To provide greater exposure to primary Israeli news sources and opinions in order to become better informed on the issues, and to gain a better understanding of the wide range of perspectives that exist in Israeli society and politics. Issue 1043 • February 10, 2017 • 14 Shevat 5777

ISRAELI LAWMAKERS BOTH PRAISE AND SLAM SETTLEMENT LAW Israeli Premier Binyamin Netanyahu. (JPost 2/7/17) "As a longstanding friend of Israel, I condemn the passing of the Land Right-wing Knesset members praised the plenums' final approval of the Regularization Bill by the Knesset, which damages Israel’s standing with its "settlement bill" – that became the Settlement Law – and would retroactively international partners," said Ellwood. legalize some 4,000 settler homes on private Palestinian land and offers to "It is of great concern," he continued, "that the bill paves the way for compensate its owners. significant growth in settlements deep in the West Bank, threatening the "A big thing happened in Israel tonight," said MK Moti Yogev (Bayit Yehudi). viability of the two-state solution. We reiterate our support for a two-state "The Knesset approved the 'Settlements Bill' of Judaea and Samaria and of solution leading to a secure Israel that is safe from terrorism, and a the land of Israel." Yogev addressed those who already announced that they contiguous, viable, and sovereign Palestinian state." would file a petition to the Supreme Court to overrule the new law. The European Union also chastised Israel over the law’s passage, delaying a "It will not help the minority elite dictatorship of the Supreme Court. Even if meeting between EU and Israeli officials long seen as a step towards you try cancel the law, most of the people Israel have chosen the mending strained relations. The summit, slated for the end of February, has representatives that legislated it and wanted to regulate the settlements now been postponed indefinitely. activity." Yogev concluded by saying, "The people of Israel are wise, they ask to empower settlements all over Israel – in the Galilee, the Negev and in BRITAIN, ISRAEL 'SEE EYE TO EYE' ON IRANIAN THREAT, Judaea and Samaria – and we will keep on doing so." NETANYAHU SAYS (Israel Hayom 2/7/17) Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan echoed Yogev's comments and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with British Prime Minister Theresa the law is the first step toward a full-measure annexation of the West Bank. May for the first time in London on Monday, and the two leaders discussed "Today we made history," he said. "The government of Israel accepted its full three topics: Iranian aggression, the Palestinian issue and the economy. responsibility over the settlements in Judaea and Samaria." Netanyahu said he supports additional limitations on the Iranian nuclear Tourism Minister Yariv Levin said that passing the bill is fixing a long-time deal's expiration clause. As they stand now, the sanctions will automatically injustice toward the settlers. "Tonight we claimed our control again by expire in 12 years. The additional limitations recommended by Netanyahu approving 'settlement bill,'" he said. "Those settlers in Judea and Samaria would mean that Iranian aggression would also invalidate the deal. that were sent by past governments to live there have suffered from a great Netanyahu said that he and May "see eye to eye on the grave danger that deal of injustice over a long period of time. Tonight we made sure to fix it and stems from Iran's buildup and aggression, and its expansion into vast areas regulated their status – once and for all." [in the Middle East], as well as consequences for Iran should its aggression Meanwhile, opposition MKs blamed the coalition for passing the controversial continue. We also discussed what is transpiring in Syria, Hezbollah's and the bill which is according to them a partial and hesitated step toward the Iranian army's involvement there. We agreed that it is important to stop this annexation of the territories. "The Right, led by Netanyahu, keeps lying to itself and to the citizens of Israel," said MK Hilik Bar (Zionist Union). "They Israel Report is a Student Publication of are acting irresponsibly, and it will end eventually again with a painful evacuation [of settlements]. It is about time that they decide what they want Yonatan Kurz, Editor-in-Chief without lying to the people. Do they want a bi-national state or the two-state Alex Ostrin, Akiva Sturm, Eli Englard, Eli Jarashow, Ezra Rotblat, Yoav Zolty, Editors We are proud to be distributed by these institutions, though they do not necessarily support or condone solution?" he added. "A true leader should say that enough is enough. But any of the material published: Netanyahu is busy proving who is more right-wing, and all of that is made on Anshei Chesed Cong., Boynton Beach, FL Hillel at Brandeis University the back of the settlers and on the future of the State of Israel." Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies Hillel at California State University - Long Beach Boca Raton Synagogue, FL Hillel at Columbia University MK Erel Margalit (Zionist Union) claimed that Netanyahu's support for the bill Carmel School, Hong Kong Hillel at Johns Hopkins University derives from the investigations against him. "This is not the 'settlement bill' it Cong. Agudath Achim, Bradley Beach, NJ Hillel at Yale University Cong. Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, NJ Hillel High School, Deal NJ is the 'investigation bill,'" he said. "His goal is to stir up the masses while at Cong. Ahavath Achim, Fairfield, CT Jewish Center of Teaneck, NJ the same time creating an international crisis to cover up his criminal Cong. Anshe Shalom, Jamaica Estates, NY Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst, NY Cong. Anshe Sholom, New Rochelle, NY Kemp Mill Synagogue, Silver Spring, MD entanglement. Right-wing voters should wake up: this is another political lie Cong. Beth Aaron, Teaneck, NJ Mizrachi Shul, Johannesburg, SA by Netanyahu. This bill will never be implemented," he added. Cong. Beth Shalom, Monroe Twp, NJ North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, NY Cong. Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ Suburban Torah Center, Livingston, NJ Cong. Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, NJ The Learning Shul, Columbia, SC EUROPE PUNISHES ISRAEL (Arutz-7 INN.com 2/7/17) Cong. Ohr Torah, Edison, NJ Woodsburgh, NY Minyan While the United States has refused to condemn the Regulation Law Monday Cong. Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, NJ Young Israel Bet Tefilah of Aberdeen, NJ Cong. Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, NJ Young Israel of Brookline, MA night, Britain and the European Union slammed the legislation on Tuesday, Cong. Sons of Israel, Allentown, PA Young Israel of East Brunswick, NJ saying that it threatened the pursuit of a two-state solution. Neither referrred Cong. Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, NJ Young Israel of Fort Lee, NJ Cong. Zichron R. M. Feinstein, Brooklyn, NY Young Israel of Hancock Park, CA to the previous situation on Cyprus, when Greeks were allowed to Delray Orthodox Synagogue, Delray Beach, FL Young Israel of Holliswood, NY recompense Turks for building on their land when the island was divided East Denver Orthodox Synagogue, CO Young Israel of Houston, TX Flatbush Park Jewish Center, Mill Basin, NY Young Israel of New Hyde Park, NY rather than abandon their home, this with the consent of the Hague Court. Harvard University Library Young Israel of North Woodmere, NY The British government warned Israel in a statement Tuesday that the law Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY Young Israel of New Rochelle, NY Hillel at Baruch College Young Israel of Sharon, MA would diminish the Jewish state’s position around the world. YI Shomrai Emunah, Silver Spring, MD The statement, issued by Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood, comes We encourage our readers to subscribe to our sources on the internet. For more information or to on the heels of a meeting between UK Prime Minister Theresa May and subscribe by e-mail, reach us at [email protected] 2 situation through a number of means. Police Superintendent Lior Ben Simhon said security forces had no "I told May that, in my opinion, President Trump's moves regarding additional intelligence indicating a potential escalation. He said large police forces sanctions on Iran should be supported. Every responsible country needs to joined the military in canvassing the area and ensuring the residents and support these kinds of steps. Even without a violation of the deal on their tourists' safety. part, they [the Iranians] are on the path to the bomb." The Homefront Command has not issued any special instructions for Eilat, The two also discussed the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. saying it could resume its routine. "I made clear to the British prime minister what it [the two-state solution] Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, maintains ties with the entails," Netanyahu said. "First of all, recognition of our national homeland. radical Salafists groups based in the Sinai Peninsula, including with the Even given this recognition, there is no situation in the foreseeable future in Islamic State-affiliated Sinai Province. which Israel will not be the sovereign body and the only authority to control security west of Jordan." AT LEAST EIGHT WOUNDED IN SUSPECTED SHOOTING ATTACK IN He denied this was a reversal of the support he voiced for the two-state CENTRAL ISRAELI CITY (Ha’aretz 2/9/17) solution in his Bar-Ilan University speech in 2009. Eight people were admitted to hospital on Thursday in a suspected shooting "I have not changed my position. I also voiced these limitations at Bar-Ilan," attack in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikvah. he said. "These are fundamental conditions. I have no conditions for entering The incident took place near the city's open-air market. Medics from Magen negotiations. These are the conditions for leaving negotiations and they are David Adom emergency responders treated three people injured by gunshot necessary contingencies." wounds to their lower bodies. Israel Police arrested one suspect and said the In a press