Abbas was supposedly furious with the president’s son-in-law after Kushner relayed Netanyahu’s demands with no movement on new settlements in illegal areas of the West Bank but the immediate halt of payments to terrorists and their families. Abbas angrily accused Kushner and Trump̵[...]
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June 24th, 2017 - 5:31 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Kushner Lights Fires Under Israeli:Palestinian Conflict
An Abrahamic Answer to Israel=Palestine
The Abrahamic Union: a Confederate solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Yakov Nagen Yakov Nagen is a Rabbi at the Yeshiva of Otniel, located near Hebron. On the day of Shimon Peres’s death, my neighbor Natan Meir stood before 100 Jewish and Arab interfaith activists and spoke of Peres’s[...]
May 21st, 2017 - 8:13 am § in Donald Trump, Israel/Palestine
The (low) price of peace
PA to Trump: We must have an airport, Dead Sea resort Palestinian Authority delegation reportedly told President Trump its infrastructure demands for Israel, including airport in Samaria. ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM[...]
Jews Being Banned From Israel!
Jerusalem – Americans for Peace Now has canceled its annual trip to Israel over the country’s new anti-boycott law. The law passed last month by the Israeli Knesset bars entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements. Americans for Peace Now is conce[...]
December 26th, 2016 - 4:41 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Obama May Have Force Fed Peace
Ken Waltzer FACEBOOK Some thoughts on what the UN Security Council resolution 2334 might mean and about what is next. Meantime, despite all the good diplomatic action de-isolating Israel by initiatives involving Africa, former Soviet republics, some Arab states, China, even Russia, the UNSCR 2334 [...]
December 26th, 2016 - 12:34 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
The biggest loser under the recent UN Resolution on Israeli settlements, aside from the settler movement itself, is the BDS Movement.
This is precisely what the BDS Movement does NOT want. Consider Section 5 of Resolution 2334, which calls upon all states “to distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories occupied since 1967.” This is precisely what the BDS Mov[...]
December 16th, 2016 - 9:57 am § in America, Israel/Palestine
Trump Chooses Greater Israel Lawyer as Ambassador to Jerusalem
Jerusalem -A top Jewish settler leader on Friday lauded U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for ambassador to Israel, saying his choice of David Friedman will provide settlers with a “direct line to the American president.” Oded Revivi, the chief foreign envoy of the Yesha Council, s[...]
November 20th, 2016 - 1:56 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: Can Israel Return to Its Zionist Center?
Lapid believes he has finally found a formula that will allow him to do something that has eluded Israeli politicians for nearly a decade: Defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an election. Just three years after Lapid gave up a successful media career for the rough-and-tumble of Israeli polit[...]
November 16th, 2016 - 10:10 am § in Misc.
Israel’s Trumpy Government
Lieberman: Israel Should Reach Deal With Trump to See U.S. Recognize Settlement Blocs ‘Israel expects Trump to reduce U.S. involvement in peace process’ For Israel’s right, Trump’s election heralds settlement construction surge Lieberman on Amona: Settlers must avoid confront[...]
My Letter to The US State Department: “End Support for the Occupation by Israel”
I support Israel. I am disgusted with the inability of the Palestinians to recognize peace. But now, I write in disgust abut the right wing Israeli government’s apparent commitment to wither permanent occupation or out and out war. The US needs to extricate itself form the trap being cre[...]