ISRAEL (IINO)
The Need to Respect the Sovereignty of Others By Alex Grobman PhD.
24 Av 5783 – August 11, 2023 – With the myriad of critical problems confronting President Joe Biden, It is remarkable that he, the secretary of state, and other members of his administration have the time to inject themselves into the debate about Israel’s proposed judicial reform. Netanyahu’s administration was duly elected in a nationwide vote, not by a “slim majority,” but by 64 seats out of 120. A party requires 61 seats to form a government. Since one party has never secured all 61 seats, governing coalitions have to be created, which is precisely what happened this time.
Meddling in Israeli Domestic Affairs
The interference by the Americans in the affairs of a sovereign nation, and its closest ally in the Mideast, appears designed to overturn the will of the Israeli electorate. There is no problem with legitimate questions being raised about Judicial reform, but not in public and not in such a threatening manner. Is there a limited understanding of the need for this urgent adjustment of Israel’s Judicial system or is this meddling Just the American government’s determination to impose its own agenda on the Jewish State?
Demonization and Incitement
The Israeli left is initiating a military coup [1:02:07] JONATHAN S. TOBIN
By refusing to serve in the military, is the Israeli left holding the country hostage? Have we seen this before? “Top Story” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Iddo Netanyahu, Ep. 105
(August 10, 2023 / JNS)
American Jewish efforts to intervene in Israeli politics in order to halt efforts towards judicial reform are both wrongheaded and dangerous. According to JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin, Jewish groups that are taking sides in an Israeli domestic dispute are helping to fuel civil unrest there and moving towards a tragic schism within the broader Jewish world.
Tobin is joined by Dr. Iddo Netanyahu, the physician, author and playwright who is the younger brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yonatan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu, the hero of the 1976 Entebbe rescue mission.
Iddo Netanyahu, who, like his brothers, served in Israel’s elite General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (Sayeret Maktal), speaks about his family’s experiences and his own life. But he also seeks to put them into the context of Israeli history. Most specifically, he sees the movement to topple the current government as the latest in a long list of efforts by the Israeli left to delegitimize its foes that date back to the pre-state era.
=
Predicted scenario: 6,000 rockets at Israel during first days of war with Hezbollah
Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for the worst-case scenario during a war on the northern border, which would include days-long blackouts, hundreds dead, and thousands wounded.
Aug 7, 2023, 8:56 AM (GMT+3) – In the shadow of Israel’s internal dispute surrounding the government’s judicial reform plan, unusual cross-border incidents between Israel and Hezbollah in recent weeks and months show a noticeable rise in the probability of a war on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Israel Hayom reported that security officials predict that if such a war were to break out, it would not be limited to one front but rather be a multi-front campaign. It is not unforeseen that Gaza would also join the fray, forcing Israel to contend with terrorism in Judea and Samaria, violence and roadblocks in Israel, and additional threats as well.
According to the report, the situation that Israel’s civilian sector is preparing for is considered the worst-case battle scenario by security officials. [Emphasis added]
In such a scenario, over the course of one day of battle, Israel would have to contend with thousands of rockets fired, and within the first few days, about 6,000 rockets would be launched at the Jewish state. As time progresses, the number would decline to about only 1,500 to 2,000 rockets a day.
Security experts estimate that every day, there will be approximately 1,500 effective strikes in Israeli territory, and that is after subtracting rockets that statistically land in open areas and interceptions by the Iron Dome system, which, with all due respect, would not manage to intercept the high percentage of missiles which we have gotten used to during confrontations in the south.
[Ed.: Israel is gearing up for war. There are only three main roads connecting the North and the South. Many Arab villages have cropped up along all three of them. These road will be among the first targets to be destroyed.]
Double Standard in Force When a Jew Defends His Life by AFSI Staff
August 7, 2023 – Chen Amir, a 42-year-old municipal security guard was murdered on Saturday afternoon in a terrorist shooting attack on Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv. One of two security guards was able to neutralize the terrorist, who later died in the hospital.