briefing, Netanyahu said Washington had been updated in January incident may be a terror attack. They are continuing to investigate the on the plans for construction in Judea and Samaria. He said May had raised incident's circumstances. the topic in their meeting, but "we did not expand on the topic. It came up as The suspect was caught by civilians with a gun in his hand, Israel Police is the custom, nothing beyond that." reported. "I told May that the settlements are not an obstacle to peace," Netanyahu Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva reported admitting two people with light said. "They [the Palestinians] do not recognize us there. We clear the shooting wounds in their lower extremities, one person in moderate condition territory, and it becomes a stronghold of Iran or Islamic State, or both, so we with dark bruises, one person with a moderate stab wound, one person with cannot enter an imagined reality. We talked about realistic as well as superficial wounds and two people suffering psychological trauma. In unrealistic things." addition, MDA said a 30-year-old man was brought to the hospital after According to May's spokesman, she and Netanyahu discussed the Middle suffering a head wound during the incident. East conflict and Britain's understanding that the two-state solution is the A spokesman for MDA said the shooting victims were a man and a woman optimal solution for bringing stability to the region. The spokesman said May each in their 50s as well as a woman in her 30s. In addition, a man about 40 emphasized her opposition to settlements. was suffering from a stab to his upper body, according to MDA. Netanyahu told reporters May had invited him to an event to mark the An MDA medic said he found the 40-year-old man conscious with a wound to centennial of the Balfour Declaration in London in November. his neck. The man told him he was stabbed trying to capture the suspect. "At the same time as the Palestinians want to sue Britain for the Balfour Declaration's existence, it says something that the prime minister of Britain HUNDREDS OF HAREDI DRAFT OPPONENTS DEMONSTRATE ACROSS invited me to such an event," he said. ISRAEL (Arutz-7 INN.com 2/9/17) Netanyahu also said he had submitted a request to halt Britain's funding of Hundreds of haredi draft opponents gathered Thursday afternoon at sites controversial organizations such as Breaking the Silence. across Israel to protest the recent arrest of a yeshiva student who refuses to The British government indirectly funds the activities of the controversial enlist, despite having received draft orders. organization through its funding of organizations such as the Catholic Agency The protests were coordinated by members of the ‘Yerushalmi Faction’, a for Overseas Development and Christian Aid, which in turn transfer funds to non-Hasidic movement led by Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach that is staunchly Breaking the Silence and other radical leftist organizations. opposed to haredi enlistment in the IDF. On the economic front, Netanyahu said he and May discussed Britain's Protesters blocked the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway at the Latrun Junction decision to leave the EU and agreed to move toward a bilateral free trade near Modiin, shutting down traffic towards the capital. agreement on issues such as technology, science and the cybersphere. Traffic was also blocked at the Bar Ilan intersection in Jerusalem and on Before taking off for Tel Aviv, Netanyahu also met with British Foreign Rabbi Akiva Street in Bnei Brak. Demonstrators also shut down Nahar Secretary Boris Johnson. Hayarden Street in Beit Shemesh. Police clashed with demonstrators, arresting 2 in Beit Shemesh, and 10 in IRON DOME INTERCEPTS 3 ISIS ROCKETS FIRED AT EILAT (Israel Jerusalem. Hayom 2/9/17) Four rockets were fired Wednesday night at the southern resort city of Eilat. HAREDI SOLDIER PELTED WITH ROCKS BY ULTRA-ORTHODOX The Iron Dome defense system battery stationed in the city intercepted three STUDENTS (YNet 2/9/17) projectiles, while the fourth exploded in an open area, causing no harm. A member of the Haredi community, recently discharged from the IDF, was A Sinai-based Salafi terrorist group affiliated with Islamic State has claimed attacked by an ultra-Orthodox mob of yeshiva students Wednesday night responsibility for the rocket fire. when they surrounded him, subjected him to verbal abuse and threw garbage Wednesday's incident took place at 10:55 p.m., as sirens wailed across the cans and even stones at him. popular resort city, sending residents and vacationers scrambling for shelter. The incident, which took place at one of the flashpoints in Bnei Brak where The Eilat police received over 300 calls from concerned citizens and alarmed violent protests against military conscription were staged on Tuesday night, tourists. Four people suffered shock and were treated in the city's Yoseftal was recorded by the victim. Medical Center. The soldier arrived at the spot wearing civilian clothing, but was recognized Security forces canvassed the area for rocket fragments, one of which was by the angry crowds, likely due to the