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What does Biden’s first foreign policy speech mean for Israel, Mideast?

Written on . Posted in PT Middle East.

JPost: “[Biden] is making a mistake in not yet reaching out personally to Israeli and Arab leaders to reassure them that he has their back.”

US President Joe Biden delivered his first foreign policy speech on Thursday at the State Department. His remarks focused on some urgent foreign policy issues, such as the situation in Burma and the war in Yemen, alongside several long-term challenges for the US, such as the policy towards China and Russia and the US refugee cap.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gestures after disembarking from a plane upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 8, 2016 (photo credit: REUTERS/BAZ RATNER)

But Biden did not mention the Iranian nuclear program, the Abraham Accords, Israel, or the Palestinians in his first foreign policy speech since taking office.

David Makovsky, Director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations at the Washington Institute and former senior advisor to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, noted that Biden spent a significant part of his speech speaking about Russia and China. “There is a little bit of a signal here that the story of Asia is going to be more of a story than the Middle East – which might be more of a second-tier story. It goes beyond Israel.
“The Middle East as a region is taking a bit of a backseat to Asia, and Asia is going to take a backseat to the pandemic. The combination of the pandemic, climate change, China, and the ‘new energy’ dynamics in the US are all factors resulting in the Middle East [being put] in the back seat,” Makovsky said.
“There is no doubt the pandemic is the 800-pound elephant in the room.

Senate Democrats Defeat Bid to Protect Abortion Survivors

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Free Beacon: Senate Democrats defeated legislation Wednesday that would have protected infants who survive abortions.

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The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act failed because nearly every Senate Democrat voted against the measure, which requires doctors to provide medical care for newborns who survive abortion attempts. The act received 52 votes, falling 8 short of the 60-vote threshold necessary to break the filibuster. Democratic senators Joe Manchin (W. Va.) and Bob Casey (Pa.) crossed the aisle to vote for the legislation.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.), who introduced the legislation, decried the partisan vote. “This legislation isn’t red vs. blue, it is simply about giving every baby a fighting chance. Every baby deserves care. This isn’t about abortion, it’s about human rights,” he said.

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“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” Matthew 5:44

Report: Fox News Cancels #1 Rated Business Show – Lou Dobbs

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Breitbart: Fox News has canceled Lou Dobbs Tonight and the pro-Trump host is not expected to return to the television news network’s airwaves, according to a Friday evening report.

Dobbs’ program, which airs twice nightly at 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern on the Fox Business Network, will have its final airing Friday, according to a Fox News representative who confirmed the cancellation. Starting next week, the program will be called “Fox Business Tonight,” with rotating substitute hosts Jackie DeAngelis and David Asman, who filled in for Dobbs on Friday.

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[P]eople familiar with discussions say the decision to end Dobbs’ program was under consideration before the legal issues with Smartmatic arose. (Fox News said it stands by its 2020 election coverage and will “defend this meritless lawsuit in court.”)

“As we said in October, Fox News Media regularly considers programming changes and plans have been in place to launch new formats as appropriate post-election, including on Fox Business,” A Fox News representative said in a statement obtained by the Times. “This is part of those planned changes. A new 5 p.m. program will be announced in the near future.”

Former President Donald Trump issued a statement on the cancelation of Dobbs’ show, saying: “Lou Dobbs is and was great. Nobody loves America more than Lou.” Read More

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ELECTIONS: POLLS SHOW PRO-3RD TEMPLE POLITICIANS BECOMING LAWMAKERS

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And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. Exodus 25:8 (The Israel BibleTM)

Israel 365:

Two separate right-wing parties in Israel, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) and the National Union, were each expected to receive roughly two Knesset seats in Israel’s current election according to most polls. The only problem is that the minimum requirement for a party to enter Israel’s Knesset and serve as an acting lawmaker is four seats.

But after much deliberation and pressure from Israel’s right-wing camp, the two parties reached an agreement where they would unite together and run on a joint ticket. The result – The new party called ‘Religious Zionism’ is now polling at five seats, more than the required four seat minimum threshold.

In a tweet, Ben Gvir said: “We have united for the nation of Israel, the land of Israel and for the Torah of Israel” Read More

Biden: Fundamentally Trans-Forming America

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PNW: Joe Biden insisted that his administration would “look like America.” If that’s true, most Americans are ready for an extreme makeover. A week and a half in, the majority would agree: nothing this White House has done comes even close to resembling their values.

Instead, it’s been a 13-day parade of far-Left extremism that’s snuffed out any hope that this president’s “whole soul” is actually in “bringing America together.” What it’s in, as far as the Washington Post can tell, is an LGBT agenda that will blow the doors off of modern convention.

Already, the Post insists, Biden is the most “pro-transgender president in history”–easily beating out eight years of Barack Obama on Day 1. Within hours, he’d thrown down the gauntlet on the military, schools, federal agencies, and any other workplace with a legitimate reason to respect the biological sexes.
It was Biden’s way of warning America: the days of feigning respect for both sides of the gender debate are over. “The president has made it clear that he intends to weaponize the law to crush dissent,” Alliance Defending Freedom’s Kristen Waggoner said solemnly.
 “That impacts not just people of faith, but all Americans who want to live life according to their convictions.” In a pluralistic society, she argued. The government should not be allowed to “single out and punish” people who hold a different view. Read More

A Cure For COVID?

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Arutz Sheva: A new treatment developed by an Israeli hospital could offer hope for thousands of hospitalized coronavirus patients.

Officials at Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv announced Friday morning that the medication, named EXO-CD24, which is being tested at the hospital has shown promising results, with an estimated 95% effectiveness in treating the coronavirus.

The drug is designed to treat moderate and serious cases of the coronavirus, and is given to patients via inhalation directly into the lungs. Read More

January Payrolls Miss: Only 49K Jobs Added As Unemployment Rate Tumbles To 6.3%

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Zero Hedge: Following last month’s dismal unemployment print, which saw the first contraction since April in December payrolls, expectations were high for a solid rebound in January – maybe too solid – and unfortunately while jobs did grow in January, the final number of +49,000 came in well below the 105K consensus estimate, if up solidly from December’s downward revised -227K, with revisions subtracting a total of 159K jobs from the past two months. Read More

 

BIDEN ORDERS MAJOR AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO RETREAT FROM IRAN COAST

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When you take the field against your enemies, and see horses and chariots—forces larger than yours—have no fear of them, for Hashem your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, is with you. Deuteronomy 20:1 (The Israel BibleTM)

Israel 365: American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, among the largest warships in the world boasts a reputation for signaling Washington’s power in the Middle East, has been ordered to return home, US Naval Institute News said citing US officials.

The decision was seen as a potential signal to Iran to calm tensions as the newly elected Biden administration makes efforts to open negotiations for a new nuclear agreement.

The aircraft carrier was deployed to the Persian Gulf by former president Trump in November amid rising tensions with Tehran. Read More