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JohnSJ

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18. Israel is still a Democracy. Netanyahu's attempt to overhaul the judicial system was facing its first legal

Reply to AntivaxHunters (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 28, 2023, 01:42 PM

Oct 2023

challenge in the Israeli Supreme Court before the Hamas attacks. In addition, the latest polls before the Hamas attack indicated that Netanyahu is in political trouble, and Gantz is their preferred prime minister by a margin of almost 2 to 1, and would gain the majority of seats in the Knesset, or parliament,

The Hamas attack will not help him either, and when the situation is stabilized, there will be a vote of no confidence, and he will lose.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahus-judicial-overhaul-faces-first-legal-challenge-in-israeli-supreme-court

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The spokesman of the IDF everybody! [View all] AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 OP

Dear claudette Oct 2023 #1

..the Dept of Redundancy Dept. thomski64 Oct 2023 #6

Greta is a clear and present danger to Israel.... Chainfire Oct 2023 #2

Ya conservatives are always attacking her AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #3

As Ms. Thunberg might say: Disaffected Oct 2023 #4

Your selective editing is interesting and of course leaves out important details that JohnSJ Oct 2023 #5

The fact he even said this is quite revealing AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #10

Israel is still a Democracy. Netanyahu's attempt to overhaul the judicial system was facing its first legal JohnSJ Oct 2023 #18

What's the claudette Oct 2023 #22

Exactly. Goddessartist Oct 2023 #23

"nobody should be amplifying anyone who celebrated the Hamas attacks" sarisataka Oct 2023 #7

Thank-you for putting in the full context. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #9

Generally speaking AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #11

I'll take that as a yes. sarisataka Oct 2023 #13

Funny thing AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #15

Still seems like your answer is yes nt sarisataka Oct 2023 #17

John Kirby is Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. What is your point? JohnSJ Oct 2023 #19

This person was NOT speaking on behalf of the IDF. One needs to read the link to see that this was his JohnSJ Oct 2023 #8

He is the spokesman for the IDF AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #14

but he was not speaking on behalf of the IDF. Politico screwed that up also. He was expressing his JohnSJ Oct 2023 #20

Greta is not a terrorist stopdiggin Oct 2023 #12

Spokespeople of governments headed by fascist racists will say bad stuff. David__77 Oct 2023 #16

and he wasn't speaking on behalf of the IDF, but his personal views. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #21