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Week of June 24 – July 1, 2016 • 18 – 25 Sivan, 5776 Vol. 9 • Issue 20 CHASSIDIC SINGER LIPA SCHMELTZER, PAGE 19 PEPSI’S NEW PITCH- MAN IN ISRAEL, SAYS THAT HIS NEW AD FOR THE BEVERAGE GIANT PROMOTES A POSITIVE IMAGE FOR PAGE 17 ORTHODOX JEWS. 37 BIKE4KEF A morally and politically dysfunctional Government ISI LEIBLER The recent shenanigans that thin parliamentary majority in order to time. 37 preceded the expansion of the retain power. But there is little doubt Avigdor Lieberman, realizing that government sickened even those that his objective was also to create a his political future was at risk if he reconciled to the reality that, since the government that reflected the unity of remained in an opposition headed by Menahem Begin era, there exists a total the nation in terms of security issues the Joint Arab List, signaled his arch lack of ethics in the Israeli political and which our adversaries and allies political enemy that he was willing to arena. alike could not dismiss as extreme join the government and in less than 24 Dovie Frisch graduating from Yeshiva Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu right wing. I believe that he genuinely hours, the deal was cobbled together. Darchei Torah elementary school has succeeded in consolidating his desired to incorporate Zionist Union or Netanyahu saved his government by government and may have ensured that the bulk of its parliamentarians into his this volte farce. But it may yet prove to IN THIS WEEK’S it will survive its full term of office - government. But ultimately he realized be a pyrrhic victory. making him the longest presiding Prime – as Herzog himself subsequently As the global community prepares ISSUE Minister of Israel. conceded – that he was unable to gain to exert more pressure – including UN Hold on to the Rope In this case, Netanyahu was the support of the Labour party. Even if Security Council Resolutions designed Roy Neuberger..................................8 not being Machiavellian. Like any Herzog delivered a number of Labour to coerce us into accepting indefensible To See or Not To See politician, understandably his principal MKs, the coalition would be highly borders - we will be perceived as having Alan Magill......................................11 objective was to increase his paper unstable and likely to break up at any CONT. ON P36 Boys & Reading: Is There Any Hope? Rifka Schonfeld...............................16 Tension Over Missile Defense Funding Orlando Atrocity Highlights Spider Lashes? Further Complicates Obama’s Legacy On Israel America’s Divisions Racheli Fried....................................22 SEAN SAVAGE BEN COHEN JNS NEWS.....................................30 Since taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama’s In the days since the massacre of 49 people and the wounding of Out of Touch relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hundreds more by an Islamist gunman at Pulse, a gay nightclub Larry Domnitch...............................32 has been fraught with tension. Even within the framework of in Orlando, America’s political leadership has sounded more that tension, strong American military aid for Israel has been discordant than ever. Never mind the absence of a bipartisan a constant during the Obama years. But during the last few consensus about what we should do; our politicians are engaged weeks, that support has been called into question by the White CONT. ON P10 CONT. ON P2 ,urb ,eksv How Do I Know if He’s the One? What’s Behind Dark Circles 18 Sivan iuhx j"h HOW YOU CAN ANSWER THAT BIG QUESTION Under Eyes? SHIRA TEICHMAN Parashat Ba’alotcha DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA As a dating coach, some of the most commonly asked At one time or another, most peo- questions I receive have to do with whether or not someone 8:11 P.M. FIVE TOWNS ple are plagued with dark circles should settle down with the person they’re dating. Having 8:13 P.M. STATEN ISLAND under their eyes. Whether you are 8:13 P.M. BROOKLYN been there, I definitely understand the confusion, frustration, overly tired, aging or suffering from 8:14 P.M. TEANECK, NJ and desire for clarity – but I can’t answer this question for allergies, you may be faced with dark 7:58 P.M. MIAMI BEACH, FLA. you. 7:08 P.M. JERUSALEM circles in your mirror. My job is to equip you with the lens through which you CONT. ON P6 CONT. ON P4 6/24/16 negotiations over a new 10-year military aid package, also known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The current aid package for Israel, worth about $30 million over a 10-year period, was signed by former president George W. Bush in 2007 and expires in 2018. Both sides have been negotiating since last summer, with Israel seeking a substantial increase in aid from $3.1 billion annually to $4 billion or even $5 billion per year, according to reports, citing inflation and the complex