Instead of planning Israel’s annihilation, its Arab neighbors may find themselves seeking Tel Aviv’s favor the way the U. S. & Europe courted OPEC in the 1970’s & 1980’s.
If you still think the future of Israel looks bleak, think again.
A few months ago it looked like the Jewish state might not survive until 2013. Rockets were raining down from Gaza; revolution was about to install one Islamicist government in Egypt, and another was poised to take over in Syria. Iran was threatening to finish what Hitler’s Holocaust started, with an atomic bomb. The Obama administration seemed unwilling to stop that happening– while Israel’s only alternative to nuclear annihilation was a preemptive strike that was bound to start a major shooting war in the Middle East. Continue Reading »
Shaked, who was sworn in on Tuesday along with the rest of the members of the 19th Knesset, is promoting a bill that will thwart any possibility that nationals from enemy countries could sue the State of Israel for damages.
Deri added: “Public representatives’ families should be kept outside the political game.” 
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