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Netanyahu 'Close to Calling Elections', Say Associates
Nov 29th, 2014
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is close to making a decision regarding elections, his associates said Saturday night.

According to the associates, Netanyahu is closer than ever to deciding on early elections, despite the fact that the vote on the controversial Jewish State Law has been postponed for a second time.

They further said that Netanyahu’s decision on early elections is not dependent on a vote on the Jewish State Law and that he planned to reach an agreement on the law with his coalition partners in any case.

Netanyahu feels that the under the current coalition it is hard to run a country and so it is necessary to make decisions, the associates noted.

The comments on Saturday night are in line with ones Netanyahu recently made in closed conversations and which were revealed by Channel 2 News on Friday.

“One cannot govern under the present situation,” Netanyahu reportedly told his aides, accusing Finance Minister Yair Lapid of trying to carry out a putsch with the hareidi parties and establish an alternative government in the current Knesset, together with the hareidim and with the Labor party.

"The way the government is functioning now, we cannot continue," added Netanyahu in these closed conversations.

On Wednesday it was reported that Netanyahu, sensing that the coalition was headed towards a wall over the Jewish State Law, had offered hareidi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) a deal, according to which they will recommend that he form the next government, and he in turn will announce early elections.

However, a top hareidi political source told Arutz Sheva on Thursday that there is no “deal” brewing right now between Netanyahu and hareidi parties.

Another report on Thursday said that Netanyahu is considering calling early elections by passing a law dissolving the current Knesset. Netanyahu is reportedly waiting to hear from the hareidim whether they would cooperate with him and recommend him to form the next government, and their response will dictate what he does next.

Let the Headlines Speak
Nov 29th, 2014
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California jails see surge in drug smuggling
Drug smuggling is up at many California county jails and one reason, sheriff's officials say, is that some parolees are getting arrested just so they can try to sneak narcotics behind bars.  

Venezuela prison overdose: 35 inmates confirmed dead
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UN panel criticises US record on torture
Police brutality, military interrogations and prisons were among the top concerns of a UN panel's report Friday that found the United States to be falling short of full compliance with an international anti-torture treaty. The report by the UN Committee Against Torture...expressed concerns about allegations of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials...  

Russian Navy successfully tests new missile
The Russian Navy on Friday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile for a second time in as many months, proving its reliability following a troublesome development. The Defense Ministry said the Alexander Nevsky nuclear submarine test-fired a Bulava missile from an underwater position in the Barents Sea. The missile's warheads reached designated targets at a testing range in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.  

Nigeria unrest: President Jonathan condemns mosque attack
The president of Nigeria has vowed "to leave no stone unturned" in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that killed at least 81 people. Goodluck Jonathan urged the nation "to confront the common enemy" after the gun and bomb attack during Friday's prayers in the northern city of Kano. Hundreds of people were injured in an attack which officials say bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram militant group.  

Slavery levels in UK 'higher than thought'
There could be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of slavery in the UK, higher than previous figures, analysis for the Home Office suggests. Modern slavery victims are said to include women forced into prostitution, "imprisoned" domestic staff and workers in fields, factories and fishing boats. The figure for 2013 is the first time the government has made an official estimate of the scale of the problem.  

Abbas: PA to halt security coordination with Israel if peace talks aren't revived
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday threatened to halt security coordination with Israel unless the peace talks are revived. “We are no longer able to live with the status quo,” Abbas said in a speech before an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo.  

Moderate quake rattles Anchorage area
The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.8 temblor struck at 7:14 p.m. Friday and was centered about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage and about 60 miles beneath the earth's surface.  

Revealed: Vladimir Putin Plotting To Invade Europe – Report
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a concrete plan of invading Europe, taking it under his total rule. The covert plot was exposed by Germany's well-known newspaper, the BILD, citing credible sources from the intelligence community.  

Jordanians Protest Against 'Dangerous' Jewish State Law
Hundreds of Jordanians joined a rally organized by the Muslim Brotherhood to denounce Israeli plans to enshrine in law the country's status as the national Jewish homeland. An estimated 1,500 protesters set off from the Husseini mosque in downtown Amman holding up signs saying "Al-Aqsa is in danger", according to AFP.  

