve just got to certify.’ No. They didn’t do that,” he said.\nCruz said that Congress instead appointed a special Electoral Commission to investigate the allegations of election fraud, a plan which he thinks will also work in this case.\n“We ought to have a fair inquiry, a fair audit into these results, and we ought to resolve these claims, not just dismiss them out of hand,” he said.\nCruz issued a joint statement on Saturday along with Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-Elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).\n“We intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed,” the statement said.",
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U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft accused the world body of extending “a shameful legacy of hate, anti-Semitism, and anti-Israel bias.”
By Associated Press
After down-to-the-wire negotiations, United Nations members have adopted a budget for 2021 that was higher than Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed and was strongly opposed by the Trump administration for including money to commemorate the outcome of a 2001 conference in South Africa that it called anti-Semitic and anti-Israel.
The U.N.’s regular operating budget is usually approved by consensus before Christmas, but this year contentious negotiations kept diplomats sparring until New Year’s Eve.
While many countries that had compromised on a variety of issues thought consensus had been achieved, the United States called for a vote over funding to commemorate the Durban Declaration and Program of Action adopted at the World Conference Against Racism.
The $3.231 billion budget was then approved by the UN General Assembly last Thursday by a vote of 167-2 with the United States and Israel voting “no.”
U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft accused the world body of extending “a shameful legacy of hate, anti-Semitism, and anti-Israel bias” by supporting an official event during the next General Assembly session, which starts in September, commemorating the Durban outcome.
The Durban conference was dominated by clashes over the Middle East and the legacy of slavery, and the U.S. and Israel walked out during the meeting over a draft resolution that singled out Israel for criticism and likened Zionism to racism. That language was dropped in the final documents.
Craft said it was ironic that while the General Assembly was eagerly endorsing “two decades of dishonesty and division,” the Trump administration was bringing Israel and Arab nations, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, together “and bridging age-old divides between people.”
On Dec. 29 — long after the usual adoption of the budget — General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir had written to member states urging them to “make every effort to overcome disagreements or disputes.”
He warned that “if member states fail to reach an agreement, the consequences on the work of the United Nations will be dire.” He said, for example, that all UN activities would be disrupted and all personnel would be asked to halt any activity except the minimum to ensure the safety of UN personnel and assets.
The budget that was adopted two days later was slightly higher than the $3.07 billion regular budget for 2020, and it was higher than the $2.99 billion secretary-general Guterres proposed in October.
The UN regular budget is funded by a sliding scale of assessments from member states, with the United States, as the world’s leading economic power, paying the largest share, 25%.
Guterres wrote to the 193 UN member states in September that UN operations were under great pressure due to lagging payments and a “deepening liquidity crisis,” exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, commenting on the 2021 budget, said Monday “the secretary-general continues to call for member states to pay in full and on time to prevent the sort of liquidity problems we have faced in recent years.”
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Below is text of the prime minister’s speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is commemorated on Jan. 27, the day Auschwitz was liberated in 1945.
By Benjamin Netanyahu, JNS
Today, Jan. 27, the world marks the horrific murder of 6 million Jews — men, women, and children — by the Nazis and their helpers in the Holocaust. We remember the darkest chapter of human history, when a European country decided to adopt a systematic plan to exterminate every last Jew, and bring the full power of its advanced industry to bear in executing the terrible crime.
The mass murder of the Jewish people didn’t take place in a vacuum. For hundreds of years, anti-Semitism was rife throughout Europe. When no one challenged it, it grew stronger, spread and finally burst out at full strength. Hatred of Jews, which was rooted in ancient times and which left a stain on the Middle Ages, moved into the modern era at full power.
Some thought that after the horrors of Auschwitz and Treblinka, humanity would learn its lesson once and for all, throw off anti-Semitism and throw the destructive hatred onto the ash heap of history where it belonged. However, they were sorely mistaken.
The gangrene of anti-Semitism continues to spread in the 21st century. We see expressions of it at respected universities in North America, in Islamic madrasas in south Asia, and among the European elite.
Anti-Semitism is present in the developed western world as well as the developing east. It is the official policy of Iran, which day after day declares arrogantly: Our goal is to kill another 6 million Jews and destroy Israel. Indeed, no vaccine has been found for the virus of anti-Semitism. Some would say that it will never go away, because things don’t change.
But I can tell you what has changed: we, the Jewish people, have changed. During the Holocaust we had no home, no state and no salvation, and were forced to beg others to defend us, but that is no longer the case.
Today we are free, established in our homeland and the superior power in our independent country. As prime minister of the proud, strong state of Israel, a state that was reborn after the Holocaust, a state that was built on the ashes of destruction, a state that gave survivors a home, a state in which the Jewish people is living the fulfilment of a dream, I swear that we will never forget the tragic past, and will never again be helpless against those who seek to kill us.
“Never again” is not merely a slogan. It is our policy, our mission, and our task. We will execute it, and with God’s help ensure that the Jewish people lives forever.
This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.
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"Below is text of the prime minister’s speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is commemorated on Jan. 27, the day Auschwitz was liberated in 1945.\nBy Benjamin Netanyahu, JNS\nToday, Jan. 27, the world marks the horrific murder of 6 million Jews — men, women, and children — by the Nazis and their helpers in the Holocaust. We remember the darkest chapter of human history, when a European country decided to adopt a systematic plan to exterminate every last Jew, and bring the full power of its advanced industry to bear in executing the terrible crime.\nThe mass murder of the Jewish people didn’t take place in a vacuum. For hundreds of years, anti-Semitism was rife throughout Europe. When no one challenged it, it grew stronger, spread and finally burst out at full strength. Hatred of Jews, which was rooted in ancient times and which left a stain on the Middle Ages, moved into the modern era at full power.\nSome thought that after the horrors of Auschwitz and Treblinka, humanity would learn its lesson once and for all, throw off anti-Semitism and throw the destructive hatred onto the ash heap of history where it belonged. However, they were sorely mistaken.\nThe gangrene of anti-Semitism continues to spread in the 21st century. We see expressions of it at respected universities in North America, in Islamic madrasas in south Asia, and among the European elite.\nAnti-Semitism is present in the developed western world as well as the developing east. It is the official policy of Iran, which day after day declares arrogantly: Our goal is to kill another 6 million Jews and destroy Israel. Indeed, no vaccine has been found for the virus of anti-Semitism. Some would say that it will never go away, because things don’t change.\nBut I can tell you what has changed: we, the Jewish people, have changed. During the Holocaust we had no home, no state and no salvation, and were forced to beg others to defend us, but that is no longer the case.\nToday we are free, established in our homeland and the superior power in our independent country. As prime minister of the proud, strong state of Israel, a state that was reborn after the Holocaust, a state that was built on the ashes of destruction, a state that gave survivors a home, a state in which the Jewish people is living the fulfilment of a dream, I swear that we will never forget the tragic past, and will never again be helpless against those who seek to kill us.\n“Never again” is not merely a slogan. It is our policy, our mission, and our task. We will execute it, and with God’s help ensure that the Jewish people lives forever.\nThis article first appeared in Israel Hayom.",
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Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021 (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Netanyahu says American democracy has always inspired him: “No doubt that American democracy will prevail – it always has.”
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the storming of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. He was joined by other Israeli politicians who expressed shock at the incident.
“For generations American democracy has inspired millions around the world and in Israel. American democracy has always inspired me,” Netanyahu said at a press briefing with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
“Lawlessness and violence are the opposite of the values we know Americans and Israelis cherish. The rampage at the Capitol yesterday was a disgraceful act that must be vigorously condemned,” Netanyahu said.
“I have no doubt that American democracy will prevail – it always has,” Netanyahu said. He didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name during his comments. Netanyahu has previously tiptoed around comments regarding Trump, whom he considers a close ally.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, condemned the incident and said he was sure that the United States will continue on its democratic path.
“I was shocked to see last night’s attack on the US Congress, the stronghold of world democracy, and I strongly condemn it,” Ashkenazi tweeted. “Since its independence, America, our great and true friend, has been a beacon of democracy, and stood for the values of freedom, justice and independence”
“I am sure that the American people and their elected representatives will know how to fend off this attack and will continue to defend the values on which the United States was founded,” Ashkenazi said.
As the events unfolded Wednesday evening Israel time, all three of Israel’s main television news channels interrupted their programming to provide live coverage, prompting Defense Minister Benny Gantz to tweet that Israelis were pained by what they were watching.
“The pictures from Washington hurt the hearts of everyone who believes in democracy,” Gantz tweeted. “I did not believe I would see such pictures in the most powerful democracy in the world. This is proof that before political rivalry, we must agree on the rules of the game: Maintaining the rule of law, respecting democratic procedures and respectful discourse. I hope the horrific event comes to an end soon, and without any casualties.”
“The violent rioters in Washington seek to shatter the foundations on which every democracy is founded,” tweeted Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn. “All leaders of the democratic world must now stand in a unified voice against incitement and incitement and alongside the stability of the rule of law.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid Party tweeted his hope that the situation would be quickly resolved and America resume its role as the world’s number one democracy.
“I’m deeply saddened and shocked by the images from the United States,” Lapid said. “My thoughts are with all my friends in Washington tonight. We hope to see order restored and the transition of power completed. America needs to go back to being a role model for democracies across the world.”
Knesset member Gideon Saar, who broke away from Likud last month to run against Netanyahu in Israel’s upcoming national election, expressed his relief that the situation had been resolved.
“It was sad to see pictures from Washington last night. Order has been restored and I am sure there will be an orderly transition of power in the United States, our greatest friend in the world,” Saar tweeted. “The events serve as an important reminder of the dangers of polarization and extremism in society. We must never take democracy and its institutions for granted.”
Knesset member Ahmad Tibi of the predominantly Arab Joint List tweeted that Trump and Netanyahu influenced each other.
“We should remember who Trump’s Siamese twin has been in the last four years. Netanyahu’s complete identification with Trump will return like a boomerang,” tweeted Tibi, who also posted an image of the Statue of Liberty covering her face and adding his cynical assessment that “the United States will invade the United States to establish democracy.”
Tamar Zandberg of the left-wing Meretz Party cautioned that the events in Washington could also happen in Jerusalem.
“The attempted coup in the United States is driven by the feeling that Trump has planted rioters as if his victory is a law of nature or a divine commandment that no democratic vote can change,” Zandberg tweeted. “Here in Israel, too, a large part of the right thinks that democracy works in only one direction. So I want to believe no, but you can not be sure it will not happen here too.”
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"Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021 (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\nNetanyahu says American democracy has always inspired him: “No doubt that American democracy will prevail – it always has.”\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the storming of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. He was joined by other Israeli politicians who expressed shock at the incident.\n“For generations American democracy has inspired millions around the world and in Israel. American democracy has always inspired me,” Netanyahu said at a press briefing with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.\n“Lawlessness and violence are the opposite of the values we know Americans and Israelis cherish. The rampage at the Capitol yesterday was a disgraceful act that must be vigorously condemned,” Netanyahu said.\n“I have no doubt that American democracy will prevail – it always has,” Netanyahu said. He didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name during his comments. Netanyahu has previously tiptoed around comments regarding Trump, whom he considers a close ally.\nEarlier, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, condemned the incident and said he was sure that the United States will continue on its democratic path.\n“I was shocked to see last night’s attack on the US Congress, the stronghold of world democracy, and I strongly condemn it,” Ashkenazi tweeted. “Since its independence, America, our great and true friend, has been a beacon of democracy, and stood for the values of freedom, justice and independence”\n“I am sure that the American people and their elected representatives will know how to fend off this attack and will continue to defend the values on which the United States was founded,” Ashkenazi said.\nAs the events unfolded Wednesday evening Israel time, all three of Israel’s main television news channels interrupted their programming to provide live coverage, prompting Defense Minister Benny Gantz to tweet that Israelis were pained by what they were watching.\n“The pictures from Washington hurt the hearts of everyone who believes in democracy,” Gantz tweeted. “I did not believe I would see such pictures in the most powerful democracy in the world. This is proof that before political rivalry, we must agree on the rules of the game: Maintaining the rule of law, respecting democratic procedures and respectful discourse. I hope the horrific event comes to an end soon, and without any casualties.”\n“The violent rioters in Washington seek to shatter the foundations on which every democracy is founded,” tweeted Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn. “All leaders of the democratic world must now stand in a unified voice against incitement and incitement and alongside the stability of the rule of law.”\nOpposition leader Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid Party tweeted his hope that the situation would be quickly resolved and America resume its role as the world’s number one democracy.\n“I’m deeply saddened and shocked by the images from the United States,” Lapid said. “My thoughts are with all my friends in Washington tonight. We hope to see order restored and the transition of power completed. America needs to go back to being a role model for democracies across the world.”\nKnesset member Gideon Saar, who broke away from Likud last month to run against Netanyahu in Israel’s upcoming national election, expressed his relief that the situation had been resolved.\n“It was sad to see pictures from Washington last night. Order has been restored and I am sure there will be an orderly transition of power in the United States, our greatest friend in the world,” Saar tweeted. “The events serve as an important reminder of the dangers of polarization and extremism in society. We must never take democracy and its institutions for granted.”\nKnesset member Ahmad Tibi of the predominantly Arab Joint List tweeted that Trump and Netanyahu influenced each other.\n“We should remember who Trump’s Siamese twin has been in the last four years. Netanyahu’s complete identification with Trump will return like a boomerang,” tweeted Tibi, who also posted an image of the Statue of Liberty covering her face and adding his cynical assessment that “the United States will invade the United States to establish democracy.”\nTamar Zandberg of the left-wing Meretz Party cautioned that the events in Washington could also happen in Jerusalem.\n“The attempted coup in the United States is driven by the feeling that Trump has planted rioters as if his victory is a law of nature or a divine commandment that no democratic vote can change,” Zandberg tweeted. “Here in Israel, too, a large part of the right thinks that democracy works in only one direction. So I want to believe no, but you can not be sure it will not happen here too.”",
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“I’m just here to support the president,” said David Wideman, a 45-year-old firefighter who traveled from Memphis, Tennessee.
By Associated Press
President Donald Trump’s supporters have descended on the nation’s capital to express support for him and his claims of election fraud ahead of a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.
The president is expected to personally address his supporters during a Wednesday morning rally on the Ellipse, just south of the White House.
Just blocks from the White House, protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza on Tuesday to decry the vote in the Electoral College. As temperatures dropped to the low 40s and a steady rain swept onto the streets, hundreds remained in the plaza into nightfall.
“I’m just here to support the president,” said David Wideman, a 45-year-old firefighter who traveled from Memphis, Tennessee.
Wideman acknowledged he was “confused” by a string of losses from the president’s legal team in their attempt to overturn the results of the election and didn’t know what options Trump had left.
“I not sure what he can do at this point, but I want to hear what he has to say,” Wideman said.
Trump tweeted his support for the protesters: “Washington is being inundated with people who don’t want to see an election victory stolen by emboldened Radical Left Democrats. Our Country has had enough, they won’t take it anymore! We hear you (and love you) from the Oval Office. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The speakers included former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, whom the president pardoned after he was twice convicted of lying to the FBI in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
“We stand at a crucible moment in United States history,” Flynn told the crowd. “This country is awake now.”
The protests coincide with Wednesday’s congressional vote expected to certify the Electoral College results, which Trump continues to dispute.
In a Tuesday evening tweet, Trump called on Democrats and fellow Republicans to look at the “thousands of people pouring into D.C.” In another tweet, he warned that antifa, the umbrella term for extreme leftist groups that Trump has said he wants to declare a terrorist organization, should stay out of Washington.
The rallies had local officials and law enforcement bracing for potential violent street clashes. Many businesses in downtown Washington boarded up their windows, fearful that the protest could devolve into the unrest seen in May and June when dozens of businesses were vandalized.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser called in National Guard troops to help bolster the city’s police force. She urged residents to stay away from downtown Washington and to avoid confrontations with anyone who is “looking for a fight.”
But, she warned, “we will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city.”
Election officials from both political parties, governors in key battleground states and Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, have said evidence was lacking with regard to widespread fraud in the election. Nearly all the legal challenges from Trump and his allies have been dismissed by judges, including two challenges rejected by the Supreme Court.
A pro-Trump rally Dec. 12 ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters, wearing the signature black and yellow of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, clashed with activists attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza, an area near the White House. At least two local Black churches had Black Lives Matter banners torn down and set ablaze.
“Three men associated with the Proud Boys were ‘stabbed and slashed'” during that rally, The Daily Mail reported.
On Monday, police arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, after he arrived in Washington ahead of this week’s protests. Tarrio was accused of burning one of the Black Lives Matter banners in December and was found with two high-capacity firearm magazines, police said. A judge signed an order Tuesday banning Tarrio from entering the District of Columbia, with very limited exceptions related to his criminal case.
In addition to the National Guard, federal agents were on standby, in case they were quickly needed in the city this week.
The federal Bureau of Prisons said about 100 “specially trained officers” were sent to the Justice Department headquarters to assist other security personnel but would remain “in a reserve capacity unless needed.”
The Department of Homeland Security, meanwhile, said that unlike during the unrest in May and June in Washington, it did not plan to deploy agents from Customs and Border Protection to the demonstration Wednesday.
“Right now, we have not been asked to deploy. However, we have a modest quick reaction force that will be on standby just in case our assistance is requested,” the agency’s acting commissioner, Mark Morgan, said.
Organizers planned to rally into the night on Tuesday and again all day on Wednesday on the Ellipse. An afternoon march was also planned to the U.S. Capitol, where Congress will be voting to affirm the election results. A number of prominent Trump supporters were expected to attend, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone, the recipient of a pardon by the president.
Stone was convicted of lying to Congress during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and sentenced to three years in prison. Trump commuted the sentence as Stone pursued an appeal and later issued a full pardon.
A November pro-Trump rally drew about 15,000 participants. The Dec. 12 rally drew smaller numbers, but a larger contingent of Proud Boys.
During previous pro-Trump protests, police sealed off Black Lives Matter Plaza itself, but the confrontations spilled out to the surrounding streets. Black Lives Matter Plaza was sealed off Tuesday.
“We know that historically over the last few demonstrations that BLM Plaza has been a focal point,” Contee said a day earlier. “We want to make sure that that is not an issue.”
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As temperatures dropped to the low 40s and a steady rain swept onto the streets, hundreds remained in the plaza into nightfall.\n“I’m just here to support the president,” said David Wideman, a 45-year-old firefighter who traveled from Memphis, Tennessee.\nWideman acknowledged he was “confused” by a string of losses from the president’s legal team in their attempt to overturn the results of the election and didn’t know what options Trump had left.\n“I not sure what he can do at this point, but I want to hear what he has to say,” Wideman said.\nTrump tweeted his support for the protesters: “Washington is being inundated with people who don’t want to see an election victory stolen by emboldened Radical Left Democrats. Our Country has had enough, they won’t take it anymore! We hear you (and love you) from the Oval Office. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”\nThe speakers included former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, whom the president pardoned after he was twice convicted of lying to the FBI in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.\n“We stand at a crucible moment in United States history,” Flynn told the crowd. “This country is awake now.”\nThe protests coincide with Wednesday’s congressional vote expected to certify the Electoral College results, which Trump continues to dispute.\nIn a Tuesday evening tweet, Trump called on Democrats and fellow Republicans to look at the “thousands of people pouring into D.C.” In another tweet, he warned that antifa, the umbrella term for extreme leftist groups that Trump has said he wants to declare a terrorist organization, should stay out of Washington.\nThe rallies had local officials and law enforcement bracing for potential violent street clashes. Many businesses in downtown Washington boarded up their windows, fearful that the protest could devolve into the unrest seen in May and June when dozens of businesses were vandalized.\nDistrict of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser called in National Guard troops to help bolster the city’s police force. She urged residents to stay away from downtown Washington and to avoid confrontations with anyone who is “looking for a fight.”\nBut, she warned, “we will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city.”\nElection officials from both political parties, governors in key battleground states and Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, have said evidence was lacking with regard to widespread fraud in the election. Nearly all the legal challenges from Trump and his allies have been dismissed by judges, including two challenges rejected by the Supreme Court.\nA pro-Trump rally Dec. 12 ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters, wearing the signature black and yellow of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, clashed with activists attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza, an area near the White House. At least two local Black churches had Black Lives Matter banners torn down and set ablaze.\n“Three men associated with the Proud Boys were ‘stabbed and slashed'” during that rally, The Daily Mail reported.\nOn Monday, police arrested the leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, after he arrived in Washington ahead of this week’s protests. Tarrio was accused of burning one of the Black Lives Matter banners in December and was found with two high-capacity firearm magazines, police said. A judge signed an order Tuesday banning Tarrio from entering the District of Columbia, with very limited exceptions related to his criminal case.\nIn addition to the National Guard, federal agents were on standby, in case they were quickly needed in the city this week.\nThe federal Bureau of Prisons said about 100 “specially trained officers” were sent to the Justice Department headquarters to assist other security personnel but would remain “in a reserve capacity unless needed.”\nThe Department of Homeland Security, meanwhile, said that unlike during the unrest in May and June in Washington, it did not plan to deploy agents from Customs and Border Protection to the demonstration Wednesday.\n“Right now, we have not been asked to deploy. However, we have a modest quick reaction force that will be on standby just in case our assistance is requested,” the agency’s acting commissioner, Mark Morgan, said.\nOrganizers planned to rally into the night on Tuesday and again all day on Wednesday on the Ellipse. An afternoon march was also planned to the U.S. Capitol, where Congress will be voting to affirm the election results. A number of prominent Trump supporters were expected to attend, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone, the recipient of a pardon by the president.\nStone was convicted of lying to Congress during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and sentenced to three years in prison. Trump commuted the sentence as Stone pursued an appeal and later issued a full pardon.\nA November pro-Trump rally drew about 15,000 participants. The Dec. 12 rally drew smaller numbers, but a larger contingent of Proud Boys.\nDuring previous pro-Trump protests, police sealed off Black Lives Matter Plaza itself, but the confrontations spilled out to the surrounding streets. Black Lives Matter Plaza was sealed off Tuesday.\n“We know that historically over the last few demonstrations that BLM Plaza has been a focal point,” Contee said a day earlier. “We want to make sure that that is not an issue.”",
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Samaria regional council head Yossi Dagan, seen here on Oct. 7, 2018, collapsed at a hunger strike on Tuesday. (Flash90)
Dagan stopped eating on Jan. 4. He was rushed to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, one of a number of settlement leaders carrying out a hunger strike, passed out on Tuesday at a protest tent in Jerusalem.
Dagan stopped eating a week ago. He was rushed to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
The hunger strikers are protesting the Netanyahu administration’s failure to legalize 46 “young” settlements in Judea and Samaria. The settlements house 25,000 men, women and children. Due to their lack of a legal status, the settlements are not hooked up to the water and electricity system.
Another of the hunger strikers, Urieh Luberboim, said, “I do not understand what is happening in this country. Should the head of the council need to collapse to get water and electricity for his residents? It is a shame.”
It was later reported that Dagan announced from his hospital bed that he would continue his hunger strike despite the episode. During a call from Health Minister Yuli Edelstein of the Likud party, Dagan said he wouldn’t stop his protest until residents in his area see they’ll be connected to water and electricity.
Dagan is the second hunger striker to collapse. On Jan. 14, Hunger striker Itai Zar collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. The moment was caught on video as he rocked on his feet during another’s speech and then fell backwards.
Zar collapsed a few days after news reached the protest encampment that Defense Minister Benny Gantz would not authorize 46 settlements seeking legalized status. Gantz’s decision was sharply criticized by settlement leaders.
The failure of the government to fix legal issues surrounding the settlements could become a liability in the coming March 23 election for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Residents of the settlements have been part of the Likud’s base.
In a sign that this may be changing, Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani announced on Tuesday at the protest tent that he was switching his allegiance to a new party – New Hope led by former Likud MK Gideon Saar.
“Residents of the Jordan Valley, residents of Judea and Samaria, dear friends. You know me, I will always stay true to my ways. Netanyahu left the values of the Likud, I will always remain true to the values of the national camp,” Elhayani said.
Perhaps in an effort to shore up his base, Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan News, reports on Tuesday that Netanyahu is pushing for the normalization of five settlement outposts over Gantz’s objections.
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"Samaria regional council head Yossi Dagan, seen here on Oct. 7, 2018, collapsed at a hunger strike on Tuesday. (Flash90)\nDagan stopped eating on Jan. 4. He was rushed to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem.\nBy David Isaac, World Israel News\nSamaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, one of a number of settlement leaders carrying out a hunger strike, passed out on Tuesday at a protest tent in Jerusalem.\nDagan stopped eating a week ago. He was rushed to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem.\nThe hunger strikers are protesting the Netanyahu administration’s failure to legalize 46 “young” settlements in Judea and Samaria. The settlements house 25,000 men, women and children. Due to their lack of a legal status, the settlements are not hooked up to the water and electricity system.\nAnother of the hunger strikers, Urieh Luberboim, said, “I do not understand what is happening in this country. Should the head of the council need to collapse to get water and electricity for his residents? It is a shame.”\nIt was later reported that Dagan announced from his hospital bed that he would continue his hunger strike despite the episode. During a call from Health Minister Yuli Edelstein of the Likud party, Dagan said he wouldn’t stop his protest until residents in his area see they’ll be connected to water and electricity.\nDagan is the second hunger striker to collapse. On Jan. 14, Hunger striker Itai Zar collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. The moment was caught on video as he rocked on his feet during another’s speech and then fell backwards.\nZar collapsed a few days after news reached the protest encampment that Defense Minister Benny Gantz would not authorize 46 settlements seeking legalized status. Gantz’s decision was sharply criticized by settlement leaders.\nThe failure of the government to fix legal issues surrounding the settlements could become a liability in the coming March 23 election for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Residents of the settlements have been part of the Likud’s base.\nIn a sign that this may be changing, Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani announced on Tuesday at the protest tent that he was switching his allegiance to a new party – New Hope led by former Likud MK Gideon Saar.\n“Residents of the Jordan Valley, residents of Judea and Samaria, dear friends. You know me, I will always stay true to my ways. Netanyahu left the values of the Likud, I will always remain true to the values of the national camp,” Elhayani said.\nPerhaps in an effort to shore up his base, Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan News, reports on Tuesday that Netanyahu is pushing for the normalization of five settlement outposts over Gantz’s objections.",
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The first 20 prisoners in Israeli jails were vaccinated in a test run, with a widespread program to begin Monday.
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The Israel Prisons Service announced it conducted a small pilot test Sunday giving coronavirus vaccinations to about 20 prisoners in preparation for the official start of the operation to inoculate all prisoners, Walla! News reported.
The prisons service started vaccinating prison guards and staff on Friday and the operation to give shots to all prisoners will begin Monday once all staff have received the first of their two shots of the Pfizer vaccine.
The vaccination of prisoners, including convicted Palestinian terrorists, comes after Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana was overruled by the Attorney General who said that Ohana did not have the authority to bar prisoners from getting the shots until after all other Israelis received a dose.
Health Ministry officials had warned of outbreaks and called for prisoners to also be vaccinated, but Ohana conditioned the inmates’ vaccination on completing the prison staff’s vaccinations first, the report said.
Several human rights organizations had petitioned the Supreme Court against Ohana’s decision. They also criticized the decision as late in coming as corona cases has risen in jails.
“The state has failed in its duty to maintain the health of the people it holds in prisons, and has endangered their health and lives by not acting immediately against the whim of the Homeland Security Minister, who lacks a professional, ethical and moral basis,” Physicians for Human Rights said in a statement, calling on the prison service to vaccinate the prison population.
Ohana fired back, saying there is “a lot of disinformation and false news written by political and media sources about my position regarding the inmates’ vaccines.”
“My position was, is and remains that first you vaccinate the prison staff because the staff are the ones going in and out of the prisons and not the prisoners, and therefore the infection level among them is higher,” Ohana told Channel 12 news.
The Physicians for Human Rights Israeli branch was in the news recently for calling on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians under the authority of the Palestinian Authority, arguing it had a “a legal and moral duty” to do so even though the PA is a separate entity responsible for those living under its jurisdiction.
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The Bedouin youth vandalized, smashed and desecrated gravestones in the Jewish cemetery.
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In a shocking display of anti-Semitism in Israel’s own backyard, Bedouin youth documented themselves on video vandalizing the Jewish cemetery in the Jewish moshav, or town, of Nevatim in the Negev.
The youths videoed themselves vandalizing, smashing and desecrating gravestones in the moshav’s cemetery. They then uploaded the video to social media app TikTok.
In recent weeks, the fence around the cemetery was spray-painted with Arabic graffiti, and sections of the fence were torn away.
Israeli Police said, “We consider vandalism and such acts of bullying to be serious… the police opened an investigation in order to track down those involved and in order to prosecute them.”
The moshav along with the Regavim movement filed a complaint on Thursday demanding that the vandals be brought to justice. Regavim is an NGO focused on land-use issues in Israel.
“These horrific images are the result of the ongoing lack of governance of the State of Israel in the Negev,” says Evyatar David, Regavim’s Field Coordinator for the Southern District. “There is no nice way to say it, and there is no way to whitewash the scope of the problem. We will pursue this case until the criminals are brought to justice.”
Moshav Nevatim is located in the central Negev, five miles southeast of Beer Sheba. It’s surrounded by clusters of illegal Bedouin squatters’ camps and has suffered for many years from crime, vandalism, burglary and agricultural theft.
So dangerous is the area due to the Bedouins’ depredations that the moshav itself is protected not only by a fence but by a moat, dug to guard it against heavy vehicles.
However, the cemetery is located outside the moshav and has been vandalized repeatedly. The most recent incident is a serious escalation as it involves the desecration of tombstones and the posting of videos after the crime.
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It took only hours for the president’s followers to start looking for social media alternatives.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
President Donald Trump has gone from president to pariah with internet services banning him outright, from Twitter to TikTok, following the Jan. 6 rally which turned into a riot breaching the U.S. Capitol building.
Twitter permanently banned the president’s account on Friday for “inciting violence,” capping off a rocky relationship between the platform and Trump, even as the president has used Twitter as his main megaphone for reaching his supporters. His account had 88 million followers.
It took only hours for the president’s followers to start looking for social media alternatives. “‘Goodbye Twitter’ trended during the early-morning hours Saturday as people continued to come to grips with the deplatforming of the president,” the New York Post reported.
“I’m a small MAGA account and I have lost 400 followers in 3 days. Goodbye Twitter. You don’t want me. I don’t want you. I’m at Parler @snakeoil,” said one Trump supporter, the Post reported. Parler is a competing app to Twitter which appeals to conservatives.
Celebrities and well-known pundits also announced they were leaving. Kirstie Alley of Cheers fame likened the ban to “slavery.”
Even Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, recently poisoned, reacted negatively to Twitter’s announcement.
“I think the ban of Donald Trump on Twitter is an unacceptable act of censorship,” he tweeted.
Conservative pundits like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Caroline Glick announced they were moving to Parler.
Many others had the same idea. Parler’s servers crashed moments after Trump’s ban was announced. But those looking to leave Twitter may have to look elsewhere than Parler, at least for the near future.
