Today Barack Obama told the world that he is unhappy about 900 new homes being built in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. The Palestinians claim this as “East Jerusalem,” though that city has never been recognized on any good map I have ever seen. I think the Israelis have a right to build homes in [...]
Categories: Jerusalem
Israel is a dramatic country, but it’s not a Shakespearean country. In Israel, if you liquidate the leader, you don’t go on to eliminate all his henchmen and rule the country yourself like Macbeth or Richard the Third. So I’ve never understood why people — most recently Bill Clinton — speak as though the Rabin assassination had forced Israel to turn away from an impending peace.
Categories: Peace Process, United States of America
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I wonder if Netanyahu is taking policy advice from this blog? It would seem so, as just a few days ago I discussed that there is not anyone worth talking to in the PA for a peace agreement, as the PA seems shaky with Abbas at best and Hamas would not follow the Fatah directive [...]
Categories: Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Peace Process, United States of America
Intel Israel has found itself in the news this week for all the wrong reasons. It is the target of threats of demonstration action by the religious community in Jerusalem after the company announced its intention to keep its fabrication plant in Jerusalem open on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath. The company’s general manager, Maxine Fassberg, [...]
Categories: Economy, Jerusalem, Science and Technology
It is no secret that the state of Israel is balanced precariously between two competing ideologies. On one side, many believe that Israel’s primary purpose is to be a Jewish state and protect the interests of Jewish people against unjust persecution. On the other hand, Israel is a light among the nations when it comes [...]
Categories: Arab Israelis, Civil Rights, Education, Human Rights, Non-Profits and NGOs, Politics
Jordan and Israel, who have the best relationship of any other Israeli friends in the Middle East, which would be Egypt, sort of, conducted a joint rescue drill as a simulation for an earthquake and drilling rescue operation. This annual drill takes place with joint Israeli and Jordanian efforts, but has never been published. The [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
I just read a blog post that I could not help but share. If you head to an Iranian weapons website, you can order seriously destructive weapons with your credit card. It is illegal if you are in the United States, of course, but it is there. I think the mortar bombs would probably help [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently in Washington, DC and had a meeting with President Barack Obama. Obama keeps pushing Israel’s leaders to re-boot on peace planning with the Palestinians, but it seems that things are on hold indefinitely.
Categories: Palestinian Authority, Peace Process
I thought that The New York Times was about to be told off properly, even if a bit late. Mirit Cohen, spokesperson for Israel’s Permanent Mission to the UN, wrote in to protest the way the Times covered the Goldstone report on Gaza. But she stops short of defending her country.
Categories: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Media, United Nations
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