New York reporters slamming Gov. Cuomo over his comments about sexual harassment and more round out today s top media headlines.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett fired back at a CNN International anchor who suggested Israel was using excessive force and firing indiscriminately against Hamas terrorists, asking her what she would want her country to do under extensive rocket fire.
CNN s Becky Anderson suggested to Bennett there was no way for Israel to obey international law when striking back at Hamas rocket attacks this week, which has targeted and killed Israeli civilians. How can any strikes on Gaza, which is such a densely populated area, be targeted at military sites only? she asked. It doesn t suggest that Israel is supporting international law … Perhaps will you admit that these airstrikes have been indiscriminate?
Outrage is mounting at New York Times coverage of the recent Israel-Gaza war, with prominent Israeli and American Jewish leaders.
The problem for Netanyahu is that too many of his former right-wing allies have defected, all but refusing to sit alongside the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history. It is a lengthy list of popular and talented politicians. Were they all to commit to supporting another Netanyahu term, the country could have a strong right-wing government.
The problem for Lapid and all of Israel is that he lacks the experience needed to lead a country fraught with security threats, diplomatic hazards and economic challenges. Similarly, his secular, left-wing ideology is at odds with the overwhelming majority of Israeli voters.
All eyes are now on Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett, who finds himself facing an acute dilemma.
Should he form a government with center and left-wing parties, he would, at the tender age of 49, become prime minister of Israel. But he would be a prime minister of compromise in a government that would not be right-wing. It would be a government “of change” that change being the expulsion of Netanyahu from the political scene.
It would also include Gideon Sa’ar’s Tikva Hadasha (“New Hope”) party, which, while right-wing like Bennett, has vowed never to sit under Netanyahu.
Yamina’s name reflects its ideology it literally means “rightward.” And yet it is now considering entering into a government of compromise. Herein lies the Bennett riddle: Will he give up his right-wing values and realize a one-time opportunity to become prime minister?
Israeli court rejects petition against settler project at Ibrahimi Mosque March 4, 2021 at 2:22 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
General view of Ibrahimi Mosque and surroundings in Hebron, West Bank on 1 September 2020. [Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency] March 4, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Israel s Supreme Court rejected a petition on Thursday filed by the Hebron Municipality against the installation of an elevator for Jewish settlers adjacent to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied city.
According to the
0404 news site the court has thus given the green light to the Israeli Civil Administration s Higher Planning Council to move forward with installing the elevator which will, it is claimed, serve settlers with disabilities.