publicizing of his photo by extremist later found in the pool of one of the city's hotels. elements within the community spearheading a “shaming campaign” 3 designed to slander Haredim daring to enlist in the IDF. cells only as part of the malignant process, such as different mutations and The soldier was pursued by the group before he managed to lock himself in a changes in the genetic sequence. room inside a nearby building and call the police. The implication would be that Israeli-born children, who are the descendants An eyewitness at the scene recalled the frightening episode. “There were of Ashkenazi Jews, are more prone to cancer than Israeli-born children who was a killer instinct in their eyes. They threw anything they could at him. They are descendants of Sephardic Jews. said ‘you’re a Nazi, even worse than Hitler. You’re a goy’ and wished him Mapping out cancer's genetic variety serves as the new front in the war dead.” The witness also described the immense fear that a Haredi soldier is against cancer as part of Personalized Medicine. Genetic testing can already forced to endure in Bnei Brak. be conducted once the disease is diagnosed, followed by genomic mapping The incident began, the witness added, when the soldier left a building and of the patient's specific type of cancer. somebody pointed at him and said: “Look, it is someone from the ‘hunters’ The first biotechnology company that made whole genome mapping available pack,’” a derogatory term applied to Haredim who draft into the IDF. to cancer patients and their treating oncologists was the Foundation Medicine “Then everyone attacked him and screamed ‘burn in hell.’” company that utilizes the extensive experience accumulated to identify new and rare mutations, which would then enable personalized care. NEW BILL SEEKS TO GIVE RELIGIOUS COURTS AUTHORITY TO The genetic tests help physicians choose the most efficient treatment out of ARBITRATE CIVIL CASES (Israel Hayom 2/8/17) all available options against the specific type of cancer identified by the test, In a preliminary reading on Wednesday, the Knesset plenum voted 48 to 26 and adjust it to the patient, or reinforce the need for the standard of care. to authorize a bill that would allow religious courts to arbitrate civil cases, as "If what is known today were applied," stated Miri Ziv, Director General of the long as both parties agree in writing to such arbitration. Under Israeli law, Israel Cancer Association, "we could reduce the cancer incidence and religious courts are not inherently authorized to arbitrate civil cases because morbidity rates by 50 percent. Behind the encouraging numbers lies the the law does not grant them the explicit authority to do so. concentrated effort of the Israel Cancer Association that initiated and pushed MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism), who along with fellow party forward prevention programs, early diagnosis, as well as improvement of member MK Uri Maklev proposed the bill, explained why it was necessary. care and rehabilitation." "Today, when there are two litigants who have a financial dispute, and they want a court to rule according to Jewish law, the state tells them, 'no.' NFL PLAYERS HEAD TO ISRAEL FOR TOUR, EXHIBITION GAME (Arutz- Following an appeal on the matter, the court then comes and says there is no 7 INN.com 2/6/17) problem with deliberating [the issue] in a rabbinical court, but it needs the A delegation of 11 football players from the National Football League are Knesset's approval." planning to visit Israel a week after the New England Patriots defeated the MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) spoke out against the bill. He argued that Atlanta Falcons at Super Bowl LI. couples that wanted a civil divorce, rather than one issued by a rabbinical Players will spend seven days touring the country, visiting historic and court, should have the same opportunity to seek a civil avenue as the bill religious sites in the Galilee, Jordan River Valley, and Jerusalem. affords civil litigants who wish to have their case arbitrated in accordance with The delegation will also tour Haifa, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea area, and visit Jewish law. Rambam Hospital and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. The planned trip is a joint effort of the Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy ASHKENAZI JEWS ARE 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE CANCER Ministry, Tourism Ministry, and the America’s Voices in Israel organization. (YNet 2/7/17) An exhibition game in Jerusalem is scheduled during the trip between the A study released by The Ministry of Health reveals that ethnicity and place of NFL visitors and the Israeli Football team. The game, which will take place residence factor into the cancer incidence ratio, and that Israeli descendants under the auspices of the Israeli Football Association, will be held on of Ashkenazi Jews are more prone to cancer than Israeli-born children who February 18th (Saturday evening). are descendants of Sephardic Jews. Tourism Minister Yariv Levin said the trip was part of a broader effort to To the growing causes