On Friday near Givat Oz Zion in Binyamin, a shepherd was attacked by Arabs. Today he filed a complaint with the Judea and Samaria District Central Police Station against the Arab rioters who attacked him and another group of Israelis with clubs, rocks, and fireworks. Yehiel Indore, who is still hospitalized and recovering from head surgery was seriously injured in the rioters’ attack. Several other Israelis were also slightly injured.
MK Limor Sonn Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit) on Saturday evening slammed the defense system for arresting a former parliamentary assistant following a lynch on Jewish shepherds on Friday. “When a patrolman in Tel Aviv eliminates a terrorist, he receives praise from all of the defense bodies, but when a Jew defends his life in Binyamin from an Arab mob which has come to kill him, he is arrested while he is still injured,” she said. “I suggest the defense system turn its strength to dealing with the ‘terror nests’ instead of persecuting the residents of Binyamin, who hold onto our land with dedication.”
Following the terror attack, the IDF announced that it will raise the level of alert on the “seam line” and the crossings, due to concern of attempted infiltrations by terrorists. As long as every nook and cranny is not sealed, unfortunately, the likelihood of terrorist attacks will continue. Israel’s security forces must become obsessed with closing the gaps and not obsessed with criminalizing Jews like terrorists every time they defend themselves from terror attacks. Besides, treating Jews like terrorists only empowers PA Arabs. The one gap that still needs to be filled and the best defense against terror is the application of Sovereignty! The current right-wing government needs to step up to the plate and make this happen – NOW. Enough said.
Watch: Unraveling the Mysteries of Safed’s Ancient Jewish Community Center [3:26]
Aug 6, 2023 – Safed’s ancient Jewish community center stands as a testament to the mystical legacy of this ancient and sacred city.
Nestled in the picturesque hills of Northern Israel, Safed (Tzfat) stands as a city steeped in history, spirituality, and mysticism.
Among its many sacred landmarks, the ancient Jewish community center holds a significant place, closely linked to the revered Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria, also known as Arizal.
This center serves as a living testament to the spiritual journey and rich cultural heritage of Safed.
88% Rise in Israeli Women Obtaining Gun Licenses By Pesach Benson, TPS
44% of the women receiving licenses were residents of Judea and Samaria, according to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The number of Israeli women with permits to carry a gun has jumped 88% over the last seven months, according to numbers released by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday.
Ben-Gvir added 44% of the women receiving licenses were residents of Judea and Samaria.
“The policy that I have been leading in the Ministry of National Security since I took office is to grant a weapon license to those who meet the criteria, so that they can protect themselves and their surroundings,” Ben-Gvir said. “Women who want to protect themselves and their families is a welcome thing, and I am happy that on my watch we see a big increase on this level as well.”
Calls for eligible Israelis to carry guns began coming from Israel’s Security Cabinet, after a Palestinian terrorist gunned down people outside a Jerusalem synagogue in January, killing seven.
In a bid to clear a backlog of requests for licenses, Ben-Gvir expanded qualifications to include former and current soldiers, reservists, security forces, and emergency workers, as well as medical workers, among others. Volunteer emergency responders who have been with a recognized rescue organization for at least one year will also receive favorable status if they seek a firearm license.
[Ed.: Imho, regular citizens should qualify to get licensed the same. Why can’t they protect themselves and their families?? To pass the test for a license, you need training one way or the other. If/when you pass the test, you get licensed.]
Israeli Hero Murdered in Tel Aviv Attack, ‘Blocked Terrorist with His Body’ By JNS
Aug. 6, 2023 – Security guard Chen Amir, 42, is survived by his wife and three daughters.
An Israeli man was killed on Saturday evening in a Palestinian terror attack in the heart of Tel Aviv.
The incident began when two municipal patrol officers attempted to question a suspicious individual at the corner of Montefiore and Allenby streets. He ignored their overtures, drew a handgun and opened fire on them, hitting one, identified as Chen Amir, 42.
The second guard then chased after the terrorist, shooting and killing him.
[Ed.: We still think that keeping musloids around is helpful for our image! … So, what good is that? Meir Kahane (Z”L) was right! They must go!]]
