"The Jewish
Left Is Not The Solution, It Is The Heart Of The Problem" (Atzmon).
Without the Jewish 'left', the Zionist project of murder and land theft
would have already failed..... xymphora
"For liberal Israelis, hope turns to despair" by Daniel Estrin, Associated Press March 22, 2015
TEL AVIV — Israeli liberals woke up after last week’s national elections with a demoralizing feeling: Most of the country, in a deep and possibly irreversible way, does not think like they do.
There had been a sense of urgency among moderate Israelis, and even an ounce of hope, that widespread frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s six straight years in office would lead voters to pull Israel away from what they perceive as its rightward march toward international isolation, economic inequality, and a dead end for peace with the Palestinians.
But as the results trickled in Wednesday, they showed Likud with a shocking lead that has all but guaranteed Netanyahu a third consecutive term. Netanyahu called it a victory ‘‘against all odds.’’
I call it a stolen election.
Optimism among liberals has been replaced with despair — and an infuriating belief that the masses may never understand that logic shows the current path is suicidal.
‘‘Drink cyanide, bloody Neanderthals. You won,’’ award-winning Israeli author and actress Alona Kimhi wrote on her Facebook page, before erasing it as her comments became the talk of the town. ‘‘Only death will save you from yourselves.’’
Such rage rippled through liberal Israel. Social media was full of embittered Israelis accusing Netanyahu’s supporters of racism, and some vowed to stop charitable donations to the underprivileged, whom they perceived as being automatic supporters of the right.
See: New York Times Censors Netanyahu’s Racism
The prime minister’s main rival denounced such attacks. ‘‘Attempts to divide, vilify, and spread hate in Israeli society disgust me, and it doesn’t matter whether it comes from the right or the left,’’ wrote Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog on Facebook.
The anger was about far more than the election, reflecting a larger and more dramatic battle for the heart of the country.
Israel’s founding fathers were Jews of Eastern European descent and the ideological predecessors of the Labor party, the main faction in the rebranded Zionist Union. The left led the country for its first three decades until Likud — heavily backed by working-class Jews of Middle Eastern descent — gained power in 1977.
The Labor party returned to power in the 1990s, leading the first efforts at peace with the Palestinians. But the Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s saw the return of hawkish rule, which in one form or another has retained the government’s leadership.
The divisions between right and left largely revolve around the question of what do with territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and the millions of Palestinians who live there.
Parties on the left would allow the creation of a Palestinian state, seeking to trade land for peace. They also say that the territories are a liability, since incorporating the Palestinians as citizens would destroy Israel as a Jewish-majority state.
The right emphasizes the lands’ strategic value and biblical symbolism and pushes to have them settled by Jews. Its success in this endeavor has, paradoxically, put the country on a path toward being a place where Jews may no longer be a strong majority.
With more than 550,000 Israeli settlers living in territories claimed by the Palestinians, Israeli liberals — along with the Palestinians — believe time is running out for the ‘‘two-state solution.’’
It has already run out given the amount of land already seized by Israel.
Activists at the headquarters of V-15, an initiative that campaigned to unseat Netanyahu, silently bundled dozens of banners on Thursday, and one activist asked a journalist to leave.
‘‘It’s a big disappointment. There was a lot of energy for change here,’’ said Zev Laderman, an investor in startup companies, sitting in a boulevard cafe. ‘‘I woke up this morning to realize that I’m a minority in this country.’’
Just woke up to that, huh?
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"Israeli president urges healing after divisive vote" Associated Press March 23, 2015
JERUSALEM — As the official process for forming a new Israeli government began Sunday, President Reuven Rivlin said the new Israeli government will have to serve ‘‘all the citizens of Israel,’’ and called for the country to begin a ‘‘healing process’’ after an election campaign that highlighted deep internal divisions.
Rivlin serves a mostly ceremonial role and has positioned himself as a unifier since taking office last year. One of his few actual powers is choosing the person with the best chances of putting together a coalition government after elections.
Throughout a close election campaign it seemed he would have a crucial role to play after the vote but a resounding victory by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has made his considerations mostly moot.
