To Haaretz article below, on Johnson’s “Ties to Israel’s Far Right,” here is a brief excerpt for context to the remainder of what is below:
"Johnson’s first stop on his Abelow-organized visit was to the Kohelet Policy Forum – the conservative think tank that has been an essential partner to the government’s efforts to weaken the judiciary.
"The fourth-term congressman also visited the Temple Mount compound alongside Yehudah Glick, a former Likud lawmaker who has led the fight to change the status quo and permit Jewish prayer at the flash point Jerusalem holy site – in opposition to both official Israeli government policy as well as that of the international community, particularly the Biden administration and Jordan.”
With that laid out, everything else here can be seen as part of the “Mosaic” below, and as part of a “Network Analysis,” as an Israeli book on their “Radical Right” asserts as “necessary” to comprehend what this “New Right” is up to, in Israel, and by their allies in the U.S., with that now centered in the Speaker of the House!
In line with this link which was shared here earlier, with many here predictably blaming “Neocons” for this, if they do in fact oppose it, while leaving the "Traditional Conservatives” (or Right-wing Peaceniks, as some deceptively call them) making up the “Trump Camp” blameless:
So here is a bit of “context” for “who” will push for war on Iran the most, as if it’s not self-evident from what I’ve shared in the past; the Trump endorsed and supported new Speaker of the House, and the “Right-wing Peaceniks” like Matt Gaetz who got him there!
BLUF: “The vote, 412 to 10, was the first piece of legislation considered under Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana.
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"Some G.O.P. lawmakers have also raised objections to the humanitarian aid Mr. Biden’s package would direct to Palestinian civilians, expressing concerns that it would end up in the hands of Hamas.
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"But one Republican accused the lawmakers who voted against the resolution of cowardice and complicity in compromising Israel’s security.
“They are not worthy of serving in this body,” said Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York. “If you cannot stand with Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East, a beacon of democracy, hope and freedom, you do not belong in this body — those members should resign in disgrace.”
Here is some video of this, again, like Uri Avery noted in 2015, much like Germany passing legislation after the Reichstag Fire in 1934. With the only difference that the “non-Conservatives," meaning the parties other than the DNVP and the NSDAP (an alliance the DNVP would soon regret, except those survivors of the Night of the Long Knives who would then join the NSDAP [Nazi Party], like National Conservative Peter Thiel’s “Main Man,” Carl Schmitt!), had already been “neutralized” before that Reichstag vote. By “removal,” such as to the first Concentration Camp, which evolved into Extermination Camps, or by “resignation,” as called for here by Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York.
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson, confirmed Wednesday after three failed previous Republican choices and weeks of inner party turmoil, is an evangelical Christian whose connections to Israel reflect the movement's deep ties to the Israeli right, which has become increasingly mainstream over the years.
Johnson's confirmation brought to an end weeks of Republican Party turmoil after three previous choices failed to win enough votes to replace Kevin McCarthy.
But it is also the most significant victory to date for evangelical Christians’ pro-Israel movement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies – including former Israel ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer – have publicly and privately stressed the importance of evangelical support as U.S. Jews have grown increasingly critical of Israel’s rightward shift.
This dynamic has largely fueled Israel becoming an increasingly partisan issue where Republicans have adopted increasingly pro-Israel sentiments – both within international geopolitics and local domestic politics.
Since the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent response in Gaza, pro-Israel evangelicals have only become more vocally pro-Israel, while the rest of the GOP adopts increasingly anti-Palestinian rhetoric.
Louisiana Rep. Johnson traveled to Israel in February 2020 with an under-the-radar group called the 12Tribe Films Foundation. The organization’s CEO is a social media activist named Avi Abelow, who emigrated from New York more than 30 years ago at age 18 and lives in the West Bank settlement of Efrat.
Abelow switched his vote from right-wing Likud to far-right Religious Zionism in last November’s general election, helping elevate Bezalel Smotrich to a position where he could demand a key role in Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition. He told Haaretz following the election that his decision was motivated by his deep distrust of the Arabs serving in the Israeli parliament and genuine fears for his own safety living in the occupied territories.
Johnson’s first stop on his Abelow-organized visit was to the Kohelet Policy Forum – the conservative think tank that has been an essential partner to the government’s efforts to weaken the judiciary.
The fourth-term congressman also visited the Temple Mount compound alongside Yehudah Glick, a former Likud lawmaker who has led the fight to change the status quo and permit Jewish prayer at the flash point Jerusalem holy site – in opposition to both official Israeli government policy as well as that of the international community, particularly the Biden administration and Jordan.
Yehudah Glick, center, visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City earlier this year.Credit: Ammar Awad / Reuters
Johnson later described his visit as “the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy,” while blaming the Temple Mount status quo on “the radical left” on college campuses and the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.
Johnson is expected to bring rhetoric emerging from leading evangelicals in the weeks since the Hamas attack to the highest levels of Republican leadership.
Ninety evangelical leaders – later joined by nearly 2,000 others – signed a statement stating: “In keeping with Christian Just War tradition, we also affirm the legitimacy of Israel’s right to respond against those who have initiated these attacks as Romans 13 grants governments the power to bear the sword against those who commit such evil acts against innocent life.”
Top evangelical preachers such as John Hagee – whose Christians United For Israel has evolved into perhaps the most important pro-Israel organization among the GOP – and Greg Laurie have both invoked end times and Armageddon when discussing the Hamas attack and the resulting war.
Other Christian organizations, however, such as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, have taken a more universalist approach, stating: “May all who love the Holy Land seek to bring about among all the parties engaged in the fighting a cessation of violence, respect for civilian populations and the release of hostages. As we pray urgently for peace, we recall especially all the families and individuals suffering from these events.”
