07/09/2021 NEWS AM - Lecha Dodi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WMPx1o2uM for English words: https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380392/jewish/Lecha-Dodi-new-translation.htm "Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again -- the word 'democracy' does not appear in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, or the constitution of any of the fifty states. Not once. Furthermore, take a look at State of the Union speeches. You won’t find the 'D' word uttered once until the Wilson years." -- Neal Boortz (1945- ) Radio talk show host, columnist 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 EL – Had clot embolized to brain – successful ‘clot buster’ but long road to go. In Pray for BB – Severe West Nile Fever –still not mobile- improving! Prayer- Pray for RBH – cancer recurrence Check often Pray for DH – Mother removed self from hospice but doing poorly. They Pray for GB – bad reaction from Cancer drug Change! Pray for Ella – Child with serious problems NOTE: Our prayer list was getting very long and there will little follow up. If you have people you want to have on the list please resubmit since we are revising it now– rdb] Pray that The Holy One will lead you in Your preparations for handling the world problems. – Have YOU made any preparations? Genesis 33:16And Esau returned on his way toward Seir that day. 17And Jacob traveled to Succoth. And he built himself a house, and made booths for his livestock. For this reason he called the name of the place Succoth. 18And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, as he came from Padan-aram. And he camped in front of the city. 19And he bought that part of the field where he had pitched his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money. 20And he set up an altar there. And he called it, El, the God of Israel. Bennett said to have met secretly with Jordan's king last week in Amman Monarch signals willing to turn over new leaf in Israeli-Jordanian ties, leaving behind years of rocky relations with former PM Netanyahu, which became particularly tense over the last year Itamar Eichner | Published: 07.08.21, 20:30 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met secretly with Jordan's King Abdullah II last week at his palace in Amman in what was the monarch's first meeting with an Israeli premier in three years, Ynet learned on Thursday Bennett arrived in the Jordanian capital by helicopter and the two leaders discussed Israel supplying greater drinking water provisions to the drought-hit kingdom. With his first meeting with an Israeli prime minister since June 2018, King Abdullah signaled he was willing to turn over a new leaf in Israeli-Jordanian ties, leaving behind years of rocky relations with former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which became particularly tense over the last year. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid Wednesday held a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi at the Allenby Bridge Border Crossing, the first since the former took office last month. Both parties have discussed several economic issues and agreed to increase Jordan's potential export value to the West Bank from some $160 million to $700 million a year, of which $470 million is under PA trade standards and the rest in accordance with Israeli trade standards. The increase will be summed up by the parties in accordance with the Paris Protocol, which constitutes the economic framework for trade between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Both diplomats also agreed on a deal that would see Israel sell Jordan an additional 50 million cubic meters of water this year, the final details of which will be hammered out by negotiation teams in the coming days. Following the meeting, Lapid took to Twitter to praise Israel's neighbor to the east and has vowed to expand economic cooperation between the two countries. "The Kingdom of Jordan is an important neighbor and partner to the State of Israel, the Foreign Ministry will continue to will continue to hold an ongoing dialogue in order to preserve and strengthen relations, we will expand economic cooperation for the benefit of both countries," he wrote. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bytd3ontu High Court rejects petitions seeking to strike down nation-state law Bench rules that law enshrining Israel as Jews’ national home does not conflict with the state’s democratic nature, punts on question of intervening in Basic Laws By Amy Spiro and TOI staff Today, 8:01 pm The High Court on Thursday struck down a series of petitions against 2018’s controversial nation- state law, which designated Israel as a Jewish state, drawing charges that it discriminates against minorities. The expanded 11-justice panel ruled that the law does not conflict with Israel’s democratic character and can stand as a quasi-constitutional Basic Law. The court stated that the law “is a chapter in our emerging constitution, which is intended to anchor the components of the state’s identity as a Jewish state without detracting from the components of the state’s democratic identity enshrined in other Basic Laws and constitutional principles.” Ten of the justices wrote that “although it would have been better if the principle of equality had been explicitly enshrined in the Basic Law,” its omission “ultimately does not detract from its status and importance as a fundamental principle in our doctrine.” With the ruling, the court rejected 15 different petitions filed by a variety of groups and individuals challenging the legislation, including political parties Meretz and the Joint List, lobby groups Adalah and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and attorney Morsi Abu Moch, the mayor of Baqa al-Gharbiyye. The nation-state law, which passed as a “Basic Law” — a type of protected legislation meant to one day form the basis of a constitution — enshrines Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people.” But critics have argued that the law contravenes the basis of Israel’s legal system, as well as its Declaration of Independence, and solidifies inequality among its citizens. The sole dissenter, Justice George Kara, wrote that portions of the law “deny the core of the democratic identity of the state and shock the thresholds of the constitutional structure,” rendering the law void. Kara added that the law disrupts the balance of Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state, and only “intensifies the violation of the principle of equality” against Arab and Druze citizens. But in the prevailing opinion, the bench wrote that the question of inequality can be solved by “sustainable interpretation” of the legislation in a way that does not conflict with existing laws, nor harm the rights of equality for all citizens. The decision by the court to hear petitions seeking to strike down the law had caused an uproar when it was announced in December. A Basic Law has never been overturned by a court, and then- Knesset speaker Yariv Levin threatened to defy the court if it quashed the legislation. At a hearing with the petitioners in December, the judges appeared to be skeptical of arguments focusing on whether the law was unjust, seeking instead to steer petitioners to the question of whether there is a legal basis to strike down a Basic Law. However, the ruling noted that because the judges had found that the law was legally able to be included in a future constitution, they had no need to delve into the thorny question of whether the court has the right to intervene in the content of Basic Laws. Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, an architect and advocate of the 2018 law, and who served as justice minister when it passed in the Knesset, questioned the court’s authority to rule on the legislation. “The High Court ruled what is obvious,” she said, adding that “the very discussion of the question of disqualifying a Basic Law was done with complete lack of authority.” Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks during a Yamina faction meeting at the Knesset on July 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar cheered the decision, saying the law “anchors the Jewish essence and character of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people” and that it does “no harm to the individual rights of any Israeli citizen.” Joint List head MK Ayman Odeh, however, slammed the court’s decision as “racist and antidemocratic.” “The Jewish supremacy law received a stamp of approval today from the High Court,” he tweeted. “But this is our homeland and no ruling will change that.” He said he will “continue to fight for equal rights for all citizens of the country, for the sake of true justice and real democracy.” Joint List MK Ofer Cassif railed at the High Court ruling for “legitimizing a racist law.” He tweeted that those who legislated the law will “be judged by the tribunal of history. We hope that on the way they’ll pass through the Hague,” the Dutch city where the International Criminal Court is based. Adalah, a prominent Arab legal rights group that backed one of the 15 petitions against the law, accused the court of refusing to “protect Palestinians from laws that are among the most racist in the world since World War II and the fall of the apartheid regime in South Africa.” The Abraham Initiatives, a nonprofit that works to advance Jewish-Arab partnership, called for the Knesset to repeal the law.