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“It’s clear to me that one can’t be Jewish without Israel. Religious or non-religious, #Zionist or non-Zionist, Ashkenazi or Sephardic – all these will not exist without Israel. The State’s existence is the oxygen of the image and ideas of the new #anti-Semitism.”
A series of biblical and #Zionist-themed paintings by Salvador Dalí has gone on private display in the heart of New York City in an effort to showcase through art the historical connection of the Jewish people to the land of Israel, the collection’s owner told The Algemeiner. Art dealer Hillel Philip, who owns one of 250 sets of prints of Dalí’s little-known “#Aliyah, the Rebirth of Israel” series, told The Algemeiner, “You have all of Jewish history, all the dreams of […]
Source: Little-Known Zionist Series by Salvador Dalí Goes On Private Display in New York
Ambassador hails ‘a clear victory for Israeli truth,’ as UN folds on censoring #Zionist exhibit on Jewish connection to Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled Friday that despite bypassing the party in favor of a pact with #Yisrael Beytenu, he would be pleased to see #Zionist Union join the government.
“The government is looking for peace. There are diplomatic opportunities because of certain regional developments that I personally work all the time to attain,” said Netanyahu, in an apparent effort to preempt criticism over what has been branded the most right-wing government in Israel’s history.
“This is why I made a great effort to have Zionist Union join the government. And therefore I leave the door open, in the most serious manner, for such a move, which can only do good for the State of Israel,” he said at the end of a statement expressing regret at Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s resignation, triggered by Netanyahu’s decision to replace him with Yisrael Beytenu leader #Avigdor Liberman.
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog held weeks of intense coalition talks with Netanyahu, which ended as the prime minister began talks with Liberman to bring his party into the coalition.
Netanyahu, who is heading a narrow 61-MK coalition, denied the portfolio reshuffle that triggered Ya’alon’s departure was down to a crisis of confidence between the two, but said it stemmed, rather, from the need to expand the government “in order to bring stability to the State of Israel in light of the great challenges it faces.”