Israel Uncensored: Why Go after Netanyahu’s Bread and Butter?

now hastin here Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel network at the Land of Israel calm it is Monday the 25th of February 2019 the 20th of Adar Olive five seven seven nine coming to you this morning from a beautiful Jerusalem Israel our eternal capital hope you're doing well in your part of the world get in touch with me during the week Josh at the Land of Israel calm on Facebook check out my new page Josh haste in Israel advocacy and journalism on Twitter at Josh hastin and of course my new Instagram page check that out as well coming up after the break Ruthie bloom renowned columnist for The Jerusalem Post and jns news she is also the editor at the gate stone Institute she will be my guest coming up in just a few minutes until then we will get to a little bit of news here from Jerusalem now elections election is election fever is in the air leading up to the April 9th vote for the next Knesset here in Israel I mean it's it's just out of control folks I mean we're not even in March and elections are just dominating the news here it's 24 hours a day all the different things going on in regards to the election the latest perhaps news or the most significant in recent days is the fact that AIPAC decided that it was going to get involved in Israel's internal elections and also the AJC there in the United States getting involved making statements against the oats ma IUD party The Jerusalem Post yesterday including our goal our good friend Gail Hoffman reported that air America's largest Israel advocacy organization issued an extraordinary rebuke of Prime Minister Netanyahu's government on Friday responding to his move to ally with the extremist party under intense political pressure that's what's my you deed ahead of the April 9th election on Wednesday and Netanyahu supported an agreement by UD the Jewish home party & oates ma an offshoot of what what they are calling here an organization band in the 1980s that's Rabbi America Honda's organization so you have the Prime Minister of Israel making a deal oats ma being combining rather with the Jewish home party this is all by the way technical okay and it's and it's complicated how it works but oats ma is part of the Jewish home party at least during the elections and the plan most likely is as they will they will sever separate after you through the election the elections the goal is Netanyahu to for him to form a large right bloc in order to block the left but people are up in arms about oats ma how you'd eat of course BB our prime minister getting criticized left and right and sent there and from everyone about oh it's my you deep now whether you like oats MA or not the issue in my opinion here is the great hypocrisy the hypocrisy by AIPAC the hypocrisy by others who are going crazy about oats ma but for years had no problem when it came to rebuking those who negotiate with terrorists in the Palestinian Authority yes you could make the case that Israel has decided or decided years ago that the PLO was the official representative of the Palestinian so-called so-called palestinians here but over the years they have proved proven their true colors especially in the year 2000 at the beginning of the Oslo war what some call the Second Intifada in terms of the suicide bombings and buses being blown up in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and in other places in other words why not take the Palestinian Authority to task why not take the Israeli party's willing to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority to task and not just focus here on oates MA so it is hypocrisy at the end of the day though sanyo who is supposed to address APEC he was invited to address the policy conference next month he decided he was not going to respond according to the post to criticism from American Jewish leaders but he did respond from from criticism from the blue and white party that's Bennigan's s party and other political opponents accused them of a hypocritical hypocritical double standard quote it is absurd that they rule out encouraging members on the right but considered legitimate to ensure that insiders and spies against Israel enter the Knesset referring to votes by the Labour Party and merits party in the central Elections Committee to permit then ballad leader Azmi Bishara to run for Knesset remember he was the spy he was charged with treason and espionage spying for Hezbollah against Israel yet labor and merits came out and supported Bashara he was actually stripped with his Knesset immunity he fled to Qatar they supported him Netanyahu also noted that in 1999 hood Barak who was running for prime minister participated in a rally with the extremists northern Islamic movement head Sheik Ryad Sallah he was later convicted of incitement so the bottom line here is whether you like what smile don't like goat smile it's the hypocrisy that's really what what gets to me here and maybe of course walking that fine line because he is going to be speaking at AIPAC next month even though they condemn this this merger at the same time I am NOT a member of votes ma I actually I was doing research yesterday to learn more about their current policies and you can find some English translations of what oats