Taxpayers deserve basic truths: most Palestinians under UNRWA's jurisdiction aren't refugees, and UNRWA is a hurdle to peace. America supports peace and Palestinian human rights; UNRWA supports neither. It's time to end UNRWA's mandate. pic.twitter.com/zEsEXLaAbk

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 14, 2021

Secretary-General @antonioguterres condemns the attack on #Aden airport today, reaffirms @UN's steadfast commitment to support efforts to resume Yemeni-led & Yemeni-owned political process to reach an inclusive, negotiated settlement to the conflict. [_link] pic.twitter.com/eYUN63fcZD

— UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (@UNDPPA) December 30, 2020

New Post: Cyber security database, using Israeli intelligence data, listed Palestinian activist as "terrorist." He Wins Suit the company. [_link] pic.twitter.com/5GntcEmshm

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 14, 2021

Editorial staff of Haaretz Hebrew edition didn't cover @btselem groundbreaking report on Israel's apartheid because they didn't think it was news worthy.

Unsurprisingly, Israeli Hebrew press decided not to tell their readers about this important report: [_link] [_link]

— Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar) January 14, 2021

Wilders failed to disclose €175,000 donation to pay for hate speech trial | NL Times |

... The donation came from the International Freedom Alliance Foundation (IFAF), an United States-based foundation founded by Wilders himself.

.... While the trial against Wilders, in which he was charged with hate speech for saying he wants "fewer Moroccans" in the Netherlands during a political campaign, is not specifically mentioned, FTM considers it obvious that the donation was for the Wilders trial.

... IFAF's sole director, American philanthropist Robert Shillman, declined to answer FTM's questions. As did Geert-Jan Knoops, the lawyer that represented Wilders in the hate speech trial.

Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller's Anti-Islam Push | The Forward |

In Dutch politics, large donations amount to €10k or above. Members of parliament must give full disclosure of every donation above €50.

Bloggers are aware Wilders operates close to populist rightwing parties both in support of Israel or just as easily the extremist anti-semites. A cross-section of Trump supporters.

How Geert Wilders Became America's Favorite Islamophobe | FP |

At a dinner at the Reagan Presidential Library in June 2009, a then-relatively obscure Dutch MP named Geert Wilders was being honored as a "hero of conscience" by an organization called the American Freedom Alliance, which purports to defend Western values.

After cocktails and a three-course meal, the lanky Dutch lawmaker with the shock of peroxide blond hair got up to give what by then was his standard speech. Its core message? That Islam is not a religion, but "first and foremost, an ideology; to be precise, like communism and fascism, a political, totalitarian ideology, with worldwide aspirations." There is no such thing as "moderate Islam," he continued, because "Islam's heart lies in the Quran and the Quran is an evil book." He then laid out his plan to combat this evil: a stay on immigration from Muslim countries; the expulsion of criminal foreigners and, following denaturalization, criminals with dual nationality; the closing of Islamic schools ("for they are fascist institutions"); and a ban on the construction of mosques.

Holland Heritage: Hoekstra - DeVos - Erik Prince

New Fascist Pariah States America and Israel Lashing Out

Further reading ...

Islamophobia In Europe: How governments are enabling the "counter-jihad" movement

Israel must bear consequences of its Trump love affair | Ynet News |

After the mob stormed the Capitol last week, those in Jerusalem who identified so completely with the president and his values must now face the fallout of such adoration and their transformation of Israel into a wannabe GOP state.

As Donald Trump's popularity plummets, even his most skilled supporters have been unable to separate him and his conduct from the mob that attempted the takeover of the Capitol last week, intending to block the certification of the 2020 election results.

During Trump's term in office, Israel took on the form of a livid red Republican state with complete synergy between the White House and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who gladly welcomed the benevolence of the administration after eight years of Barak Obama.

Anyone questioning the wisdom of this close alliance was seen as unpatriotic and the Mideast peace deals embraced by Netanyahu were interpreted as a free pass to advance all of the prime minister's policies.

