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  • December 29, 2014

    Sovereign States Don’t Do Hasbara  

    Israeli hasbara fails for one simple reason: People who obsessively try to justify themselves sound like someone who really does need to apologize • Sovereign states do not jump through hoops, explain or ask permission – they act, do what needs getting done and nonchalantly brush off the criticism  • The best hasbara is none at all.

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    By proving we’re right, Bibi willingly puts the question up for discussion.

    Photo: Flash90

    When the Israeli Prime Minister got up in the United Nations and asked “In what moral universe does genocide include warning the enemy’s civilian population to get out of harm’s way?“, he made a number of embarrassing rhetorical mistakes, especially when one recalls that Binyamin Netanyahu is considered a virtuoso in the field. He repeated the absurd accusation of genocide to an audience which included those who may not have heard it, and by even referring to it, gave it validity.
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    The Straightforward Message of the Arabs VS. The Convoluted Jewish Argument  

    Ted Belman. I have always made the same point when it comes to “selling” Christianity  or Judaism. The Christian message is “Jesus loves you” where as the Jewish message is.. ah… what is it? In the Israel/Arab conflict, they say its their land and we are stealing it and we say we support the TSS. We should be saying its ours.

    By Daniel Grynglas, JP

    The main Arab message is clear and simple and everyone can quickly understand it:

    We Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine who have enjoyed a peaceful life in our country for millennia. We worked hard and promoted freedom and equality for all. Our country was invaded by the evil Jewish colonizers who were supported by the British imperialists. They killed many of our people and stole our beloved land of Palestine. Now they exploit us and occupy our land. We are fighting for freedom from the evil Zionists Jews. The Jews kill our mothers and our brothers and practice apartheid and holocaust upon us. The world must help us since Jews are so strong!

    Yes, this is a powerful message. It is very moving and cries out for a response from all decent people. It is also a complete LIE! (Read more…)

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    China’s Russia Bailout Is Ominous Sign for Future  

    Ted Belman. US, with its $18 Trillion in debt is no match for China with its $40 Trillion in reserves. While the US and the EU are obsessing over Palestine, China is extending its influence where it really counts. The US must do a reset with Israel.

    In the past I have noted that democracy houses the seeds of its own destruction. China’s model isn’t plagued by democracy and need to bribe the voters or the need to uphold human rights. We can never say again that socialism doesn’t work. We must give the Chinese model more respect.

    Furthermore we must recognize that US policy is responsible for this turn of events. The US misspent it’s wealth on nation building abroad and entitlements at home and shipped its jobs overseas. Not only did the US weaken itself, it built up China.

    By William Pesek, Oregon Live

    TOKYO – Thanks to China, Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund, Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank and Takehiko Nakao of the Asian Development Bank may no longer have much meaningful work to do.

    Beijing’s move to bail out Russia, on top of its recent aid for Venezuela and Argentina, signals the death of the post-war Bretton Woods world. It’s also marks the beginning of the end for America’s linchpin role in the global economy and Japan’s influence in Asia.

    What is China’s new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank if not an ADB killer? If Japan, ADB’s main benefactor, won’t share the presidency with Asian peers, Beijing will just use its deep pockets to overpower it. Lagarde’s and Kim’s shops also are looking at a future in which crisis-wracked governments call Beijing before Washington.
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    Also note I have now placed the INN NEWS BRIEF in the right column.

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    Why are the Chinese so fascinated by Israel and the Jews?  

    MELANIE PHILLIPS RADIO SHOW

    With guests Dr. Harold Rhode and Michel Gurfinkiel.

    Chinese Enigma, French Jews in Peril and the Liberal Conscience Stirs

    Just how bad is the situation for Jews in France? And what to make of remarks about Israel and antiSemitism by a liberal academic icon and a BBC executive?

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    The International Criminal Court on Shaky Ground  

    by Editorial Board, WASHINGTON POST

    Dec. 29 (Washington Post) — A DOZEN years after its creation, the International Criminal Court is foundering. So far it has brought just 21 cases in eight countries, all of them in Africa. Only two have resulted in convictions — of relatively obscure Congolese rebel leaders. Though 139 countries signed the founding treaty, the United States, Russia, China, India, Israel and every Arab nation but Jordan have declined to join. The most horrific crimes against humanity perpetrated in the world in the past decade — in North Korea, Syria and Sri Lanka, among other places — remain outside the ICC’s reach.

