Puppet Masters
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Michael Ben-Ari (center) and members of the Jewish Power Party.
Michael Ben-Ari (center) and members of the Jewish Power Party.
The merger of the rabbi Kahane disciples of Jewish Power with the Jewish Home party was a move orchestrated by Netanyahu, which drew widespread critique, as the Jewish Power is an extension of the Kahanist Kach party, which was banned from the Knesset in 1988 on grounds of racism. Netanyahu thus offered it political legitimacy, also in order to secure a future coalition and not lose votes under the 3.25% threshold.
The permitting of the Balad-UAL to run actually follows a familiar pattern - where these parties are banned by the Knesset Elections Committee on the basis of their advocacy for a state of all its citizens, and the ban is rescinded by the High Court. The Elections Committee bars them for violating the "Jewish and Democratic" clause of the Knesset party law, and then the High Court reverses it, citing a more liberal interpretation of the law (I will elaborate on this further down).
Nonetheless, the decision to bar an individual, rather than a whole party, sets a new precedent in Israeli election history.
The Iranian president said that he had ordered the ministries of foreign affairs and justice to "file a legal case in Iranian courts against those in America who designed and imposed sanctions on Iran."
Describing the unilaterally imposed sanctions as a "crime against humanity," Rouhani said that if Iranian courts believe there is a strong case against Washington, Tehran would then pursue the legal challenge in international courts of justice. He said that the United States is seeking to "come back to Iran and rule the nation again."
The EU's 'Reichstaat' in Germany is in major disarray: A long cultural and political war is underway
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Yes - but the profound structural nature to the crisis, and the concomitant perceived threat to German and to ruling euro-élite interests suggests that any solution will be as bitterly fought-over, as has been Brexit in the UK. It is a foretaste - and warning of the breakdown of national cohesion that is to come.
After years of austerity and stagnation amongst some EU states, it is clear that both the structure - and the culture of the Union - insisted on by a post-war Germany, is facing a growing insurrection, a demand for change - both from member-states, and now, significantly, even from within Germany itself.
The globalists - notably the EU institutions and the various migrant NGOs, many supported by George Soros' Open Societies Foundation - had adopted a criminal policy whereby the goal of their operations was not to reduce illegal immigration but to "solve" the problem by "rescuing" migrants at sea, even if they barely left the coast of North Africa, and breaking down Europe's external and national borders.
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EU data-map of its 'rescue operations'. Notice how they edged closer and closer to Libya with each passing year of the 'migrant crisis', until, in a couple of instances, migrants were literally being picked up at a Libyan port
EU data-map of its 'rescue operations'. Notice how they edged closer and closer to Libya with each passing year of the 'migrant crisis', until, in a couple of instances, migrants were literally being picked up at a Libyan port
"Dr. Raeford Brown, a pediatric anesthesia specialist at the UK Kentucky Children's Hospital and chair of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Committee on Analgesics and Anesthetics, has been openly critical of big pharma and the lack of proper oversight from the FDA.
Despite many politicians, particularly declared presidential candidates, beginning to speak out against big pharma, Brown does not think that anything will come out of it 'because Congress is owned by pharma.'
'The pharmaceutical industry pours millions of dollars into the legislative branch every single year,' he told Yahoo Finance. 'In 2016, they put $100 million into the elections. That's a ton of money.'"1
Comment: Who spends the most dollars lobbying Washington, DC?
Oil? Financials? Aerospace? When someone asks who the biggest sources of lobby dollars for DC's politicians-for-purchase are, these are the three usual suspects that come to mind. Some may, therefore, be surprised to learn according to the database kept by OpenSecrets between Pharmaceutical and health product industry, hospital and nursing homes, health professionals and health services, HMOs, or more broadly Pharma/Healthcare/HMO, the total lobby dollars spent between 1998 and 2012 was a staggering $5.3 billion, or nearly three times greater than the second most generous industry: insurance, and well above Oil and Gas at $1.4 billion, and Securities and Investment at $1.0 billion. Is it becoming clearer why the US government has few qualms about unsustainable taxpayer funded healthcare spending, especially when there are so many current benefits accruing to the politicians who see so many billions in benefits from passing lobby-friendly laws now (by which we mean generous taxpayer funding, the bulk of which benefits the healthcare industry's bottom line)?
The Western establishment loves Russian money. Russian treasures, including state assets, were bought at basement-bucket prices through Yeltsin's loans-for-shares programme. It is claimed that opportunists such as Mikhail Kordokhovsky made money by rigging auctions of state assets, paying a fraction of the value, then passing the proceeds to offshore shell companies. Money made through individuals such as Kordokhovsky and other championed 'capitalists' of Russia, eventually made its way back into Europe and London. When Vladimir Putin first came to power in 1999, UK leaders Tony Blair and David Cameron rode the wave of opportunity that Russia was open to business, and yachting with oligarchs or taking large party donations were just perks of the time. All types of Russian money seemed welcome.
Comment: The Western establishment is lashing out with sanctions and smear campaigns in an attempt to stomp out the emerging multi-polar world, of which Russia is a major player, but its hypocrisy and desperation is only hastening its demise:
- Must-Watch Russian Documentary, Banned in The West: 'The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes'
- Bill Browder strikes at Europe's financial system in latest attempt to harm Russia
- Bill Browder: Criminal, con-man, liar, Magnitsky Act agitator and the man who made Russiagate possible
- US & Canada use Ukraine's Kerch Strait stunt to impose fresh sanctions on Russia
- The Truth Perspective: Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act, and anti-Russia Sanctions: Interview with Alex Krainer
- Behind the Headlines: Trump Ditches Europe, Europe Bluffs, Russia and China Carry on With Eurasian Integration
Fraser Anning
Queensland Senator Fraser Anning released a media statement on Friday afternoon, hours after the terrorist attacks at two Christchurch mosques. In it, Anning claimed while he was "utterly opposed to any form of violence" and condemned the actions of the gunman, he said the atrocity highlighted the "growing fear over an increasing Muslim presence" in Australia and New Zealand.
"While this kind of violent vigilantism can never be justified, what it highlights is the growing fear within our community, both in Australia and New Zealand, of the increasing Muslim presence."
Comment: And his well-deserved response:
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US National Security Advisor, John Bolton
US National Security Advisor, John Bolton
Bolton expressed concerns over the growing nuclear potential of Beijing, telling AM 970 radio on Sunday that "if we're going to have another arms control negotiation, for example, with the Russians, it may make sense to include China that discussion as well."
"Washington is still planning to talk to China, Russia and North Korea arrogantly and on its own terms," Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian Federal Council, responded.
George Soros
George Soros was interviewed years ago on CBS's 60 Minutes where he admitted helping Nazi's during World War II steal from Jews during the war. Soros is Jewish. He was not apologetic.
Soros was also reportedly behind the airport protests in the US shortly after President Trump's inauguration. A week before that Soros was reportedly behind 50 Groups involved in the 'Women's March the day after the inauguration. Before that, Soros was connected to the groups demanding election recounts after the November 8th election and Soros money was funding more protests during these efforts.
Comment: For the background on why Israeli politics is so entho-centric, check out the following episodes of the Truth Perspective: