Showing posts with label settlement blocs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label settlement blocs. Show all posts

Saturday, August 17, 2013

'Palestinians' accuse US of 'deception and misinformation' on talks



Nothing, but nothing, is good enough for the 'Palestinians.' After the United States exerted enormous pressure on Israel, which is supposed to be an American ally, the 'Palestinians' are now accusing the United States of 'deception and misinformation about the 'peace talks.'

[London based Al-Hayat] quoted Abbas as telling the officials: “I have told the US
Administration 10 times, and I’m

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Oh my: Look who's likely to be the swing vote if the government decides to expel Jews from 'settlements'



Gil Hoffman reports that despite the Knesset being split 61-59 in favor of the Right, if a plan to expel Jews from 'settlements' comes to a vote, the Left believes that it will carry the day. The Shas party (and maybe United Torah Judaism as well) are eager for the chance to take revenge on Naftali Bennett for excluding them from the government.

“The haredi parties will be partners in the

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Guidelines for 'peace talks' leaked?



Elder posts a list of leaked 'guidelines' for the 'peace talks' that came from something called 'Palestine Today' put out by Islamic Jihad. Elder speculates that 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen may have sent them to Moscow for approval and they may have been leaked that way. Color me skeptical. Here are some of the more outlandish ones.

3)  "The
security barrier

Friday, August 9, 2013

Obama's credibility gap



Evelyn Gordon points out how President Obama's failure to take to task his best friend forever (BFF), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, over Erdogan's failure to abide by the agreement the two of them made with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, is weighing heavily on the 'peace process.'

As Jonathan noted
yesterday, Israeli pessimism about renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

79% of Israeli Jews expect 'peace talks' to fail



Someone at the JPost needs to fix the headline (hopefully they will by the time you see this post). 79% of Israeli Jews don't believe the newest round of 'peace talks' will succeed. What a shock....
The poll found that seventy-nine percent of Israeli Jews think the new
round of negotiations have a low chance of success of yielding a peace
agreement, while 18% believe they have a high chance