Binyamin Netanyahu: a parable of modern populism

[Gaon]

NETANYAHU'S LAWYER: THERE IS A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR DROPPING THE CHARGES

These hearings are Netanyahu's last opportunity to head off a final indictment decision which could heavily impact his political fortunes and the ongoing attempts to form a new coalition.

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-pre-indictment-hearing-with-Mandelblit-set-for-tomorrow-603384">https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netan ... row-603384">https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-pre-indictment-hearing-with-Mandelblit-set-for-tomorrow-603384

[Anonymous]

NETANYAHU'S LAWYER: THERE IS A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR DROPPING THE CHARGES These hearings are Netanyahu's last opportunity to head off a final indictment decision which could heavily impact his political fortunes and the ongoing attempts to form a new coalition. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-pre-indictment-hearing-with-Mandelblit-set-for-tomorrow-603384">https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netan ... row-603384">https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-pre-indictment-hearing-with-Mandelblit-set-for-tomorrow-603384

His potential legal troubles aside, I haven't heard anything about Bibi getting any closer to forming a coalition government.

[Moonpie]

I will say this.  My family has a house in the old city Jerusalem and just recently, my cousin moved in with his family.  If not it would of been taken away.  Do you approve of this Gaon?

[Anonymous]

I will say this. My family has a house in the old city Jerusalem and just recently, my cousin moved in with his family. If not it would of been taken away. Do you approve of this Gaon?

Do you know under Palestinian Authority law it's a crime to sell land to Jews.



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Jews moved into a house in the center of the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday. The building, known as the al-Alami family house, was at the center of an affair in which the Palestinian Authority convicted an East Jerusalem resident, Issam Aqel, of selling land to Jews. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. Aqel, who is also an American citizen, was released shortly after, following American pressure.

[Moonpie]

I will say this. My family has a house in the old city Jerusalem and just recently, my cousin moved in with his family. If not it would of been taken away. Do you approve of this Gaon?

Do you know under Palestinian Authority law it's a crime to sell land to Jews.



https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jews-move-into-controversial-muslim-quarter-house-in-jerusalem-s-old-city-1.6999657">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.pr ... -1.6999657">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jews-move-into-controversial-muslim-quarter-house-in-jerusalem-s-old-city-1.6999657

Jews moved into a house in the center of the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday. The building, known as the al-Alami family house, was at the center of an affair in which the Palestinian Authority convicted an East Jerusalem resident, Issam Aqel, of selling land to Jews. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. Aqel, who is also an American citizen, was released shortly after, following American pressure.

Yes of course? I'm speaking about Jerusalem.  What we owned there is no longer ours.  We can live there if occupied, if not it's taken.

[Anonymous]

I will say this. My family has a house in the old city Jerusalem and just recently, my cousin moved in with his family. If not it would of been taken away. Do you approve of this Gaon?

Do you know under Palestinian Authority law it's a crime to sell land to Jews.



https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jews-move-into-controversial-muslim-quarter-house-in-jerusalem-s-old-city-1.6999657">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.pr ... -1.6999657">https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-jews-move-into-controversial-muslim-quarter-house-in-jerusalem-s-old-city-1.6999657

Jews moved into a house in the center of the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday. The building, known as the al-Alami family house, was at the center of an affair in which the Palestinian Authority convicted an East Jerusalem resident, Issam Aqel, of selling land to Jews. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. Aqel, who is also an American citizen, was released shortly after, following American pressure.

There are human rights violations on both sides..



Unless there is something I'm missing.

[Moonpie]

You know it's a awful situation because of Islam in general.  I don't blame anyone but that freggin religion to be honest.  I love my Jewish friends.  It's just sad all around.  My family will be safe because they have God the KING of Israel taking care of them not Allah.  Now I speak Arabic but my Allah is a Christian one.

[Anonymous]

You know it's a awful situation because of Islam in general. I don't blame anyone but that freggin religion to be honest. I love my Jewish friends. It's just sad all around. My family will be safe because they have God the KING of Israel taking care of them not Allah. Now I speak Arabic but my Allah is a Christian one.

Christian Arabs are the most persecuted minority I have ever seen. And I have worked on every continent except Antarctica.

[Gaon]

Liberman presents coalition plan: No right/Orthodox bloc; Netanyahu first as PM

Amid deadlock after last month's elections, Likud rejects Yisrael Beytenu leader's proposal as nothing new; Blue and White is lukewarm



Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman late Wednesday presented his blueprint for a unity government together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and Benny Gantz's Blue and White amid an ongoing deadlock in talks following last month's inconclusive elections.



At its core, Liberman's plan calls for Netanyahu to give up on his bloc of right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties and join a Likud / Blue and White / Yisrael Beytenu coalition, and for Gantz to allow Netanyahu to serve for the first two years of a four-year coalition as prime minister. Netanyahu would then hand over to Gantz, with Gantz taking over earlier if Netanyahu is indicted for corruption.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-deadlock-liberman-presents-four-point-plan-for-unity-government/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-dead ... overnment/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-deadlock-liberman-presents-four-point-plan-for-unity-government/



Once again it all comes down to Avigdor Liberman.

