Tzipi Livni

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,...

Islamic Groups Rally for Livni's Morocco Visit

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Al-Manar "17/11/2009 The Islamic party and other groups in Morocco are preparing to rally against the upcoming visit of Israeli opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni , and a protest focusing on the former Israeli foreign minister's part in Operation Cast Lead is scheduled to take place in Tangier on Thursday . Saad Al-Din Al-Othmani, the secretary general of the Islamic-leaning Justice and Development...

Daniel Machover: No Safe Haven for Suspected War Criminals

Israeli Occupation Archive (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asserted in January 2009, "We have proven to Hamas that we have changed the equation. Israel is not a country upon which you fire missiles and it does not respond. It is... 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...

Effi Eitam at Buffalo

Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Professor Jim Holston of SUNY, Buffalo, sent me this (and he allowed me to cite it and insisted that I cite him by name): The Jewish National Fund and Buffalo Hillel brought Brigadier General Effi Eitam to speak on campus at the University of Buffalo on Monday night. After a friend and I confronted him with some of his fascist lies after the talk, he came up to me afterward and offered his hand. Inspired...

Who Decided To Go To War In Gaza and Why?

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent Last update - 08:22 28/10/2009 Courtesy Of Haaretz NewsPaper I want to know how and why it was decided to embark on Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip and to expand it into a ground offensive. I want to know if the decisions were affected by the Israeli election campaign then underway and the change in U.S. presidents. I want to know if the leaders who launched...

War crimes arrest awaiting Olmert's UK visit

Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

30 Oct 2009 Former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert would probably face arrest on war crime charges if he visited Britain, a leading British newspapers has quoted a lawyer as saying. "Neither Olmert nor Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister during the Cast Lead offensive, and a member of Israel's war cabinet, would enjoy immunity from prosecution for alleged breaches of the Geneva conventions," the...

Livni's letter to J Street

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009

Last Friday, I reported that opposition leader Tzipi Livni had sent a letter to J Street congratulating them on their first convention. Steve Clemons (presumably the same Steve Clemons who interviewed Khaled Meshaal this week) posted a pdf of the letter to Huffington Post, where he called it "a remarkable letter of affirmation to J Street, recognizing potential differences but affirming a shared...

Lebanon army dismantles 4 rockets aimed at Israel

What Really happened (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

The Lebanese official said the rockets were discovered Wednesday, placed in a building under construction in the Houla area from where Tuesday's rocket was launched. He says three of the four Katyusha rockets found were ready to be fired. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations. Opposition leader and Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday morning that "Lebanon...

Ehud Olmert could face war crimes arrest if he visits UK

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

• Prosecution of Israelis likely, says solicitor • Lawyers working on use of universal jurisdiction Ian Black, Middle East editor guardian.co.uk , Tuesday 27 October 2009 ( Click on Cartoon by Carlos Latuff to enlarge ) " Ehud Olmert , Israel 's prime minister during the Gaza war, would probably face arrest on war crimes charges if he visited Britain, according to a UK lawyer who is...

• 'War crimes arrest likely' if Olmert visits UK - The Observer
• Ehud Olmert could face war crimes arrest if he visits UK. - The Osterley Times
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Abbas Threatens to Quit, Obama Steps In

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has sent multiple messages to United States President Barack Obama threatening to quit, Channel 10 news reported Monday night. Abbas blamed Israel and the U.S. for pushing him to desperation, saying negotiations with Israel were at a stand-still and Obama had “abandoned” him. Abbas also mentioned the serious hit to his popularity caused by the...

Livni: No Regrets on Forcibly Expelling Nearly 10,000 Jews From Gaza and Giving their Property to Islamic Terrorists

Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

(IsraelNN.com) “I was a full party to the decision about the evacuation and so I see myself as sharing full responsibility for the fate of the evacuees,” Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni said Sunday. Livni spoke to reporters at Nitzan, where a permanent community is being built for the families expelled from Gush Katif. Livni led a tour of Kadima... [Read more....]

• Livni: 'No regrets' for expelling Jews from Gaza - Israel Matzav

Tzipi Livni on J Street

Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

MK Tzipi Livni Jerusalem Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Mr. Jeremy Ben-Ami Executive Director J Street Dear Jeremy, Thank you for your invitation to J Street’s first national conference. Unfortunately, my schedule does not allow me to take part in this event but, as you know, “Kadima” will be well represented at the conference by senior members of the Party. I would like to congratulate...

Livni lauds J Street

Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni has sent a letter to the pro-'Palestinian' J Street lobby commending it on its upcoming 'conference.' The group has been shunned by the Israeli government. The discussion of what best advances Israel's cause should "be inclusive and broad enough to encompass a variety of views, provided it is conducted in a respectful and legitimate manner," Livni wrote in her...

Interesting Posts #91

Life in Israel (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

1. Muqata comments on the Knesset approving MK Michael Ben-Ari's request for separate hours in the gym.. 2. Kaplan's Korner on the second Israel-USA basketball exhibition game , this one with the Haifa Heat, a.k.a. Maccabi Haifa, playing against the Los Angeles Clippers.. 3. Samuel Sokol interviewed Adnan Hussein i, the advisor on Jerusalem Affairs to PA President Mahmoud Abbas... very interesting...

Livni Writes a Letter

Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

Steve Clemons is very excited that Kadima Party chief Tzipi Livni has sent "a knock-the-ball-out-of-the-park...letter of affirmation to J Street, recognizing potential differences but affiriming a shared strategic vision for the best interests of Israel." No doubt this is a...