“By 2030, you will own nothing and be happy about it.” – Klaus Schwab
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This week’s Communiqué Isranet is Le couple russo-iranien mènera-t-il à une alliance israélo-ukrainienne?
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SHABBAT READING
Esau the Ancestor of Rome: Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, The Torah.com, Nov. 7, 2018 — The Torah describes how Isaac and Rebekah’s twin sons, Jacob and Esau, battle each other in their mother’s womb:
וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ… כה:כג וַיֹּאמֶר יְ-הוָה לָהּ שְׁנֵי (גיים) [גוֹיִם] בְּבִטְנֵךְ וּשְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּלְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמָץ וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר. Gen 25:22 The children struggled in her womb… 25:23 and YHWH said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, two separate peoples shall issue from your body; one people shall be mightier than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.”
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2022 – JEW HATRED ESCALATES
The Top Ten Worst Antisemitic Incidents Of 2022 – SWC: Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 28, 2022 — The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) released its list of the top ten worst antisemitic incidents of 2022 on Thursday, in which the Jewish human rights organization described it as “a tremendous increase of Jew-hatred that infected mainstream culture, academics, and media across the world.”
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Israel’s Historic Right-Wing Government Is the Democratic Will of the Voters: Alex Traiman, JNS, Dec. 29, 2022
Will the New Gov’t Drastically Change the Religion-State Status Quo? – Analysis: Zvika Klein, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 29, 2022
Where the Netanyahu Government Differs from Its Predecessor: Caroline Glick, JNS, Dec. 29, 2022
For This Government, Security Threats Must Outweigh Politics: Amir Avivi, Times of Israel, Dec. 29, 2022
The Sport of Second-Guessing Israel: David M. Weinberg, Israel Hayom, Dec. 28, 2022 — The penchant to pronounce critical judgment on every Israeli counter-terror incident and foreign policy initiative, not to mention domestic policy, is becoming quite a blood sport in Washington and other capitals.
New Government Fails to Invite AG to First Cabinet Meeting, Amid Threats to Fire Her: Jeremy Sharon, Times of Israel, Dec. 29, 2022 — Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara was not invited to the first cabinet meeting of the new government, a situation described as “unusual” by a source within the Justice Ministry.
Ron Dermer to Be Strategic Affairs Minister In Netanyahu Gov’t: Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 29, 2022 — Ron Dermer, Israel’s former ambassador to the United States and a close political confidante of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will serve as Strategic Affairs Minister in the new government that was sworn in on Thursday at the Knesset.
Palestinians Vow to Confront ‘Fascist’ New Government: Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, Dec. 29, 2022 — The Palestinians are not afraid of the new Israeli right-wing government and are ready to confront it, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as Prime Minister-designate Netanyahu presented his cabinet ministers to the Knesset.
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