    Worse, in two big cases the court bet that it could bring current heads of national governments to trial — and lost. This month the court’s chief prosecutor was forced to abandon a case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who had been charged with orchestrating a 2007 campaign of ethnic violence. Though Kenya is a member of the court, the government refused to cooperate with the prosecution, making it impossible to gather sufficient evidence.
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    December 28, 2014

    The US president is not omnipotent  

    By Yoram Ettinger, ISRAEL HAYOM

    yoram-ettinger-pictureWhite House and State Department officials contend that, irrespective of Congress, President Barack Obama can apply effective diplomatic, commercial and national security pressure and coerce Israel to partition Jerusalem and retreat from Judea and Samaria to the 9-15 mile-wide pre-1967 sliver, surrounded by the violently turbulent and unpredictable Arab street.

    U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro recently voiced this inaccurate underestimation of the power of Congress — which has traditionally opposed pressure on Israel, echoing the sentiments of most constituents — saying, “What is unmistakable about our foreign policy system is that the Constitution provides the president with the largest share of power.”

    The assertion that U.S. foreign policy and national security are shaped by presidential omnipotence can be refuted by the U.S. Constitution as well as recent precedents. The Constitution was created by the Founding Fathers, who were determined to limit the power of government and preclude the possibility of executive dictatorship. They were apprehensive of potential presidential excesses and encroachment, and therefore assigned the formulation of foreign policy and national security to both Congress and the president. Obviously, the coalescing of policy between 535 legislators constitutes a severe disadvantage for the legislature.

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    Sweden’s Christmas Present: New Laws Curbing Free Speech  

    Timon Dias, GATESTONE INSTITUTE


    The Swedish newspaper Expressen hacked databases of website commenters, targeted critics of immigration, and confronted them at home. The above screenshot is taken from a video on the Expressen website, published under the headline “Jim Olsson writes on hate sites.”

    Sweden, during its September 2014 parliamentary election, voted in a new government. But whom exactly did the people of Sweden elect to run their new government? In a recent (albeit un-sourced) blog, Ilya Meyer, the deputy chair of the Sweden-Israel Friendship Association, shed some light on the backgrounds and motivations of some of Sweden’s new cabinet ministers. A few individuals stand out.

    The Minister for Housing and Urban Development is the Turkish Swede Mehmet Kaplan, who was aboard the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara, of the Turkish extremist Humanitarian Relief Foundation, when it tried to break through the legal Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza coastline. Israel had established the naval blockade in 2007 in response to the smuggling of weapons into Gaza to arm the terrorist group Hamas, which is outspokenly dedicated to exterminating Israel.
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    The Palestinians’ Real Enemy: Europe  

    By Bassam Tawil,  GATESTONE INSTITUTE

    Listening, in both English and Arabic, to the latest speeches of Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas and his fellow Fatah Central Committee members, we get the uncomfortable feeling that the Palestinian State, now being promoted in Europe, will not only be a threat to the stability of the entire region, but to us who have to keep living here, as well to those countries in Europe who promote it.

    As Palestinians discuss among themselves — far from the diplomats in their five-star hotels — rather than accept this “gift” that Europe seems determined to push down our throats, many people increasingly see no choice but to launch a “Palestinian Spring” revolution. It would not be, as you might think, to rid them of Israel but finally to rid us of our wretched leadership and corrupt system of government — and to stop the European counties that are imposing this brutal system on us by financing it.
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    Study: 22 percent of Israeli Jews identify with religious Zionist camp  

    T Belman.  If all these people voted for Bayit Yehudi, it would get about 25 seats and Bennett would be the next PM.

    One-third of these say they aren’t religious, new study finds; growth of pro-settler camp explains growth of Naftali Bennett’s Habayit Hayehudi.

    By Yair Ettinger, HAARETZ | Dec. 27, 2014 | 9:45 PM

    Jewish men near the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount

    Jewish men near the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City, November 2, 2014. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi

    Twenty-two percent of Jews in Israel consider themselves part of the religious Zionist camp, although one-third of them do not identify as religious at all.

    This surprising statistic, one of many in a new study about to be published by the Israel Democracy Institute, can explain the continued rise in the status of the national-religious sector in recent years – particularly in the era of Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, chairman of Habayit Hayehudi, which the polls predict will garner between 15 and 18 Knesset seats in the upcoming election. (Read more…)

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    Bayit Yehudi is on the rise  

    Fellow MKs call Magal’s candidacy a ‘blessing’ shortly after the news anchor announces his candidacy for Jewish Home.

    “Yinon joins to lead a party which is not ashamed to love the Land of Israel, the people of Israel, and the State of Israel.”

