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That Is the Only Hope for This Nation! 04/02/2021 NEWS AM – Happy Passover! – Day 6 The Maccabeats - Nirtzah: The Seder Finale - Passover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpHb4IHYLY "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Read the Prophets & PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! That is the only hope for this nation! Please Pray that the world would WAKE UP! Time for a worldwide repentance! Remember ALL US soldiers fighting for our freedom around the world These Pray for those in our government to repent of their wicked corrupt ways. Folks Pray for TR – abnormal Mammogram having double biopsy – Positive for cancer In Pray for ZH - having trouble with PTSD Prayer- Pray for LAC – recurrent cancer getting treatment Check often Pray for Ella – emotionally disturbed abused child and brother with ? heart problem They Pray for JN – Neuro disease Change! Pray for MS – Job issues and change Pray for BB – Severe West Nile Fever –still not mobile- improving! Pray for RBH – cancer recurrence Pray for Felicia – post op problems – continuing Pray for SH and family – lady’s husband passed away and she is in Nursing home. Not doing well. Pray for MP – Very complex problems Pray that The Holy One will lead you in Your preparations for handling the world problems. – Have YOU made any preparations? Genesis 24:21And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not. 22And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight is a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight is ten bekahs of gold), 23and saith, `Whose daughter art thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?' "A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody." — Thomas Paine Who will he back as PM? Bennett to meet with Netanyahu, then Lapid Yamina leader to holds talks with leaders of competing blocs on Friday, Saturday as they scramble to gain enough support to be tasked by president with forming a government By TOI staff Today, 6:06 pm Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to hold negotiations on possibly forming a coalition government, in their first sit-down since last week’s inconclusive elections. Bennett will meet Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid on Saturday night, for the same purpose, Yamina said in a statement Thursday. Both Netanyahu’s bloc of supporters and the anti-Netanyahu bloc are competing for Yamina’s backing, which is crucial to muster a 61-strong majority in the Knesset. Even with Bennett’s support, both sides are expected to face significant hurdles. Following the elections, Bennett has been demanding that he become prime minister in a power- sharing deal with either Lapid or Netanyahu, despite his party only having seven Knesset seats. Netanyahu’s Likud won the most seats in the elections, 30, while Yesh Atid is the second-largest party with 17. Lapid met Thursday with leaders of the Joint List party, an alliance of predominantly Arab member parties. The Joint List leaders did not commit to giving him their support and reiterated that they will not consider recommending Lapid unless he receives 55 other MKs’ recommendations. The meeting was not attended by Balad head Sami Abou Shahadeh, who has said his faction within the Joint List will not recommend anyone for prime minister. The remaining five MKs of the party are widely expected to endorse Lapid for prime minister, but if even he receives the prerequisite 55 recommendations, the Joint List would still only take him to 60 MKs. That would leave Lapid still needing Yamina’s cooperation to oust Netanyahu, strengthening Bennett’s hand. Hebrew media reported Thursday that while Bennett has not yet decided who he will recommend to President Reuven Rivlin, he has all but ruled out Lapid and likely will submit his own name, rather than back Netanyahu either. Gideon Sa’ar, leader of the New Hope party which is also seeking to replace Netanyahu, is reportedly working to broker an alternate coalition that would see Bennett rotate the premiership with Lapid. However, the idea is said to be hampered by disputes over who should actually be tasked with forming the coalition, with both sides skeptical of the other’s commitment to follow through on the power-sharing agreement. A poll published Wednesday night by Channel 13 News found that 62 percent of those who voted for the anti-Netanyahu bloc want Lapid to step aside and let Bennett be prime minister. Before the election, both New Hope’s Sa’ar and Bennett said they want to see Netanyahu removed from power, but also vowed not to let Lapid be prime minister. Also Wednesday, Netanyahu publicly called on Yamina and Sa’ar, a former Likud minister who left to start his own party, to put aside their differences and join him in forming a government. Sa’ar, who has vowed to unseat Netanyahu, immediately rejected the offer but Yamina’s response was ambivalent. According to a Channel 12 report on Wednesday night, Likud has extended a lavish offer to Yamina in an effort to persuade Bennett’s party to recommend Netanyahu be tapped with forming the next government. Bennett has previously served as a minister under Netanyahu but following the previous elections joined the opposition. Rivlin is set to begin consultations with the political parties on Monday to hear their recommendation for who should get the job of forming a government. On Wednesday, he is expected to task a candidate with forming a government. The elections, the fourth in two years, did not break the ongoing political deadlock. Lapid has met with several fellow faction leaders in recent days as part of coalition-building efforts. He has so far been endorsed by Yisrael Beytenu (7 seats), Labor (7) and Meretz (6) to form the next government — for a total of 37 backers. Benny Gantz said his Blue and White party (8 seats) would “automatically” back Lapid, provided that support would lift him to a 61-strong majority in the 120-member Knesset. Netanyahu can expect the endorsement of Shas (9), United Torah Judaism (7) and Religious Zionism (6) — 52 seats in all together with Likud’s 30. Ra’am, with just four seats, could be in a position to tip the scale for either bloc. Lapid has courted Ra’am leader Abbas, who is reportedly leaning toward supporting a Likud government from the outside and is set to make a television announcement on Thursday night. Collaboration with Ra’am faces strong opposition from within Likud and the Religious Zionist parties, which accuse the party of being anti-Zionist and supporting Palestinian terrorism. https://www.timesofisrael.com/who- will-he-back-as-pm-bennett-to-meet-with-netanyahu-then-lapid/ Poll: 62% of voters who backed Netanyahu’s rivals want Bennett to form coalition TV survey: Nearly 2/3 think Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid should step aside to let the Yamina chief lead government; 80% dissatisfied with election results and expect 5th vote By TOI staff 31 March 2021, 11:12 pm Left to right: Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (Miriam Alster/Flash90); Yamina party chief Naftali Bennett; and New Hope party head Gideon Sa'ar (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Nearly two-thirds of voters who backed parties seeking to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power believe his chief rival, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, should stand aside and let Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett be prime minister instead, according to a Channel 13 survey published Wednesday. The opinion poll also found widespread dissatisfaction among Israelis with the inconclusive election outcome, with 80 percent of respondents expressing disappointment with the stalemate and predicting a fifth round of elections within two years would be called. The poll came amid continued political deadlock following last week’s election, which saw neither Netanyahu’s allies nor his rivals muster enough seats to form a coalition. In the absence of a clear winner, Netanyahu’s rivals in the so-called “change bloc” — composed of centrist, right-wing and left-wing parties — were clamoring to muster enough support to form a government instead of the Likud leader, but were split on who should lead such a coalition. Likud won 30 seats in the election, becoming the largest party. Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid won 17 of the Knesset’s 120 seats in the election, while Bennett’s right-wing Yamina picked up seven. Both Bennett and New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar, also of the bloc opposing Netanyahu, are against Lapid becoming prime minister and talks are underway for a possible premiership power-sharing agreement. According to the survey, 62 percent believe Bennett should lead the next government, while just 32% said that the Yesh Atid chief should be prime minister. However, among all voters — those for and against Netanyahu remaining in power — 51% said they would rather see Bennett enter a Netanyahu-led government, while 49% said Bennett should rotate the premiership with Lapid. Among those who back Netanyahu remaining in office, 45% said they were in favor of establishing a government even if it required cooperation with the Islamist Arab party Ra’am, while 39% rejected the idea.
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