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The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 22nd, 2009
Last night, Hamas announced it had reached an agreement with its fellow palestinian terrorist groups to refrain from firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks.
“We have agreed with the factions that nobody carries out any action involving rockets for now,” Fathi Hammad, Hamas’ interior minister, was quoted as saying by the Chinese [...]
The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 20th, 2009
PA President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of conducting secret negotiations with Hamas, which revolve around a palestinian state with temporary borders.
Meanwhile, a terrorist-swap deal for Gilad Shalit is reportedly nearing completion, with Hamas handing over to Israel a new prisoner list with 70 new names aimed at replacing 70 to which Israel strongly objects. [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 19th, 2009
With Israeli’s announcement that it will press forward with construction of 900 apartments in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood being followed by some Obama seething (not to mention seething of the EU kind), Member of Knesset Danny Danon made a valid point.
“President Obama should not interfere with the rights of the Jewish people to live in Jerusalem,” [...]
The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 18th, 2009
“The threat that Iran poses is very grave for the state of Israel, for peace in the Middle East and the whole world. Without any doubt, we are the first target, but not the last.”
- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
10:12PM: Opposition leader Tzipi Livni today blasted Prime Minister [...]
The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 17th, 2009
Thousands of Argentinians – including people from “human rights organizations” – have protested the visit to their country of Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Thousands of people gathered Monday in the square opposite Argentina’s congress in Buenos Aires in preparation for a protest march against Israel. The protest was scheduled to coincide with President Shimon Peres’ visit [...]
World’s Strictest Parents – Israel Edition
A number of months ago, I blogged about the episode of BBC show The World’s Strictest Parents, in which two rebellious British teens were sent to live with evil Zionist settlers an Orthodox Jewish family living in Nof Ayalon.
I’ve managed to locate all but one part of this episode (I will update this post once [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Nov 16th, 2009
Chief PA negotiator Saeb Erekat yesterday indicated the palestinians would unilaterally declare a palestinian state on the 1967 borders.
And if he is to be believed (which is always in doubt), we can thank the EU foreign policy chief for this.
The Palestinian Authority is mobilizing international support for declaring statehood, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said [...]
The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 15th, 2009
Former US President Bill Clinton – currently in Israel – thinks it was the murder of former Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin that has impeded peace.
“Nor has a single week gone by in which I have not reaffirmed my conviction that had he not lost his life on that terrible November night, within three years [...]
The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 13th, 2009
South African jurist Richard Goldstone has been left reeling from Israeli President Shimon Peres’ criticism of him.
South African jurist Richard Goldstone lambasted President Shimon Peres on Thursday for a personal attack on him, which the president launched in response to a damning report he compiled on the Israel’s winter offensive in Gaza.
“I would say that [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 12th, 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Israel would be prepared to hold immediate peace negotiations with Syria, as long as the talks are held without preconditions.
And Syrian dorktator Bashar Assad also says he supports negotiations.
With a little bit of terrorism on the side.
“The essence of peace is not just negotiations but rather, resistance as [...]
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