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Title | | Description | Date |
Netanyahu calls bid for legal immunity `a cornerstone of democracy’ | | Sivan Hilaie, Moran Azulay - Ynet - Premier tells supporters he will announce
decision whether to request Knesset for immunity from prosecution in corruption
cases within two days [ry] | 30/12/2019 |
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Caroline Glick`s plan for a total war against the ICC | | Caroline Glick - Yisrael Hayom - This senior commentator
for Yisrael Hayom, the paper which outspokenly backs PM
Netanyahu, asserts that since the International Criminal Court
"endangers the very lives of IDF soldiers, commanders and elected
official", Israel should "adopt and implement an aggressive plan
to defeat the ICC". This would begin by declaring that that "The ICC
has nothing to do with International Law" as it is "not a judicial
institute but a political one". Israel should proceed to cut off any
relation with the ICC; forbid government jurists from having any
contact with it or recognizing its authority; deny an Israeli visa
to anyone connected with the ICC and expell from Israel and the
Occupied Territories any person working with the ICC; and demand
of African and other Third World countries which get military aid
from Israel to cut off relations with the ICC as a condition for
continuation of that Israeli aid. In conjunction with a similar
aggressive anti-ICC campaign which Israel will get President Trump
to launch, Glick believes that the ICC can be totally defeated and
forced to its knees. [ak] | 24/12/2019 |
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Liberman: ICC coming after us anyway, take down Bedouin village | | Times of Israel - “Netanyahu decided not to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar
and used the international situation as an excuse, and yet we are
still being indicted for war crimes at the Hague. I call on him to
take action and stop with the spin and excuses, and make an
immediate decision to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar and illegal Palestinian
building near Sussiya” said former Defense Minister Avigdor
Lieberman, [This gives a reminder, to any who needed it, that though
he had fallen out with Netanyahu and repeatedly prevented him from
forming a new cabinet, Lieberman remains a radical nationalist and
outspoken racist in his own right. ak]
he says, referring to a southern West Bank settlement said
Yisrael Beytenu chief indicates that if Israel is being probed for
war crimes it might as well go for broke, urging Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu to clear out the Bedouin West Bank hamlet of Kahn
al-Ahmar post-haste.
| 24/12/2019 |
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Foreign Minister Katz: Evacuation of Khan al Omar would be `last straw` for ICC | | Kobi Richter - Arutz 7 - Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz told
Channel 11 News that the Israeli government has been "afraid" to
take action against the Bedouin village of Khan al Amar over
concerns such an act would be the "last straw" for the International
Criminal Court. More than a year ago, the Supreme Court in Jerusalem
declared Khan al Amar to be "illegal" and authorized the government
to destroy the village and "relocate" its inhabitants. However, the
government has repeatedly failed to make use of that judicial
authorization. The Katz statement is the first official explanation
of that. [ak] | 24/12/2019 |
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PM: Possible ICC investigation akin to persecution of Jews 2,000 years ago | | Itamar Eichner, Nina Fuchs - Ynet - Israel intends to enlist the assistance of other
countries who share some of the same concerns over the precedence of an
inquiry into a western democracy with a viable legal system [ry] | 23/12/2019 |
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Israeli leaders must know they can go to prison | | Ali Abunimah - EI - "Israeli politicians, civil servants, generals and soldiers should
have to think twice before they participate in these crimes, knowing that by doing
so there is a very real chance they could end up in a prison cell in The Hague" [ry] | 23/12/2019 |
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Congress rejects request for $175m to support Trump`s `Deal of the Century` | | Amir Tibon - Ha`aretz - In March, the White House asked Congress for
$175 million in a “Diplomatic Progress Fund”, so as to "provide
flexibility” in the administration’s Middle East policy.