ma has to offer what they have to say and again not a party member and I'm not going to be outwardly and supporting oats ma I don't really reveal who I do support on this show that's that's you know while in Israel it's not like the u.s. I don't know if you know this been Brisky engineer extraordinaire sitting next to me in the US you can't go up to buddy and say who are you voting for it's like not polite but in Israel Israel nobody cares Israel people ask you all the time who you voting for who you voted for I liked I tend not to disclose that information let people know who I'm voting for but nevertheless this I would agree with in terms of what's my terms of this specific policy they are calling for full Israeli control from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea I agree with that 100% and the cancellation of the Oslo Accords so in those two regards I agree with them 100% I think that's the way all the other parties on the right should be approaching this election Jewish sovereignty Israeli sovereignty over all the land of Israel and once and for all getting rid of the Oslo Accords throwing them into the dustbin of history they've only brought death and destruction here for Israelis it's also been bad for Arabs as well so I would say that the parties who call themselves or consider them to consider themselves to be on the right they should adapt these two approaches these two bullet points when it comes to moving forward I think they should take those into account during the next election in other news here in Israel we'll get away from the politics for a little bit and we'll get Ruthie bloom on to just go back to the politics on Friday we had another incident of agricultural terrorism in Gush Etzion and this is just sick okay the community of nope demon in eastern gush etsion what do they do they plant trees in memory of or Aeons bahar may God avenge her blood the young 19 year old teen who was murdered in a brutal attack by an Arab terrorists just two weeks ago in Jerusalem she lived in Toccoa so here you go residents planting trees in her memory and what happens they wake up Sunday morning and realize that their Arab neighbors uprooted all of the trees in her memory now do they know the trees were planted in her memory it is possible since there was a confrontation about the trees on Friday but it doesn't matter even if they didn't know these are people these are agricultural terrorists they're out to destroy the Land of Israel they're out to take their there hate out on the trees and the cherry orchards and the wine vineyards this is what they do and it all starts with the trees and God forbid it shouldn't happen moves on to the people but this is agricultural terrorism once again in Goshen we've been talking about this now for a long time it's been going on for a very very long time we need to do more to protect our residents of course and our trees as well it's part of the Land of Israel and that is just the beginning and that's the fear it starts with the trees and moves on but these are agricultural terrorists and they should be caught and punished accordingly at the same time the Jerusalem Post that was by the way Israel national news reporting to be clear the J post talks about the president of Germany the other day frank-walter Steinmeier cents a note of congratulations a telegram to Iran's mullah regime in honor of their 40th anniversary the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in the name of the Federal Republic citizens so you hear you have Germany lauding Iran sending them a congratulate congratulations on their 40th anniversary at 1979 revolution in which Iran was turned on its head taken over by the extremists by the mullahs and somehow Germany is congratulating them I I'm not understanding that in this day and age I don't know is this part of politics is this because they want to keep the Iranian nuclear deal going whatever it is Germany shame on you for praising the regime in Iran speaking of Europe we'll turn now to the UK's Labour Party their leader Jeremy Corbyn reported by the Jay post apparently expressing understanding for how Palestinian suicide bombers commit their acts of terrorism during a debate at Cambridge University during his comments and discovered by a UK freelance journalist posted on Twitter Corbin recalls how palestinian youths had told him of people they knew who had been involved in suicide bombing and how was it was result of the hopelessness and occupation and then to korban said well of course because you know suicide bombings happening happen because of the hopelessness because of the poverty because of life under Israeli control and whatnot he made that claim however a detailed study reported here in this article by Jeremy Sharon says that study of suicide bombers in 2007 specifically Palestinian suicide bombers conducted by the Claude Moreira Barbie Institute I'm not familiar with that sorry he's actually a professor Claude Barrera at the Hebrew University showed that Palestinians as they call them with higher income levels and a higher level of education were more likely to have been suicide bombers so Corbin expressing his belief that because of the way Israel treats the Arabs and because of poverty and whatnot that's why they're blowing themselves