of cancer, which include smoking, sun exposure and create “ambassadors of good will for Israel” abroad, and to encourage sports- radiation, it seems likely that ethnicity is going to have to be added to the list related tourism to the Jewish state. “Football stars are a source of inspiration as the Ministry of Health data showing that Ashkenazi Jews are 4 times more for all American citizens,” said Levin. likely to have cancer than Sephardic Jews. “I am sure that, after the experiences that the players will enjoy in Israel and The large gap persists even when examining the morbidity rate for different after they have seen the unique tourist sites and the special atmosphere types of cancer. For example, breast cancer cases among Ashkenazi Jews here, they will become ambassadors of good will for Israel. The Tourism stands on 18 cases per 100,000 individuals, versus 4 cases among Ministry is hosting this delegation as part of its policy to promote sports Sephardic Jews. tourism which has become an engine for economic growth around the world. Ashkenazi Jews may be more likely to fall sick than Sephardic Jews, but the The visit of this delegation, in such proximity to the American Super Bowl Ministry of Health data also reveals that the highest rate of cancer cases in final, will enhance the exposure of the Israel tourism product to tens of the past few years is actually among Israeli Arabs and Israeli-born Jews. millions of the players’ followers on social media.” For both populations, the number of cancer cases has doubled in the last 20 years. In comparison, the caner rate among Ashkenazi Jews has dropped by IS TRUMP REALLY PRO-ISRAEL, OR IS HE JUST 'ART OF THE 30 percent during the same period. DEALING' NETANYAHU? (Asher Schechter, Ha’aretz 2/19/17) The impact of ethnicity on cancer incidence is consistent with the data In his seminal work of extravagant fibs, “The Art of the Deal,” there’s a part released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, which where Donald Trump described his commitment to duplicity. uncovered significant gaps in the number of cancer cases within the different “I never get too attached to one deal or one approach. For starters, I keep a ethnicities and races in the US. lot of balls in the air, because most deals fall out, no matter how promising In recent years, following the development of technology and whole genome they seem at first,” he writes. “In addition, once I’ve made a deal, I always mapping, researchers now understand that even though cancer is usually not come up with at least a half dozen approaches to making it work, because hereditary, its source is genetic. In other words, unlike hereditary genomic anything can happen, even to the best-laid plans.” alterations, there are changes in the genetic material occurring in the tumor This quote might be useful to anyone trying to make sense of the U.S. 4 president’s approach to Israel. As Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are because large areas of the territories were never properly registered in land getting ready to meet next week, for the first time since Trump became registries. Moreover, the properties listed in the Jordanian land registry were POTUS, it is still a mystery which Trump Netanyahu – and by implication, all not properly surveyed, resulting in thousands of buildings being built on of Israel – will get. privately owned land. When it comes to Israel, you see, President Trump has largely kept his balls Under Israeli law, if a person builds on someone else's land unintentionally in the air. He began his presidential campaign, as you may recall, with a and in good faith, he or she may stay on the property as long as the promise to be “neutral” between Israel and the Palestinians, opining that a landowner is properly compensated. peace deal between the two is “probably the toughest deal in the world right The new law has a similar provision because, under Palestinian law, selling now to make.” land to Israelis is punishable by death, making it all but impossible to buy the Then Trump decided he actually does need Jewish votes and started rights to contested plots. The law is constitutional and is in line with Israeli courting right-wing supporters of Israel by shamelessly pandering to the pro- values. It is as valid as the other property laws passed by the Knesset settlement agenda, and declared himself “the best thing that could ever because Israel does not consider itself to be an occupying power in Judea happen to Israel.” and Samaria and it believes that giving Israelis the same rights as Then, after he got the Israeli far-right practically salivating at the opportunity Palestinians advances the state's vision. to accomplish coveted goals such as having the U.S. embassy move to The law serves a worthy purpose and protects the rights of those who built a Jerusalem or annexing the West Bank, Trump went ahead and poured cold home in good faith or with the state's encouragement. It also serves a worthy water on both fronts. After adamantly vowing to move the American embassy purpose because it allows the residents to stay on the land if it lies near or in to Jerusalem throughout his