Amazon suspended the app from its Web-hosting service over the weekend, joining Apple and Google which had also dropped it.
The three tech giants justified their decision by saying that Parler didn’t do a sufficient job in policing violent content on its platform.
“This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill competition in the market place,” Parler’s CEO John Matze said on Saturday.
He added that Parler may be down for a week “as we rebuild from scratch.”
Trump himself needs to find a Twitter replacement. The White House issued a statement saying Trump is “negotiating with various other sites” and is considering “building out our own platform in the near future.”
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Deposed ayatollah risks a Zoom call with an Israeli reporter, saying, ‘Our regime is dictatorial, we have no problem with Israel.”
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
An Iranian cleric affiliated with the opposition was interviewed on Israeli television and said he did not fear retribution from the regime in Tehran for talking to Israelis, and that ordinary Iranians do not have a bad opinion of the Jewish State, Channel 12 reported Monday.
Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani is a former ayatollah who had the title removed by the Iranian government and spent five years in jail because of his objections to the regime. In a video call from his home in Iran, he told Channel 12 news that Iranians struggled with a dictatorial regime that suppresses its own people and was “inventing non-existent enemies.”
Asked what the Iranians on the street think of Israel, Masoumi-Tehrani replied: “Understand that Iranians and Jews have a long history of friendship. From what I see and hear in conversations with people here, I have not encountered Iranians who have a bad opinion of Israel.”
Masoumi-Tehrani held one of the highest religious titles in Iran – ayatollah – and was admired and respected until he issued a ruling against the appointment of Iran’s current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“In 1986, when he was elected Iran’s supreme spiritual leader, due to my early acquaintance with him and his behavior, I claimed that he would surely destroy both religion and the country,” Masoumi-Tehrani said. “Because of that and because I opposed it, I spent five years in prison. This controversy continues to this day.”
Masoumi-Tehrani is considered a leading opposition voice within Iran and has been arrested many times for preaching the separation of religion and state and objecting to conservative rule. He is also recognized in Iran as fighting for minority rights of Bahais and Jews, and for the Iranians’ right to demonstrate against the regime.
The rebellious cleric brushed off the question of risking government retribution for speaking publicly with Israeli television.
“I have been speaking in the most transparent way possible for 20 years,” Masoumi-Tehrani said. “I sit in Tehran and do not work for any country, organization or group. If they do not like me talking to you or anyone else – this is their problem. We [Iranians] have no problem neither with Israel nor with any other country in the world.”
“Unfortunately because our regime is dictatorial and limited to the rule of one person who does not care about the minds of most of the public in Iran, the people here cannot protest quietly and the regime suppresses them violently,” he said.
Maoumi-Tehrani is also a scholar of calligraphy and has authored several holy books. His Hebrew copy of the Book of Ezra resulted in him being interrogated more than once by the authorities.
He says Israel has nothing to worry about from Iran’s threats: “I do not think this talk (about the destruction of Israel) is serious. Do not forget that Saddam Hussein also said these slogans, and we know where he is today.”
At the end of the interview, Maoumi-Tehrani said one of his wishes is to visit Israel.
“If one day my health allows me to board a plane, of course I will come to Israel. My request from God has always been to come to Jerusalem and especially to pray at the Western Wall,” Masoumi-Tehrani said.
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As U.S.-Israel relations gear up for a great reset, the Obama administration’s parting shot may be the starting point for the Biden administration.
By Alex Traiman, JNS
Like many American policies now expected to undergo an about-face following the inauguration of 46th President Joe Biden, U.S.-Israel relations may be gearing up for a great reset.
The past four years featured punishing sanctions on an Iranian regime that openly calls for the destruction of Israel, while pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and funding malign terror activity across the region all the way up to Israel’s borders. Yet many of the senior members of Biden’s incoming diplomatic and security team were the authors, negotiators and supporters of the original Iran nuclear deal in 2015—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—that provided Iran with $150 billion. It was a deal that Israel ardently opposed.
For Israel, Iran remains the most important national security concern. No other issue even comes close.
The Trump administration had an unprecedentedly close relationship with Jerusalem and worked hand-in-glove with the Netanyahu administration to overturn long-held U.S. policies that had not contributed towards peace. Together, Trump and Netanyahu ultimately changed the course of the region.
Working together with Jerusalem, the U.S. administration recognized Israeli sovereignty in its capital city of Jerusalem and the strategic Golan Heights, held the Palestinian Authority accountable for the failure to end the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, declared that suburban housing across Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria was not illegal, and protected Israel from systemic anti-Israel bias at the United Nations.
The results were astounding. Terror attacks in Israel sank to all-time lows with Palestinians themselves holding their own corrupt kleptocracy led by Mahmoud Abbas accountable for their lower standards of living. Yet most impressively, American policy culminated with the signing of four separate normalization agreements between Israel and states across the Middle East and North Africa—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan—and paving the way for future agreements already being negotiated.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman
This week, Netanyahu praised outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, a longtime Trump ally and adviser, for his role in advancing Israel’s position in the region. A major component of Friedman’s success was his direct line to the president.
“I must say that over the years, I have met many ambassadors from many countries, including from the U.S., our great ally, but I can say that there was never a better ambassador than David Friedman in establishing the deep ties between Israel and the U.S.; in correcting the diplomatic injustices that were created over the years in global diplomacy regarding Israel, and in establishing the status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and many other things some of which have yet to be told,” stated Netanyahu.
Those sentiments are shared by Israel’s right- and left-wings, by those who support Benjamin Netanyahu in his upcoming re-election bid, and by those who vehemently oppose Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Across the spectrum, Israelis recognize that regardless of Trump’s performance in other areas, his pro-Israel bona fides were beyond dispute and greatly appreciated.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer
Meanwhile, Friedman’s counterpart, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, has not received the same superlative sendoff, despite his sterling diplomatic record during eight often-difficult years in Washington.
In a tasteless hit piece on Dermer published by Times of Israel, head of the progressive lobby J Street Jeremy Ben-Ami claimed that “Ambassador Dermer’s tenure sadly set back both the U.S.-Israel relationship and the relationship between Israeli and American Jews. His determination to act as a partisan operative, aligning Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government with the Republican Party, seriously angered and alienated many leading Democrats.”
For Ben-Ami and many Democrats, Dermer’s tenure will not be measured on the merits of his vast accomplishments for Israel and the greater U.S.-Israel alliance, but rather, based on his intense loyalty to his mentor, Netanyahu, and his strong working relationship with the now-toxic outgoing Trump administration.
Dermer played an outsized role behind the scenes in nearly every major diplomatic accomplishment, including the negotiations of the Abraham Accords.
Perhaps surprising to most, one of the key foundation blocks of the Abraham Accords was also an accomplishment of Dermer’s: organizing Netanyahu’s public opposition to the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal via a controversial address to a joint session of Congress in March 2015.
Then-president Obama’s support for the deal, which would embolden and enrich Iran, sent Gulf states scrambling for reliable allies in the sudden absence of the United States. Netanyahu’s bold opposition demonstrated that Israel would place its vital security interests and those of the entire region well above any other partisan interests in a divided Washington.
The results of Dermer’s numerous accomplishments are virtually all irreversible and will strengthen the Jewish state for decades to come, including the negotiation of a $38 billion, 10-year MOU in September 2016 to provide for Israeli military needs. That MOU was signed directly with the same Obama administration that claimed to have been so insulted by the speech just a year-and-a-half earlier.
For Netanyahu, Dermer has been an irreplaceable asset.
In a video celebrating the end of Dermer’s tenure as ambassador during a private session of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, obtained exclusively by JNS, Netanyahu praised his close adviser and associate.
“I can tell you unequivocally that among some extraordinary people who served in that post, none has been better than Ron Dermer,” stated Netanyahu. “I am choosing my words carefully because I think he’s been an extraordinary ambassador. What he did for Israel, what he did for the Israel-American alliance, what he did for all of us is something that is not widely known, at least not in Israel.”
The prime minister, who noted that his own diplomatic career started as deputy chief of mission under then-Ambassador to the United States Moshe Arens, said that Dermer “fought for Israel’s interests whether it be on questions like Iran that are terrifically important for our future, our survival, whether it is to bring Jonathan Pollard home … whether it is the peace treaties that have changed history. Ron has been a crucial and central figure in all these efforts, and so many others. I cannot begin to list them. They are truly innumerable …
“Ron has left an indelible imprint on Israeli diplomacy, on these defining years in Israel’s history,” he said.
Intersectionality and race
Yet the left in both Israel and the United States see it differently.
The TOI hit piece went on to quote an anonymous “Democratic Party operative” in stating that, “You cannot overstate the impact that [Netanyahu’s speech to Congress] had. I still hear from members of the Black Caucus to this day who are sure that Netanyahu and Dermer would not have done that to a white president.”
Like so many other critical issues, Israel’s vital security interests are now dangerously conflated with issues of affiliation, intersectionality and race.
On Tuesday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) ranted on the Democracy Now! Television program that:
“I think it’s really important to understand Israel is a racist state and that they would deny Palestinians like my grandmother access to a vaccine, that they don’t believe that she’s an equal human being that deserves to live, deserves to be able to be protected by this global pandemic. And it’s really hard to watch as this apartheid state continues to deny their own neighbors, the people that breathe the same air that they breathe, that live in the same communities … a free life, free from these oppressive policies, these racist policies that deny them access to public health, deny them access to freedom of travel, deny them access to academic opportunities.”
Just a few years ago, amid the surprising momentum of the Trump administration’s Mideast policies, Tlaib and her ideas were considered to align at the fringe of the Democratic Party. They represent just the latest in centuries of anti-Semitic canards and the more recent biased anti-Israel narrative.
Tlaib’s views certainly are not shared by the Gulf States that have now chosen to forego anti-Israel narratives, in favor of diplomatic and commercial normalization with the Jewish State.
Yet today, with the changing of the guard, Israelis and many others in the region are concerned that the Biden administration may align much closer with the inflammatory views of Tlaib, as well as the policies of Obama, who sought to create “daylight” between Washington and Jerusalem, empower Iran, elevate the standing of the Palestinian Authority and isolate Israel in diplomatic forums.
Obama’s parting shot is Biden’s starting point
The Obama administration’s parting shot to Israel in December 2016 was enabling the passage of U.N. Resolution 2334, which claimed that Israeli settlements represented a “flagrant violation of international law.” At the time, Israel accused the United States of authoring the resolution behind the scenes before abstaining during the voting to allow the unprecedented resolution’s passage.
Just this week, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called on Israel to “halt and reverse” plans to build nearly 800 new homes in Judea and Samaria. In his statement, Guterres called Israel’s suburban housing “a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution, and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace,” adding that “the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law.”
In other words, the parting shot of an Obama administration appears to be the starting point of the Biden administration.
Israel and America were privileged to work closely together during four highly productive years, led in large part by the efforts of Friedman and Dermer. Never before have the two countries simultaneously had ambassadors able to loyally carry out the mutually aligned policies of their respective leaders.
Yet now, with the changing of the guard, Israelis rightfully worry that the incoming Biden administration will seek to reset the relationship and attempt to undo the progress that has been made and diplomatic achievements Israel recorded, simply because they arose from the wrong administrations.
Alex Traiman is managing director and Jerusalem bureau chief of Jewish News Syndicate.
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No other issue even comes close.\nThe Trump administration had an unprecedentedly close relationship with Jerusalem and worked hand-in-glove with the Netanyahu administration to overturn long-held U.S. policies that had not contributed towards peace. Together, Trump and Netanyahu ultimately changed the course of the region.\nWorking together with Jerusalem, the U.S. administration recognized Israeli sovereignty in its capital city of Jerusalem and the strategic Golan Heights, held the Palestinian Authority accountable for the failure to end the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, declared that suburban housing across Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria was not illegal, and protected Israel from systemic anti-Israel bias at the United Nations.\nThe results were astounding. Terror attacks in Israel sank to all-time lows with Palestinians themselves holding their own corrupt kleptocracy led by Mahmoud Abbas accountable for their lower standards of living. Yet most impressively, American policy culminated with the signing of four separate normalization agreements between Israel and states across the Middle East and North Africa—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan—and paving the way for future agreements already being negotiated.\nU.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman\nThis week, Netanyahu praised outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, a longtime Trump ally and adviser, for his role in advancing Israel’s position in the region. A major component of Friedman’s success was his direct line to the president.\n“I must say that over the years, I have met many ambassadors from many countries, including from the U.S., our great ally, but I can say that there was never a better ambassador than David Friedman in establishing the deep ties between Israel and the U.S.; in correcting the diplomatic injustices that were created over the years in global diplomacy regarding Israel, and in establishing the status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and many other things some of which have yet to be told,” stated Netanyahu.\nThose sentiments are shared by Israel’s right- and left-wings, by those who support Benjamin Netanyahu in his upcoming re-election bid, and by those who vehemently oppose Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Across the spectrum, Israelis recognize that regardless of Trump’s performance in other areas, his pro-Israel bona fides were beyond dispute and greatly appreciated.\nIsraeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer\nMeanwhile, Friedman’s counterpart, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, has not received the same superlative sendoff, despite his sterling diplomatic record during eight often-difficult years in Washington.\nIn a tasteless hit piece on Dermer published by Times of Israel, head of the progressive lobby J Street Jeremy Ben-Ami claimed that “Ambassador Dermer’s tenure sadly set back both the U.S.-Israel relationship and the relationship between Israeli and American Jews. His determination to act as a partisan operative, aligning Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government with the Republican Party, seriously angered and alienated many leading Democrats.”\nFor Ben-Ami and many Democrats, Dermer’s tenure will not be measured on the merits of his vast accomplishments for Israel and the greater U.S.-Israel alliance, but rather, based on his intense loyalty to his mentor, Netanyahu, and his strong working relationship with the now-toxic outgoing Trump administration.\nDermer played an outsized role behind the scenes in nearly every major diplomatic accomplishment, including the negotiations of the Abraham Accords.\nPerhaps surprising to most, one of the key foundation blocks of the Abraham Accords was also an accomplishment of Dermer’s: organizing Netanyahu’s public opposition to the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal via a controversial address to a joint session of Congress in March 2015.\nThen-president Obama’s support for the deal, which would embolden and enrich Iran, sent Gulf states scrambling for reliable allies in the sudden absence of the United States. Netanyahu’s bold opposition demonstrated that Israel would place its vital security interests and those of the entire region well above any other partisan interests in a divided Washington.\nThe results of Dermer’s numerous accomplishments are virtually all irreversible and will strengthen the Jewish state for decades to come, including the negotiation of a $38 billion, 10-year MOU in September 2016 to provide for Israeli military needs. That MOU was signed directly with the same Obama administration that claimed to have been so insulted by the speech just a year-and-a-half earlier.\nFor Netanyahu, Dermer has been an irreplaceable asset.\nIn a video celebrating the end of Dermer’s tenure as ambassador during a private session of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, obtained exclusively by JNS, Netanyahu praised his close adviser and associate.\n“I can tell you unequivocally that among some extraordinary people who served in that post, none has been better than Ron Dermer,” stated Netanyahu. “I am choosing my words carefully because I think he’s been an extraordinary ambassador. What he did for Israel, what he did for the Israel-American alliance, what he did for all of us is something that is not widely known, at least not in Israel.”\nThe prime minister, who noted that his own diplomatic career started as deputy chief of mission under then-Ambassador to the United States Moshe Arens, said that Dermer “fought for Israel’s interests whether it be on questions like Iran that are terrifically important for our future, our survival, whether it is to bring Jonathan Pollard home … whether it is the peace treaties that have changed history. Ron has been a crucial and central figure in all these efforts, and so many others. I cannot begin to list them. They are truly innumerable …\n“Ron has left an indelible imprint on Israeli diplomacy, on these defining years in Israel’s history,” he said.\nIntersectionality and race\nYet the left in both Israel and the United States see it differently.\nThe TOI hit piece went on to quote an anonymous “Democratic Party operative” in stating that, “You cannot overstate the impact that [Netanyahu’s speech to Congress] had. I still hear from members of the Black Caucus to this day who are sure that Netanyahu and Dermer would not have done that to a white president.”\nLike so many other critical issues, Israel’s vital security interests are now dangerously conflated with issues of affiliation, intersectionality and race.\nOn Tuesday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) ranted on the Democracy Now! Television program that:\n“I think it’s really important to understand Israel is a racist state and that they would deny Palestinians like my grandmother access to a vaccine, that they don’t believe that she’s an equal human being that deserves to live, deserves to be able to be protected by this global pandemic. And it’s really hard to watch as this apartheid state continues to deny their own neighbors, the people that breathe the same air that they breathe, that live in the same communities … a free life, free from these oppressive policies, these racist policies that deny them access to public health, deny them access to freedom of travel, deny them access to academic opportunities.”\nJust a few years ago, amid the surprising momentum of the Trump administration’s Mideast policies, Tlaib and her ideas were considered to align at the fringe of the Democratic Party. They represent just the latest in centuries of anti-Semitic canards and the more recent biased anti-Israel narrative.\nTlaib’s views certainly are not shared by the Gulf States that have now chosen to forego anti-Israel narratives, in favor of diplomatic and commercial normalization with the Jewish State.\nYet today, with the changing of the guard, Israelis and many others in the region are concerned that the Biden administration may align much closer with the inflammatory views of Tlaib, as well as the policies of Obama, who sought to create “daylight” between Washington and Jerusalem, empower Iran, elevate the standing of the Palestinian Authority and isolate Israel in diplomatic forums.\nObama’s parting shot is Biden’s starting point\nThe Obama administration’s parting shot to Israel in December 2016 was enabling the passage of U.N. Resolution 2334, which claimed that Israeli settlements represented a “flagrant violation of international law.” At the time, Israel accused the United States of authoring the resolution behind the scenes before abstaining during the voting to allow the unprecedented resolution’s passage.\nJust this week, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called on Israel to “halt and reverse” plans to build nearly 800 new homes in Judea and Samaria. In his statement, Guterres called Israel’s suburban housing “a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution, and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace,” adding that “the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law.”\nIn other words, the parting shot of an Obama administration appears to be the starting point of the Biden administration.\nIsrael and America were privileged to work closely together during four highly productive years, led in large part by the efforts of Friedman and Dermer. Never before have the two countries simultaneously had ambassadors able to loyally carry out the mutually aligned policies of their respective leaders.\nYet now, with the changing of the guard, Israelis rightfully worry that the incoming Biden administration will seek to reset the relationship and attempt to undo the progress that has been made and diplomatic achievements Israel recorded, simply because they arose from the wrong administrations.\nAlex Traiman is managing director and Jerusalem bureau chief of Jewish News Syndicate.",
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Israel’s enters its third national lockdown as coronavirus number keep surging.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Israel woke up to its third national coronavirus lockdown Friday as the country tried to get surging infection rates down.
Health Ministry statistics released Friday morning showed 63,440 Israelis are actively sick with the virus, double the number from two weeks ago with 7,597 new cases in the past day.
“The epidemic is racing, we have already seen infections spreading like wildfire,” said Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price, the head of the public health services, who warned that Israelis had to pay attention to the lockdown restrictions because “the prognosis of the seriously ill is worse than we expected and we are in a catastrophe.”
Elrai-Price told a committee Thursday night in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, just before the lockdown took effect at midnight that the numbers are doubling every two weeks.
“This is a raging epidemic and the numbers will go up,” she said, adding that the unless Israelis stayed home and stopped congregating the numbers would double again in two weeks.
There are 1,534 Israelis currently hospitalized with the virus and of those, 894 are in serious or critical condition with 226 connected to ventilators to keep them breathing. Those numbers are triple what they were four weeks ago on December 10.
Even though Israel has already inoculated more than 15% of its population with the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the surging infection rate forced the government to move from an unsuccessful partial lockdown that started on December 27 to the full closure.
Under the restrictions, schools and businesses are closed and Israelis cannot travel more than one kilometer from their home except for essential services like food and medicine that remain open. Restaurants can open, but for delivery only, and gatherings are restricted to a maximum of five people indoors and ten people outdoors – effectively closing houses of worship for at least the next two weeks.
Only immediate family is allowed in homes, with fines if one is caught in somebody else’s house. There are some exemptions for events like wedding and funerals, but those are limited to a maximum of 10 people indoors and 20 outdoors.
On Thursday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Pfizer had a agreed to send more vaccines to allow Israel to become the first country to vaccinate it’s entire adult population, expected to happen by the end of March. In return, Israel will share the data from the program so that Pfizer and other countries can learn from the experience.
Netanyahu also called on Israelis to stay disciplined and stick with the strict health regulations.
“We need everyone to make one final effort. I call on everyone to adhere to the lockdown rules – all sectors, without exception,” Netanyahu said. “We will look after each other and we will keep the rules because the coronavirus does not distinguish between us and neither can we distinguish among each other. Everyone needs to strictly observe the lockdown, in a great final effort.”
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"Medical team in one of the coronavirus wards at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, January 07, 2021. (Flash90/Olivier Fitoussi)\nIsrael’s enters its third national lockdown as coronavirus number keep surging.\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nIsrael woke up to its third national coronavirus lockdown Friday as the country tried to get surging infection rates down.\nHealth Ministry statistics released Friday morning showed 63,440 Israelis are actively sick with the virus, double the number from two weeks ago with 7,597 new cases in the past day.\n“The epidemic is racing, we have already seen infections spreading like wildfire,” said Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price, the head of the public health services, who warned that Israelis had to pay attention to the lockdown restrictions because “the prognosis of the seriously ill is worse than we expected and we are in a catastrophe.”\nElrai-Price told a committee Thursday night in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, just before the lockdown took effect at midnight that the numbers are doubling every two weeks.\n“This is a raging epidemic and the numbers will go up,” she said, adding that the unless Israelis stayed home and stopped congregating the numbers would double again in two weeks.\nThere are 1,534 Israelis currently hospitalized with the virus and of those, 894 are in serious or critical condition with 226 connected to ventilators to keep them breathing. Those numbers are triple what they were four weeks ago on December 10.\nEven though Israel has already inoculated more than 15% of its population with the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the surging infection rate forced the government to move from an unsuccessful partial lockdown that started on December 27 to the full closure.\nUnder the restrictions, schools and businesses are closed and Israelis cannot travel more than one kilometer from their home except for essential services like food and medicine that remain open. Restaurants can open, but for delivery only, and gatherings are restricted to a maximum of five people indoors and ten people outdoors – effectively closing houses of worship for at least the next two weeks.\nOnly immediate family is allowed in homes, with fines if one is caught in somebody else’s house. There are some exemptions for events like wedding and funerals, but those are limited to a maximum of 10 people indoors and 20 outdoors.\nOn Thursday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Pfizer had a agreed to send more vaccines to allow Israel to become the first country to vaccinate it’s entire adult population, expected to happen by the end of March. In return, Israel will share the data from the program so that Pfizer and other countries can learn from the experience.\nNetanyahu also called on Israelis to stay disciplined and stick with the strict health regulations.\n“We need everyone to make one final effort. I call on everyone to adhere to the lockdown rules – all sectors, without exception,” Netanyahu said. “We will look after each other and we will keep the rules because the coronavirus does not distinguish between us and neither can we distinguish among each other. Everyone needs to strictly observe the lockdown, in a great final effort.”",
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The corona variant is anywhere between 20 to 200% more infectious than the original.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
Over 30 cases of the South African coronavirus (COVID-19) variant have been discovered in Israel, the Ministry of Health announced, as Pfizer admitted that its vaccine may be less effective against the mutation.
The cases discovered in the country include three that were randomly discovered on Wednesday during sampling by the Central Laboratory for Viruses of the Ministry of Health.
The variant, called 501YV2, is anywhere between 20 to 200% more infectious than the original, the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform has found.
The Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) has found antibodies developed by people in response to the original strain of COVID-19 are “much less able” to neutralize the South African variant.
Pfizer announced Wednesday that according to a study it has conducted, the vaccines it has developed are losing their effectiveness against the South African mutation, but are still effective enough.
The study showed that the levels of antibodies produced by the vaccine against the mutation are lower than normal, but still neutralize it.
The UK variant and the Los Angeles variant have also been discovered in Israel. The UK variant has been blamed for an increased infection rate, dangerous infections in pregnant women, and a spike in illness among children.
The UK mutation has been identified in 70 countries, and the South African variant in 30 states.
Researchers at the Hebrew University said in their daily report on Wednesday that the parameters show signs of a decrease in morbidity in Israel, following the tight lockdown that began on January 8.
The workload on hospitals is expected to drop in the coming week, following a decrease in serious morbidity, they predicted.
While the quarantine combined with vaccines is leading to a noticeable decrease in morbidity in all indices, the extent to which morbidity numbers decrease due to the vaccine and lockdown will only become clear in the coming week, researchers said.
Israel’s corona czar Prof. Nachman Ash told Israel Radio on Thursday that “it is not known how effective the vaccines against the infection are. Some people get sick after the second vaccine but the numbers are small. It is to be expected that 5% of people will start.”
With the number of patients hospitalized in severe condition remains very high, and with no dramatic drop in the number of daily infections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Health Ministry are seeking to extend the countrywide lockdown beyond Sunday night, but are encountering political opposition from various elements.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Thursday, “The infection rate continues not to decline at the desired rate. Unfortunately, there is no escape from extending the closure. Nobody wants that, but even anyone with eyes in their head understands that there is no other choice.”
The Ministry of Health updated Wednesday that it documented 7,668 new COVID-19 cases over the past day.
Of the 85,827 tests done on Tuesday, a very high 9.2% returned positive.
A high number of 1,132 patients hospitalized with corona are in serious condition, 306 of them are on life support.
Over 2,849,000 Israelis have received the first dose of the Pfizer-developed COVID-19 vaccine, some 30.9% of the population, including 200,000 in the past day.
4,609 Israelis have died of the virus since the outbreak in the country almost a year ago.
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"The corona variant is anywhere between 20 to 200% more infectious than the original.\nBy Aryeh Savir, TPS\nOver 30 cases of the South African coronavirus (COVID-19) variant have been discovered in Israel, the Ministry of Health announced, as Pfizer admitted that its vaccine may be less effective against the mutation.\nThe cases discovered in the country include three that were randomly discovered on Wednesday during sampling by the Central Laboratory for Viruses of the Ministry of Health.\nThe variant, called 501YV2, is anywhere between 20 to 200% more infectious than the original, the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform has found.\nThe Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) has found antibodies developed by people in response to the original strain of COVID-19 are “much less able” to neutralize the South African variant.\nPfizer announced Wednesday that according to a study it has conducted, the vaccines it has developed are losing their effectiveness against the South African mutation, but are still effective enough.\nThe study showed that the levels of antibodies produced by the vaccine against the mutation are lower than normal, but still neutralize it.\nThe UK variant and the Los Angeles variant have also been discovered in Israel. The UK variant has been blamed for an increased infection rate, dangerous infections in pregnant women, and a spike in illness among children.\nThe UK mutation has been identified in 70 countries, and the South African variant in 30 states.\nResearchers at the Hebrew University said in their daily report on Wednesday that the parameters show signs of a decrease in morbidity in Israel, following the tight lockdown that began on January 8.\nThe workload on hospitals is expected to drop in the coming week, following a decrease in serious morbidity, they predicted.\nWhile the quarantine combined with vaccines is leading to a noticeable decrease in morbidity in all indices, the extent to which morbidity numbers decrease due to the vaccine and lockdown will only become clear in the coming week, researchers said.\nIsrael’s corona czar Prof. Nachman Ash told Israel Radio on Thursday that “it is not known how effective the vaccines against the infection are. Some people get sick after the second vaccine but the numbers are small. It is to be expected that 5% of people will start.”\nWith the number of patients hospitalized in severe condition remains very high, and with no dramatic drop in the number of daily infections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Health Ministry are seeking to extend the countrywide lockdown beyond Sunday night, but are encountering political opposition from various elements.\nHealth Minister Yuli Edelstein said Thursday, “The infection rate continues not to decline at the desired rate. Unfortunately, there is no escape from extending the closure. Nobody wants that, but even anyone with eyes in their head understands that there is no other choice.”\nThe Ministry of Health updated Wednesday that it documented 7,668 new COVID-19 cases over the past day.\nOf the 85,827 tests done on Tuesday, a very high 9.2% returned positive.\nA high number of 1,132 patients hospitalized with corona are in serious condition, 306 of them are on life support.\nOver 2,849,000 Israelis have received the first dose of the Pfizer-developed COVID-19 vaccine, some 30.9% of the population, including 200,000 in the past day.\n4,609 Israelis have died of the virus since the outbreak in the country almost a year ago.",
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Malley’s background is troubling and has a history of criticizing Israel.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Robert Malley is rumored to be in line for a position on Biden’s team as special envoy on Iran, the Jewish Insider reports on Jan. 20, a source of concern for Israel supporters.
President Joe Biden has made no secret of his desire to return to the 2015 Iran deal, an agreement bitterly opposed by Israel and described by former President Donald Trump as “the worst deal ever” and one which paved the way for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. Trump exited the deal in 2018.
Former State Department official Aaron David Miller told Jewish Insider that appointing Malley would be a “smart move,” saying he understands the issues surrounding the agreement and has a close relationship with incoming Secretary of State Tony Blinken and National Security Advisor-designate Jake Sullivan.
However, Malley’s background is troubling to others, who point to his history of criticizing Israel.
Ronald Radosh, adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, who provided some background on Malley in 2015, recalled that Malley was removed from Obama’s 2008 election committee after “protests from the Jewish community about his private meetings with Hamas.”
Radosh writes, “In articles primarily appearing in The New York Review of Books, he regularly focused on Israel’s supposed sins and responsibility for lack of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. A profile of him in Discover the Networks has links to his articles, many of which were co-authored with Hussein Agha, a former advisor to Yasser Arafat.”
Jeff Dunetz, founder of The Lid Blog, says “For those who are unfamiliar with Mr. Malley, he is a second-generation Israel hater. I do not believe the father’s sins are visited on the son, but this son has chosen to follow in his dad’s footsteps.”
“Malley’s parents were rabidly anti-Israel and counted Yasir Arafat as a personal friend. Indeed, Arafat was among those ‘leaders’ (for want of a better word) who had intervened with the French government to readmit the Malley family to France after being expelled for their radical activities,” Dunetz writes.
As President Clinton’s special assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs, Malley appears to be the only one who blamed Israel for the failure of the 2000 Camp David peace talks.