Netanyahu: We Can't Continue Governing Like This
“One cannot govern under the present situation”, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his associates in recent days, according to a report Friday on Channel 2 News. Netanyahu, according to the report, has been holding talks with his aides in light of the ongoing tensions in the coalition. These conversations have highlighted Netanyahu’s frustration over the situation and particularly his mistrust of Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who heads the Yesh Atid party.  

Nearly 40 per cent of Germans endorse Russia's annexation of Crimea
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Pope supports strikes against Isil terrorists
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Nigeria unrest: President Jonathan condemns deadly mosque attack
Nigeria's president has pledged "to leave no stone unturned" in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that killed dozens of people. Goodluck Jonathan urged the nation "to confront the common enemy" after the gun and bomb attack during Friday's prayers in the northern city of Kano.  

Push for Palestinian statehood grows in Europe as France begins debate
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Cape Verde volcano threatens to destroy villages, as government meets with U.N. officials
Molten rock from a thundering volcano threatens to engulf several villages in Cape Verde – days after its initial eruption. The active volcano, Pico do Fogo, is the archipelago’s highest peak on its most prominent island: Fogo, which means fire. It burst open on November 23 for the first time since 1995 and has continued to erupt – prompting government officials to call for an emergency meeting with U.N. representatives and aid agencies, according to local reports.  

Jordanians Protest Against 'Dangerous' Jewish State Law
Nov 29th, 2014
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Islamist protesters shout anti-Israel slogans during demonstration in Amman

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Hundreds of Jordanians on Friday joined a rally organized by the Muslim Brotherhood to denounce Israeli plans to enshrine in law the country's status as the national Jewish homeland.

An estimated 1,500 protesters set off from the Husseini mosque in downtown Amman holding up signs saying "Al-Aqsa is in danger", according to AFP.

"There is a greater danger today, and that is the Jewish state draft law," Hamzeh Mansur, the former head of the Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front party, told the protesters.

"Where is Jordan's custodianship over Jerusalem and where is the promised Palestinian state?" he asked.

The protest comes amid tensions between Israel and Jordan in recent weeks, mostly around the Temple Mount, over which the Jordanian Waqf has control which it uses to restrict Jewish prayer and build illegal structures on the compound.

Jordan recently withdrew its ambassador from Israel, after violent Arab riots on the Temple Mount which it blamed on the Jewish state. There have also been calls by the Islamist dominated parliament to cancel the treaty with Israel in response to the tension on the Temple Mount. Jordan’s Prime Minister has rejected those calls.

Jordan has accused Israel of planning to change the status quo at the Temple Mount so it is not discriminatory against Jews. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, however, recently declared his intention to maintain the status quo at the site, emphasizing that Jews would continue to be allowed to visit, but a ban on praying would remain.

The Jewish State law, which was the subject of Friday’s protest, seeks to enshrine in law Israel’s being a Jewish state.

A Knesset vote on the bill has been postponed due to vehement opposition to it among coalition members, mostly by Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who has been a vocal opponent of the proposed law.

The law has also been condemned by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which said this week that it “is a racist political decision that is built to negate the Palestinian rights and to control the land, and it contradicts international law...and the law institutionalizes racism and discrimination in all fields of life, by implementing (Prime Minister Binyamin) Netanyahu's plan to turn Israel into a country based on racism by law."

Emerging Church Change Agents
Nov 29th, 2014
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Emerging church leaders like Brian McLaren are very effective change agents. His popular breakout book A New Kind of Christian presents theological liberalism in the guise of a wiser, kinder, gentler type of Christianity called "Postmodern." The book recounts a pastor's journey from a position of holding the Bible as the absolute standard for truth, a position in which doctrine is either right or wrong, to a pliable stance in which "faith is more about a way of life than a system of belief, where being authentically good is more important than being doctrinally right" (from the back cover of A New Kind of Christian). Chameleons like McLaren can talk like Bible believers when it suits their purpose (as he did in an interview with me in at the 2009 National Pastor's Conference in San Diego). But he has publicly rejected (by re-definition) such fundamentals of the faith as the inerrancy of Scripture, the necessity of the new birth, the substitutionary blood atonement, the literal return of Christ, and eternal judgment. In other words, he has rejected the New Testament Christian faith and has become its enemy. He is a dangerous man, but he is clever and patient, and he is by no means alone in his war against biblical Christianity. He is joined by thousands of "new thinkers" who are leavening individuals, homes, churches, and schools with heresy. McLaren has indicated that he is targeting the children and grandchildren of today's fundamentalists. 