Specifically, in the (unlikely) case of the Palestinians agreeing to
Trump`s "Deal of the Century", they would get this money, replacing
part of the American aid which Trump had cut off in the past two
years. Alternately, the money could used to reward other Middle East
states which might support the plan while the Palestinians reject
it. However, Congress specifically refused to grant this money -
since, in any case, the Trump Plan isn’t likely to be released
anytime soon, due to the ongoing political crisis in Israel. "No one
thinks this peace plan is coming out any time soon, so why devote
money to it?” a Congressional source said. [ak]
| 17/12/2019 |
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Austrian Parliament sets stage for overwhelming condemnation of BDS | | Raphael Ahren - Times of Israel - The Austrain Parliament seems set
to emulate the German Bundestag and adopt a resolution condemning the
BDS movement. A resolution co-sponsored by all five parties
represented and likely to pass unanimously or by an overwhelming
majority would emphatically condemn all kinds of anti-Semitism,
including Israel-related anti-Semitism". The latter is defined as
"demonizing Israel, applying a double standard to it, blaming
Austrian Jews for Israel`s policies" and also "questioning Israel’s
right to exist by demanding a right of return for Palestinian
refugees and all their descendants". However, “factual criticism of
individual measures by the Israel government must of course be
admissible.” The distinction between "demonizing Israel" and
“factual criticism" might be difficult to define. [ak] | 17/12/2019 |
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Unconfirmed report: Trump plan sees 3-way peace deal between Israel, PLO, Hamas | | Times of Israel - #The settlement blocs in the West Bank would be annexed into Israel, along with isolated settlements. The Jordan Valley would remain under Israeli control.
#The Palestinian territories would be made contiguous through a 30 meters above ground highway linking the West Bank and Gaza to be built by a Chinese company. Israel would oversee its construction.
#The peace deal demands the full and immediate demilitarization of the Palestinian forces, including Hamas’s terror forces. The Palestinian state would be banned from having an army. [bz] | 17/12/2019 |
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Trump/Netanyahu: Israel, America and the rise of authoritarianism-lite | | Lloyd Green - The Guardian - Two recent biographies of ‘Bibi’ pose fascinating
questions regarding attitudes to Israel among American Jews [ry] | 16/12/2019 |
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Don’t let the smears that sank Corbyn tank Bernie Sanders | | Asa Winstanley - EI - “But Labour’s worst performance since 1983 carries an
important lesson for the grassroots left-wing campaign in the United States to
elect Bernie Sanders as president: You must defeat false anti-Semitism smears at
all costs. Do not indulge, entertain or appease them” [ry] | 16/12/2019 |
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Jewishness Is Not a Nationality | | Sheldon Richman - AntiWar - “The administration was hoping that Congress
would pass a definition of anti-Semitism that would shoehorn Jewishness into
the Civil Rights Act clause and force schools to crack down on support for, say,
the BDS movement […]. But Congress hasn’t passed the so-called Anti-
Semitism Awareness Act. So here is the new tack: define Jewishness as a
nationality or race. Voila! Problem solved” [ry] | 16/12/2019 |
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The thin line between ‘activist’ and ‘ticking time bomb’ for an Amnesty employee | | Amir Ben-David -
Times of Israel
"Amnesty activist Laith Abu Zeyad woke up one day to find that he
was a virtual prisoner in the West Bank due to a ruling by the Shin
Bet, which claims he poses a ‘serious threat’" ca | 14/12/2019 |
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GOP lawmaker tries to get Georgetown fundingpulled over alleged ‘anti-Israel,pro-Islamist’ bias | | Michael Arria -
Information Clearing House
"On December 11, President Trump signed an executive order
thateffectively weaponizes antisemitism as acudgel to beat back BDS
activities oncollege campuses. The order threatens towithhold
federal funding from universitiesif the government determines that
they’ve failed to prohibit discrimination.Trump’s move was barely
announced beforea member of congress attempted to use thenew
playbook. Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA)has sent a letter to Secretary
of EducationBetsy DeVos asking for Georgetown Universityto be
investigated over its alleged anti-Israel bias. The news was
reported onTwitter by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Washington
bureau chief Ron Kampeas." ca
| 14/12/2019 |
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Intel: Lebanon aid wrangling exposes divide in Trump administration | | Bryant Harris -
Al-Monitor
"The on-again-off-again aid holds are sending mixed messages to
Beirut amid the country’s worst economic crisis since the civil war.
