Former Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/naftali-bennett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Naftali Bennett</a> ripped President Joe Biden on Thursday for threatening to withhold military aid to Israel if the country invades Rafah to destroy the Hamas stronghold.
Bennett made the remarks on CNN during an interview with Erin Burnett while talking about remarks made to her during a separate interview that aired yesterday.
&#8220;I think this decision is deeply misguided,&#8221; Bennett said. &#8220;What are we being told here? We have a radical jihadist terror organization [on] our border that&#8217;s telling us it&#8217;s going to continue trying to murder as many Jews as possible. Obviously, we have to get rid of it. We have no choice.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, talking about civilians, if Hamas is granted immunity because it hides behind civilians, that&#8217;s not only a problem with Hamas,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That means that the whole global jihad organizations are all going to adopt human shields as the core way of conducting terror. So this would be a profound mistake. And we think that we have really no choice, and we got to do what we got to do.&#8221;
Bennett also called out Biden for claiming that Israel was targeting civilian population centers while not mentioning that the country goes to great lengths to warn civilians that they need to leave and that Hamas hides behind civilians.
&#8220;In all wars, all wars, in every urban war in the history of the world, there&#8217;s collateral damage, especially when Hamas is using the civilians as a human shield. There&#8217;s no doubt,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But is Israel using bombs to target civilians? Absolutely not. Never. We never target civilians. In fact, we have the lowest ratio of collateral damage in the history of urban warfare. There&#8217;s about, let&#8217;s call it, 32,000 Palestinians who died. Half of them are terrorists. That&#8217;s one to one.&#8221;
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&#8220;In Afghanistan, in Iraq, it was one to nine. For every terrorist you killed, there were six, seven, eight, nine civilians,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re bending over backward in order to prevent unnecessary deaths. Otherwise, we&#8217;d get this whole thing done within three days if we didn&#8217;t care about it.&#8221;
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“I think that this decision is deeply misguided.”
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Rips Biden Over Threat To Withhold Military Aid

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Iran intended to kill large numbers of people with the unprecedented attack that it launched against Israel over the weekend, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment.
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-informed-turkey-advance-its-operation-against-israel-turkish-source-2024-04-14/">reported</a> that the Biden administration communicated to Iran, through the Turkish government, that it&#8217;s attack on Israel had to be &#8220;within certain limits&#8221;.
Senior U.S. officials <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2024/iran-sought-mass-casualties-in-israel-strike-us-official-say">told</a> Semafor that that the attack — which included hundreds of one-way suicide drones and missiles — was &#8220;designed to cause mass casualties and infrastructure damage,&#8221; the report said.
Israeli officials said that Iran crossed a major red line with its attack, the first time the Islamic Republic has ever directly attacked Israel, and would pay a steep price for the terror inflicted against the Jewish state.
They said that despite Iran&#8217;s claims that it was only targeting military infrastructure, Iran also targeted &#8220;major civilian areas&#8221; and that a direct military response would be required.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-israeli-prime-minister-bennett-fires-back-at-biden-hints-what-israel-will-do-with-iran">slammed</a> President Joe Biden on Sunday for telling Israel that it got a “win” and that they should take the win. The “win,” according to the Biden administration, was the fact that 99% of the projectiles were shot down by Israel and its allies in the region.
“No, it’s NOT a victory,” Bennett wrote. “When a bully tries to hit you 350 times and only succeeds seven time, you’ve NOT won. You don’t win wars just by intercepting your enemy’s hits, nor do you deter it. Your enemy will just try harder with more and better weapons and methods next time.”
He said that the only way to deter further aggression was by “exacting a deeply painful price.”
Bennett said that the attack was a “big mistake” by Iran — which he referred to as “a terror-octopus whose head is Tehran, and its tentacles are in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Gaza.”
“Israel’s strategic mistake for the past 30 years was to play along this strategy,” he said. “We always fought the Octopus’ arms, but hardly exacted a price from its Iranian head.”

