PLO President Mahmoud Abas & Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to reconcile governments (photo credit: IDF, World Economic Forum) Tzipi Livni, John Kerry, Saeb Erekat (photo credit: U.S. Department of … Read More WHY ABBAS DID IT
Palestinian Issues
EHUD OLMERT – ISRAEL’S NATIONAL TRAGEDY
PM Ehud Olmert (Photo: Amit Shabi) Tzipi Livni Ariel Uri Yehuda Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Prime … Read More EHUD OLMERT – ISRAEL’S NATIONAL TRAGEDY
KERRY TACKLES ISRAELI – PALESTINIAN LOGJAM
US Secretary of State John Kerry (photo credit: Marc Müller) President Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Chief Negotiator with Israel, Saeb Erekat (photo credit: Al Jazeera) Israeli Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin What … Read More KERRY TACKLES ISRAELI – PALESTINIAN LOGJAM
LIEBERMAN’S LEAP TO ISRAEL’S CENTER
Avigdor Lieberman (Photo: Amit Shabi) Does Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman realize something about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the rest of his far Right wing colleagues do … Read More LIEBERMAN’S LEAP TO ISRAEL’S CENTER
ARIEL SHARON (1928-2014)
Sharon as a 19-year-old Haganah fighter in 1948 (photo courtesy of Tamar Yadeni) Sharon, top second from left, with members of Unit 101 after Operation Egged (November 1955). Sharon's 143rd … Read More ARIEL SHARON (1928-2014)
NOVEMBER 29th – ISRAEL & PALESTINIANS: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
NOV. 29th is one of the most monumental dates in the history of the Jewish people. On this day in 1947, the UN General Assembly approved the Partition Plan for … Read More NOVEMBER 29th – ISRAEL & PALESTINIANS: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
WILL BIBI NETANYAHU BE ISRAEL’S CHARLES DE GAULLE?
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is known to be a great admirer of Winston Churchill, who led Britain’s battle for survival against Nazi Germany. However on the eve of the negotiations with the … Read More WILL BIBI NETANYAHU BE ISRAEL’S CHARLES DE GAULLE?
HOW DID KERRY FINALLY DO IT?
Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) There is more than meets the eye – that is the only … Read More HOW DID KERRY FINALLY DO IT?
WHAT DO THE PALESTINIANS REALLY WANT?
Barbara Tuchman Israeli prime minister Begin with Egyptian president Sadat and U.S. president Carter at Camp David in 1978. Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat Barak, Clinton, and Arafat … Read More WHAT DO THE PALESTINIANS REALLY WANT?
Israel’s Ambassadors Criticize Governments Settlement Building
Israel’s Ambassadors Fault Government’s Recent Decision To Build New Housing Units Adjacent To Jerusalem In West Bank