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Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Democrat-run X account's post on grocery prices under Trump backfires
The 'Outnumbered' panel discusses an X post by 'The Democrats' account showing grocery prices under the Biden and Trump administrations.
The National
25-06-2025
- Politics
- The National
Netanyahu's party gets small popularity boost after Iran war, poll shows
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's Likud party gained a small increase in popularity after the country's 12-day war with Iran, although his far-right coalition remains a long way from being able to win a majority. Likud was forecast to get 26 seats, a small climb that would largely come at the expense of parties already in his coalition. This is a worrying prospect for the Prime Minister, whose popularity has fallen since the October 7 attacks and who has struggled to make political alliances with parties other than those on the most extreme right and religious wings of Israeli politics since his continuing corruption trial began. Sources close to Mr Netanyahu told Israeli network Channel 12, which carried out the poll after Tuesday's ceasefire, that he was disappointed with the numbers. Unlike the Gaza War, the campaign against Iran enjoyed overwhelming support among Jewish Israelis. The coalition was forecast to get 49 seats, well below the number needed to get a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Mr Netanyahu won the last election, in late 2022, with a coalition of 64 seats. According to the numbers, Mr Netanyahu is tailed closely by former prime minister Naftali Bennett, with 24 seats. Thirty-eight per cent of respondents said they would prefer Mr Netanyahu as prime minister, with Mr Bennet getting 35 per cent. Left-wing party The Democrats come in third with 12 seats. The poll put the total number of seats won by opposition parties at 61, excluding parties that represent Palestinian citizens of Israel. They do not usually join governing coalitions, although some did in the previous government. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, one of the most extreme members of the current coalition, would not win sufficient votes to enter the next parliament, although similarly extreme National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Jewish Power party would win six seats. Elections are due to be held in October 2026. Channel 12's report suggested Mr Netanyahu's disappointment at the numbers could stop him from trying to call an early election, after he appeared to hint he might do so during a press conference on Sunday. Israeli outlet Haaretz reported on Wednesday that Mr Netanyahu is not seeking an early election, at least not before an end to the Gaza War and the return of hostages held in the strip. He also wants 'the Saudi channel, with normalisation and trade agreements with it and other countries such as Indonesia', a source, described as a close adviser, told the paper. 'After this achievement, it is reasonable to assume he will choose to move up the election,' the source said. Mr Netanyahu has long touted normalisation with Saudi Arabia, as well as other Muslim states, as a key foreign policy goal.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Now is the time for a unity government to provide clarity within the chaos
Now is precisely the moment for our leaders to step into that space and embody that sense of unity with a broad, all-encompassing national unity government. When Hamas carried out its massacre on October 7, 2023, snowed-under social divisions gave way to a grace period of unity and clarity. Civilian groups popped out of the woodwork, and people opened their homes, their hearts, and their wallets – all in the understanding that a much bigger threat has reminded us of what we have in common more than our differences. Nearly two years later, after months of destruction, carnage, strained emotional and physical health, and even deeper divides, Israelis once again find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place – forced to triage the barrage heading their way. Two years after a nonstop war, people are exhausted, wearier, and more broken by loss. Many are also stronger, but it is a strength that comes at a price. It might be harder this time to see through the fog of war to the underlying threads that bring us together, keep us close, and push us forward. Now is precisely the moment for our leaders to step into that space and embody that sense of unity with a broad, all-encompassing national unity government. So far, the leaders of the opposition have acted in ways that are noble and precise, with The Democrats chairman Yair Golan being the first public official who was seen visiting a site that was hit and talking to the people, i.e., doing what he was elected to do. In reality, if you pull the base divisions aside, what the majority of our leaders want today is not so different. All they need is to come together and prove that we are as strong inside as we are when we fight our enemies. This is a unique opportunity of momentum. Our leaders – chiefly steered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – must heed this wake-up call. It is so much easier to rally people around a war flag than to deal with the internal 'boring' issues that affect our day-to-day lives; that is always the case, and the conflict with Iran is no exception. But this operation cannot have Israel sinking deeper into a mud it won't be able to get out of. This operation has to mark the end of something dark