Commentary
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Israeli Right renews its fight on funding for human rights orgs | | Noam Sheizaf - +972 - The Israeli Right is once again seeking to introduce legislation that would limit the ability of human rights and anti-occupation organizations to seek funding abroad. As part of coalition negotiations with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party is demanding that foreign-government funding of local institutions require approval by the Defense Ministry and the Knesset’s powerful Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.-rh
| 29/4/2015 |
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UNESCO resolutions raise Palestinian hopes | | Daoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - “The resolution requires that Israel, as an occupation force, commit to international decisions and UNESCO resolutions related to the heritage of the Old City in Jerusalem and its walls, which has been on UNESCO`s World Heritage List since 1981 and on the World Heritage in Danger list since 1982.”-rh
| 29/4/2015 |
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ISIS executes three asylum seekers deported by Israel | | Haggai Matar - +972 - At least three Eritrean asylum seekers who lived in Israel and were deported to a third country were executed by Islamic State militants in Libya this past week, according to family and friends who recognized them in a video released by the extremist Sunni group. The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants is checking the possibility that additional Eritreans deported by Israel were also executed.-rh | 29/4/2015 |
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How to prevent the next fallen soldier | | Shimon Shiffer - Ynet News - The purpose of the rocket fired at the southern communities on Thursday evening was to serve as a reminder to the Israeli leadership that if it continues to ignore and avoid pursuing a deal with the millions of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the most horrible scenarios could be realized, God forbid. The knock on the door, therefore, is only a matter of time.-rh
| 29/4/2015 |
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Syria’s Nightmarish Narrative | | Robert Parry -
Information Clearing House
"The Saudi-Israeli alliance, in league with other hard-line Sunni countries, is helping Al-Qaeda affiliates advance toward gaining either victory or at least safe havens in Syria and Yemen...Saudi Arabia and Israel have made clear over the past few years that they regard the overthrow of the Iranian-backed Assad government as a geopolitical priority even if it results in a victory by Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State." ca for id | 29/4/2015 |
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Turkey joins Qatari bid to broker Israel-Hamas deal | | AVI ISSACHAROFF -
The Times of Israel
"Turkey’s contribution to the plan is the idea of creating a floating harbor across from the Strip’s coast, where ships bringing merchandise to Gaza can drop anchor. The merchandise making its way into the Strip would go through a security check. According to the same Palestinian sources, the party responsible for the inspection would be NATO, of which Turkey is a member. However, Israeli strongly opposes the creation of a port, even a floating one across from Gaza." ca for id | 29/4/2015 |
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Political cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh: Art can change how people view Palestine | | Alex Kane -
Mondoweiss
"... the 36-year-old follows in the footsteps of al-Ali by creating political cartoons about the Arab world, and particularly the plight of the Palestinians...His arrest attracted the most attention after the Charlie Hebdo attacks lead world leaders like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to march in Paris for free speech. Netanyahu was called out by Daily Show host Jon Stewart for marching for free speech while presiding over an army that detained Saba’aneh." ca for id | 29/4/2015 |
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Every incident could potentially escalate | | Yoav Limor - Israel Hayom - It stands to reason that the thwarted terrorist attack on the northern border was an attempt by Hezbollah to execute a low-risk, rapid retaliation over the recent airstrikes in Syria, which the Arab media has attributed to Israel.
In the past, Hezbollah has always needed several days to carry out retaliatory attacks, except for when it used rockets, a readily available resource that requires no special preparations.
Nevertheless, it is possible that the Shiite terrorist group has prepared several "contingency" attacks, ready to be executed on command, as seen on Sunday.
It is unclear whether foiling Sunday`s attack will bring the current round of security escalation on the northern border to its end.
[bz] | 28/4/2015 |
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Labelling Settlement Goods - Europe’s Feeble Efforts to ‘Punish’ Israel | | Jonathan Cook – CounterPunch – “The few Israelis prepared to break out of the domestic consensus and stand up for Palestinian rights to dignity and justice need all the help they can get. Not least they need the solidarity of European governments, who should be joining them in calling for harsh – not paltry – penalties against Israel” [ry] | 27/4/2015 |
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Palestinians March in Israel to Mark Historic Displacement | | MAAN--Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel marched in protest on Thursday as their Jewish compatriots partied, each group in its own way marking the 67th anniversary of the State of Israel’s founding. dn | 26/4/2015 |
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Can an international boycott of Israeli goods and services help end its occupation of Palestinian lands? | | Al Jazeera--As Israel`s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands grinds on, economics and commerce are becoming new battle lines, an embargo being the latest weapon of resistance for Gaza and the West Bank. dn | 26/4/2015 |
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Israel’s Iranian Jews worry about the nuclear deal | | Adam Taylor--Many Iranian Jews came from conservative religious communities in Iran, Javedanfar said, and often they remain politically or religiously conservative in Israel. Those political leanings probably made them natural supporters of Netanyahu’s hard stance on Iran, said Meir Litvak of Tel Aviv University’s Alliance Center for Iranian Studies.