up I would also turn to the middle class nineteen hijackers and terrorists from al-qaeda who took down the twin towers who came from middle class to well-off families this is not about poverty this is not about land this is about the fact that our enemies do want to do not want to see an Israeli presence a Jewish presence in the Middle East point-blank but Jeremy Corbyn once again nothing surprises me when it comes to Corbin the head of the UK Labour Party here whose buddies with Hamas and Hizballah who he once called refer to them as his friend so nothing really surprises me there on some positive news before we get to our guest Ruthie Bloom Israel the fourth country which hopefully will send a a what do you call it in so I'm not very good at the space terminology is that a rocket is it a spaceship whatever it is to the moon is it a ship Ben brusky a spaceship a spacecraft so after the former Soviet Union the United States and China Israel seeking to become the fourth country to send a spacecraft to the moon how many countries what are their 200 countries in the world and little Israel what not what joy what honor are these astronauts I'll make it clear it's not it's not an astronaut project it's but they're astronauts who are working on the ground and those involved in the space program it's an unmanned vehicle let's make it clear called Bereshit how wonderful is that that it's called brace sheet it successfully launched early Friday morning it is now beginning its its path to the moon and again I'm not I'm not very I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to space travel and that in the whole science behind it with that being said Israel to become the fourth country with a with the presence on the moon just unbelievable remarkable so anyway we are going to take a break right now coming back with journalist and columnist Ruthie blue my name is Josh hastin this is Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel network at the Land of Israel calm again touch me during the week Josh at the Land of Israel calm on Facebook check out my new page Josh haste in Israel advocacy in journalism and on Twitter at Josh hasten and be right back with new people don't touch that dial [Music] for Rosh Chodesh Aadhaar bet this coming new moon we are doing the Land of Israel Network sabaton at the Dead Sea called the Israel inspired retreat where there's going to be Torah study and connection and meditation and prayer and we're going to be able to connect and to talk about everything that's going on in Israel today on spiritual levels it's gonna be a really special weekend you can find out about it on the land of Israel dot travel that's the Land of Israel dot to travel you can see all the details there we'd love to have you join us and we are back Josh hastened here Israel uncensored on the land visit or network at the Land of Israel calm it is Monday the 25th of February 2019 the 20th of Adar Olive five seven seven nine hope you're doing well in your part of the world we're gonna go to the phone right now a good friend is on the line Ruthie Bloom she's the editor at the gate stone Institute also a renowned columnist for jns news and The Jerusalem Post Ruthie it's been a long time welcome back to the show how are you I'm doing great hope all is well with you it is excellent so as you are well aware and very involved Israel heading to an election on April the 9th and you've been extremely vocal in your columns and on social media about everything going on right now your latest column on in the Jerusalem Post on Friday it's titled right from wrong when bubble dwellers go too far and when you talk about bubble dwellers you talk about those who are I guess enclosed in their own bubble not aware of the reality and specifically you were talking about Israeli resilience party leader Benny God's and you also mentioned a journalist hero schrott Cutler who went on a rant on her program I think it was last Saturday night against basically against the IDF soldiers here in Israel so let's with many guns if you can let us know about about this bubble that you believe that he is living in and what it means as we head forward here during election season well I think I was referring in particular to a speech he made when he was announcing his platform and showing all the when not exactly his platform he doesn't have a platform he was announcing the candidates on his Knesset list for the election and in his speech he proceeded to attack Netanyahu for a host of things that were just mind-boggling two of them he made Netanyahu sound like some kind of draft dodger who who it absconded from Israel to live in the high life in America he made fun of Netanyahu's perfect English and basically said that while he himself guns was in the trenches with his soldiers Netanyahu was sipping on a wine and and staying in fancy hotels and living in television studios with heavy makeup on so I blasted him for that because if he thinks that that's the way to attack Nathaniel the entire country knows that the coming out has done very he's been heroic as a soldier and an officer in one of the most elite units in the IDF and that his English is not a source of shame but a source of national pride so I said that he's living in a bubble if he thinks that this is