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Avichai Mandelblit was once Netanyahu’s Cabinet secretary, then became the Legal Adviser to the Government, a/k/a Attorney General (to the State, not any particular government). This is not a “left” – “right” issue (for me) but one of values and worldview. What kind of Israel do we want to live in?

Ex-AG Mandelblit: Overhaul legislation has Israel ‘on brink of dictatorship’

 

This is what I call diversification. A piece of Hamas. All of Al Jazeera and now a basketball team.

Qatar Investment Authority buys 5% of NBA's Washington Wizards owner

What happens when you mix Clickbait with Horse Shit? You get a kvetch that “The original [Superman] character is still White and straight…”

Opinion: The new Superman is half Jewish. Here’s why that’s making waves

Plenty worrisome. As goes the American political system, so goes…

GALLUP: Historically Low Faith in U.S. Institutions Continues

 

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 Al-Monitor Palestine Briefing

There are lots of nuggets here for the discerning reader who can separate propaganda from factoids.

 Israeli authorities evicted a Palestinian family from a contested apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City

Yet another example of “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”  Keep in mind that Arabs can’t pursue property claims in west Jerusalem. And the extremists pushing to oust the Arabs from seam neighborhoods are Hardal messianics and their clueless US orthodox supporters who think they're doing something good.

How to Interpret Pope Francis’ Choice of New Cardinals

Pope Francis isn't getting any younger.

החוק לביטול עילת הסבירות הוא תחילת הסוף של הממשלה הזאת, הוא יוביל למפלתה. מפני שעם ישראל הוא נצחי וממשלות הן זמניות - בממשלות שפועלות באופן כל כך בוטה וקיצוני נגד האינטרסים החיוניים של עם ישראל, לא ישרדו.

Yair Lapid puts Netanyahu’s regime change putsch in perspective

The U.S. Reassessment of Netanyahu’s Government Has Begun

It pains me to be on the same side as Tom Friedman because he has always hidden his true attitude toward the Zionist enterprise (especially in From Beirut to Jerusalem). The last time, BTW, the US reassessed relations with Israel was under Kissinger/Ford.