threats that have emerged for the Jewish state since the last 10-year deal was signed. The White House, however, has argued for a lower increase in aid due to budgetary concerns. While most of the negotiations have been held privately between both countries and their defense industries, the recent flare-up over missile defense funding—which is not included in the existing 10-year package, but has been separately added by Congress over the years—has led to publicized tension between the American and Israeli governments. “It seems like this whole issue is being manipulated by both sides for political interests internally and externally,” Arik Puder, president of the New York City-based public relations firm Puder PR and a former senior media consultant for Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, told JNS.org. “A lot of it has to do with egos and tensions between the two leaders. It is no secret that the relationship between them isn’t the best.” Some reports have indicated that Israel may delay the MOU until the next U.S. president takes office in 2017. Netanyahu’s closest SAVAGE administration’s request. enriches and emboldens Israel’s CONT. FROM P1 advisors, Puder said, “may argue most determined enemies, Israel’s The influential American Israel that we could get much more from a House’s expression of opposition to need for missile defense has Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) different president, and that Obama additional funding for Israel’s highly increased exponentially.” lobby said in a statement that it was is in a way blackmailing Bibi touted missile defense systems. “ ” State Department spokesman deeply disappointed in the Obama (Netanyahu) by putting a gun to his In a statement published June ’ John Kirby explained that administration s opposition to the head to force him to approve the 14 by the White House’s Office the increased funding for the proposed funding increase. package. And maybe [the advisors of Management and Budget, “ cooperative missile defense On a bipartisan basis, Congress are arguing that Israel] should wait the Obama administration said programs with Israel “would has increased funding above for the next president and a better it opposed Congress’s proposed consume a growing share of a administration requests this year, as deal, where there isn’t this bad “addition of $455 million above the ” shrinking U.S. Missile Defense it has done for well over a decade, chemistry.” FY 2017 Budget request for Israeli “ Agency’s budget.” AIPAC said. These cooperative But Mideast expert Jonathan missile defense procurement and — Days after the White programs including the Arrow, Schanzer, vice president for research cooperative development programs.” ’ — House’s comments, the House David s Sling, and Iron Dome are at the Foundation for Defense of Last month, the Senate ’ of Representatives rebuffed the critical for Israel s defense against a Democracies think tank, believes Appropriations Committee Obama administration and passed a growing array of missile threats and that Israel would like to have the recommended an appropriation defense appropriations measure that make an important contribution to deal settled as soon as possible. of more than $600 million for ” included $635.7 million for Israel’s U.S. missile defense programs. “From everything that I hear Israeli missile defense in the 2017 missile defense programs. Similarly, the Christians United right now, most Israelis would like fiscal year—$113 million more “ The controversy surrounding for Israel Action Fund said, As to get the MOU done right now,” than the previous fiscal year and the missile defense funding the threats to Israel mount, and Schanzer told JNS.org. “There is no $455 million above the Obama as President Obama’s Iran deal comes amid broader U.S.-Israel CONT.ON P13 2 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • ads@jewishc.com 6/24/16 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • ads@jewishc.com 3 6/24/16 Web & Print Design • Social Media Marketing • Virtual Tour Photography Enhance Your Company’s Image and Increase Your Awareness On And Off The Web! Make Your Mark With eb ark esign, Inc. Creativity. Originality. Experience. est strengths and contributions to TEICHMAN press your needs in general, or are must respect you and treat you the world? CONT. FROM P1 you constantly repressing them? with kindness. But ultimately, no- If you don’t know what gifts Also, do you give him the oppor- can accurately: reflect upon the body can give you your self-worth you have to offer, then you can’t tunity to assert his needs and pref- quality of your relationship, chal- but you! really know if the person you’re erences, and respond respectfully lenge your assumptions, identify 2. Do you miss him when dating is someone who brings when he does? your blindspots, and understand you’re apart? them out in you.

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