Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Faces Threat Of Settler Rebellion After Quashing Knesset Bill To Prevent Eviction Of Israeli Settlers From Five Beth El Buildings New Coalition Partner Kadima: ‘Doubtful That One Grain Of Earth Will Be Moved For New 851 Housing Units In Judea & Samaria’ Deteriorating Situations In Egypt & Syria Do Not Auger Well For ‘Arab Spring’
Internal Politics
Reaping the Whirwind on West Bank
Havat-Gilad Settlement (Photo: Michael Yakobson) Binyamin Netanyahu (Photo: Amit Shabi) It remains to be seen if the young settler extremists in Judea & Samaria (West Bank) have overdone it this … Read More Reaping the Whirwind on West Bank
Israel Warns Hamas Over Gaza Rocketing
Israel Warns That More Rocketing From Gaza May Trigger Major IDF Counter-Attack IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz: ‘After Fall of Gadaffi Regime, Libyan Weapons May Have Been Smuggled Into Gaza’ IsraCast Assessment: Israel Has Given Hamas Notice That She Will Not Tolerate More Missiles From Gaza That Paralyzes Life In Southern Israel
Barak’s New Rules After Gilad Shalit
Defense Minister Ehud Barak: ‘A State That Seeks To Survive Cannot Accept Another Gilad Shalit Prisoner Exchange’ ‘Israel Will Now Adopt New Norms & Principles Similar To U.S., Britain & Australia’ ‘Palestinian Terrorist Leaders Responsible For Kidnappings Know They May Be Very Close To Having Their Heads Separated from Their Bodies!’
Israeli-Palestinian Uncharted Territory
Mahmoud Abbas Benyamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas, Benyamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Ismail Haniya, the Hamas Prime Minister in … Read More Israeli-Palestinian Uncharted Territory
Israel’s Fool’s Paradise
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Appoints Commission To Draft Economic Proposals In Wake Of Huge Protest Movement Protestors Pledge To Continue If Netanyahu Does Not Comply With Their Demand For Social Justice IsraCast Assessment: Prime Minister Must Present Credible Solutions Primarily To Housing Crisis For Young Families
Israel’s Summer of Discontent
Bibi Netanyahu Public opinion polls show over 80% of Israelis support the thousands of mostly young hard-working middle class citizens who have organized in tent camps throughout the country protesting … Read More Israel’s Summer of Discontent
Netanyahu’s Quandary
Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Tzipi Livni | Bibi Netanyahu (Photo: Amit Shabi) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has weathered his political storm with … Read More Netanyahu’s Quandary
Netanyahu – Seize The Day!
Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President George W. Bush Mahmoud Abbas … Read More Netanyahu – Seize The Day!
Netanyahu’s Statecraft Put To Test
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Hints At U.S. Commitment To Ariel Sharon On ‘Settlement Blocs’ In Judea & Samaria Prominent Israeli Experts Warn Of Diplomatic Debacle If UN General Assembly Recognizes Palestinian State On Lines Of 1967 Right Wing Calls On Netanyahu Not To Give In To U.S. Pressure Contending That General Assembly Resolution Will Prove Meaningless