Didi Remez, at Coteret, posts a translation of an article in Yediot today. The article is by Alex Fishman, who is second to none in Israel for providing important and keen insight into the thinking of Israel’s security establishment. Fishman gives an enormous amount of background into the wheeling and dealing between US and Israeli [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Barak’
Coteret: Yediot’s defense analyst on the looming US-Israel ’security catastrophe’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Barak, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, pro-Israel, settlement freeze, US Aid to Israel, US-Israel relationship on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Barak’s Vision Offers Scant Hope
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Barak, Generous Offer, human rights, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, Settlements, Two-state solution, West Bank on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some interesting things happening in the background of the launch of the direct talks today… JTA is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to recognize the Palestinian claim to the land alongside the Jewish one. That’s JTA’s headline, anyway. The article itself indicates something rather different. It cites Bibi’s speech today, where he said “…we [...]
Some Hope in DC For Mideast Peace Talks?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abbas, Barak, direct talks, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Peace process, pro-Israel, Two-state solution on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In my latest piece for examiner.com, I try to find some hope in what still looks like a pretty hopeless new round of direct talks. I’ll be posting later on some statements from the same guy that have the opposite effect.
Direct Talks: A Path Forward or A Trap?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abbas, AIPAC, Americans for Peace Now, Barak, Emergency Committee for Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, Jewish Voice for Peace, Lara Friedman, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, settlement freeze, Two-state solution, West Bank on July 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Aaron Miller, long-time State Department official, warns President Obama against pushing so hard for direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Lara Friedman, of Americans for Peace Now, explores the tangled web that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will need to walk now that even the Arab League has endorsed direct talks. The sum of both [...]
Bibi: More of the Same Bad Leadership
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIPAC, Ariel Sharon, Barak, Bill Clinton, Camp David, Flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, Jewish State, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Oslo Accords, Palestinian Authority, Peace Now, Settlements, Sheikh Jarrah, Two-state solution, Tzipi Livni, Yitzhak Rabin on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A video from 2001 is making the internet rounds these days, one that shows current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking to a settler widow who had just lost her husband to a Palestinian attack at the beginning of the second intifada. In the video, Bibi says (in Hebrew, translation by Dena Shunra, with a [...]
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