France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is to visit Greece, Russia and Ukraine this week to present Israel's case in the Middle East peace process after a joint cabinet meeting in Germany, his office said on Sunday. He will make the case that "Israel has made significant steps to enable the resumption of talks with the Palestinians but the Palestinian response to these measures shows that they are...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
The senior fellow at the Center for New Politics and Policy (USA) and moderate opines that U.S. President Barack Obama's failure to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has severely diminished his administration’s hopes of achieving a two-state solution : "Since early November the Obama administration has scrambled to revive the peace process with little success. Secretary of State Clinton...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and six of his ministers are to travel to Berlin take part in a joint meeting on Monday of the Israeli and German cabinets, a senior Israeli official said on Friday. "Netanyahu will be accompanied by Ehud Barak (Defence), Avigdor Lieberman (Foreign Affairs), Yuval Steinitz (Finance), Binyamin Ben Eliezer (Trade and Industry), Gilad Erdan (Environment)...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Israeli ministers on Thursday urged the Palestinians to make reciprocal steps after Israel announced a temporary partial freeze on West Bank settlements, so as to re-launch the peace talks. "The ball is now in the Palestinian court," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Army Radio. "We've contributed what we could contribute, the Palestinians will make their considerations based on...
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
"Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s Foreign Minister, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu fundamentalist party, stated that the United States asked Israel to release 1000 detainees of the Fateh movement , headed by Mahmoud Abbas. He added that he personally opposes such a move and claimed that ‘all Israeli efforts to boost the Palestinian Authority ended in failure’. Lieberman said he would...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Israel said on Thursday that a temporary settlement ease put "the ball in the Palestinian court" with regard to US efforts to revive peace talks as observers saw it as unlikely to lead to a breakthrough. "The ball is now in the Palestinian court and we will see what happens," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told public radio a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced...
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Israel's right-wing Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday a temporary easing of settlements put "the ball in the Palestinian court" as far as U.S.-led peace efforts were concerned. "The ball is now in the Palestinian court and we will see what happens,"
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The crisis in the relations between Turkey and Israel has ended, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday evening after meeting Israeli Industry, Trade, and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in Ankara. "There has always been an open channel of communication between the countries, and therefore there is no need for a new beginning," said Davutoglu, "We are willing to resume...
FP Passport (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Guido Westerwelle is currently visiting Israel for his first official trip as Foreign Minister. His last visit, in 2002, didn't go so well: Westerwelle's trip follows another he made to the region in May 2002 when he was criticized by top Israeli politicians for failing to condemn anti-Israeli comments by his FDP party deputy, Juergen Moellemann. Moellemann had sympathized openly with Palestinian...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
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...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
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) | 11/18/2009
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) | 11/17/2009
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) | 11/17/2009
"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) | 11/17/2009
"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...
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