Likud

Israel building Jewish homes with one hand, destroying Arab homes with the other

Nasir Khan blog (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Nir Hasson, Haaretz/Israel , Nov 19, 2009 The World Likud movement held a cornerstone-laying ceremony yesterday for the expansion of the neighborhood of Nof Zion, despite – or possibly because of – American pressure against building in East Jerusalem. The Jewish settlement is in the middle of the Arab village of Jabal Mukkaber. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem municipality razed two Palestinian...

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

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

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,...

Netanyahu party member slams 'racist' Obama

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

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

Israeli settlements will lead to one state solution

Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Below is more evidence that Americans' perceptions of the conflict in Palestine has been changing over the years, albeit rather slowly. I am always pleasantly surprised to see honest reporting on Palestine in mainstream American media. Philip Weiss notes "The American lib-left seems to be getting the news that the two-state-solution is having its death rattles (3 years of death rattles, unusual...

In Israel, some on the right support talks with Hamas - Christian Science Monitor

Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

BBC News In Israel, some on the right support talks with Hamas Christian Science Monitor A newspaper poll indicated that 53 percent of Likud party supporters favor talks with Islamist Hamas under certain conditions. Overall, 57 percent of Israelis back the idea. By Christa Case Bryant | Middle East editor 11.13.09 The left-leaning Israeli ... Critical Currents: Abbas's challenge to Israel Jerusalem...

The Last Best Hope?

Ana the Imp (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, has had enough, and who can blame him, with Hamas on one side and Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Likud Prime Minister, on the other. The ‘Two State Solution’, the one genuine hope for a peace in the Middle East, is very likely to go with him. Barak Obama, for all of his overripe rhetoric, has been totally unable to stop the advance of Israeli...

Grave blow to fading hopes of a two-state solution | Ian Black

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Posters in Gaza, ruled by Mahmoud Abbas's enemies in Hamas, already scorn the Palestinian president as being "on the dustheap of history"." His announcement last night that he does not wish to contest the next elections is a clear sign he has been put in an impossible position by Israeli and American pressure to renew peace negotiations. Yasser Arafat's successor as leader of Fatah...

Walk out of the room

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

"The Israelis have been difficult, as always: whenever Mitchell raises East Jerusalem in talks with the Israeli Foreign Minister, the Israeli stands up and walks out of the room. Despite Netanyahu's momentary, tactical enthusiasm for peace talks, his Likud Party has always favored the de facto incorporation of Palestinian lands into the state of Israel."

Arab anger as Clinton backs Israel

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

• US secretary of state praises concessions by Israel • 'Israel can get away with anything,' claims Arab League Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, sought to deflect the anger and disappointment of pro-western Arab states today after backing Israel's position that it did not need to freeze settlement activity as a prelude to resuming peace talks with the Palestinians. Clinton was...

Israel: On Ground Updates - October 31, 2009

AubreyJ.org (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

Israel: On Ground Updates Rockets Launched This Year For Fifth Time Across Lebanon Border Prompts Israeli Army To Return Fire Saturday , October 31, 2009 . * HAARETZ.com brings us the following report this Saturday afternoon and it starts off like this... Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) confirmed on Saturday that Israel was operating intelligence-gathering networks within Lebanon ... Speaking...

Is J Street too late?

The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

When "pro-Israel" means "opposed to mainstream Israelis" IT LOOKS like the House is preparing a resolution condemning the Goldstone Report on possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Apparently the old AIPAC-instilled reflex to instinctively support the priorities of right-wing Israeli political parties hasn't vanished from Congress, even though the new pro-peace Israel lobby, J Street,...

Likud Lunacy: Goldstone Liable for Synagogue Shootings

Chasing Evil (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Likud Lunacy: Goldstone Liable for Synagogue Shootings: " In one of the most self-serving, deceitful and just plain idiotic statements by a Likud official in many a moon, MK Danny Dannon saw the hand of Richard Goldstone in today’s attack on a Sephardic Orthodox synagogue in North Hollywood:Likud MK Danny Danon…said the attack was the result of a damning United Nations report on Israel’s...

J Street, Obama, and Israel.

The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

I find the arrival of J Street onto the scene at this moment in time fascinating. They seem to offer another view of the Israel-Palestine conflict, one which doesn't correlate with the AIPAC/Likud line which for so long has been the line which it was demanded that one take or risk being called "anti-Israel". But, at the time of Obama, and a new realism regarding what must be done to ensure...

The Day In Israel: Tues Oct 20th, 2009

Israellycool (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has pledged that Israel will ensure the Goldstone report is vetoed at the United Nations General Assembly. “It’s going to the UN,” the premier told lawmakers from his Likud party. “We’ll make sure it gets vetoed.” He sounds confident. The question is: should he be? Senior diplomats in New York, meanwhile, said the [...]

Netanyahu: Our leaders won't be prosecuted in Hague :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses Knesset as winter session opens, says battle against UN report into Gaza operation a top priority. 'Hamas are the real war criminals,' he says. MK Zahalka calls out towards him, 'You killed 400 children'. President Peres calls for 'far-reaching decisions ahead of two-state solution' Amnon MerandaYNET News The Knesset opened its winter session Monday, amid its members'...

New Regime in Israel for Old tactics by- DR. ABDUL RUFF Colachal

abdulruff | 02/22/2009

New Regime in Israel for Old tactics - by Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal ------------------------ After a prolonged horse trading efforts by him, Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the right-of-centre Likud party, has been asked to form Israel 's next government. His position was bolstered on 19 February when Avigdor Lieberman, head of Yisrael Beiteinu, which favors tightening the Israeli blockade on Gaza...