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Iran Targeted ‘Major Civilian Areas’; Biden Admin Told Iran Attack Had To Be ‘Within Certain Limits’: Reports

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday for trying to pressure Israel into not responding to Iran&#8217;s unprecedented attack this weekend.
Bennett&#8217;s remarks on social media comes after Iran fired hundreds of projectiles — ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones — at Israel.
Bennett said that claims that Iran launched its attack as a show for its own people were false.
&#8220;When you shoot 350 flying objects timed to hit Israel at the same moment, when you use three fundamentally different weapon types — cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and UAVs, you’re looking to penetrate Israel’s defenses and kill Israelis,&#8221; he said.
Bennett directly pushed back against the Biden administration for telling Israel that it got a &#8220;win&#8221; and that they should take the win. The &#8220;win,&#8221; according to the Biden administration, was the fact that 99% of the projectiles were shot down by Israel and its allies in the region.
&#8220;No, it’s NOT a victory,&#8221; Bennett wrote. &#8220;When a bully tries to hit you 350 times and only succeeds seven time, you’ve NOT won. You don’t win wars just by intercepting your enemy’s hits, nor do you deter it. Your enemy will just try harder with more and better weapons and methods next time.&#8221;
He said that the only way to deter further aggression was by &#8220;exacting a deeply painful price.&#8221;
Bennett said that the attack was a &#8220;big mistake&#8221; by Iran — which he referred to as &#8220;a terror-octopus whose head is Tehran, and its tentacles are in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Gaza.&#8221;
&#8220;Israel’s strategic mistake for the past 30 years was to play along this strategy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We always fought the Octopus’ arms, but hardly exacted a price from its Iranian head.&#8221;
&#8220;This should change now: Hezbollah or Hamas shoots a rocket at Israel? Tehran pays a price,&#8221; he added.
Bennett said that Israel&#8217;s enemy was the Iran&#8217;s oppressive government, not the citizens of the country, and that the country would eventually collapse in a similar manner as the Soviet Union did.
&#8220;I’ll be clear: if these crazy fanatic Islamic terrorists get away with murder by hiding among civilians, this method will be adopted by terrorists worldwide,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;We’re not asking anyone to fight for us. We’ll do the job. But we do expect our allies to have our back, especially when it’s tough — and now it’s tough. Be on the right side and help us defeat these horrible and savage regimes.&#8221;
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1. Contrary to what pundits are saying, this wasn’t designed merely as “bells and whistles” with no damage. 
When you shoot 350 flying objects timed to hit Israel at the same moment, when you use three…
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Bennett Fires Back At Biden, Hints What Israel Will Do With Iran

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Hezbollah

Former Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/naftali-bennett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Naftali Bennett</a> slammed the Biden administration on Thursday after President Joe Biden signed an executive order targeting Israeli civilians settling in Judea and Samaria.
Bennett made the remarks during a segment with Erin Burnett on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Out Front&#8221; when asked what his response was.
&#8220;Well, I think it&#8217;s unnecessary,&#8221; Bennett responded. &#8220;In Israel, we prosecute any violence, any criminal activity. We don&#8217;t need any external help on doing it. And I have to say that it&#8217;s marginal. What&#8217;s called violence of settlers is marginal. We&#8217;re talking about a 50 percent decrease year on year.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not big numbers. We&#8217;re taking care of it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s inflated in order to create some false symmetry between the Palestinian violence and the settler violence. So, we&#8217;re on top of it. We don&#8217;t need any foreign assistance to prosecute that sort of thing.&#8221;
Bennett also pushed back on left-wing outrage over an Israeli operation this week where operatives disguised as civilians and medical staff raided a hospital to find several terrorists.
&#8220;When you see these images, are you comfortable with these sorts of tactics, with dressing up as civilians and going into a hospital to kill terrorists?&#8221; Burnett asked.
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&#8220;Well, the real question is, am I comfortable with terrorists using hospitals as their safe haven?&#8221; Bennett fired back. &#8220;Because we&#8217;re fighting terrorists who have no red lines, do not abide to any law, and we&#8217;re held to a double standard, because Hamas does whatever it wants and uses children and families as human shields. And then, when we have to go target those very Hamasniks who are using the hospital as a refuge, then we&#8217;re being accused of&#8211;&#8221;
&#8220;But this is a little bit different, at least in this case, right?&#8221; Burnett suggested. &#8220;If that guy is actually lying in a hospital bed injured, he wasn&#8217;t using it as refuge. He was being treated for injuries.&#8221;
&#8220;To the best of my knowledge, we&#8217;re talking about terrorists who did use the hospital as refuge, not because they were being treated,&#8221; Bennett fired back, later adding: &#8220;I have to say, actually, it&#8217;s a pretty impressive, the operation, sending soldiers who have to disguise themselves within terrorists and abducting terrorists. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to do. We have to defend ourselves.&#8221;
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Slams Biden For Targeting Israeli Citizens With Executive Order

