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...
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...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
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...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Avigdor Lieberman has spoken at a conference warning what a withdrawal to the 1967 or even 1949 borders would bring: (IsraelNN.com) Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in an address at the Saban Forum on Saturday night, warned that a withdrawal to the 1967 borders would only exacerbate Israel's troubles with its Arab population . Lieberman said the establishment of a Palestinian Authority state in...
Tel-Chai Nation (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Avigdor Lieberman has spoken at a conference warning what a withdrawal to the 1967 or even 1949 borders would bring:(IsraelNN.com) Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in an address at the Saban Forum on Saturday night, warned that a withdrawal to the 1967 borders would only exacerbate Israel's troubles with its Arab population.Lieberman said the establishment of a Palestinian Authority state in
Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Jerusalem Post : "Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday night that a return to 1967 borders, with a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, would bring the conflict into Israel's borders, Israel Radio and other Israeli media outlets reported. Establishing a Palestinian state will not bring and end to the conflict, Lieberman was quoted as saying in an address at the Saban Forum in Jerusalem....
Coisas Judaicas (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
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) | 11/06/2009
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) | 11/06/2009
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) | 11/05/2009
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 -...
Israel & Palestijnen Nieuws Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Het is me nog steeds niet duidelijk wat er nou precies is afgesproken tussen Israel en de VS, of dat men daar nog over bezig is, en hoe dicht men elkaar inmiddels genaderd is. Het is goed nieuws dat de VS zich flexibeler opstelt, hoewel het misschien beter was geweest als de VS had vastgehouden aan een bevriezing van de nederzettingen, maar daarvoor in ruil concessies had weten te verkrijgen van de...
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