{"id":590,"date":"2019-10-10T11:54:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/?p=590"},"modified":"2020-01-23T23:17:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:17:02","slug":"israel-like-the-us-battles-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/israel-like-the-us-battles-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel, Like the US, Battles the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I, (Bella) am a member of the Likud party and attended many of the party&#8217;s functions, including speeches by Netanyahu. The following is my observation and analysis from the information I gathered from the inside and also the news. I prayed a lot before, during and after the election. I am writing this to you, dear friends of Israel and prayer partners, to seek the Lord&#8217;s guidance on how to pray for both Israel and the US at this critical time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In all the months before the election, the Israeli public was influenced significantly by the left-wing media feeding them Netanyahu\u2019s failures and shortcomings while completely ignoring his achievements. [Read more about\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/the-accomplishments-of-pm-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu\u2019s Achievements<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thanks to Netanyahu\u2019s leadership over the last ten years, Israel is now the 8th superpower in the world and a major High-Tech nation with many Israeli innovations used worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu has formed an unofficial alliance between Israel and most of the moderate Sunni Arab nations, led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in dealing with the growing Iranian and Jihadi threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Together with President Trump, Netanyahu has implemented strategic plans in the interest of both counties. Trump relied on our dependable Israeli leader with a strong army. In return, Netanyahu relied on strong backup from the American President. In strategic partnership with Israel, President Trump pulled out of the deal with Iran and began a series of tough sanctions while Netanyahu prevented Iran from gaining a foothold in Syria by bombing Iranian ammunition bases there with little or no interference or retaliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Trump and Netanyahu were a force to reckon with which the enemies of both countries recognize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Both Trump and Netanyahu have been waiting for an opportunity to strike Iran\u2019s nuclear installations (the Revolutionary Guards bases, missiles and ammunition targets) which would significantly weaken the Iranian threat and give Israel more deterrent power. The current strike on Saudi Arabia\u2019s oil installations could have been that opportunity, now halted by Israel\u2019s lack of government due to the election stalemate. There is a real danger that Israel could lose its position of power gained over the last few years as well as the collaboration of President Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the greatest achievements for an American president would be to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump greatly desires (in cooperation with Netanyahu) to be the one to succeed where all other US presidents have failed. This opportunity is now on hold. Before the elections, Netanyahu announced his intention to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley after the elections. Netanyahu hinted it was in cooperation with President Trump: &#8220;I will apply for sovereignty of the settlements and other areas with maximum cooperation with the United States.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No US administration has ever supported Israel\u2019s right to assert its sovereign rights in Judea and Samaria without Palestinian permission, Trump may be the first.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Then came the elections of September 17, 2019.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many in the US and other parts of the world don\u2019t understand the election system in Israel. Even a few days after the elections, while results were not complete, it was obvious that Netanyahu was not a clear winner, but neither was the other major candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B9Qup7JgNLU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, proclaimed to tens of thousands of Iranians at the end of Election Day:\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis is a great day for Iran. Finally, after many years, we have achieved our goal \u2013 the left has come to power in Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The crowd cheered,<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cDeath to Israel, death to the Zionists.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Ayatollah continued:\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFinally, a weak government that will allow us to rule in Tel Aviv, in Haifa and in all of the Middle East.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The crowds cheered again,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cDeath to Israel, death to the Zionist.