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"Malley’s background is troubling and has a history of criticizing Israel.\nBy David Isaac, World Israel News\nRobert Malley is rumored to be in line for a position on Biden’s team as special envoy on Iran, the Jewish Insider reports on Jan. 20, a source of concern for Israel supporters.\nPresident Joe Biden has made no secret of his desire to return to the 2015 Iran deal, an agreement bitterly opposed by Israel and described by former President Donald Trump as “the worst deal ever” and one which paved the way for Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. Trump exited the deal in 2018.\nFormer State Department official Aaron David Miller told Jewish Insider that appointing Malley would be a “smart move,” saying he understands the issues surrounding the agreement and has a close relationship with incoming Secretary of State Tony Blinken and National Security Advisor-designate Jake Sullivan.\nHowever, Malley’s background is troubling to others, who point to his history of criticizing Israel.\nRonald Radosh, adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, who provided some background on Malley in 2015, recalled that Malley was removed from Obama’s 2008 election committee after “protests from the Jewish community about his private meetings with Hamas.”\nRadosh writes, “In articles primarily appearing in The New York Review of Books, he regularly focused on Israel’s supposed sins and responsibility for lack of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. A profile of him in Discover the Networks has links to his articles, many of which were co-authored with Hussein Agha, a former advisor to Yasser Arafat.”\nJeff Dunetz, founder of The Lid Blog, says “For those who are unfamiliar with Mr. Malley, he is a second-generation Israel hater. I do not believe the father’s sins are visited on the son, but this son has chosen to follow in his dad’s footsteps.”\n“Malley’s parents were rabidly anti-Israel and counted Yasir Arafat as a personal friend. Indeed, Arafat was among those ‘leaders’ (for want of a better word) who had intervened with the French government to readmit the Malley family to France after being expelled for their radical activities,” Dunetz writes.\nAs President Clinton’s special assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs, Malley appears to be the only one who blamed Israel for the failure of the 2000 Camp David peace talks.",
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The heads of the two parties posed to draw the highest number of mandates behind Netanyahu’s Likud party are consulting with left-wing advisors.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
As Israel’s March 2021 election draws nearer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political rivals are seeking guidance from left-wing American advisors.
The heads of the two parties posed to draw the highest number of mandates behind Netanyahu’s Likud party, New Hope and Yesh Atid, have obtained the services of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project and top Democratic advisors.
Yair Lapid, the leader of the center-left Yesh Atid party, landed in Israel on Monday just before Ben Gurion Airport’s weeklong closure aimed at stemming the flow of foreign strains of the coronavirus into the Jewish state.
According to Israeli media, Lapid visited the U.S. to consult on campaign strategy with Democratic advisors including Mark Mellman of Democratic Majority for Israel and his personal friend, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla).
Lapid, who had not publicized the trip, was spotted by a sharp-eyed passenger who posted a photo of the politician aboard the plane on Twitter.
Last week, Gideon Saar reportedly ordered members of his New Hope party to take polygraph tests, after a mole leaked to the Israeli media that he hired the anti-Trump Lincoln Project to help plan his campaign for the upcoming election.
Channel 12 reported that former Likud veteran Saar, who defected in a dramatic December speech to create the New Hope party, has been in talks with four Lincoln Project members on his strategy to unseat Netanyahu.
Founded by anti-Trump Republicans, the Lincoln Project ran a campaign aimed at convincing Republican voters to abandon party loyalty and not vote for Trump, arguing on its site that “electing Democrats who support the Constitution over Republicans who do not is a worthy effort.“
“Gideon Saar’s decision to employ the Lincoln Project personnel as strategic advisors is a threat to Israeli democracy and reveals a negative face in Saar’s approach to society and our politics,” wrote American-Israeli political commentator Caroline Glick on her Facebook page.
While the group publicly states its mission is protecting the Constitution, the Lincoln Project has shifted gears to “holding accountable” those who supported Trump or worked in his administration.
A late November attack ad from the Lincoln Project slammed Republicans who supported Trump’s questioning of the election results.
“They are treasonous, unpatriotic, downright despotic,” the ad reads, showing images of politicians including Senators Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and others.
“These hypocrites in office don’t care about a republic. They don’t care about our democracy or the constitution they swore on a Bible to protect,” the ad said.
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In an almost direct message to the Biden administration, Israel’s top soldier says a return to the existing Iran nuclear deal is not acceptable.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
The head of the IDF warned Tuesday that Israel would not accept a direct return to the Iran nuclear deal and the military was preparing contingency plans in case the Iranians moved closer to producing a nuclear weapon.
“Today, nobody doubts Iran aspired, indicated, wanted and built the ability in order to become a nuclear military state country, and maybe to make use of it the moment a decision would be taken,” Kochavi said in a video address to the annual conference of the Institute for National Securities Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Kochavi noted that Iran has already broken the 2015 nuclear deal and is enriching uranium to levels far beyond what is permitted and the breakout time to producing an atomic bomb is not a matter of mere months or even weeks. Earlier this month Iran announced that it was enriching uranium to 20% purity, a step closer to weapons grade material.
“We saw recently with the change of administration in the United States, and the Iranians announced already that they want to return to the previous agreement,” Kochavi said.
“I want to give you my position,” Kochavi said, adding that he has told the same thing to colleagues around the world. “A return to the nuclear agreement of 2015, even if it is a similar agreement with improvements, is a bad thing and not right. It is a bad thing operationally and it is a bad thing strategically.”
Kochavi said such an agreement would still allow Iran to enrich uranium and produce more advanced centrifuges to do so faster.
“Strategically it is terrible because it will create an insufferable threat to the State of Israel, and will drag, apparently, regional nuclearization of the Middle East,” he warned.
In the face of the Iranian Iranian nuclear threat, Kochavi said the IDF was preparing its options accordingly.
“Iran can decide that it wants to advance to a bomb, either covertly or in a provocative way. In light of this basic analysis, I have ordered the IDF to prepare a number of operational plans, in addition to the existing ones. We are studying these plans and we will develop them over the next year,” Kohavi said.
“The power to initiate them lies with the political echelon. However, the offensive options need to be prepared, ready and on the table,” Kochavi noted.
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Georgia Tech embraces IHRA definition of anti-Semitism after Hillel director barred from ‘Palestine 101’ event
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“I am pleased with the outcome as it drives us toward a direction in which students can feel safe and protected on campus,” said the victim, who is now Associate Director of Hillel at Emory University.
By The Algemeiner
One year after allegations that the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) had refused to protect the civil rights of Jewish students and faculty on campus, the university has reached an agreement with the complainant and has adopted the leading definition of anti-Semitism.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), on behalf of Hillels of Georgia, had asked the US Department of Education to investigate whether Lauren Blazofsky, then the Georgia Tech Hillel director, was barred from a “Palestine 101” event because she was Jewish.
“Georgia Tech is pleased to announce that the parties have reached an agreement and the case is now closed,” the university said Tuesday morning. “We are committed to fostering thoughtful interaction, global perspective, and intercultural sensitivity, and we maintain a strong equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and anti-harassment policy that applies to every member of the Institute community.”
“Anti-Semitism and any other forms of discrimination are not acceptable,” it continued, accepting the working definition of anti-Semitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
“I am pleased with the outcome as it drives us toward a direction in which students can feel safe and protected on campus,” said Blazofsky, who is now Associate Director of Hillel at Emory University, to The Algemeiner. “Our goal all along was to ensure that Jewish students, along with any student on campus can rely on GT to protect them when faced with anti-Semitism or discrimination. We are happy to see that the University has recognized the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, as it propels us to work together moving forward to educate the community about all forms of modern anti-Semitism.”
The Jan. 2020 complaint had charged Georgia Tech with failing to “confront anti-Semitism and protect the rights of Jewish students and faculty.” It came after an executive order signed by President Donald Trump affirmed that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act protects against “anti-Semitic discrimination based on race, color, or national origin” at colleges and universities.
Mark Goldfeder, the attorney who handled the case, told The Algemeiner, “I think both sides were very happy with the outcome. We are glad to have GA Tech as a partner in the fight against discrimination, and believe that a unified statement on this issue will help prevent any future instances of antisemitic behavior, and ensure that if something does happen it is dealt with appropriately.”
In adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, Georgia Tech joins 35 countries and a growing number of universities and other institutions.
“Respect is a core value at Georgia Tech, and one that we recognize as critical to cultivating an inclusive, diverse, and dynamic campus community,” said Elliot Karp, CEO of Hillels of Georgia, to The Algemeiner. “We are committed to fostering thoughtful interaction, global perspective, and intercultural sensitivity, and we maintain a strong equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and anti-harassment policy that applies to every member of the Institute community.
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"“I am pleased with the outcome as it drives us toward a direction in which students can feel safe and protected on campus,” said the victim, who is now Associate Director of Hillel at Emory University.\nBy The Algemeiner\nOne year after allegations that the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) had refused to protect the civil rights of Jewish students and faculty on campus, the university has reached an agreement with the complainant and has adopted the leading definition of anti-Semitism.\nThe American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), on behalf of Hillels of Georgia, had asked the US Department of Education to investigate whether Lauren Blazofsky, then the Georgia Tech Hillel director, was barred from a “Palestine 101” event because she was Jewish.\n“Georgia Tech is pleased to announce that the parties have reached an agreement and the case is now closed,” the university said Tuesday morning. “We are committed to fostering thoughtful interaction, global perspective, and intercultural sensitivity, and we maintain a strong equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and anti-harassment policy that applies to every member of the Institute community.”\n“Anti-Semitism and any other forms of discrimination are not acceptable,” it continued, accepting the working definition of anti-Semitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).\n“I am pleased with the outcome as it drives us toward a direction in which students can feel safe and protected on campus,” said Blazofsky, who is now Associate Director of Hillel at Emory University, to The Algemeiner. “Our goal all along was to ensure that Jewish students, along with any student on campus can rely on GT to protect them when faced with anti-Semitism or discrimination. We are happy to see that the University has recognized the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, as it propels us to work together moving forward to educate the community about all forms of modern anti-Semitism.”\nThe Jan. 2020 complaint had charged Georgia Tech with failing to “confront anti-Semitism and protect the rights of Jewish students and faculty.” It came after an executive order signed by President Donald Trump affirmed that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act protects against “anti-Semitic discrimination based on race, color, or national origin” at colleges and universities.\nMark Goldfeder, the attorney who handled the case, told The Algemeiner, “I think both sides were very happy with the outcome. We are glad to have GA Tech as a partner in the fight against discrimination, and believe that a unified statement on this issue will help prevent any future instances of antisemitic behavior, and ensure that if something does happen it is dealt with appropriately.”\nIn adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, Georgia Tech joins 35 countries and a growing number of universities and other institutions.\n“Respect is a core value at Georgia Tech, and one that we recognize as critical to cultivating an inclusive, diverse, and dynamic campus community,” said Elliot Karp, CEO of Hillels of Georgia, to The Algemeiner. “We are committed to fostering thoughtful interaction, global perspective, and intercultural sensitivity, and we maintain a strong equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and anti-harassment policy that applies to every member of the Institute community.",
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‘If Biden adopts Obama’s plan, there’s nothing to talk about’: Israel gears up for clash on Iran
President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP/Evan Vucci)
On the campaign trail, Biden stated he intends to reverse Trump’s 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the deal and re-enter the agreement.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli government officials are gearing up for a possible clash with newly inaugurated President Joe Biden over his promise to re-enter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal.
Netanyahu is reportedly planning meetings on strategy with the National Security Council, Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Forces and the Mossad to discuss disrupting Iran’s nuclear program.
A senior Israeli security official didn’t mince words, telling Channel 12 News, “If Biden adopts Obama’s plan, we will have nothing to talk about with him.”
On the campaign trail, Biden stated he intends to reverse Trump’s 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the deal and re-enter the agreement.
In a September CNN op-ed, Biden wrote, “Five years ago, Iran was a bad regional actor requiring active deterrence and pushback. But it had not conducted a major attack on U.S. forces in the region in years.”
“I will offer Tehran a credible path back to diplomacy. If Iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the United States would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow-on negotiations… I am ready to walk the path of diplomacy if Iran takes steps to show it is ready too.”
Israel isn’t the only regional actor concerned about Biden’s plans. Saudi Arabia recently warned Biden that the kingdom, along with the other Gulf nations, must be consulted if he plans to re-enter the deal.
“Primarily what we expect is that we are fully consulted, that we and our other regional friends are fully consulted in what goes on vis-a-vis the negotiations with Iran,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told AFP at a security conference in Manama, Bahrain in late December.
“I think we’ve seen as a result of the after-effects of the JCPOA that not involving the regional countries results in a build up of mistrust and neglect of the issues of real concern and of real effect on regional security,” he added.
After former President Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018, Iran has repeatedly violated the terms of the deal.
On Monday, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said the Islamic Republic’s nuclear scientists “are producing 20 grams every hour, meaning that practically, we are producing half a kilo every day,” of enriched uranium.
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"‘If Biden adopts Obama’s plan, there’s nothing to talk about’: Israel gears up for clash on Iran\nPresident Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP/Evan Vucci)\nOn the campaign trail, Biden stated he intends to reverse Trump’s 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the deal and re-enter the agreement.\nBy Lauren Marcus, World Israel News\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli government officials are gearing up for a possible clash with newly inaugurated President Joe Biden over his promise to re-enter the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal.\nNetanyahu is reportedly planning meetings on strategy with the National Security Council, Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Israel Defense Forces and the Mossad to discuss disrupting Iran’s nuclear program.\nA senior Israeli security official didn’t mince words, telling Channel 12 News, “If Biden adopts Obama’s plan, we will have nothing to talk about with him.”\nOn the campaign trail, Biden stated he intends to reverse Trump’s 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the deal and re-enter the agreement.\nIn a September CNN op-ed, Biden wrote, “Five years ago, Iran was a bad regional actor requiring active deterrence and pushback. But it had not conducted a major attack on U.S. forces in the region in years.”\n“I will offer Tehran a credible path back to diplomacy. If Iran returns to strict compliance with the nuclear deal, the United States would rejoin the agreement as a starting point for follow-on negotiations… I am ready to walk the path of diplomacy if Iran takes steps to show it is ready too.”\nIsrael isn’t the only regional actor concerned about Biden’s plans. Saudi Arabia recently warned Biden that the kingdom, along with the other Gulf nations, must be consulted if he plans to re-enter the deal.\n“Primarily what we expect is that we are fully consulted, that we and our other regional friends are fully consulted in what goes on vis-a-vis the negotiations with Iran,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told AFP at a security conference in Manama, Bahrain in late December.\n“I think we’ve seen as a result of the after-effects of the JCPOA that not involving the regional countries results in a build up of mistrust and neglect of the issues of real concern and of real effect on regional security,” he added.\nAfter former President Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018, Iran has repeatedly violated the terms of the deal.\nOn Monday, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said the Islamic Republic’s nuclear scientists “are producing 20 grams every hour, meaning that practically, we are producing half a kilo every day,” of enriched uranium.",
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The prime minister’s last attempt to close the airport was on Dec. 21 in reaction to the spread of the UK variant of the disease.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the Ministry of Health to recommend closing Ben Gurion International Airport in order to better cope with the corona pandemic.
Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, reported on Monday that at a meeting on Sunday night Netanyahu urged the ministry to close the airport. The report says it’s the third time the prime minister has tried to bring about the airport’s closure.
The prime minister’s last attempt to close the airport was on Dec. 21 in reaction to the spread of the UK variant of the disease.
“I intend to close the skies as quickly as possible, like in the the first wave,” Netanyahu said at the time. “Foreign nationals will not enter the country. The mutation is spreading all over the world and we are testing its significance.”
Government ministers however rejected that proposal.
There have been two other variants making their way around the world – the South African and Brazilian.
Due to the discovery of the South African strain in Israelis returning from Dubai, Israel decided to send all returnees from the UAE into corona hotels upon their arrival. That decision went into effect on Sunday night.
Also forced into hotels are all passengers from the African continent, Central and South America, and large parts of the Far East, Kan reports.
Despite Israel’s record-setting pace of vaccinations, it is dealing with a spike in the number of cases. Israel passed a grim milestone on Monday when it counted 4,005 coronavirus deaths since the outbreak started in February 2020.
To deal with the epidemic, Israel has instituted a strict lockdown. It will debate whether to extend the lockdown this week as it is set to expire on Thursday. Expectations are it will be extended at least through Sunday to prevent weekend gatherings, which the government fears would lead to another spike.
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"The prime minister’s last attempt to close the airport was on Dec. 21 in reaction to the spread of the UK variant of the disease.\nBy David Isaac, World Israel News\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pushing the Ministry of Health to recommend closing Ben Gurion International Airport in order to better cope with the corona pandemic.\nIsrael’s public broadcaster, Kan, reported on Monday that at a meeting on Sunday night Netanyahu urged the ministry to close the airport. The report says it’s the third time the prime minister has tried to bring about the airport’s closure.\nThe prime minister’s last attempt to close the airport was on Dec. 21 in reaction to the spread of the UK variant of the disease.\n“I intend to close the skies as quickly as possible, like in the the first wave,” Netanyahu said at the time. “Foreign nationals will not enter the country. The mutation is spreading all over the world and we are testing its significance.”\nGovernment ministers however rejected that proposal.\nThere have been two other variants making their way around the world – the South African and Brazilian.\nDue to the discovery of the South African strain in Israelis returning from Dubai, Israel decided to send all returnees from the UAE into corona hotels upon their arrival. That decision went into effect on Sunday night.\nAlso forced into hotels are all passengers from the African continent, Central and South America, and large parts of the Far East, Kan reports.\nDespite Israel’s record-setting pace of vaccinations, it is dealing with a spike in the number of cases. Israel passed a grim milestone on Monday when it counted 4,005 coronavirus deaths since the outbreak started in February 2020.\nTo deal with the epidemic, Israel has instituted a strict lockdown. It will debate whether to extend the lockdown this week as it is set to expire on Thursday. Expectations are it will be extended at least through Sunday to prevent weekend gatherings, which the government fears would lead to another spike.",
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The Los Angeles variant, known as L452R, was first identified in Denmark in March and appeared in California as early as May.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
The Los Angeles coronavirus (COVID-19) variant has been discovered in Israel as the country scrambled to close its skies and prevent the entry of further mutations.
The Health Ministry stated Sunday that a case was detected, and that the patient had infected four more people.
“The incident is under investigation – the Ministry of Health will continue to update with additional findings as they become available,” it said.
The Los Angeles variant, known as L452R, was first identified in Denmark in March and appeared in California as early as May.
Early indications show that L452R might be less susceptible to the currently administered vaccines, but more investigation is needed.
The UK variant and the South African variant have both been discovered in Israel. The UK variant has been blamed for an increased infection rate, dangerous infections in pregnant women, and a spike in illness among children.
In the meantime, the Cabinet approved on Sunday the proposal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Transportation Minister Miri Regev to halt flights to and from Israel, which includes a ban on incoming planes to Israel except for cargo flights, firefighting flights and flights for emergency medical evacuation
One can depart from Israel only for medical treatment, judicial proceedings to which the person is a party or must participate in, or the funeral of a close relative.
The Health Ministry Director-General and the Transportation Ministry Director General are entitled to approve exceptional requests for departure abroad on humanitarian grounds or special personal needs.
The regulations will be in effect at least until January 31 and are expected to be extended, possibly into March.
The Health Ministry continued with its operation to vaccinate the population. Over 2,586,000 Israelis have received their first dose of the Pfizer-developed vaccine, some 29% of the population, and over 1,099,000 have received the second dose.
The Ministry of Health updated Monday that it documented 4,868 new COVID-19 cases over the past day.
Of the small number of 54,109 tests done on Sunday, 9.3% returned positive, a very high result.
An alarming 1,140 patients hospitalized with corona are in serious condition, with 358 of them are on life support.
January is emerging as the worst month Israel has experienced with regard to COVID-19 deaths since the outbreak in the country over a year ago. Since the beginning of the month, 1,094 people have been added to the death toll in Israel. January is also the month with the largest death toll since October, in which 970 patients died.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 4,419 corona patients have died in Israel.
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“We are focused on one account [@realDonaldTrump] right now, but this is going to be much bigger than just one account,” Dorsey said.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
“This is going to be much bigger than just one account, and it’s going to go on for much longer than just this day,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told staffers in a leaked video, referring to the permanent banning of President Donald Trump from the social media giant’s services.
The video was leaked to Project Veritas, a conservative undercover investigative news outlet.
“We are focused on one account [@realDonaldTrump] right now, but this is going to be much bigger than just one account, and it’s going to go on for much longer than just this day, this week, and the next few weeks, and go on beyond the inauguration,” Dorsey said.
“So, the focus is certainly on this account and how it ties to real-world violence. But also, we need to think much longer term around how these dynamics play out over time. I don’t believe this is going away anytime soon,” he added.
“You know, the U.S. is extremely divided. Our platform is showing that every single day,” he said.
A Twitter spokesman has confirmed the video is authentic to Fox News.
“The remarks shown in the video were delivered to our more than 5,400 employees and are nearly the same words Jack shared in a recent Tweet Thread offering context around and reflections on our work to protect the conversation in recent weeks,” the spokesperson said.
On Thursday, Dorsey had publicly defended his company’s decision to ban Trump, saying “I believe this was the right decision for Twitter.”
Dorsey referred in his Twitter thread to the fact that Parler, an up-and-coming Twitter competitor, abruptly lost its hosting services and ability to recruit new members.
“If folks do not agree with our rules and enforcement, they can simply go to another internet service. This concept was challenged last week when a number of foundational internet tool providers also decided not to host what they found dangerous,” he said, appearing to disagree with the decision to ban Parler.
“I do not believe this was coordinated. More likely: companies came to their own conclusions or were emboldened by the actions of others,” he said, despite the fact that Amazon, Google and Apple acted in near-unison to remove Parler from the Internet, citing its alleged failure to properly moderate harmful content.
Critics of the move say Amazon, Google and Apple unfairly singled out Parler and continue to allow threats and calls for violence to pass on their own platforms.
Parler’s CEO John Matze and his family are now in hiding after receiving death threats. Parler filed a motion in U.S. district court on Friday to redact names of Parler employees from exhibits in order to protect them from harassment and harm.
The free speech issue surrounding the banning of Trump from Twitter has largely broken down along party lines. Democrats, with few exceptions, appear to be egging on the internet crackdown.
The Associated Press, in an article on Saturday, downplayed the threat to free speech and even seemed to be contributing to the crackdown by pointing out places the social media giants have missed, namely podcasts.
“Accounts that have been banned on social media for election misinformation, threatening or bullying, and breaking other rules also still live on as podcasts available on the tech giants’ platforms,” the report said.
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Israel to build a flight school and supply training aircraft, simulators and support to the Hellenic Air Force.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
The Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that Israel and Greece will sign an agreement worth $1.7 billion under which Israel will provide equipment and infrastructure to the Hellenic Air Force to train its future pilots.
The agreement, which will be signed by both defense ministries, includes the establishment and operation of a flight school for the Hellenic Air Force, 10 M-346 Lavi training jets, the maintenance for T-6 propeller aircraft, as well as the provision of simulators, training and logistic support.
The government to government deal will span over 20 years and use the services of the major Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems.
“This agreement reflects the excellent and developing relations we have with Greece,” said Defense Minister Benny Gantz. “It is a long-term partnership that will serve the interests of both Israel and Greece, create hundreds of jobs in both countries, and promote stability in the Mediterranean.”
Gantz said he told his Greek counterpart, Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, he expected the recent strengthening of defense relations between the countries to deepen further.
Israel’s Defense Ministry said it won the international tender for the project, and as part of the agreement the flight school will be built and maintained by Elbit Systems, noting it’s the largest defense procurement agreement between the two countries to date.
The Greek flight school will be modeled after the Israel Air Force (IAF) flight academy, the Greek school will be equipped with 10 of the Israeli version of the Italian made M-346 training jets, which the IAF uses to train Israeli fighter pilots.
As part of the agreement, Elbit will upgrade and operate the Hellenic Air Force’s existing T-6 aircraft as well as provide training, simulators and logistical support.
“The Greek government’s approval of this agreement is a historic step in further deepening the excellent defense relations between our two countries. This is not just a defense export agreement, but rather a partnership for at least 20 years,” said Brig. Gen. (Res.), Yair Kulas, who heads the Defense Ministry’s Directorate for International Defense Cooperation.
Last year the two countries signed a deal for Israel to produce a corvette for the Hellenic Navy, and the two sides together with Cyprus are building a massive underwater gas pipeline to Europe from Israel’s offshore gas fields.
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Out of 128,000 Israelis who received both jabs of the vaccine from Maccabi, just 20 became sick due to the coronavirus.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
Israeli healthcare fund Maccabi announced Monday evening that just 0.01% of people vaccinated with both doses of the Pfizer vaccine develop symptoms of COVID-19.
Out of 128,000 Israelis who received both jabs of the vaccine from Maccabi, just 20 became sick due to the coronavirus.
If the group is representative of the vaccine’s overall efficacy, it would suggest a 99.99% success rate at preventing recipients from experiencing coronavirus symptoms.
“According to Maccabi’s experts this is preliminary data but the numbers are very encouraging,” read the statement.
“Maccabi reports that out of the 20 people infected, 50 percent suffer from chronic illnesses. All patients experienced a mild illness with symptoms including headaches, cough, weakness or fatigue. No one was hospitalized or suffered from a fever above 38.5C.”
“Most patients [were] tested for COVID-19 due to exposure to a verified patient,” the statement read.
Because the group was not tested for the coronavirus after the vaccine unless they developed symptoms, it is unclear if vaccination actually stops people from becoming infected with or transmitting the virus to others.
Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla confirmed in a Dateline interview that there is no data on whether or not the vaccine stops the spread of the virus.
Anat Ekka Zohar, Maccabi’s Information and Digital Health Division director, said in the statement that “the fact that the infected patients came from different profiles is consistent with Pfizer’s trial results.”
“We will monitor these patients closely in order to examine if they continue to suffer from mild symptoms only and do not develop complications as a result of the virus.”
Israel is the world leader in per capita vaccination, with some 2.6 million Israelis receiving at least one dose of the vaccine, and an estimated 1.2 million receiving both shots, out of a population of 9 million.
The Jewish state was able to obtain huge numbers of the vaccines via a data-sharing agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in which the Israeli government promised to share data about the vaccine’s efficacy with the company.
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"Out of 128,000 Israelis who received both jabs of the vaccine from Maccabi, just 20 became sick due to the coronavirus.\nBy Lauren Marcus, World Israel News\nIsraeli healthcare fund Maccabi announced Monday evening that just 0.01% of people vaccinated with both doses of the Pfizer vaccine develop symptoms of COVID-19.\nOut of 128,000 Israelis who received both jabs of the vaccine from Maccabi, just 20 became sick due to the coronavirus.\nIf the group is representative of the vaccine’s overall efficacy, it would suggest a 99.99% success rate at preventing recipients from experiencing coronavirus symptoms.\n“According to Maccabi’s experts this is preliminary data but the numbers are very encouraging,” read the statement.\n“Maccabi reports that out of the 20 people infected, 50 percent suffer from chronic illnesses. All patients experienced a mild illness with symptoms including headaches, cough, weakness or fatigue. No one was hospitalized or suffered from a fever above 38.5C.”\n“Most patients [were] tested for COVID-19 due to exposure to a verified patient,” the statement read.\nBecause the group was not tested for the coronavirus after the vaccine unless they developed symptoms, it is unclear if vaccination actually stops people from becoming infected with or transmitting the virus to others.\nPfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla confirmed in a Dateline interview that there is no data on whether or not the vaccine stops the spread of the virus.\nAnat Ekka Zohar, Maccabi’s Information and Digital Health Division director, said in the statement that “the fact that the infected patients came from different profiles is consistent with Pfizer’s trial results.”\n“We will monitor these patients closely in order to examine if they continue to suffer from mild symptoms only and do not develop complications as a result of the virus.”\nIsrael is the world leader in per capita vaccination, with some 2.6 million Israelis receiving at least one dose of the vaccine, and an estimated 1.2 million receiving both shots, out of a population of 9 million.\nThe Jewish state was able to obtain huge numbers of the vaccines via a data-sharing agreement with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in which the Israeli government promised to share data about the vaccine’s efficacy with the company.",
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The 74-year-old will be the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve.
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The U.S. Senate confirmed former Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen on Monday as the 78th U.S. Treasury secretary and the first female to lead the 231-year-old U.S. Treasury Department.
The final tally was 84-15.
The 74-year-old, who is Jewish, will succeed Steve Mnuchin, who’s also Jewish. (As Fed chair, she succeeded Ben Bernanke, who is Jewish.)
She will be officially sworn in on Monday night and again ceremonially on Tuesday, reported Bloomberg.
Yellen was the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, which is America’s central banking system. She served as chairwoman between 2014 and 2018.
Before leading the Federal Reserve, Yellen served as the body’s vice chair from 2010 to 2014, following an earlier term on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
She served as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under U.S. President Bill Clinton, has held a litany of high-profile leadership roles with national and international economic organizations, and has forged a prolific career as a professor of economics, including as a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, for the last four decades.
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Caricature by Vasco Gargalo of PM Netanyahu wearing a kippah and sporting a Nazi-style Star of David armband as he pushes a coffin draped with a Palestinian flag into a gas chamber. (Twitter/Bnai Brith Europe)
The announcement comes on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day as a debate has emerged in the Jewish and pro-Israel community over whether the official IHRA definition should be adopted into law.
By JNS
A coalition of 51 Jewish and pro-Israel organizations has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism on Thursday.
The organizations are members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which announced the adoption on Tuesday, the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The two other members of the umbrella organization, Americans for Peace Now and the Workers Circle, did not adopt the definition.
Americans for Peace Now, which is highly critical of Israeli policy, told Haaretz last month that it would not adopt the definition because it is “already being abused to quash legitimate criticism and activism directed at Israeli government policies.” The Workers Circle, a Yiddish culture group, did not comment on the announcement.
The IHRA definition says: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
The adoption follows the approval (without objection) of a Conference of Presidents resolution calling for member organizations to adopt the IHRA definition in November. The definition received bipartisan support in Congress and is consistent with and builds upon definitions endorsed by the last three presidential administrations.
“At a time of increased antis-Semitism at home and abroad, as well as great divisiveness in America, American Jewry is sending a clear message that we are united in our determination to combat anti-Semitism in all of its manifestations,” said the organization in a statement.
“The IHRA definition, which is anchored in the principles of human and civil rights, as well as anti-discrimination principles and policy, serves as an educational tool to assist local, state, and national authorities that are responsible for identifying, combating, and monitoring anti-Semitism and hate speech,” it continued. “It also helps to educate the public about the multi-dimensional and evolving nature of anti-Semitism today.”
The adoption came as a debate has emerged in the Jewish and pro-Israel community over whether the IHRA definition should be adopted into law.
A group of left-wing Jewish and Israeli groups issued a joint statement this month in opposition to adopting the definition, claiming that doing so would silence criticism of Israel.
The collection of groups—known as the Progressive Israel Network—include Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Habonim Dror North America, Hashomer Hatzair World Movement, Jewish Labor Committee, J Street, New Israel Fund, Partners for Progressive Israel, Reconstructing Judaism and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.
The Conference of Presidents pushed back against the Progressive Israel Network and expressed support for the IHRA definition.
It penned a letter to then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden stating that the definition “is now the most comprehensive and authoritative definition of anti-Semitism” and therefore “all federal departments and agencies” should consider adopting it. Agencies charged with carrying out Title VI are already required to do so.
Over the last several years, the IHRA’s definition of anti-Semitism has been adopted by countries and organizations across the world as the standard to help combat rising anti-Semitism.
