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The architect of disaster, Benjamin \u2018Bibi\u2019 Netanyahu is personally responsible for three decades of fear mongering, sedition, inciting hatred, anger, racism, sexism and violence. One of his most glorifying moments was the 1995 Ra\u2019nana Fake Funeral Demonstration against the Oslo Accord, Peace with the Palestinians and personal attack against PM Yitzchak Rabin. Years of Bibi\u2019s manipulation, deception, lies, broken promises and encumbering court indictments, Bibi remains in power (Photo Credit: from July 2012 issue of Vogue Magazine, Platon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

After 27 weeks of demonstrations and protests against the lopsided most extreme, racist, sexist, homophobic, coalition in the history of modern day Israel \u2013 secular and religious, centrist, right and left, young and old, male and female, gay and straight Israelis count the hours before Bibi destroys the heart and soul of Israeli democracy.<\/p>\n

Never underestimate the Dark Forces of Benjamin \u2018Bibi\u2019 Netanyahu<\/strong><\/h2>\n Never underestimate the deceptive power of Bibi, never underestimate his silver tongue of lies. He\u2019s been doing it for years, He\u2019s a master of manipulation.<\/p>\n For well over 15 years \u00a0Bibi has faced and continues to face many potential legal disasters. It started in 1997, when the police recommended he be indicted on charges of corruption for influence-peddling.<\/p>\n At the time, Bibi was accused of appointing an attorney general that would favor him. Due to a lack of evidence, charges were dropped.<\/p>\n In 1999, Bibi faced more scandals when the police recommended he be tried for corruption. This time his hand chosen Attorney General declared there wasn\u2019t enough evidence.<\/p>\n 2017, Bibi is formally indicted and officially charged<\/h3>\n In early 2017, Bibi is investigated and questioned by the police. He is suspected of obtaining inappropriate favors from businessmen and attempts to manipulate Israeli newspapers for more favorable coverage.<\/p>\n On the 21st of November, 2019 Bibi is formally indicted on charges of fraud, breach of trust, corruption and bribery. He\u2019s then officially charged on the 28th of January 2020. His criminal trials continue. \u00a0BIBI\u2019S TRIALS AND LEGAL WOES<\/a><\/p>\n With the November 2022 election finished, Bibi is given the mandate to pull together a coalition.<\/p>\n During weeks of negotiations with extreme right wing parties with promises of huge financial support plus cabinet ministries, Prime Minister Benjamin \u2018Bibi\u2019 Netanyahu insulates himself from \u2018eviction.\u2019<\/p>\n March 2023, Bibi\u2019s coalition passes a bill that prevents the Supreme Court from considering any request to declare the Prime Minister incapable of serving. The new bill states that only the Prime Minister himself or his cabinet with a 2\/3rds majority can declare a leader unfit for office.<\/p>\n Never forget what Bibi got away with<\/h2>\n Among the many 1995 anti-peace demonstrations, Bibi leads an anti-Oslo, anti-Rabin demonstration with a fake black coffin behind him. Bibi was never arrested, questions, indicted, tried for treason, sedition and incitement to violence that led to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin by a right wing, Mizrahi, religious, young murderer. (Photos from Israeli newspapers, 1995)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n**** ** July 1995. <\/strong>Bibi rallies Israelis through lies, manipulation, incitement of fear, anger and violence. He leads demonstrations with a fake coffin behind him. The words Oslo and Rabin are clearly written on the coffin.<\/p>\n ** He parades with a hangman\u2019s noose declaring war on peace and the late Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. To the dismay of many Israelis, Bibi endorses posters of Rabin dressed in an SS uniform.<\/p>\n ** November 4, 1955. <\/strong>Right-wing, young religious Sephardic man, Yigal Amir murders Rabin at the end of a massive Peace Rally in Tel Aviv. Amir shoots three bullets into Rabin\u2019s back.<\/p>\n ** ****Bibi is never arrested, never interrogated, never indicted for treason or incitement. Many believe Bibi got away with murder.<\/p>\n A Few Highlights of Bibi\u2019s Recent Years in Office<\/h2>\nHow many Israeli soldiers does it take to detain a 14 year-old Palestinian male?