[Gaon]

Netanyahu waiting for Liberman to say he won't join with Arab parties



Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is waiting for an announcement by Israel Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman that he would refuse to join a coalition with a left-wing government that relies on non-Zionist predominantly Arab parties, a representative of Netanyahu's Likud party told Kan public radio on Tuesday.



According to the Likud representative, the incumbent premier wants such an announcement before he would be willing to return the mandate that he was granted on September 25 by President Reuven Rivlin to put together a new parliamentary majority on the heels of the September 17 Knesset election.



Liberman, with his eight seats, holds the power to either give Netanyahu a majority or alternately help Gantz improve his chances of forming a government.



Under Israeli law, Netanyahu has until October 28 to form a coalition with other factions. The Likud has 32 seats in the 120-member parliament voted in by the Israeli public last month.

https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-waiting-on-liberman-to-announce-that-he-will-never-sit-in-a-government-with-arabs/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1571150560&vwo_powered=1">https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-w ... _powered=1">https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-waiting-on-liberman-to-announce-that-he-will-never-sit-in-a-government-with-arabs/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1571150560&vwo_powered=1



It's crunch time now.

[Gaon]

Israel's Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government



JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu gave up his effort to form a new government on Monday after failing to secure a majority coalition, creating an opportunity for centrist rival Benny Gantz to replace Israel's longest serving prime minister.



Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing Likud party, said he had been unable to form a government following an election in September, and was returning the mandate back to Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin. Rivlin said he intends to task Gantz with the job of putting together a new government.



Gantz also has no clear path to a majority, and should he come up short, it would almost certainly lead to another general election, the third since April. He will have 28 days to entice potential allies.



Gantz's Blue and White party said in a statement it was "determined to form a liberal unity government."

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/elections-pmn/israels-netanyahu-gives-up-effort-to-form-new-government-3">https://nationalpost.com/pmn/elections- ... vernment-3">https://nationalpost.com/pmn/elections-pmn/israels-netanyahu-gives-up-effort-to-form-new-government-3



Is this the end of the Bibi era that saw Israel emerge as a tech superpower or will Israelis head to the polls again. The ball is in Yisrael Beiteinu's court once again.

[Anonymous]

Green light for gantz to form gov't



JERUSALEM — Former military chief Benny Gantz received an official mandate Wednesday to try to form Israel's next government, but with no easy path to ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long hold on power.



After inconclusive elections in April and September, Gantz's nomination marked the first time since 2008 that someone other than Netanyahu, 70, has been asked by Israel's president to build a ruling coalition.



Head of the centrist Blue and White party, Gantz will have 28 days to complete the task assigned by President Reuven Rivlin.



Failure could lead to a new election, the third within a year.



"Everyone expects us to bring the political chaos to an absolute end," Gantz said, accepting the nomination.



Rivlin gave Netanyahu the chance to form a government first.



The PM, who leads the right-wing Likud party, said he was abandoning the effort, opening the way for Gantz, his strongest rival.

[Gaon]

Charged with forming coalition, Gantz asks Netanyahu to join, vows to heal rifts

Blue and White leader promises to form 'liberal unity government' and reach out to all parties; he has 28 days to muster a majority where Netanyahu failed



Accepting the presidential mandate from Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Gantz promised to build a government of national reconciliation, and said he would invite Netanyahu and his Likud to be part of it. He also reached out to Israel's ultra-Orthodox community. "An entire nation is waiting to sigh with relief" that the political deadlock is over, he said.



The Blue and White leader pledged he would form a "liberal unity government" and invite all political parties for talks on its goals. His coalition would be open to all except racists and advocates of violence, he said.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/charged-with-forming-coalition-gantz-asks-netanyahu-to-join-vows-to-heal-rifts/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/charged-w ... eal-rifts/">https://www.timesofisrael.com/charged-with-forming-coalition-gantz-asks-netanyahu-to-join-vows-to-heal-rifts/



President Rivlin will likely have to offer a third candidate a chance to form a coalition government. I do not see how Gantz can do it.

[Gaon]

Likud MK causes storm: Young people will leave Israel if Netanyahu doesn't lead it



Mai Golan, a former Knesset member in the last parliament, caused a social media storm when she posted a video saying that young people will abandon Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't continue to lead it.



The video was shot on a cellphone during the prime minister's 70th birthday. Golan stands beside Netanyahu, who sits at his desk with a plastic plate and some food, and tells him that the young people she represents tell her they will leave Israel if Netanyahu doesn't stand at the head of the government.

https://worldisraelnews.com/likud-mk-causes-storm-young-people-will-leave-israel-if-netanyahu-doesnt-lead-it/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1572196239&vwo_powered=1">https://worldisraelnews.com/likud-mk-ca ... _powered=1">https://worldisraelnews.com/likud-mk-causes-storm-young-people-will-leave-israel-if-netanyahu-doesnt-lead-it/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notification&utm_campaign=vwo_notification_1572196239&vwo_powered=1



Netanyahu has made Israel more prosperous and safer. Nobody wants Gantz to change what is working.

[Anonymous]

It seems some Israelis want a new pm, but not a new direction.