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The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 20th, 2009

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

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 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

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 [...]

The Day In Israel: Mon Nov 16th, 2009

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

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

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

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 [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 11th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 11th, 2009

During yesterday’s session of the UN Security Council, the US accused Iran of violating a UN arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Hizbullah via Syria in a ship seized by Israel.
Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari responded by accusing Israel of committing “an act of piracy on the high seas,” and dismissed the charges as  [...]

The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 10th, 2009

The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 10th, 2009

With Kadima “Number 2″ Shaul Mofaz appealing to legal experts outside of Israel to examine the possibility of holding meetings with Hamas terrorists as part of his hairbrained peace plan, another terrorist group has basically told him where he can shove it.
Clue: It involves a place on his anatomy where the sun don’t shine.
Updates (Israel [...]