something Israelis are going to identify with if he wanted to attack him it to me out for policies that Mattel now espouses he could you should do that that's what a contender does but instead in his other speeches he basically emulated Netanyahu he said I'll be tough on Iran for example I mean he essentially attacked Netanyahu's strengths instead of going after his weaknesses so I don't know who's running the show over there in terms of campaign strategy whether you like the Prime Minister or not but he he he attacked his successes as opposed to focusing on his failures or weaknesses that's that's what that's what he did and he has a collection of people are very very different top political ideologies in his party but and and what they seem to have in common is just that they all agree that they want me to meow out and that's not a policy right and and you know what's also very interesting I think that you're going to see in that party that it leans heavily socialist aside from the fact that it includes ahead of the histor Drude labor union aside from that I thought it was very telling responses I received on social media to to to praising Israel for going to the moon we just had a moon launch of a space robot that is gonna land on the moon in April and you have no idea how many guns supporters commented by saying well it was funded by philanthropists as though that's a dirty word said oh you mean if you don't fund it from the government tack from our tax shekels it doesn't count you know I think it's worrisome those responses were very worrisome that's another you know another example of picking on something that's good that's positive but Lance is a great Jewish tradition I ever say so yes and not only that but it's a great solution to not having to constantly empty government tills for things I mean it's unbelievable that this should be a source of criticism now at the same time I brought it up earlier on the show the the biggest story since the weekend is the fact that you have the Earth's ma party merging with the Jewish home party I guess under the the direction of Prime Minister Netanyahu in order to try to form the largest right-wing coalition possible however you are getting many many people criticizing the Prime Minister both left right and center in America you have the AJC and AIPAC here locally you have many other parties and leading rabbis and whatnot criticizing the Prime Minister for even if it's a temporary joining of parties of joining with oats ma for the purpose of forming that coalition again you know everyone says that after the election the most likely they'll split up right away but what what is your take on on the strategy aspect of what the Prime Minister did do you think it's acceptable do you think he did the right thing or you know or do you think he should have got another route well these are you know what's interesting is that that question it sort of has two angles one is is it acceptable morally or ethically or something like that if you if you think that the oats mock party is too similar to rabbi cahana the late rabbi cahana has uh politics or if you think it was a smart political move on Netanyahu's part and I think there are two different answers here one is that the the courts and the election committee in Israel allowed that party to run in this election whereas kahana's party was banned from the Knesset this already means that there's a distinction between Ozma and rabbi cahana x' party because that one was banned and this one is not so right there i think that the critics are going too far second i think that the rabbi a rabbi who used his pulpit this Shabbat to to compare smart to its mass platform forum to the Nuremberg Laws was way out of line you do not compare a party that does not call for the murder of anybody but the loyalty of Israeli citizens to compare the to Nazis but whether Netanyahu was smart to do this there I think maybe he wasn't he may I think he may this may be something that harms him an election day so well if I you know it may not because now I often think he's doing something foolish and then he wins anyway and therefore I'm not sure if I'm right but the outcry around this indicates that maybe he should have spent more time time trying to I don't know unify the right with Naftali Bennet party the new right or you know others that's that's why I'm not sure whether it was a smart move or not you're speaking to when renowned journalist Ruthie Blume she writes for The Jerusalem Post and Janus as long as well as gatestone now the other subject you brought up in your column is this TV personality Oh sh rot Cutler who made some statements during a broadcast about a week and a half ago reporting on the arrest of five soldiers from the netsuke with a battalion and she basically said that the reason that this incident happened they're accused of mishandling Arabs she said when you send your children to the army they are kids you send them to the territories they come back as human animals and then as you pointed out she and she blamed of course the occupation so-called and then she doubled down on her comments she she issued a kind of an apology and then she kept going she'd been she kept she kept with it she doubled down as you say honey I wouldn't have called it an apology