“Historically, most Iranian Jews have voted for Likud in the past 30 years, so they are not likely to dispute Netanyahu’s position,” Litvak said, referring to the prime minister’s political party.dn
| 26/4/2015 |
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In Stealth Move, Congress Backs Israeli Right`s War on Settlement Boycotts | | Jonatan Cook--The question of punishing illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory was considered separately in Europe and Israel last week, with only superficial differences in the conclusions reached. Israel’s near half-century occupation is in no immediate danger, either at home or abroad. dn | 26/4/2015 |
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I swear I won’t boycott the Israeli settlements | | Akiva Eldar - Haaretz - It is forbidden to encourage a boycott against the settlements and unauthorized outposts which were established through land theft, forgery of documents and paying bribes to collaborators, as well as through the gross trampling of the planning and building laws.
We must file away the reports of the state comptroller that describe the injustices of Israeli rule in the West Bank and the report on the unauthorized outposts. It is completely and totally forbidden to say that the settlements are a violation of international law – someone could very well understand that as a call for law-abiding nations to boycott their products.
[bz] | 25/4/2015 |
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Why I won`t be celebrating Israel`s Independence Day this year | | Asher Schechter -
Haaretz
"As Israel continues down its path of isolation and conflict, and does so with renewed verve, I find my disappointment outweighing my sense of national pride...As it celebrates its 67th Independence Day, Israel has never been more "independent" - alienating its closest allies; insisting it can do whatever it wants, regardless of what anyone else has to say." ca | 24/4/2015 |
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The grave danger of derailing the Iran deal — an interview with Chas Freeman | | Philip Weiss -
Mondoweiss
"heldon Adelson and his ilk call the shots, not the American people. Our politics are now so venal that our democracy excites no admiration anywhere. On Israel and many other issues, policy clearly reflects the views of wealthy donors, not the views of any majority. Only a small minority of American Jews stand with Mr. Adelson but his opinions, not theirs, are what matter. America looks like a plutocracy to a growing number of people. That’s how they’ll see us if the Iran deal goes down to Adelson and Israel." ca | 24/4/2015 |
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You can boycott anything in Israel — except the occupation | | Noam Sheizaf - +972 - The ‘boycott law’ won’t put an end to the BDS movement — its real importance lies in the criminalization of all opposition to the occupation.-rh
| 22/4/2015 |
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Lawfare, Israel’s Continuation of War by Other Means | | Jonathan Cook - Information Clearing House - Right-wing Israeli organisations have been quietly escalating “legal warfare” against the Palestinian leadership in an attempt to dissuade it from bringing war crimes charges against Israel at the International Criminal Court.
The latest case against the Palestinians, filed in the US, threatens lengthy jail sentences and heavy fines against Hamas leaders, including Khaled Mashal, for briefly closing Israel’s only international airport during Israel’s attack on Gaza last summer.-rh
| 22/4/2015 |
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Who wins if Washington loses in the Middle East? | | Daoud Kuttab - Aljazeera - A stepped-up European role in the Middle East, with France taking the lead in attempting to revitalise the Palestinian-Israeli peace process on the basis of recognising the Palestinian state, will be welcomed in many capitals - not just in the region, but around the world.-rh
| 22/4/2015 |
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Reuven Rivlin Questions Future of Israel Amid `Horrible` Hate — on Both Sides | | Naomi Zeveloff - Forward - “For me, until now it is not obvious that the Israeli flag is up there, and we are in a position that everyone recognizes that Israel is a fact and Israel will last forever,” he said, holding forth from a plush yellow chair next to a platter of chocolates in his residence in Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighborhood.-rh
| 22/4/2015 |
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Slow violence, cold violence – Teju Cole on East Jerusalem | | Teju Cole - The Guardian - Why the viciousness of modern Israeli law directed against Palestinians must be taken as seriously as the cruelties of war [ry] | 20/4/2015 |
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Demanding equality - how is that illegal? | | Ronnie Barkan--Demanding equality - how is that illegal?