Israel was so filled with admiration for the American president that it even named a new community on the Golan Heights after him.

...
Trump's many supporters in Israel were not asked to cast a vote for him in any ballot. They, like tens of millions of conservative Americans accepted his control over the Republican party and its transformation into the epitome of Trumpism.

If the events that unfolded on Capitol Hill last week were shocking and heartbreaking, so should the love affair between Netanyahu and the outgoing president break all of our hearts.

Jerusalem to get Old City train station named after Trump | Ynet News - Feb. 18, 2020 |

Never in a million years did I think I would ever be able to write about #Palestine for an outlet like @washingtonpost. And yet today, they published my op-ed about vaccinations in Palestine: [_link]

(1/6)

— Yara Asi (@Yara_M_Asi) January 15, 2021

Not in my name as a Jew do these Israel apologists speak for me. In fact, they speak against me and for Judeo-supremacism. [_link]

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 16, 2021

So honored to be nominated to join this extraordinary team, if confirmed, led by ⁦@ABlinken⁩ and serving ⁦@JoeBiden⁩ ⁦@SenKamalaHarris⁩ and the American people. [_link]

— Wendy R. Sherman (@wendyrsherman) January 16, 2021

Biden nominates Iran nuclear deal negotiator to State Department | Al Jazeera |

United States President-elect Joe Biden has nominated a key negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement to be the US's next deputy secretary of state, the second-highest position at the State Department.

In a statement on Saturday, Biden unveiled a string of State Department nominees, including longstanding diplomat Wendy Sherman to be deputy secretary of state.

Iran sanctions: It was the U.S. versus 28 EU nations. Guess who's winning?

The incoming #Biden administration's announcement that it has picked Wendy Sherman as deputy US secretary of state tilts the balance toward a return to the Iran nuclear deal, which #Israel will likely object to more than any other appointment to date.[_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 17, 2021

CENTCOM mission expands to include Israel

STUTTGART, Germany -- U.S. Central Command is now responsible for coordinating military activities with Israel, taking over a job that for decades was the task of U.S. European Command, The Wall Street Journal reported.

President Donald Trump ordered the shift during the last days of his administration, the report said Thursday, citing unnamed U.S. officials.

...
It's not clear whether the incoming Biden administration will uphold the change in military responsibility.

Major security partners: US hails Bahrain, UAE after Israel deal | Al Jazeera |

The United States called Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates "major security partners" on Saturday, a previously unheard of designation for the two countries home to major American military operations.  

Drones and diplomacy: US Ramstein air base stirs controversy in Germany | DW |

On January 20th, both President-elect Biden and outgoing president Trump will have a nuclear football nearby. I don't trust Trump whatsoever until his nuclear device is inoperable at noon on Inauguration Day.

Trump will take nuclear football out of DC on his final day in office - and the codes will be deactivated at the stroke of noon | The Independent |

Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social network | CNN - Nov. 15, 2020 !

Rebekah Mercer, a prominent conservative donor, revealed Saturday that she is helping to bankroll Parler, the rapidly growing but controversial conservative social media platform that was at the top of App Store charts last week.

Mercer is the daughter of Robert Mercer, a hedge fund manager and the co-founder of the now-defunct political data-analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. The Mercers have been prominent supporters of President Donald Trump and conservative causes.

"John and I started Parler to provide a neutral platform for free speech, as our founders intended, and also to create a social media environment that would protect data privacy," Mercer said in a statement on the platform. "The ever increasing tyranny and hubris of our tech overlords demands that someone lead the fight against data mining, and for the protection of free speech online. That someone is Parler, a beacon to all who value their liberty, free speech, and personal privacy."  

The Mercer Family - Cambridge Analytica - Steve Bannon - Emirates Abu Dhabi - Israel ...

"High Court session in liquidation of Cambridge Analytica - secrets covered up by Emerdata - run by the Mercers."