Arab League Refuses to Recognize Israel As Jewish State
Nov 29th, 2014
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Arab League

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The Arab League on Saturday backed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's plan to seek UN endorsement for a timetable for declaring an independent state, and rejected recognizing Israel as a Jewish nation, AFP reports Saturday.

But the extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers, which Abbas attended, did not announce when they would approach the United Nations Security Council.

A statement said the ministers agreed a plan which includes submitting an "Arab proposal to the United Nations Security Council to end the (Israeli) occupation," of Palestinian land.

It also backed Palestinian plans to seek membership in UN agencies and international courts.

The Arab foreign ministers also announced Saturday their "categorical rejection of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state," the statement said.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has demanded that Abbas, whose Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) recognized Israel in a 1993 accord, affirm the country as a "Jewish state."

The debate over Israel's national identity rose again to relevance this month in light of the proposed Jewish State law, which seeks to enshrine in law Israel’s being a Jewish state.

A Knesset vote on the bill has been postponed due to vehement opposition to it among coalition members, mostly by Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who has been a vocal opponent of the proposed law.

The law has also been condemned by the PLO outright, which said this week that it “is a racist political decision that is built to negate the Palestinian rights and to control the land, and it contradicts international law...and the law institutionalizes racism and discrimination in all fields of life, by implementing (Prime Minister Binyamin) Netanyahu's plan to turn Israel into a country based on racism by law."

'Jewish State Law' Vote Postponed - Again
Nov 29th, 2014
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Binyamin Netanyahu

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A Knesset plenum vote on the 'Jewish State Law' has been postponed yet again, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's advisor Nir Hefetz stated Saturday night - five days after the vote was postponed for a week due to controversy over the text of the proposal. 

Last week, a vote on the controversial set of laws was postponed from Wednesday, November 26 to December 3, on the request of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and several other MKs to find a compromise text to the set of bills after the laws sparked a coalition crisis. 

But the vote has been pushed off yet again, Hefetz stated to Channel 10 - this time, as Netanyahu readies his own version of the law, which will now be the only version presented at the plenary hearing. 

Two versions, two visions

The 'Jewish State Law' is comprised of two bills by three MKs: Ze'ev Elkin (Likud), Yariv Levin (Likud), and Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home). Both bills, which are similar in their principles, effectively raise the Jewish influence on the legal system, elevating it over the "democratic" elements of Israel's identity as a "democratic and Jewish state."

The proposal, in practice, would see Hebrew defined as the only official language and Arabic relegated to a language with "special status"; concretize the Jewish star and holidays as national symbols and holidays; and define Israel as a state which "endeavors to settle Jews within its borders" - leaving out Israeli Arabs, detractors claim. 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's amendments to the law would reduce its efficacy to make the Jewish elements of the law equal to - but not higher than - the "democratic" character of Israel, and emphasizes that "the State will allow anyone in Israel, regardless of religion, race, or nationality, to preserve their culture, heritage, and identity."

It also leaves out the definition of Hebrew as the official language and the clause on Jews settling within its borders. 

Jewish State Law: Round 2

Netanyahu will draft the final version of his compromise to the original Jewish State Law on Sunday, Hefetz said, and present it to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation next Sunday (December 7). 

The new version essentially begins the process again entirely; if this version does not pass a Ministerial Committee for Legislation vote, it will not be cleared for its first reading in the Knesset, and will be stricken from the agenda. Three readings are needed for a bill to be ratified into law. 

Meanwhile, readings on the original text of the law have been postponed until Netanyahu's version has been presented, Channel 10 reports - a decision which some believe is a deliberate move to avoid the coalition dissolving and the possibility of early elections.