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"Caricature by Vasco Gargalo of PM Netanyahu wearing a kippah and sporting a Nazi-style Star of David armband as he pushes a coffin draped with a Palestinian flag into a gas chamber. (Twitter/Bnai Brith Europe)\nThe announcement comes on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day as a debate has emerged in the Jewish and pro-Israel community over whether the official IHRA definition should be adopted into law.\nBy JNS\nA coalition of 51 Jewish and pro-Israel organizations has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism on Thursday.\nThe organizations are members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which announced the adoption on Tuesday, the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.\nThe two other members of the umbrella organization, Americans for Peace Now and the Workers Circle, did not adopt the definition.\nAmericans for Peace Now, which is highly critical of Israeli policy, told Haaretz last month that it would not adopt the definition because it is “already being abused to quash legitimate criticism and activism directed at Israeli government policies.” The Workers Circle, a Yiddish culture group, did not comment on the announcement.\nThe IHRA definition says: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”\nThe adoption follows the approval (without objection) of a Conference of Presidents resolution calling for member organizations to adopt the IHRA definition in November. The definition received bipartisan support in Congress and is consistent with and builds upon definitions endorsed by the last three presidential administrations.\n“At a time of increased antis-Semitism at home and abroad, as well as great divisiveness in America, American Jewry is sending a clear message that we are united in our determination to combat anti-Semitism in all of its manifestations,” said the organization in a statement.\n“The IHRA definition, which is anchored in the principles of human and civil rights, as well as anti-discrimination principles and policy, serves as an educational tool to assist local, state, and national authorities that are responsible for identifying, combating, and monitoring anti-Semitism and hate speech,” it continued. “It also helps to educate the public about the multi-dimensional and evolving nature of anti-Semitism today.”\nThe adoption came as a debate has emerged in the Jewish and pro-Israel community over whether the IHRA definition should be adopted into law.\nA group of left-wing Jewish and Israeli groups issued a joint statement this month in opposition to adopting the definition, claiming that doing so would silence criticism of Israel.\nThe collection of groups—known as the Progressive Israel Network—include Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Habonim Dror North America, Hashomer Hatzair World Movement, Jewish Labor Committee, J Street, New Israel Fund, Partners for Progressive Israel, Reconstructing Judaism and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.\nThe Conference of Presidents pushed back against the Progressive Israel Network and expressed support for the IHRA definition.\nIt penned a letter to then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden stating that the definition “is now the most comprehensive and authoritative definition of anti-Semitism” and therefore “all federal departments and agencies” should consider adopting it. Agencies charged with carrying out Title VI are already required to do so.\nOver the last several years, the IHRA’s definition of anti-Semitism has been adopted by countries and organizations across the world as the standard to help combat rising anti-Semitism.",
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Injections of second doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine were set to begin for the public on Sunday, a mere three weeks after the nation’s inoculation drive began.
By Associated Press
Israel is the midst of its third national lockdown, which was recently tightened to shutter schools amid record highs on coronavirus cases.
The country Israel has seen a recent surge in cases despite unleashing one of the world’s fastest vaccination campaigns.
The country has given the first of two vaccine doses to nearly 20% of its population.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel has secured enough vaccines to inoculate the whole adult population by the end of March.
Injections of second doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine were set to begin for the public on Sunday, a mere three weeks after the nation’s inoculation drive began.
Netanyahu was the first Israeli to receive the second dose of the vaccine, which he got on Saturday
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein was injected with his second shot after Netanyahu.
Netanyahu has placed the vaccination drive at the center of his campaign for reelection. On March 23, Israel will hold its fourth nationwide vote in less than two years. In the meantime, he has called on Israelis to make “one last big effort” to halt transmission by adhering to the tightened restrictions.
On Saturday night, thousands of Israelis renewed weekly demonstrations against Netanyahu, calling for the long-serving leader to resign over corruption charges against him and his alleged mishandling of the coronavirus crisis.
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Israel, in fact, has vaccinated more Palestinians than any Arab country. In Lebanon, Palestinians are denied vaccines as “foreigners.”
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute
While Israel has been falsely accused by some international media outlets and human rights organizations of “refusing” to vaccinate Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip against Covid-19, no one seems to be paying attention to what is happening in Lebanon, an Arab country that has long been hosting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Syrians and other Arabs.
First, the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement states that “powers and responsibilities in the sphere of health in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip shall be transferred to the Palestinian side.”
According to the agreement, “the Palestinian side shall continue to apply the present standards of vaccination of Palestinians and shall improve them according to internationally accepted standards and shall continue the vaccination of the [Palestinian] population.”
Second, the Palestinians said they had refused to accept vaccines from Israel, and that the Palestinian government was working to get the doses from the World Health Organization and companies around the world.
Third, despite the Palestinian denial, Israel recently acknowledged that it gave 100 vaccine doses to the Palestinians, with another delivery expected shortly.
Fourth, the Palestinian government announced that it has signed in the past few weeks agreements to purchase vaccines from four different companies.
Fifth, Israel recently facilitated the delivery of 5,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine to the Palestinians. The Palestinians were easily able to import it, as they said they preferred to do.
Sixth, Israel is in fact giving vaccines to Palestinians – those living in east Jerusalem and who, as holders of Israeli ID cards, enjoy access to the same healthcare system as Israeli citizens. (The majority of east Jerusalem Palestinians are residents, not citizens, of Israel).
Biased media impervious to facts
All these facts have failed to convince anti-Israel journalists and organizations around the world that the Palestinian government, and not Israel, is responsible for obtaining vaccines for the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Israel-haters are bringing up the issue of vaccines not because they care about the Palestinians, but because they seek to hold Israel responsible for Palestinian suffering that, as usual, is being caused by their own leaders.
The Palestinian leaders had a great deal of time to ask Israel to help them get vaccines. Instead of doing so, however, they announced in May 2020 that they had decided to sever all relations with Israel to protest Israeli government policies on settlements.
In late 2020, the Palestinian leaders reversed their decision and decided to restore their relations with Israel. They had wasted precious time that could have been used planning how to get vaccines for the Palestinians.
Have any of these Israel-haters bothered to ask the Palestinian government why it has been so slow in obtaining vaccines from the vaccine-producing companies? Do they really expect Israel to send its soldiers into West Bank and Gaza Strip hospitals forcibly to give vaccines to the Palestinians?
While the debate about Israel’s alleged responsibility for vaccinating the Palestinians, who are not (and do not wish to become) Israeli citizens is unfolding in the international media and other forums, the Israel-haters have apparently not heard about the controversy that erupted in Lebanon in the past few days.
Lebanese citizens have launched an online campaign that says that they have the right to be vaccinated before any foreigner living in the country. The term “foreigner” mainly refers to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in Lebanon.
The campaign, which is being condemned by Palestinians and others as “racist” and “discriminatory,” has evidently failed to attract the attention of all those individuals and organizations who are making false, libelous accusations against Israel. They do not care about this racist campaign because an Arab country, and not Israel, is discriminating against Arabs (the Palestinians).
A hashtag on Twitter titled “The Vaccine for Lebanese First,” has drawn mixed reactions from Arabs.
“The Lebanese ruling party is lobbying against vaccinating non-Lebanese in Lebanon,” remarked Twitter user Wael Kaafarani. “The World Health Organization should be aware of that and divert its support to non-governmental organizations such as the Red Cross in Lebanon.”
Another social media user, Hani, wrote:
“It’s very funny how Lebanese people are traveling to Dubai to get vaccinated, and the ones living abroad are getting the vaccine in whatever country they’re in, but want to deny it to anyone of different nationality in their country (Lebanon).”
Also denouncing the call for prioritizing Lebanese in the vaccinations, Marianne Hassoun commented: “The hashtag is the epitome of pettiness and racism.”
Several Lebanese, though, have come out in defense of the campaign.
“We as Lebanese have the full right to get vaccinated before any foreigner,” remarked Amin Tohme on Twitter. “This is not racism, but it’s called patriotism.”
Another Lebanese, who calls himself “Lebanese Loyalist”, wrote:
“This is not racism, simply logic. As a Lebanese taxpayer, I have the full right to take a vaccine I am paying for before any non-Lebanese citizen. My money, Lebanese money, brought the vaccine here. Not refugee money.”
The Democratic Forum for Palestinian Journalists in Lebanon said that it was “surprised” by calls to limit vaccines to Lebanese citizens.
“Such calls only come from ignorant people who do not understand anything about the health strategies adopted to contain the coronavirus pandemic… This racism harms the image and reputation of Lebanon.”
The campaign does not come as surprise to those familiar with Lebanon’s apartheid policies and laws against Palestinians.
Limited rights in Lebanon
According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights. Palestinians cannot, for example, work in as many as 39 professions and cannot own property (real estate). Palestinian refugees, officially considered “foreigners” in Lebanon, are unable to acquire Lebanese citizenship. They also face restrictions accessing basic services, such as education and healthcare.
Those who are now attacking Israel over its purported responsibility for vaccinating the Palestinians living under the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, do not care about the Palestinians living in Lebanon. They do not care about the calls in Lebanon not to give vaccines to “foreigners,” including Palestinians and Syrians.
Israel, in fact, has vaccinated more Palestinians than any Arab country. For the record, thousands of Palestinians from east Jerusalem, as well as Arab citizens of Israel, whom many in the international community call Palestinians, have received the vaccine in the past few weeks.
The same individuals and organizations that are attacking Israel refer to Arab citizens and residents of east Jerusalem as Palestinians. Given that tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and residents of east Jerusalem have received the vaccine without any problem, means that Israel is the only country that actually has so far given the vaccine to Palestinians.
The Palestinian Authority government, which has its own healthcare system, has so far given zero vaccines to its people in the West Bank. Hamas, which also has its own healthcare system, has so far given zero vaccines to its people in the Gaza Strip.
Clearly, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are too busy with other matters – for example, inciting and carrying out terrorist attacks on Israelis, including paying the families of terrorists for the bloody acts of their relatives – to deal effectively with the health care of their people. Instead, they are sitting and waiting for the international community to donate vaccines to them rather than making a serious effort to purchase the doses.
They join the anti-Israel journalists and organizations in ignoring the medical apartheid Palestinians are facing in an Arab country: Lebanon.
Bassam Tawil, a Muslim Arab, is based in the Middle East.
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In Lebanon, Palestinians are denied vaccines as “foreigners.”\nBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute\nWhile Israel has been falsely accused by some international media outlets and human rights organizations of “refusing” to vaccinate Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip against Covid-19, no one seems to be paying attention to what is happening in Lebanon, an Arab country that has long been hosting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Syrians and other Arabs.\nFirst, the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement states that “powers and responsibilities in the sphere of health in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip shall be transferred to the Palestinian side.”\nAccording to the agreement, “the Palestinian side shall continue to apply the present standards of vaccination of Palestinians and shall improve them according to internationally accepted standards and shall continue the vaccination of the [Palestinian] population.”\nSecond, the Palestinians said they had refused to accept vaccines from Israel, and that the Palestinian government was working to get the doses from the World Health Organization and companies around the world.\nThird, despite the Palestinian denial, Israel recently acknowledged that it gave 100 vaccine doses to the Palestinians, with another delivery expected shortly.\nFourth, the Palestinian government announced that it has signed in the past few weeks agreements to purchase vaccines from four different companies.\nFifth, Israel recently facilitated the delivery of 5,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine to the Palestinians. The Palestinians were easily able to import it, as they said they preferred to do.\nSixth, Israel is in fact giving vaccines to Palestinians – those living in east Jerusalem and who, as holders of Israeli ID cards, enjoy access to the same healthcare system as Israeli citizens. (The majority of east Jerusalem Palestinians are residents, not citizens, of Israel).\nBiased media impervious to facts\nAll these facts have failed to convince anti-Israel journalists and organizations around the world that the Palestinian government, and not Israel, is responsible for obtaining vaccines for the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.\nThe Israel-haters are bringing up the issue of vaccines not because they care about the Palestinians, but because they seek to hold Israel responsible for Palestinian suffering that, as usual, is being caused by their own leaders.\nThe Palestinian leaders had a great deal of time to ask Israel to help them get vaccines. Instead of doing so, however, they announced in May 2020 that they had decided to sever all relations with Israel to protest Israeli government policies on settlements.\nIn late 2020, the Palestinian leaders reversed their decision and decided to restore their relations with Israel. They had wasted precious time that could have been used planning how to get vaccines for the Palestinians.\nHave any of these Israel-haters bothered to ask the Palestinian government why it has been so slow in obtaining vaccines from the vaccine-producing companies? Do they really expect Israel to send its soldiers into West Bank and Gaza Strip hospitals forcibly to give vaccines to the Palestinians?\nWhile the debate about Israel’s alleged responsibility for vaccinating the Palestinians, who are not (and do not wish to become) Israeli citizens is unfolding in the international media and other forums, the Israel-haters have apparently not heard about the controversy that erupted in Lebanon in the past few days.\nLebanese citizens have launched an online campaign that says that they have the right to be vaccinated before any foreigner living in the country. The term “foreigner” mainly refers to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in Lebanon.\nThe campaign, which is being condemned by Palestinians and others as “racist” and “discriminatory,” has evidently failed to attract the attention of all those individuals and organizations who are making false, libelous accusations against Israel. They do not care about this racist campaign because an Arab country, and not Israel, is discriminating against Arabs (the Palestinians).\nA hashtag on Twitter titled “The Vaccine for Lebanese First,” has drawn mixed reactions from Arabs.\n“The Lebanese ruling party is lobbying against vaccinating non-Lebanese in Lebanon,” remarked Twitter user Wael Kaafarani. “The World Health Organization should be aware of that and divert its support to non-governmental organizations such as the Red Cross in Lebanon.”\nAnother social media user, Hani, wrote:\n“It’s very funny how Lebanese people are traveling to Dubai to get vaccinated, and the ones living abroad are getting the vaccine in whatever country they’re in, but want to deny it to anyone of different nationality in their country (Lebanon).”\nAlso denouncing the call for prioritizing Lebanese in the vaccinations, Marianne Hassoun commented: “The hashtag is the epitome of pettiness and racism.”\nSeveral Lebanese, though, have come out in defense of the campaign.\n“We as Lebanese have the full right to get vaccinated before any foreigner,” remarked Amin Tohme on Twitter. “This is not racism, but it’s called patriotism.”\nAnother Lebanese, who calls himself “Lebanese Loyalist”, wrote:\n“This is not racism, simply logic. As a Lebanese taxpayer, I have the full right to take a vaccine I am paying for before any non-Lebanese citizen. My money, Lebanese money, brought the vaccine here. Not refugee money.”\nThe Democratic Forum for Palestinian Journalists in Lebanon said that it was “surprised” by calls to limit vaccines to Lebanese citizens.\n“Such calls only come from ignorant people who do not understand anything about the health strategies adopted to contain the coronavirus pandemic… This racism harms the image and reputation of Lebanon.”\nThe campaign does not come as surprise to those familiar with Lebanon’s apartheid policies and laws against Palestinians.\nLimited rights in Lebanon\nAccording to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights. Palestinians cannot, for example, work in as many as 39 professions and cannot own property (real estate). Palestinian refugees, officially considered “foreigners” in Lebanon, are unable to acquire Lebanese citizenship. They also face restrictions accessing basic services, such as education and healthcare.\nThose who are now attacking Israel over its purported responsibility for vaccinating the Palestinians living under the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, do not care about the Palestinians living in Lebanon. They do not care about the calls in Lebanon not to give vaccines to “foreigners,” including Palestinians and Syrians.\nIsrael, in fact, has vaccinated more Palestinians than any Arab country. For the record, thousands of Palestinians from east Jerusalem, as well as Arab citizens of Israel, whom many in the international community call Palestinians, have received the vaccine in the past few weeks.\nThe same individuals and organizations that are attacking Israel refer to Arab citizens and residents of east Jerusalem as Palestinians. Given that tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and residents of east Jerusalem have received the vaccine without any problem, means that Israel is the only country that actually has so far given the vaccine to Palestinians.\nThe Palestinian Authority government, which has its own healthcare system, has so far given zero vaccines to its people in the West Bank. Hamas, which also has its own healthcare system, has so far given zero vaccines to its people in the Gaza Strip.\nClearly, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas are too busy with other matters – for example, inciting and carrying out terrorist attacks on Israelis, including paying the families of terrorists for the bloody acts of their relatives – to deal effectively with the health care of their people. Instead, they are sitting and waiting for the international community to donate vaccines to them rather than making a serious effort to purchase the doses.\nThey join the anti-Israel journalists and organizations in ignoring the medical apartheid Palestinians are facing in an Arab country: Lebanon.\nBassam Tawil, a Muslim Arab, is based in the Middle East.",
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Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said the government’s obligation first and foremost was to its citizens, but that it would be in Israel’s best interests to make sure that Palestinians got the vaccine.
By JNS
Several Democratic lawmakers have called on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians even though under the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority is responsible for the health care of the Palestinians.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) joined several other Democrats, including Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Marie Newman (D-Ill.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), as well as Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), in expressing concern over Israel’s vaccination policy.
Bowman tweeted on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “must ensure that both Israelis and Palestinians have access to the COVID vaccine. This cruelty is another reminder of why the occupation must end.”
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) told Haartez, “I commend Israel for leading the world on vaccinating its people, but I’m disappointed and concerned by their government’s exclusion of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation from these vaccination efforts, despite making COVID vaccines available to Israeli settlers in the West Bank.”
“Israel’s government has a responsibility under international law not just to Israeli citizens but also Palestinians in the occupied territories. This is a stark reminder of the importance of achieving a two-state solution that respects the rights of the Palestinian people and the security of Israel,” he said.
“This virus does not see or care about nationality, borders, or religion—its devastating impact is everywhere. The Netanyahu administration has a moral and humanitarian obligation to ensure that both Israelis & Palestinians have access to vaccines,” tweeted Rep. Newman on Jan. 4. “Whether we’re talking about our own communities, the United States, or nations across the globe, we must do everything in our power to ensure vaccines are not only distributed rapidly but also equitably.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel last week of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories. She told Democracy Now the Jewish state “has no intention” of helping Palestinian Arabs overcome the coronavirus pandemic, and that the United States is “enabling” them to do so.
Under the terms of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority is responsible for the health care of Palestinians under its control in portions of the West Bank. Israel has been vaccinating Arab citizens within Israel, as well as residents of eastern Jerusalem.
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said in an interview on Sunday that the government’s obligation first and foremost was to its citizens, but that it would be in Israel’s best interests to make sure that Palestinians got the vaccine eventually to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
During the nomination hearing of U.S. Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said, “There’s a vaccination campaign going on right now that in Israel is viewed as one of the leading and most innovative in the world in terms of vaccinating high percentages of people. But virtually no one in Palestine has been vaccinated, and the Israeli health minister says, ‘When we are done with our citizens, then we will focus attention on our neighbors.’ ”
“The Palestinians are in this odd space where they’re sort of not in one of their own countries or in a country, but they’re not considered citizens, they’re considered neighbors,” he said. “This is the kind of thing that suggests we really do need to find a path forward.”
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Attempted terror attack at Jerusalem checkpoint, no casualties
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IDF soldiers check IDs and vehicles at checkpoint in eastern Jerusalem’s Shuafat neighborhood, Dec. 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Police forces have launched a search for the driver, who fled the scene.
By World Israel News Staff
Policemen manning a checkpoint in Jerusalem believe they were the target of a car-ramming attack on Thursday when a vehicle driving towards them refused to stop.
The vehicle arrived at a police checkpoint in the area of the a-Tur neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, near the Mount of Olives. Ignoring orders to stop, the driver continued moving towards the officers.
The officers believed their lives were being threatened.
The driver fled the scene. Police forces have launched a search for the vehicle.
There were no casualties.
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WATCH: New House Foreign Affairs chairman says US must re-enter Iran deal
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Opinion: Democratic hypocrisy and Pelosi's impeachment push
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No sane American condones the events of Jan. 6, but from that to impeaching a sitting president, the distance is great.
By Boaz Bismuth, JNS
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently has just one thing on her mind: impeaching President Donald Trump. Because Vice President Mike Pence won’t support invoking the 25th Amendment, which would strip Trump of his presidential powers, she intends to launch a quick impeachment vote with the backing of her friends in Congress if he doesn’t resign willingly.
As Republican leaders don’t plan on backing the initiative (at least that’s what they decided behind closed doors), it is destined to fail — similar to the attempt to disqualify some of the Electoral College votes last week. Hence, Pelosi is doing precisely what she accuses Trump of doing — dividing America when the one thing it needs is to unite. Even more so with just days remaining until the end of his term.
In an interview with 60 Minutes, Pelosi didn’t mince words, calling the president “deranged,” “unhinged” and “dangerous.”
The big question is where Pelosi was during the riots and looting across the U.S. this past summer. The Democrats’ hypocrisy in this context knows no bounds. Trump’s speech to his supporters before the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was a bad mistake, but the Democrats are now making it worse. (And let’s not forget that Pelosi herself harmed the congressional institution, even if not physically, when she tore up Trump’s State of the Union address on live TV in front of tens of millions of Americans.)
Twitter decided on Friday to shut down Trump’s Twitter account indefinitely, after initially suspending it for 12 hours on Jan. 6. The decision reverberated across the United States and the entire globe, as the president’s Twitter account is perhaps his main tool for communicating with the American public; he has 88 million followers.
Twitter’s stock plummeted and Trump’s many supporters — 74 million of whom voted for him, it’s important to note — furiously accused the social media giant of censoring one side of the political divide.
Just a reminder: While the president’s Twitter account is disabled, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, continues using the platform to deny the Holocaust and disseminate his doctrine of hate.
These days, conservatives in the United States believe the best way to fight the social media networks is to establish competing networks of their own and weaken the monopolies of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — which all blocked the president’s official accounts.
The blocking of Trump’s account on Friday came after two additional tweets of his: In one he called his supporters “patriots” and in the second he said he wouldn’t attend president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The California-based company presented the suspension as an attempt to prevent the president from inciting violence and avoid a repeat of Wednesday’s events on Capitol Hill. All of the president’s thousands of tweets from the past four years simply vanished from the Internet.
Trump himself tried tweeting from other accounts, including the official account of the U.S. president, from which he warned against trying to silence 75 million people. “We will not be silenced,” he wrote in capital letters, indicating he was examining the option of establishing a “platform of our own.”
As stated, people on the right are livid at Twitter over its astoundingly Orwellian measure. We should note that even on the election trail Trump assailed Silicon Valley “big tech” for choosing sides. Trump himself discovered the immense power of communicating via Twitter in 2011. There’s no doubt that blocking his primary and most direct avenue of communication with his base is a severe blow to the president, but according to several of his supporters who I met in Washington on Friday, the move will only amplify support for him.
“Trumpism isn’t going anywhere. The more they attack him, the more we will support him,” said Paul, who came to the rally from Idaho with two friends.
The outrage against Twitter is considerable among conservatives, but is not unequivocal. Not everyone in the conservative camp likes the president’s tweets, nor the fact that Twitter became his main tool. There’s no question that many Republicans also didn’t like his tweet against Mike Pence last week after the vice president fulfilled his congressional duties during the Electoral College vote.
Silencing him, however, is a step too far. In America, we must bear in mind, freedom of expression is a sacred right. Hence the discussion surrounding alternative social media platforms such as Parler.
The media wants Trump’s head on a platter. The Republicans won’t risk impeaching a president 11 days before the transfer of power in Washington. Israel Hayom has learned that Republican senators will try navigating between the Democrats and the press, who want Trump’s head, and the 74 million American voters who view Trump as the leader of the Republican Party. A difficult task indeed.
Sen. Lindsey Graham personally felt the ire of Republicans for coming out against the president shortly after the despicable Capitol breach. He was heckled by protesters at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Republican senators understand that joining the Democrats’ initiative will reduce their chances of getting elected in two years’ time (or whenever they are up for reelection).
Pelosi decided to submit a formal impeachment inquiry if Trump refuses to resign, but without Republican cooperation in the Senate the measure is dead in the water. President-elect Joe Biden has said he will not interfere. Jim Justice, the governor of West Virginia, doesn’t understand why America needs this divisive measure right before the transfer of power, particularly after Trump on Friday declared power would be transferred in a quiet and lawful manner.
The big question is how the Republican senators will react to the Democrats’ impeachment push.
A real battle on this issue is currently being waged behind the scenes, and to the best of my understanding, the Republican senators will allow Senate Democrats, headed by Chuck Schumer, to proceed with the inquiry without helping him. The Republican senators presently find themselves between the American media’s insatiable appetite for Trump’s head and the 74 million Americans who voted for him and remember all the good things he has done.
No sane American condones what happened on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, but from that to impeaching a sitting president, the distance is great. Such an extreme and dramatic step, just days before the conclusion of his term, stands in stark contrast to the notion of American unity evoked by Biden.
The belief is that Pelosi is enacting the measure due to a personal grudge against Trump, and mainly to prevent him from running again in 2024. According to many others, meanwhile, an impeachment inquiry will only bolster the support for Trump from his base. Either way, virtually identical headlines are being splashed across the front pages of U.S. newspapers, from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, saying that Trump is facing increased calls for impeachment. The New York Post, meanwhile, ran the one-word headline, “Revolting,” to describe the scenes from Capitol Hill.
The media found a great opportunity to settle a score and is now crucifying Trump. The criminals who stormed the U.S. Congress provided proof of all its claims and Trump’s considerable achievements won’t stand to his credit. The newspaper headlines say it all: treason, revolt, uprising, domestic terrorism, revolution. The rift between at least half of Americans and the anti-Trump media is unbridgeable.
It’s a fact that the most recent Rasmussen poll showed increased support for Trump. In the days since the Capitol incident, the outgoing president’s approval ratings have approached the 50 percent mark.
Boaz Bismuth is editor in chief of Israel Hayom. This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.
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"No sane American condones the events of Jan. 6, but from that to impeaching a sitting president, the distance is great.\nBy Boaz Bismuth, JNS\nHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently has just one thing on her mind: impeaching President Donald Trump. Because Vice President Mike Pence won’t support invoking the 25th Amendment, which would strip Trump of his presidential powers, she intends to launch a quick impeachment vote with the backing of her friends in Congress if he doesn’t resign willingly.\nAs Republican leaders don’t plan on backing the initiative (at least that’s what they decided behind closed doors), it is destined to fail — similar to the attempt to disqualify some of the Electoral College votes last week. Hence, Pelosi is doing precisely what she accuses Trump of doing — dividing America when the one thing it needs is to unite. Even more so with just days remaining until the end of his term.\nIn an interview with 60 Minutes, Pelosi didn’t mince words, calling the president “deranged,” “unhinged” and “dangerous.”\nThe big question is where Pelosi was during the riots and looting across the U.S. this past summer. The Democrats’ hypocrisy in this context knows no bounds. Trump’s speech to his supporters before the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was a bad mistake, but the Democrats are now making it worse. (And let’s not forget that Pelosi herself harmed the congressional institution, even if not physically, when she tore up Trump’s State of the Union address on live TV in front of tens of millions of Americans.)\nTwitter decided on Friday to shut down Trump’s Twitter account indefinitely, after initially suspending it for 12 hours on Jan. 6. The decision reverberated across the United States and the entire globe, as the president’s Twitter account is perhaps his main tool for communicating with the American public; he has 88 million followers.\nTwitter’s stock plummeted and Trump’s many supporters — 74 million of whom voted for him, it’s important to note — furiously accused the social media giant of censoring one side of the political divide.\nJust a reminder: While the president’s Twitter account is disabled, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, continues using the platform to deny the Holocaust and disseminate his doctrine of hate.\nThese days, conservatives in the United States believe the best way to fight the social media networks is to establish competing networks of their own and weaken the monopolies of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — which all blocked the president’s official accounts.\nThe blocking of Trump’s account on Friday came after two additional tweets of his: In one he called his supporters “patriots” and in the second he said he wouldn’t attend president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.\nThe California-based company presented the suspension as an attempt to prevent the president from inciting violence and avoid a repeat of Wednesday’s events on Capitol Hill. All of the president’s thousands of tweets from the past four years simply vanished from the Internet.\nTrump himself tried tweeting from other accounts, including the official account of the U.S. president, from which he warned against trying to silence 75 million people. “We will not be silenced,” he wrote in capital letters, indicating he was examining the option of establishing a “platform of our own.”\nAs stated, people on the right are livid at Twitter over its astoundingly Orwellian measure. We should note that even on the election trail Trump assailed Silicon Valley “big tech” for choosing sides. Trump himself discovered the immense power of communicating via Twitter in 2011. There’s no doubt that blocking his primary and most direct avenue of communication with his base is a severe blow to the president, but according to several of his supporters who I met in Washington on Friday, the move will only amplify support for him.\n“Trumpism isn’t going anywhere. The more they attack him, the more we will support him,” said Paul, who came to the rally from Idaho with two friends.\nThe outrage against Twitter is considerable among conservatives, but is not unequivocal. Not everyone in the conservative camp likes the president’s tweets, nor the fact that Twitter became his main tool. There’s no question that many Republicans also didn’t like his tweet against Mike Pence last week after the vice president fulfilled his congressional duties during the Electoral College vote.\nSilencing him, however, is a step too far. In America, we must bear in mind, freedom of expression is a sacred right. Hence the discussion surrounding alternative social media platforms such as Parler.\nThe media wants Trump’s head on a platter. The Republicans won’t risk impeaching a president 11 days before the transfer of power in Washington. Israel Hayom has learned that Republican senators will try navigating between the Democrats and the press, who want Trump’s head, and the 74 million American voters who view Trump as the leader of the Republican Party. A difficult task indeed.\nSen. Lindsey Graham personally felt the ire of Republicans for coming out against the president shortly after the despicable Capitol breach. He was heckled by protesters at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Republican senators understand that joining the Democrats’ initiative will reduce their chances of getting elected in two years’ time (or whenever they are up for reelection).\nPelosi decided to submit a formal impeachment inquiry if Trump refuses to resign, but without Republican cooperation in the Senate the measure is dead in the water. President-elect Joe Biden has said he will not interfere. Jim Justice, the governor of West Virginia, doesn’t understand why America needs this divisive measure right before the transfer of power, particularly after Trump on Friday declared power would be transferred in a quiet and lawful manner.\nThe big question is how the Republican senators will react to the Democrats’ impeachment push.\nA real battle on this issue is currently being waged behind the scenes, and to the best of my understanding, the Republican senators will allow Senate Democrats, headed by Chuck Schumer, to proceed with the inquiry without helping him. The Republican senators presently find themselves between the American media’s insatiable appetite for Trump’s head and the 74 million Americans who voted for him and remember all the good things he has done.\nNo sane American condones what happened on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, but from that to impeaching a sitting president, the distance is great. Such an extreme and dramatic step, just days before the conclusion of his term, stands in stark contrast to the notion of American unity evoked by Biden.\nThe belief is that Pelosi is enacting the measure due to a personal grudge against Trump, and mainly to prevent him from running again in 2024. According to many others, meanwhile, an impeachment inquiry will only bolster the support for Trump from his base. Either way, virtually identical headlines are being splashed across the front pages of U.S. newspapers, from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal, saying that Trump is facing increased calls for impeachment. The New York Post, meanwhile, ran the one-word headline, “Revolting,” to describe the scenes from Capitol Hill.\nThe media found a great opportunity to settle a score and is now crucifying Trump. The criminals who stormed the U.S. Congress provided proof of all its claims and Trump’s considerable achievements won’t stand to his credit. The newspaper headlines say it all: treason, revolt, uprising, domestic terrorism, revolution. The rift between at least half of Americans and the anti-Trump media is unbridgeable.\nIt’s a fact that the most recent Rasmussen poll showed increased support for Trump. In the days since the Capitol incident, the outgoing president’s approval ratings have approached the 50 percent mark.\nBoaz Bismuth is editor in chief of Israel Hayom. This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.",
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Israel leads the world in vaccinating its population, but infection rate continues to rise.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Friday Israel will have vaccinated one million of its 9.3 million citizens against the coronavirus, becoming the first country on the globe to inoculate 10 percent of its population.