The United States and Israel have to target <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> if either hopes to curb terrorism that plagues the Middle East, according to Knesset member and former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Bennett, who served as prime minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022, wrote in an <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-us-and-israel-need-to-take-iran-on-directly-proxies-hamas-threat-7f67a238" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> in The Wall Street Journal on Friday that Israel and the U.S. should target Iran over the activities of its terrorist proxies. Ramping up consequences for the Iranian regime over the work of groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah is the only way to curb terrorism in the region, he said.
“The Iranian regime is at the center of most of the Middle East’s problems and much of global terror. Yet inexplicably, almost nobody is touching it. For the past 45 years, the regime has been the source of endless war, terror and suffering throughout the world. I’ve come to realize that enough is enough. The evil empire of Iran must be brought down,” Bennett said.
The Iranian regime supported the October 7 terror attack on Israel, which was perpetrated by Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Gaza. The attackers massacred roughly 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds more hostage. To Israel’s north, Iran-backed Hezbollah has launched hundreds of rockets at Israel, forcing the Jewish state to evacuate tens of thousands of its own citizens from their homes.
Further south in Yemen, Iran-backed Houthis have launched rockets and drones against cargo ships in the Red Sea, disrupting shipping lanes into Israel and the Suez Canal, through which roughly a third of container ship cargo <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hapag-lloyd-will-continue-divert-vessels-suez-canal-2023-12-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passes</a>. In Iraq and Syria, Iran-backed militias have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-kataib-hezbollah-drone-strike-us-military-injured-b4b4480e2cae6e7ad26e88eb625ab397" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carried out</a> numerous strikes against U.S. bases.
“Iran constantly attacks Israel via its proxies in such places as Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Gaza and Yemen,” Bennett wrote. “Iran’s terrorist proxies have waged war on every moderate element in the Middle East. They’ve attacked the Saudi oil company Aramco, the United Arab Emirates, the Kurds and Israel on many occasions. The most amazing part: Iran has largely gotten away with it.”
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Curbing Iran’s terror network does not require war with the Iranian regime, according to Bennett. The U.S. and Israel can use other levers to pressure and topple Iran’s ruling class.
“There are many ways to weaken Iran: empower domestic opposition, ensure internet continuity during riots against the regime, strengthen its enemies, increase sanctions and economic pressures,” Bennett says.
“Iran’s tyrants are softer than one might expect. They gleefully send others to die for them. But when they’re hit at home, suddenly they become timid,” he continued. “The U.S. and Israel must set the clear goal of bringing down Iran’s evil regime. Not only is this possible. It is vital for the safety and security of the Middle East — and the entire civilized world.”

Former Israeli Prime Minister Calls To Topple ‘Iran’s Evil Regime’