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The radical Islamic nation regularly threatens the State of Israel with annihilation. It invests billions in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza toward that end. Removing the hawkish Netanyahu would be a great gift to Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The battle is really between the left and right world views. The left will do everything in its power to take over control of Israel and the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Israel, Netanyahu\u2019s big rivals are Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, the head of the Kahol Lavan party. They appealed to the center-leftist Israelis who are mainly secular. To fight the right-wing bloc, they targeted its leader, Benyamin Netanyahu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu, even though not religious, believes in the Word of God in the Old Testament and the right of the Jews to the land of their forefathers. He announced never to divide Jerusalem again. He opposes the elite progressive left, which has never accepted the majority vote for Netanyahu and the right bloc during the last 10 years. They have targeted Netanyahu as being the danger to their progressive, liberal future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These leftists in politics, media, and economic powers have been able to put doubts in the mind of the public about Netanyahu\u2019s integrity by accusations and innuendos through the media, and by leaking lies and half-truths from police interrogations. They influence leftists in the prosecution and judicial systems who desire to destroy Netanyahu and prevent him from ever being elected again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That influence created immense waves of anti-Netanyahu sentiments. The anti-Netanyahu campaign proved to be quite effective and many of these accusations, that Netanyahu claims are &#8220;fake news&#8221; have stuck in the minds of voters who see Netanyahu as being corrupt even though not proven guilty. As far as the left is concerned, like Trump, Netanyahu is guilty until proven innocent. Even after Netanyahu is found not guilty, they will never admit his innocence, leaving doubts in people\u2019s minds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The media and Netanyahu\u2019s opponents have completely ignored all of Netanyahu\u2019s achievements over the last ten years and have embarked on an all-out war against him, with the slogan \u201cAnyone but Bibi\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finally the \u201cBig Guns\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After many months of interrogations, before the April elections, Attorney General Mandelblit announced in February that he intended to file criminal charges against Netanyahu in cases 4000, 1000 and 2000, pending the outcome of hearings. Netanyahu has denied all allegations and claims that he is the victim of a politically orchestrated \u201cwitch-hunt\u201d by the media and the left to oust him from office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">won<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the April elections but was unable to form a coalition because Liberman and his party, Israel Betyenu, pulled out of the coalition. [<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/the-elections-round-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Click here for details<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.] This led to the September election. In the months before the last election, the media and the opposition intensified the attack on Netanyahu via continual leakage and messages of the cases against him, portraying him in the minds of the public as being corrupt, even though the cases were pending hearings. They did not give him a chance to refute the allegations or present his side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu still has the mandate to form a coalition while the hearings were in progress last week, between the prosecution and Netanyahu\u2019s attorneys, permitting the defense to argue against the prospective charges and to convince the attorney-general to either scrap or reduce them. After listening to the arguments, the attorney-general will decide by the end of the year whether there is cause for indictment and whether Netanyahu should stand trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The most serious charge against Netanyahu is bribery, of which he has been accused in Case 4000. This charge involves allegations that Netanyahu, when he was the minister of communications, granted regulatory favors, and\/or financial benefits to Israel\u2019s leading telecommunications company, Bezeq Telecom Israel (BEZQ.TA), in return for positive coverage of himself and his wife Sara on a news website controlled by the company\u2019s former chairman. The charges in this case were reviewed last week. Netanyahu states the decisions he made regarding the Bezeq Corporation were supported by expert advisers and that they had nothing to do with his family\u2019s ties to the primary shareholder, Shaul Elovitch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CASE 1000 alleges that Netanyahu and his wife wrongfully received lavish gifts (including expensive champagne and cigars, jewelry, flights, and hotel rooms) from billionaire friends, mainly the prominent, Israeli-born, Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan, and Australian billionaire businessman James Packer. Netanyahu is accused of lobbying for retaining a returned citizen\u2019s benefits law, favorable to the wealthy that would provide tax relief for Milchan worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Case 2000, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust for allegedly conspiring with the publisher of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper (the largest newspaper in Israel, hostile to Netanyahu) Arnon \u201cNoni\u201d Mozes, to limit the circulation of Israel Hayom (the largest newspaper that is distributed free of charge) in exchange for favorable coverage in the Yedioth publication. The charges were scheduled to be reviewed on Sunday, October 6, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If Netanyahu is indicted it could take many months before his trial begins. Netanyahu could also seek a plea bargain rather than stand trial. In the case of bribery, he can get a sentence of up to 10 years in jail and\/or a fine. In the case of fraud and breach of trust, the sentence is up to three years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Israeli law, a Prime Minister must step down if ultimately convicted, but can stay in office throughout legal proceedings including appeals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu\u2019s supporters in the legislature have said they would support granting him parliamentary immunity from prosecution, hopefully, enough Knesset members will back such a move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWhat\u2019s going on here,\u201d noted retired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, \u201cis that vague, elastic, and open-ended laws are being stretched so as to target a particular individual, even though the \u2018crime\u2019 in question is something that is actually normal political conduct and not some nefarious plot.