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Jan 16, 2025
faith in the government
PM Netanyahu is in a tough situation. He is caught between a rock and a hard place. Damned if you do, damned if you dont.
Elections might or might not solve anything moving forward, but they are necessary. too many people lost complete faith in the government because of October 7, and now many have because of this deal. They need to go back to the people. Netanyahu can run on his war accomplishments, on bringing the hostages home or on whatever platform he prefers, and Smotritch can run on standing strong against Bibi and his insistence on not ending the war, or whatever else he thinks will get him support. Let the people have their say. Give the people the chance and opportunity to choose and have a government they can have faith in again.
On the one hand this is a deal that by now he cannot back out of. This would be bad for him in his relations with Trump and it would create immense pressure from the people after raising hopes. On the other hand, he is worried about losing his government if he goes ahead with it, as he has so far failed to convince Ministers Smotritch and Ben Gvir to support the deal or at least stay in the government.
Netanyahu should be proactive, take the initiative and call for new elections on his terms, not Ben Gvirs or Smotritch's terms.
Elections might or might not solve anything moving forward, but they are necessary. too many people lost complete faith in the government because of October 7, and now many have because of this deal. They need to go back to the people. Netanyahu can run on his war accomplishments, on bringing the hostages home or on whatever platform he prefers, and Smotritch can run on standing strong against Bibi and his insistence on not ending the war, or whatever else he thinks will get him support. Let the people have their say. Give the people the chance and opportunity to choose and have a government they can have faith in again.
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Picture of the Day
right-wing activist Yair Ansbacher went up on Har Habayit today and form that side unfurled a couple of signs to hang form the top of the Kotel. They are hard to make out form the picture but one is a sign with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel and the other is a sign that says מי לה' אלי - who is for Hashem, join with me! Ansbacher was detained.
We all knew that one day the Kotel would be littered with plaques of who sponsored which rock.. these signs are the first step towards that...
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Jan 15, 2025
The deal has been signed
Thank you Mr Netanyahu, Mr Trump, Mr Biden and everyone involved for coming to a deal to bring the hostages home and end the war (for now). Hopefully the deal will be implemented and not fall apart before it begins or before the stages are complete.
The return of the hostages was long overdue. The war was not really going anywhere at this point with just more and more soldiers being killed or injured as they were sitting ducks in Gaza with a low intensity situation going on. We had tremendous accomplishments in the war. If the war was only going to continue at low intensity with no intention to conquer Hamas entirely and replace them, or to conquer and hold land or anything significant like that, better it should end and our soldiers, and hostages, should come home.
Israel can enforce this deal, Israel can prevent Hamas from rearming, Israel can be more aggressive against Hamas violations, against Hamas attacks, unlike in the past when Israel allowed Hamas to attack without any real response, when Israel allowed Hamas to build, when Israel saw Hamas as a necessary force in Gaza, when Israel let the money flow into Gaza despite knowing it was going to build terrorist infrastructure. Israel can and has to ensure that won't happen again. Even if the deal is not great (eg too many terrorists being released), it is not a deal of surrender and it is not a deal of defeat for Israel.
Israel can enforce this deal, Israel can prevent Hamas from rearming, Israel can be more aggressive against Hamas violations, against Hamas attacks, unlike in the past when Israel allowed Hamas to attack without any real response, when Israel allowed Hamas to build, when Israel saw Hamas as a necessary force in Gaza, when Israel let the money flow into Gaza despite knowing it was going to build terrorist infrastructure. Israel can and has to ensure that won't happen again. Even if the deal is not great (eg too many terrorists being released), it is not a deal of surrender and it is not a deal of defeat for Israel.
Did we accomplish everything? I don't know - other than some meaningless words of "total victory" nothing was ever really defined as to what that would look like. Even if we did not accomplish everything people might have wanted, we accomplished an awful lot.
Bring them home now!
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Jan 14, 2025
Quote of the Day
Otzma Yehudit leaving the coalition on its own has no significance, we won't stop the deal if we leave on our own. Smotritch said the deal is horrible, he should stand behind his words. The only possibility for stopping the deal is with the threat of dismantling the government together with Smotritch.
-- MK Limor Sun Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit)
She's right, but...
but even with Smotritch they wont prevent the deal from happening - the Opposition has given a security blanket to the government for this deal to happen. Unless Bibi backs down out of fear for his coalition post-deal, the deal is going through. Netanyahu warned Ben Gvir that he is working on paying Smotritch off to not leave with a nice incentive package of benefits. Netanyahu cant really back down at this point - it means going against Trump and this time everyone will see at this stage that Netanyahu is playing politics on the backs of the hostages - something everyone already knows from the past year+ but now it being more obvious and will surely lead to massive protests and pressure on Netanyahu, and that is without even mentioning Netanyahu is afraid to oppose Trump who wants this deal to happen - there, I mentioned it. But, if they truly believe the deal is as dangerous as they are saying they should resign even if it wont prevent the deal from going through, at least so they wont be part of it (and no, voting against does not absolve them of responsibility - they are part of all government decisions as long as they are members of the government) As I said, Netanyahu should push this deal through and call elections on his terms.
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Jan 13, 2025
Headline of the Day
Gaza residents feast on beached dolphin
-- Ynet News
2. is this what they do to Zionist agents (aka spies) that they catch?
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Hostages with elections
We have been led on multiple times about impending hostage deals, only for them to not happen. All we can do now is hope that the one they are talking about now goes through and our brothers and sisters come home.
I think, if it goes through and is brought to vote and it actually happens, I think PM Netanyahu would be wise and smart to use it as a springboard for calling new elections. It would be the smartest time, from his perspective (in my opinion, obviously, maybe not his), for elections to happen - on the back of a hostage deal, especially, or maybe only, if it includes all the hostages. He needs new elections and Israel needs it. This government needs to win back the support and trust of the people. If Netanyahu would win an election now, all claims against him (except the corruption ones with his trials) go away - the people will have chosen him despite Oct 7 and the wars and hostages. And if someone else wins, then that is who the people put their faith in for leadership.
Right now the Opposition, which has been weak and ineffective since Day 1, is the weakest it has ever been. Strike while the iron is hot. He can call elections and I am sure as weak as they are now, they will also run horrible campaigns.
Right now the Opposition, which has been weak and ineffective since Day 1, is the weakest it has ever been. Strike while the iron is hot. He can call elections and I am sure as weak as they are now, they will also run horrible campaigns.
Now would also be a good time against his own right wing challengers as well. Ben Gvir is weaker now than he has been since the formation of the government. Smotritch was never a threat. Bennett is not ready. Lieberman isnt popular enough, even if he grows his party as polls say he would. Elections around a hostage deal is the best scenario for Netanyahu, and it is something the country needs.
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