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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
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: Mon Nov 9th, 2009
The White House announced that President Barack Obama will be meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister’s trip to Washington, but did not say what would be on their agenda. But according to Ha’aretz, the meeting should be “interesting”.
Relations between Israel and the United States are in crisis. This is the conclusion that [...]
The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 4th, 2009
The US House of Representatives yesterday condemned the Goldstone Report as “biased and unworthy of further consideration”, passing (344-36) a a nonbinding resolution urging President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement of the report.
Palestinian seething to ensue.
Meanwhile, here is a response to Goldstone from one of the co-sponsors of the [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009
Relatives of the Jewish man arrested on suspicion of deadly terror shootings and bombings have justified his actions, calling them “heroic acts of resistance.”
Naa, not really.
In the weeks following the arrest, the family still held hope that the Shin Bet had made a mistake: “We want to believe that everything will turn out to be [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Oct 29th, 2009
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gabriela Shalev, has warned that the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead will not go away.
The Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead will not go away even if Israel launches an independent inquiry into the campaign, UN Ambassador Gabriela Shalev said Wednesday.
“There are no legal questions here – and we [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Oct 26th, 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have decided to appoint a small team to review Israel’s course of action on the Goldstone report, and make recommendations on what should be done in the diplomatic, legal and public relations planes.
The prime minister said during the meeting that the establishment of an investigation [...]
The Day In Israel: Wed Oct 14th, 2009
The palestinians have succeeded in gathering enough support to call a special UNHRC meeting to reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week.
And by alleged war crimes, I am referring to alleged war crimes by Israel. No-one is interested in discussing Hamas’ actions.
UN officials say 18 of the council’s 47 members [...]
The Day In Israel: Fri Sept 4th, 2009
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Israel responded to yesterday’s firing of 5 mortar shells by bombing a smuggling tunnel.
(the above is a new boilerplate I will be using to save time).
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
4:16PM: Today’s Gilad Shalit impending release story is brought to you by Ha’aretz.
Hamas senior official Khaled [...]
Peace is Not The Arab Goal
“There is no escaping the fact that the day will come when we will free the Golan, through peace or through war,” Syrian President Bashar Assad said Thursday.
He added: “We have our principles, and whoever abides by them will not constitute a problem for us.”
According to Assad, “From the war of Palestine (in 1948) [...]
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