Social media platform Parler gets backing from Mercer family | WSJ - Nov. 15, 2020 |

(Reuters) - Social media platform Parler, which styles itself as a "free speech-driven" space, gets funding from hedge-fund investor Robert Mercer and his daughter and conservative activist Rebekah, the Wall Street Journal reported.

U.S. right-wing social media users have flocked to Parler, messaging app Telegram and hands-off social site Gab, citing the more aggressive policing of political comments on mainstream platforms such as Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc.

Robert Mercer starts big money effort for Trump and RNC after cutting back support | CNBC - April 15, 2020 |

"Crickets. They're Gone": Why the Mercers, Trump's Biggest 2016 Backers, Have Bailed on Him | Vanity Fair - June 2019 |

Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn all participated in efforts to promote the Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" event that ultimately devolved into a riotous and deadly melee at the United States Capitol, leaving five dead and causing Trump to become the only president to be impeached for a second time. Crooks all of them, a conspiracy of gangsters. In comparison, "Tricky" Dick Nixon was a saint.

Billionaire Trump backer Robert Mercer funded group that produced anti-Muslim ads for 2016 election, claims investigative group

Renaissance Partner David Magerman Airs Battle With Robert Mercer Over Trump White Supremacy

Cambridge Analytica-linked businessman helped start Black Cube, lawsuit claims.

Reading the tea leaves- and polling -- for the next Israeli election in late March, experts say that Israel will elect an even more rightwing government than Netanyahu's rightwing coalition. [_link] #Israel #Palestine pic.twitter.com/tpiyUJueAG

— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) January 18, 2021

Israel approves new East Jerusalem settlement homes just days before Biden sworn in [link]

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 18, 2021

From the Obama/Biden administration ... Netanyahu hates Democrats, Republicans compliant "Israel First" and foremost.

Alan Dershowitz: Shunned!

Israel Crosses 'Red-Line' with Criticism of Obama and Kerry

Just in case there is a moratorium on large gatherings, unmasked, shoulder to shoulder. If there is but one sick person at that wedding, there are going to be thousands more in New York state, Israel, Lakewood... this is not a party but a tragedy. [_link]

— LostMessiah (@messiah_lost) January 19, 2021

U.S. Rep. Tlaib: "Israel Is a Racist State That Would Deny Palestinians Like My Grandmother a Vaccine" [_link] via @democracynow

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 20, 2021

The entire reason @Keir_Starmer hired Assaf Kaplan is to keep an eye on UK leftists posting hostile content on social media about Israel. This is exactly what IDF Unit 8200 and Shin Bet do to Palestinians: they seek incendiary content, arrest them and imprison them.

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 20, 2021

This is a hugely importantly ruling in the world of foreign corruption: 5 years jail for Beny Steinmetz over bribes paid to a wife of the former Guinean president to obtain iron ore rights. Jail time for corporate corruption remains incredibly rare [_link]

— Tom Wilson (@thomas_m_wilson) January 22, 2021

Israeli minerals magnate Beny Steinmetz convicted of corruption

A miracle someone like Steinmetz got his day in court ... 🇨🇭🇨🇭

Black Cube and Oligarchs in the Shadow

Ben Gurion Longed for a Zionist Thief, Now Israel is Run by Them

Over a thousand protesters have gathered in Jerusalem demanding the Israeli prime minister step down over corruption charges against him. [_link]

— ABC News (@ABC) January 24, 2021

#Israel and the @JoeBiden administration will soon hold their first talks on #Iran and the Abraham Accords.[_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 24, 2021

A great day on the Golan. PM Netanyahu and I had the honor to dedicate "Trump Heights" -- first time Israel has dedicated a village in honor of a sitting president since Harry Truman (1949). Happy Birthday Mr. President!! @POTUS pic.twitter.com/fdYWzokFLK

— U.S. Ambassador to Israel (@USAmbIsrael) June 16, 2019

Perhaps Bibi Netanyahu could white-wash this offense and re-name it after Jonathan Pollard.