“Just yesterday we broke another record and vaccinated 153,430 people at 325 vaccination stations across the country,” Edelstein tweeted. “Today we will pass one million vaccinated.”
The Health Ministry reported that as of Friday morning 950,000 Israelis had already received their first shot, with a second vaccination to be administered three weeks after the first.
As of Thursday, Israel leads the world in per capita vaccinations with 9.18 per 100 people with Bahrain a distant second at 3.37 per 100, the UK at 1.39 per 100 and the U.S. lagging behind at 0.84 coronavirus vaccinations per 100 people, the website Our World in Data reported.
Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, told CNN that America’s slow administration of the vaccine was because its health system is set up differently.
In Israel, Bahrain, and the UK, “they already have a vaccine program that’s government run. They’re already providing vaccines to their citizens. They’re not building an entire infrastructure to do this — they already have it,” Hannan said, noting that the U.S. has no public health infrastructure.
“The structure we have in the U.S. doesn’t lend itself to vaccinating 300 million people in four months,” Hannan said. “This just isn’t the way we do business.”
Three weeks ago Israel received its first planeload of doses of the vaccine produced by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The Health Ministry launched the national vaccination drive on December 20 targeting medical and healthcare workers, at-risk groups, and people over the age of 60.
According to the updated Ministry of Health, 41 percent of Israeli citizens aged 60 and over have been vaccinated so far.
Despite the positive vaccination numbers, Edelstein this week admitted that the government imposed two-week lockdown that began on Sunday was not working and infection rates are climbing.
Health Ministry officials are calling for a full enforced lockdown that will see the school system closed and tight restrictions on which businesses are allowed to open, Kan News reported.
Ministry statistics released Friday morning showed another 5,804 Israelis tested positive for coronavirus in the past day with 45,373 active cases in the country. Of the 1,102 Israelis hospitalized with the virus 678 are listed in serious or critical condition, with 178 of them connected to ventilators – the highest numbers in three months.
The cabinet is scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss the situation and whether or not to impose stricter regulations in a bid to cut the infection rate. Edelstein had blamed fellow politicians for what he called “populist decisions” that left the school system many businesses open, moves that health officials said would require additional weeks of restrictions before Israel would reach a target of 1000 infections daily or lower.
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"Israel leads the world in vaccinating its population, but infection rate continues to rise.\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nHealth Minister Yuli Edelstein said Friday Israel will have vaccinated one million of its 9.3 million citizens against the coronavirus, becoming the first country on the globe to inoculate 10 percent of its population.\n“Just yesterday we broke another record and vaccinated 153,430 people at 325 vaccination stations across the country,” Edelstein tweeted. “Today we will pass one million vaccinated.”\nThe Health Ministry reported that as of Friday morning 950,000 Israelis had already received their first shot, with a second vaccination to be administered three weeks after the first.\nAs of Thursday, Israel leads the world in per capita vaccinations with 9.18 per 100 people with Bahrain a distant second at 3.37 per 100, the UK at 1.39 per 100 and the U.S. lagging behind at 0.84 coronavirus vaccinations per 100 people, the website Our World in Data reported.\nClaire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, told CNN that America’s slow administration of the vaccine was because its health system is set up differently.\nIn Israel, Bahrain, and the UK, “they already have a vaccine program that’s government run. They’re already providing vaccines to their citizens. They’re not building an entire infrastructure to do this — they already have it,” Hannan said, noting that the U.S. has no public health infrastructure.\n“The structure we have in the U.S. doesn’t lend itself to vaccinating 300 million people in four months,” Hannan said. “This just isn’t the way we do business.”\nThree weeks ago Israel received its first planeload of doses of the vaccine produced by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The Health Ministry launched the national vaccination drive on December 20 targeting medical and healthcare workers, at-risk groups, and people over the age of 60.\nAccording to the updated Ministry of Health, 41 percent of Israeli citizens aged 60 and over have been vaccinated so far.\nDespite the positive vaccination numbers, Edelstein this week admitted that the government imposed two-week lockdown that began on Sunday was not working and infection rates are climbing.\nHealth Ministry officials are calling for a full enforced lockdown that will see the school system closed and tight restrictions on which businesses are allowed to open, Kan News reported.\nMinistry statistics released Friday morning showed another 5,804 Israelis tested positive for coronavirus in the past day with 45,373 active cases in the country. Of the 1,102 Israelis hospitalized with the virus 678 are listed in serious or critical condition, with 178 of them connected to ventilators – the highest numbers in three months.\nThe cabinet is scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss the situation and whether or not to impose stricter regulations in a bid to cut the infection rate. Edelstein had blamed fellow politicians for what he called “populist decisions” that left the school system many businesses open, moves that health officials said would require additional weeks of restrictions before Israel would reach a target of 1000 infections daily or lower.",
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Social media giants suspend accounts of the president but allow foreign leaders to call for genocide.
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute
Several social media giants recently made a controversial move by banning U.S. President Donald Trump while allowing leaders of what the U.S. Department of State has called the top state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian regime, to operate freely on their platforms.
First, it was Facebook and Instagram that banned the President “indefinitely.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said:
“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”
Twitter immediately followed suit by suspending the accounts of President Trump, Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell. Regarding President Trump, Twitter claimed:
“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
Twitter apparently had a problem with only two tweets of the President: one stated that he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20: “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” In the second one, President Trump wrote:
“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”
Twitter explained:
“These two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks. After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service.”
Such an interpretation of those words seems, bluntly, a bit of a stretch — especially when compared to what is permitted on Twitter without so much as a “thoughtful little note” of any kind.
What, for instance, about Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who constantly tweets anti-Semitic and incendiary tweets and whose regime the U.S. Department of State has called “the world’s worst sponsor of terrorism”? Khamenei has no problem on Twitter publicly calling for the annihilation of Israel and denying the Holocaust.
“We will support and assist any nation or any group anywhere who opposes and fights the Zionist regime,” Khamenei tweeted on May 20, 2020, “and we do not hesitate to say this. #FlyTheFlag”. On May 18, 2020 he posted a tweet:
“The West Bank must be armed, just as Gaza. The only thing that can reduce the Palestinians’ hardships is the hand of power. Otherwise, compromise won’t reduce a bit of the cruelty of this usurping, evil, wolf-like entity. #FlyTheFlag”.
On May 21, 2020, he tweeted:
“The ppl of Palestine should hold a referendum. Any political sys they vote for should govern in all of Palestine. The only remedy until the removal of the Zionist regime is firm, armed resistance.”
According to Twitter’s “Violent organizations policy”:
“There is no place on Twitter for violent organizations, including terrorist organizations, violent extremist groups, or individuals who affiliate with and promote their illicit activities… Our assessments under this policy are informed by national and international terrorism designations, as well as our violent extremist group and violent organizations criteria.”
Don’t those tweets from Iran’s Supreme Leader violate Twitter’s own rules?
More shocking, in November 9, 2014 Khamenei posted a tweet laying out how to annihilate Israel: “Why should & how can #Israel be eliminated? Ayatollah Khamenei’s answer to 9 key questions. #HandsOffAlAqsa”. Khamenei actually posted a screenshot exactly detailing the process to destroy Israel. Those tweets are still up.
When asked about the ayatollah’s anti-Semitic tweets, Ylwa Pettersson, Twitter’s head of policy for the Nordic countries and Israel, told the Israeli Knesset’s Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, through a video-conference:
“We have an approach toward leaders that says that direct interactions with fellow public figures, comments on political issues of the day, or foreign policy saber-rattling on military-economic issues are generally not in violation of our rules.”
The response commendably sparked outrage. People pointed to the double standards. Member of Knesset Michal Cotler-Wunsh, who was in the session and led the discussion, wrote:
“Wow. Twitter just admitted that tweets calling for genocide against Jews by Iranian leaders DON’T violate its policy! THIS is a double standard. This is antisemitism.”
Human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky tweeted:
“I kid you not! At a Knesset hearing on Antisemitism, @Twitter rep tells me they flag @realDonaldTrump because it serves ‘public conversation’, but not Iran’s @khamenei_ir call for GENOCIDE, which passes for acceptable ‘commentary on political issues of the day’. cc. @CotlerWunsh”
Social media giants nevertheless freely allow Iranian leaders to tweet death threats to Americans, anti-Semitism and calls for the destruction of Israel. Will no one please stop them?
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh is a business strategist and advisor, Harvard-educated scholar, political scientist, board member of Harvard International Review, and president of the International American Council on the Middle East. He has authored several books on Islam and US foreign policy.
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"Social media giants suspend accounts of the president but allow foreign leaders to call for genocide.\nBy Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute\nSeveral social media giants recently made a controversial move by banning U.S. President Donald Trump while allowing leaders of what the U.S. Department of State has called the top state sponsor of terrorism, the Iranian regime, to operate freely on their platforms.\nFirst, it was Facebook and Instagram that banned the President “indefinitely.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said:\n“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”\nTwitter immediately followed suit by suspending the accounts of President Trump, Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell. Regarding President Trump, Twitter claimed:\n“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”\nTwitter apparently had a problem with only two tweets of the President: one stated that he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20: “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” In the second one, President Trump wrote:\n“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”\nTwitter explained:\n“These two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks. After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service.”\nSuch an interpretation of those words seems, bluntly, a bit of a stretch — especially when compared to what is permitted on Twitter without so much as a “thoughtful little note” of any kind.\nWhat, for instance, about Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who constantly tweets anti-Semitic and incendiary tweets and whose regime the U.S. Department of State has called “the world’s worst sponsor of terrorism”? Khamenei has no problem on Twitter publicly calling for the annihilation of Israel and denying the Holocaust.\n“We will support and assist any nation or any group anywhere who opposes and fights the Zionist regime,” Khamenei tweeted on May 20, 2020, “and we do not hesitate to say this. #FlyTheFlag”. On May 18, 2020 he posted a tweet:\n“The West Bank must be armed, just as Gaza. The only thing that can reduce the Palestinians’ hardships is the hand of power. Otherwise, compromise won’t reduce a bit of the cruelty of this usurping, evil, wolf-like entity. #FlyTheFlag”.\nOn May 21, 2020, he tweeted:\n“The ppl of Palestine should hold a referendum. Any political sys they vote for should govern in all of Palestine. The only remedy until the removal of the Zionist regime is firm, armed resistance.”\nAccording to Twitter’s “Violent organizations policy”:\n“There is no place on Twitter for violent organizations, including terrorist organizations, violent extremist groups, or individuals who affiliate with and promote their illicit activities… Our assessments under this policy are informed by national and international terrorism designations, as well as our violent extremist group and violent organizations criteria.”\nDon’t those tweets from Iran’s Supreme Leader violate Twitter’s own rules?\nMore shocking, in November 9, 2014 Khamenei posted a tweet laying out how to annihilate Israel: “Why should & how can #Israel be eliminated? Ayatollah Khamenei’s answer to 9 key questions. #HandsOffAlAqsa”. Khamenei actually posted a screenshot exactly detailing the process to destroy Israel. Those tweets are still up.\nWhen asked about the ayatollah’s anti-Semitic tweets, Ylwa Pettersson, Twitter’s head of policy for the Nordic countries and Israel, told the Israeli Knesset’s Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, through a video-conference:\n“We have an approach toward leaders that says that direct interactions with fellow public figures, comments on political issues of the day, or foreign policy saber-rattling on military-economic issues are generally not in violation of our rules.”\nThe response commendably sparked outrage. People pointed to the double standards. Member of Knesset Michal Cotler-Wunsh, who was in the session and led the discussion, wrote:\n“Wow. Twitter just admitted that tweets calling for genocide against Jews by Iranian leaders DON’T violate its policy! THIS is a double standard. This is antisemitism.”\nHuman rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky tweeted:\n“I kid you not! At a Knesset hearing on Antisemitism, @Twitter rep tells me they flag @realDonaldTrump because it serves ‘public conversation’, but not Iran’s @khamenei_ir call for GENOCIDE, which passes for acceptable ‘commentary on political issues of the day’. cc. @CotlerWunsh”\nSocial media giants nevertheless freely allow Iranian leaders to tweet death threats to Americans, anti-Semitism and calls for the destruction of Israel. Will no one please stop them?\nDr. Majid Rafizadeh is a business strategist and advisor, Harvard-educated scholar, political scientist, board member of Harvard International Review, and president of the International American Council on the Middle East. He has authored several books on Islam and US foreign policy.",
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Gaza rockets fired at Israel may have been set off by lightning
Israel responded to two rockets fired into Israel on Sunday night.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Gaza terrorists fired two rockets from the Strip towards the coast near the city of Ashdod on Sunday night. Or at least, that was the initial belief, as IDF fighter jets zeroed in on terror targets in retaliation, blowing up several Hamas sites, including tunnel operations.
“The IDF views any terror activity against Israel with great severity and is ready to continue operating as necessary against attempts to harm Israeli civilians or sovereignty,” the military said in a statement.
“The Hamas terror organization is responsible for all events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and emanating from it, and will bear the consequences for terror activity against Israeli civilians,” it added.
But the terror group may not have launched the missiles, at least not on purpose. Later reports say that the Gaza rockets may have been set off by a technical malfunction caused by lightning. The possibility was floated after video was obtained from a security camera facing the northern Gaza Strip, which captured a lightning storm seconds before the rockets launched.
Such events have occurred in the past.
Israel is under constant threat from Hamas terrorists so the assumption was that the Gaza rockets were fired intentionally is understandable. On Wednesday, shots were fired at two engineering vehicles in separate incidents adjacent to the security fence in the Gaza Strip.
In 2016, Israel began constructing a massive underground wall to prevent Hamas from building terror tunnels into Israel, which the group planned to use to carry out attacks and kidnap Israeli civilians and soldiers.
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The president’s executive order immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.
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President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military.
The new order, which Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office. It immediately prohibits any service member from being forced out of the military on the basis of gender identity.
The decision comes as Biden plans to turn his attention to equity issues that he believes continue to shadow nearly all aspects of American life. Ahead of his inauguration, Biden’s transition team circulated a memo saying Biden planned to use his first full week as president “to advance equity and support communities of color and other underserved communities.”
As he signed the order on Monday, Biden said, “What I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform.”
“America is stronger, at home and around the world, when it is inclusive. The military is no exception,” the order says. “Allowing all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform is better for the military and better for the country because an inclusive force is a more effective force. Simply put, it’s the right thing to do and is in our national interest.”
The order directs the departments of Defense and Homeland Security to take steps to implement the order for the military and the Coast Guard. And it says they must reexamine the records of service members who were discharged or denied reenlistment due to gender identity issues under the previous policy.
It requires the departments to submit a report to the president on their progress within 60 days.
Austin, in a statement, voiced support for the change and said the Pentagon will work over the next two months to implement the new policy.
“I fully support the President’s direction that all transgender individuals who wish to serve in the United States military and can meet the appropriate standards shall be able to do so openly and free from discrimination,” said Austin, who also was formally sworn in as defense chief by Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday. “This is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do.”
Congress members and advocates hailed the signing.
“This is the triumph of evidence-based policy over discrimination,” said Aaron Belkin, the executive director of the Palm Center, which researches and advocates against LGBTQ discrimination. “The inclusive policy will make it easier for trans troops to do their jobs and to fulfill their missions.”
The Trump policy triggered a number of lawsuits, including from transgender individuals who wanted to join the military and found themselves blocked.
“It is my highest goal to serve my country in the U.S. military and I’ve fought this ban because I know that I am qualified to serve,” said Nicolas Talbott, an aspiring service member involved in one of the lawsuits. “I’m thrilled and relieved that I and other transgender Americans can now be evaluated solely on our ability to meet military standards. I look forward to becoming the best service member I can be.”
Others disagreed. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said the move would divert “precious dollars from mission-critical training to something as controversial as gender reassignment surgery.”
Under Biden’s new policy, transgender servicemembers won’t be discharged based on gender identity.
The move to overturn the transgender ban is the latest example of Biden using executive authority in his first days as president to undo Trump policy. His early actions include orders to overturn a Trump administration ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries, stop construction of the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, and launch an initiative to advance racial equity.
Until a few years ago service members could be discharged from the military for being transgender, but that changed during the Obama administration. In 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that transgender people already serving in the military would be allowed to serve openly. And the military set July 1, 2017, as the date when transgender individuals would be allowed to enlist.
After Trump took office, however, his administration delayed the enlistment date and called for additional study to determine if allowing transgender individuals to serve would affect military readiness or effectiveness.
A few weeks later, Trump caught military leaders by surprise, tweeting that the government wouldn’t accept or allow transgender individuals to serve “in any capacity” in the military. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he wrote.
After a lengthy and complicated legal battle and additional reviews, the Defense Department in April 2019 approved the new policy that fell short of an all-out ban but barred transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex and required most individuals to serve in what the administration called their “birth gender.”
Under that policy, currently serving transgender troops and anyone who had signed an enlistment contract before the effective date could continue with plans for hormone treatments and gender transition if they had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
But after that date, no one with gender dysphoria who was taking hormones or has transitioned to another gender was allowed to enlist.
Troops that were already serving and were diagnosed with gender dysphoria were required to serve in the gender assigned at birth and were barred from taking hormones or getting transition surgery.
As of 2019, an estimated 14,700 troops on active duty and in the Reserves identify as transgender, but not all seek treatment. Since July 2016, more than 1,500 service members were diagnosed with gender dysphoria; as of Feb. 1, 2019, there were 1,071 currently serving.
According to the Pentagon, the department spent about $8 million on transgender care between 2016 and 2019. The military’s annual health care budget tops $50 billion.
All four service chiefs told Congress in 2018 that they had seen no discipline, morale or unit readiness problems with transgender troops serving openly in the military. But they also acknowledged that some commanders were spending a lot of time with transgender individuals who were working through medical requirements and other transition issues.
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Ahead of his inauguration, Biden’s transition team circulated a memo saying Biden planned to use his first full week as president “to advance equity and support communities of color and other underserved communities.”\nAs he signed the order on Monday, Biden said, “What I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform.”\n“America is stronger, at home and around the world, when it is inclusive. The military is no exception,” the order says. “Allowing all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform is better for the military and better for the country because an inclusive force is a more effective force. Simply put, it’s the right thing to do and is in our national interest.”\nThe order directs the departments of Defense and Homeland Security to take steps to implement the order for the military and the Coast Guard. And it says they must reexamine the records of service members who were discharged or denied reenlistment due to gender identity issues under the previous policy.\nIt requires the departments to submit a report to the president on their progress within 60 days.\nAustin, in a statement, voiced support for the change and said the Pentagon will work over the next two months to implement the new policy.\n“I fully support the President’s direction that all transgender individuals who wish to serve in the United States military and can meet the appropriate standards shall be able to do so openly and free from discrimination,” said Austin, who also was formally sworn in as defense chief by Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday. “This is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing to do.”\nCongress members and advocates hailed the signing.\n“This is the triumph of evidence-based policy over discrimination,” said Aaron Belkin, the executive director of the Palm Center, which researches and advocates against LGBTQ discrimination. “The inclusive policy will make it easier for trans troops to do their jobs and to fulfill their missions.”\nThe Trump policy triggered a number of lawsuits, including from transgender individuals who wanted to join the military and found themselves blocked.\n“It is my highest goal to serve my country in the U.S. military and I’ve fought this ban because I know that I am qualified to serve,” said Nicolas Talbott, an aspiring service member involved in one of the lawsuits. “I’m thrilled and relieved that I and other transgender Americans can now be evaluated solely on our ability to meet military standards. I look forward to becoming the best service member I can be.”\nOthers disagreed. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said the move would divert “precious dollars from mission-critical training to something as controversial as gender reassignment surgery.”\nUnder Biden’s new policy, transgender servicemembers won’t be discharged based on gender identity.\nThe move to overturn the transgender ban is the latest example of Biden using executive authority in his first days as president to undo Trump policy. His early actions include orders to overturn a Trump administration ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries, stop construction of the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, and launch an initiative to advance racial equity.\nUntil a few years ago service members could be discharged from the military for being transgender, but that changed during the Obama administration. In 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that transgender people already serving in the military would be allowed to serve openly. And the military set July 1, 2017, as the date when transgender individuals would be allowed to enlist.\nAfter Trump took office, however, his administration delayed the enlistment date and called for additional study to determine if allowing transgender individuals to serve would affect military readiness or effectiveness.\nA few weeks later, Trump caught military leaders by surprise, tweeting that the government wouldn’t accept or allow transgender individuals to serve “in any capacity” in the military. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he wrote.\nAfter a lengthy and complicated legal battle and additional reviews, the Defense Department in April 2019 approved the new policy that fell short of an all-out ban but barred transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex and required most individuals to serve in what the administration called their “birth gender.”\nUnder that policy, currently serving transgender troops and anyone who had signed an enlistment contract before the effective date could continue with plans for hormone treatments and gender transition if they had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.\nBut after that date, no one with gender dysphoria who was taking hormones or has transitioned to another gender was allowed to enlist.\nTroops that were already serving and were diagnosed with gender dysphoria were required to serve in the gender assigned at birth and were barred from taking hormones or getting transition surgery.\nAs of 2019, an estimated 14,700 troops on active duty and in the Reserves identify as transgender, but not all seek treatment. Since July 2016, more than 1,500 service members were diagnosed with gender dysphoria; as of Feb. 1, 2019, there were 1,071 currently serving.\nAccording to the Pentagon, the department spent about $8 million on transgender care between 2016 and 2019. The military’s annual health care budget tops $50 billion.\nAll four service chiefs told Congress in 2018 that they had seen no discipline, morale or unit readiness problems with transgender troops serving openly in the military. But they also acknowledged that some commanders were spending a lot of time with transgender individuals who were working through medical requirements and other transition issues.",
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The Police Investigations Department released the policemen involved in the fatal accident — an “irregular” step, Moshe Saada wrote to the State Attorney’s office.
By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News
The Police Investigations Department (PID) is bungling the investigation into the death of Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed during a high-speed police chase two weeks ago, the deputy head of the department charged Monday.
In a sharply worded letter to Deputy State Attorney for Criminal Affairs Shlomo Lemberger revealed on Radio 103FM, Moshe Saada wrote that “The PID is not bothering to do the minimum required of it in a case of the death of a minor and violence against detainees.”
Sixteen-year-old Sandak was one of five youths whose car was being pursued on December 21 by undercover officers on suspicion of having thrown stones at Palestinian vehicles in the Binyamin region. At a certain point, the car went off the road and flipped over, killing Sandak and lightly injuring his friends.
The police denied any responsibility for the accident, and are charging the driver with reckless driving and causing Sandak’s death. However, even in their initial interrogation, wrote Saada, the youths maintained that the police car had hit them, causing the accident, and one said that the officers had beat them severely once they were caught.
An internal investigation into the officers’ behavior only began after public uproar ensued when the youths’ version of the events was publicized. Even then, Saada wrote, the PID’s investigators didn’t collect detailed testimony from the youths.
Saada also wrote that the officers involved in the fatal incident, who had been detained as per standard procedure given that they were accused by the youths of being responsible for the accident, should not have been released. This was “irregular conduct” on the part of PID head Keren Bar Menachem.
He charged that Lemberger was ignoring a string of failures of the investigation that are “heavily damaging…the public’s trust” in law enforcement.
Saada’s claims were backed Monday by the expert opinion solicited by Sandak’s family of a former police officer in the traffic division who determined that the version put forward by the officers involved was not truthful. They had attested that the highway collision was caused by the fleeing driver suddenly swerving from his lane and striking their car.
However, David Ben-Zaken, who investigated accidents for the police for some three decades and examined the site, wrote that it would be highly unlikely for this to happen without leaving brake-marks on the road – which he did not find.
His report concluded that the young men’s car had not swerved left as the police claimed. “The accident occurred while both vehicles were moving [and] the car in which the youths were riding flipped over twice as a result of the collision,” he said.
There have been almost nightly demonstrations throughout the country demanding “justice for Ahuvia,” with dozens detained and many claiming brutal behavior on the part of the arresting officers.
Nineteen Knesset members from religious parties Shas, United Torah Judaism and Yemina sent a letter Thursday to the justice minister, calling for an external commission of inquiry. Some Likud lawmakers have also joined the call for a separate investigation into the fatal accident.
According to Kan News, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sandak’s parents on Thursday, saying, “The truth about the circumstances of your son’s death will come to light.”
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Second wrestler faces death sentence in Iran, known for its abuse of the death penalty against regime opponents.
By World Israel News Staff
Iran is preparing to execute one of its top athletes who was convicted of killing a man five years ago in a street fight, the Iranian Shabnak news website reported Friday.
Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, a wrestler from the Iranian city of Andimeshk, was arrested and charged with the murder of another man during an altercation in 2015. Sentenced to death for the killing, under Iranian law Hosseini can be spared if the victim’s family agrees to a pardon.
The report said authorities are preparing to execute him “in the coming days,” a few months after a fellow athlete was hanged on trumped up charges for participating in anti-government protests.
In September, the Islamic Republic executed top ranked wrestler Navid Afkari after he was arrested following anti-government protests and charged with the murder of a security guard. It is widely believed that Afkari was subjected to extreme torture while in prison, and there is speculation his execution was rushed in order to cover up the torture.
In the past week some prominent Iranian sports figures spoke out to prevent the execution of the death sentence and to obtain the consent of the victim’s family.
Wrestling is one of the top sports in Iran, and Iranian Olympic gold medalist and six-time world champion Hamid Sourian, who is vice-president of the Iranian Wrestling Federation, has called for a stay of Hosseini’s execution, urging the father of the man killed “to give up the retribution of Mehdi Ali Hosseini for the sake of God, so that this young athlete who has made this big mistake can get a new life.”
“When I started wrestling, Mehdi Ali Hosseini wrestled with my younger brother in the same age group and he is really a good and moral wrestler,” said Sourian, who noted that while in prison Hosseini became the champion of the country’s prison wrestling competitions.
“I desperately ask the noble family of the victim to forgive him,” Sourian said.
Following the September execution of Afkari, a group of five independent UN human rights experts issued a statement strongly condemning Iran, saying “it is deeply disturbing that the authorities appear to have used the death penalty against an athlete as a warning to its population in a climate of increasing social unrest.”
“The hastened secret execution, forced confession under torture as the sole evidence, closed trial and the lack of respect for the domestic requirements for reconciliation and the denial of a last family visit suggest that there was an attempt by the authorities to expedite his execution,” the experts said.
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“Unidentified suspect(s) had painted graffiti on the garage door and left a pig’s head on the sidewalk,” said the San Francisco Police Department.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home was vandalized overnight Friday, seemingly in response to the Senate failing to pass a bill for $2,000 stimulus checks.
Pelosi, whose net worth is estimated at $16 million, owns a home in San Francisco’s tony Pacific Heights neighborhood.
Although there are security cameras on the property and throughout the neighborhood, vandals succeeded in reaching Pelosi’s home, spray painting messages on her garage door, as well as dumping a pig’s head and fake blood on the property.
The graffiti read “2K” with a line through it, and the words “We want everything” written next to it, suggesting that the proposed $2,000 stimulus checks aren’t enough.
“UBI,” for Universal Basic Income, was was spray painted on the garage door and “Cancel rent.” alongside two letter As inside of circles, suggesting that an anarchist group is behind the vandalism. The “Anarchy A” is a common symbol used by anarchists.
“Unidentified suspect(s) had painted graffiti on the garage door and left a pig’s head on the sidewalk,” the San Francisco Police Department told Fox News. The department said they are investigating.
Saturday’s incident isn’t the first time Pelosi’s home has been targeted by protesters.
Neighbor Audrey Carlson, who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, told local news station KRON that protesters left hairdryers in the bushes outside of Pelosi’s home after a video emerged of her getting her hair done at a salon that should have been closed during a stay-at-home order.
“It’s a fairly cowardly way to go about expressing your opinion,” she said of the vandalism.
“I don’t think that this is a useful way to go about it and it’s a terrible start to this new year when we’re hoping for less anger and hatred than we’ve had to deal with for the last year.”
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President Donald Trump receives a menorah from Sheldon Adelson (l) and his wife Miriam Adelson at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., Dec. 7, 2019. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
As President Trump leaves the White House, we must remember that we, as Israelis, as Americans and as proud Jews owe him our gratitude.
By Miriam Adelson, JNS
Gratitude is literally written into our Jewish identity.
In the Book of Genesis, when our foremother Leah gives birth to her last son, she says: “‘This time I will give thanks to the Lord’; therefore she called his name, Yehuda.” It is because of Yehuda that we Jews are named “yehudim” in Hebrew. And it is in the spirit of Yehuda that we give thanks for kinship, for friendship, for courage, for the triumph of truth.
U.S. President Donald Trump represents all of these things.
And today, as he departs the White House, he deserves our gratitude — as proud Israelis, as proud Americans and as proud Jews, no matter our politics.
Where his predecessors faltered, this president delivered, by finally recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal and beloved capital and moving the U.S. embassy there.
Where his predecessors shut their eyes to reality, this president demonstrated strategic vision, by recognizing the Golan Heights as Israel’s sovereign territory and declaring that there is nothing wrong — and everything right — about Jews living anywhere in the ancient Jewish homeland.
President Trump showed global leadership in the face of evil, by withdrawing from the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran and increasing sanctions against it.
And he always — always — backed Israel and the Jewish people.
President Trump knew that America stands tallest when it stands with its true friends and allies. He knew that Israel’s interests are U.S. interests and that when one of these nations becomes great again, so too does the other. He knew that the Red, White, and Blue looked terrific flying alongside the Blue and White: Stars and Stripes alongside the Star of David.
We owe President Trump our sincere and heartfelt thanks — without apology or hesitation.
That’s what it means to have a common cause and a shared destiny.
Our enemies’ weapons do not discriminate among Israelis. And our friends — our real friends — do not discriminate between the “right” or “wrong” time to support Israel, or the “right” or “wrong” Israeli government to engage with.