ESTHER HAYUT SETS ISRAEL ON FIRE by Caroline Glick
August 6, 2023 – Apparently, all a judge needs to rule the way he or she wants is to place themselves above the Knesset, the laws it passes and the government charged with executing them.
(JNS) Outgoing Supreme Court president Esther Hayut is playing the short game. She wants to clear her desk, finish the work she set out to achieve when she took over as Supreme Court head in late 2017 and let the chips fall where they may.
Shortly before Hayut assumed office, she set out her judicial vision in an address before the Bar Association. The central challenge facing the court, she declared, was surmounting the rule of law.
Comparing herself and her colleagues to God, she bloviated: “There’s a disadvantage that we flesh and blood judges have in comparison to the Creator of the Universe. Even in the situations where we understand fairly quickly the dilemma that brought the petitioners before us, it often happens that the solution we view as just and proper isn’t possible under the practice and requirements of law. These situations in my view are among the most difficult and complex ones that we as judges are called upon to contend with.
“How do we bridge the gap between the law and what is right? Finding an answer to this question, discovering the secret … ‘spice’ is perhaps one of the greatest tasks that lies before us as judges.”
Now with a mere two months remaining to her tenure, Hayut is finishing the job. She’s found the “secret spice.” All a judge needs to rule the way he or she wants is to place themselves above the Knesset, the laws it passes and the government that is charged with executing them. She began the process two years ago and is completing it now.
Israel is a parliamentary democracy. Legally and constitutionally, this means that the Knesset is the sovereign. The government is the executive arm of the Knesset. The Knesset can oust the government any time a majority of Knesset members lose confidence in it. The Supreme Court interprets the Knesset’s laws.
The source of the Supreme Court’s power is the corpus of Basic Laws passed by the Knesset. Since they are the source of its power, the court has no legal power to amend or abrogate these laws.
This, however, is no obstacle for Israel’s godlike Supreme Court justices, who have that “special spice.”
Esther Hayut’s war against democracy Caroline Glick
The Supreme Court president has transformed the court into a super-legislator, empowered to dictate the terms of laws to the people’s elected representatives, based on the values of the justices.
Friday morning brought the first piece of good news from Israel’s Supreme Court in years. Yediot Ahronot’s top headline declared that Supreme Court President Esther Hayut intends to resign if the Knesset passes Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s judicial reform package.
Hayut’s stewardship of the court over the past six years has been disgraceful and destructive to both the court and the State of Israel. The Hayut court dropped even the pretense of judiciousness. Hayut cast the court on a course of ideological radicalism and politicization that has no parallel anywhere in the world.
Hayut’s radicalism was well known in the legal community. She wasn’t then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked’s first choice for the court’s top slot. But Shaked had no say in the matter. Israel’s current judicial selection process protects justices from accountability to the public and its elected representatives. [Emphasis added] Supreme Court justices have a veto over nominees to the court, so everyone who gets the nod from the Judicial Selection Committee, including ostensibly conservative jurists, must embrace the organizational culture and values of the sitting justices.
Predicted scenario: 6,000 rockets at Israel during first days of war with Hezbollah
Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for the worst-case scenario during a war on the northern border, which would include days-long blackouts, hundreds dead, and thousands wounded.
Aug 7, 2023, 8:56 AM (GMT+3) – In the shadow of Israel’s internal dispute surrounding the government’s judicial reform plan, unusual cross-border incidents between Israel and Hezbollah in recent weeks and months show a noticeable rise in the probability of a war on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Israel Hayom reported that security officials predict that if such a war were to break out, it would not be limited to one front but rather be a multi-front campaign. It is not unforeseen that Gaza would also join the fray, forcing Israel to contend with terrorism in Judea and Samaria, violence and roadblocks in Israel, and additional threats as well.
According to the report, the situation that Israel’s civilian sector is preparing for is considered the worst-case battle scenario by security officials. [Emphasis added]
In such a scenario, over the course of one day of battle, Israel would have to contend with thousands of rockets fired, and within the first few days, about 6,000 rockets would be launched at the Jewish state. As time progresses, the number would decline to about only 1,500 to 2,000 rockets a day.
