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Israel Today Staff — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet on Sunday voted 15 to 7 in favor of new legislation that would make official Israel’s status as the “Jewish state.”The bill, which will go before the Knesset plenum later this week, seeks to codify the national rights of Israel’s Jews, while also reinforcing the individual rights of all minorities.
In practical terms, that means only Jews can make claims to a national flag, anthem and a right of immigration.
In reality, the law changes nothing. The Israeli flag and anthem are already focused on the Jewish nature of the state, and only Jews are granted a “right of return.”
As such, the move is largely symbolic, but seen as important nonetheless by Netanyahu and many others at a time when the Palestinians and some Israeli Arab elements are trying to undermine the Jewish nature of the state and, in the prime minister’s words, “create a state within a state.”
But, as seen in the vote count from this morning, not everyone agreed.
The cabinet only cast its votes following what was reported to be a heated shouting match between Netanyahu and some of his more left-leaning ministers.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni both painted the bill as racist toward the nation’s minorities. However, their outbursts seemingly failed to take into account the changes Netanyahu made to the original draft.
In its original form, the proposed legislation made Israel’s democratic nature subservient to its Jewish nature, and sought to downgrade Arabic as an official language of the state.
Netanyahu was harshly critical of anyone, both in Israel or in the international community, who calls for a two-state solution, but opposes this bill.
“They rush to recognize a state of the Palestinian people, but they strongly oppose a state of the Jewish people,” he said.
Netanyahu has made Palestinian recognition of Israel as the “Jewish state” a cornerstone of his position regarding peace negotiations.
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The God Of Abraham, Isaac, And Jacob Regarding Israel
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. ~ Genesis 12:3NEWS BRIEFS: NOVEMBER 24, 2014
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BREAKING: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
To Resign Amid Pressure From Obama
To Resign Amid Pressure From Obama
By Jennifer — The New York Times is reporting that Chuck Hagel, the Secretary of Defense in Barack Obama’s Cabinet, will resign today. The announcement will reportedly be made by Obama at 11:10 am ET in the State Dining Room after two weeks of the two discussing Hagel’s future in the last two years of Obama’s presidency.Hagel, who was just nominated to the Defense Secretary position in January 2013 and confirmed the next month, has been described as the lone Republican in the Obama Cabinet. However, Trevor Loudon had this to say following Hagel’s nomination “Chuck Hagel may well be conservative on some issues. However, when it comes to foreign policy and defense, he is right in line with of the most extreme leftist, anti-American elements in the country.”
While Hagel is said to have been precisely the type of Defense Secretary Obama was seeking, someone who was not a high profile person, he reportedly failed to break the inner circle of Obama’s closest confidantes and loyalists. He often waited to share his thoughts and ideas with Obama in a one-on-one situation after meetings ended and everyone else was gone.
In the past, Hagel has come under fire for his anti-Semitic statements. In fact, his anti-Semitism was a major concern for some opposed to his appointment to Defense Secretary. Those statements did not draw the ire of Obama. What did, however, was Hagel’s statement earlier this year after Obama described ISIS as a “JV team.” Contradicting Obama, Hagel described ISIS as “an imminent threat to every interest we have.”
The Times added, “His removal appears to be an effort by the White House to show that it is sensitive to critics who have pointed to stumbles in the government’s early response to several national security issues, including the Ebola crisis and the threat posed by the Islamic State.”
Business Insider reports that “senior defense officials” stated anonymously that Hagel was being forced to resign because the Obama White House “had lost confidence in his ability to carry out his role at the Pentagon.”
While CBS News reports that the decision for Hagel’s resignation was a mutual one between him and Obama, CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports that Hagel was “fed up with micromanagement from the White House.”
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Train Kazakh Children To Fight
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You Mean, “If You Like Your Border, You Can’t Keep It”?
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“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” ~ Matthew 24:3-14