Binyamin Netanyahu (Photo: Amit Shabi) Ma'ale Adumim, West Bank Mahmoud Abbas, Benyamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has signaled his readiness … Read More Netanyahu Starts Crossing Rubicon
Palestinian Issues
Obama And Netanyahu In Tests Of Leadership
U.S. President Barack Obama Got Too Far Ahead Of Pack & Suffered Consequences Meanwhile Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Trying To Maintain Right-Wing Power Base While Trying To Co-ordinate With U.S. On Palestinian Peace Track Will Netanyahu Present New Conciliatory Palestinian Proposal At Meeting With U.S. Vice- President Joe Biden?
Israeli Settlement Freeze And Palestinian Violence
IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo: Amit Shabi) Hamas terrorists firing rockets There is still no solution in sight to the tug-of-war between Israel and … Read More Israeli Settlement Freeze And Palestinian Violence
Israeli And Palestinian Summit Optimism
Israel’s President Shimon Peres:’Washington Summit Got Off To Good Start Considering All The Scepticism’ Palestinian Sources:’We Were Pleased With U.S. Approach And One Year Time-frame For Peace Agreement’ IsraCast:Israeli & Palestinian Officials Are Sending Optimistic Signals After Summit – Upbeat Tone Is Likely To Trigger Charges Of ‘Sellout’ By Critics Of Both Netanyahu & Abbas
Netanyahu’s Tightrope In Washington
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu Must Walk Tightrope Between Concessions To Palestinians In Washington While Reassuring Right Wing Supporters Back Home Netanyahu’s Approach: ‘Security Will Bring Peace & Not That Peace Will Bring Security’ IsraCast: Israeli PM To Tell Palestinian Leader Abbas That Extension Of Settlement Freeze Is Part Of Negotiation & Cannot Be Prior Condition
Israel – Cabinet Clash Over Settlement Freeze
Benyamin Netanyahu President Mahmoud Abbas Two dates loom large on the Middle East calendar – on Sept. 2nd, President Barack Obama is to launch a new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace … Read More Israel – Cabinet Clash Over Settlement Freeze
Netanyahu & Abbas Vying For Obama’s Support
President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo: Amit Shabi) Barack Obama | Benyamin Netanyahu Gilad Shalit Recently Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met President Barack Obama in the White House, on July 6th it … Read More Netanyahu & Abbas Vying For Obama’s Support
Middle East ‘March Of Folly’
Barack Obama | Benyamin Netanyahu Avigdor Lieberman (Photo: Amit Shabi) In a leak to the Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, two White House officials have disclosed that President Barack Obama … Read More Middle East ‘March Of Folly’
Terrorism In Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
IDF & Shabak Track Down & Kill Three Palestinian Terrorists Who Shot Dead Israeli Settler In Drive-by Shooting On West Bank Shabak Security Chief Diskin: ‘Today There Are Two Palestinian Peoples – One In Judea & Samaria (West Bank), The Other In Gaza!’ ‘Hard Core Of Several Dozen Jewish Terrorists Could Attack Israel’s Political Leaders If Government Decides To Evacuate Settlements’
Netanyahu’s Constructive Ambiguity
While Obama Administration Applauds Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Ten- month Housing Freeze On West Bank, Palestinians Reject It Israeli Leader’s ‘Constructive Ambiguity’ Designed To Placate U.S. While Urging Palestinians To Return To Peace Talks Although Blasted By Settlers For Capitulating To U.S., Netanyahu Enjoys Cabinet Support