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United States

Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel">Israeli</a> Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper during an interview over the way that the network and the media in general reported on the explosion at a hospital in Gaza this week.
The Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health falsely claimed that Israel bombed the hospital, killing more than 500 people.
The media quickly promoted that narrative before top officials from Israel, the United States, and Europe cited evidence that thoroughly refuted those claims. The explosion was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-lied-number-of-estimated-deaths-at-gaza-hospital-hit-by-rocket-lower-than-palestinian-claims-reports-say">caused</a> by a rocket that was fired by Palestinian terrorists and estimates put the number of people killed at far fewer than 500 people.
During his appearance on CNN, Bennett tore into anchor Anderson Cooper for the narrative that the network helped push.
&#8220;There are no two sides to this hospital. Either it was bombed by Israel or it was targeted by someone else on the Palestinian side,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If two people come and say, one says it&#8217;s raining outside and the other said it&#8217;s dry, you don&#8217;t bring the quotes of both sides. You just g*****n open the window and look whether it&#8217;s raining or not. That&#8217;s what we did.&#8221;
&#8220;And this hospital, in fact, it&#8217;s a parking lot, was hit definitely a hundred percent by [an] Islamic jihad barrage shot fired at 6:59 p.m.,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We have three different videos from different angles showing it. We have the ballistics. We know that an Israeli bomb would have created a crater, which does not exist. We know that the propellant in the rocket, because it was a long-term rocket targeted for Israel, so a lot of that propellant was still in the rocket, which created a lot of fire. We have two Hamas [terrorists] talking to each other and saying and admitting that it is from Islamic jihad.&#8221;
Cooper pushed back, saying that all CNN was claiming was that they could not verify which statement was true.
&#8220;Anderson, I have to barge in here. I have to say something. I was &#8211; in 9/11, I was in Manhattan when it happened,&#8221; Bennett responded. &#8220;And if a day later, al-Qaeda would have said that it&#8217;s America who perpetrated it, no one would have quoted it al-Qaeda. No one would, and you didn&#8217;t have validation back then that it was al-Qaeda, but you knew it&#8217;s not America.&#8221;
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&#8220;And somehow there&#8217;s a double standard here. You had 30 hours to validate,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We have all the information. Everything is transparent. For heaven&#8217;s sakes, to see the headline of The New York Times saying the Palestinians claim that Israel bombarded a hospital, we don&#8217;t do that. It&#8217;s the Palestinian[s] who rape young girls. It&#8217;s the Palestinians who tear apart limbs. It&#8217;s the Palestinians who burn whole families and shoot five-month-old babies. It&#8217;s the Palestinians, for heaven&#8217;s sake, who kidnapped 84-year-old Holocaust survivors. It&#8217;s not the Israelis. This is not what Israel does.&#8221;
Bennett posted the interview on X, writing: &#8220;No, CNN, there aren&#8217;t &#8216;two sides&#8217; to the Gaza hospital story. Go do your g*****n job.&#8221;
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Ex-Israeli PM Shreds CNN For Promoting ‘Two Sides’ About Explosion At Hospital: ‘Do Your G*****n Job’

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Gaza

Media

After months of discontent among the Israel public regarding the current political leadership, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid have announced they will hold new elections in the fall, possibly paving the way for a return by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Tonight, as the transition period begins, Lapid will be sworn in as the new Prime Minister, just in time for him to greet President Biden when he <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/14/biden-travel-to-middle-east-in-july-00039369">visits</a> Israel in mid-July.
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🔴 BREAKING: Israeli government to present motion to disband Knesset next week; Foreign Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/yairlapid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YairLapid</a> to become transitional prime minister.
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Bennett is a religious Jew; Lapid is aggressively <a href="https://m.knesset.gov.il/en/news/pressreleases/pages/press81121u.aspx">secular</a>.
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir had hopes of the new government reflecting a more right-wing position, as he stated, “Hopefully a new dawn will rise on the State of Israel. The people need a full-fledged right-wing government that will repair the damage made by the [Bennett-Lapid coalition] and restore security to the streets of Israel. God willing now it&#8217;s the Right&#8217;s turn to be victorious,” Israel National News <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/579920">reported.</a>
The Bennett-Lapid coalition, which has been hanging by a thread as it is comprised of 60 members of the 120-member Knesset, is comprised of eight parties, with the United Arab List, headed by Mansour Abbas, as one of them. The coalition was the first in Israel history to include an Arab party.
The United Arab List <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/2/analysis-can-united-arab-list-change-israeli-politics">wants a Palestinian state</a> in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital.
In early April Bennett wound up in trouble after Yamina MK Idit Silman <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-703365">announced</a> she was resigning from the government coalition. Bennett&#8217;s government lost its 61-seat Knesset majority as a result, putting his government in a tie with the opposition.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/israels-political-crisis-bennett-government-coalition-loses-majority-as-whip-idit-silman-resigns/">noted</a> at the time:
<blockquote>According to the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-703372">Jerusalem Post</a> and <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/silmans-coalition-defection-catches-political-partners-off-guard/">Times of Israel</a>, if the Bennett government is unable to restore its majority, the two most likely outcomes are either elections or the formation of a new government within the Knesset. If the Knesset is dissolved and new elections are called, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid would immediately replace Naftali Bennet and become interim Prime Minister until a new government is formed, according to the coalition agreement.
Alternatively, the opposition could cobble together a coalition of at least 61 Knesset within the current Knesset, avoiding handing the premiership to Lapid. Given that the Arab Joint List would not support the formation of a right-wing administration, it would need to pull away seven members of the current coalition. Defense Minister Benny Gantz&#8217;s eight-seat Blue and White party, as well as right-wing components of the present coalition, are potential options for joining with Likud and the other right-wing parties, although it is unclear whether Bibi Netanyahu would become Prime Minister in such an agreement. 
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Israeli Parliament Votes On A New Government