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Prime Minister Netanyahu called the corruption allegations a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d orchestrated by the media and left-wing to topple him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFor the past three years, they have been carrying out an unprecedented witch-hunt which has one aim: to topple the right-wing government which I lead.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu, insisting on his innocence, said his family has \u201cgone through hell\u201d as he questioned whether it was fair to consider \u201ctwo-and-a-half articles on the Internet\u201d of positive news coverage a benefit amounting to bribery. \u201cThere\u2019s no precedent in history which determines that positive coverage is a bribe,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWalla, (an Israeli internet company headquartered in Tel Aviv owned by Bezeq, accused in case 4000) remains an extreme-left website that is hostile to me!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cUnilateral publication of the attorney general\u2019s announcement just a month before the elections, without giving the Prime Minister an opportunity to refute these false accusations, is a blatant and unprecedented intervention in the elections,\u201d<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0said a right-wing party official ahead of Netanyahu\u2019s statement. He said,\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe cases were brought for the sole purpose of toppling the dominant right-wing government in favor of a left-wing government led by Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid\u2019s Blue and White party.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu claims that the apparent strains of evidence are \u201cfake news\u201d, hearsay and other purportedly specious proof on which the cases are based. \u201cIt is regrettable that the High Court of Justice did not prevent the left from blatantly interfering in the elections\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Netanyahu counts some 22 probes into their household conduct. One investigation was about whether Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, were overspending on ice cream! Another targeted Sara Netanyahu for supposedly enriching herself with the proceeds from returned bottle deposits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nothing came of these investigations but they created an image of the couple\u2019s overspending lifestyle, and that Netanyahu is being controlled by his wife, just as the \u201cwitch-hunt\u201d in Washington over President Trump\u2019s alleged \u201ccollusion\u201d with Russia has been used to batter the President.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-599 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Trump_Bibi-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Trump_Bibi-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yeshuatami.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Trump_Bibi.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Interestingly, both Netanyahu and President Trump are being targeted by the powers of the left to inhibit and deny their chances to lead their respective countries. President Trump\u2019s political enemies from the left have targeted him for impeachment, even criminal indictment. The same forces work day and night, just as they do against Netanyahu, to eliminate President Trump from power. They are also working in the US to turn the country against Israel, and the most pro-Israel President in history. Anti-Israel, even anti-Semitic voices are gaining influence on Capitol Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is urgent now to pray for both leaders who are so important to Israel\u2019s future.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The prosecution in Israel has made itself into a court. Waiting for the result of the hearing is like waiting for sentencing. That all of this is accepted practice in this country doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s a process that meets democratic constitutional standards. Especially when in the last two elections, a very large sector of the public voted to reject law enforcement\u2019s stance regarding the prime minister. It\u2019s not about whether or not Netanyahu is innocent; it\u2019s about the fact that law enforcement officials must not be the ones to decide whether or not he can continue to serve as prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>In this critical situation, prayer and supernatural intervention is the only solution. We believe in the sovereignty of God Almighty, doing wonders. Let&#8217;s pray in faith and power, led by the Holy Spirit. To God be the glory.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When the enemy comes in\u00a0like a flood,<br \/>\nThe Spirit of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0will lift up a standard against him.<br \/>\nIsaiah 59:19 (NKJV)<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I, (Bella) am a member of the Likud party and attended many of the party&#8217;s functions, including speeches by Netanyahu. The following is my observation and analysis from the information I gathered from the inside and also the news. I prayed a lot before, during and after the election. 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