The League of Nations Mandate for Palestine expressly granted the Jewish people the right to reconstitute the ancient and biblical Jewish National Home in Palestine. Generations of Jews have died and been maimed and traumitised in defence of this ideal. That’s where all the eggs are. I find it hard to fathom how any community leaders in the Jewish diaspora could think otherwise.

Don’t put all your eggs in the Israeli basket.

It was not Gantz, it was the deputy Chief of Staff, general Yair Golan(now in Meretz).

I am afraid I canot understand the tenor of your reply which is meaningless to me. If you can be a little clearer I will respond.

In the meantime – your use of the word “annexation” is wrong. Israel is set to restore Jewish sovereignty after 3000 years in Judea and Samaria in an area designated by the Mandate for Palestine within which the Jewish National Home could be reconstituted. A mouthful – but correct and accurate. Adopting the language of Jew-haters is not recommended.

The Nation State Law has been passed – whether you like it or not. Gantz wants to amend it. Netanyahu needs to find out how and why – now – before he signs up to any national unity government with Gantz.

Michael:
You might be right .. and you might be wrong. I am just saying Netanyahu needs to find out now so there is no doubt about Gantz’s position in the event he becomes Israel’s next – and unelected – Prime Minister

Michael:
You might be right .. and you might be wrong. I am just saying Netanyahu needs to find out now so there is no doubt about Gantz’s position in the event he becomes Israel’s next – and unelected – Prime Minister

Eion:
Please elaborate.

Spot on Steve … except Gantz added another rider: the international community also needed to accept – which in effect means never.

It seems impossible to believe that Netanyahu would forego this opportunity offered by the Trump Plan to restore Jewish sovereignty in Judea and Samaria after 3000 years and to hopefully end the reconstitution of the Jewish National Home which began with the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine in 1922 and was preserved by article 80 of the UN Charter

You view is not the view of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
“Arabic in Israel: an official language and a cultural bridge
18 Dec 2016
​Arabic is used daily by Israeli Muslims, Christians and Druze, as well as by Jews who originate from Arab countries. It is an official language in the State of Israel, alongside Hebrew.”
https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Culture/Pages/Arabic-in-Israel–an-official-language-and-a-cultural-bridge-18-December-2016.aspx

Exactly as you say Michael. Within 18 month, Netanyahu’s indictment charades (and possible appeals) will have finished, and in that time Gantz will have had ample opportunity to expose his ineptitude.

I am however amazed that any IDF general who compares the IDF to the Nazis, as Gantz did on Holocaust Memorial Day in 2016, would have the chutzpah to stand as a Jewish candidate for the Knesset.