Archive for May, 2009

The Day In Israel: Sun May 31st, 2009

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Israel is angry and disappointed.
Angry, following PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s visit to Washington, after a report in which PA officials said they are waiting for US pressure to bring down Israel’s Netanyahu-led government.
Disappointed, after the US government’s demand that Israel completely freeze construction in all West Bank [...]

The Day In Israel: Sat May 30th, 2009

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I’m back, after being out of action for the Shavuot-Sabbath doubleheader.
Here’s the main news from today:

PA President Mahmoud Abbas met Egyptian President Hozni Mubarak and indicated he wants to renew the dialogue between the PA and Israel
With the Israeli government set to discuss three bills dealing with [...]

Moving The Red Lines

Binyomin Netanyahu has, apparently accidentally, stumbled upon one of the best political weapons Israel has. And even he doesn’t realize it.
When he took office, the Western press started obsessing over his non-use of the words “two state solution.” The world made the assumption – despite “Ultra-Rightist Avigdor Lieberman’s”‘ acceptance of the Roadmap – that Netanyahu [...]

Open Thread: Shavuot Edition

Starting in a few hours, I’ll be celebrating the Jewish festival of Shavuot, followed by the Jewish Sabbath. Which basically means I’ll be eating a lot of milk products, learning a lot of Torah, and not be doing any blogging until Saturday night, Israel time.
In the meantime, you can treat this as an open thread. [...]

The Day In Israel: Thurs May 28th, 2009

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that the US is going to put forward specific proposals for resolving the Middle East conflict, in an effort to jumpstart negotiations. This would seem to include a hard line on “settlement” construction, including a call to freeze building [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed May 27th, 2009

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One postponement, many possible reasons: Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced he had postponed next week’s visits to Paris and Rome, with his aide claiming it was due to several pressing unresolved matters – passing the 2009-2010 state budget in the Knesset and appointing a new special [...]

Mel Gibson Reads Israellycool?

Aussie Dave, April 29th 2009
Mel Gibson, May 25th 2009
Who’s your daddy, Mel?
Actually, never mind.

The Day In Israel: Tues May 26th, 2009

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Israel intends to pay more attention to South America, especially in light of a secret Foreign Ministry document published yesterday (oops!), which said, amongst other things, that Iran and Hizbullah are making deep inroads into South America, and Venezuela not only helped Iran bypass UN Security Council [...]

Separated at Birth: Batsh*t Crazy Edition

Reformist Iranian presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, and a bat.

The Day In Israel: Mon May 25th, 2009

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Ha’aretz surmises that Hizbullah could strike Israel to divert attention from the Hariri probe.

Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
6:35PM: Return of the Zionist Death PigsTM , now even deadlier than ever.
A herd of settler-owned wild boars were released onto Palestinian farmlands in western Salfit on Monday [...]