We must embrace such friends. We must embrace President Trump. The gratitude we owe him is above partisan politics. It is a duty that we must feel in our souls, which speaks to the very heart of our existence.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, dear friend and ally. You will be missed. In Zion, you will always have a home away from home.
God bless you, and God bless the great United States.
Dr. Adelson is the publisher of Israel Hayom, where this article first appeared.
The paper writes, “As she is in mourning for her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, we have, with her permission, printed the above article – an updated version of a speech she delivered alongside President Trump at a Dec. 11, 2019 gala of the Israel American Council.”
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"President Donald Trump receives a menorah from Sheldon Adelson (l) and his wife Miriam Adelson at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Fla., Dec. 7, 2019. (AP/Patrick Semansky)\nAs President Trump leaves the White House, we must remember that we, as Israelis, as Americans and as proud Jews owe him our gratitude.\nBy Miriam Adelson, JNS\nGratitude is literally written into our Jewish identity.\nIn the Book of Genesis, when our foremother Leah gives birth to her last son, she says: “‘This time I will give thanks to the Lord’; therefore she called his name, Yehuda.” It is because of Yehuda that we Jews are named “yehudim” in Hebrew. And it is in the spirit of Yehuda that we give thanks for kinship, for friendship, for courage, for the triumph of truth.\nU.S. President Donald Trump represents all of these things.\nAnd today, as he departs the White House, he deserves our gratitude — as proud Israelis, as proud Americans and as proud Jews, no matter our politics.\nWhere his predecessors faltered, this president delivered, by finally recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal and beloved capital and moving the U.S. embassy there.\nWhere his predecessors shut their eyes to reality, this president demonstrated strategic vision, by recognizing the Golan Heights as Israel’s sovereign territory and declaring that there is nothing wrong — and everything right — about Jews living anywhere in the ancient Jewish homeland.\nPresident Trump showed global leadership in the face of evil, by withdrawing from the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran and increasing sanctions against it.\nAnd he always — always — backed Israel and the Jewish people.\nPresident Trump knew that America stands tallest when it stands with its true friends and allies. He knew that Israel’s interests are U.S. interests and that when one of these nations becomes great again, so too does the other. He knew that the Red, White, and Blue looked terrific flying alongside the Blue and White: Stars and Stripes alongside the Star of David.\nWe owe President Trump our sincere and heartfelt thanks — without apology or hesitation.\nThat’s what it means to have a common cause and a shared destiny.\nOur enemies’ weapons do not discriminate among Israelis. And our friends — our real friends — do not discriminate between the “right” or “wrong” time to support Israel, or the “right” or “wrong” Israeli government to engage with.\nWe must embrace such friends. We must embrace President Trump. The gratitude we owe him is above partisan politics. It is a duty that we must feel in our souls, which speaks to the very heart of our existence.\nThank you, Mr. President. Thank you, dear friend and ally. You will be missed. In Zion, you will always have a home away from home.\nGod bless you, and God bless the great United States.\nDr. Adelson is the publisher of Israel Hayom, where this article first appeared.\nThe paper writes, “As she is in mourning for her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, we have, with her permission, printed the above article – an updated version of a speech she delivered alongside President Trump at a Dec. 11, 2019 gala of the Israel American Council.”",
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The @khamenei_site Twitter account posted an image of former President Donald Trump playing golf in the shadow of a drone. (Twitter/@khamenei_site/Screenshot)
Trump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with the caption “Revenge is certain” written in Farsi.
By World Israel News Staff and AP
Twitter permanently banned an account believed to be linked to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after it posted a picture that appeared to threaten former President Donald Trump.
In the image posted by the suspect account late Thursday, Trump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with the caption “Revenge is certain” written in Farsi.
In response to a request for comment from The Associated Press, a Twitter spokesman said the account was fake and violated the company’s “manipulation and spam policy,” without elaborating how it came to that conclusion.
The tweet of the golfer-drone photo violated the company’s “abusive behavior policy,” Twitter’s spokesman added.
In Iran, the suspect account — @khamenei_site — is believed to be linked to the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because its behavior mirrored that of other accounts identified in state-run media as tied to his office. It frequently posted excerpts from his speeches and other official content.
In this case, the account carried the link to Khamenei’s website.
However, other accounts tied to Khamenei’s office that did not tweet the golf-drone photo, including his main English language account, Khamenei.ir, remain active.
It is from his main account that he has called for Israel’s destruction.
In July of last year, a Knesset committee hearing on the topic of social media anti-Semitism learned from a Twitter representative that calls for genocide against Israel were considered by the social-media giant to be “saber-rattling” and “not in violation of our Twitter rules.”
Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh, who headed the discussion, later tweeted, “Wow. Twitter just admitted that tweets calling genocide against Jews by Iranian leaders DON’T violate its policy!”
Twitter has been accused of double standards and violating basic free speech rights in its treatment of conservatives.
On Jan. 8, Twitter banned then President Donald Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Twitter based its ban on two tweets by Trump, one saying he wouldn’t attend the inauguration. Critics of the ban said that Twitter had interpreted the tweets in a Kafkaesque way and that they weren’t a call for violence as the platform alleged.
As a result of Trump’s ban, Twitter also found itself under pressure to ban other political figures whose calls for violence have been much more pronounced, particularly Khamenei.
Soon after Trump’s ban from Twitter ignited calls to target tweets from other political leaders, the company took down a post by a different Khamenei-linked account that pushed a Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theory.
Khamenei claimed that virus vaccines imported from the U.S. or Britain were “completely untrustworthy.”
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"The @khamenei_site Twitter account posted an image of former President Donald Trump playing golf in the shadow of a drone. (Twitter/@khamenei_site/Screenshot)\nTrump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with the caption “Revenge is certain” written in Farsi.\nBy World Israel News Staff and AP\nTwitter permanently banned an account believed to be linked to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after it posted a picture that appeared to threaten former President Donald Trump.\nIn the image posted by the suspect account late Thursday, Trump is shown playing golf in the shadow of a giant drone, with the caption “Revenge is certain” written in Farsi.\nIn response to a request for comment from The Associated Press, a Twitter spokesman said the account was fake and violated the company’s “manipulation and spam policy,” without elaborating how it came to that conclusion.\nThe tweet of the golfer-drone photo violated the company’s “abusive behavior policy,” Twitter’s spokesman added.\nIn Iran, the suspect account — @khamenei_site — is believed to be linked to the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because its behavior mirrored that of other accounts identified in state-run media as tied to his office. It frequently posted excerpts from his speeches and other official content.\nIn this case, the account carried the link to Khamenei’s website.\nHowever, other accounts tied to Khamenei’s office that did not tweet the golf-drone photo, including his main English language account, Khamenei.ir, remain active.\nIt is from his main account that he has called for Israel’s destruction.\nIn July of last year, a Knesset committee hearing on the topic of social media anti-Semitism learned from a Twitter representative that calls for genocide against Israel were considered by the social-media giant to be “saber-rattling” and “not in violation of our Twitter rules.”\nKnesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh, who headed the discussion, later tweeted, “Wow. Twitter just admitted that tweets calling genocide against Jews by Iranian leaders DON’T violate its policy!”\nTwitter has been accused of double standards and violating basic free speech rights in its treatment of conservatives.\nOn Jan. 8, Twitter banned then President Donald Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Twitter based its ban on two tweets by Trump, one saying he wouldn’t attend the inauguration. Critics of the ban said that Twitter had interpreted the tweets in a Kafkaesque way and that they weren’t a call for violence as the platform alleged.\nAs a result of Trump’s ban, Twitter also found itself under pressure to ban other political figures whose calls for violence have been much more pronounced, particularly Khamenei.\nSoon after Trump’s ban from Twitter ignited calls to target tweets from other political leaders, the company took down a post by a different Khamenei-linked account that pushed a Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theory.\nKhamenei claimed that virus vaccines imported from the U.S. or Britain were “completely untrustworthy.”",
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Israeli security officials say Biden will be pushed to focus on the Iranian threat to America’s allies in the Middle East.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Israel intends to ask the new Biden administration not to immediately put pressure on Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates and to avoid confrontations with them on regional and other issues, Walla! News reported Thursday.
Jerusalem fears that president-elect Joe Biden, who takes office in one week, will not only try to return to the nuclear deal with Iran, but will also cool its relations with the United States’ Arab allies in the region.
Israel sees its security and intelligence relations with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE as a key factor in the strategy to contain Iran and as an important component in regional security.
“Israel and the Gulf states share an interest in preventing the immediate complete removal of sanctions without appropriate compensation from Iran,” Eldad Shavit and Sima Shine of the Institute for National Securities Studies wrote on Monday. “Thus, there is room to coordinate positions and present them separately and together to the Biden administration.”
Senior defense officials told Walla! that the Israeli government plans to make the case to the Biden administration that the region has changed over the last four years, with a new regional alignment forming as Israel strengthens its ties with Arab countries.
Biden has promised to put the issue of human rights protection high on the list of foreign policy priorities in his administration. In telephone conversations with 17 world leaders after his election victory Biden did not speak with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE – although all three are considered key regional allies.
During the election campaign, Biden was particularly critical of Saudi Arabia over its role in the Yemen civil war and human rights issues, despite Iran arming and backing the Houthi rebels there trying to overthrow the government with war causing a huge humanitarian crisis.
Israel sees its security and intelligence relationships with those three Arab countries as central to its strategy to counter Iran and an important pillar in regional security. It’s hoping the new administration will prioritize that process over its concerns about the war in Yemen or human rights issues.
“We were very close to losing Egypt several years ago and our message to the Biden administration will be: ‘Take it slow, dramatic changes took place, don’t come with predispositions and don’t harm relations with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE,'” a senior Israeli official told Walla! reporter Barak Ravid.
Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt all welcomed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to designate the Houthi rebels as a terror organization.
Some Democrats want to reverse that decision, but Israel hasn’t taken any position and instead is emphasizing recent Houthi threats on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and fears the Houthis could use Iranian-supplied long range suicide drones to attack Israel from Yemen.
The officials said Israel encouraged Egypt and Saudi Arabia to take steps on human rights issues in order to improve the atmosphere for dialogue with the Biden administration. At the same time, Israel plans to warn Biden’s team that a crisis in relations with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt could push those countries away from the U.S. and toward Russia and China.
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Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani speaks at the protest tent outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 4, 2020. (Flash90/Yonatan Sindel)
Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani: “I will vote for Gideon Saar, Netanyahu has deceived us.”
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
David Elhayani, chairman of the Yesha Council, the chief settlement group, announced Tuesday that he is supporting Gideon Saar’s New Hope party which broke away from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party last month.
Elhayani, known for being to the far-right of the political spectrum on settlement issues, opposed Netanyahu’s effort to annex larges swathes of Judea and Samaria as part of Trump’s Mideast plan because it included the possibility of a Palestinian state. Other settlement leaders had supported it.
What appears to have sparked Elhayani’s latest decision was the government’s failure to “regularize” 46 settlements housing some 25,000 people. Doing so would have given them the ability to hook up to Israel’s water and electrical grid.
Elhayani made his remarks at a protest tent outside the prime minister’s Jerusalem office where a hunger strike is taking place over the 46 settlements. Two settlement leaders have already been taken to hospital after collapsing.
“Netanyahu left the values of the Likud, I will always remain true to the values of the national camp,” Elhayani said on Tuesday, according to website Srugim.
“When Netanyahu declares two states for two peoples, when Netanyahu draws the borders of the Palestinian terrorist state on 70% of the territories of Judea and Samaria, when Netanyahu does not regulate young settlements and freezes settlements, when Netanyahu deceived me and the Jordan Valley – he promised to apply Israeli sovereignty – this is not a right-wing prime minister,” Elhayani said.
“I have good friends in the Likud, I love and embrace them, it’s hard to leave the house, the house I love so much, but Netanyahu destroyed it,” Elhayani said, adding that the new home for old Likud values was with New Hope, which Saar formed last month in a bid to unseat Netanyahu.
Of several Likud members who also bolted the party and joined Saar, Elhayani said that he believed in “their honesty, in their sincerity to bring hope and good news to the State of Israel” and called on the settlements to vote for Saar in Israel’s upcoming national election on March 23.
Channel 20 News political reporter Erez Zadok noted that Elhayani wasn’t running for the Knesset on Saar’s list, but only throwing his support behind him.
“A very serious mistake in my eyes, but his right,” Zadok tweeted, noting that Elhayani’s support would not turn New Hope more to the right and saying Saar is boycotting most of the right and “goes with the extreme left.”
Last week, a former settlement leader and recently retired Israeli consul to New York Danny Dayan, joined Saar’s party. Dayan’s “knowledge of American society and the political system” would be “especially valuable,” Saar said.
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She made her remarks while addressing San Francisco constituents during an online video conference.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday said that the rioters who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday chose “their whiteness over democracy,” AP reports.
She made her remarks while addressing San Francisco constituents during an online video conference.
Her comments came after she spoke about the high-death rate from coronavirus on Wednesday and Thursday, which were single-day highs, The Hill reports.
“When that assault was taking place on the Capitol, 3,865 people in our country died of the coronavirus, many of them people of color because of the injustice of it all,” Pelosi said.
Pelosi, in speaking about the “the Feast of the Epiphany,” a Christian holiday celebrated after Christmas, said “I thought it was going to be an epiphany for those who were in opposition of our democracy to see the light.”
“Instead, it was an epiphany for the world to see that there are people in our country, led by this President, for the moment, who have chosen their whiteness over democracy. That’s what this is about,” she said.
The Democrats have tried to paint President Donald Trump and his supporters as racists throughout his term.
In response to a Biden-Harris campaign theme that he refused to denounce white supremacist groups, the Trump campaign put out a five-minute video showing him disavowing such groups at least 38 times over the course of his presidency.
“The Biden campaign continues to sow division and inflame racial tension by spreading this false narrative,” a Trump campaign official said at the time. “Enough is enough.”
Race relations became a central theme of the campaign following the death of George Floyd, who was black, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on May 25.
Unrest erupted in major U.S. cities in the wake of the killing and even spread abroad. Statues of famous historical figures were torn down and some two dozen people were killed in riots. The months of rioting were often led by radical leftwing groups, prominent among them Antifa.
The Jan. 6 riot at the nation’s capital appears to be the first time that a Trump riot led to violence. The Democrats are holding Trump directly responsible.
“This cannot be exaggerated. Not only the complicity, the instigation of the President of the United States, must and will be addressed,” Pelosi finished.
The Democrats are pushing ahead with a first-ever effort to impeach a president twice. “Justice will be done. Democracy will prevail. And America will be healed. But it is a decision that we have to make,” Pelosi said.
On Jan. 9, appearing on the Hannity show, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged President-elect Joe Biden to call Pelosi, and the Squad, a group of progressive congressmen led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and others, and tell them to call off the impeachment effort.
“Tell them to stand down. This will destroy the country even further,” Graham said.
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We were headed, in miserable weather, to the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
By Dovid Efone, Algemeiner
I wrote this column because my 8-year-old son asked me to.
He felt it was important to let people know about an experience we shared on Sunday afternoon.
We were headed, in miserable weather, to the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. My other son, 5, was with us — all three conspicuously Jewish, with yarmulkes prominently placed and tzitzis swinging. I was also pushing our 1-year-old daughter in a stroller, while my wife and older daughter, 4, had stopped at a shop window a hundred or so feet behind us.
Seemingly from nowhere, at 80th and Broadway, a man sidled up alongside us. He was about 6 feet tall, in his late 40s, well-built and wearing a gray beanie. His hair was dyed blond and came down past his ears. He wore a plain black face mask and bomber jacket, also black, with white markings. He was walking a mid-sized light brown dog.
“I have a question,” he started innocuously. “Is it true that the Bible says Jews must live in Israel?”
“Not that I know of,” I replied.
“My Jewish friends tell me that according to their rabbi, Jews must live in Israel,” he insisted.
“I don’t think you should talk to him. He’s a stranger,” my son chimed in wisely.
“You’re right,” I responded. “We’ve got to go,” I told the man. He continued to follow us.
“Don’t Jews need to go to Israel?” he pressed further.
“Please leave us alone,” I responded. “There are children here.”
“No, I want to have this conversation,” he said. “Why aren’t you in Israel? Are you not Jewish?”
“We are,” my son responded defensively.
“Go away,” I said more forcefully.
“Go to Israel!” he shouted back. And then, furiously: “Heil Hitler!”
I could see the burning hatred in his eyes. My two young sons could see it too.
I pulled out my cellphone and dialed 911, telling the kids to stay close to the stroller. The man then started south on Broadway, quickening his pace. The operator asked for a description of the antagonist and whether he was armed, and promised that I’d receive a call when police arrived at the scene.
My wife caught up and hurried the kids into the bookstore while I retraced our steps, hoping to be able to provide some more specific guidance to law enforcement personnel, but by then the man was nowhere to be seen. No cops arrived. I received no phone calls.
We spent some time that night talking about the ills of racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism.
I asked each of the boys if they had been frightened by the encounter. Both replied assuredly that they hadn’t. I was proud of their courage, but regretted the loss of innocence at their young age.
It was, in fact, their second confrontation with prejudice in recent months. In June, in the midst of coronavirus lockdown, one of them, again wearing a kippah and face-mask, inadvertently sat too close to someone on a local park bench. “You guys think you’re above the law,” he was angrily told. “You think you can get all the rest of us sick.”
Growing up in England, encounters along these lines weren’t all that rare, but I didn’t expect to find them in the United States. Certainly not in New York, and certainly not on the Upper West Side.
Was this an aberration? Or the product of a new trend, in which the chaos of recent times has sent ancient prejudices bubbling to the surface? Some data points to the latter; bigots of all stripes, once isolated on the fringes, are thronging to unregulated social media watering holes, amplifying one another and strengthening their resolve. At The Algemeiner we’ve covered these developments extensively, but nothing quite compares to first-hand experience.
I wondered what this man could do next time, a man whose hate is such that he has no qualms aggressively accosting a parent with children in the street.
Have our religious identifiers become inviting targets on our backs in the U.S., as they have become in France and elsewhere? Are we prepared?
I recalled my grandmothers, both chased from their homes by the Nazis at the very same ages as my own young children, and my great-grandparents, murdered by those doing the bidding of the man saluted by our assailant.
I asked my oldest what he thinks we should do. “Write about it,” he suggested. “So that everyone knows.”
The next night, while listing his favorite things, he placed “being Jewish” in second place (first was Pokémon GO).
And with that, my confidence in the future was restored. True, the hatred may never die, but as long as unflappable Jewish pride burns within our children’s hearts it simply cannot overcome us.
Dovid Efune is the editor-in-chief and CEO of The Algemeiner.
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Lawmakers vowed to investigate the police after mayhem erupted during a breach at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how Capitol police handled Wednesday’s violent breach at the Capitol, questioning whether a lack of preparedness allowed the mob to occupy and vandalize the building.
Four people died, a woman who was shot and three other people who suffered “medical emergencies” related to the breach, Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said. Police said 52 people were arrested as of Wednesday night, including 26 on the Capitol grounds. Fourteen police officers were injured, Contee said.
Both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed chemical irritants during the hours-long occupation of the Capitol complex before it was cleared Wednesday evening by law enforcement.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, said the breach “raises grave security concerns,” adding that her committee “will work with House and Senate leaders to review the police response — and its preparedness — to a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump that stormed the Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding.”
The incident forced lawmakers to crouch under desks and don gas marks, while police futilely tried to barricade the building. A woman was shot and killed inside the Capitol, and Washington’s mayor instituted an evening curfew in an attempt to contain the violence.
The mob broke windows, entered both the Senate and House chambers and went into the offices of lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
A police spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment late Wednesday.
Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, suggested there could be leadership changes at the Capitol police.
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Israeli forces periodically clash with drug smugglers on the border with Egypt.
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The IDF foiled a drug-smuggling attempt on the Egypt-Israel border and captured drugs worth millions of shekels on Monday.
IDF spotters identified a number of suspects as they tried to smuggle drugs from Egypt. Troops operating in the area fired at the smugglers.
The soldiers seized a number of bags containing drugs worth millions of shekels and a number of vehicles, which were handed over to the Israel Police.
Israeli forces periodically clash with drug smugglers on the border with Egypt, a major route for drugs, weapons and women into Israel.
In 2013, Israel completed a high-tech fence along the Egyptian border to prevent the flow of work migrants, mainly from from Africa through Egypt.
The tall fence, which includes IDF patrols dedicated to patrolling it, has also been helpful in slowing down the prolific smuggling trade from Egypt into Israel, mostly the work of local Bedouin tribes.
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Georgia Democrat Warnock wins Senate runoff race
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President-elect Joe Biden (c) campaigns in Atlanta, Jan. 4, 2021, for Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (r) and Jon Ossoff. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
The second Georgia Senate race between Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Osoff is still too close to call.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
American media outlets are calling one of Georgia’s Senate races for Democrat Raphael Warnock, a pastor and first-time political candidate.
Warnock, 51, will be Georgia’s first black senator. He thanked his mother in a victory speech.
“The other day, because this is America, the 82-year-old hands that used to pick somebody else’s cotton picked her youngest son to be a United States senator,” he said. “Tonight, we proved with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything is possible.”
Warnock’s opponent, Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, has not yet conceded. She sent out a message to her supporters shortly after midnight, saying the battle was not over.
““We’ve got some work to do here,” she said. “This is a game of inches. We’re going to win this election.”
The second Senate race, between Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff, is still too close to call. If Ossoff wins, the Democrats will have a majority in Congress.
According to Georgia law, candidates may request a recount when the margin of an election is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage points.
Although the race was still uncalled at that time, members of the Squad, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) celebrated Warnock’s victory via Twitter last night.
“For every organizer, volunteer, campaign staff, donor and cheerleader who is crying tears of joy, we see you and thank you! Rest up, you have earned it!” wrote Omar.
“We got Mitch out the way,” Tlaib wrote, referencing Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican senator from Tennessee who currently serves as Senate majority leader.
“Thank an organizer,” Ocasio wrote. In a follow-up tweet, she wrote, “Thank you to ALL the people and grassroots organizations doing the thankless, often-overlooked, mission-critical work of change.”
In December, Orthodox Jewish groups wrote an open letter expressing concerns about Warnock’s history of anti-Israel comments.
The rabbis cited a letter Warnock signed in 2018, which said Israeli presence in Judea and Samaira was similar to “military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa.”
In a 2018 sermon, he said Israelis shot down “unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey.”
On a video call hosted by the Jewish Democratic Council of America, Warnock walked back his previous statements.
“I am a staunch ally and supporter of Israel and I echo without reservation Dr. King’s perspective that Israel’s right to exist as a state and in security is incontestable,” he said.
AP contributed to this report.
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Therese Duke, pictured here after being punched in the face by a security guard, was identified by her daughter on Twitter for being present at the Capitol during the riots. (Twitter/Helena Duke/Screenshot)
“The FBI has been leaning on spouses, siblings, children and former romantic partners who spotted their loved ones assaulting the Capitol,” NBC reports.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Loved ones ratting out their family members is something most would associate with dictatorships like the Soviet Union, not the United States. But in a new ripple to the Capitol riots story, people are turning in family and friends involved in the Jan. 6 siege, NBC reports on Wednesday – and the state, that is to say, the FBI, is encouraging them to do it.
“The FBI has been leaning on spouses, siblings, children and former romantic partners who spotted their loved ones assaulting the Capitol,” NBC reports.
Jackson Reffitt, who turned in his father Guy Reffitt, an accused rioter and alleged member of a Texas militia group, said, “It was my moral compass, kind of, to do what I thought would protect not only my family, but my dad himself.”
The turning in of family members involved in the Capitol riots is being likened by right-wing pundits to the story of the world’s most famous family denouncer, Pavlik Morozov. Pavlik became a Soviet hero when in 1932, at age 13, he sold out his father to the authorities. Family members killed Pavlik in revenge.
It remains to be seen if families turning on their own becomes a larger phenomenon. The Department of Homeland Security recently released its first alert warning of a wholly domestic terror threat, “fueled by false narratives,” especially regarding the election, that could cause some to turn to violence.
The DHS’ National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) has focused its bulletins since its inception in 2015 on terrorists inspired by foreign states and terror groups.
The DHS alert was released shortly after former CIA head John Brennan said in an MSNBC interview, “Members of the Biden team, who have been nominated or have been appointed, are now moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about what looks very similar to insurgency movements that we’ve seen overseas. Where they germinate in different parts of the country, and they gain strength, and it brings together an unholy alliance, frequently, of religious extremists, authoritarians, fascists, bigots, racists, nativists — even libertarians.”
In mid-January, Therese Duke was identified by her daughter, Helena, who exposed her on Twitter. “Hi mom remember the time you told me I shouldn’t go to BLM protests bc they could get violent…this you?” she tweeted on Jan. 7, a day after the riots.
The attached video shows her mother punched in the face by a security guard outside the Capitol.
hi mom remember the time you told me I shouldn’t go to BLM protests bc they could get violent…this you? https://t.co/9ZkbAq0ehO — Helena Duke (@duke_helena) January 7, 2021
Therese Duke lost her job at UMass Memorial as a result. The hospital said in a Jan. 8 statement: “Over the past 24 hours we have received numerous expressions of concern through social media regarding a UMass Memorial caregiver who may have been involved in this week’s violent events at the nation’s capitol. The employee in question is no longer a part of our organization.”
Therese Duke worries she won’t be able to find work again. “Anybody can Google me. Nobody will hire me,” she said. She had worked at the medical center for 15 years.
Her daughter, who describes herself as the “liberal lesbian” of the family, has no regrets and says she’s shocked her mom doesn’t think she did anything wrong.
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It’s far from clear there would then be the two-thirds vote in the evenly divided Senate needed to convict and remove Trump.
By Associated Press
President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time, the House planning the unprecedented vote one week after a a mob of loyalists breached the U.S. Capitol.
While the first impeachment of Trump last year brought no Republican votes in the House, a small but significant number of leaders and other lawmakers are breaking with the party to join Democrats on Wednesday, even with days remaining in the president’s term.
“If inviting a mob to insurrection against your own government is not an impeachable event, then what is?” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a drafter of the articles of impeachment.
Trump, who would become the only U.S. president twice impeached, faces a single charge of “incitement of insurrection.”
The four-page impeachment resolution relies on Trump’s own incendiary rhetoric about Biden’s election victory, including at a White House rally on the day of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in building its case for high crimes and misdemeanors as demanded in the Constitution.
Democrats and Trump opponents focus on his words at the rally “fight like hell,” but ignore his other comments at the event contradicting accusations that he encouraged violence, such as “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
Confronting his potential place in history, Trump warned lawmakers off it, suggesting it was the drive to oust him rather than his actions around the bloody riot that was dividing the country.
“To continue on this path, I think it’s causing tremendous danger to our country, and it’s causing tremendous anger,” Trump said Tuesday, his first remarks to reporters since last week’s violence.
A Capitol police officer died from injuries suffered in the riot, and police shot and killed a woman during the siege. Three other people died in what authorities said were medical emergencies. Lawmakers had to scramble for safety and hide as rioters took control of the Capitol and delayed by hours the last step in finalizing Biden’s victory.
At least five Republican lawmakers, including third-ranking House GOP leader Liz Cheney of Wyoming, announced they would vote to impeach Trump, cleaving the Republican leadership, and the party itself.
“The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,” said Cheney in a statement. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
Unlike a year ago, Trump faces impeachment as a weakened leader, having lost his own reelection as well as the Senate Republican majority.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is said to be angry at Trump, and it’s unclear how an impeachment trial would play out. In the House, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California, a top Trump ally, scrambled to suggest a lighter censure instead, but that option crumbled.
So far, Republican Reps. John Katko of New York, a former federal prosecutor; Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, an Air Force veteran; Fred Upton of Michigan; and Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state announced they, too, would join Cheney to vote to impeach.
The House tried first to push Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to intervene, passing a resolution Tuesday night calling on them to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump from office. The resolution urged Pence to “declare what is obvious to a horrified Nation: That the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.”
Hours before the vote, however, Pence made it clear he would not do so. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said it was “time to unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden.”
Debate over the resolution was intense after lawmakers returned the Capitol for the first time since the siege.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, argued that Trump must go because, as she said in Spanish, he’s “loco” — crazy.
In opposition, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said the “cancel culture” was just trying to cancel the president. He said the Democrats had been trying to reverse the 2016 election ever since Trump took office and were finishing his term the same way.
While more Republicans may vote to impeach — and leaders are allowing them to vote as they wish — it’s far from clear there would then be the two-thirds vote in the evenly divided Senate needed to convict and remove Trump. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska over the weekend in calling for Trump to “go away as soon as possible.”
Like the resolution to invoke the 25th Amendment, the impeachment bill also details Trump’s pressure on state officials in Georgia to “find” him more votes and his White House rally rant to “fight like hell” by heading to the Capitol.
While some have questioned impeaching the president so close to the end of his term, there is precedent. In 1876, during the Ulysses Grant administration, War Secretary William Belknap was impeached by the House the day he resigned, and the Senate convened a trial months later. He was acquitted.
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Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a drafter of the articles of impeachment.\nTrump, who would become the only U.S. president twice impeached, faces a single charge of “incitement of insurrection.”\nThe four-page impeachment resolution relies on Trump’s own incendiary rhetoric about Biden’s election victory, including at a White House rally on the day of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in building its case for high crimes and misdemeanors as demanded in the Constitution.\nDemocrats and Trump opponents focus on his words at the rally “fight like hell,” but ignore his other comments at the event contradicting accusations that he encouraged violence, such as “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”\nConfronting his potential place in history, Trump warned lawmakers off it, suggesting it was the drive to oust him rather than his actions around the bloody riot that was dividing the country.\n“To continue on this path, I think it’s causing tremendous danger to our country, and it’s causing tremendous anger,” Trump said Tuesday, his first remarks to reporters since last week’s violence.\nA Capitol police officer died from injuries suffered in the riot, and police shot and killed a woman during the siege. Three other people died in what authorities said were medical emergencies. Lawmakers had to scramble for safety and hide as rioters took control of the Capitol and delayed by hours the last step in finalizing Biden’s victory.\nAt least five Republican lawmakers, including third-ranking House GOP leader Liz Cheney of Wyoming, announced they would vote to impeach Trump, cleaving the Republican leadership, and the party itself.\n“The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,” said Cheney in a statement. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”\nUnlike a year ago, Trump faces impeachment as a weakened leader, having lost his own reelection as well as the Senate Republican majority.\nSenate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is said to be angry at Trump, and it’s unclear how an impeachment trial would play out. In the House, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California, a top Trump ally, scrambled to suggest a lighter censure instead, but that option crumbled.\nSo far, Republican Reps. John Katko of New York, a former federal prosecutor; Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, an Air Force veteran; Fred Upton of Michigan; and Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state announced they, too, would join Cheney to vote to impeach.\nThe House tried first to push Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to intervene, passing a resolution Tuesday night calling on them to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump from office. The resolution urged Pence to “declare what is obvious to a horrified Nation: That the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office.”\nHours before the vote, however, Pence made it clear he would not do so. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said it was “time to unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate President-elect Joe Biden.”\nDebate over the resolution was intense after lawmakers returned the Capitol for the first time since the siege.\nRep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, argued that Trump must go because, as she said in Spanish, he’s “loco” — crazy.\nIn opposition, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said the “cancel culture” was just trying to cancel the president. He said the Democrats had been trying to reverse the 2016 election ever since Trump took office and were finishing his term the same way.\nWhile more Republicans may vote to impeach — and leaders are allowing them to vote as they wish — it’s far from clear there would then be the two-thirds vote in the evenly divided Senate needed to convict and remove Trump. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska over the weekend in calling for Trump to “go away as soon as possible.”\nLike the resolution to invoke the 25th Amendment, the impeachment bill also details Trump’s pressure on state officials in Georgia to “find” him more votes and his White House rally rant to “fight like hell” by heading to the Capitol.\nWhile some have questioned impeaching the president so close to the end of his term, there is precedent. In 1876, during the Ulysses Grant administration, War Secretary William Belknap was impeached by the House the day he resigned, and the Senate convened a trial months later. He was acquitted.",
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Opinion: Addressing Raphael Warnock and anti-Semitism
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And as there are white anti-Semites, so are there black anti-Semites. And they, too, must be called out.
