The @IntlCrimCourt is not a serious threat; no #Israelis will be tried,screaming headlines notwithstanding. It's another performance in the ongoing propaganda war led by intl law cultists ("lawfare"), including powerful NGOs, to demonize #Israel, fuelling incitement & violence
2/n The specifics of claims by #ICC prosecutors & judges cited in media reports are window dressing for a vicious political campaign to demonize Israel. It's not about law, policies or "occupation"; if #Israel were to go back to pre-1967 lines, the delegitimization would continue
5/n @netanyahu@gantzbe@Gabi_Ashkenazi and other Israeli leaders have criticized Europe's funding of the NGO-ICC campaign, but policies are sporadic & ineffective. More robust counter-strategy is needed to force an end to this unjustifiable and dangerous support process
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1/n @EL_AL_AIRLINES plane from Tel Aviv to UAE carried no European officials and no 🇪🇺 flags. And Europe had no role in the 1979 Israel-Egypt and 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty. Why not?
2/n Almost all EU diplomats, foreign policy officials, "experts", etc operate through simplistic misguided prisms based on post-1945 images of normative (soft) power, rules-based international order, etc.Totally inapplicable to MidEast - as a result, Europe has little credibility
Just another day at the @UNHumanRights Council as the chair and VP censure me for this 90-second rebuttal to Agenda Item 7's "special rapporteur for singling out Israel, Michael Lynk", and his blatant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. @NGOmonitor ⬇️
Full session here: webtv.un.org/watch/id-sr-on…
My rebuttal starts at 1:37:18. Speaking truth to abusive NGO power is what we do; Mr. Lynk didn't like being held to account -- his response at the end (1:46:40) ⬇️
Excerpt: "Lynk's reports whitewash Palestinian terror and incitement, and distort factual evidence beyond recognition, as in the case of the so-called 'Great March of Return' along the Gaza border."
Tomorrow, Israelis vote for the 3rd time in a year with little expectation of a clear outcome. Our society, (like others) is deadlocked, without the majority needed in a multi-party parliamentary system. #IsraElex2020 1/n
On the plus side, and despite intense differences, passion, and uncertainty, the democratic process is respected - no street violence. The system is strained, but continues to function. Not trivial. 2/n
The two main Jewish blocs are divided by culture including religious tradition (or secularism), socio-economic class, perspectives re Palestinians, etc. The differences are folded into core division over @netanyahu - one bloc passionately for, the other against. 3/n