If the anti-boycott law is ever put to the test, the first cases may provide an even greater boost to the BDS movement. dn
| 19/4/2015 |
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Love letter to a Zionist: NYU project seeks to bridge Israel divide within Jewish families | | Shaina Shealy--Selig is critical of Zionism, which has resulted in a chasm of understanding between her and her family. She hopes to bridge this divide and foster productive dialogue by writing a letter to her mother that expresses her feelings as part of the “Love Letter Project” designed by Tammy Kremer, a graduate student at NYU Gallatin’s program for Individualized Studies. The project will result in a collection of published letters from American Jews expressing non or anti-Zionist feelings to loved ones. dn | 19/4/2015 |
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Netanyahu must wake up to the new reality | | Nahum Barnea - Ynet - Why does Israel allow itself to do whatever it wants and still expect us to veto a resolution that accurately reflects our long-standing policy? Why should America impose a veto against itself? (Obama according to people who have met with him of late.)
[bz]
| 18/4/2015 |
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`There Are Still Judges…` | | Uri Avnery - Gush Shalom - It seems that even Gronis, the Likud`s protégé, had qualms about this specific decision. He signed [the verdict on the Boycott Law] literally at the very last moment – at 17.30 hours of the last day, just before Israel went into mourning at the start of Holocaust Day.
His signature was decisive. The court was split – 4 to 4 – between those who wanted to annul the law and those who wanted to uphold it. Gronis joined the pro-law section and the law was approved. It is now the Law of the Land.
[bz] | 18/4/2015 |
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Israel`s High Court takes compromised stand on freedom of expression | | Haaretz Editorial--. . . the verdict is yet another manifestation, alongside other verdicts handed down this week — like the one barring security prisoners from formal study — of the Supreme Court’s judicial passivity. The court refrains from intervening in important human rights issues due to its belief that it must defer to the legislature and government. dn | 18/4/2015 |
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Netanyahu on Time magazine`s list of 100 most influential people | | Ha`aretz -
"...Barak doesn`t shrink from criticism of the prime minister. "Over time, while thoughtful and an avid reader of history, he developed a mind-set at once pessimistic, passive and anxious," Barak wrote. "Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative." ca
| 17/4/2015 |
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Naming and shaming in Yarmouk | | Ramzy Baroud -
Al-Ahram
"Some of the culprits for the suffering in Yarmouk are listed below.
Israel bears direct responsibility for the plight of the refugees in Yarmouk. The refugees are mostly the descendants of Palestinian refugees from historical Palestine, especially the northern towns like Safad that are now inside Israel." ca | 17/4/2015 |
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High Court upholds part of Anti-Boycott Law, strikes part and splits on `1967 Israel` | | YONAH JEREMY BOB - The Jerusalem Post - Gabi Lasky, one of petitioner Gush Shalom`s attorneys, had said that the law was "a classic example of the tyranny of the majority" imposing its will and that she hoped the court would declare "unambiguously that even a majority in the Knesset is obligated to preserve the principle of fairness" that underlies democracy.-rh
| 15/4/2015 |
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Gunter Grass became ‘persona non grata’ for 2012 poem exposing Israeli nuclear hypocrisy | | Philip Weiss - Mondoweiss -In 2012, Mr. Grass found himself the subject of further scrutiny after publishing a poem criticizing Israel for its hostile language toward Iran over its nuclear program. He expressed revulsion at the idea that Israel might be justified in attacking Iran over a perceived nuclear threat and said that it “endangers the already fragile world peace.”
| 15/4/2015 |
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Stop calling us `Israeli Arabs` | | Rami Younis -
+972
"The phrase ‘Israeli Arabs’ is meant to divide us from the rest of the Palestinian people. Thankfully, more and more young Palestinian citizens are no longer scared to openly confront their own Pharaoh and reclaim their story." ca | 12/4/2015 |
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Israeli courts convict hundreds of Palestinian children | | Patrick Strickland -
Aljazeera
"When we got to the police station, he had been beaten up and there was blood on his face," Sheikh told Al Jazeera. "After five court hearings, he was sentenced to four months in prison. How does a 50-year-old man sit on a bench and decide the fate of little children?" ca | 12/4/2015 |
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Herzog, the hospital orderly | | Haim Baram -
Kol Ha`ir -
"It’s true that the people chose him, and for us there`s nothing left save for acting like some sort of Greek chorus wailing against the tragedy unfolding in front of our eyes." - id
| 15/4/2015 |
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In disregard for Bedouin, Israel is forgetting its founders | | Seraj Assi -
Haaretz
"Israel`s attitude toward the Negev Bedouin is clearly the product of a mentality that fails to see human and civil rights beyond the single prism of Jewish settlement." ca | 12/4/2015 |
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A meeting with the Jews of Iran | | Orly Azoulay--The day`s last rays of sunshine glimmered over the surface of the Zayandeh-Rood, "the life-giving river," that flows through Isfahan, Iran`s third-largest city.
