Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumDeputy FM asserts historic right to West Bank
http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/deputy-fm-asserts-historic-right-to-west-bank/...
We must return to the basic truth about our right to the land, says Hotovely, who favors the annexation of the West Bank over the establishment of a Palestinian state. We didnt come here to apologize for that.
Of course the world understands Israels security needs, but arguments of ethics and justice will trump security arguments, she says, urging Israeli diplomats throughout the world to reiterate the Jewish peoples right to the entire land.
During her speech, Hotovely cites the medieval biblical commentator Rashi, who wrote that the Bible related the story of the birth of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, and its emergence from Egypt, in order to shore up its claim to the land.
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(90,061 posts)Three prominent female Israeli ministers have been photoshopped out of a cabinet photo on the front page of an ultra-Orthodox newspaper.
The picture, which shows Israel's new coalition government ministers, appeared on the front cover of the Haredi newspaper Actuali, but justice minister Ayelet Shaked, culture and sports minister Miri Regev, and the minister for senior citizens, equality, and gender equality Gila Gamliel were all completely removed.
An airbrushed image also appeared in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish website B'Haderei Haredim, where the three women's faces were pixelated, in an attempt to quell the concerns of religious male readers. However, the legs of Regev were still visible.
http://europe.newsweek.com/israeli-newspaper-photoshops-female-ministers-out-cabinet-photo-327594?piano_t=1