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October 30 2019 Israel and the Middle East News Update Wednesday, October 30 Headlines: • Lebanon's PM Hariri Announces Resignation Amid Protests • US House Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide • Nikki Haley Slams Bernie Sanders: ‘He Outdid Himself’ • Jordan Recalls Ambassador to Protest Detention of 2 Citizens • Israeli Embassies Shut as Diplomats, Military Attaches Strike • Gantz: “When PM, I will Embrace All Streams of Judaism” • Justice Minister Slams State Attorney Office over Netanyahu Probes • Report: Netanyahu’s Son Calls Senior Likud Minister ‘Rapist’ Commentary: • Al-Monitor: “Decision on Unity Government in Gantz’s Hands” - By Mazal Mualem, commentator at Al Monitor • Ma’ariv: “I Wonder Whether They Ever Think About the Day After” - By Ben Caspit, commentator at Ma’ariv S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004 www.centerpeace.org ● Yoni Komorov, Editor News Excerpts October 30, 2019 Ha’aretz Lebanon's PM Hariri Announces Resignation Amid Protests Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said he would submit his resignation on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a "dead end" in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against Lebanon's ruling elite. The Sunni politician addressed the nation in a televised address after a mob loyal to Shi'ite Muslim groups Hezbollah and Amal attacked and destroyed a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in Beirut. Lebanon has been paralyzed by the unprecedented wave of protests against the rampant corruption of the political class that has collectively led Lebanon into the worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. See also, “What’s next for Lebanon after PM Hariri resigns?”(AP) New York Times US House Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to formally recognize the Armenian genocide and denounce it as a matter of American foreign policy, a symbolic vindication for the Armenian diaspora made possible by a new torrent of bipartisan furor at Turkey. The passage of the legislation, by a 405- to-11 vote, is the first time a chamber of Congress has officially designated the 1915 mass killings of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. Lawmakers had previously shirked from supporting such a resolution to preserve the United States’ relationship with Turkey, a NATO ally that has steadfastly denied that the atrocities amounted to genocide. See also, “U.S. HOUSE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, BACKS TURKEY SANCTIONS” (JPost) Jerusalem Post Nikki Haley Slams Bernie Sanders: ‘He Outdid Himself’ Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed 2020 Democratic presidential Bernie Sanders on Twitter on Tuesday for his speech at the J Street conference. She wrote, "Just when you thought Bernie Sanders couldn’t get any more radical, he outdid himself. He wants to take money we give to Israel to defend itself from terrorists, and give it to Gaza, which is run by terrorists?? Unreal. Why isn’t every other Dem pres candidate saying he’s wrong?" Her response comes after Sanders said, “solution to Israel, if you want military aid you’re going to have to fundamentally change your relationship to the people of Gaza.” He then proposed that “some of the $3.8 billion should go right now to humanitarian aid.” See also, “Israel's Knesset Speaker to Sanders: 'Stop Talking Nonsense'” (Ha’aretz) Times of Israel Jordan Recalls Ambassador to Protest Detention of 2 Citizens Jordan has decided to recall its ambassador from Tel Aviv to protest Israel’s ongoing detention of two of its citizens, Ayman Safadi, the Jordanian foreign minister, announced late Tuesday. Safadi’s statement was a further indication of the tense state of relations between Israel and Jordan, which marked the 25th anniversary of the signing their landmark peace agreement last weekend. “In light of Israel’s failure to heed our demands for months that it free Jordanian citizens Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Miri and their continued detention in an illegal and inhumane way. Times of Israel 2 Israeli Embassies Shut as Diplomats, Military Attaches Strike All Israeli embassies and consulates around the world shut down early Wednesday as diplomats and military attaches went on strike over a long-simmering dispute with the Finance Ministry over expense stipends paid to envoys. The move, coordinated by the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the Histadrut Labor Federation, comes after the Treasury reportedly backtracked on previous understandings and said it would force the envoys to pay back thousands of dollars which they had been reimbursed for expenses. The closure came into effect at 01:00 on Wednesday morning. See also, “Israeli diplomatic missions around the world to be shut as workers strike” (Ynet News) Ynet News Gantz: “When PM, I will Embrace All Streams of