Kadima

U.S. official: Obama 'obstacle to peace'

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

JERUSALEM – In defiance of President Obama's demands that Israel cease building in sections of Jerusalem and the West Bank, New York state assemblyman Dov Hikind laid the cornerstone for the second phase of a new Jewish construction project in the Nof Tzion neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem.. Together with Knesset Member Danny Danon, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party,...

Opiniepeiling: Israëli's steunen mogelijke onderhandelingen met Hamas....

Israel & Palestijnen Nieuws Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

.... als Hamas Israël erkent. Dat detail maakt de kop wat lang, dus heeft men dat weggelaten, met als gevolg dat de voorstanders van onvoorwaardelijk praten met Hamas nu zeggen: 'onze oproep met Hamas te praten wordt gesteund door meer dan de helft van de Israëli's'. Zo gemakkelijk gaat het verdraaien van informatie. RP -------------- Israelis seen backing possible talks with Hamas http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AC1CC20091113...

Poll: 57% of Israelis support plan to talk to Hamas

Israeli Occupation Archive (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

[T]he majority of the public - 57% - supports the view of MK Shaul Mofaz of Kadima, who published a plan earlier this week, in which he called for dialogue with Hamas under certain conditions. Inside... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Middle East & Israel Breaking News...

Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Middle East & Israel Breaking News » Opinion » Columnists » ArticleNov 11, 2009 21:56 | Updated Nov 11, 2009 22:26Candidly Speaking: Kadima must form a unity government, nowBy ISI LEIBLER Talkbacks for this article: 9Ill winds are blowing. Tensions with the Obama administration are escalating. The odious Goldstone Report has provided a massive boost to the global campaign to delegitimize...

Restitution from Arab Countries: Who Gains?

The Muqata (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Israeli political specialist Benny Mercury ( Ben Caspit ) has decided that that a recent Shas promoted and preliminarily-approved legislation, stating that any future political agreement that addresses compensation or relocation for "Palestinian refugees" must be accompanied by a parallel agreement providing compensation for Jewish refugees from Arab countries,-- will deadlock any future...

The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 10th, 2009

Israellycool (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

With Kadima “Number 2″ Shaul Mofaz appealing to legal experts outside of Israel to examine the possibility of holding meetings with Hamas terrorists as part of his hairbrained peace plan, another terrorist group has basically told him where he can shove it. Clue: It involves a place on his anatomy where the sun don’t shine. Updates (Israel [...]

DFLP denounces Kadima proposal to establish Palestinian state on 60% of West Bank

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Gaza - Ma'an - The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) on Monday slammed the Mofaz plan to establish a Palestinian state on 60% of the West Bank.

Let's Retire Mofaz

Shiloh Musings (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Shaul Mofaz, presently Kadima MK and formerly IDF Chief of Staff, is another of Israel's too long list of retired army officers who provide very accurate examples of the Peter's Principle : "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence." First of all, Kadima is the political home of the least principled of all the Israeli politicians. At least it's reassuring that...

Hamas rejects Mofaz call to talk as ‘Zionist vulgarity’

War On You (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Hamas rejects Mofaz call to talk as ‘Zionist vulgarity’ By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent November 8, 2009 The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Sunday that they would never negotiate with the “Zionist enemy”, hours after Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz presented a plan to hold talks with the [...]

Mofaz's nonsense

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

I hope my computer is now fixed, although I am working on a hardwired connection because the WiFi still did not work well. At least Firefox opens.On Sunday, Kadima # 2 Shaul Mofaz presented his 'diplomatic plan.' The 'plan' is to enter into 'negotiations' with the 'Palestinians' in which the outcome is predetermined as usual. But this time the outcome is a 'Palestinian state' on 60% of Judea and

Mofaz Wants to Talk With Hamas, Hamas Says Absolutely Not

The Debate Link (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

And 'round and round we go : The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Sunday that they would never negotiate with the "Zionist enemy", hours after Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz presented a plan to hold talks with the group and establish a Palestinian state in 60 percent of the West Bank within one year. In its official response, Hamas called Mofaz's offer "Zionist vulgarity" and said it...

Hamas responds to Mofaz: We will not negotiate with the occupation

Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

Jerusalem Post : "Hamas rejected a new political plan presented by Kadima No. 2 Shaul Mofaz on Sunday, saying it would not negotiate with Israel, Army Radio reported. 'Hamas will not negotiate with Israel,' said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum. 'We do not believe in engaging with the occupation, or in talks that would beautify its face in the eyes of the world.' Mofaz's speech was timed with Palestinian...

• Hamas says no to negotiations with Israel... - GayandRight

Israel – Bill in Knesset Committee Could Jail Grandparents for Giving Their Grandchildren Kiddush Wine

Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Israel – A Knesset Law Committee meeting scheduled to prepare a bill aimed at prohibiting anyone from obtaining alcoholic beverages for minors deteriorated into a discussion of whether or not a grandfather should be allowed to give his grandson kiddush wine without the consent of the child’s parents. The bill, proposed by Kadima MK Yohanan Plessner, [...]

Have A Blessed Sig'd

J O S H U A P U N D I T (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Today is the day Ethiopian Jews in Israel are celebrating the festival of Sig'd, a religious ceremony unique to their culture. Spiritual leaders known as Kesim lead the people in a series of prayers in Gez, the Ethiopian Jewish language,calling for a Jewish return to Jerusalem. Like Yom Kippur, believers are urged to repent for any wrongs done in the past year. The official day is November 16, but...

JStreet–The American Kadima?

The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

The mystery of just what JStreet is, or intends to be, is growing deeper. “The party and the viewpoint that we’re closest to in Israeli politics is actually Kadima,” JStreet’s founder Jeremy Ben-Ami told the Jerusalem Post. (Hat tip: Ilya) You mean the Kadima founded by that old Likudnik*Ariel Sharon, and run by another old Likudnik,* [...]