Posts Tagged ‘Samaria’
Abbas’ posturing continues »
Arab League chief: Palestinians pull of talksPalestinians won't be entering indirect talks with Israel at this time, Arab League Chief Moussa says Wednesday night, following organization's urgent session held in wake of Israel's east Jerusalem construction plansReutersYNET NewsArab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian [...]
From proximity to peace? »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/08/AR2010030803612_pf.htmlTuesday, March 9, 2010; A18THE OBAMA administration appears near to a diplomatic achievement it expected long ago: the relaunch of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. It will be a modest start -- not a big conference or a convocation to Camp David [...]
Israeli Critic Exposes ‘Lie of Apartheid’ »
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu A7 NewsNone other than Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, a long-time and fierce critic of Israel, has exposed the lie behind tying the Jewish State with the term “apartheid.” His column on Tuesday, under the headline “Israel has its faults, but apartheid isn't one of them,” tore apart the description as "pure [...]
“Let me tell you about land for peace.” »
http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/news-archive/2010/02/24/not-one-more-inch.htmlNot one more InchBy Victor SharpeI remember once seeing a cartoon of a Native American chief looking wistfully towards the distant horizon where once his ancestral homeland lay. He was speaking to a stranger about the peace treaties he made that were all dishonored [...]
Knesset Proposal: Annex All Jewish Towns in Land of »
Adar 10, 5770, 24 February 10 05:08by Hillel Fendel(Israelnationalnews.com) The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will consider a bill proposed by MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh) on the annexation of Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria (Yesha). The bill was supported last year by Prime Minister Netanyahu himself.The legislation committee is charged [...]
"A Partial Victory" »
Arlene KushnerWhen I originally wrote about Prime Minister Netanyahu's plans for developing heritage sites, so that Israelis could tour the land and understand our roots here, I praised this effort. I still praise it in its essence, as it should tell our narrative and reinforce our connection to Israel. However...the heart of that ancient [...]
Israel and the West are perpetrators of a myth that »
Caroline B. Glickhttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Fahmi Shabaneh is an odd candidate for dissident status. Shabaneh is a Jerusalemite who joined the Palestinian Authority's General Intelligence Service (GIS) in 1994.Working for PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and GIS commander Tawfik Tirawi, Shabaneh was tasked with investigating Arab Jerusalemites [...]
‘Don’t Believe Everything You Read About »
INN Staff Reading is Not Always BelievingA7 NewsThe activist organization Mattot Arim urged over the weekend readers to scrutinize articles written in the general media about Israeli “settlers,” warning that what they see may not necessarily reflect the actual facts on the ground.The group cited as examples two past inaccurate articles [...]
Toxic Demographic Assets »
News First Class, February 8, 2010Haim Rozenberg, former Head Long-Term Planning, RAFAEL (Israel Defense Ministry's Armament Development Authority)Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, said on February 4, 2010 that there are 12 million persons between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean: 6 million Jews and 6 million Arabs. Therefore, he concluded, a [...]
Deliberate lies re: Israel and the Middle East »
In a previous installment in this series of clarifying messages about Israel and the Middle East, we examined certain myths which, by dint of constant repetition, had acquired currency and acceptance. We looked at the myth of “Palestinian nationhood,” the myth of Judea/Samara (the “West Bank”) being “occupied territory,” the myth that [...]
