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Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz on Tuesday made a pitch for the religious right-wing vote in a speech emphasizing the importance of respect for the institutions of state and ethical behavior, which the religious-Zionist community has traditionally lionized.In a speech laden with religious overtones, he spoke at the Jerusalem Conference of the Besheva newspaper about the Jewish value of respecting ones fellow man and taking care of the weaker sectors of society.But he cited the Talmudic principle of respecting the law of the land in an implicit criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has fiercely attacked the Israel Police and State Attorneys Office over criminal indictments against him.Gantz said he entered politics after his military career out of a sense of duty, which he said was a central component of the ethos of the religious-Zionist community.This is my mission, and in my eyes, this is the idea behind the national and state-respecting camp, which loves this country, which is moved by the return to Zion, which is willing to fight for the security of the country, to settle its land, to take care of the weak, protect its Jewish identity and respect the rules of the democratic game, he said.The national and state-respecting camp is about accepting upon ourselves: The law of the land is the law, Gantz said in reference to the Talmudic principle that Halacha requires people to respect the civil law of the country where they live.The idea is not to fight against the legal system and bring about anarchy not because there is nothing to fix in the system, for sure there is, but because the way to fix things does mean destroying it from the foundations, he said.Gantz reiterated his pledge to introduce term limits for prime ministers, either eight years or two terms in office.He deplored the situation in the Gaza Strip periphery, which bore the brunt of terrorist rocket fire on Monday. It was the result of hesitation and the absence of initiative, he said.Gantz promised to appoint Blue and White MK and former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi as defense minister to tackle the challenge from Gaza.In response, the Likud said Gantzs promise to appoint Ashkenazi was empty of meaning, saying he could not serve as defense minister due to the Harpaz Affair, in which Ashkenazi was suspected, although ultimately cleared, of seeking to influence the appointment of the next chief of staff.
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admin | February 26, 2020
Blue and White chairman MK Benny Gantz promised on Monday that he will appoint MK Gabi Ashkenazi as Defense Minister if he forms the next government. "There are security challenges facing us in all areas, including the health emergency in the face of the coronavirus, which I am not sure is being properly addressed
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admin | February 26, 2020
Three of the legendary Israeli singer Ofra Hazas 42 years remain the focus of almost every treatment of her after her death, and especially as this weeks 20th anniversary of her death approached. Her last three years from when she married Doron Ashkenazi in 1997 until her death in 2000, are repeatedly put under a microscope, scrutinized, mapped out and deciphered her relationship with her husband, her longing for a child, the breakup with her longtime manager Bezalel Aloni, her illness, the secrecy and ultimately her death. Her death did not just cause shock and deep sadness because of the sudden passing of a great, admired and relatively young singer, but also because of the total contradiction between the circumstances of her death and Hazas image, which was all pleasantness, innocence and clarity.
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admin | February 26, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed former IDF chief of staff, and current Blue and White member Gabi Ashkenazi on Tuesday, saying he offended the Druze community. The offensive content was allegedly recorded and never released to the public. Ashkenazi responded by saying that he will not stoop to the level of Netanyahu and that even if the Israeli leader is not ashamed of his own lies, Ashkenazi is ashamed for him
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admin | February 26, 2020
Its sobering to live in a world overdosing on Ahasueruses and Hamans but missing Esthers and Mordecais.Today, Israel and the United States are led by modern Ahasueruses.Drunk on power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu foolishly paralyzes an entire country for a year in his desperate refusal to retire. For years, many of us believed that whatever our disagreements with him, he woke up daily asking Whats best for Israel and the Jewish people
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admin | February 26, 2020
Despite the fact that Wednesdays Democratic debate in Las Vegas was the first debate to feature both Jewish presidential contenders, the word Jewish was not mentioned once. On top of that, neither Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders nor former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg took the opportunity to discuss their very different relationships to their American Jewish identities, and how it has affected their politics. But make no mistake: There was still a very Jewish moment in the debate, and it was a moment that shows just how much and how little Jewish politics has changed in the past decades.
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admin | February 26, 2020
Shas chairman Arye Dery said on Tuesday he will support Netanyahu in the upcoming elections, even if it comes at the cost of a fourth election. Bernie, Bibi and the brutal occupation: Listen to Gideon LevyHaaretz Weekly Ep. 64 "We are natural partners in keeping the Jewish character of the state,"Dery said in a Channel 12 interview.Asked whether he would also support Netanyahu at the cost of the country having to go to a fourth election, Dery replied "yes, unless we persuade Gantz to enter a broad coalition with a rotating premiership." Dery said he had already sought to build a similar arrangement in the previous election and that "if they had listened to me, Gantz would have been prime minister in just a few more weeks." Support for Netanyahu was in line with the wishes of the Shas electorate, Dery added.
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admin | February 26, 2020
ESCAPE Bio, Inc., a clinical stage company developing novel, precisely targeted therapeutics for genetically defined neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Julie Anne Smith, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Cowen 40th Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Presentation details Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020Time: 10:30 a.m
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admin | February 26, 2020
Benny Gantzs campaign to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu centers on a single word: mamlachtiyut. Coined by Israels founding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, it is the Hebrew term for civic virtue, for putting the good of the state above sectarian divisions and personal interests above everything. It is the central pillar of Gantzs Blue and White party, which otherwise offers only a vague platform.
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admin | February 26, 2020
Conventional wisdom has it that all the world loves a wedding; but even more than a wedding, all the world loves a scandal. For the past year or so, the Israeli media by and large have been drooling over the possibility that Blue and White leader Benny Gantz might become the next prime minister, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu, who has served even longer than founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion
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