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Media Ignores 600,000 Israelis Rallying for Judicial Reform
Front Page Magazine ^ | April 30, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 04/30/2023 5:15:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

But tens of thousands of lefties protesting against judicial reform is big news.

Every time there’s a leftist rally against democratic judicial reform, the media amplifies it as loudly as possible. But when there’s a conservative rally in support of it, there’s media silence.

The “March of the Million” near the Knesset in Jerusalem on Thursday evening may not have hit its target (organizers say 600,000 attended; police say 200,000), but it succeeded in putting to bed opposition claims that Israelis are united against judicial reform. It also provided much-needed backing to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s beleaguered government.

Encountering Herzl Hajaj of Choosing Life, a forum of Israeli terror victims and bereaved families, JNS asked him to explain the difference.

“The right is always happier,” he said. “There’s a lot of money driving the left’s protests. The folks who make all the noise and confusion do it for a payment. People here have left work. They came from Eilat, Metulla, Dimona because their hearts are with this government.”

Another notable difference was the age of the protesters. At Thursday’s rally, youth was the rule with thousands of teens in attendance. Young families with infants were not uncommon.

The media repeatedly amplified rallies that they claimed had 100,000 attendees. This time they’re reduced to claiming that it’s 200,000 (the Israeli police are an arm of the same political system being reformed) which means that it’s actually a good deal higher. But even if it were only 200,000, that should be notable. Right?

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; waronterror

1 posted on 04/30/2023 5:15:58 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, of course the media whores ignored it.


2 posted on 04/30/2023 5:20:18 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
From the article: "What about the mainstream US media?"

The mainstream US media does not always cover domestic politics of foreign countries.

3 posted on 04/30/2023 5:21:58 PM PDT by Jim Noble (It is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Media supremacy.


4 posted on 04/30/2023 5:25:26 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Jim Noble

They covered the left-wing side of this story in quite a prolific manner.


5 posted on 04/30/2023 5:35:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So what’s the real scoop about this situation?

Is this judicial reform the leftist version of judicial reform that we are seeing here in this country?

Or is it actual judicial reform that should happen, like prosecuting and jailing or otherwise punishing criminals?


6 posted on 04/30/2023 6:01:43 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: metmom

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65086871


7 posted on 04/30/2023 6:06:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m surprised about the Jerusalem Post.


8 posted on 04/30/2023 10:17:01 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: Jim Noble
The mainstream US media does not always cover domestic politics of foreign countries.
But the US media is covering Israel. It is lying on this issue, as it does on so many others.
9 posted on 04/30/2023 10:17:50 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: metmom

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/26/watch-mark-levin-eugene-kontorovich-explain-israels-judicial-reforms/


10 posted on 04/30/2023 10:25:48 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The prime minister is also dependent on far-right ministers in his own cabinet, without whose support his government could collapse.

Underlying this is strong opposition to the kind of government currently in office - the most right-wing in Israel's history - and to Mr Netanyahu himself

I’m inclined not to trust this source.

11 posted on 04/30/2023 10:35:47 PM PDT by windsorknot
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“The right is always happier,” he said. “There’s a lot of money driving the left’s protests. The folks who make all the noise and confusion do it for a payment. People here have left work. They came from Eilat, Metulla, Dimona because their hearts are with this government.”

12 posted on 05/01/2023 6:19:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: Jim Noble

I have a foot in two countries, for good and bad. Accident of birth, circumstance, and profession, I suppose.

I used to think it was a conspiracy theory, but the Left, media, and Deep States of both countries is 100% unified. I pay attention to other countries, albeit not to the same degree, and notice the same.

No, it’s not Israel or us Jews controlling the USA. We’re part of the controlled. Perhaps the Red Herring or scape goat. (Although there are certainly nominal Jews who are controllers. Just like there are nominal Mormons or Baptists or Hindus.).

But there definitely is a crew of oligarchs and Deep Staters controlling everything, moving Overton Windows with Bud Lite and chopping out tall poppies like Tucker.


13 posted on 05/01/2023 6:38:41 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca
I used to think it was a conspiracy theory, but the Left, media, and Deep States of both countries is 100% unified.

Who owns the global media? Media companies around the globe have consolidated to the point that there are only few global sources for the propaganda that passes for news these days.

14 posted on 05/01/2023 6:40:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Black Rock is my first suspect.

It’s openly behind suppressing USA domestic oil and was active in trying to defeat the Israel-to-Italy gas pipeline that gives Europe a back up plan in case of Russian problems.

For clarity, I don’t think there is some shadowy Illuminati formal group. Just a loose confederacy of oligarchs and shared interests to screw the middle class, working poor, and upper middle.

Basically “royalty” and nonworking poor against the broad middle.

It’s right out of the monologue in 1984.


15 posted on 05/01/2023 7:45:46 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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