If you have been living under a rock, let me update you on a recent situation that has grown increasingly popular for debate in the news and political forums. While the highest ranking visit from a United States official since Obama became president, the Jerusalem municipality approved a plan to construct 1,600 new homes in [...]
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You probably know about the environmental conference in Copenhagen to address climate change. Many of the world’s leaders, including US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres, have gathered to discuss what may be the most important issue facing the international community today. It is an issue that requires unprecedented global cooperation, and it [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Environment, Government, Judaism, Non-Profits and NGOs, Shimon Peres, Technology |
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Bibi Netanyahu is regarded as “almost American” by many Israelis. It is true that Netanyahu, who spent many years in the USA sounds like an American when he speaks English. There is also a suggestion that he understands the American psyche. So why is it that Israel’s relationship with the USA seems to deteriorate when [...]
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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: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Peace Process |
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Israeli President Shimon Peres has revealed a plan for President Barack Obama to mediate discussions between Netanyahu and Abbas over the stalled peace process, which has been pretty much at a standstill since the 1993 Oslo Accords were signed.
Peres also said that Obama’s administration is focusing too much on settlements and not enough on the [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians, Peace Process, Shimon Peres, United States of America |
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in Washington for a meeting with President Obama, has expressed “surprisingly” supportive words for the Israel leadership. He was quoted as saying that the current Israeli leadership is committed to moving forward with the peace process with the Palestinians.
Although Mubarak stopped short of advocating normalisation of relations between Israel and [...]
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71 United States Senators from both parties joined together in a letter asking President Obama to look at the Arab states for a reason the peace process is not working. The letter points out that Israeli peace efforts are not being matched by the Arab states, and that the United States should not focus on [...]
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In March, 1979, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin signed the first Israeli land for peace deal. The exchange gave 1967 captured territory, less the Gaza Strip, back to Egypt. In exchange, the two countries have held a fragile peace for the last thirty years.
Egypt did not want the Gaza Strip back. At that point peace [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, Judea and Samaria, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Terrorism |
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This week will bring about a series of high level meetings. Netanyahu is hoping that the meetings will bring about an understanding between Israel and the United States administrations.
Netanyahu said in a cabinet meeting: “Naturally, in the context of friendly relations between allies, there isn’t agreement on all points, and on several issues we are [...]
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From Anthony Reich
Almost a week has passed since Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu delivered his long-awaited speech at Bar Ilan University. The speech was given a huge billing as it was presented as being a response of sorts to Barack Obama’s Cairo speech. The eyes and ears of the international community were focused on what Netanyahu was [...]
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