Soon it would be time for the evening prayer service; and I certainly wasn`t going home without visiting at least one of the 17 synagogues in the city and speaking to the members of the second-largest Jewish community in the Islamic Republic. dn
I had a note in my pocket with the address of the Keter David synagogue, in the city`s Palestine neighborhood; but when I met my Iranian escort at the entrance to my hotel and told him I was going to take a cab there, the blood drained from his face.
In Shiraz (Photo: Orly Azoulay)
In Shiraz (Photo: Orly Azoulay)
"They won`t let you in," he said. "They are very wary of strangers."
| 11/4/2015 |
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Obama: Nuclear deal cannot depend on Iran recognizing Israel | | Deutsche Welle - US President Barack Obama has said it would be a "fundamental misjudgment" to ask Iran to recognize Israel as part of the nuclear deal. Israel says it is still thinking of military action against the Iran pact.-rh
| 9/4/2015 |
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Joint Arab List must reduce Jews` fear | | Yaron London -
Ynet -
"The Arab political leadership`s challenge is to convince the Jews that Israel`s Arab citizens have adopted a political culture which is different from the culture dominating the countries surrounding us." - id
| 8/4/2015 |
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PA official: Problem isn`t Netanyahu, it`s Israel | | Uri Savir -
Al Monitor -
"...Ramallah-based senior officials who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, “The peace process is now formally dead.”" - id | 8/4/2015 |
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Land Day report shows worsening discrimination in Israel | | Ray Hanania -
The Arab Daily News -
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As Palestinians and the world celebrate Land Day in recognition of the land rights stolen by Israel in occupied Palestine, a new report shows the Apartheid-like discrimination by Israel against Christian and Muslim citizens of Israel and especially against the victims of Israel’s Apartheid-like policies in the West Bank." - id
| 8/4/2015 |
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Netanyahu`s hypocrisy about intervening in other countries` affairs | | Haggai Matar -
+972 -
"What would happen if a foreign country started lobbying for bills in the Israeli Knesset, going so far as to seek the insertion of specific clauses into them?" - id
| 8/4/2015 |
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A complicated chess game and a Liberty Holiday in military prison | | Adam Keller - Crazy Country - "`Then followed an amazing and shocking development` recounted Ralph Hoffman, president of B`nai B`rith in Germany and Europe, `The German embassy in Israel sent email messages to the team managers and told them unequivocally to cancel the visit to Maale Adumim, stating that Ma`aleh Adumim is a settlement in Palestinian territory [...] Can you imagine it? Seventy years since the liberation of Auschwitz, and they behave like this. Is this friendship?`" [ry] | 7/4/2015 |
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The three benefits of ending the U.S.`s cold war with Iran | | Peter Beinart - Haaretz - What George W. Bush failed to achieve militarily, Barack Obama may now be achieving diplomatically. In recent weeks, American hawks have cited Saudi anxiety about a potential Iran deal as reason to be wary of one. But a big part of the reason the Saudis are worried is because they know that as U.S.-Iranian relations improve, their influence over the United States will diminish. That doesn’t mean the U.S.-Saudi alliance will disintegrate. Even if it frays somewhat, the United States still needs Saudi oil and Saudi Arabia still needs American protection. But the United States may soon have a better relationship with both Tehran and Riyadh than either has with the other, which was exactly what Richard Nixon orchestrated in the three-way dynamic between Washington, Moscow, and Beijing in the 1970s. And today, as then, that increases America’s leverage over both countries. [bz] | 6/4/2015 |
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Israel should be grateful to Obama | | Sever Plocker - Ynet - The day will come when we thank Barack Obama for his enormous contribution to Israel`s national security. The fact that he effectively removed the threat of chemical and nuclear weapons in the hands of our enemies Syria and Iran. We are being ungrateful. [bz] | 6/4/2015 |
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Iran nuclear deal: A powerful Tehran turned into America’s policeman in the Gulf? It could happen | | Robert Fisk--deal could trigger a political earthquake
Iran was reborn as a major Middle East nation when it agreed to limit its nuclear ambitions. Despite the “ifs” (if Iran complies with the “key parameters”, if Iran’s Revolutionary Guards don’t try to wreck the agreement, if Israel does not batter Iran’s nuclear facilities in a rogue nation attack) the framework could one day return the 36-year-old Islamic Republic to the status of a regional superpower which last existed under the Shah. dn