<\/h3>\n**** How many Israeli soldiers does it take to detain, arrest and abuse a Palestinian teen? Fez El-Junidi, was 14 years old when this photo was taken in December 2017 following clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron. \u00a0 (Photo Credit: Wisam Hashlamoun\/Anadolu Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n******** ** ********The above photograph is from December 2017 during the 34th coalition of the modern state of Israel. It\u2019s also known as the \u2018Fourth Netanyahu Government\u2019 which was in power from 2015 through 2020.<\/p>\n Published on March 16, 2019 in an article written by Netta Ahituv for Haaretz. ENDLESS TRIP TO HELL, Haaretz<\/a><\/p>\n The headline reads: \u2018Endless Trip to Hell\u2019: Israel Jails Hundreds of Palestinian Boys a Year\u2026They\u2019re seized in the dead of night, blindfolded and cuffed, abused and manipulated to confess to crimes they didn\u2019t commit. Every year Israel arrests almost 1,000 Palestinian youngsters, some of them not yet 13.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Use this link to see how many Israelis soldiers are needed to beat up a different teenage Palestinian male. HEBRON DECEMBER 2017 SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR BY THE IDF<\/a><\/p>\n The photograph below is typical of how Israeli soldiers are taught to humiliate, intimidate and treat stone-throwing male Palestinian teenagers.<\/p>\n Two young Palestinian detainees under guard. The teenage boys are stripped, blind folded and terrorized by Israeli soldiers who typically burst into a Palestinian house in the middle of the night. They seize the \u2018wanted\u2019 youth and leave the family with a document stating where he\u2019s being taken (Photo Credit: Breaking the Silence)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n******** ** ********\u00a0<\/p>\n The Murder of Eyad al-Hallaq<\/h2>\n Eyad al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old autistic resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz. On May 30, 2020, while walking with his counselor to his special needs facility in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City, he was point blank shot dead by an inexperienced Israeli border policeman. (Photo Credit: Courtesy of the family)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n********** ** Eyad was a 32 year old autistic young man. On the days he attended a special needs facility, Eyad would enter the Old City from Lion\u2019s Gate with his counselor Warda Abu Hadid.<\/p>\n ** On the day he was shot, a Israeli Border Policeman believed Eyad was a terrorist. The policeman ignored Warda\u2019s shouting to the Police that Eyad was harmless and disabled.<\/p>\n ** Instead the policeman shot Eyad several times. To Warda, it was a point blank murder.<\/p>\n ** One year after the shooting, the Israeli policeman is indicted. The indictment read in part: \u201ceven though Eyad was on the ground when he was wounded as a result of the initial shooting, had nothing in his hands and had done nothing to justify it [the shooting], the accused fired at Eyad\u2019s upper body, thereby taking an unreasonable risk of causing his death<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n ** On July 6th, 2023<\/strong> the Israeli Policeman was acquitted of all charges.<\/p>\n ** As members of Bibi\u2019s extreme right wing coalition applauded the outcome of the trial, Eyad\u2019s family and friends were outraged. So were many Jewish Israelis.<\/p>\n ** **********\u00a0<\/p>\n The parents of Eyad al-Hallaq demontrate in front of the President\u2019s Jerusalem residence. (Photo Credit:Olivier Fitoussi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n********** ** **********Saturday, July 8th, two hours before the weekly protest was to commence, Israeli police entered the family\u2019s home demanding to know if anyone in the family intended to participate in the weekly Saturday evening, anti-Bibi demonstrations.<\/p>\n \u201cSince only a handful of activists were aware of the family\u2019s intention to join the protest up until a few hours before it began, they remain unsure as to how the police found out<\/strong>.\u201d (article by Nir Hasson Haaretz) \u00a0EYAD AL HALLAQ ARTICLE HAARETZ<\/a><\/p>\n During the Jerusalem demonstration, Eyad\u2019s sister was invited to memorialize her brother. In his honor, she read a chapter from the Quran in Arabic which was translated into Hebrew<\/p>\n The photograph below is from the Saturday July 8th Pro-Democracy demonstration in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n In the middle of the demonstration, Jewish Israeli men and women stage a live theatrical performance protesting the acquittal of the unnamed, unidentified Israeli policeman who murdered Eyad al-Hallaq.