On Sunday, Rivlin began meeting with all the parties in Parliament to hear their recommendations before he officially tasks Netanyahu.
Eitan Cabel, a senior leader of the center-left’s Zionist Union, which captured 24 seats to Likud’s 30, told the president they had ‘‘no intention’’ of being part of a coalition. Meanwhile the Joint List, a union of Arab parties, told the president they had no recommendation.
‘‘We see in Benjamin Netanyahu a dangerous person, he is dangerous to democracy,’’ Joint List leader Ayman Odeh said.
Rivlin also met Sunday with Likud. He was scheduled to talk Monday with centrist parties Yesh Atid and Kulanu.
In a last-ditch attempt to spur his supporters to the polls last week, Netanyahu warned that Arab citizens were voting ‘‘in droves’’ and endangering years of rule by his right-wing Likud Party. The comments drew accusations of racism from Israeli Arabs and a White House rebuke.
Alluding to the uproar, Rivlin told Likud representatives that the emerging government will have to serve ‘‘all the citizens of Israel, Jews and Arabs.’’
‘‘We have been through a stormy and passionate election period — this is the time to begin a process of mending and healing in Israeli society,’’ he said.
The laments didn't last long.
By winning 30 seats in the 120-member Parliament, Netanyahu’s Likud looks to have a relatively easy time putting together a 61-seat majority along with its nationalist and religious allies.
Netanyahu said the day before Israel’s March 17 election that there would be no Palestinian state if he returned to office. After winning the vote he softened, saying he wanted a two-state solution.
Because of questions about Netanyahu’s commitment to the Mideast peace process, US officials said the Obama administration is considering a new approach to negotiations.
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro told Israeli radio that if it is not possible to reach a peace deal as long as Netanyahu is prime minister, the question arises on “what other steps can be taken to continue in the right direction of attaining two states for two peoples.”
The administration has signaled that it may reconsider its policy of siding with Israel in votes at the United Nations Security Council.
I'll believe it when I see the first abstention.
The US vetoes were “predicated on this idea that the two-state solution is the best outcome,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday. “Now our ally in these talks has said that they are no longer committed to that solution. That means we need to reevaluate our position.”
The United States has helped to block Security Council resolutions condemning Israeli activities such as settlement building in the West Bank, and ensure the UN body withholds recognition of a Palestinian state. It has also opposed efforts to file complaints about alleged Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court, which the Palestinians will join on April 1.
Senator John McCain said Sunday that Israel’s election was “free and fair” and urged Obama to work with Netanyahu.
“Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President. It’s time we work together with our Israeli friends” against Islamist groups in the region, McCain, an Arizona Republican whom Obama defeated for the presidency in 2008, said on CNN.
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You know what was missing in all that?
"John Kerry firm on deadline over Iran nuclear deal; France seeks flexibility" by Michael R. Gordon, New York Times March 22, 2015
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — While US officials have sought to play down reports of differences with France, French diplomats have expressed concern that the West might undermine its own negotiating leverage by rushing to complete an initial understanding.
In a message on Twitter on Friday that reflected the views of other French officials, Gérard Araud, France’s ambassador to the United States, warned that it was risky to stick with a firm March 31 deadline.
“Repeating that an agreement has to be reached by the end of March is a bad tactic,” Araud wrote. “Pressure on ourselves to conclude at any price.”
I agree. Feels like a war deadline.
Iran has generally expressed a more optimistic view of the state of the talks than the United States has, and President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday the recently completed round of negotiations had established “a foundation for a final agreement.”
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Secretary of State John Kerry said his meeting in London would provide an opportunity to exchange ideas on how to overcome the remaining issues in the talks with his European counterparts, Laurent Fabius of France, Philip Hammond of Britain, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, and Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy chief.
After coordinating strategy, Kerry added, the United States and its negotiating partners would return to Lausanne for talks that are scheduled to resume Thursday and determine “whether or not an agreement is possible.”
One remaining hurdle is how quickly to suspend or remove sanctions imposed on Iran. Another is what type of limits should be imposed on the research and development of new types of centrifuges for enriching uranium.
