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Netanyahu prefers final accord with Palestine

Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will seek a final-peace accord with the Palestine Authority if talks resume, and not an interim solution.

Obama's Failure, Netanyahu's Opportunity by Caroline Glick

Theodore's World (Free subscription) | yesterday

Obama's failure, Netanyahu's opportunity by Caroline Glick Once again, US President Barack Obama has demonstrated his intention of "putting light" between America and Israel. His hostility toward Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the latter's visit to Washington this week...

Israel agrees to allow Gaza flowers to Europe

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Israel agreed to allow Gaza farmers to export flowers to Europe through its commercial crossing points with the blockaded Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Thursday. Israeli authorities have told Palestinian farmers union that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak agreed to allow flower growers to ship their plants, according to Mahmoud Khalil, head of Gaza flowers and strawberry producers...

The Israeli left is dead and buried

Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | yesterday

Yitzhak Laor in Haaretz: The threats uttered against a possible Palestinian declaration of independence by our leaders Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Lieberman and Ehud Barak let the Israeli sanctimony (usually tedious and belabored) drop to the floor for a moment, like a woman’s slip. It exposed the ugly skeleton of force that gives only us freedom of [...]

• Why has the left in Israel vanished? - War in Context

Hamas: Terrorism to Eliminate Israel is a 'Principle'

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

In an interview published Thursday in the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat , a Hamas spokesman said that the jihadist movement is loyal to "Palestinian principles" in its policy of terrorism against the Jews until Israel ceases to exist. Palestinian Authority Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas claimed earlier this month that Hamas had agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian...

Ramallah’s road map to statehood

Safe Democracy (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

David Ignatius 11/19/2009 Ramallah, a Palestinian settlement on the West Bank, is making great progress toward functionality and prosperity. But the peace process has imploded and opportunities have been missed as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and President Obama have failed to reach effective terms in their negotiations. The author suggests...

A UDI won't mean Palestinian statehood | Victor Kattan

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The Palestinian Authority lacks the support to issue another unilateral declaration of independence – it should not be hasty The Palestinian Authority has been making some rather strange decisions lately. In October, it opposed the Goldstone report on the Gaza war, which raised serious questions about Israel's conduct in that conflict, when it first came before the UN human rights council in...

Netanyahu party member slams 'racist' Obama

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

By Aaron Klein JERUSALEM – A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party today slammed as "racist" President Obama's longstanding demand for a halt to Jewish construction in the strategic West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem. "President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem," said Likud Knesset Member Danny...

• Klein: Lawmaker from Netanyahu’s party slams ‘racist’ Obama. Takes issue with U.S. demand to halt Jewish construction - The Real Barack Obama

YES! Netanyahu quietly rejects Obama’s demand for settlement freeze in Jerusalem

Bare Naked Islam (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, always has, always will. Jerusalem is not even mentioned in the Qur’an except to note that Muhammad once stopped there for a day. Israel should kick the Arabs out of Jerusalem, ALL the Arabs. (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has quietly rejected an attempt by the United States to clamp down [...]

Netanyahu party member slams 'racist' Obama

What Really happened (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party today slammed as "racist" President Obama's longstanding demand for a halt to Jewish construction in the strategic West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem. "President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem," said Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon. "This ... is a racist...

• Klein: Lawmaker from Netanyahu’s party slams ‘racist’ Obama. Takes issue with U.S. demand to halt Jewish construction - The Real Barack Obama
• The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 19th, 2009 - Israellycool

East Jerusalem - Israel approves 900 new housing units

Rhod on Public Affairs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Israel backs settlement expansion Construction at the Gilo settlement is expected to add about 900 housing units [EPA] Israel has given the go ahead for the construction of 900 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem, rebuffing a reported US request that it block construction at the Gilo settlement, officials have said. Israeli officials had earlier on Tuesday declined to comment on a report in the...

Israel Breaks Ground on New Housing Complex, Ignores Criticism

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

JERUSALEM — Israel broke ground on a new housing complex for Jews in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, brushing off President Barack Obama's criticism that construction in the disputed part of the holy city undermines efforts to relaunch Mideast peace talks. The groundbreaking came a day after Israel defied American, European and Palestinian demands to stop settlement activity by announcing it will...

Burin celebrates successful olive harvest, despite numerous settler attacks

International Solidarity Movement (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

18 November 2009 On Wednesday 18 November, the village of Burin (south of Nablus) celebrated the successful conclusion of its olive harvest. More than 400 villagers came together to hear speeches by locals and nationally renowned politicians (including member of Knesset Mohammed Baraka, general secretary of Hadash), as well as to see the young men [...]

Controlled US-Israel discord on Jerusalem amid broader strategic understandings

Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

DEBKAfile : "The understandings on broad strategic cooperation sealed by US president Barack Obama and prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu at their recent White House talks are not to the liking of some their opponents at home, DEBKAfile's Washington sources report. Tuesday, Nov. 18, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly stated: “We find the Jerusalem planning committee's decision to move forward...

'We must brace for rocket onslaught'

Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Subject: txt israel - Israel must prepare itself for the fact that in a coming war, the IDF will not be able to block all incoming rockets from hitting civilian areas, despite the anticipated deployment of the Iron Dome system in 2010, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday morning. Both Hizbullah and Hamas are among the...