The U.N. exposes the limits of the Trump peace plan with the Taliban

Under the so-called peace agreement signed with the Taliban by the Trump administration (but not by the government in Kabul), the Taliban is supposed to guarantee that the territory it controls is not used for international terrorism against the U.S. and its allies. To do so, presumably the Taliban would shut down the al-Qaida infrastructure in their territory.

The United Nations issued a report this month on the state of the Taliban and their relationship with al-Qaida.

Political end game of Pompeo to undermine foreign policy of the Biden administration ...

Example: There are not "moderates" running the Islamic Republic of Iran. "Moderates" don't give a home base to al-Qa'ida. [_link]

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 19, 2021

Wave of killings targets Afghan female judges, journalists, intellectuals | NBC News |

US to review Afghan peace deal with Taliban | DW |

94% turnout <25d
70% turnout <21d

Israel Shares Vaccine Data With Pfizer

Israel's Health Minister Yuli Edelstein tells #Marr they want to vaccinate at least 80% of the adult population in Israel before easing Covid restrictions
[_link] pic.twitter.com/wIaCiBAjiB

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 24, 2021

This is an election ploy masquerading as a public health measure. Netanyahu will use this private information to tailor COVID-related voting msgs during March election. [_link]

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 25, 2021

The #SupremeCourt finally holding that the police can review the #cellphones of top aides to #Israel's PM Netanyahu Ofer Golan, Yonatan Orich, and 2 other aides.@jeremybob1 reports | #bribery [_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 26, 2021

זריקת אבנים וחפצים הבוקר על שוטרים שפשטו על ישיבת סאטמר באזור שכונת מאה שערים בירושלים אחרי שנפתחה בניגוד לתקנות. השוטרים לסגת מול מאות המפגינים וממטרי האבנים. pic.twitter.com/y3t2ZXKinv

— Suleiman Maswadeh סולימאן מסוודה (@SuleimanMas1) January 24, 2021

Throwing stones and objects this morning at police officers who raided a Satmar yeshiva in the area of the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem after it was opened in violation of regulations. The police retreat in front of hundreds of demonstrators and stone showers

שוטרים הגיעו לאכוף את כללי הסגר במוסדות חינוך בשכונת מאה שערים בירושלים. עימותים פרצו במקום@VeredPelman pic.twitter.com/rUN8o2ml92

— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) January 24, 2021

What's happening in the Haredi sector is out of hand. And Netanyahu won't crack down on them. Instead he's shutting down Ben Gurion airport. [_link]

— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) January 24, 2021

Should Kochavi be worried about a Biden administration? | JPost - Nov. 2020 |

What is all the fuss surrounding Rob Malley who was appointed as the next US special representative to Iran? And why is it bad for Israel?

By @HerbKeinon | #Iran | @JoeBiden | #Israel[_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 26, 2021

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, re Iran:
If 2015 JCPOA would've been allowed to be fulfilled, Iran would've gotten a nuclear weapon. Nothing in agmnt to have stopped it...Going back to 2015 JCPOA, or even back to a deal w minor corrections, would be wrong & bad. Can't allow it.

— Neri Zilber (@NeriZilber) January 26, 2021

IDF Kochavi says Iran only weeks away from nuclear bomb | JPost |

Kochavi said he had ordered operational plans to strike Iran's nuclear program to be ready if necessary, but whether to use those plans and under what circumstances was a decision for the political echelon.

INSS presentation Avi Kochavi on Iran

Article from Netanyahu's very own Israeli tabloid ...

The battle against the bomb | Hayom |

BREAKING: #FacebookWeNeedToTalk. @Facebook is considering adding use of the word "Zionist" to its hate speech policy

With @jvplive, @7amleh, @pal_legal + more, we just launched a campaign to prevent this policy change.