Israel Will Have A New Prime Minister Next Week

Israel Will Soon Have A New Prime Minister

Yair Lapid

Speaking at the first Sunday cabinet meeting he has headed as Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett noted the election of Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi — who had formerly served as the head of Iran’s judiciary — and asserted that he was “the man infamous among Iranians and across the world for leading the death committees which executed thousands of innocent Iranian citizens throughout the years.”
Bennett continued that Raisi’s election represented “the last chance for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement and to understand who they’re doing business with. These guys are murderers, mass murderers.&#8221;
Bennett stated:
<blockquote>This weekend, Iran chose a new president, Ebrahim Raisi. Of all the people that [Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei could have chosen, he chose the hangman of Tehran, the man infamous among Iranians and across the world for leading the death committees which executed thousands of innocent Iranian citizens throughout the years. Raisi’s election is, I would say, the last chance for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement and to understand who they’re doing business with. These guys are murderers, mass murderers. A regime of brutal hangmen must never be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction that will enable to kill not thousands, but millions. Israel’s position will not change on this.</blockquote>
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, at the weekly Cabinet meeting: &quot;This weekend, Iran chose a new president – Ebrahim Raisi. Of all the people that Khamenei could have chosen, he chose the &#39;Hangman of Tehran&#39;<a href="https://t.co/A0XXRgL1c8">https://t.co/A0XXRgL1c8</a> <a href="https://t.co/CnINsYJQcs">pic.twitter.com/CnINsYJQcs</a>
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On Sunday, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-20-21-white-house-national-security/story?id=78384258">asked</a> on ABC’s “This Week” about Bennett’s comments regarding Raisi. Host George Stephanopoulos asked Sullivan, “The new Israeli prime minister this morning, Naftali Bennett, called him the hangman of Tehran, called his election a wake-up call for the West. Do you agree with that reaction?”
Sullivan deflected:
<blockquote>Well, I think what we need to do in the United States is keep our eye on the ball. And that is our paramount priority right now is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. We believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve that, rather than military conflict. And so, we&#8217;re going to negotiate in a clear-eyed, firm way with the Iranians to see if we can arrive at an outcome that puts their nuclear program in the box.
And in that regard, whether the president is person A or person B is less relevant than whether their entire system is prepared to make verifiable commitments to constrain their nuclear program.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the leftist newspaper <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/19/irans-president-elect-ebrahim-raisi-is-hardliner-linked-with-mass-executions">The Guardian</a> stated of Raisi’s history on Saturday:
<blockquote>The youngest member of the 1988 Tehran death committee, Raisi has been accused of systematically sending as many as 3,000 people to slaughter. When he was head of the judiciary floggings and executions flourished, yet many see this election as a staging post to his becoming supreme leader when Ayatollah Khamenei dies.
Acting under orders from the then supreme leader, an ailing Ayatollah Khomeini, and with the war against Iraq ending in a truculent truce, the committee agreed to eliminate jailed members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) resistance movement on the basis the MEK had self-evidently committed acts of treachery at the end of the war. Any that did not renounce their support for the MEK were doomed.
The scale of the butchery is set out in a 130-page report written by the London-based human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC. “They were hung from cranes four at a time or in groups of six with rope hanging from the front of the stage on an assembly hall.” Others were taken out at night and killed by firing squads.</blockquote>
The leftist site <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/ebrahim-raisi-hardliner-wins-iran-presidency.html">Slate</a> chimed in:
<blockquote>Amnesty International called on Raisi to be <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-against-humanity/">investigated for crimes against humanity</a> for his alleged role in the executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and his role in granting impunity to other perpetrators of human rights abuses. “That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency instead of being investigated for the crimes against humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, is a grim reminder that impunity reigns supreme in Iran,” Amnesty’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said in a statement.
Human Rights Watch <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/19/iran-overseer-mass-executions-elected-president">sent out a similar message</a>. “As head of Iran’s repressive judiciary, Raisi oversaw some of the most heinous crimes in Iran’s recent history, which deserve investigation and accountability rather than election to high office,” Michael Page, deputy Middle East director at HRW, said in a statement.</blockquote>

