{"id":1993484,"date":"2023-08-07T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-gushes-over-radical-israeli-activist-long-time-netanyahu-opponent\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:13:10","slug":"nyt-gushes-over-radical-israeli-activist-long-time-netanyahu-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-gushes-over-radical-israeli-activist-long-time-netanyahu-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT praises Israeli activist, critic of Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-gushes-over-radical-israeli-activist-long-time-netanyahu-opponent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In yet another effort to attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s efforts to\u2062 implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-dark-money-groups-unite-to-undo-trumps-judicial-legacy\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Dark Money Groups Unite to Undo Trump\u2019s Judicial Legacy\">judicial reform<\/a> to Israel\u2019s leftist judiciary, which has a stranglehold over government \u2062policies, The New York Times gushed over a radical activist opposing\u2062 Netanyahu, calling her \u201cthe face of the protests.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/02\/world\/middleeast\/shikma-bressler-israel-judicial-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> was devoted to Dr. Shikma Bressler, a professor at the Weizmann Institute. It\u2064 spoke \u200bof Bressler sitting at\u200d a table in a caf\u00e9 when\u2062 \u201ca young waitress rushed over, \u200bgushing at her in admiration,\u201d and an older couple at the next table looking at her \u201cwith tears in their eyes,\u201d as the \u2063wife\u2064 told Bressler, \u200b\u201cYou \u200dare our \u200chope,\u201d while the husband \u200dbreathed,\u2062 \u201cShe\u2019s an honest, brave and\u2062 genuine leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Bressler sealed her status as a symbol of the protest movement\u2064 last month \u2062when she led a \u200bmiles-long column of demonstrators on a\u200b multi-day march to the hills of Jerusalem from \u200dcoastal Tel Aviv,\u201d The Times wrote, adding breathlessly, \u201cIt evoked a biblical pilgrimage,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Bressler, \u200dthe co-founder of the \u201cBlack Flag Protests,\u201d who stated of the current situation, \u200b\u201cIt\u2019s rare\u2064 that you\u2062 recognize you are in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-gushes-over-radical-israeli-activist-long-time-netanyahu-opponent\/\" title=\"NYT praises Israeli activist, critic of Netanyahu\">real-time historical moment<\/a>,\u201d is a radical who has \u200dopposed\u200d Netanyahu for years, leading a large black-shirt militia in front of the Israeli Supreme Court in April 2020 yelling \u201cDemocracy!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d0\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05dc\u200b 2020<br \/>\u05e9\u05e7\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05e1\u05dc\u05e8\u2062 \u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05dc\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05d7\u05d5\u05dc\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u200d\u05d4\u05e9\u05d7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u2064\u05d1\u05e6\u05e2\u05e7\u05d5\u05ea &#8220;\u05d3-\u05de\u05d5-\u05e7\u05e8-\u05d8\u05d9\u05d4&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u05d6\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05de\u05d4, \u05d8\u05de\u05d1\u05dc<br \/>\u05d6\u05d4 \u05e8\u05dc&#8221;\u05d1<\/p>\n<p>\u05d5\u05d6\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0\u200c \u05d3\u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9\u05d4, \u05d8\u05de\u05d1\u05dc<br \/>\u05d6\u05d5\u200d \u05d4\u05e4\u05d9\u05db\u05d4 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea<\/p>\n<p>\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05dd \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05db\u05d9\u05dd?!? \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UO8EUNPKyS\">pic.twitter.com\/UO8EUNPKyS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d1\u05dc\u05d0\u05d5 \u2063\u05e6\u05d9\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u2062\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 (@arbelaue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arbelaue\/status\/1687083830635548673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In \u200bmid-June,\u200d Channel 14\u2019s \u2062political correspondent\u2064 Motti Kastel revealed messages from a secret WhatsApp group that included former Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, former Chiefs of \u200cStaff Dan Halutz and Bogie Ya\u2019alon, Crime Minister \u2062(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">activist group<\/a>) founder \u200dYishai\u2063 Hadas, and founders of the Black Flags activist \u200dgroup. The group discussed how to revive the faltering protests, The Jewish Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/news\/left-vs-right\/exposed-as-protest-numbers-dwindle-anarchist-leadership-pushing-for-violence\/2023\/06\/12\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2020, Barak \u2014 who\u200c has opposed Netanyahu\u2019s\u200d effort at judicial reform \u2064in 2023 and has been \u2063leading the \u2064leftist\u2063 coalition against Netanyahu for years, led\u200b a video conference in\u200b which he spoke \u200dof his\u200d plans to topple Netanyahu, long before the current strong right-wing coalition had the power they have today.<\/p>\n<p>Barak spoke of\u2063 Netanyahu \u201ckilling the Knesset,\u201d \u201cthe defacto surrender of the legislative branch to the executive,\u201d and referred to Netanyahu as a \u201cdictator.\u201d He compared Netanyahu\u2019s government to the right-wing governments of\u2062 Hungary and\u200c Poland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fall of\u200b Bibi will in any\u200b case be an important step,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cDemocrats, it\u2019s not leftists, it\u2019s a better definition,\u201d\u200b and saying when someone asked, \u201cWhat are you?\u2019 his preferred answer would be, \u200b\u201cI\u2019m a\u2063 democrat, and what about\u2063 you? \u200bAren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as \u200cthe police violence, even \u2063if it \u200dseems\u2064 to the police to be justified, causes irreversible damage to the \u200ccitizens, it only increases the\u200c protest,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli\u00a0Minister Galit Distal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelunwired.com\/its-a-planned-coup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>I\u2062 assume \u2063that many of you\u200c have already been exposed to the video of Ehud Barak \u200dfrom\u2064 three\u200b years ago \u200ddetailing his master plan in front of a camera:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Deliberately ignite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-school-district-promotes-segregated-black-parent-meeting\/\" title=\"California School District Promotes Segregated \u2018Black Parent\u2019 Meeting\">civil disobedience<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Create a false \u200drepresentation of a danger to Israeli democracy, because it is effective, it speaks to everyone, it\u200c is catchy, and it \u200bis the \u2064only fuel that can ignite a civil war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Invest a lot of money in it, including buying \u200bwholesale flags.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>To reach a situation where \u200cthere will be \u2064floating corpses of Jews slaughtered by other\u200b Jews in the river.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Kick out Netanyahu and make Ehud\u2064 Barak prime minister\u200c because only \u2064he can\u2064 save the situation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In late July,\u00a0Israel Transportation Minister Miri Regev wrote\u200d Attorney General Gali \u200cBaharav-Miara, demanding that Barak and\u2064 Forum 555 be investigated on suspicion of \u201ccriminal gathering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/372584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civil disobedience<\/a>, and an attempted \u200dcoup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times praised Dr. Shikma, a radical activist opposing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s judicial reform. 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