campaign, as President Trump said that “It’s a an already built community, rather than just theoretically allowing Palestinians big, big decision,” one that he is “studying very long and hard.” to reclaim it. Furthermore, after going out of his way to signal that he would be the The law strikes the right balance because it only allows the state to complete opposite of Barack Obama on settlement expansion, Trump temporarily expropriate land and does not change the status of the seemed to renege on that, with the White House suddenly echoing the landowners. In fact, thanks to the law, landowners who were previously Obama administration by saying that “the construction of new settlements or unable to exercise rights on the land will now be eligible for compensation the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not that exceeds the value of their property. be helpful” in achieving peace. Is the law compatible with international law? I believe it is. Israel has never So which Trump will Netanyahu meet on February 15? The “neutral” Trump applied the Geneva Conventions to Judea and Samaria, and rightly so, of old, the staunchly pro-Israel presidential nominee, or this new, vague because Israel cannot be an occupying power in land that the League of hybrid who “has not taken an official position on settlement activity”? Will Nations designated for a Jewish national home. Moreover, Israel liberated Netanyahu get all that he is after, or will he leave this meeting as glum as he the land from illegal Jordanian occupation. did the last time he met with Trump? A lot hinges on the answers to those Israel has upheld humanitarian law in Judea and Samaria according to the questions. For Israel, the results of this meeting would be the first indication Geneva Conventions and has even gone beyond what it is required. Thus, of what kind of U.S. president it is going to get for the next four or eight years. the Israelis who live there and are considered part of the local population Beyond the personal fate of Netanyahu himself, the position that Trump takes should not be treated any differently from the Palestinian population. (or, more likely, doesn’t take) will greatly influence the course of Israel’s It is time to end the discrimination against Israelis there when it comes to politics, its security status and its future. property law. International law allows residents to stay on land where they For Netanyahu, the results of this meeting could have grave implications for settled so long as this was done in good faith and that proper compensation his career, and even his freedom. Engulfed by a series of corruption is paid. That is why the provisions in the new law are not a form of investigations, Netanyahu desperately needs Trump to give him something, confiscation that violate Article 46 of the Hague Convention. anything, to bring back home. His political career is dependent right now on The claim that the law allows the state to seize land even when this is not Trump’s willingness to provide him with an accomplishment of some kind. It done for security reasons and in violation of the international norms Israel could be settlement expansion, or the koshering of Israel’s new land-grab has accepted is not true. The legal definition of confiscation implies law, or it could be an American embassy in Jerusalem – it doesn’t matter. permanent confiscation, but the law speaks of temporary measures only. The What matters for Netanyahu is to show Israelis that his relationship with the issue of confiscation is only relevant when someone who has been using the president is so special, so very close, as to make him essentially land is suddenly denied access to it. Temporarily taking property from a irreplaceable. With new discoveries about Netanyahu’s cronyist and corrupt Palestinian who has never had any hold on the land and has no way of dealings seeing light every single day, Trump just might be Netanyahu’s only exercising his rights on it cannot be considered confiscation. lifeline to avoid a trial. On a side note, Netanyahu, who’s painfully aware of this, has been doing his best lately to this is not the first pander to the new president, to the point that he is even making “fake news” time that the accusations and aping his idiosyncratic syntax on social media. Of course, Knesset has Netanyahu does deserve some royalties here: Many of the tricks in Trump’s passed playbook (attacking the media to galvanize support, for instance) came from legislation that Netanyahu. In many regards, he is the originator and Trump the copy. applies to Judea This, however, won’t help him deal with Trump as president. On the flight to and Samaria. the meeting, Netanyahu would be wise to leaf through his copy of “The Art of Exercising Israeli the Deal.” There, he will find the following lesson: “The worst thing you can law passes possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy constitutional smell blood, and then you’re dead.” muster and is permitted under NECESSARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL (Yossi Fuchs, Israel Hayom 2/8/17) international law. The new Judea and Samaria Settlement Regulation Law is necessary