    By Ido Ben-Porat and Tova Dvorin, INN

    magalSeveral Jewish Home MKs have welcomed the candidacy of senior Walla! News editor and Sayeret Matkal veteran Yinon Magal for the 2015 elections Sunday, praising his values and outspoken resolve to stand up for the State of Israel.

    “I have known Yinon for over 30 years, as a soldier and an officer in Sayeret Matkal, and he has true Jewish and Zionist values,” MK Moti Yogev stated Sunday. “I congratulate him for joining Jewish Home and wish him well.”

    Deputy Minister of Education, Avi Wortzman (Jewish Home) added that Magal’s candidacy is a “great blessing.”
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    Corruption scandal in Lieberman’s party could redraw political map  

    Overall, the right-wing camp could be the principal beneficiary of Lieberman’s public-opinion collapse. The Likud, however, seems dead in the water. Bayit Yehudi is energized

    By Yossi Verter, HAARETZ

    [..] Lieberman was supposed to be the linchpin of the mechanism to unseat Netanyahu, together with Moshe Kahlon and his new Kulanu party – the two already signed a surplus-vote agreement – and the leaders of Labor, Yesh Atid and Meretz. If Yisrael Beiteinu remains under a heavy cloud of corruption and inner-rot suspicions, some of its seats could be lost to parties like Likud, Habayit Hayehudi, and maybe Kulanu.

    Overall, the right-wing camp could be the principal beneficiary of Lieberman’s public-opinion collapse. The exultation in Likud Facebook and WhatsApp groups reflected the high spirits there in the light of the developments. [..]

    Hardened arteries

    The Likud primary, set for next Wednesday, is undoubtedly among the most dismal and uninspiring in the party’s history. There are no new stars, no attractive public figures willing to abandon an honorable career and leap into the cauldron, as in the past.
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    Sarah Palin 2016: 7 Key Political Positions  

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    Palin12Sarah Palin is considered a 2016 GOP presidential hopeful but she has not indicated whether she intends to run. However, an early 2014 Economist/YouGov Poll asked participants, “Other than Hillary Clinton, is there any other woman you would want to run for president either in 2016 or 2020? Palin topped the field above Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Condoleeza Rice.

    The former Alaska govenor is championed by the Tea Party and many Republicans for her solid conservative values, strength of character, and straightforward, folksy style of communication. On the other hand, the latter character trait has also made her an easy target for the liberal media, which takes every opportunity to portray Palin in a negative light.

    As the Republican choice for vice president in 2008, Palin brought a breath of fresh air and energy to John McCain’s rather plodding campaign. After McCain’s election loss, Palin continued to motivate conservatives across the country with her strong rhetoric for fiscal sanity, smaller government, and criticisms of President Obama. (Read more…)

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    American Achiever of 2014: Sarah Palin  

    By M Joseph Sheppard, AMERICAN THINKER

    PalinIt would be the height of churlishness for even the most inveterate leftist to deny the import of someone who made Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list, and then the Smithsonian Institution’s “100 Most Significant Americans Of All Time” list. Both affirmations were earned by former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

    To then accept Governor Palin as “American Achiever of the Year 2014″ would be for most, if not all on the left (and to be fair, many in the GOP) no doubt a bridge too far. However, such partisanship should not stand in the way of a general acknowledgement of what was a remarkable year for Palin.

    Palin achieved what such luminaries as President Obama did not: a place in the Smithsonian’s prestigious “Most Significant” list. After being written off by many in the media, and especially the left, as “irrelevant” and predicted by MSNBC’s Krystal Ball as “not going to have an effect on the [2014] midterms,” Palin’s record of success of her endorsed candidates was nothing short of phenomenal.
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    Former Peace Now Activist to Run with Jewish Home  

    T. Belman. This is very important. While the left paints Naftali Bennett and Bayit Yehudi as extreme, Roth shows otherwise. Anyone can feel comfortable in this party or when voting for it, if they accept reality and like to build a bridge between religious and secular Jews. Anet Haskia, the Arab woman who is also competing to be on the list, is confirmation that Arabs can also embrace the vision of Israel as a Jewish state.

    Dr. Anat Roth, formerly an activist with Peace Now and an advisor to Barak and Mitzna, will run with Jewish Home, says “reality has set in”.

    By Hezki Ezra, INN

    RothDr. Anat Roth used to be an activist with the leftist Peace Now organization and an advisor to former Labor leaders Ehud Barak and Amram Mitzna, but now has had a “change of heart”.

    Roth announced on Saturday night that she would be running for the Knesset with the Jewish Home party.

    She will be taking part in the Jewish Home’s primaries and will be competing for the spot that is reserved for a woman on the party’s Knesset’s list.

