What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday
Israel Beiteinu will “staunchly oppose” the creation of “an interim Palestinian state,” Israeli Foreign Minister and party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday amid rumors that the government was pushing for an interim agreement. “The issue has not been discussed in any forum … I fervently hope it’s a fabrication,” he told reporters before Sunday’s...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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 [...]
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...
Israeli Occupation Archive (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Police are investigating suspicions of document fraud involving the chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, MK David Rotem (Yisrael Beiteinu), secretary general of the Amana... 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...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
POMED 11/16/09 Declaring a Palestinian State? This weekend, Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saab Erekat announced Palestinians will seek recognition as an independent statefrom the U.N. Security Council. However, it is unlikely independence will be declared in the short-term. According to Erekat, “we are going to have to prepare for this well and to hold political and diplomatic talks […]...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
"Israeli Foreign Minister of the Yisrael Beiteinu fundamental party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Monday that the Palestinian Authority seeks Israel’s support in fighting and countering Hamas, and at the same time files complaints to the international community. Lieberman claimed that during the offensive against the Gaza Strip earlier this year, Abbas asked Israel to crush Hamas, and when...
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
"Israeli Foreign Minister of the Yisrael Beiteinu fundamental party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Monday that the Palestinian Authority seeks Israel’s support in fighting and countering Hamas , and at the same time files complaints to the international community. Lieberman claimed that during the offensive against the Gaza Strip earlier this year, Abbas asked Israel to crush Hamas , and when...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Jerusalem/Gaza City - A Palestinian unilateral declaration of independence would not succeed and would not be ratified by the UN Security Council, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday, reacting to a Palestinian threat to declare sta...
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Here's someone who gets it. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday night that the establishment of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria will not solve the Arab-Israel conflict, but will instead move it to within the borders of the state of Israel. Arabs in the Galilee and Negev would demand autonomy, once they see Arabs in Judea and Samaria get their own independent state, Lieberman
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Palestinian plans to possibly unilaterally declare a state continues to yield reactions in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to reject the increasingly strengthening Palestinian imitative during his speech at the Saban Forum in Jerusalem on Sunday. He will warn the Palestinians against moving forward with the initiative, emphasizing Israel's objection, and will stress that the solution...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Amsterdam - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was due in the Netherlands Wednesday for meetings with his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, with Gaza, the deadlocked peace talks and Iran all on the agenda. Lieberman also requested to meet wi...
Coisas Judaicas (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Middle East diplomacy. President Shimon Peres opens a visit to Brazil on Tuesday, in Israel's latest bid to battle growing Iranian influence in Latin America. Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due on November 23, and Brazilian officials say Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas may...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
France on Friday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stay in office despite his recent announcement that he will not seek re-election. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he will travel to the Middle East in the coming days and would hold talks with Abbas, whose decision was seen in Paris as a new "threat to peace." "I will press Mahmud Abbas to obstinately continue his work...
Tel-Chai Nation (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Daniel Pipes wrote last week about Turkey's turning away from the west, starting with Israel:"There is no doubt he is our friend," Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These outrageous assertions point to the profound...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As the UN General Assembly debated the Goldstone Commission's report on Wednesday, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriela Shalev charged that the report, which accuses Israel of committing war crimes during last winter's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, was "irreparably tainted" and "bends both fact and law." Shalev warned that the "report and this debate do not promote peace -...
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