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ********** ** Protest performance against the acquittal of the unnamed Israeli Policeman who murdered Eyad al-Hallaq. Translation of the Hebrew is, \u2018Who killed Eyad?\u2019 (Photo Credit: Moti Milrod)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLast but not least, Jenin, the West Bank, July 2023<\/h2>\n ** When his back is to the wall, protests a thorn in his side, Bibi needs a distraction, a diversion.<\/p>\n ** Violence is the name of the game.<\/p>\n ** It\u2019s the perfect soothing balm to control his unpredictable extremist Ministers and Coalition Partners. And at the same time, as always opposition leaders will jump on board. They too know how much Israelis love a little taste of war.<\/p>\n * July 3, 2023<\/h3>\n * Israeli Defense Forces under the command of Minister of Defense, Yoav \u2018bloodthirsty<\/em>\u2018 Gallant and his Chief of Staff, Lt. General Herzl \u2018a secure dictatorship is better than an unprotected anarchy<\/em>\u2018 Halevi, with blessings from Bibi and his cabinet launched \u201cOperation Home and Garden.\u201d It was the largest operation in Jenin in the past 20 years.<\/p>\n ** The government, along with most of the opposition, endorses the ousting of Palestinians from their homes. Israeli politicians and government leaders support arresting as many Palestinians as possible and hopefully kill off a few terrorists.<\/p>\n ** Collateral damage includes destroying as much infrastructure as possible. And too bad if there are civilian casualties.<\/p>\n ** The icing on the cake? If any Israelis are killed, the Prime Minister, Chief of Staff, Minister of Defense and as many politicians as possible will hail the fallen as heroes.<\/p>\n ** Israelis will beat their chests, rent their clothes.<\/p>\n ** Mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, grandparents and cousins, friends and fellow soldiers bury the dead. And Bibi\u2019s grand prize is the all too familiar photo ops at funerals and in homes of the mourners.<\/p>\n ** And it works, it always works in Bibi\u2019s favor. Here it comes that old reliable crooked smirk back on Bibi\u2019s face. He\u2019s got his dancing shoes on!<\/p>\n ** By the way, since the IDF invasion of Jenin, Bibi\u2019s polling numbers soared against his biggest opponents.<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** They say a photograph is worth a thousand words. Eight photos, eight thousand words.<\/h2>\n ** ** The terrible aftermath of Israeli Defense Forces destruction of Bibi\u2019s \u201cOperation Home & Garden.\u201d (Photo Credits: AP\/Nasser Nasser; AP\/Majdi Mohammed; AFP Ronaldo Schemidt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** ** Jenin, West Bank after the senseless destruction of homes, property, schools, roads, infrastructure and businesses by the IDF. (Photo Credits:AP\/Nasser Nasser; AP\/Majdi Mohammed; AFP Ronaldo Schemidt; Lebanon Online)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEpilogue<\/h2>\n ** When I was originally invited to join the Patheos stable of writers, the focus was to be on Religion and Art. Being one of the few (if only) Israeli blogger(s) living in Jerusalem and witnessing historic events, I was encouraged by my wonderful editor Alan, to move into the world of current events. I\u2019m hoping in the coming weeks to glide back into and focus more on Religion and Art. Until then, I will continue to share moments in Israel, both good and bad.<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** to be continued\u2026.<\/h2>\n Bibi\u2019s Dance Around the Grave of Israel, Part II<\/h2>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** \n ** <\/div>\n<\/div>\n ** \n ** \n ** \n ** <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n ** \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ** **********After 27 weeks of demonstrations and protests against the lopsided most extreme, racist, sexist, homophobic, coalition in the history of modern day Israel \u2013 secular and religious, centrist, right and left, young and old, male and female, gay and straight Israelis count the hours before Bibi destroys the heart and soul of Israeli democracy. 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