By Avi Weiss, Algemeiner
Although I’m a New Yorker, Georgia is not foreign to me as a place to raise a voice of moral conscience against politicians who have attacked Israel or Jews. When Pat Buchanan was running for president in 1992, I led a group of rabbis in raising a voice against his anti-Semitic and racist statements at his final “America First” rally in Marietta, on the eve of the Georgia primary.
There have been other times when I vigorously protested far-right anti-Semites, such as David Duke in 1991, when he announced his run for the presidency. More recently, we traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia after the horrific white supremacist march in 2017.
But anti-Semitism knows no color. And as there are white anti-Semites, so are there black anti-Semites. And they, too, must be called out.
That’s why we protested Rev. Louis Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam, and his former aide Khalid Abdul Mohammad in the 1990s. And that’s why I feel the need to continue to raise a voice against policies and rhetoric that are hurtful to the Jewish community.
For me, this is not easy. For decades, I have felt a deep connection to the black community. This is why I joined a group to make a solidarity visit to the AME Church following the tragic Charleston shooting in 2015. This is why our synagogue has had a deep connection with the Green Pastors Baptist Church for more than 30 years.
Indeed, my deep connection has made it hard for me to speak out when black community leaders have articulated policies that are inimical to Jewish interests.
I felt this tension when protesting New York Mayor David Dinkins for his mishandling of the Crown Heights riots in August 1991. And today, I feel this tension in raising a voice against Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Georgia Democratic candidate for the US Senate.
My concerns about Rev. Warnock run deep, and sadly, his attempts to explain these positions fall short:
In 2018, he accused Israeli soldiers in one of his sermons of “shoot[ing] down unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey.” In fact, Israel’s military is one of the most moral, risking its soldiers’ lives to save thousands of Syrian refugees, and responding to attackers while doing all it can to minimize civilian casualties. This is in contrast to the Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying salaries to terrorists who murder Jews.
In 2019, Warnock signed onto a statement comparing Israeli control of Judea and Samara to apartheid South Africa. In fact, Palestinians maintain full control of the cities under their rule, as stipulated in the Oslo Accords, and Israeli-Arabs sympathetic to the Palestinian cause have the third-largest party in Israel’s parliament.
In that same statement, Warnock joined his colleagues in declaring that Israel’s security fence “walls in Palestinians” and is “reminiscent of the Berlin wall.” In fact, the partition has dramatically lowered Palestinian terrorist attacks against Jews. And as of March 2020, 87,000 Palestinians were crossing the fence to Israel regularly for work — hardly a Berlin Wall.
Most recently, in December, he did not raise a voice against Linda Sarsour, who came to Georgia to galvanize Georgia Democrats. Sarsour has supported terrorists, even lauding Rasmeah Odeh, a Palestinian convicted of killing two Hebrew University students in a 1969 supermarket bombing.
And so, while it hurts to raise a voice of Jewish conscience against Rev. Warnock, it is something I must do. As the sage Hillel once said, “if I am not for myself who will be for me; if I am only for myself what is my worth; and if not now, when?”
Avi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale-the Bayit and national president of AMCHA–the Coalition for Jewish Concerns. The author acknowledges the research help of Eitan Fischberger in preparing this op-ed.
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"And as there are white anti-Semites, so are there black anti-Semites. And they, too, must be called out.\nBy Avi Weiss, Algemeiner\nAlthough I’m a New Yorker, Georgia is not foreign to me as a place to raise a voice of moral conscience against politicians who have attacked Israel or Jews. When Pat Buchanan was running for president in 1992, I led a group of rabbis in raising a voice against his anti-Semitic and racist statements at his final “America First” rally in Marietta, on the eve of the Georgia primary.\nThere have been other times when I vigorously protested far-right anti-Semites, such as David Duke in 1991, when he announced his run for the presidency. More recently, we traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia after the horrific white supremacist march in 2017.\nBut anti-Semitism knows no color. And as there are white anti-Semites, so are there black anti-Semites. And they, too, must be called out.\nThat’s why we protested Rev. Louis Farrakhan and his Nation of Islam, and his former aide Khalid Abdul Mohammad in the 1990s. And that’s why I feel the need to continue to raise a voice against policies and rhetoric that are hurtful to the Jewish community.\nFor me, this is not easy. For decades, I have felt a deep connection to the black community. This is why I joined a group to make a solidarity visit to the AME Church following the tragic Charleston shooting in 2015. This is why our synagogue has had a deep connection with the Green Pastors Baptist Church for more than 30 years.\nIndeed, my deep connection has made it hard for me to speak out when black community leaders have articulated policies that are inimical to Jewish interests.\nI felt this tension when protesting New York Mayor David Dinkins for his mishandling of the Crown Heights riots in August 1991. And today, I feel this tension in raising a voice against Rev. Raphael Warnock, the Georgia Democratic candidate for the US Senate.\nMy concerns about Rev. Warnock run deep, and sadly, his attempts to explain these positions fall short:\nIn 2018, he accused Israeli soldiers in one of his sermons of “shoot[ing] down unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey.” In fact, Israel’s military is one of the most moral, risking its soldiers’ lives to save thousands of Syrian refugees, and responding to attackers while doing all it can to minimize civilian casualties. This is in contrast to the Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying salaries to terrorists who murder Jews.\nIn 2019, Warnock signed onto a statement comparing Israeli control of Judea and Samara to apartheid South Africa. In fact, Palestinians maintain full control of the cities under their rule, as stipulated in the Oslo Accords, and Israeli-Arabs sympathetic to the Palestinian cause have the third-largest party in Israel’s parliament.\nIn that same statement, Warnock joined his colleagues in declaring that Israel’s security fence “walls in Palestinians” and is “reminiscent of the Berlin wall.” In fact, the partition has dramatically lowered Palestinian terrorist attacks against Jews. And as of March 2020, 87,000 Palestinians were crossing the fence to Israel regularly for work — hardly a Berlin Wall.\nMost recently, in December, he did not raise a voice against Linda Sarsour, who came to Georgia to galvanize Georgia Democrats. Sarsour has supported terrorists, even lauding Rasmeah Odeh, a Palestinian convicted of killing two Hebrew University students in a 1969 supermarket bombing.\nAnd so, while it hurts to raise a voice of Jewish conscience against Rev. Warnock, it is something I must do. As the sage Hillel once said, “if I am not for myself who will be for me; if I am only for myself what is my worth; and if not now, when?”\nAvi Weiss is founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale-the Bayit and national president of AMCHA–the Coalition for Jewish Concerns. The author acknowledges the research help of Eitan Fischberger in preparing this op-ed.",
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Hezbollah terror leader says Iran doesn’t need proxies to carry out revenge attack against America.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
The leader of the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon said Sunday that Iranian allies want to get the American military out of the region.
In a speech broadcast on Iran’s Press TV marking the anniversary of the U.S. assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Hassan Nasrallah said that Iran would carry out revenge attacks for the killing and didn’t need its proxies to do that work for Tehran.
“One of the main outcomes of the assassination of General Soleimani… is the calls made for the expulsion of U.S. forces from the region,” Nasrallah said in a speech on Iranian television broadcast live from Beirut.
The U.S. maintains numerous army, navy and air force bases in the region with tens of thousands of service personnel in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Turkey, as well as two U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups deployed in international waters near Iran.
Nasrallah called Soleimani “a hero and an international icon of sacrifice, loyalty and defending the oppressed,” despite the slain Iranian military leader’s record of propping up Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad and supporting the civil war in Yemen. President Donald Trump, who authorized the airstrike that killed Soleimani and four members of a pro-Iranian militia, labeled Soleimani “the number one terrorist in the world.”
Nasrallah dismissed the assassination of Soleimani and of several senior Iranian nuclear scientists, reportedly by Israel.
“When you assassinate our leaders, we get more determined and strong-minded to assert our rights,” Nasrallah said, calling those who attacked “us” by killings and attacks “delusional.”
“The U.S. believed it could weaken Iran and the axis of resistance by assassinating Qassem Soleimani, but we are the ones who know how to turn threats into opportunities,” said Nasrallah, who for years has not appeared in public out of apparent fear of an Israeli strike against him.
“The resistance front will be always respecting and glorifying its martyrs. Iran will take military revenge by itself. It has strength and capability as well as power to defend and does not need any proxies. The friends of Iran will take their own decisions if they want to respond to this crime,” Nasrallah stressed.
Nasrallah also took the opportunity to blame America and NATO for creating the Islamic State terrorists, using the Iranian and Syrian argument that the Islamic terrorists who created mayhem in Iraq and Syria trying to create an Islamic caliphate were actually sent to fight against the Iranian allies.
The long-time leader of Hezbollah also used his speech to reiterate Iran’s “unconditional” support for Hezbollah and Palestinian groups, and did not appear to talk about Lebanese anger over Hezbollah control of the government there and its role in last year’s massive explosion in Beirut that left 200 people dead and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
“We have Allah (God) by our side. Whatever you do is doomed to failure, because those who depend on Allah will emerge victorious. Victory is not but from Allah,” Nasrallah said.
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“It violates the impeachment provision of the Constitution, as well as the person. It’s a terrible thing,” Dershowitz told World Israel News.
By Joseph Wolkin, World Israel News
It appears President Donald Trump will need to weather a second impeachment as Democrats led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the House of Representatives prepare their case against him.
If impeachment goes through, and there’s every indication it will given that Democrats control the House majority, Trump would become the only U.S. president impeached twice. He faces a single charge of “incitement of insurrection.”
Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, one of Trump’s legal team who defended the president before Congress during the first impeachment, has spoken out strongly against the move by House Democrats. He says, “They are prepared to tear up the Constitution in an effort to remove him by any and all means.”
Dershowitz spoke to World Israel News recently about the impeachment effort and what it would mean for the president as well as the fight against anti-Semitism.
Q: What is your biggest takeaway as of now with what Congress is trying to do to the president?
“What they’re trying to do is impeach him without trying him. They’re trying to hang an impeachment over his head. Wait until after he leaves office. Then, they can try to disqualify him from future offices. They are trying to circumvent the usual impeachment process. It’s mostly symbolic. It threatens the Constitution. It violates the impeachment provision of the Constitution, as well as the person. It’s a terrible thing.”
Q: They also want Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump. What are your thoughts?
“It’s totally inept. It’s totally inapplicable. The 25th Amendment applies to the incapacitation. It doesn’t apply to disagreements in politics. The president is perfectly capable of remaining in office for eight more days. The 25th Amendment shouldn’t even be discussed.”
Q: What’s the point of impeaching him with such little time remaining in his presidency?
“Just symbolically. They want to say he was removed from office.”
Q: Let’s shift over to the fight against anti-Semitism. How difficult is it to fight against BDS in the courts right now?
“Let’s be clear, anti-Semitism is diminishing, not increasing. BDS is failing. We’re winning the battle. Anti-Semitism is condemned throughout the world and in America. There are pockets of anti-Semitism, but anti-Semitism has dramatically increased since I was a young man. BDS is failing on campus.”
Q: In terms of the legal aspect, what is illegal about BDS in American law?
“There are two issues. One, you can advocate BDS. You can advocate anything. It’s OK to advocate BDS, but you can’t practice it. Practicing BDS is discrimination based on nation origin and religion.”
Q: What do Jewish students need on campuses in order to fight this?
“They need information and courage. They need to be willing to stand up to their peers, faculty and administration. A lot of students are showing that courage, and they’re doing that very well. We, the older folks, need to be supporting them.”
Q: President Trump took major steps to support Israel during his presidency. How will President-elect Joe Biden work with Israel once his term begins?
“I think he’s going to be more nuanced. He’s generally going to be supportive of Israel. There are some people who he’s appointed who do raise questions. Kristen Clarke, who is appointed as the assistant attorney general in charge of the civil rights division, has a sordid history with anti-Semitism. But most of his appointments have been very good.”
Q: What can Biden do to continue fighting against anti-Semitism?
“He needs to withdraw the nomination of Kristen Clarke. Second, he should make a firm commitment to fight anti-Semitism on campus. Third, he should not go back to the Iran deal the way it was originally written. He should add some very important changes.”
Q: What can be changed to the Iran deal?
“It needs to be much harder in terms of inspections. There shouldn’t be an end date to the deal.”
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The Israeli population in Judea and Samaria at the end of 2020 was 476,000, not including Israeli residents living in the Jerusalem area over the Green Line.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
The Israeli population in Judea and Samaria grew by 2.6% in 2020, continuing a decade-long downward trend in the growth rate in the region.
The Israeli population in Judea and Samaria at the end of 2020 was 476,000 residents in about 150 localities, according to data presented by the Yesha Council, an umbrella body for organizations operating in Judea and Samaria.
This number does not include Israeli residents living in the Jerusalem area over the Green Line.
The Yesha Council underscored that the last decade saw an average growth of 3.8% per year. The population growth in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley was higher than the annual growth in the entire state of Israel, which was 1.7% in 2020.
The growth percentage in 2020, 2.6%, was lower than the 3.4% in 2019, and continues the downward trend that began in 2012, when the increase was 4.7%.
The growth in the number of new residents also dropped, and while it stood at 15,229 new residents in 2019, in 2020 only 12,132 residents moved to Judea and Samaria, the lowest number in years. The decrease in growth may be attributed in part to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which slowed down the housing market significantly.
In the last decade, the number of Israelis living in Judea and Samaria has increased by 147,829 residents, an increase of about 45% in 10 years and an average of 14,783 new residents per year.
The largest localities in Judea and Samaria are the cities Modi’in Illit, Beitar Illit, Ma’ale Adumim and Ariel, where 206,358 residents, or 43%, live.
The locality to which the largest number of new residents was added in 2020 is Alei Zahav, and the smallest locality in Judea and Samaria is Niran in the Jordan Valley.
In terms of growth in localities, Bruchin in the Samaria Regional Council had the highest growth rate with 18.4% in 2020. Among the other localities that grew markedly were Maskiot in the Jordan Valley with 14.3%, Beit Arava with 13.5%, Migdalim in Samaria with 12.8%, and Sansana in Mount Hebron with 11.2%.
Yesha Council Chairman David Elhiyani, who announced Tuesday he is joining Gideon Saar’s New Hope party, which is running against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stated, “We are now suffering from the consequences of the stopping of planning that exited over four years ago. Planning approvals in the area should be increased and unnecessary delays caused by bureaucracy and lack of manpower should be avoided.”
“Although the growth rate is higher than in other parts of the country, there is a consistent and alarming decline. The dozens of localities in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley that are not regulated [by law] and cannot continue to develop as they would like also affect this figure,” he noted.
Several Yesha leaders are currently on a hunger strike in a demand that the government clears the path to the legalization of these communities in question.
“We will not stop striving for the vision of the Yesha Council for a million residents in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley and for the application of sovereignty in the area,” he declared. “We continue to push forward with all our might, for our dear residents, and for the State of Israel.”
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"The Israeli population in Judea and Samaria at the end of 2020 was 476,000, not including Israeli residents living in the Jerusalem area over the Green Line.\nBy Aryeh Savir, TPS\nThe Israeli population in Judea and Samaria grew by 2.6% in 2020, continuing a decade-long downward trend in the growth rate in the region.\nThe Israeli population in Judea and Samaria at the end of 2020 was 476,000 residents in about 150 localities, according to data presented by the Yesha Council, an umbrella body for organizations operating in Judea and Samaria.\nThis number does not include Israeli residents living in the Jerusalem area over the Green Line.\nThe Yesha Council underscored that the last decade saw an average growth of 3.8% per year. The population growth in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley was higher than the annual growth in the entire state of Israel, which was 1.7% in 2020.\nThe growth percentage in 2020, 2.6%, was lower than the 3.4% in 2019, and continues the downward trend that began in 2012, when the increase was 4.7%.\nThe growth in the number of new residents also dropped, and while it stood at 15,229 new residents in 2019, in 2020 only 12,132 residents moved to Judea and Samaria, the lowest number in years. The decrease in growth may be attributed in part to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which slowed down the housing market significantly.\nIn the last decade, the number of Israelis living in Judea and Samaria has increased by 147,829 residents, an increase of about 45% in 10 years and an average of 14,783 new residents per year.\nThe largest localities in Judea and Samaria are the cities Modi’in Illit, Beitar Illit, Ma’ale Adumim and Ariel, where 206,358 residents, or 43%, live.\nThe locality to which the largest number of new residents was added in 2020 is Alei Zahav, and the smallest locality in Judea and Samaria is Niran in the Jordan Valley.\nIn terms of growth in localities, Bruchin in the Samaria Regional Council had the highest growth rate with 18.4% in 2020. Among the other localities that grew markedly were Maskiot in the Jordan Valley with 14.3%, Beit Arava with 13.5%, Migdalim in Samaria with 12.8%, and Sansana in Mount Hebron with 11.2%.\nYesha Council Chairman David Elhiyani, who announced Tuesday he is joining Gideon Saar’s New Hope party, which is running against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stated, “We are now suffering from the consequences of the stopping of planning that exited over four years ago. Planning approvals in the area should be increased and unnecessary delays caused by bureaucracy and lack of manpower should be avoided.”\n“Although the growth rate is higher than in other parts of the country, there is a consistent and alarming decline. The dozens of localities in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley that are not regulated [by law] and cannot continue to develop as they would like also affect this figure,” he noted.\nSeveral Yesha leaders are currently on a hunger strike in a demand that the government clears the path to the legalization of these communities in question.\n“We will not stop striving for the vision of the Yesha Council for a million residents in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley and for the application of sovereignty in the area,” he declared. “We continue to push forward with all our might, for our dear residents, and for the State of Israel.”",
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Israeli doctors looking into corona's effect on pregnant women after tragic death
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A newborn baby lying on her mother moments after birth in a delivery room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. (Flash90/Kobi Gideon)
Pregnant women have been affected by the most recent wave of coronavirus.
By David Isaac, World Israel News
Following the tragic death of a newborn delivered by caesarean section to a mother struggling with Covid-19 on Saturday in Jerusalem, and a number of similar recent cases, Israeli doctors are looking into whether they are facing a new phenomenon of Covid’s effect on pregnant women, website N12 reports on Tuesday.
It’s the fourth case in a week in which a mother with corona gave birth and is in a deteriorating condition.
The other cases, fortunately, have not ended tragically, but the circumstances are the same. On Monday night, it was decided to move a pregnant corona patient, 35, from one hospital to another due to her condition, intubate her and deliver the baby via caesarean section. The woman was in the 34th week of pregnancy. The baby is in stable condition.
Dr. Ilya Kagan, Corona Intensive Care Manager at Beilinson Hospital, where the pregnant woman was transferred, said, “The mother’s condition is very difficult and unstable. She is in real mortal danger and we are fighting for her life.”
The husband of another woman, 33, who was also transferred to Beilinson on Thursday asked people to pray for his wife and premature newborn. The baby was delivered on Friday but weighs only 199 grams (7 oz.), the Jerusalem Post reports.
The woman contracted coronavirus and after an X-ray of her lungs, the doctors decided they needed to perform a caesarean. The husband said his wife was healthy, with no pre-existing conditions.
Israel’s Corona czar, Prof. Nachman Ash, told Israel Army Radio on Tuesday, “We are examining whether the morbidity of pregnant women is a new phenomenon or whether there is something that sets these women apart. We will also examine the connection to the mutation.”
Prof. Arnon Wiznitzer, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Beilinson, said that “This is a more violent and severe wave of corona than its predecessors, and it also affects the young population of pregnant women.”
“We have dealt with around 150 pregnant women from March until now,” he said.
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IDF engineering vehicles fired upon along Gaza Strip
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IDF tanks fired salvos at Hamas positions in response.
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Shots were twice fired at separate engineering vehicles in an hour’s time at an IDF bulldozer adjacent to the security fence in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
The vehicle was damaged but no one was hurt. In response to the shooting, an IDF tank targeted a Hamas military post in the southern part of the Strip.
Shortly after the first firing, another shot was fired at an engineering vessel on the western side of the perimeter fence in the southern Gaza Strip. In response to the shooting, an IDF tank attacked two more Hamas positions near the firing point. There were no casualties.
Palestinian sources reported that IDF bulldozers were operating this morning east of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip and on the Palestinian side of the fence. It was also reported that leaflets were being distributed calling on farmers to move their crops beyond 100 meters from the fence.
Since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Israel has born the brunt of ongoing terror attacks from the coastal enclave.
In 2016, Israel began constructing a massive underground wall to prevent Hamas from building terror tunnels into Israel, which the group planned to use to carry out attacks and kidnap Israeli civilians and soldiers.
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Netanyahu: Iran's race to uranium enrichment proves it wants the bomb
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The prime minister warns “Israel will not allow Iran to produce nuclear weapons” after Iran announces enrichment to 20% purity.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran on Monday, saying that the country’s move to enrich uranium to 20% purity was proof Iran is developing nuclear weapons, something which Israel would not tolerate.
“Iran’s decision to continue violations of its commitments, raise the level of enrichment and promote industrial capacity for underground uranium enrichment cannot be explained in any way other than to further the realization of its intention to develop a military nuclear program,” Netanyahu tweeted.
“Israel will not allow Iran to produce nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu added, repeating his warning to the regime in Tehran.
The European Union also warned Iran on Monday, saying the advanced enrichment would be a violation of Tehran’s commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal that limited uranium enrichment to 3.67% purity.
EU spokesman Peter Stano said that Brussels was waiting to hear the results of a briefing later in the day from the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency the International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA) before deciding on any action.
“The IAEA is the recognized independent monitoring and verification authority for Iran’s nuclear program. And on its assessments, we are basing our decisions and our actions,” Stano said.
“If this announcement is going to be implemented… it would constitute a considerable departure from Iran’s nuclear commitments under the JCPOA” and would have “serious nuclear non-proliferation implications,” Stano added in comments posted to social media.
Earlier Monday, Iranian state television reported President Hassan Rouhani gave the order to begin enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground nuclear facility, a short, technical step to weapons-grade levels of 90% amid escalating tensions with the U.S.
Under the nuclear deal, Iran agreed to roll back its nuclear program to levels below the capacity to assemble atomic bombs. However, Israel objected to the agreement because it had a 15-year expiry date after which Iran would be allowed to enrich without limits.
In 2018, the United States dropped out of the agreement, but the EU, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China all remained committed to the deal and have tried to persuade Iran to honor it.
Iranian political and military leaders have over the years repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel, calling it a “cancer” that must be removed. At one point, Iranian Armed Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi told the Iranian Fars News agency that “the Iranian nation is standing for its cause that is the full annihilation of Israel.”
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"The prime minister warns “Israel will not allow Iran to produce nuclear weapons” after Iran announces enrichment to 20% purity.\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran on Monday, saying that the country’s move to enrich uranium to 20% purity was proof Iran is developing nuclear weapons, something which Israel would not tolerate.\n“Iran’s decision to continue violations of its commitments, raise the level of enrichment and promote industrial capacity for underground uranium enrichment cannot be explained in any way other than to further the realization of its intention to develop a military nuclear program,” Netanyahu tweeted.\n“Israel will not allow Iran to produce nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu added, repeating his warning to the regime in Tehran.\nThe European Union also warned Iran on Monday, saying the advanced enrichment would be a violation of Tehran’s commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal that limited uranium enrichment to 3.67% purity.\nEU spokesman Peter Stano said that Brussels was waiting to hear the results of a briefing later in the day from the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency the International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA) before deciding on any action.\n“The IAEA is the recognized independent monitoring and verification authority for Iran’s nuclear program. And on its assessments, we are basing our decisions and our actions,” Stano said.\n“If this announcement is going to be implemented… it would constitute a considerable departure from Iran’s nuclear commitments under the JCPOA” and would have “serious nuclear non-proliferation implications,” Stano added in comments posted to social media.\nEarlier Monday, Iranian state television reported President Hassan Rouhani gave the order to begin enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground nuclear facility, a short, technical step to weapons-grade levels of 90% amid escalating tensions with the U.S.\nUnder the nuclear deal, Iran agreed to roll back its nuclear program to levels below the capacity to assemble atomic bombs. However, Israel objected to the agreement because it had a 15-year expiry date after which Iran would be allowed to enrich without limits.\nIn 2018, the United States dropped out of the agreement, but the EU, France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China all remained committed to the deal and have tried to persuade Iran to honor it.\nIranian political and military leaders have over the years repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel, calling it a “cancer” that must be removed. At one point, Iranian Armed Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi told the Iranian Fars News agency that “the Iranian nation is standing for its cause that is the full annihilation of Israel.”",
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Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger compared the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to Kristallnacht, which was carried out by “the Nazi equivalent of the Proud Boys,” in a Jan. 10 tweet.
My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/blOy35LWJ5 — Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) January 10, 2021
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Ossoff declared victor in Georgia, handing Democrats control of the Senate
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This is Ossoff’s first election to public office, and he will be the youngest member of the Senate.
By AP and World Israel News Staff
Jon Ossoff, 33, won against Republican incumbent David Perdue, 71, giving the Democratic party control of the legislative branch in a runoff election that was held Tuesday after neither he nor Perdue received 50% of the vote in November.
This is Ossoff’s first election to public office, and he will be the youngest member of the Senate.
In 2017, at the age of 29, he ran for Congress in Georgia in a race closely watched as an early referendum on President Donald Trump. Though he lost, he shattered fundraising records and made the contest in a once reliably Republican district competitive.
For his Senate campaign, he took a sharper approach. His platform was unabashedly liberal, calling for a $15 minimum wage, a “public option” government health plan, and a new voting rights act to restore federal oversight of state election laws.
He didn’t endorse the “Green New Deal,” given skeptical attitudes toward manmade global warming in the southern state, but he has announced his support for rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, which President Donald Trump exited in 2017, calling it a “massive redistribution of United States wealth to other countries.”
Given the centrality climate change is gearing up to be in the Biden administration, Ossoff’s vote will be important in pushing through the next president’s agenda, which says “the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face.”
Ossoff beat back attacks by his opponent that he was pursuing a “radical socialist agenda.” At a debate in October, he called Perdue, a former corporate executive, “a crook” who used the Covid-19 pandemic to protect his stock portfolio while downplaying the seriousness of the virus. Perdue insisted the allegations were false.
Raised in a wealthy family in Atlanta, Ossoff was 16 when he read late Congressman John Lewis’ memoir about the civil rights movement, Walking With the Wind. He wrote a letter to Lewis, and Lewis offered him a summer job.
Lewis referred him to Hank Johnson, an Atlanta-area attorney running for Congress in 2006. Ossoff, a Georgetown University graduate, became the fourth member of Johnson’s campaign staff. Lewis would continue to be a mentor.
Ossoff worked for five years on Johnson’s Washington staff. In 2013, after Ossoff inherited money from his late grandfather, he invested in a small London-based film production company. Insight TWI finances investigative documentaries and sells them to broadcasters including the BBC. Ossoff is the company’s CEO.
In a victory speech early Wednesday, Ossoff said he would follow the example set by Lewis. The Georgia Democrat died last year after serving in Congress for more than three decades.
“This campaign has been about health and jobs and justice for the people of the state, for all the people of the state,” he said. “And they will be my guiding principles as I serve this state in the U.S. Senate.”
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Opinion: What Left's reaction to Stalin's rigged election quote reveals about 2020 election
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The quote, despite the attempts to suppress it with Stalinists fact checking Stalinism, is indeed real.
By Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage Mag
As Republicans began pushing back against the rigged election, a quote about voting from Joseph Stalin began circulating on social media. “The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything,” is how variations of it went.
As soon as the quote went viral, the media’s fact checkers tried to suppress it.
USA Today’s fact checker rated it as false, claiming that Stalin had never said it based on speaking with two history professors at Vanderbilt University who vowed that they never heard of it.
One of the professors, who serves as the Director of Undergraduate Russian and East European Studies, ranted that it was, “an example of American right-wing paranoia, active manipulation of public opinion, or outright and fascism”. Truly a quote worthy of Stalin.
But had the ‘fact checker’ and the professors just checked Oxford’s Essential Quotations, they would have found it. You don’t need a PhD or a fact checker title: just a modicum of integrity.
Politifact was more ambitious about humiliating itself by contacting the Stalin Digital Archive with the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History. The quote wouldn’t be there because it comes from Stalin’s former secretary, Boris Bazhanov, who fled the USSR and wrote a memoir exposing the crimes and corruption of the Soviet regime. Asking the Russian State Archive for that quote is like asking the cosa nostra to fact check a mafia informant’s recollections.
The men who were party to that conversation were the ‘Troika’ of Central Committee leaders, Kamenev, Zinoviev, and Stalin, who temporarily governed the USSR after Lenin. Since Stalin had Kamenev and Zinoviev killed, his secretary was one of the few to hear him say it.
J. Arch Getty, a history professor at UCLA, told Politifact that, “I am not aware of any original source for this, and in my extensive archival research in Stalin’s personal archive, I found nothing like this.”
As Jacob Heilbrunn at the Weekly Standard had previously noted, “Getty exemplifies the new revisionism that has taken hold in Soviet studies; rather than deny outright Stalin’s crimes, it seeks to justify them. This kind of revisionism would be condemned… if its subject were Nazism, but it continues to be rewarded and acclaimed in the field of Soviet studies.”
The sort of person who writes that the “social goals that are commonplace today, including women’s rights and racial integration, were planks of the Communist party platform long before mainstream American parties took them seriously”, might not be the best person to ask to verify a damning quote about a Communist dictator. Unless you’re a Politifact fact checker.
Stalin’s quote applies all too well
There is of course a very good reason for suppressing the Stalin quote because it does apply all too well to the election. And there’s a profound sense of history repeating itself in the media trying to suppress a Stalin quote about using the media to suppress an election.
Because that is exactly what Stalin did.
Boris Bazhanov had worked as Stalin’s private secretary and, unlike most of the murderous Communist dictator’s associates, survived by escaping before he could be killed. Still a young man in his twenties, Bazhanov had seen too much and enough to know what was coming. On New Year’s Day, he fled across the border from Turkmenistan to Persia, then through India, surviving several assassination attempts along the way, before finding refuge in France.
