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mysharona1987 · 1 month

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#politics #benjamin netanyahu #free palestine #democrats #republicans #genocide #israel #woc #muslims #bibi netanyahu #yair lapid

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girlactionfigure · 4 months

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Only in Israel.

While taking shelter in a stairwell during a Hamas rocket attack on Tel Aviv, opposition leader Yair Lapid explains (via a translator) to the visiting president of the French Senate why Europe must stop sending money to the Palestinians.

#Israel #Hamas Rocket Attack #Tel Aviv #Yair Lapid #French Senate President

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squimpton · 4 months

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“The majority of the 12,000 dead Palestinians were terrorists. […] Good riddance."

- Yair Lapid, Member of the Israeli Knesset

(Yesh Atid) 22/10/2023

The majority are innocent civilians- women, babies, and children. More than 9,000 children were barbarically slaughtered by the IDF. Thousands of mothers, elderly, fathers, journalists and medical staff have been massacred. More than 7,000 people remain unaccounted for under the rubble.

Sources: https://news.sky.com/video/israel-hamas-war-we-are-fighting-for-our-lives-israels-opposition-leader-12990378

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vyorei · 1 month

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#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Yair Lapid #olaf scholz #Hamas #Germany

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dadsinsuits · 10 months

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 2 years

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday will express his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, senior Israeli officials said.

Why It Matters: It will be the first time Lapid as Prime Minister has publicly backed a two-state solution. The Israeli officials stressed Lapid will make clear that the establishment of a Palestinian state must have security arrangements for Israel.

• It will also be the first time since 2017 that an Israeli prime minister has publicly expressed support for a two-state solution.

• Flashback: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the two-state solution in a speech in May 2009. He repeated his support several times, including at the UN, but backtracked and didn't express clear support for a Palestinian state after former President Trump assumed office in 2017.

What They're Saying: The Israeli official said Lapid decided to make his position on the two-state solution clear before the Nov. 1 elections because he believes it is “part of the honesty that is needed from politicians … to say what they stand for and where the country needs to go."

• "Separation from the Palestinians needs to be part of Israel’s political vision," a senior Israeli official said.

Yes, But: The Israeli official said Lapid doesn’t have plans at the moment to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and he doesn’t see peace talks resuming in the near future.

• “If Lapid thought that meeting Abbas would be effective right now, he would have done it," the Israeli official said.

What To Watch: Abbas is expected to give a fiery speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday, expressing his frustration with the stagnant Israel-Palestine peace process.

• With Abbas' domestic position weakening, his UN speech is a rare opportunity to protest the current situation. It will likely include harsh criticism against Israel.

• Abbas had threatened to use his speech to call for a vote at the Security Council on giving Palestine full UN membership, but U.S. officials say he's unlikely to follow through after pressure from the Biden administration and countries including Jordan and Egypt.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and the EU foreign policy chief will convene a closed-door meeting Wednesday with representatives from 25 countries on ways to reinvigorate the Arab Peace Initiative.

• U.S. and Palestinian officials will attend. Israel was not invited.

• The 2002 initiative promised the full normalization of ties between Arab countries and Israel in return for the establishment of a Palestinian state. But the relevance of the initiative is now in question after four Arab countries normalized relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords prior to Palestinian statehood.

#world politics #world news #middle east #israel #israeli palestinian conflict #free palestine #palestine #two state solution #Axios #2022 #united nations #Yair Lapid #benjamin netanyahu #mahmoud abbas #un general assembly #Arab Peace Initiative #Abraham Accords

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kalopyrgos1 · 1 year

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eretzyisrael · 2 years

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By LAHAV HARKOV, ANNA AHRONHEIM

Published: OCTOBER 6, 2022 12:21

Updated: OCTOBER 6, 2022 21:45

Israel is preparing for a possible confrontation with Hezbollah after rejecting increased demands from Lebanon in maritime border talks on Thursday.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz instructed the defense establishment “to prepare for any scenario in which tensions increase in the northern arena – including defense and offense readiness,” his office said.

The instruction was issued following an assessment of the situation with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi and other senior military officers and defense officials.

Shortly afterwards, the Security Cabinet authorized Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Gantz and Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to take decisions if there were to be an escalation in the North. Gantz warned that Israel will defend its infrastructure regardless of the outcome of negotiations.

“If Hezbollah tries to harm [Israeli infrastructure or sovereignty], the military cost to Lebanon and Hezbollah will be very high,” he said at a memorial ceremony for the fallen of the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

PM Yair Lapid rejects Lebanese counter-proposal

Lapid rejected changes proposed by Lebanon to a maritime border agreement drafted by the US, a senior diplomatic source said on Thursday. The prime minister emphasized to US Energy Envoy Amos Hocstein that Israel would not make any more concessions.

Hochstein’s draft, presented to Israel and Lebanon last week, was meant to be close to the final version of an agreement settling the dispute over the countries’ economic waters. Lebanon submitted its comments on the draft on Tuesday.

Lapid assessed some of the demands to be new and significant, and instructed the negotiating team to reject them.

“Prime Minister Lapid made clear that he will not compromise on Israel’s security and economic interests even if it means there will not be an agreement soon,” the source said.

The source said that one of the Lebanese demands that Lapid rejected was that Total Energy, the French petroleum giant that holds the license to develop the Kana gas field, buy out the portion of the reservoir in Israeli waters, whereas the proposal that Israel agreed to accept stated that Total would pay royalties to Israel for the gas extracted from its waters.

Lebanon refuses to accept 'buoy line'

Exploration has not yet begun in Kana and the amount of gas in the reservoir is unknown so an immediate buyout could fall short of the actual value of the gas in Israeli waters.

