Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | yesterday
At a meeting in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that he is only willing to 'negotiate' with Israel if he is guaranteed in advance that the 'negotiations' would lead to Israel giving the entire Golan Heights to Syria. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Sarkozy that he wished to negotiate with the Syrians without
Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Via Berube , Dean Dad uses the fact that a recent Supreme Court decision has been interpreted by lower courts in ways that have undermined the academic freedom of public university professors to...argue against tenure. Now, there are certainly good arguments to be made against the tenure system (especially in high schools, where research generally isn't an issue), but it must be said that Dean Dad...
Sify (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will seek a final-peace accord with the Palestine Authority if talks resume, and not an interim solution.
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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...
ConWebBlog: The Weblog of ConWebWat (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We've detailed how the arrest of West Bank settler Yaakov (Jack) Teitel on numerous terrorism charges, including the detonation of a pipe bomb outside the house of Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell, contradicts the previous reporting of WorldNetDaily's Aaron Klein, who uncritically reported a claim by a settler leader that the Israeli government planted the bomb "to demonize West Bank Jews."...
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...
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...
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...
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 [...]
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...
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...
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...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Binyamin Netanyahu may not like drunkenness among minors, but Israel's west-facing culture makes some level of it inevitable According to Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's teen-drinking problem is close to becoming an epidemic , in light of new data revealing the level of alcohol abuse among the country's minors. The state's anti-drug authority is in the process of launching a major drive to tackle the...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The entire Channel 4 Dispatches investigation of the Zionist lobby’s influence on British politics. This Guardian piece sums up the desperate need to fully uncover the role of Likud extremism on the democratic system: Every year a very grand lunch is given by the Conservative Friends of Israel at a central London hotel. Anyone who is anyone [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
• Controversial settlement expansion criticised • Obama's efforts to resume negotiations undermined The White House yesterday expressed exasperation with Israel over a plan to build 900 new houses on the West Bank at a time when Barack Obama is trying to broker a Middle East peace agreement. Although Obama is mainly focused on a tour of south-east Asia, the White House took time out to express...
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