Israeli Politicians Ignite Election Campaign With Inflammatory Statements IsraCast Assessment: Politicians In & Out Of Government Are Harming Israel’s National Interests By Making Rash Statements Aimed At Attracting Voters
Palestinian Issues
Palestinians & Israeli Elections
Hamas Leader Khaled Meshal’s Latest Threat To ‘Liberate All Of Palestine’ Serves To Strengthen Netanyahu-Lieberman Against ‘Peace’ Camp In Israeli Election Campaign Likud- Beteinu Leaders Binyamin Netanyahu & Avigdor Lieberman Escalate Rhetoric To Boost Their Strong Image In Face Of Threats Facing Israel
George Orwell in Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation
Hamas Leader Khaled Mashal Arrives in Gaza Claiming Victory In Recent Battle With Israel, While Likud Leaders Claim New Settlement Building Was Proper Response To Palestinian Violation Of Oslo Accords
Isracast Weekend Report
President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo: Amit Shabi) Tzipi Livni (Photo: Amit Shabi) Israel's parliament the Knesset It is a diplomatic debacle for Israel – that is an accurate description of the … Read More Isracast Weekend Report
Likud Swings Right –Livni Enters & Barak Exits
Likud’s swing to the Right will provide Israeli voters with a clearer choice in the January 22 election.
Statecraft of Obama, Netanyahu and Morsi
IsraCast Assessment: By collaborating behind the scenes, the three leaders of the U.S., Israel and Egypt have laid the groundwork for an improved regional relationship that may surpass the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
No Recycling of Hamas Ceasefires
Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Ganz Isracast Assessment: Israel insisting the new ceasefire must include solid guarantees that will bar the renewal of Palestinian rocketing from Gaza … Read More No Recycling of Hamas Ceasefires
Gaza-Israel and the Bigger Middle East Picture
Regional implications: First, Israel will not allow Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi to hold Israeli peace treaty as ransom for Gaza rocketing of Israel. Second, after rise of Muslim Brotherhood in … Read More Gaza-Israel and the Bigger Middle East Picture
Kahlon’s Cold Feet and Abbas’s Hot Tip
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party Breaths Sigh of Relief After Moshe Kahlon Decides Not To Form New Party Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Chimes In By Declaring: “The West Bank & Gaza Is Palestine, All the Rest Is Israel”
Israeli Election – ‘Biberman’ Off and Running
Netanyahu-Lieberman Merger Claim Victory In Advance Of January 22 Election Labor’s Shelli Yachimovich Focuses On Trying To Attract Low Income Sefardi Voters Who Traditionally Support Likud Campaign Longshot: Recruit State President Shimon Peres To Lead A New Center-Left Bloc