Naftali Bennett: Iran’s New Leader A ‘Mass Murderer.’ Biden Administration: That’s ‘Less Relevant,’ Let’s ‘Keep Our Eye On The Ball’

Iran Nuclear Deal

On Monday, supermodel Bella Hadid, who routinely attacks Israel, decided to target new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, accusing him of having said, “I’ve killed lots of Arabs in my life, and there’s no problem with that.” The network Al-Jazeera echoed Hadid’s claims, accusing Bennett of saying, &#8220;I’ve already killed lots of Arabs in my life, and there’s no problem with that.”
But the video shows Bennett confronting an Arab member of the Knesset who had made the same charge. He stated, “First she (former Knesset member and member of the Arab Balad party Hanin Zoabi) used a fabricated quote claiming I said I killed a lot of Arabs in my life. I never said this. Here I state: What I said was that in the context of my army service I killed many terrorists. This is good and it’s a shame we didn’t kill more terrorists.”
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Shes done it again! This time <a href="https://twitter.com/bellahadid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bellahadid</a> misled her 43M followers to believe that the new PM <a href="https://twitter.com/naftalibennett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NaftaliBennett</a> said he killed “lots of Arabs” The truth is completely different! Of course <a href="https://twitter.com/ajplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ajplus</a> joined the party too..watch and see the truth! RT ‼️ <a href="https://t.co/AGiyQzgeAF">pic.twitter.com/AGiyQzgeAF</a>
&mdash; יוסף חדאד &#8211; Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) <a href="https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1404572190650032128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In April, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit decided to indict Zoabi, of the Arab Balad party, on fraud charges. “Zoabi is accused of forging documents that were submitted to the State Comptroller between 2013 and 2016. She is suspected of systematically deceiving the ombudsman by misrepresenting the source of millions of shekels the party had received,” <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/firebrand-former-mk-hanin-zoabi-to-be-charged-with-fraud-over-party-finances/">The Times of Israel</a> reported.
As for Hadid, in mid-May, the State of Israel’s official Twitter account, managed by Israel’s Foreign Ministry, noted Hadid had joined a protest at which she parroted the infamous slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” often interpreted as a call for the genocide of Israeli Jews.
The State of Israel’s Twitter account stated, “When celebrities like [Bella Hadid] advocate for throwing Jews into the sea, they are advocating for the elimination of the Jewish State. This shouldn&#8217;t be an Israeli-Palestinian issue. This should be a human issue. Shame on you.”
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When celebrities like <a href="https://twitter.com/bellahadid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BellaHadid</a> advocate for throwing Jews into the sea, they are advocating for the elimination of the Jewish State. 
This shouldn&#39;t be an Israeli-Palestinian issue. This should be a human issue. 
Shame on you.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IsraelUnderAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IsraelUnderAttack</a> <a href="https://t.co/PJQHT90cNy">pic.twitter.com/PJQHT90cNy</a>
&mdash; Israel ישראל (@Israel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1393905137006125060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In mid-May, Bennett slammed Hadid, John Oliver, and Trevor Noah for their attacks on Israel, as <a href="https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/bennett-slams-john-oliver-trevor-noah-bella-hadid-on-israel-criticism-668672">The Jerusalem Post</a> reported. He stated, &#8220;So Bella, John, and Noah, help me out here. If a terror organization like Hamas called to murder your families and launched thousands of missiles at your children while they&#8217;re hiding inside hospitals, schools, and media offices, what would you do?&#8221;
Earlier this month, Hadid, who has been calling for a “Free Palestine,” decided to post a photo from 1939 of a soccer team from “Palestine,” possibly to buttress claims that “Palestine” existed long before the state of Israel was reborn in 1948.
One problem: the photo showed the team from “Palestine,” all right, but every member of the team was Jewish. Additionally, they all had the Jewish Star of David emblazoned on their uniforms.
Israeli Arab activist Yosef Haddad noted:
<blockquote>Bella Hadid uploaded a story on her Instagram showing a photo of a football team and saying Palestine versus Australia in 1939. Now I’m not sure what she’s trying to say here, but, this team, all Jews, with even Hebrew writing on the jersey. This team wasn’t representing the &#8220;Palestinian state.” They were representing the British mandate. And in fact, it was Maccabi Tel Aviv playing as Israel! Maybe she was referring to the Palestinian national team and not Maccabi Tel Aviv, but check this: This is the logo of the national Palestinian team. Yup. Eretz Yisrael. Israel land. So as I said, I’m not sure what she’s trying to say here, unless she’s trying to say that Jews were also here, but on this you can say, &#8220;Ignorance is bliss</blockquote>
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Wow..<a href="https://twitter.com/bellahadid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bellahadid</a> continues to brainwash the minds of millions around the world with lies about Israel and distorting history, but this time she broke records &#8230; of stupidity! Watch! <a href="https://t.co/SWXVZToqy8">pic.twitter.com/SWXVZToqy8</a>
&mdash; יוסף חדאד &#8211; Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) <a href="https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1401895919256313866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Supermodel Hadid Attacks New Israeli Prime Minister With False Quote. The Real Quote Is Stunning.