| 5/4/2015 |
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Eight Urgent ‘Musts’ Needed for Palestinians to Defeat Apartheid: | | Ramzy Baroud--"ICH" - Waiting on Israeli society to change from within is a colossal waste of time, during which the suffering of an entire nation – torn between an occupied home and a harsh diaspora – will not cease. But what are Palestinians and the supporters of a just peace in Palestine and Israel to do? Plenty. dn | 5/4/2015 |
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Bibi talk: ‘New York Review of Books’ trivializes Israeli fascism | | Philip Weiss--But guess what: Shulman never calls Netanyahu Bibi in the piece. He uses his actual name, Benjamin Netanyahu. Just what you’d expect from a serious voice on the conflict (Shulman is a Ta’ayush activist and a Sanskrit scholar.) Why would you ever call a leader of proto-fascists “Bibi”? Do Palestinians call Netanyahu “Bibi”– the man who complained that Arabs were voting in “droves”? dn | 5/4/2015 |
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Don`t be afraid to talk about Zionism | | Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - Is practical Zionism really over? On the
contrary, it looks like it is alive and kicking. Are there no more
settlements, no more expropriation of land and denial of equal rights to
Palestinians? Does the Occupation really no longer exist? gm
| 4/4/2015 |
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Red Rag column: not democratic and not legitimate | | Gideon Spiro - I will begin by asserting that the latest elections
were not democratic. The elected government, Netanyahu’s dream
coalition, the Right and the religious, is not legitimate. For after
all, what have the commanders of the majority said? That it is
permitted to continue to oppress the Palestinians, to desecrate their
human dignity and to trample their natural rights underfoot – all
without asking their opinion on whether they have any interest in
continued rule by the Israeli military junta. gm | 4/4/2015 |
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Poof! There goes Netanyahu`s Iran bogeyman | | Rachel Shabi--Long before a historic deal was finally agreed upon, we might have guessed what the Israeli government would make of it. Having warned about the perils of any rapprochement with Iran for some years - going to the US Congress, twice, and to the UN, with the same doom-laden messages - it was probably safe to assume that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s reaction to any agreement would be: We hate it. dn | 4/4/2015 |
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Who’s Afraid of Iran’s Big Bad Bomb? | | Uri Avnery - Counterpunch - To imagine that the present leaders of Iran would even contemplate risking the very existence of Persia out of hatred of Israel is both ridiculous and megalomaniac. | 4/4/2015 |
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Israel needs a reality check on Iran | | Nahum Barnea - Ynet - Justified Israeli concerns about losing its qualitative edge over its neighbors [bz]. | 4/4/2015 |
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A Holidays Message from ACRI President Sami Michael | | Sami Michael -
ACRI
| 3/4/2015 |
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A step-by-step guide to what the Iran agreement actually means | | Ishaan Tharoor -
Washington Post
"Analysts appear surprised by the thoroughness of this framework agreement, which gives proponents of a deal hope that a real pact may be sealed this summer. " ca | 3/4/2015 |
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Issue No.1240, 2 April, 2015 02-04-2015 08:56AM ET | | Dina Ezzat -
Al-Ahram
"As the second and final term of Obama draws to a close, the US president could hardly have any illusions on his chances to achieve the other historic deal he was hoping for: an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the launch of an independent Palestinian state." | 3/4/2015 |
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Netanyahu says US is part of new ‘axis’! | | Philip Weiss - Mondoweiss - The pressure is increasing on Obama over his foreign policy; and it’s time for supporters of peace to line up behind him. Today in his efforts to counter the Iran deal, Netanyahu called the US part of the “Axis,” a naked reference to Nazi Germany and its allies in World.-rh | 2/4/2015 |
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The bravery of those many Jews who fight for a fairer Israel : Hamas is a wicked and dangerous force in the Middle East. But Israel is now more wicked and dangerous | | Yasmin Alibhai Brown - The Independent - I wish more of us Muslims acknowledged Jewish men and women who, in spite of intolerable pressures, fight for Palestine, an ethical, just Israel and equality for all. I wish more Muslims were as fair-minded and honourable as these Jewish resistors.-rh | 2/4/2015 |
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Humiliating Obama on Iran could fuel anti-Semitism | | Ben-Dror Yemini -
Ynet -
"Netanyahu can defeat Obama in battle over Iran agreement, but
