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And You’re “Unfairly Portrayed” As a Dove
President Shimon Peres tells Washington Post prime minister’s agreement to two-state solution, freezing of settlements connotes shift from right-wing ideology; adds that Netanyahu is unfairly portrayed as an extremist in US (full article…...
Racists Preconditions
Netanyahu: PA must recognize Israel as Jewish state for there to be peace (full article…) Didn’t he just say that there weren’t going to be preconditions? It’s not fun exposing Netanyahu’s contradictions, because they oc...
Zionist Integrity
“We are facing very large challenges. The first is renewing peace talks; they should be renewed without any preconditions,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Likud faction meeting on Monday. (full article…) He added, “...
Netanyahu’s Ties to a Fundamentalist Jewish Sect…
During the national election campaign in 1996, when Netanyahu was first elected prime minister, Chabad publicly supported him with the slogan, “Bibi is good for the Jews.” Netanyahu still has strong ties with Chabad. (full article…)...
Cheapening the Holocaust
No less demagogic was his attack on the Iranian regime. They shoot demonstrators there, he protested vehemently. As if they don’t do that in our Bil’in and Na’alin. Then came the kicker: Operation Cast Lead was a pinpoint attack. I...
Stephen Walt on the Goldstone Report
Nonetheless, it was disappointing that the Obama administration felt it had to denounce the report within days of its release, despite Goldstone’s impeccable credentials (former member of South Africa’s Constitutional Court and chief pros...
Greater Israel
Why is Netanyahu defying Obama so openly? Because he has long been committed to the dream of a “greater Israel,” and the only Palestinian state he might accept would be an archipelago of disconnected enclaves under de facto Israeli contro...
Joke of the Day
“Any comparison of Israel’s fight on terror with recent conflicts in Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan etc. immediately shows that Israel holds itself to the highest ethical standard.” (full article…)...
This is Zionism
Three days after the U.S. administration criticized the decision of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to authorize the construction of hundreds of new housing units in settlements, the Israel Lands Administration published tenders for the constructio...
How Precious.
Madonna is reportedly spending the Sabbath eve at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home. (more…)...
