Palestinian and Israeli Leaders to Meet With Pope at Vatican The NY Times reports that Pope Francis has invited President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and President Shimon Peres of Israel to join him for talks, and the pontiff endorsed “the State of Palestine” in visits to the West[...]
Archive for the ‘Israel/Palestine’ Category
BREAKING NEWS: Could this be the time for a great Pope?
April 26th, 2014 - 5:01 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
One ALL Green Israel? Will Hamas Actually Renounce Violence?
Fatah and Hamas Reconcile, Agree To Recognize Israel (Which Then Walks Out of Peace Talks) The peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are going about as well as usual. Israel walked out of talks today after the Palestinian side announced that Hams and Fatah were going to form a joi[...]
Jewish Self Hatred
“It is beyond absurd that the only country that has a standing place on the Human Rights Council’s agenda is not Syria, not North Korea, and not Iran, but Israel” As Richard Falk, a Jew and a US law professor, leaves his job as the special rapporteur on human rights in the Pales[...]
March 26th, 2014 - 9:18 am § in Hypocrisy, Israel/Palestine
Arab League: Arab, Muslim Bigots Reject Israel’s Right to Be a Jewish Homeland
Kuwait City – Arab leaders meeting in Kuwait may have ended any prospect for peace. Last week, the Arab League said they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, blaming it for a lack of progress in the Mideast peace process. “We hold Israel entirely responsible for the lack of pr[...]
February 18th, 2014 - 9:32 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Can Kerry Bring Peace?
Israel – Livni: Kerry Is A Game Changer In Peace Process Today 11:09 AM Israel – Justice Minister Tzipi Livni stressed the importance of compromise in her support for the expected US-brokered framework deal on the Middle East peace process at the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewis[...]
Boycotting a Superbowl Ad to Support the Palestinian cause.
I Love SODASTREAM and PEACE NOW In full disclosure I am both a member of Peace Now and a user of Sodastream, I disagree with the stand here because I believe there is no viable future for Palestine that does not include exactly this sort of interaction with the Israeli business world. However, i[...]
January 30th, 2014 - 10:30 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
How Liberals Foster War War
Scarlett Johansson will no longer be an ambassador to Oxfam, Sky News reported Thursday. This sad news occurred because Oxfam objected to J0hansson doing commercials for SodaStream, an Israeli owned company that operates a factory on the West Bank. Most of Sodastream’s employees are Palestin[...]
January 13th, 2014 - 12:04 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Famous British University Will Boycott Israel
The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry announced that it would “cancel summer student exchange programmes it has in place with several Israeli magical institutes, and withdraw from a Quidditch tournament arranged by the Israeli Tourism Ministry due to be held at Eilat by the Red Sea next[...]
January 8th, 2014 - 2:32 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
University of Haifa Blocks Honorary Degree for Far Right Israeli Nobelist
While American Studies Association Want to Boycott Israel, Israel Universities Support Palestinians Whose side is the ASA on? Faculty members at the University of Haifa, in Israel, are criticizing their institution’s denial of an honorary doctorate to a Nobel Prize-winning economist over hi[...]
January 2nd, 2014 - 2:21 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
More on the ASA boycott
Land-Grant Universities’ Group Opposes Israel Boycott The leadership of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities said the call for a boycott was “severely misguided and wrongheaded.”[...]