Bennett: If Trump and Netanyahu discuss Palestinian state the ‘earth will shake’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must give up his support for a
Palestinian state in his meeting with US President Donald Trump on
Wednesday, Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett and Likud activists urged
him on Saturday…“If in their statements after the meeting they
mention…their obligation to forming Palestine or two states…we will all
feel it in our flesh for years to come,” Bennett warned. “The earth will
shake. International pressure, boycotts, reports against Israel,
missiles, freezes, tying the hands of our soldiers…awill continue and
intensify.”
NFL players pull out of Israel trip, don’t want to be ‘used’
Three of the NFL players who were scheduled to arrive in Israel on
Monday as part of a campaign to showcase the country’s “true face” to
the world pulled out of the trip, explaining that they do not want to be
“used” by the Israeli government. Seattle Seahawks defensive end
Michael Bennett was the first to pull out of the tour planned for 11
football stars in a joint initiative between the Ministry of Strategic
Affairs and Public Diplomacy.
Nearly 100 bushfires raging in Australia’s New South Wales state
Rural areas of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state have been
evacuated as wildfires rage across the state, threatening homes and
closing roads. Some 97 fires were burning across the state, with 37
uncontained, the Rural Fire Service said. One person had been flown to
hospital in Sydney after suffering burns, the authorities said.
GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?
Republicans love cutting taxes, especially if they were authored by a
president named Barack Obama. But as they push their wobbly effort to
erase his health care overhaul, they’re divided over whether to repeal
the levies the law imposed to finance its expanded coverage for millions
of Americans. It’s a trillion-dollar dilemma – actually closer to $1.1
trillion.
Tsipras hits back at IMF, Germany over debt impasse
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday warned the International
Monetary Fund and EU economic powerhouse Germany to stop playing with
fire over his country’s debt problems. Opening a meeting of his far-left
Syriza party, Tsipras said he was confident a solution over repayments
would be found, despite talks between Greece and its creditors ending in
Brussels with no breakthrough on Friday.
Car set alight in Paris suburb during anti-police protest
Protesters against police violence have set a car on fire during a rally
in the Paris suburb of Bobigny, which followed a police officer’s
assault on a 22-year-old man. An RTL van set on fire by the protesters
could be seen burning in the live footage. Dozens of young people have
occupied an empty lot in Bobigny in the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis
department.
Netanyahu: ‘To think there are no limitations with Trump would be wrong’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to lower expectations for a
drastic change in American policies now that President Donald Trump is
in the White House, telling Likud ministers on Sunday that “to think
there are no limitations now would be wrong.” Speaking of his upcoming
meeting with Trump on Wednesday, the prime minister said that “we must
act with responsibility and rationality.”
Top Italian official says Facebook must do more against hate speech
Facebook must do much more to stamp out hate speech on its site, the
president of Italy’s lower house of parliament said, warning that rising
abuse on various social media was being fueled by fake news. Laura
Boldrini, herself often the focus of sexist insults and online threats,
complained to Facebook managers in November about hate speech on the
social network and put forward several proposals on ways to deal with
the problem.
Tennessee lawmakers introduce ‘Milo bill’ to protect freedom of speech on all state campuses
Two Tennessee lawmakers introduced a bill…that seeks to protect freedom
of speech at Tennessee universities while preventing campuses from
stifling students’ First Amendment rights…Republican State Rep. Martin
Daniel and Sen. Joey Hensley, both Republicans, introduced the
“Tennessee Freedom of Speech on College Campus Bill” last Thursday which
seeks to prevent state universities from adopting policies that “shield
individuals from ideas and opinions considered unwelcome, disagreeable
or even deeply offensive.”
North Korea reportedly test fires missile, challenging US
North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early
Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit
challenge to President Donald Trump, who stood with the Japanese leader
as Shinzo Abe called the move “absolutely intolerable.”
How Obama is scheming to sabotage Trump’s presidency
When former President Barack Obama said he was “heartened” by anti-Trump
protests, he was sending a message of approval to his troops. Troops?
Yes, Obama has an army of agitators — numbering more than 30,000 — who
will fight his Republican successor at every turn of his historic
presidency. And Obama will command them from a bunker less than two
miles from the White House.
Jim Rogers: “We’re About To Have The Worst Economic Problems Of A Lifetime, A Lot Of People Will Disappear”
“Governments love [the war on cash]. Then they can control you…we are
not going to have as many freedoms as we have now …get prepared because
we’re going to have the worst economic problems we’ve had in your
lifetime or my lifetime and when that happens a lot of people are going
to disappear.”
Trump Opens Border For Christian Refugees, But Left Ignores
“They’ve been horribly treated. Do you know if you were a Christian in
Syria, it was impossible, at least very tough, to get into the United
States,” said President Trump during an interview with the Christian
Broadcasting Network last month. “If you were a Muslim, you could come
in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible, and the
reason that was so unfair, everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but
they were chopping off the heads of everybody, but more so the
Christians.” “And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to
help them.
Cash No Longer King: Europe Accelerates Move To Begin Elimination Of Paper Money
In the shadow of Donald Trump’s spree of controversial
actions, the European commission has quietly launched the next offensive
in the war on cash. These unelected bureaucrats have boldly asserted
their intention to crack down on paper transactions across the E.U. and
solidify a trend that has been gaining momentum for years.