Security experts estimate that every day, there will be approximately 1,500 effective strikes in Israeli territory, and that is after subtracting rockets that statistically land in open areas and interceptions by the Iron Dome system, which, with all due respect, would not manage to intercept the high percentage of missiles which we have gotten used to during confrontations in the south.
[Ed.: Israel is gearing up for war. There are only three main roads connecting the North and the South. Many Arab villages have cropped up along all three of them. These road will be among the first targets to be destroyed.]
Double Standard in Force When a Jew Defends His Life by AFSI Staff
August 7, 2023 – Chen Amir, a 42-year-old municipal security guard was murdered on Saturday afternoon in a terrorist shooting attack on Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv. One of two security guards was able to neutralize the terrorist, who later died in the hospital.
On Friday near Givat Oz Zion in Binyamin, a shepherd was attacked by Arabs. Today he filed a complaint with the Judea and Samaria District Central Police Station against the Arab rioters who attacked him and another group of Israelis with clubs, rocks, and fireworks. Yehiel Indore, who is still hospitalized and recovering from head surgery was seriously injured in the rioters’ attack. Several other Israelis were also slightly injured.
MK Limor Sonn Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit) on Saturday evening slammed the defense system for arresting a former parliamentary assistant following a lynch on Jewish shepherds on Friday. “When a patrolman in Tel Aviv eliminates a terrorist, he receives praise from all of the defense bodies, but when a Jew defends his life in Binyamin from an Arab mob which has come to kill him, he is arrested while he is still injured,” she said. “I suggest the defense system turn its strength to dealing with the ‘terror nests’ instead of persecuting the residents of Binyamin, who hold onto our land with dedication.”
Following the terror attack, the IDF announced that it will raise the level of alert on the “seam line” and the crossings, due to concern of attempted infiltrations by terrorists. As long as every nook and cranny is not sealed, unfortunately, the likelihood of terrorist attacks will continue. Israel’s security forces must become obsessed with closing the gaps and not obsessed with criminalizing Jews like terrorists every time they defend themselves from terror attacks. Besides, treating Jews like terrorists only empowers PA Arabs. The one gap that still needs to be filled and the best defense against terror is the application of Sovereignty! The current right-wing government needs to step up to the plate and make this happen – NOW. Enough said.
Watch: Unraveling the Mysteries of Safed’s Ancient Jewish Community Center [3:26]
Aug 6, 2023 – Safed’s ancient Jewish community center stands as a testament to the mystical legacy of this ancient and sacred city.
Nestled in the picturesque hills of Northern Israel, Safed (Tzfat) stands as a city steeped in history, spirituality, and mysticism.
Among its many sacred landmarks, the ancient Jewish community center holds a significant place, closely linked to the revered Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria, also known as Arizal.
This center serves as a living testament to the spiritual journey and rich cultural heritage of Safed.
88% Rise in Israeli Women Obtaining Gun Licenses By Pesach Benson, TPS
44% of the women receiving licenses were residents of Judea and Samaria, according to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The number of Israeli women with permits to carry a gun has jumped 88% over the last seven months, according to numbers released by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday.
Ben-Gvir added 44% of the women receiving licenses were residents of Judea and Samaria.
“The policy that I have been leading in the Ministry of National Security since I took office is to grant a weapon license to those who meet the criteria, so that they can protect themselves and their surroundings,” Ben-Gvir said. “Women who want to protect themselves and their families is a welcome thing, and I am happy that on my watch we see a big increase on this level as well.”
Calls for eligible Israelis to carry guns began coming from Israel’s Security Cabinet, after a Palestinian terrorist gunned down people outside a Jerusalem synagogue in January, killing seven.
In a bid to clear a backlog of requests for licenses, Ben-Gvir expanded qualifications to include former and current soldiers, reservists, security forces, and emergency workers, as well as medical workers, among others. Volunteer emergency responders who have been with a recognized rescue organization for at least one year will also receive favorable status if they seek a firearm license.
