
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ 51st Annual Leadership Mission in Jerusalem on Tuesday, spoke of the strategic lessons of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the necessity of preventing Iran from going nuclear, and the emerging danger from Turkey and Qatar. Bennett asserted that seven out of 10 Palestinian Arabs in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority want to murder all Israelis. He based that figure on the latest opinion polls in those areas, which showed 70% of the public support the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. He noted that in the only democratic elections which took place in the P.A., in 2006, Hamas won 76 out of 132 parliamentary seats. Bennett also cited anecdotal evidence. On Oct. 7, the first two waves of the attack were led by Hamas commandos, but the third wave consisted of “random people” who entered Israel and murdered Israelis. “There’s not one recorded event of a righteous Gentile in Gaza,” Bennett said. Bennett warned of a new threat emerging from Anatolia. “Turkey is the new Iran,” he said. Together with Qatar, it is feeding the “Islamic Brotherhood monster,” which “eventually might become as dangerous as the one created by Iran.” https://www.jns.org/bennett-70-of-palestinians-in-gaza-pa-want-to-murder-all-israelis/ [35 minutes] Arecent development agreement signed between the state and the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council would, pending final approvals, establish a new Jewish community that, in practical terms, constitutes the first expansion of Jerusalem since 1967. The plan calls for the construction of approximately 2,780 housing units in what is officially described as a new “neighborhood” of Adam, a community located just northeast of Jerusalem’s municipal boundary. The plan has not yet been submitted to the Civil Administration’s Higher Planning Committee, meaning that statutory authorization could take up to 2 years. Nevertheless, the Housing Ministry has already marketed 500 housing units for the first phase. This expansion of Jerusalem could mark the fulfillment of explicit Biblical prophecies that Jerusalem will one day grow far beyond its current borders. The prophet declared: “Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of people and cattle therein. For I, says Hashem, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in her midst” (Zechariah 2:8–9). The verse is explicit. Jerusalem will overflow its boundaries. Its growth will make walls obsolete. The Sages understood this not as poetry but as a description of the future. India’s Move Toward Israel Has Russia and Iran Concerned | MidEast & Beyond: [One hour, 3 minutes] Bennett: 70% of Palestinians in Gaza, PA want to murder all Israelis:
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