Lebanese protesters continue to demand that the country’s political
old guard step down, including Hezbollah and its allies.While
today’s sanctions and Pompeo’s stated support for the protesters
indicate that the United States is still committed to squeezing
Hezbollah financially, the aid meddling sheds light on the divide
within the Trump administration between hard-liners and those who
believe that the assistance bolsters Lebanese institutions against
the Shiite paramilitary group’s influence." ca
| 14/12/2019 |
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Why are foreign lawmakers aiding Israel’s attacks on Palestinian rights? | | Amjad Iraqi -
+972
"An executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on
Wednesday, which effectively allows Palestine activism to be
targeted as discriminatory toward Jews under the Civil Rights Act,
alarmed many observers for its potential to threaten free speech
around Israel. Yet the order is only the latest legal development
this month to threaten the rights of Palestinians and their allies
abroad." ca
| 14/12/2019 |
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ICC prosecutor acts as Israel’s defense lawyer | | Ali Abunimah -
Electronic Intifada
"The International Criminal Court prosecutor is again giving Israel
a pass for its deadly raid on a flotilla to Gaza a decade ago." ca | 14/12/2019 |
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AG’s office said to warn PM Jordan Valley annexation could lead to ICC probe | | Jacob Magid - Times of Israel - Until now, legal and security officials in Israel have been able to successfully combat the majority of attempts to target Israel in the international legal arena. While the attorney general’s office has made clear that it does not itself see a problem with West Bank annexation, the ICC will likely think differently and Netanyahu should take that reality into account... [bz] | 10/12/2019 |
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House approves resolution supporting Two State Solution` | | Elad Benari - Arutz 7 - Elad Benari - Arutz 7 - The US House of
Representatives approved by a majority of 226 to 188 a resolution
reaffirming US support for the two-state solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict. The resolution affirmed that
"only a two-state solution that enhances stability and security
for Israel, Palestinians, and their neighbors can both ensure the
state of Israel’s survival as a Jewish and democratic state and
fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people for a
state of their own". It aslo stressed that the US "can play a
constructive role"by "putting forward a proposal for achieving a
two-state solution that is consistent with previous United States
proposals" which "recognize the Palestinian right to self-
determination and enhance Israel’s long-term security and
normalization with its neighbors" (referring to the Trump
Adminstration`s increasing deviation from such previous US
propsals). Also, the US should "discourage steps by either side that
would put a peaceful end to the conflict further out of reach,
including unilateral annexation of territory" (clearly referring to
PM Netanyahu`s vowed aim to annex the Jordan Valley. and to his
assertion that he got President Trump`s assent to such a step). This
was counterbalanced by also condemning "efforts to achieve
Palestinian statehood status outside the framework of negotiations
with Israel". [Note: Arutz 7 did provide the
full text of the resolution-ak]
| 10/12/2019 |
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Trump: if Jared Kushner can`t achieve peace in Middle East, `it can`t be done` | | Associated Press - The Guardian - President also told Israeli American Council
summit some Jewish people in the US don’t love Israel enough and attacked
Ilhan Omar [ry] | 9/12/2019 |
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Israel set to seek UN recognition of Jewish refugees from Arab countries | | i24NEWS/Ynet - The move comes as the UN General Assembly marks 72 years since the November 29, 1947 partition plan [for many years considered as the day for solidarity with Palestinians-bz]. Israel`s Permanent Mission to the UN says that the new resolution asking for the UN to recognize some 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries is designed to undermine the proposed Palestinian resolutions.
[bz] | 3/12/2019 |
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