Bazhanov’s memoir about his time with Stalin had several titles, it’s named Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin in English, but all of the versions lay out the damning story of how Stalin took over the Soviet Union by manipulating the system and ruthlessly purging his rivals.
What’s more remarkable than the quote related in Bazhanov’s memoir is its context.
The Soviet Union had arrived at a crucial moment. Communist economics had managed to fail in a matter of years. The Troika were overseeing a collapsing economy that had married socialism to the Czarist bureaucracy and its police state with terrible results leading to a surge of discontent from local labor and political organizations against Moscow’s centralized control.
If the Troika didn’t get the peasants and workers under control, the regime of the peasants and workers would be in trouble. The three members of the Troika met to discuss the crisis and the possibility that they could be ousted by their own membership if the uprising gained momentum.
“And you, Comrade Stalin, what do you think of this question?” Kamenev asked Stalin.
“What,” Stalin replied, “of what question?”
“Of the question of capturing the majority of the Party,” Kamanev said.
“Do you know what I think about this?” Stalin replied, “I believe that who and how people in the Party vote, is unimportant. What is extremely important is who counts the votes, and how they are recorded.”
The quote, despite the attempts to suppress it with Stalinists fact checking Stalinism, is indeed real. But what’s more important is what Bazhanov relates happened after this conversation.
Before this, Bazhanov recalled that, “in most of the Party organizations the majority was not for the Central Committee. I know that in the huge cell of the Central Committee itself, the majority voted against the Central Committee… the Central Committee had lost the majority in the Party organization of the capital city, the most important in the country. The provincial organizations were falling into line with the Moscow one.”
Stalin’s response was to take control of Pravda and fake the results of the votes.
“If a certain cell had 300 votes for the Central Committee and 600 against,” then Pravda flipped the voting totals so that they read, “For the Central Committee 600, against 300.”
I’ll let Bazhanov tell the rest of the story without any more interruptions.
“Naturally, a cell whose election results were erroneously reported protested, phoning Pravda and asking for the section ‘Party Life.’ Nazaretian would politely respond and promise to verify immediately. The verification would show that ‘you are perfectly right, there was a regrettable error, the printers made the mistake. They’re overworked, you know. The Pravda editors apologize. We will print a retraction.’ Each cell thought that its error was unique, for that cell alone, and was unaware that it had happened to most of them. Meanwhile, little by little the impression went around that the Central Committee was winning all along the line. The provinces became more prudent and began to follow Moscow, i.e., the Central Committee.”
Much like all the clerical errors and bad polls that began piling up during the 2020 election.
What Stalin meant was that the actual vote didn’t matter, when controlling the news also gave him control of how the election was reported. The actual votes could be tallied somewhere out there, but Pravda would report that there was a consensus in favor of the Central Committee.
Pravda would even pretend to be transparent by printing occasional corrections to create the impression that it was trustworthy, while the big lie of the election rolled on. That’s where the Soviet Pravda was ahead of the American Pravda which rarely even bothers with corrections.
When Stalin said, “who and how people in the Party vote, is unimportant,” but “what is extremely important is who counts the votes, and how they are recorded”, he was referring to the media.
Some might call it a historical irony or tragedy for a leftist media to try and suppress a quote whose import was that a leftist media can manufacture an election consensus by printing lies.
But it’s just destiny.
Elections just procedural
Stalin understood that elections without safeguards were merely procedural. The results of the election didn’t matter. All that mattered was what people believed because they had read it.
The New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, and the rest of the tottering infrastructure of the media exist to manufacture partisan narratives to secure political power. Like their Stalinist counterparts, they invert the meaning of terms so that ‘fact checking’ becomes suppressing facts, and the more they lie, the more they claim to stand for the truth.
But, Pravda was there first.
The 2020 election was rigged in multiple ways, but the most obvious one was messaging.
Big Tech monopolies and the media collaborated to spread Democrat narratives and suppress Republican ones. In the crucial pre-election period, the media’s lies, smears, and hit pieces against President Trump and Republicans became the only thing most people saw anymore. Scandals involving Hunter Biden were suppressed, ironically, as Russian disinformation, while the media shamelessly propagandized for Biden the way that Pravda had for Stalin.
The media was instrumental in claiming victory for Biden and in helping Democrat governors and secretaries of state orchestrate the illegal election rigging that changed election rules.
The trouble with the Pravda approach is that it only works for a limited amount of time. Stalin only needed it to work for a brief period until he had consolidated his power over the system. Pravda’s credibility only needed to last long enough for Stalin to be able to freely kill his rivals.
America’s Pravda has shot its credibility. Every time public trust in the media hits a new low, the media doubles down on the propaganda, the smears and the lies. In under a generation, the media has destroyed its business model and the credibility that it took centuries to build.
Now it whines about “right-wing echo chambers” and demands harsher social media censorship when it’s nothing more than a left-wing echo chamber trying to wipe out the opposition.
If the media knew anything about history, it would not only have been able to verify the Stalin quote, but it would also know that what it’s doing is a bad idea that can only end badly.
Nazaretian, who had been assigned the task of doing Stalin’s dirty work, rigging the election at Pravda, was killed along with the two members of the Troika, and much of the old Bolshevik establishment in The Great Purge, for being a propagandist who knew too much.
The media might want to learn a lesson from Nazaretian’s example as they lie for their radicals.
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"The quote, despite the attempts to suppress it with Stalinists fact checking Stalinism, is indeed real.\nBy Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage Mag\nAs Republicans began pushing back against the rigged election, a quote about voting from Joseph Stalin began circulating on social media. “The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything,” is how variations of it went.\nAs soon as the quote went viral, the media’s fact checkers tried to suppress it.\nUSA Today’s fact checker rated it as false, claiming that Stalin had never said it based on speaking with two history professors at Vanderbilt University who vowed that they never heard of it.\nOne of the professors, who serves as the Director of Undergraduate Russian and East European Studies, ranted that it was, “an example of American right-wing paranoia, active manipulation of public opinion, or outright and fascism”. Truly a quote worthy of Stalin.\nBut had the ‘fact checker’ and the professors just checked Oxford’s Essential Quotations, they would have found it. You don’t need a PhD or a fact checker title: just a modicum of integrity.\nPolitifact was more ambitious about humiliating itself by contacting the Stalin Digital Archive with the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History. The quote wouldn’t be there because it comes from Stalin’s former secretary, Boris Bazhanov, who fled the USSR and wrote a memoir exposing the crimes and corruption of the Soviet regime. Asking the Russian State Archive for that quote is like asking the cosa nostra to fact check a mafia informant’s recollections.\nThe men who were party to that conversation were the ‘Troika’ of Central Committee leaders, Kamenev, Zinoviev, and Stalin, who temporarily governed the USSR after Lenin. Since Stalin had Kamenev and Zinoviev killed, his secretary was one of the few to hear him say it.\nJ. Arch Getty, a history professor at UCLA, told Politifact that, “I am not aware of any original source for this, and in my extensive archival research in Stalin’s personal archive, I found nothing like this.”\nAs Jacob Heilbrunn at the Weekly Standard had previously noted, “Getty exemplifies the new revisionism that has taken hold in Soviet studies; rather than deny outright Stalin’s crimes, it seeks to justify them. This kind of revisionism would be condemned… if its subject were Nazism, but it continues to be rewarded and acclaimed in the field of Soviet studies.”\nThe sort of person who writes that the “social goals that are commonplace today, including women’s rights and racial integration, were planks of the Communist party platform long before mainstream American parties took them seriously”, might not be the best person to ask to verify a damning quote about a Communist dictator. Unless you’re a Politifact fact checker.\nStalin’s quote applies all too well\nThere is of course a very good reason for suppressing the Stalin quote because it does apply all too well to the election. And there’s a profound sense of history repeating itself in the media trying to suppress a Stalin quote about using the media to suppress an election.\nBecause that is exactly what Stalin did.\nBoris Bazhanov had worked as Stalin’s private secretary and, unlike most of the murderous Communist dictator’s associates, survived by escaping before he could be killed. Still a young man in his twenties, Bazhanov had seen too much and enough to know what was coming. On New Year’s Day, he fled across the border from Turkmenistan to Persia, then through India, surviving several assassination attempts along the way, before finding refuge in France.\nBazhanov’s memoir about his time with Stalin had several titles, it’s named Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin in English, but all of the versions lay out the damning story of how Stalin took over the Soviet Union by manipulating the system and ruthlessly purging his rivals.\nWhat’s more remarkable than the quote related in Bazhanov’s memoir is its context.\nThe Soviet Union had arrived at a crucial moment. Communist economics had managed to fail in a matter of years. The Troika were overseeing a collapsing economy that had married socialism to the Czarist bureaucracy and its police state with terrible results leading to a surge of discontent from local labor and political organizations against Moscow’s centralized control.\nIf the Troika didn’t get the peasants and workers under control, the regime of the peasants and workers would be in trouble. The three members of the Troika met to discuss the crisis and the possibility that they could be ousted by their own membership if the uprising gained momentum.\n“And you, Comrade Stalin, what do you think of this question?” Kamenev asked Stalin.\n“What,” Stalin replied, “of what question?”\n“Of the question of capturing the majority of the Party,” Kamanev said.\n“Do you know what I think about this?” Stalin replied, “I believe that who and how people in the Party vote, is unimportant. What is extremely important is who counts the votes, and how they are recorded.”\nThe quote, despite the attempts to suppress it with Stalinists fact checking Stalinism, is indeed real. But what’s more important is what Bazhanov relates happened after this conversation.\nBefore this, Bazhanov recalled that, “in most of the Party organizations the majority was not for the Central Committee. I know that in the huge cell of the Central Committee itself, the majority voted against the Central Committee… the Central Committee had lost the majority in the Party organization of the capital city, the most important in the country. The provincial organizations were falling into line with the Moscow one.”\nStalin’s response was to take control of Pravda and fake the results of the votes.\n“If a certain cell had 300 votes for the Central Committee and 600 against,” then Pravda flipped the voting totals so that they read, “For the Central Committee 600, against 300.”\nI’ll let Bazhanov tell the rest of the story without any more interruptions.\n“Naturally, a cell whose election results were erroneously reported protested, phoning Pravda and asking for the section ‘Party Life.’ Nazaretian would politely respond and promise to verify immediately. The verification would show that ‘you are perfectly right, there was a regrettable error, the printers made the mistake. They’re overworked, you know. The Pravda editors apologize. We will print a retraction.’ Each cell thought that its error was unique, for that cell alone, and was unaware that it had happened to most of them. Meanwhile, little by little the impression went around that the Central Committee was winning all along the line. The provinces became more prudent and began to follow Moscow, i.e., the Central Committee.”\nMuch like all the clerical errors and bad polls that began piling up during the 2020 election.\nWhat Stalin meant was that the actual vote didn’t matter, when controlling the news also gave him control of how the election was reported. The actual votes could be tallied somewhere out there, but Pravda would report that there was a consensus in favor of the Central Committee.\nPravda would even pretend to be transparent by printing occasional corrections to create the impression that it was trustworthy, while the big lie of the election rolled on. That’s where the Soviet Pravda was ahead of the American Pravda which rarely even bothers with corrections.\nWhen Stalin said, “who and how people in the Party vote, is unimportant,” but “what is extremely important is who counts the votes, and how they are recorded”, he was referring to the media.\nSome might call it a historical irony or tragedy for a leftist media to try and suppress a quote whose import was that a leftist media can manufacture an election consensus by printing lies.\nBut it’s just destiny.\nElections just procedural\nStalin understood that elections without safeguards were merely procedural. The results of the election didn’t matter. All that mattered was what people believed because they had read it.\nThe New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, and the rest of the tottering infrastructure of the media exist to manufacture partisan narratives to secure political power. Like their Stalinist counterparts, they invert the meaning of terms so that ‘fact checking’ becomes suppressing facts, and the more they lie, the more they claim to stand for the truth.\nBut, Pravda was there first.\nThe 2020 election was rigged in multiple ways, but the most obvious one was messaging.\nBig Tech monopolies and the media collaborated to spread Democrat narratives and suppress Republican ones. In the crucial pre-election period, the media’s lies, smears, and hit pieces against President Trump and Republicans became the only thing most people saw anymore. Scandals involving Hunter Biden were suppressed, ironically, as Russian disinformation, while the media shamelessly propagandized for Biden the way that Pravda had for Stalin.\nThe media was instrumental in claiming victory for Biden and in helping Democrat governors and secretaries of state orchestrate the illegal election rigging that changed election rules.\nThe trouble with the Pravda approach is that it only works for a limited amount of time. Stalin only needed it to work for a brief period until he had consolidated his power over the system. Pravda’s credibility only needed to last long enough for Stalin to be able to freely kill his rivals.\nAmerica’s Pravda has shot its credibility. Every time public trust in the media hits a new low, the media doubles down on the propaganda, the smears and the lies. In under a generation, the media has destroyed its business model and the credibility that it took centuries to build.\nNow it whines about “right-wing echo chambers” and demands harsher social media censorship when it’s nothing more than a left-wing echo chamber trying to wipe out the opposition.\nIf the media knew anything about history, it would not only have been able to verify the Stalin quote, but it would also know that what it’s doing is a bad idea that can only end badly.\nNazaretian, who had been assigned the task of doing Stalin’s dirty work, rigging the election at Pravda, was killed along with the two members of the Troika, and much of the old Bolshevik establishment in The Great Purge, for being a propagandist who knew too much.\nThe media might want to learn a lesson from Nazaretian’s example as they lie for their radicals.",
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Coronavirus czar Nachman Ash said first dose was “less effective than we thought” and “lower than [the data] presented by Pfizer.”
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
Israel’s coronavirus czar Nachman Ash told Army Radio on Tuesday that the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is less effective than the pharmaceutical giant had suggested.
“Many people have been infected between the first and second injections of the vaccine,” said Ash.
He told Army Radio that the first dose was “less effective than we thought” and “lower than [the data] presented by Pfizer.”
According to Pfizer, the first dose of the vaccine is 52 percent effective at preventing coronavirus infections 12 days after its administration. The efficacy spikes to 95 percent two weeks after the second dose.
Although Israel is leading the world in per capita vaccinations of citizens, with over 2 million in the Jewish state receiving the first dose and some 430,000 Israelis having received the second dose of the vaccine, the country is struggling with the virus.
New infections in Israel reached an all-time peak of 10,000 positive tests in just 24 hours on Tuesday. The same day, government ministers decided to extend the country’s third lockdown, which was slated to end this Thursday, until January 31.
The spike in cases despite the mass vaccination campaign has raised questions among critics of the Pfizer deal, with some publicly speculating about what information the Jewish state is sharing with the company.
A report on Israeli news site Globes said that “Israel will act as a large world testing laboratory, with the results from this huge research serving to set vaccination strategies in the rest of the world.”
The publication quoted former Prime Minister Ehud Barak as saying, “This data is a treasure trove for Pfizer. With this data, Pfizer can show that it vaccinated an entire high-risk population in a country with no deaths wholly attributable to the vaccine.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel was able to obtain such large numbers of vaccines from Pfizer in exchange for “data and details especially gathered for [Pfizer], including the consequences of the inoculations, side effects, efficacy, amount of time it takes to develop antibodies. according to different types of population, age, gender, preexisting conditions etc.”
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"Coronavirus czar Nachman Ash said first dose was “less effective than we thought” and “lower than [the data] presented by Pfizer.”\nBy Lauren Marcus, World Israel News\nIsrael’s coronavirus czar Nachman Ash told Army Radio on Tuesday that the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is less effective than the pharmaceutical giant had suggested.\n“Many people have been infected between the first and second injections of the vaccine,” said Ash.\nHe told Army Radio that the first dose was “less effective than we thought” and “lower than [the data] presented by Pfizer.”\nAccording to Pfizer, the first dose of the vaccine is 52 percent effective at preventing coronavirus infections 12 days after its administration. The efficacy spikes to 95 percent two weeks after the second dose.\nAlthough Israel is leading the world in per capita vaccinations of citizens, with over 2 million in the Jewish state receiving the first dose and some 430,000 Israelis having received the second dose of the vaccine, the country is struggling with the virus.\nNew infections in Israel reached an all-time peak of 10,000 positive tests in just 24 hours on Tuesday. The same day, government ministers decided to extend the country’s third lockdown, which was slated to end this Thursday, until January 31.\nThe spike in cases despite the mass vaccination campaign has raised questions among critics of the Pfizer deal, with some publicly speculating about what information the Jewish state is sharing with the company.\nA report on Israeli news site Globes said that “Israel will act as a large world testing laboratory, with the results from this huge research serving to set vaccination strategies in the rest of the world.”\nThe publication quoted former Prime Minister Ehud Barak as saying, “This data is a treasure trove for Pfizer. With this data, Pfizer can show that it vaccinated an entire high-risk population in a country with no deaths wholly attributable to the vaccine.”\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel was able to obtain such large numbers of vaccines from Pfizer in exchange for “data and details especially gathered for [Pfizer], including the consequences of the inoculations, side effects, efficacy, amount of time it takes to develop antibodies. according to different types of population, age, gender, preexisting conditions etc.”",
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On Tuesday, a terrorist armed with a knife arrived at the Gitai Avisar Junction and tried to stab a combat soldier and a squad commander. Below, the female combat soldier, Corporal L., describes fighting off the terrorist. Corporal L. is a lone soldier from England, meaning she has no immediate family in Israel.
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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
“This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day in history and hope, of renewal and resolve,” he said.
By World Israel News Staff and AP
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation.
“The will of the people has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded. We’ve learned again that democracy is precious and democracy is fragile. At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed,” Biden said.
“This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day in history and hope, of renewal and resolve,” he said.
Biden talked about the challenges ahead, including the pandemic. He looked out over a capital city dotted with empty storefronts that attest to the pandemic’s deep economic toll and where summer protests laid bare the nation’s renewed attention to claims of racial injustice.
“We have much to do in this winter of peril, and significant possibilities: much to repair, much to restore, much to heal, much to build and much to gain,” Biden said.
His predecessor’s absence underscored the country’s division. Donald Trump departed Washington on Wednesday morning ahead of the inauguration rather than accompany his successor to the Capitol. He instead flew to Florida after promising to return and saying “it’s not a long term goodbye.”
Trump has contested the vote, saying the election was stolen. His attorneys filed over 50 lawsuits challenging President Biden’s victories. U.S. courts rejected those efforts.
Biden said, “I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we all are created equal and the harsh, ugly reality of racism, nativism, fear, demonization that have long torn us apart.”
“This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward and we must meet this moment as the United States of America,” Biden said.
Biden won about 12.8 million more votes than Barack Obama won in 2016 despite an uninspiring campaign, in which he spent a good part of it in his basement. Few attended his rallies. Trump nicknamed him “sleepy Joe.” The media generally ignored the more worrying signs of early dementia as Biden gave indications that his mind was going and he might not be up to the job.
In October, he appeared to confuse Trump with George W. Bush.
Biden has repeatedly denied there’s anything wrong with him and refuted suggestions he isn’t up for the job of president. At age 78, he is the oldest president inaugurated.
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"Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP/Andrew Harnik)\n“This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day in history and hope, of renewal and resolve,” he said.\nBy World Israel News Staff and AP\nJoe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation.\n“The will of the people has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded. We’ve learned again that democracy is precious and democracy is fragile. At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed,” Biden said.\n“This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day in history and hope, of renewal and resolve,” he said.\nBiden talked about the challenges ahead, including the pandemic. He looked out over a capital city dotted with empty storefronts that attest to the pandemic’s deep economic toll and where summer protests laid bare the nation’s renewed attention to claims of racial injustice.\n“We have much to do in this winter of peril, and significant possibilities: much to repair, much to restore, much to heal, much to build and much to gain,” Biden said.\nHis predecessor’s absence underscored the country’s division. Donald Trump departed Washington on Wednesday morning ahead of the inauguration rather than accompany his successor to the Capitol. He instead flew to Florida after promising to return and saying “it’s not a long term goodbye.”\nTrump has contested the vote, saying the election was stolen. His attorneys filed over 50 lawsuits challenging President Biden’s victories. U.S. courts rejected those efforts.\nBiden said, “I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real. But I also know they are not new. Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we all are created equal and the harsh, ugly reality of racism, nativism, fear, demonization that have long torn us apart.”\n“This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward and we must meet this moment as the United States of America,” Biden said.\nBiden won about 12.8 million more votes than Barack Obama won in 2016 despite an uninspiring campaign, in which he spent a good part of it in his basement. Few attended his rallies. Trump nicknamed him “sleepy Joe.” The media generally ignored the more worrying signs of early dementia as Biden gave indications that his mind was going and he might not be up to the job.\nIn October, he appeared to confuse Trump with George W. Bush.\nBiden has repeatedly denied there’s anything wrong with him and refuted suggestions he isn’t up for the job of president. At age 78, he is the oldest president inaugurated.",
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Bennett’s Yemina party and Saar’s New Hope signed a surplus votes agreement for the March election.
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News
Two political rivals both vying to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s upcoming election signed a deal Monday to share surplus votes that could give them a critical extra seat in Israel’s parliament, Ynet reported.
Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yemina party and Gideon Saar of the new New Hope party agreed to a deal that will see one of them gain surplus votes under Israel’s proportional representation system.
On March 23, Israelis will vote for a party, which gets seats in proportion to the percentage of vote – so that winning ten percent of the popular vote gives a party 12 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
However, under Israeli law parties can make an agreement so that if one party gets, say 10.5% of the vote that still qualifies them for only 12 seats. That extra half a percentage point (0.5%) of votes would not be counted unless the party decided to share the surplus with another party.
Under the agreement, the surplus votes of the two parties are combined and if they add up to an extra seat in the Knesset, that extra seat goes to the party with the greater number of surplus votes.
In the March 2020 election 38,250 votes were needed for a seat in the Knesset. The surplus votes agreement effectively prevents the waste of votes a party gets which are short of, or don’t add up to, another mandate.
A similar sharing agreement is expected between opposition leader Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party and the right-leaning Yisrael Beiteinu party, which would leave Netanyahu’s Likud without a right-wing partner to sign a similar agreement.
“We are approaching the election as a new party of hope, and not looking for one alliance or another,” Saar told Ynet when asked about an alliance with Bennett. “We have an excellent team and a clear path. We will have an excellent and quality list [of candidates].”
Bennett for his part did not rule out joining forces with Saar, as both leaders see themselves as replacements to Netanyahu.
“If Saar is willing to accept our principles – which put all controversy aside to focus on economic recovery, unification of the people and controlling the corona [crisis], and if it does make sense – it is clear that it will,” Bennett told Channel 12.
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"Bennett’s Yemina party and Saar’s New Hope signed a surplus votes agreement for the March election.\nBy Paul Shindman, World Israel News\nTwo political rivals both vying to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s upcoming election signed a deal Monday to share surplus votes that could give them a critical extra seat in Israel’s parliament, Ynet reported.\nNaftali Bennett of the right-wing Yemina party and Gideon Saar of the new New Hope party agreed to a deal that will see one of them gain surplus votes under Israel’s proportional representation system.\nOn March 23, Israelis will vote for a party, which gets seats in proportion to the percentage of vote – so that winning ten percent of the popular vote gives a party 12 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.\nHowever, under Israeli law parties can make an agreement so that if one party gets, say 10.5% of the vote that still qualifies them for only 12 seats. That extra half a percentage point (0.5%) of votes would not be counted unless the party decided to share the surplus with another party.\nUnder the agreement, the surplus votes of the two parties are combined and if they add up to an extra seat in the Knesset, that extra seat goes to the party with the greater number of surplus votes.\nIn the March 2020 election 38,250 votes were needed for a seat in the Knesset. The surplus votes agreement effectively prevents the waste of votes a party gets which are short of, or don’t add up to, another mandate.\nA similar sharing agreement is expected between opposition leader Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party and the right-leaning Yisrael Beiteinu party, which would leave Netanyahu’s Likud without a right-wing partner to sign a similar agreement.\n“We are approaching the election as a new party of hope, and not looking for one alliance or another,” Saar told Ynet when asked about an alliance with Bennett. “We have an excellent team and a clear path. We will have an excellent and quality list [of candidates].”\nBennett for his part did not rule out joining forces with Saar, as both leaders see themselves as replacements to Netanyahu.\n“If Saar is willing to accept our principles – which put all controversy aside to focus on economic recovery, unification of the people and controlling the corona [crisis], and if it does make sense – it is clear that it will,” Bennett told Channel 12.",
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A Facebook post from the school showed that Baha Aliyan, perpetrator of an attack that killed three Israelis, was one of the terrorists commemorated by the students.
By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News
Likud MK Amit Halevi sent an open letter to Education Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday, asking him to close an east Jerusalem school that recently commemorated “Palestinian Martyrs’ Day.”
A report from Israel Hayom this week revealed that students at the Wakf-run Refugees Elementary School were asked to prepare memorial presentations for Palestinian terrorists, referred to as martyrs, including songs and poetry.
A Facebook post from the school showed that Baha Aliyan was one of the terrorists commemorated by the students. Aliyan perpetrated an October 2015 terror attack on a Jerusalem bus that killed three people. She was killed by security forces during the incident.
“It is clear to any reasonable person that this is only the tip of the iceberg…blatant incitement to terrorism,” wrote Halevi.
He explained that the commemoration of terrorists in an educational institution violates “section 24 of the War on Terror Law…and the [Education] Ministry has the authority to issue a closure order for the school.
“These examples of educating young children to [support] terrorism and subversion against the state must be aggressively [stopped], since they create a dangerous and violent future that we must interrupt at the beginning,” he wrote.
Halevi added that he was shocked these activities “take place in broad daylight, in the capital of Israel.”
He closed the letter, which was also addressed to Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, Shabak head Nadav Argaman, and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, by urging Gallant to forcibly close the institution.
But closing the school isn’t enough to address the underlying issue, said Maor Tzemach, head of the NGO Your Jerusalem.
“This indicates a larger problem under the surface,” Tzemach told World Israel News. “Israel must fight this incitement with all its strength.
“There is not a single place in the world where a school… incites and rebels against the government and the state in which it teaches.
“I support MK Amit Halevi’s request in his demand from Education Minister Yoav Gallant to close the school by administrative order.”
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"A Facebook post from the school showed that Baha Aliyan, perpetrator of an attack that killed three Israelis, was one of the terrorists commemorated by the students.\nBy Lauren Marcus, World Israel News\nLikud MK Amit Halevi sent an open letter to Education Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday, asking him to close an east Jerusalem school that recently commemorated “Palestinian Martyrs’ Day.”\nA report from Israel Hayom this week revealed that students at the Wakf-run Refugees Elementary School were asked to prepare memorial presentations for Palestinian terrorists, referred to as martyrs, including songs and poetry.\nA Facebook post from the school showed that Baha Aliyan was one of the terrorists commemorated by the students. Aliyan perpetrated an October 2015 terror attack on a Jerusalem bus that killed three people. She was killed by security forces during the incident.\n“It is clear to any reasonable person that this is only the tip of the iceberg…blatant incitement to terrorism,” wrote Halevi.\nHe explained that the commemoration of terrorists in an educational institution violates “section 24 of the War on Terror Law…and the [Education] Ministry has the authority to issue a closure order for the school.\n“These examples of educating young children to [support] terrorism and subversion against the state must be aggressively [stopped], since they create a dangerous and violent future that we must interrupt at the beginning,” he wrote.\nHalevi added that he was shocked these activities “take place in broad daylight, in the capital of Israel.”\nHe closed the letter, which was also addressed to Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, Shabak head Nadav Argaman, and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, by urging Gallant to forcibly close the institution.\nBut closing the school isn’t enough to address the underlying issue, said Maor Tzemach, head of the NGO Your Jerusalem.\n“This indicates a larger problem under the surface,” Tzemach told World Israel News. “Israel must fight this incitement with all its strength.\n“There is not a single place in the world where a school… incites and rebels against the government and the state in which it teaches.\n“I support MK Amit Halevi’s request in his demand from Education Minister Yoav Gallant to close the school by administrative order.”",
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Biden also demanded President Donald Trump immediately make a televised address calling on his supporters to cease the violence.
By Associated Press
President-elect Joe Biden has called the violent protests on the U.S. Capitol “an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the people’s business.”
Biden also demanded President Donald Trump immediately make a televised address calling on his supporters to cease the violence that he described as an “unprecedented assault” as pro-Trump protestors violently occupy U.S. Capitol.
Biden’s condemnation came after violent protesters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, forcing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm the president-elect’s victory in the November election.
Biden addressed the violent protests as authorities struggled to take control of a chaotic situation at the Capitol that led to the evacuation of lawmakers.
Biden had planned to deliver a speech focused on how to revive an economy and provide financial relief for small business owners reeling from the coronavirus pandemic from his native Delaware.
Shortly before Biden was to begin speaking, demonstrators broke into the capital, reaching as far as the House floor. The building was locked down and police with guns drawn moved in as Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers were evacuated to secure locations. National Guard troops were deployed and a citywide curfew called for shortly after dusk, as rioters continued to occupy the capital for hours.
“At this hour our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times,” Biden said, adding that what unfolded was, “an assault on the rule of law like few times we have ever seen it.”
He said the uprising bordered on sedition, adding, “The scenes of chaos at the capitol do not reflect a true America, do not represent who we are.”
“I call on this mob to pull back and allow democracy to go forward,” Biden said. “At their best the words of a president can inspire, at their worst they can incite.”
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"Biden also demanded President Donald Trump immediately make a televised address calling on his supporters to cease the violence.\nBy Associated Press\nPresident-elect Joe Biden has called the violent protests on the U.S. Capitol “an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings: the doing of the people’s business.”\nBiden also demanded President Donald Trump immediately make a televised address calling on his supporters to cease the violence that he described as an “unprecedented assault” as pro-Trump protestors violently occupy U.S. Capitol.\nBiden’s condemnation came after violent protesters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, forcing a delay in the constitutional process to affirm the president-elect’s victory in the November election.\nBiden addressed the violent protests as authorities struggled to take control of a chaotic situation at the Capitol that led to the evacuation of lawmakers.\nBiden had planned to deliver a speech focused on how to revive an economy and provide financial relief for small business owners reeling from the coronavirus pandemic from his native Delaware.\nShortly before Biden was to begin speaking, demonstrators broke into the capital, reaching as far as the House floor. The building was locked down and police with guns drawn moved in as Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers were evacuated to secure locations. National Guard troops were deployed and a citywide curfew called for shortly after dusk, as rioters continued to occupy the capital for hours.\n“At this hour our democracy is under unprecedented assault unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times,” Biden said, adding that what unfolded was, “an assault on the rule of law like few times we have ever seen it.”\nHe said the uprising bordered on sedition, adding, “The scenes of chaos at the capitol do not reflect a true America, do not represent who we are.”\n“I call on this mob to pull back and allow democracy to go forward,” Biden said. “At their best the words of a president can inspire, at their worst they can incite.”",
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