Abu Bluff seethes: No 'progress' in 'talks'

'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen whined to a delegation of Meretz MK's on Thursday that no 'progress' is being made in the 'talks.' Israel isn't willing to commit suicide quickly enough.

Abbas told a visiting delegation of Meretz representatives, headed by
MK Zehava Gal-On that the Palestinian people are ready for peace but
that there cannot be an interim

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

The real threat to democracy

In a piece that's behind JPost's paywall, but which I received by email, Evelyn Gordon reports that Israel really does have a dictator and that his name is not Netanyahu or Beinish or Grunis. It's the attorney general, Yehuda Weinstein.

After
years of dismissing leftists’ hyperbolic claims that Israeli democracy
is under threat, I’ve decided they may be right after all. What they’re
wrong

Is Israel a democracy?

For those of you who think that Israel is a democracy or has 'representative government' (and I know that's most of you, and I admit that Israel is the closest thing to a democracy in this region by far), please consider the case of Yesh Atid MK Adi Kol, who had the gall to abstain in a Knesset vote on changing the electoral system in the wee hours of this morning.
After her
controversial

Netanyahu to Arab MK: 'We were here before you and we'll be here after you'

This took place during the debate on the Referendum Law (the law to make the holding of a referendum in the event that Israel gives part of its 'sovereign' territory - but not parts of Judea and Samaria - to the Arabs), which passed its first reading in the Knesset 66-45 on Thursday morning.

Let's go to the videotape. More to follow.



During the debate, MK Motti Yogev (Bayit Yehudi) said "the

Shame: 'Palestinian' flag on display at Knesset

The Israeli flag would never willingly be flown by the 'Palestinians' in Ramallah, and that's one reason why the 'Palestinian' flag ought not to be flown at the Knesset. But it was.

It was not the first time a Palestinian flag flew at the Knesset. In
July 1999, then-Knesset speaker Avraham Burg hosted his Palestinian
counterpart Ahmed Qurei, and there were Palestinian flags all over the