An important question about which US and French officials might have somewhat different views is how long an accord would last.
The Obama administration has said that any agreement should extend to a year the time that Iran would need to produce enough nuclear material for a bomb. That measure is intended to preclude Iran from making a dash for a bomb if it decides to “break out” of an accord.
French officials have argued such breakout provisions should be in effect for 15 years. US officials have been less specific on this point in briefings for reporters, insisting that such measures should be in place for at least 10 years.
While the French have raised concern about wrapping up an accord by the end of March, the Obama administration faces the political challenge of demonstrating progress so it can hold off a congressional move to impose additional economic sanctions on Iran.
As reports of French concerns have emerged, President Obama called President François Hollande of France on Friday to discuss the negotiations.
“The presidents reaffirmed their commitment to achieving a long-term comprehensive deal that fully and verifiably addresses the international community’s concerns about Iran’s nuclear program, while noting that Iran must take steps to resolve several remaining issues,” the White House said in a statement.
Some US commentators have suggested that the French position is more show than substance. But other observers say that France has expertise on arms control questions and legitimate concerns that an agreement must be effective enough to discourage other states in the Middle East from seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
So France might f*** up the deal, huh?
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NDUs:
"Israel wants France to oppose Iran deal; Mission to Paris seeks ally to halt nuclear treaty" by Greg Keller, Associated Press March 24, 2015
My suspicions confirmed!
PARIS — Unable to find support from the United States, Israel is turning to France to help head off what it sees as a bad and dangerous nuclear deal with Iran.
As an American -- and no defender of Obummer, that's for sure -- I can't tell you how outraged I was when I read that paragraph.
Our supposedly best friend, who we do so much for, is out to sabotage our government and nary a whimper from Congre$$?
In an interview in Paris, Israel’s intelligence minister, Yuval Steinitz, said Monday that dialogue with France over Iran’s nuclear program ‘‘has proven in the past that it was productive’’ and makes this week’s last-minute diplomatic mission to Paris worthwhile.
France played a key role strengthening an interim agreement with Iran in late 2013 that froze key parts of the Islamic republic’s nuclear program in exchange for some relief from Western sanctions.
A group of six world powers — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States, — is attempting to reach a final nuclear deal with Iran before a deadline expires at the end of the month.
Obviously, the criminal Zionist cabal of Israel has a stronger blackmail hand against the government of France than any other. Must be the sickening depravity of such things.
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Steinitz and Israel’s national security adviser, Yossi Cohen, were meeting with France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, and other top diplomats involved in the Iran talks. Steinitz said only a deal that ‘‘dismantles, not simply freezes’’ Iran’s nuclear program would be acceptable.
Not happening, and nor should it. Is their legal right, and they are not making a bomb.
France has been more hawkish than the United States in negotiations, reportedly demanding stronger restrictions than other Western delegations.
Shimon Stein, a former Israeli ambassador to Germany who has been briefed on the allies’ talks with Iran, says Steinitz’s trip to France is a natural course of action given Israel’s opposition and the way the talks have been progressing.
They aren't part of the P-6 talks -- and maybe they should quit spying on them (!
Yeah, our "friend."
He said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on March 3 essentially exhausted the US option for Israel, and it is now trying to exert its influence against the deal wherever that is possible.
That is so effing insulting to the American people -- and the administration -- and tells us what bloggers have been saying all along about the parasite that is Israel. Think of the individuals in your life that are nothing but self-centered takers and users and what a-holes they are and apply it to a government. How would you feel?
Against a perception that the Americans are rushing to a deal and willing to cut corners to do so, he said France has become a potential ally from Israel’s perspective, supplanting Britain as the most hawkish European country regarding Iran.
Oh, they are cutting Rothschild-controlled Britain loose as well, huh? I wonder when the next Israeli-sponsored false flags in those countries are due to be executed.
‘‘It’s only natural that given Netanyahu’s concern of a deal with Iran that he would turn to France,’’ Stein said. ‘‘France is the weak link among the group.’’
Yes, all the scheming and conniving behind the scenes.... it's "only natural." No wonder that whole tribe makes people sick.