Learn more + add your name ➡️ [_link] pic.twitter.com/keGMlIK2YU

— MPower Change (@MPower_Change) January 26, 2021

Middle East Eye

The Biden administration has imposed a temporary freeze on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as it reviews billions of dollars in weapons transactions approved by former President Donald Trump [_link]

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 27, 2021

I understand the threat out of Israel hasn't disturbed the Biden/Harris administration to set its own foreign policy beyond Trump's Israel First counter-productive agreements in the powder keg of Middle East. Peace Now and support for BT'selem. Honesty ... stop the hypocrisy.

A report from Arab News noted on Monday that US President Joe Biden was throwing his weight behind a "two-state solution for #Palestine and #Israel as Russia called for a new #MiddleEast peace conference, to include #SaudiArabia."[_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 27, 2021

Israel promotes over 2,000 settler units prior to Biden inauguration | JPost |

Biden envoy: US to reopen diplomatic missions for Palestinians

#Israel's continued treatment of #Palestinian political prisoners is unconscionable. As a democracy, it lacks moral tenet.[_link]

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 27, 2021

"As in previous transitions, the UAE anticipated a review of current policies by the new administration.

Specifically, the F-35 package is much more then selling military hardware to a partner. (3/7)

— UAE Embassy US (@UAEEmbassyUS) January 27, 2021

Restoring Iran nuclear deal is good for Israel | JPost - opinion |

The Biden administration, to be sworn in on January 20, will have to deal with many urgent issues at home and abroad and to repair the rubble left behind by the Trump administration. For Israel, despite the existential importance of reaching a two-state solution with the Palestinians and preventing a binational catastrophe, there is no more urgent priority at the moment than a return to the 2015 nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the world powers (P5 +1) and Iran. This will immediately stop the prospect of Iranian nuclear breakout, which has become a very real possibility since the Trump administration's abandonment of the agreement.

...
During the negotiations on the returning to negotiations, Iran will continue unmonitored to accumulate enriched uranium (it already has 12 times the amount of enriched uranium it had when Trump violated the agreement), and add sophisticated cascades of centrifuges. In addition, there is no chance that Iran, Russia and China will agree to return to negotiations before ending the JCPOA related sanctions which were unilaterally renewed by Trump.

There is great urgency to return to the agreement also due to the June elections in Iran in which the pragmatic camp, currently led by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, is facing candidates backed by the Revolutionary Guards. The Revolutionary Guard candidates are extremists who prefer that the Iranian economy continue to falter rather than negotiate with the West and compromise.

The claim against immediate return to JCPOA (compliance for compliance) is that the Biden administration is relinquishing the leverage created as a result of the steps taken by Trump against the Iranian economy. In reality, there are many sanctions - unrelated to the JCPOA - that Biden can use as leverage.

Iran's supreme leader calls for 'definitive punishment' of scientist's killers | The Guardian |

Gantz warns Netanyahu not to try to sideline him again on Iran talks with US | Times of Israel |

Gantz warns Netanyahu not to try to sideline him again on Iran talks with US | Times of Israel |

Kochavi signals to Biden: Netanyahu, top security agree on Iran this time | JPost |

Kochavi wanted to make it clear for all to see - the new administration, the Europeans, the Iranians - that this time there is no daylight at all between the security establishment and Netanyahu on Iran.

Kochavi wanted it to be unequivocal that this time the top military echelon is completely in line with Netanyahu on the nuclear deal, and that 2021 is not 2015. And it was obviously important for him to get that message across before the US actually begins to engage with Iran.

In addition, there was importance in getting that message out before the upcoming Israeli elections, in order to stress that Israel's strong stand against reentering the JCPOA is not just the caprice of Netanyahu, but something supported by the country's top generals.

CENTCOM

CENTCOM chief arriving in Israel for talks with Kochavi on Iran

From the diaries ...