what happened was that every there were so many complaints lives with the TV station and the Broadcasting Authority and all that and her bosses called her in for a disciplinary conversation slash hearing so she the next time she went on the air she said basically she said let me clarify right that's better and she then in a snide attack on her viewers she said let me clarify to any of those who weren't listening to the first part of what I said and who misunderstood what I said and then she doubled down and said I wasn't saying that it's the soldiers fault I was saying it with it they are also victims of the occupation that's what she basically said and you know now she hadn't anticipated that she was gonna get all that outcry from the public against her because for one thing her whole channel is left-wing right the channel she's on channel 13 she is she also you know I'm sure her bosses are all left-wing and all the people surrounding her are left-wing so it never occurred to her that the audience would you know not nod and say you're right the occupation is at fault for this she doesn't realize that more than half the country the first of all doesn't think that that it's an occupation but even those who do say really is not the fault of that it's the other way around it's that that the Palestinians don't want peace no matter what borders they have and they don't want to deal and they don't want to state that's what most Israelis have come to realize and the fact that a broadcaster that veteran does not know that about the society in which she lose just shows that she lives in a bubble yeah I mean it's unfortunately taken a long time and we've suffered many deaths as you know as a result of the various wars and so-called intifadas and whatnot over the years but I think that the the fact that Israel time and time again and hopefully it will be the case this time as well recognizes the the fact that we elect those to the right wreck you know we finally recognized the fact it was a painful price I don't know why people didn't wake up earlier recognize the fact that the reason we have the problems we have today and they say it openly within the Palestinian Authority's Authority certainly in Hamas that they will not accept any Jewish state of Israel they will not accept one inch of the land of Israel being under control of the Jews certainly they won't recognize the words they won't say the words Jewish state of Israel and that is truly what is our main obstacle to any type of true peace and normalcy and here in the region but as you said most Israelis now understand that after all this time so she needs to wake up first of all and it's it's despicable the way the way she spoke about the IDF as a whole and as you said blaming blaming the victims and not blaming you know those responsible here and that is that the soldiers accused of beating up a Palestinian in their custody are they were they are on trial there right now there's some kind of plea deal being made the point is that the Army and the justice system do investigate and punish soldiers who do something they're not allowed to do to Palestinians or to other Jews or to anything okay the system here does it okay so to behave as though somehow all these soldiers just get out of hand is ridiculous this is these were five boys and they were and they were charged investigated there's a trial that's what I'm saying that that instead of praising Israeli society for living in this impossible situation and yet holding anybody who is a suspected of doing some wrong doing accountable that should be praised not attacked Ruthie Bloom we are out of time but I want to make sure the audience knows how they can find your columns and you're writing what is the best way to view the important information you're disseminating through your columns these days well J&S is J&S org is online and i usually share my pieces on social media on Facebook Twitter and my Jerusalem post cars in the jerusalem post on website jay post calm it oftentimes on the back page on friday or the campaign every other week on the back page on friday right really boom i want to thank you so much for your time it's always great talking to you it's been too long we have to do this more often thanks josh great talking to you i appreciate it so much have a great day and i would definitely want to speak again as we get close to that april ninth election cuz it's gonna be interesting that's for sure all the best have a great day and that is gonna do it for today you're listening to israel uncensored here on the land of israel network at the land of israel comm it is the 25th of February 2019 the 20th of Adar Olive five seven seven nine as we get closer to Rosh Chodesh add our bet and then of course pour him pass off it's all happening folks and it's beautiful to be here broadcasting from Jerusalem shoutout to Vinny Amin brettski engineer extraordinaire without him there's no sound and also Tabitha Epstein who makes sure all of these programs get up online and of course all of the other wonderful hosts here on the land of Israel Network oh there's one other thing I would like to mention before we wrap it up for today if you haven't seen the ads if you haven't seen the ads don't 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