A letter signed by 367 US House members to President Obama highlights what they describe as “grave and urgent issues” relating to the nuclear negotiations. The letter, released Monday by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, cites concern about the size of Iran’s uranium enrichment program, its lack of cooperation with international inspectors, and the need for an intrusive inspection regime.
Actually, Iran has done everything asked of it. That was reported earlier, but ignored by my war-promoting Jewish war media (of course).
In any agreement, “Congress must be convinced that its terms foreclose any pathway to a bomb, and only then will Congress be able to consider permanent sanctions relief,” according to the letter. Signers included Speaker John Boehner and majority leader Kevin McCarthy, as well as Democrats such as Steny Hoyer, the minority whip, and Eliot Engel.
Yeah, yeah, everyone knows Congre$$ is Zionist-occupied territory -- and has been for a long time, the bunch of treasonous bastards.
In a separate development Monday, the brother of Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who has been incarcerated in Iran for eight months, said he has been denied permission for a five-day Iranian New Year furlough from prison. Ali Rezaian said the petition for the furlough, presented a few weeks ago by the reporter’s lawyer in Iran to a Revolutionary Court judge in Tehran overseeing the case, was rejected Friday, just as the holiday was about to begin.
Iranian judicial authorities sometimes grant furloughs to nonviolent inmates for the two-week-long New Year holiday.
The exact nature of the charges against Jason Rezaian have not been made public, and he was not permitted access to a lawyer until a few weeks ago.
He stinks of CIA!
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Maybe AmeriKa will get an apology afterwards like the Arabs:
"Netanyahu apologizes for comments about Israeli Arabs" by Jodi Rudoren, New York Times March 24, 2015
(Blog editor's note: Rudoren = cleared for publication through Israel's government. Are we clear?)
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized Monday for warning last week that Arab citizens were voting in droves, comments that have been denounced by President Obama, other world leaders, US Jewish leaders, and many Israelis as antidemocratic, race-baiting, and fear-mongering.
“I know that my comments last week offended some Israeli citizens and offended members of the Israeli Arab community,” Netanyahu said, according to a translation provided by his party, Likud. “This was never my intent. I apologize for this.”
And that makes it all better, huh?
This f***er is not sorry one bit. He got what he wanted, right? Who ever believes an apology from a liar anyway?
The apology came hours after Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin, announced that Netanyahu had secured the backing of 67 of the 120 Parliament members elected last week and officially designated him to form the next government.
Nice, strong, zealous Zionist government, good!
Rivlin, whose first months in office have been marked by outreach to Arabs in Israel, was among those who criticized Netanyahu’s Election Day statements, saying on Sunday, “Everyone must be careful in their comments, especially those that the entire world hears.”
Too late to retract, really. The mask is of Zionist supremacism, and is the true face ever ugly.
The uproar served as a final act for a divisive campaign. Midway through last Tuesday’s balloting, Netanyahu posted a video on his Facebook page expressing alarm that Arabs were “being bused to the polling stations in droves” by left-wing organizations.
Netanyahu said in interviews Thursday that he did not intend to suppress the Arab vote, only to inspire Israelis who supported him to get to polling places themselves.
The way Hitler inspired Germans, right?
But Monday’s statement, made to a gathering of Israeli Arabs at the prime minister’s residence, was the first hint of an apology.
Yeah, I won on the backs of Zionist zettlers who will kill can terrorize in the name of God and with government sanction, but forget what I said and did.
According to the statement, Netanyahu also told the group: “I view myself as the prime minister of each and every citizen of Israel. Without any prejudice based on religion, ethnicity or gender, I view every citizen as my partner in building a more secure, more prosperous state of Israel and a nation that benefits the needs and interests of all our citizenry.”
That's why in Israel -- like here -- only the 1% have benefitted.
The prime minister’s original comments regarding Israel’s 1.4 million Arab citizens helped fuel the escalating crisis between Netanyahu and the Obama administration, which has said that it is reassessing its policy of protecting Israel in forums like the United Nations.
I'll believe it when they cast the first abstention!
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