March 2012
1 post
Maariv: A War at Our Expense
A War at Our Expense
Op-ed, Yael Paz-Melamed, Maariv, March 8 2011
If I were an American Jew, and if I had the privilege of being one of the 14,000 representatives who listened eagerly to the speech that was given by the prime minister of Israel, I would have added two standing ovations with uproarious applause. I might even have let a few tears flow down my cheeks. Why shouldn’t I? After...
December 2011
2 posts
“The right way to deal with different opinions is by raising counterarguments in...”
– Proposed legislation to restrict foreign governments’ donations to nongovernmental organizations is unconstitutional, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein warned this week, and if it passes the Knesset, he will not be prepared to defend it in the High Court of Justice. (via progressiveisrael)
Progressive Israel: Israeli Red Cross recognizes... →
progressiveisrael:
And in return, Israel lawmaker and fascist MK Eldad says to boycott them: “I call on all donors to MDA to immediately cease their contributions to the organization, inform the MDA of this, and direct their donations directly to the blood banks of different hospitals, to rescue organizations…
November 2011
5 posts
PHOTO: Oregon paramilitary pepper sprays woman's... →
October 2011
2 posts
Yediot's Barnea: Signs that Bibi and Barak...
Atomic pressure
Excerpt from column [first section], Nahum Barnea, Yediot Friday Political Supplement [with front-page teaser], October 28 2011
Have the prime minister and the defense minister made between themselves, in private, a decision on a military strike on the nuclear reactors in Iran? This question preoccupies many today in the security establishment and in the government. It also...
Maariv: After siege, Israel MFA can't recruit...
Following the siege on the Embassy, Israelis refuse to serve in Cairo
Eli Bardenstein, Maariv, October 3 2011
Though the violent siege by the Egyptian mob on Israel’s Cairo embassy about a month ago ended without casualties, it has created a serious problem nonetheless. The Foreign Ministry is now searching desperately for Israeli diplomats, single men and women, who might be willing to...
September 2011
1 post
Yediot quotes administration sources: "Abu Mazen...
The waiting period
Itamar Eichner, Yediot, September 18 2011
On Friday evening the PA Chairman rose to the podium in Ramallah’s mukataa and declared that he would submit the request for Palestinian statehood with the UN Security Council— thus firing the opening shots for one of the most significant weeks the region has ever known.
Much to the distaste of the United States, Abu Mazen decided...