Bella Hadid

Israel’s new foreign minister, Yair Lapid, reaffirmed Israel’s opposition to the Iran deal and its support for a series of Middle East peace agreements orchestrated by the Trump administration.
Lapid reiterated Israel’s stances, continuations of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy, after a new government was voted in by Israel’s Knesset on Sunday. Netanyahu lost his prime ministership after 12 consecutive years in the office to a left-right coalition of smaller parties primarily united by opposition to Netanyahu himself.
In some of his first remarks to international allies, Lapid reiterated the state’s opposition to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran deal and negotiated between the U.S., Iran, and a number of others under former President Barack Obama. Lapid said that the deal was weak and did not prevent Iran from eventually becoming a nuclear power.
“We have to work together as we face a new Iran deal. This is a bad deal and we are going to work with the prime minister. Israel will use every option at its disposal in order to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon,” Lapid told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as well as French President Emmanuel Macron, according to <a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/06/14/lapid-vows-government-will-counter-irans-nuclearization-with-every-available-option/">Israel Hayom</a>. President Joe Biden has entered into talks with Iran of the U.S. rejoining the agreement and lifting sanctions.
Lapid also voiced his support for a package of peace treaties with other Middle Eastern countries negotiated by the Trump administration. The treaties, known as the Abraham Accords, worked toward normalizing Israeli-Arab relations throughout the Middle East and were in part spurred on by Iranian aggression in the region. As Hayom reports:
<blockquote>[Lapid] vowed to continue with the peace process started by Netanyahu and the previous US administration, which led to 4 peace deals with Arab countries, known collectively as the Abraham Accords. “We will sign more agreements with additional countries. The Palestinian arena will define to a large extent what the other theaters will look like, and we have a lot to do to improve the living conditions of the Palestinians and to improve the dialogue.”</blockquote>
Lapid, a centrist and leader of the Yair Lapid party, is on deck to be the next prime minister of Israel under a power-sharing agreement made with Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, who is a right-wing leader. Partnered with Lapid, other centrists and left-wingers are in a tenuous coalition that edged out Netanyahu’s dominant Likud Party and its allies.
While the change in government after 12 years under Netanyahu has given the White House an opportunity to reset relations with Israel, the country remains a majority conservative country. As noted by The Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro: “For those who follow Israeli politics, quick reminder: the right-wing currently holds 72 seats in the Knesset. They were just divided about Bibi personally. The center (Blue and White and Yesh Atid) holds 25 seats. The actual Left (Labor and Meretz) holds 13 total seats.”
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For those who follow Israeli politics, quick reminder: the right-wing currently holds 72 seats in the Knesset. They were just divided about Bibi personally. The center (Blue and White and Yesh Atid) holds 25 seats. The actual Left (Labor and Meretz) holds 13 total seats.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1404461570244087814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Yair Lapid, Reuven Rivlin, Naftali Bennett