Israel Is Not Our Partner for Middle East Peace | June 2014 |

EDITOR'S NOTE (Jan. 27, 2021, 9:30 p.m. ET): After a number of readers raised issues with this article, NBC News conducted a review and has determined that it fell short of our reporting standards. In order to warrant publication, it needed on-the-record quotes from critics, rather than anonymous ones. The article should have also included more views from those who believe that donations to AIPAC do not represent a conflict. And it did not give Neuberger adequate time to respond to our reporting. NBC News is leaving the article on our website in the interest of full transparency with our readers.

Anne Neuberger was named senior director for cyber policy on the National Security Council. She spent the last decade at the National Security Agency. In 2014, she was assigned the job of Chief Risk Officer. She subsequently served as Assistant Deputy Director of Operations, the lead of the NSA's Russia Small Group, and Director of Cybersecurity.  

The article @aipac doesn't want you to read. Ann Neuberger, Biden's new deputy NSA director, gave $550K to Aipac. Now she will direct US cyber-security, just as Israel seeks to spy on the US & sabotage it. How will we know whose interests she represents? [_link]

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) January 29, 2021

We are appalled by recent spurious accusations against our staff. We welcome oversight and scrutiny, but there is no justification for false and ad hominem attacks based on ethnic, racial, or religious identity. 1/2

— Emily Horne (@emilyhorne46) January 28, 2021

AIPAC and Lobby US Congress ... eg

How the Iran Nuclear Deal Weakened AIPAC, Washington's Most Powerful Interest Group | Newsweek - Sept. 1, 2015 |

Timeline of Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran | Arms Control |

Personally I have no problem with her assignment at NSC. She seems a skilled manager on both Russian cyberattacks and ally Israel. NSC is quite heavy on the Middle East. She must already have the highest security screening and clearance. Most likely a loss for the NSA, already a men's bulwark.

No matter how one interprets B'Tselem's findings, the report is earth shattering. @RamzyBaroud [_link]

— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) January 30, 2021

Based on initial statements from the Biden Administration it appears the president has told his State Department he is not spending any political capital to fight the Israel lobby. @PhilWeiss [_link]

— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) January 30, 2021

Will this avoidance of tough problems stretch out to the JCPOA nuclear deal with allies and Iran?

Biden presidency 'may herald new start for Saudi-Iranian relations' [_link]

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 31, 2021

Riyadh is convinced that Iran is trying to encircle the kingdom with its allied proxy supporters while Tehran views Saudi Arabia as in alliance with the US to undermine the Islamic Republic.

"Riyadh charges Iran with interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states like Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Iraq; Tehran sees Saudi Arabia doing the same in these very countries."

They urge both sides to agree - perhaps with the help of the UN - a set of principles around non-interference, the inviolability of national boundaries, rejection of violence, respecting the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations, respect for religious minorities and abandonment of the use of proxy forces to advance national interests. The principles also support the free flow of oil and navigation, and rejection of the procurement of weapons of mass destruction.

From diaries ...

Perhaps You Have Noticed ... A turning Point In Syria | May 2013 |

The Obama administration policy of regime change was a fool's campaign causing mass human suffering. Played into the hands of rightwing Islamophobic parties in Europe. The advent of a secessionist president like Trump.

Why did Ayatollah Komeini choose exile in Paris? | RFI - Feb. 1, 2019 |

Although there was a popular distaste for the Shah's rule, democratic forces were active in Iran when he went into exile. And Khomeini's Revolutionary Council promised the establishment of a transitional government ahead of parliamentary elections.

When asked if France believed democratic groups would be integrated into the the revoultionary movement, Nicoullaud points out the base of the Ayatollah's support.
"Of course the poorest people were under the influence of the clergy. This is how the clergy came up. And in fact, as in every revolution - we had it in France with the Jacobins and the Girondins, the moderates and the extremists. We had it in Russia with the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks.

"There is a short moment of unanimity at the beginning of the revolution, when everyone agrees to get rid of the tyrant. After that, all the groups enter into coflict, one with the other. And in the case of Iran, the religious won."