humiliating president of world`s greatest power will serve as further
`proof` that Jews are pulling strings with their fortune." - id for bz
| 14/4/2015 |
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S-300 will not prevent potential Israeli strike on Iran | | Ron Ben-Yishai -
Ynet -
"The initial sale was completed in 2007-2010, but never actualized because of Israeli and US pressure. But Monday`s news might not be as dangerous or earth shattering as the Russians and Iranians would want you to think." - id for bz
| 14/4/2015 |
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How will Bibi meddle in next Presidential race? | | Ben Caspit -
Al Monitor -
"...Clinton perceived as an inevitable fate, a bitter pill anticipated in advance, and an obstacle that must be traversed." - id for bz
| 14/4/2015 |
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Talking with Israeli journalists about Palestine-Israel | | Ray Hanania -
The Arabv Daily News -
"One of the big problems facing the Middle East peace process is that Israelis and Palestinians don’t speak to each other enough." - id for bz | 14/4/2015 |
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Congress is the Last to Know - Who’s Afraid of the Israel Lobby? | | Andrew Levine - CounterPunch - "Congress is the last place to look for `the brightest and the best` or the most knowledgeable. Still, most Senators and Representatives are at least somewhat better informed than people whose window on the world is Fox News. Why then did they make spectacles of themselves listening, yet again, to what Benjamin Netanyahu has to say about Iran? Why would they care? Why would anybody care what Netanyahu thinks?" [ry] | 13/4/2015 |
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Israel As The Crashed Germanwings Airbus A320 | | Alan Hart -Countercurrents - Though it is provocative and contentious I think my headline is appropriate for an article about an Israel in the process of committing suicide. I`d also like readers to know that the inspiration for my headline was an observation made by Uri Avnery, the Israeli writer and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. In a post which called for the formation of an Israeli Salvation Front, he wrote: "The country is in existential danger. Not from the outside, but from the inside." (That`s the way it was for the passengers and crew on Germanwings Flight 9525).-rh
| 9/4/2015 |
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If Nuclear Iran Is So Scary, What About Israel? | | Michael Karpin - The Jewish Daily Forward - The main difference between the two is that Iran’s nuclear program makes headline news, while Israel’s nuclear capability remains hidden in the shadows. The Israeli bomb lies in “the Basement.” It’s intended to be a weapon of last resort, the silent guarantor of the country’s existence in the face of hostile neighbors. Iran does not need a weapon of last resort because it is not currently intimidated or threatened by any of its neighbors. This is the basic distinction between the two.-rh
| 9/4/2015 |
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Netanyahu`s alliance with Republicans risks further ire from Obama | | Chris McGreal - The Guardian - But with Republicans using the agreement as another opportunity to rally against the president and even turn it into an election issue, Netanyahu once again allied himself with Obama’s opponents.-rh
| 9/4/2015 |
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Opinion: A Bad Deal with Iran Is Better than None | | Omid Nouripour - Spiegel Online - Iran cannot be a trusted partner with its support for terrorists, a dire human rights record and it`s denial of Israel`s right to exist. But demonizing the country is not a viable policy. It`s time for the West to reach a nuclear deal with Tehran.-rh | 9/4/2015 |
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Military Action Against Iran Still Possible, Says Israeli Official | | ALON BERNSTEIN - Huffington Post - Steinitz, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s, said the government would spend the coming months lobbying the world powers negotiating with Iran to strengthen the language in the deal as they hammer out a final agreement. While stressing that Israel prefers a diplomatic solution, he said the "military option" still exists.-rh
| 9/4/2015 |
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Hurt by the Israel lobby, Obama kisses it goodbye | | Philip Weiss - Mondoweiss - The president doesn’t use the word hurt. But his confession that overcoming the criticisms of him from Israel supporters has been as “hard as anything I do,” toward the end of the snippet above, is sure to be parsed for a long time. Hat’s off to Tom Friedman for eliciting an emotional response.-rh | 9/4/2015 |
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Israeli politician `has a dream` of equality between Jews and Arabs | | Ben Lynfield -
The Independent -
"Ayman Odeh cites civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr as his inspiration to close gap." - id
| 8/4/2015 |
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