[Ed.: Imho, regular citizens should qualify to get licensed the same. Why can’t they protect themselves and their families?? To pass the test for a license, you need training one way or the other. If/when you pass the test, you get licensed.]
Israeli Hero Murdered in Tel Aviv Attack, ‘Blocked Terrorist with His Body’ By JNS
Aug. 6, 2023 – Security guard Chen Amir, 42, is survived by his wife and three daughters.
An Israeli man was killed on Saturday evening in a Palestinian terror attack in the heart of Tel Aviv.
The incident began when two municipal patrol officers attempted to question a suspicious individual at the corner of Montefiore and Allenby streets. He ignored their overtures, drew a handgun and opened fire on them, hitting one, identified as Chen Amir, 42.
The second guard then chased after the terrorist, shooting and killing him.
[Ed.: We still think that keeping musloids around is helpful for our image! … So, what good is that? Meir Kahane (Z”L) was right! They must go!]]
ESTHER HAYUT SETS ISRAEL ON FIRE by Caroline Glick
August 6, 2023 – Apparently, all a judge needs to rule the way he or she wants is to place themselves above the Knesset, the laws it passes and the government charged with executing them.
(JNS) Outgoing Supreme Court president Esther Hayut is playing the short game. She wants to clear her desk, finish the work she set out to achieve when she took over as Supreme Court head in late 2017 and let the chips fall where they may.
Shortly before Hayut assumed office, she set out her judicial vision in an address before the Bar Association. The central challenge facing the court, she declared, was surmounting the rule of law.
Comparing herself and her colleagues to God, she bloviated: “There’s a disadvantage that we flesh and blood judges have in comparison to the Creator of the Universe. Even in the situations where we understand fairly quickly the dilemma that brought the petitioners before us, it often happens that the solution we view as just and proper isn’t possible under the practice and requirements of law. These situations in my view are among the most difficult and complex ones that we as judges are called upon to contend with.
“How do we bridge the gap between the law and what is right? Finding an answer to this question, discovering the secret … ‘spice’ is perhaps one of the greatest tasks that lies before us as judges.”
Now with a mere two months remaining to her tenure, Hayut is finishing the job. She’s found the “secret spice.” All a judge needs to rule the way he or she wants is to place themselves above the Knesset, the laws it passes and the government that is charged with executing them. She began the process two years ago and is completing it now.
Israel is a parliamentary democracy. Legally and constitutionally, this means that the Knesset is the sovereign. The government is the executive arm of the Knesset. The Knesset can oust the government any time a majority of Knesset members lose confidence in it. The Supreme Court interprets the Knesset’s laws.
The source of the Supreme Court’s power is the corpus of Basic Laws passed by the Knesset. Since they are the source of its power, the court has no legal power to amend or abrogate these laws.
This, however, is no obstacle for Israel’s godlike Supreme Court justices, who have that “special spice.”
Esther Hayut’s war against democracy Caroline Glick
August 6, 2023 – The Supreme Court president has transformed the court into a super-legislator, empowered to dictate the terms of laws to the people’s elected representatives, based on the values of the justices.
Friday morning brought the first piece of good news from Israel’s Supreme Court in years. Yediot Ahronot’s top headline declared that Supreme Court President Esther Hayut intends to resign if the Knesset passes Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s judicial reform package.
Hayut’s stewardship of the court over the past six years has been disgraceful and destructive to both the court and the State of Israel. The Hayut court dropped even the pretense of judiciousness. Hayut cast the court on a course of ideological radicalism and politicization that has no parallel anywhere in the world.
Hayut’s radicalism was well known in the legal community. She wasn’t then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked’s first choice for the court’s top slot. But Shaked had no say in the matter. Israel’s current judicial selection process protects justices from accountability to the public and its elected representatives. [Emphasis added] Supreme Court justices have a veto over nominees to the court, so everyone who gets the nod from the Judicial Selection Committee, including ostensibly conservative jurists, must embrace the organizational culture and values of the sitting justices.
