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Israel slams ‘sham’ UN Human Rights Council after 5 new anti-Israel resolutions

Netzach YisraelMarch 25, 2018News

Times of Israel

Israel on Saturday slammed the UN Human Rights Council as a “sham” after it passed five new anti-Israel resolutions, saying the body was being used by “bloodthirsty dictatorships” to mask their own abuses.

The council “is a sham, a mockery of the noble purposes it pretends to represent,” tweeted Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nachshon

“It is an exclusively anti #Israel platform, manipulated by bloodthirsty dictatorships hiding their own massive human rights violations by attacking Israel,” he wrote.

Netzach YisraelMarch 23, 2018News

Algemeiner

The leading private advocate of pending US legislation that sanctions the Palestinian Authority for financially incentivizing terrorism pronounced himself “very satisfied” on Wednesday, as the Senate prepared for an imminent final vote on the provisions of the Taylor Force Act.

“It’s a great relief that Congress has gotten behind the Taylor Force Act in a bipartisan way,” Sander Gerber – a prominent New York-based finance executive who has been praised by several US legislators for his vocal support of the legislation – told The Algemeiner.

Named in memory of the former American army officer stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Tel Aviv in March 2016, the Taylor Force Act passed the House of Representatives by unanimous consent in December 2017. Gerber — who joined forces with the Force family after their son’s murder to counter the PA’s long-established policy of paying salaries and other benefits to convicted terrorists and their families — said he was “very satisfied” with the final version of the act, which will be incorporated into an omnibus appropriations bill currently scheduled for a March 23 vote in the Senate.

Netzach YisraelMarch 22, 2018March 22, 2018News

Times of Israel

Air India’s first flight on new route to Tel Aviv makes history by flying over Saudi Arabia

Netzach YisraelMarch 20, 2018News

Bloomberg

The discovery of Egypt’s giant Zohr gas field in August 2015 was heralded as the solution to the country’s energy problems. So why did Egypt cut a deal this year to import natural gas from Israel, its former enemy?

Dolphinus Holdings, a private Egyptian company, agreed Feb. 19 to buy gas from Noble Energy and its partners from Israel’s two largest offshore fields, Leviathan and Tamar. The controversial accord is but the latest chapter in an Egyptian gas saga that has gone from triumph to tragedy to tentative renaissance.

Netzach YisraelMarch 20, 2018News

Washington Post

…“President Trump has given Mr. Kushner the important task of overseeing the peace process, and this has been the primary subject of discussion between Mr. Kushner and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince,” the official said in a statement.

Netzach YisraelMarch 18, 2018News

IsraelHayom

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated this week that given the Trump administration’s blatantly pro-Israel policies, the United States cannot claim to be an impartial mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Palestinian officials told Israel Hayom Wednesday that Abbas is trying to put together a strategic response to the U.S.’s pro-Israel bias, saying that Ramallah’s position is now based on three resolute “refusals” with respect to international moves:

First, the Palestinian Authority plans to remain steadfast in its refusal to resume diplomatic relations with Washington, and Abbas will not meet with U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt or any other White House envoy.

Second, the Palestinian Authority refuses to accept the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan and will continue to leverage the Arab world’s objection to President Donald Trump’s Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Netzach YisraelMarch 14, 2018March 14, 2018News

Times of Israel

Even among Democrats and the young, Israel enjoys at least a two-to-one advantage over Palestinian Authority, Gallup finds.

In a study headlined “Americans remain staunchly in Israel’s corner,” the Gallup company published the findings of a major national poll that found backing for Israel among Americans remains extremely high, with some measures of support matching the highest previously recorded figures.

Fully 74 percent of American adults have a favorable view of Israel, while 23% have an unfavorable view. That’s the best showing for Israel in 27 years, since 1991’s 79% as Israel was battered by Iraqi missiles during the Gulf War.

Yet, the figures varied dramatically depending on political affiliation. Support for Israel is at 83% among Republicans, 72% among independents and 64% among Democrats.

Netzach YisraelMarch 13, 2018News

The Hill

Should the United States distance itself from Israel to become a neutral negotiator? According to a Wall Street Journal article, the Trump administration’s recent “moves have been seen as favoring Israel by Europeans, the Palestinians and their supporters.”

Lost in the discussion is whether America’s national security interests would be best served as a neutral intermediary, or, as Nikki Haley recently said, “There’s nothing wrong with showing favoritism towards an ally.”

Is Israel a strategically vital ally?

Netzach YisraelMarch 8, 2018March 8, 2018News

IsraelUnwired

Watch the Video: Khaled Abu Toameh is an Israeli Muslim Arab journalist, lecturer and documentary filmmaker. His lecture began with these words – “I am an Israeli Arab Muslim.” However, Toameh is not afraid to report the truth to the world. He often points out human rights abuses and injustices of the Palestinian Authority. He worked for NBC, BBC, and many mainstream media outlets. This puts him in a unique place to comment on media coverage in Israel.

Netzach YisraelMarch 6, 2018News

Times of Israel

AIPAC President Mort Fridman addressing participants at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2018. (AIPAC via JTA)
WASHINGTON (JTA) — On the second floor of the downtown convention center here, hundreds attending the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee packed a standing-room-only hall. A bouncer stood outside to control the overflow crowd.

It wasn’t a session on boycotts, Iran or the peace process. It was mincha, the Jewish afternoon prayer service. Outside, smaller groups of Orthodox men gathered to form their own prayer quorums. High school students in kippahs and long skirts sat against the walls chatting.

Israel slams ‘sham’ UN Human Rights Council after 5 new anti-Israel resolutions

Taylor Force Act Represents ‘180-Degree’ Turn in US Stance on Palestinian Authority Terror Payments, Says Leading Advocate

In first, Israel-bound flight enters Saudi airspace

Importing Israeli Natural Gas Makes Sense for Egypt

How Jared Kushner forged a bond with the Saudi crown prince

Official Palestinian policy now rests on resolute rejectionism

Americans’ support for Israel among highest ever recorded

Is favoring Israel an American national security interest?

Muslim Arab reveals what he really thinks about Israel

More Orthodox Jews coming to AIPAC to ‘rally around the cause’