New Israeli Government Blasts ‘Bad’ Iran Deal, Remains Committed To Trump Peace Plan After Netanyahu’s Ouster

Benjamin Netanyahu

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted President Joe Biden in his final speech on Sunday, comparing the Biden administration&#8217;s decision to court Iran for a revived nuclear agreement to the &#8220;US neglect of European Jews during the Holocaust,&#8221; <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/netanyahu-picks-fight-with-biden-in-final-speech-as-prime-minister-670929">according to The Jerusalem Post</a>.
Netanyahu was expected to deliver a 15-minute speech to the Israeli Knesset on Sunday but went on for more than half an hour, before turning over control of the government to a coalition led by Naftali Bennett.
&#8220;Netanyahu described Bennett, who was once his ally, as a political lightweight who does not have the talent to handle the job,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-goes-scorched-earth-in-last-speech-swipes-at-biden-administration-over-iran">Fox News reported Sunday</a>.
Netanyahu then turned his fire on the Biden administration, whom he claimed had asked him &#8220;not to discuss our disagreement on Iran publicly.&#8221;
“The administration in Washington asked me not to discuss our disagreement on Iran publicly, but with all due respect, I can’t do that,” Netanyahu said. &#8220;I told them I won’t act that way.”
He began by recalling the plight to convince then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that the Jewish people were being targeted and systematically exterminated by the Nazis.
“In 1944, at the height of the Holocaust, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt refused to bomb the railway leading to the extermination camps and refused to bomb the gas chambers, which could have saved millions of our people. We hoped for others to save us, and they didn’t come. In the face of the threat of extermination, we were helpless,” Netanyahu said, drawing a comparison to the modern-day. “Our voice was not heard among the nations. We had neither a state or an army. But today we do have a voice. We do have a state, and we do have defensive power.”
“I’ve heard what Bennett said [about standing firm against Iran], and I’m concerned, because Bennett does the opposite of what he promises,” Netanyahu added, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/14/israel-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-lambasts-joe-biden-in-last-address/">according to the New York Post</a>, recalling Bennett&#8217;s pledge to continue Netanyahu&#8217;s policies in regards to the Iranian threat.
&#8220;Bennett took a hard line on the Iran deal in his speech, saying it was a mistake in 2015 and remains one today,&#8221; <a href="https://www.axios.com/netanyahu-last-speech-attack-biden-bennett-iran-c189b23d-f82f-4208-a242-4b4cb37ccec8.html">according to Axios</a>. &#8220;He also thanked Biden for his support for Israel, stressed that he wants good relations with both parties in Washington, and drew a contrast with Netanyahu by promising that any disagreements with Biden will be managed with &#8216;mutual trust and respect.'&#8221;
Netanyahu used his speech, though to warn that Bennett does not have &#8220;the international stature, the knowledge, the government or the public’s trust to be taken seriously when fighting the Iranian threat,&#8221; suggesting that Bennett will not stand up to the Biden administration&#8217;s diplomatic ambitions.
&#8220;An Israeli prime minister has to be able to say no to the president of the US on matters that endanger our existence. I’ll be happy if this doesn’t come true, but from the moment the US returns to the Iran Deal, this government will not approve operations against Iran to stop their armament,&#8221; Netanyahu said.
To conclude, though, Netanyahu pledged to return to power &#8212; a pledge that could come to fruition if Bennett&#8217;s tenuous coalition government fails to hold together.
&#8220;I have just one, modest request,” Netanyahu warned. “Try to ruin the economy that we are leaving you as little as possible so that we can fix it as quickly as possible when we return to power.”
The incoming Bennett administration tried to smooth over relations with the United States following Netanyahu&#8217;s speech, according to a report from Fox, which noted that &#8220;Bennett’s office said he later spoke by phone with Biden, thanking him for his warm wishes and longstanding commitment to Israel&#8217;s security.&#8221;
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