by Hillel Fendel In an exclusive interview with Israel’s Channel Two, U.S. President Barack Obama was asked why he thinks Israelis mistrust him. “Some of it may just be the fact that my middle name is Hussein,” he told interviewer Yonit Levy, “and that creates suspicion. Some of it may have to do with the fact […]
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu U.S. President Barack Obama said he is “ready” to visit Israel. His reply to an invitation by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu capped off a thoroughly choreographed meeting. The last time that President Obama visited Israel was during his presidential campaign in 2008, when he visited the Western Wall, which is located […]
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Time is working against U.S. President Barack Obama, who appears to be “detached” from Israel, former U.S. Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller wrote in Politico.com Tuesday. He maintains “there is not much of a U.S. strategy yet” for Middle East peace. President Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu are to […]
by Maayana Miskin As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu prepares to meet with United States President Barack Obama, the Judea and Samaria (Yesha) Council is taking steps to “remind” the prime minister of his commitment to end the Judea and Samaria building freeze in September. The “A Promise is a Promise” campaign has put up billboards […]
by Gil Ronen As the march by First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s family and supporters neared Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took a step Thursday to preempt public pressure on him and gave a clear statement of his policy on freeing terrorists. In a live news conference, Netanyahu said that Israel agreed to free 1,000 Hamas […]
by Hillel Fendel The Justice for Jonathan Pollard organization, refusing to let up on its drive for his freedom, has announced a call-the-White-House campaign, scheduled to end when PM Netanyahu visits Obama in Washington next week. Organizers say that if Pollard is not freed by then, calls should continue daily until he is free. Pollard […]
by Hillel Fendel MK Yaakov Katz, head of the National Union party, chaired a conference in the Knesset auditorium Monday on the topic of the damage caused by the freeze on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria. In attendance were Knesset Members – among them several who had not been asked to speak – as well […]
VIDEO: “I want the world to understand what would happen if we didn’t have the blockade. Iran would have its own port in Israel, a few kilometers from Jerusalem. It would be pending death for every citizen in Israel and a grave danger to the safety of the country.” [youtube pk7ZREDSw_A nolink] What the ‘peace […]
Five planes flew out of Israel Wednesday night, June 2, carrying hundreds of foreign passengers and nine bodies from the Turkish-led flotilla Israeli commandos raided and prevented from breaking the Gaza blockade two days ago. After surrendering to Turkey’s ultimatum to release all the passengers, including the seven members of Islamist terrorist groups who assaulted […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online May 11, 2010 When a major Arab state would finally sign a peace treaty with Israel, it was long assumed, the Arab-Israeli conflict would end. The Egypt-Israel peace treaty of 1979, however, buried that expectation; it had the perverse effect of making other states and also the Egyptian populace […]
