Daily Archives: October 27, 2010

Leaders of Judea and Samaria are warning of a “silent, de facto building freeze.”

Naftali Bennet, director-general of the Yesha Council, has reported that "The cities of Judea and Samaria are effectively frozen. The government has promised to stop the freeze, yet it is continuing it." There are 4,321...

Are Settlements Really the Major Obstacle to Peace?

For nearly two decades, the Palestinian Authority conducted peace talks with Israel while construction in the Jewish settlements was continuing. Every now and then the Palestinian leadership would complain about the construction, but it never made a...

ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTER PREPARING HIMSELF FOR THE “DAY AFTER”

While efforts to renew the negotiations between Israel and Palestinians are still under way, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is already preparing himself for the day after the failure of those talks. Lieberman has instructed the...

WEALTH FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS

In the 1970s, a huge quantity of oil was found in Norway. Norway was then an unsophisticated fishing country with a fairly modest economy. A number of courageous Norwegian MPs looked out for the general...

Flying Planes into Gaza?

Paul Larudee, senior activist of the pro-Hamas movements Free Palestine (FPM) Free Gaza (FGM) and International Solidarity (ISM), told the Iranian PressTV that plans were being made to send a plane to the Gaza...

News Analysis

A recent column, "Just Knock It off," by Tom Friedman, writing in the NY Times. refers to Israel as a "spoiled child" for not acceding to Obama's demands for a continuation of the freeze. Israel,...