and the beginning of peace and quiet, regionally and locally. A unity government is the best way to get this done – and get it done in a way that puts dialogue, clarity, and purpose at the forefront, rather than extremist base considerations and cheap political maneuvers. Simply put, now is certainly not the time for that. Part and parcel of meeting the goals in Iran quickly is, obviously, an end to the war in Gaza and the return of all of our hostages. That has to be the ultimate goal, because we don't really feel attacks in Tehran here on the ground; we feel the pain and desperation of our brothers and sisters who are suffering in Hamas's tunnels, with no shelter, no Home Front Command, and no emergency services to help them. The broad political consensus for this kind of government exists – the type of government that could push to the conclusion and neutralization of the existential threats against us. Then it can turn around and bravely face the people, own up to the responsibilities that led to the October 7 massacre and everything beyond that, and begin the healing process. Opposition leader Yair Lapid has reiterated, under various circumstances and at various points during the war, that he would grant Netanyahu a security net to bring about a hostage deal. These deals obviously never came to fruition, mostly due to Hamas manipulations but also due to internal coalition pressure and threats to pull it apart. A coalition hanging by that kind of a thread can't get things done in the long term. In a few weeks, when everything settles down a little more, all the divisions that haunted us before will come out of the woodwork, complicated by the issues already present today in the forms of financial pressure, mental health, and political divide. We can't let ourselves get torn apart by that again. It's time for an emergency government – one that is Zionist, broad, and clear – that can see beyond the egos of any individual leader and prioritize the good of the people above the good of the base.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
The new SLO County missionaries: From conquest to coexistence
Colonizers come in all creeds, cultures, and colors. I know. I am one. White, but born in Nigeria. Raised on tales of imperial contradiction and the soft hypocrisy of good intentions, I recognize cultural conquest when I see it. And I see it now in San Luis Obispo County. Only this time, the missionaries wear yoga pants and BLM T-shirts. When the British colonized Africa, they came with muskets, trinkets and the King James Bible. At least they were honest enough to say, 'We're here to civilize and trade.' No one claimed they moved to Lagos for the weather. Contrast that with SLO County. Today's colonizers arrive not in redcoats but Teslas. They marvel that Paso Roblans wave at the sheriff, not because they're high, but because they know his name. They ask, 'Why is there an American flag outside the church, but no LGBTQ++ flag in the classroom?' This isn't just demographic drift. It's felt like a cultural coup. Yes, the change has come through ballots not bayonets, but the effect is no less perturbing. In 1990, San Luis Obispo County was a Republican stronghold. The GOP held 52% of registrations, outnumbering Democrats by more than 21,000 voters. A political landscape as red as a SLO County sunset. Today, the tide has turned. Democrats now lead by over 5,000 voters, holding 38% to the GOP's 35%. What was once a bastion of agrarian grit and frontier faith has been re-tilled and replanted into a progressive outpost. Cal Poly, once an apolitical haven for ag and engineering, now resembles a Berkeley annex with rodeo, oenology and trigger warnings. For a crowd obsessed with condemning 19th-century colonialism, 21st-century progressives seem oddly eager to reenact it. They denounce empire while building their own. Like missionaries with MacBooks, they believe the locals are running outdated software in desperate need of an upgrade. They seize school boards like administrators with manifest destiny, introduce DEI programs like colonial governors introducing cricket, and dismantle tradition in the name of 'equity.' The natives, of course, must be saved from themselves. Always the excuse of the colonizer. However, while it's easy to critique the colonizers, the harder task is the cure. History teaches us that conquest is easy; coexistence is hard, but not impossible. Look to Botswana, Canada and parts of Europe where cultures, when not hell-bent on dominance, manage to share a flag and a future. So can we. The first step? Ditch the missionary robes and martyr complexes. Abandon the intoxicating binary of 'left' versus 'right'. Of 'us' versus 'them'. If local leaders and activists of The Democrats and GOP such as Tom Fulks, Bruce Gibson, Randall Jordan, John Peschong, Moms for Liberty and The Lonely Liberals can pursue their agendas with mutual respect, we may yet replace cultural conquest with something more lasting and meaningful, genuine coexistence. We need a politics of 'and' not 'or'. Heritage and innovation. Liberty and responsibility. Compassion and common sense. These aren't enemies, they're nutrients in the soil of civil society. Civilization doesn't demand that we trade truth for tolerance. We can honor pride without erasing patriotism. We must prioritize pragmatism over purity. Real change doesn't spring from ideology; it grows from ideas that work. In SLO County, that means fixing water infrastructure before funding unconscious bias seminars. Building affordable homes before signaling virtue. Upholding