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the funeral of a top rabbi in Jerusalem, defying Israel's coronavirus lockdown. pic.twitter.com/dowIJlw0Hf

— DW News (@dwnews) February 1, 2021

Le Chambon: It Takes a Village...to Save Jews [_link] pic.twitter.com/Ho5hCYHHVo

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) February 1, 2021

Israel launched the Brothers in Arms campaign yesterday inviting the international diplomatic community to get vaccinated whilst 5 million Palestinians who are under Israeli military occupation are still being denied access... How many will refuse it on the grounds of integrity?

— Dr. Yara Hawari د. يارا هواري (@yarahawari) February 2, 2021

God's might of deciding who lives and who dies ... the SARS CoV-2 pandemic.

Three Decades After his Death, Kahane's Message of Hate is More Popular Than Ever [_link]

— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) February 3, 2021

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to demand his resignation. [_link]

— ABC News (@ABC) February 7, 2021

LBC Radio Host Maajid Nawaz Bankrolled by US Republican Dark Money

LBC radio host Maajid Nawaz, chairman of the counter-extremism think tank, the Quilliam Foundation, is increasingly steeping himself in pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theories circulated by far-right and white nationalist groups - including supporters of the baseless QAnon.

But, while many have expressed surprise at how a former counter-extremism advisor to David Cameron could end up falling for the increasingly deranged ramblings of the alt-right, Nawaz's embrace of its ethos was entirely predictable given that, for most of the past decade, the Quilliam Foundation has been supported by pro-Trump Republican donors through whom it has received some $3 million of 'dark money'.

From the diaries ...

Bilad al-Sham: Jihad's Newest Hot Spot

Maajid Nawaz Called "Anti-Muslim Extremist" and He's Suing!

Zarif recounts Biden's choices: Go down Trump's failed path or return to compliance with Iran deal[_link]

— Press TV (@PressTV) February 9, 2021

@POTUS Joe Biden, you have called world leaders from#Canada#Mexico#UK#India#France#Germany#Japan#Australia#SouthKorea#Russia
Might it now be time to call the leader of #Israel, the closest ally of the #US?
The PM's number is: 972-2-6705555 pic.twitter.com/OYgPvVga6F

— Ambassador Danny Danon | דני דנון (@dannydanon) February 10, 2021

Call me maybe? Disquiet in Israel that Biden has yet to phone Netanyahu

It has been three weeks since Joe Biden's inauguration and Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to receive a call from the White House. The Israeli prime minister has let it be known he is not happy but he is waiting by the phone.

Danny Danon, Likud boy wonder:
Israel Crosses 'Red-Line' with Criticism of Obama and Kerry | July 28, 2014 |

JCPOA Withdrawal:
Trump Does Have Friends Across Middle East | May 9, 2018 |

Murder of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian nuclear  scientist an hero of a nation

This is what solidarity looks like.

WATCH: This weekend, @peacenowisrael led 700 Israelis and Palestinians in a march to Balfour protesting the evictions of Palestinian families in Silwan. pic.twitter.com/rW4em5bwaS

— J Street (@jstreetdotorg) February 8, 2021

Beitar Jerusalem confirm controversial investment from UAE Sheikh

In a statement, Israeli technology entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg, the club's current owner who assumed control in 2018, said: "Together, we all march the club to new days of coexistence, achievements and brotherhood for the sake of our club, community and Israeli sports."

Sheikh Hamad added: "I am thrilled to be a partner in such a glorious club that I have heard so much of and in such a great city, the capital of Israel and one of the holiest cities in the world."

Moshe Hogeg, Blockchain entrepreneur ...

It's an honor to get the support of the President of Israel for what HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and me are doing together.
YALLA BEITAR. [_link]

— Moshe Hogeg (@moshehogeg) December 27, 2020

THE END ... 🤣

Beitar Jerusalem FC withdraws sale to UAE Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa | JPost |