Israeli Government is Crushing Tourism

“Someone needs to say it: tour agents and guides should start changing profession.”~Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's Minister of Finance in Israel Today, Dec 13, 2021 Signaling their preference to perpetuate fear and control rather than revive a lifeless tourist industry and provide means of livelihood to guides, tour agents, bus drivers and others, the Israeli government …

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Benny Gantz Given the Mandate to Form a Government in Israel

Rivlin gives Gantz the mandate to form a government In a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu, the left-center Blue and White party leader, Benny Gantz, was given first crack at forming a government in Israel. Including the 15-member anti-Zionist, anti-Israel Joint List of Arab MKs, Gantz managed 61 recommendations. While that does not mean all 61 …

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Israeli Elections: Netanyahu Appears to have Defeated Gantz, but Still Short of Coalition

Official results are not yet in, but exit polls indicate a solid lead by Netanyahu's Likud party over Gantz's Blue and White party. (36-67 seats for Likud, 33 for Blue and White) The right block also leads the left by 59-60 to 54. Yisrael Beytenu seems to have garnered 7 seats, enough to push either …

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Anti-Israel Resolutions, “Operation Northern Shield,” and Political Drama in Israel

While hypocrisy continues to reign supreme at the United Nations, Israel is forced once again to take action to thwart Iranian-backed plans of attack, perhaps bolstering Netanyahu's position as Prime Minister. Lest you believe I've gone totally off the rails by lumping those current events into a hodgepodge of nonsense, stick with me.  I think …

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