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Did Netanyahu Lose His Backbone?
After reading this news item yesterday, which reports that Netanyahu actually asked permission from Obama to construct housing in settlements and got a “one-time permission” from him… I am a bit in shock. Did Netanyahu lose his backbone? Is he going the path of Sharon and many of his other predecessors who apparently went... »
Goldstone Fire Still Rages, Peace Process Still Hangs In The Balance
The despicable Goldstone Report is still very much in the news, as the United Nations picks up the debate on the report again today. The wishy-washy Palestinians who can’t make up their minds whether they want their human rights violations aired out or not are currently pressing for the debate (as opposed to recently... »
Netanyahu Warns: Accepting Goldstone Will End The Peace Process
In a justifiably bold move, Netanyahu announced today that if the Goldstone Report is accepted and endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council following the vote tomorrow by the 47 member countries of the council, the peace process is effectively over. He said in a televised speech, “I hope a majority will... »
Netanyahu To UN: “Have You No Shame?”
In what is obviously a rhetorical question, Netanyahu today slammed the United Nations General Assembly, asking them “have you no shame?” for giving Holocaust-denier Ahmadinejad a forum to speak. View the clip here: And here is the full speech, in four parts: »
CNN grills Netanyahu on Israeli ‘War Crimes’
Tom Gross brings us this great example of CNN’s anti-Israel bias and their complete and utter antipathy towards Israel’s state of living under constant terror and attack from Hamas: Below is a transcript of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s interview on CNN yesterday, in which he is repeatedly asked by Wolf Blitzer about Israeli “war... »
Netanyahu 1, Obama 0
Score one for Netanyahu. Haaretz is reporting that the United States has dropped demands for freezing any construction in Jerusalem, indicating that Netanyahu’s firm stance and consistent message of Jerusalem being off the table is paying off. Just as laudable, though, were the other stipulations that Netanyahu insisted be part of this new “gesture” toward the... »
Netanyahu Stands Firm On Jerusalem
During a press conference that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had in London with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, he was asked the following question and gave what in my opinion was a strong, intelligent response. QUESTION: Mr Netanyahu, will you continue while you talk to build homes for Jews in those parts of Jerusalem... »
No Qualms About ‘Meddling’ In Israel for Obama
Mackubin Thomas Owens wrote a great piece in the Wall Street Journal in which he juxtaposes Obama’s hesitation to ‘meddle’ in Iran with his eagerness to straighten out Netanyahu with some tough talk just weeks into his new position as prime minister of Israel. This absurd policy of “curry favor with our adversaries at the... »
Netanyahu Stands Firm on Jerusalem
In his remarks to his Cabinet, Netanyahu has thankfully expressed his firm stance on continuing building in east Jerusalem and his sharp disagreement with any policy attempting to render east Jerusalem judenrein. He stresses the status of Jerusalem as an “undivided city” and says: I would like to re-emphasize that the united Jerusalem is the capital... »
Peter Beaumont’s Cheap Political Shots
On Friday, Peter Beaumont wrote a piece in the Guardian attacking Netanyahu for using the term judenrein and going so far as to accuse Netanyahu of using the term “so cheaply to score a political point”. In reality, the only one zoning in on this term for cheap political shots is Beaumont himself. Netanyahu is... »
Netanyahu’s Response To Obama
So, as the AP reported today, Bibi Netanyahu has finally given his long-anticipated speech in response to Obama’s “address to the Muslim world”. A good friend, DMB, has summed up Netanhayu’s gameplan very nicely as follows: A demilitarized Palestinian state. No new settlements. Natural growth to continue in existing settlements. No Palestinian “right of return” in Israel. No dividing Jerusalem. To... »