Judaism” Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz announced Tuesday that he will embrace all streams of Judaism if he were to become prime minister. “When I will be the Prime Minister of Israel, I will embrace all streams of Judaism. We are part of an inspiringly colorful mosaic of cultures and traditions. I will nurture this pluralism,” said Gantz as he addressed Jewish leaders from around the world attending The Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors in Jerusalem. Gantz said he will also push for the implementation of the Western Wall agreement, a compromise reached between orthodox and non- orthodox Jewish denominations, according to which the non-Orthodox "mixed" prayer area for men and women was supposed to be expanded in the southern part of the Western Wall. See also, “Gantz promises area for mixed-gender prayer at Western Wall” (Israel Hayom) Ynet News Justice Minister Slams SA Office over Netanyahu Probes Minister of Justice Amir Ohana attacked in a press conference Tuesday the State Attorney office for alleged misconducts in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's investigations in corruption cases held against him. "There is a State Attorney office within the State Attorney office, it controls the schedule according to its political agenda. It's hard to believe that this is how the law enforcement system acts these days," said Ohana. Ohana called upon the Attorney General Mandelblit to investigate the leakage of information out of Netanyahu's investigations. The Ministry of Justice published a statement on behalf of Mandelblit rejecting Ohana's misconduct claims and calling them unfounded. See also, “Israeli Justice Minister Says 'Deep State' Is Pushing Netanyahu Corruption Cases” (Ha’aretz) Yedioth Ahronoth Report: Netanyahu’s Son Calls Senior Likud Minister ‘Rapist’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair has said that police investigations into him were “an unacceptable disgrace” and that Gideon Sa’ar, the prime minister’s rival at the top of the Likud party, is “a rapist who got his rape victim a job,” Channel 12 News reported Tuesday night. Sa’ar responded by saying that “if the report is correct, I reject with great disgust the unbelievable and contemptible lies with which Yair Netanyahu has tried to falsely accuse me in his testimony to the police. This is further testimony to the uninhibited, years-long campaign of spreading tall tales against me with the goal of slandering my name and hurting me politically. As in the past, it won't succeed.”Yair Netanyahu also responded to the Channel 12 report, saying that “the use of criminal and biased leaks from the Yair Netanyahu investigation, in which the case against him was closed, is the continuation of a hunt against him and against the Netanyahu family.” 3 Al Monitor – October 29, 2019 Decision on Unity Government in Gantz’s Hands By Mazal Mualem, commentator at l Monitor • Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz is new to Israeli politics. He has been at it for less than a year, and yet in this short time, he’s already been through two election campaigns. As head of the Blue and White party, he has also managed to position himself as that party’s natural candidate for prime minister. • This is no mean feat. On his way to achieving this objective, he not only had to come out unscathed from an ugly campaign of personal attacks by the Likud and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also had to overcome the skepticism voiced behind his back by his fellow members of the Blue and White leadership. The climax came in the April election campaign when the No. 4 person on the party’s list, former Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, said in an interview with Channel 12 that he will have “a hand on the steering wheel.” In other words, he will be supervising Gantz. It was obvious what he was insinuating. Gantz wasn’t happy to hear it, and that’s putting it lightly. Ashkenazi is eying the prime minister’s office for himself, just as is the No. 2 person on the list, Yair Lapid. These voices of skepticism died down after Blue and White’s achievement in the April election when it won 35 seats. They died down even more after the September election when Blue and White became the biggest party in the Knesset. • Gantz is now the most powerful brand in the Blue and White party. Neither Ashkenazi nor Lapid can challenge that position. Nor can anyone else in the party. His character, restrained style and the experience that he is starting to accumulate in the political arena have all turned him into a powerful player. Right now, he holds the mandate to form a government. He is the one who attends negotiations with Netanyahu — just him, one on one, without his No. 2, Yair Lapid, and without Ashkenazi’s “hand on the steering wheel.” In this sense, he is very different from Labor- Gesher party Chairman Amir Peretz, for example.
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