    According to Dr. Roth, “The Labor movement and the Israeli left have stocks in the creation of Israel and the Zionist enterprise, but the facts have changed and reality has set in, and the Labor party cannot handle them. The last decade shows us that the desire for peace was and remains a thing of the Israeli side only, and that the processes in the Palestinian Authority and around us show that an Israeli withdrawal from land will lead to the establishment of a terrorist state.”
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    Netanyahu is responsible for ownerless land being designated as Arab “private land”  

    T. Belman. I have long wondered what “private land” is. Finally Moshe Dann makes it clear. Legislation must be passed to remove this unfounded category. A land registry must be set up requiring all owners of land to prove their ownership, failing which all all ownerless land must be designated “state land”. Also the demolition order regarding houses in Amona must be overturned.

    By Moshe Dann, JPOST

    One of the most serious accusations against Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria is that Israel systematically steals or “seizes” private Palestinian land. Not only would that be illegal, it would also be immoral. The source for this charge is not only the Palestinian Authority/Hamas, anti-Israel media and Arab propaganda, but an agency of the Israeli government: Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

    COGAT, a unit of the Defense Ministry, is responsible for “implementing government policy in Judea and Samaria.” But COGAT not only “implements,” it also makes policy. And, as separate, independent military-legal administration, it is virtually unaccountable to anyone except the defense minister and the prime minister.

    They are responsible for this misrepresentation of fact.
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    Sen Graham assures Israel, “Congress has your back”  

    Congress will oversee a deal with Iran and if not satisfied , will impose sanctions “at the drop of a hat”.
    If the UN tries to bypass direct negotiations in the peace process, Congress will consider dropping all funding for the UN.

    By Herb Keinon, JPOST

    There will be a “violent backlash” by Congress against the UN, including suspended funding, if it tries to “take over the peace process,” visiting US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said Saturday night alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

    Graham, a staunchly pro- Israel senator whose name has been bandied about as a possible 2016 presidential contender, said there would be a violent pushback in the new Republican-controlled Congress “if there’s any effort by the UN Security Council to set the terms of peace negotiations, avoiding direct talks. President [Barack] Obama in 2011 said the United Nations was not the right venue when it came to discussing the peace process in reaching a two-state solution. I agree with what President Obama said in 2011.”
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    Paul Weston fearlessly skewers Islam  

    Paul Weston is the Chairman of the newly formed Liberty GB Party of England. He used to be head of the British Freedom Party which was disbanded in 2013.   In this video which last 12 minutes he nails Islam and PM Cameron who calls it a religion of peace.

    Here’s what he had to say about Jews when interviewed by my friend and colleague Jerry Gordon in 2012.  Weston is constantly maligned for his views of Islam and his desire to stop Islam in its tracks in the UK.  I like him. (Read more…)

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    December 27, 2014

    The Destruction of the Middle East  

    By Denis MacEoin, GATESTONE INSTITUTE

    We are living through ferocious times. Stories about the self-proclaimed Islamic State [ISIS/ISIL/Da’esh] abound in the media, in what has now become a daily round of beheadings, suicide bombings, and general mayhem from Nigeria to Malaysia. It seems that wherever there is a Muslim country, there is extreme violence. But one part of the Islamic State narrative has received less attention than the gruesome rounds of killings: the continuing onslaughts on cities such as Mosul, Aleppo, Raqqa and Kobani. The Islamic State and related movements have rampaged across parts of Iraq and Syria, destroying the entire heritage of ancient regions, demolishing historic churches, synagogues, mosques, Sufi and Shi’i shrines, and major archaeological sites. All this vandalism is driven by a relentless passion to enforce religious purity on the regions they now control.

    Around the world, art historians, antiquities experts, and archaeologists scarcely dare open their e-mails every day, fearing loss of another irreplaceable site. Physical destruction in the Islamic realms has now reached proportions of the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century.
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    Into the Fray: Israel’s only option  

    The Jewish state must respond to Palestinian unilateralism with unilateralism of its own.

    By Martin Sherman, JPOST

    Israeli soldier aims weapon during protest near Ramallah
    A la guerre comme à la guerre (In war, as in war)– A French maxim

    The dispute between the Arabs and Jews is an “agrarian dispute,” over the question of who puts who in the ground first
    – Attributed to Yisrael Galili (1911-1986), head of National Staff of the Hagana, and an iconic figure in the Labor Party

    Over the last two decades, Israel has inexorably painted itself into a perilous corner. By blunder after debacle, it has allowed itself to be corralled into a political cul-de-sac that threatens to undermine its very ability to survive as the nation-state of the Jewish people.

    Arrogance and indolence
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