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  • Bennett, Lapid in united front: ‘No place for US consulate in Jerusalem’

    Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid presented a united front Saturday in their opposition to the United States reopening its consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem.

    Speaking to the media after the approval of the state budget for 2021-2022, the prime minister said that “there is no place for an American consulate that serves the Palestinians in Jerusalem.” This had been conveyed to Washington “both by myself and by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid,” he said.

    “We are expressing our position consistently, quietly and without drama, and I hope it is understood. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel alone.”
    Bennett, Lapid in united front: 'No place for US consulate in Jerusalem' | The Times of Israel

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    Ramallah slams Israel over opposition to reopening US consulate in Jerusalem

    Ramallah slams Israel over opposition to reopening US consulate in Jerusalem | The Times of Israel

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    • #3
      Israel to work with Gates Foundation on climate change technologies

      Israel will begin working with the Gates Foundation on high-tech climate change innovation, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced after he met with the billionaire and vaccine philanthropist Bill Gates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference on Tuesday in Glasgow, Scotland.
      Israel to work with Gates Foundation on climate change technologies | All Israel News

      PM Naftali Bennett's Remarks at his Press Conference with Foreign Minister Lapid and Finance Minister Liberman

      Following are Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s remarks at his press conference with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman this evening, at the Government Press Office, in the Malha Technology Park, Jerusalem:

      "Citizens of Israel, the good news is that the budget for 2021 and 2022 has passed. We have thus completed the complex move of rescuing Israel from three years of instability.

      We formed the government less than five months ago. We shifted to a policy of managing the country alongside the coronavirus without lockdowns and we broke – with determination, in the face of pressures – the Delta wave.

      We made the decision to be first in the world with booster shots; we managed, and are still managing, this entire operation closely, in order to protect the health of the people without wrecking the economy and safeguard all aspects of life. It is enough to look at the jump in morbidity in Europe to understand where we are and where the world is.

      We moved from unemployment to employment, from negative growth following a very difficult economic year due to the pandemic and the lockdowns, to impressive growth of over 7%.

      And now we have passed the budget, which will ensure economic and political stability. With quiet persistence and joint effort, we have steered the ship to safe shores.

      Here, I would like to thank all of the partners – Yair, a partner and friend, and Finance Minister Liberman, who have done outstanding work. The government is stable; it will serve a full term. Now we must look to the long list of tasks that awaits us, everyone in their sphere, and get to work.

      The stability that we brought with the formation of the government and the passage of the budget, the fact that we are not in a fifth election campaign, is a blessing and a great gift for the State of Israel.

      Our next mission is to utilize this stability and deal with the challenges and problems that have been neglected for years: Housing costs, the traffic jams that are out of control, Israel's infamous cost of living, the helplessness of the people in the face of rampaging crime, and the loss of governance in the Negev. Without delay, without despairing in advance, even if the tasks are great, and even if they take time – we will get started.

      Friends, tomorrow morning, with a stable government and an approved state budget, we are getting started.

      Citizens of Israel, we have entered the [Hebrew] month of Kislev, the month of light. It is precisely during the darkest days of the year that we light a candle and then another candle, together. Nobody stands aside; nobody is left behind. Everyone is welcome, everybody, all citizens of Israel, are important; we will look after everyone.

      The great test of this government, of all of us, is in showing restraint. If we succeed in resisting the temptation to quarrel and bicker, if we succeed in focusing on what unites us and not on what divides us, if we lay aside for a moment the rivalries between us – at long last there are no elections on the horizon, we will join hands, focus on the people of Israel and its major security, social and economic challenges and we will take the State of Israel, which is unlike any other country in the world, ten steps forward.

      Thank you."
      PM Naftali Bennett's Remarks at his Press Conference with Foreign Minister Lapid and Finance Minister Liberman | Prime Minister's Office (www.gov.il)

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        Israel has chosen an odd way to get to "Third Way" but there it is.

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          Israeli plan for COVID vaccine tablet gets $4.3m from Bill Gates-backed fund

          Israeli plan for COVID vaccine tablet gets $4.3m from Bill Gates-backed fund | The Times of Israel

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          • #6
            Bennet may have a different opinion but in a few months this is suppose to be the next PM
            “If the Americans want to open a consulate in Ramallah we have no problem with that,” said Lapid, a centrist who supports a two-state solution.
            Is a showdown brewing over the reopening of a US consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem? | All Israel News

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            • #7
              and a side note???

              U.S. venture capitalists bet big on European startups

              American venture capitalists are investing record sums in European startups, setting themselves up to repatriate returns.
              U.S. venture capitalists bet big on European startups - Axios

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                EP visit: “Israel should become a strategic partner to the EU in the region”

                A European Parliament delegation visited Israel this week with the purpose of strengthening the relations between the EU and Israel after years of strained relations.

                The visit was initiated and hosted by ELNET, an organization fostering ties between Europe and Israel. The delegation consisted of a dozen MEPs representing key member states and the political spectrum and was led by by Antonio López-Isturíz White (EPP-Spain), chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Israel.
                EP visit: "Israel should become a strategic partner to the EU in the region" (brusselstimes.com)

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