All Entries Tagged With: "Mahmoud Abbas"
The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 8th, 2009
The Jerusalem Post has reported that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is considering dissolving the PA and declaring the failure of the peace process with Israel, in order to see if the US and other parties will exert enough pressure on Israel to stop settlement construction and recognize the two-state solution. Which has prompted Israeli President [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 5th, 2009
Here’s the IDF on yesterday’s seizure of the arms ship.
500 Tons of Weapons for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israeli Navy, 4 Nov 2009
Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy
Roughly 500 tons of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered aboard the cargo vessel “Francop” flying an Antiguan flag, which was intercepted and brought [...]
The Day In Israel: Fri Oct 30th, 2009
Ha’aretz reports that the Holocaust-denying leader of the PA who has not ruled out “resistance” against Israel is allegedly deeply suspicious of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and is losing faith in his intentions to reach a peace agreement.
Ok, I’m paraphrasing but you hopefully get my point.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
1:26PM: Lebanon’s ambassador to [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Oct 15th, 2009
Cold turkey: Israel’s relations with Turkey are heading southward after a vehemently anti-Israel television program was shown prime time Tuesday evening on the state-run station TRT1, prompting Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to register a protest with the Turkish envoy.
An inflammatory anti-Israeli television show in Turkey on Tuesday did what Ankara’s cancellation of Israeli participation [...]
The Day In Israel: Tues Oct 13th, 2009
Israel has demanded that UNIFIL investigate the explosion at the house of Hizbullah terrorist Abdel Nasser Issa in southern Lebanon, saying it proves Hizbullah stockpiled munitions in violation of the truce.
I’m sure UNIFIL are just itching to investigate the explosion, and if they do find that some Hizbullah terrorists were killed in it, they will [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Oct 12th, 2009
My friend Richard Landes has just launched a new website : Understanding the Goldstone Report.
Those of us who have constructed Understanding the Goldstone Report, have been following the claims under contention since the events themselves almost a year ago, and have read the report in detail. We offer a wide range of analysis, from careful [...]
The Day In Israel: Sun Oct 11th, 2009
Israeli Nobel Prize for chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath has expressed her views on how Israel can reduce palestinian terrorism.
Israeli Nobel Prize for chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath on Saturday said all Hamas prisoners held in Israel should be released in order to bring Gilad Shalit home.
“I don’t understand why we incarcerate them in Israel [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Oct 8th, 2009
Believe it or not, anti-Israel celebrity Vanessa Redgrave has opposed those who protested the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to showcase Tel Aviv.
British actress Vanessa Redgrave – a well-known critic of Israel – has joined the controversy surrounding the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to showcase Tel Aviv, according to the Jewish Chronicle.
Only this time, she is [...]
The Day In Israel: Wed Oct 7th, 2009
Much has been made of the PA’s decision to delay the vote on the Goldstone Report, which accused Israel of war crimes.
While the decision has mainly been attributed to US pressure, Al Jazeera is reporting something else entirely.
A videotape is behind the decision by the Palestinian Authority to delay the vote on a UN report [...]
The Day In Israel: Tues Oct 6th, 2009
PA President Mahmoud Abbas is reportedly considering firing a number of his top aides who advised him to withdraw the motion to the UN Human Rights Council regarding the Goldstone Report findings, a decision that has led to him being ripped a new one by his own people.
A senior PA official in Ramallah claimed that [...]