academic standards over chasing DEI quotas and union indulgences. Progress isn't a performance, it's a plan. Let's get back to one. Judge policy not by whether it's progressive or conservative, but by whether it improves lives. We don't need a crusade; we need a Local Civic Compact. A shared vow, from newcomers and natives alike, to preserve what made this place worth moving to in the first place. Free speech, even when it bruises. Education, not indoctrination. Heritage, not hysteria. Conversation over creed. Dialogue over dogma. Let Paso be Paso. Let the Five Cities, Cayucos and Cambria surf their own waves. SLO County is not Hollywood with vineyards or Silicon Valley in cowboy boots. The closer power sits to the people, the more likely it serves them. If we look to Sacramento to dictate our values, we become vassals in someone else's experiment. Which brings us to the final question: Do we want to be right, or do we want to make a difference? Being right is easy. We can play keyboard warriors and bask in our own cognitive dissonance. However, making a difference takes compromise. It means losing a few fights so others might win something lasting. Real progress begins not with purging, but persuasion. SLO County stands at the intersection of two American impulses. The grit that built it from the ground up, and the orthodoxy now eager to remodel it from the top down. We need humility to admit we don't know everything and the courage to defend what we do. Progress, like truth, doesn't shout. It listens. It holds the past not as an anchor, but as a compass. Let's not mistake moral conceit for civic virtue. Civilizations don't endure because one wins. They endure because both sides grow up. Together. Or, as Twain might have said, 'The secret to getting along ain't agreeing, it's remembering you've got to keep living next door after the shouting stops.' Colonizer Clive Pinder married into a fifth-generation Paso Robles family. He lives in Templeton, hosts CeaseFire on KVEC radio and opinionizes for The Tribune. Find more of his columns at
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Israeli right blames Washington killings on domestic left as political rhetoric sparks global fallout
Israeli political blame game ignites after embassy shooting in Washington Grief turned to fury within Israel's political establishment following the killing of two Israeli Embassy aides outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. But as authorities in the United States investigate the shooter's motives, the domestic political fallout in Israel has taken center stage, reigniting long-standing ideological battles. Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu , a key figure in Israel's far-right coalition government, launched a scathing attack on Yair Golan , head of the left-wing The Democrats party, blaming him for inciting the sentiments that led to the shooting. Also read: Two Israeli diplomats shot dead by Pro Palestine protestor in Washington DC; probe launched Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Bản Bản Mé: Máy phát điện mini ban công phù hợp cho gia đình Trạm điện di động | Tìm kiếm quảng cáo Tìm Ngay Undo In a highly charged social media post, Eliyahu accused Golan of fueling global antisemitism by making what he called "blood libels" against Israel. The criticism came just days after Golan controversially said that 'Israel kills babies as a hobby,' a remark he later clarified as referring to how some Israeli politicians allegedly legitimize such actions in public discourse. "Yair, the blood of the embassy employees is on your hands and on those of your friends," Eliyahu declared, directly tying domestic political rhetoric to international acts of violence. 'Yair Golan's blood libels are echoed by Nazis and Israel haters around the world,' he added. Live Events The accusation, while condemned by members of the opposition, has laid bare how internal political divisions in Israel are now colliding with international incidents, sometimes with deadly consequences. From domestic division to diplomatic fallout The Israeli Embassy shooting in Washington, already under intense scrutiny by US federal agencies, is now becoming a lightning rod in Israeli political discourse. While Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in custody, has no confirmed ties to any political group, his "Free, free Palestine" chant while being detained has given Israeli hardliners ammunition to link the tragedy to broader anti-Israel sentiment. Also read: Carney fumes as Canadian diplomats caught in Israeli army's firing line in West Bank Eliyahu's comments reflect a growing narrative among right-wing politicians that left-wing Israeli figures are not only harming Israel domestically but also endangering its global diplomatic corps by emboldening enemies. Golan's party responded by accusing Eliyahu of exploiting a tragedy for political gain and attempting to silence criticism of government policies with 'grotesque deflections.' The international political climate, especially around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, continues to be volatile. With antisemitic violence on the rise globally, experts warn that careless political rhetoric from all sides could inflame tensions and expose diplomats to greater risk. This incident marks a dangerous intersection of international diplomacy, political discourse, and ideological polarization, one that could have long-term implications for how Israel protects its emissaries abroad while navigating an increasingly fractured political landscape at home.