Another element that Lapid rejected was Lebanon’s refusal to accept the “buoy line” as a border. The line in question is an obstacle extending 5 km. into the sea from Rosh Hanikra, along the border with Lebanon. The government has argued the line was vulnerable because Israel had established it unilaterally as a zone necessary for it to have freedom of action for its security, and the agreement with Lebanon would enshrine that line in international law.

The “buoy line” is what Lapid’s government has presented as the primary achievement of the negotiations over Israeli security. However, in the ensuing days, Lebanon asked to change the language describing the “buoy line” to avoid accepting it as an international border.

Even as Israel rejects those demands, it “will extract gas from the Karish rig at the moment that it will be possible,” the source stated.

The Security Cabinet, which discussed the latest developments in the talks with Lebanon concurred that progress at Karish should continue as planned.

Karish, an Israeli gas field, is adjacent to Kana, a reservoir that spans Lebanese and Israeli waters, as well as the area in dispute. Energean, which holds the Israeli license for Karish, set up a rig about 70 km off Haifa in June and has worked towards extracting gas, while Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah threatened to attack if Karish becomes operational.

“If Hezbollah or someone else tries to harm Karish or threaten us, the negotiations on the maritime line will stop immediately and [Hezbollah leader] Hassan Nasrallah will have to explain to the citizens of Lebanon why they don’t have a gas rig and an economic future,” the source added.

The White House said a deal is still possible, despite the disagreements.

“Special Presidential Coordinator Amos Hochstein continues his robust engagement to bring the maritime boundary discussions to a close. We remain in close communication with the Israelis and Lebanese,” a White House National Security Council spokesperson said. “We are at a critical stage in the negotiations and the gaps have narrowed. We remain committed to reaching a resolution and believe a lasting compromise is possible.”

Gantz spoke in favor of a deal earlier Thursday, saying that it harms Iran’s interests.

“We constantly remember the lesson of the Yom Kippur War,” Gantz said. “We must not sin by being arrogant, we must be ready for every scenario… In this context, our biggest immediate operative challenge is on our northern border. These days, the government is promoting an agreement to divide economic waters between us and Lebanon, which has economic and security impact, including harm to Iran and Lebanon’s interests in the region.”

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, however, continued to say that Lapid had surrendered to Nasrallah, and claimed credit for the prime minister’s rejection of the latest demands.

“Only the heavy pressure that my friends and I put on [Lapid] led him to back off from his surrender agreement, for now,” Netanyahu said. “Israel needs different leadership… We will not let Israel surrender to Nasrallah.”

The opposition leader also repeated his refrain that the agreement would not be legal until it is authorized by the Knesset, and therefore he will not be bound by it if he returns to the Prime Minister’s Office.

However, Israeli law only requires that international agreements be submitted to the Knesset for review, not approval, though historically, agreements involving territorial matters have been brought to the legislature for a vote.

At the Security Cabinet meeting, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked also called for the Knesset to vote on the agreement.

Hochstein’s draft would have had Israel concede the entire triangle of economic waters that had been in dispute with Lebanon between 2012-2021, up to what is known as line 23, but not the extended triangle that Lebanon demanded in early 2021, known as line 29. It would, however, allow Lebanon to develop the entire Kana Field that extends beyond line 23.

The deal would include international recognition of the “buoys line.”

In addition, Israel would receive royalties according to the percentage of the Kana reservoir that lies in its waters, in accordance with a separate deal being negotiated with a gas consortium led by French energy company Total, which has the Lebanese license to extract gas from the field. The deal would allow Total to start work in the gas field as soon as the deal is signed.

Beirut also said it would not accept tying its ability to develop Kana to the agreement with Israel, among other demands, according to Hezbollah news outlet Al-Akhbar.

Netanyahu made his remarks hours after his release from Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem. He went to the hospital the night before after feeling unwell at the end of the Yom Kippur fast; all his tests were found to be normal and he felt better in the morning, his spokesman said.

#Israel #Lebanon #Yair Lapid #gas #maritime security

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theinconvenientlifestyle · 2 years

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A Jewish group in Germany has filed criminal charges against Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and defense minister Benny Gantz over the bombardment they ordered in Gaza this summer.

The Israeli surprise attack from 5-8 August left some 50 Palestinians dead, including 17 children. At least 360 people were injured.

“This was a supposed preemptive strike that was carried out without a concrete threat,” Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East said on Sunday.

“In public, this excessive attack was largely portrayed as self-defense against Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who in fact only fired rockets in response to the Israeli bombardment,” the group added. “But even in the opposite case, there would be no justification for such a scale of civilian suffering and destruction.”

“Israel, thanks to international – including German – complicity, has the most modern weapons technology at its disposal and is of course capable of carrying out precise attacks,” Jewish Voice stated.

“When so many civilian casualties are accepted in order to eliminate a few combatants, the end result is deliberate massacres.”

#Germany #universal jurisdiction #war crimes #August 2022 attack on Gaza #Benny Gantz #Yair Lapid #israel #palestine

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plitnick · 1 year

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Israel's Hypocritical Objections to Abu Akleh Investigation

Israel’s Hypocritical Objections to Abu Akleh Investigation

In a surprise announcement, the U.S. Department of Justice said the FBI was launching an investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. What was not a surprise was Isarel’s reaction. Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz and outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid both blasted the American decision, as did Ted Cruz, who said, that “everyone involved in this…

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politicaldilfs · 2 years

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Your thoughts on Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid?

I’m woefully uninformed on Israeli politics, so I don’t have a strong opinion on what kind of job he’s doing. However, I do find him to be very handsome.