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Guest: David Rubin from Jerusalem via phone or Skype The frustrating left-right deadlock in Israel is about to be broken, as Benny Gantz leader of the left-of-center Blue and White party has signaled his intention to form a unity government with right-of-center Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his more ideological right-wing partners. The bedlam was prompted when Gantz’s intentions became known, prompting a bitter rebellion of the left-wing of his party. Here to explain is … Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory in Israel’s unprecedented third election in less than a year.  Imagine having three U.S. Presidential elections in a single year, deadlocking with electoral candidates each time. That’s what Israeli citizens have gone through and to say they have election fatigue is an understatement. However, there is a slight hitch that might lead to yet another election or elections. While Netanyahu has the clear majority, he still needs … Read more

Today, March 2, 2020, are the Israeli elections, and their unprecedented 3rd such elections in less than one year. This would be like having three U.S. Presidential elections in a single year, deadlocking with electoral candidates each time. Joining us to provide light on this unusual election cycle is David Rubin, former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, the first capitol of ancient Israel. Q&A:  The first Israeli elections in April 2019 resulted in a virtual tie … Read more

Conservative Benjamin Netanyahu vs. Liberal Benny Gantz Israel’s historic 3rd election in less than one year will be decided on Monday, March 2, 2020. The results of their last election on September 17, 2019 were a statistical tie, forcing this one set for Monday, just one day before the U.S. ‘Super Tuesday’ elections.  The last two highest vote-getters, Conservative Benjamin Netanyahu, and Liberal Benny Gantz, could conceivably tie again since their constituencies are highly polarized … Read more

Will Bibi and Benny Deadlock Again??? The results of the September 17, 2019 elections in Israel were a statistical tie, forcing a historic third election in less than one year. Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz may very well tie again, as conservatives for Bibi and liberals for Benny are resolute in their positions.  A lot is at stake in this election as Trump and Netanyahu are in agreement for Israel to annex a significant amount … Read more

With Israel’s March 2, 2020 election less than three weeks away, the political survival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump’s Deal of the Century seem to be linked together as the central issues in the campaign. Despite an indictment for possible corruption hanging over his head, and despite the fact that he is slightly behind in the polls, Netanyahu is waging a fierce campaign against left-of-center opponent Benny Gantz. Trump’s peace proposal, which … Read more

After boldly announcing his groundbreaking peace proposal at a White House press conference together with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at which he spoke of a division of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the so-called West Bank), President Trump is now confronted with a firm, and increasingly hostile rejectionist bloc that includes the Palestinian Authority (PA), with all of its terrorist components, including Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. In addition, the support in the rest … Read more

President Trump’s Deal of the Century has officially green-lighted Israeli annexation of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (about a third of the so-called West Bank), while also giving a clear path to conditional statehood for the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a majority of those territories.  Despite the generous offer of independence and $50 billion in funding, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has rejected it, declaring, “We say 1,000 ‘No’s to this deal,” and coining it … Read more

Settlements to Receive Israeli Sovereignty Palestinian Earthquake Expected With both President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under partisan internal attack from the Left, Netanyahu is heading to Washington for Monday meetings with President Trump and his team about the US peace plan, which reportedly approves Israeli annexation of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).  The plan itself is already causing a Palestinian earthquake. After threats from Palestinian Authority and Hamas officials, … Read more

Adam Schiff would say, “Rigging the American Elections!” Intro: World leaders have just returned from a Holocaust commemoration in Jerusalem, 75 years after the Auschwitz liberation.  Nancy Pelosi was good enough to take time off from watching the Senate impeachment trial she set in motion. French President Emmanuel Macron and Mike Pence shot the breeze. But the big question was: “What did Putin and Netanyahu talk about?” Our guest David Rubin, former mayor in Israel, … Read more

Israeli military intelligence has revealed its assessment that Iran will have sufficient enriched uranium to produce one nuclear bomb by the end of the year. Furthermore, it has been determined that Iran will have the missile capability to deliver such a bomb within two years. Meanwhile in the Democrats’ latest debate, candidate Bernie Sanders warned that President Trump “is lying and dragging the United States to war” with the Islamic Republic. What do these latest … Read more

Iranian threats are flying after Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s Quds Force, was killed in a daring American airstrike at Baghdad International Airport. As pointed out by the US State Department, Soleimani was responsible for the death of hundreds, and wounding of thousands of Americans, as well as planning future attacks. Just who was Qassem Soleimani? The Washington Examiner described him as the man who waged “an explosive campaign that killed hundreds of … Read more

Israel launched multiple air strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza after rocket attacks from Islamic Jihad forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a bomb shelter during a campaign speech in the city of Ashkelon. After returning to the stage on this, the eve of his Likud party’s primary election, Netanyahu threatened to assassinate Khalil Batanai, the new leader of Islamic Jihad. The previous leader of Islamic Jihad was assassinated by Israel … Read more

After the attack by Muslim mobs on the American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, President Trump accused Iran of masterminding the attack, in which fires were set and serious damage was done to security equipment surrounding the embassy building. The Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack. What kind of Trump response can we expect after this latest provocation from the self-defined Islamic Republic? Speaking to us from Jerusalem is Middle East expert … Read more

A machete-wielding man attacked a Hanukkah party in a rabbi’s home in suburban New York City Saturday night, sending five Hasidic Jews to the hospital to be treated for stab wounds, according to CBS channel 2 reporter Tony Aiello. New York Governor Cuomo has directed his Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the attack that left two in critical condition. This is no isolated incident. Anti-Semitism has been increasingly rearing its ugly head in a … Read more

In a controversial move sure to stoke the flames of tension in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has given his approval for a new Jewish neighborhood in the old Arab marketplace in Hebron. The restoring of the marketplace to Israeli control has Palestinian authorities enraged, with senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat complaining that the new project is a result of “the U.S. decision to legitimize colonization”, referring to the … Read more

In Washington and Jerusalem, the contrast and comparison is unavoidable. We see the convergence of the two investigations of Trump and Netanyahu, with guilty verdicts boldly predicted in advance by elite politicians of the left. We also hear the self-righteous condemnations of the alleged corruption, loudly proclaimed by the left-dominated media on both sides of the ocean. Is the similarity merely coincidental, or is it a case of two simultaneous witch hunts? Suggested Q&A: Are … Read more

Now that it’s official, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be tried for corruption charges including bribery, what is next for an Israel that has a gridlocked political system and may soon be facing the third round of elections in less than a year? Can Netanyahu continue to lead while under indictment, and if not him, then whom? Here to answer these and other questions, is David Rubin, former Mayor of Shiloh (in … Read more

The results of the September 17, 2019 elections in Israel were a statistical tie, throwing the decision of who would be the new Prime Minister to Israel President Reuven Rivlin who gave first dibs to Benjamin Netanyahu. Try as he may, try as he might, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed. Next President Rivlin handed the mantle to Benny Gantz who also failed to form a government by the November 20 deadline. Now Israel faces the … Read more

Intro:  As reported by the BBC, Israel says it has hit dozens of targets in Syria belonging to the government and allied Iranian forces. The Israeli military says the “wide-scale strikes” responded to rockets fired by an Iranian unit into Israel. Syria says two civilians died and that Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles over Damascus. Other reports say the death toll was higher. Local reports said loud explosions were heard in … Read more