Monthly Archives: November 2012

UN Palestinian bid: Italy bypassed the Parliament and overthrown its foreign policy

Statement by MP Fiamma Nirenstein, vice-president of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Chairperson of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) "We witnessed today a complete political overthrow of Italy's...

Israel PR : 2 video interviews conducted with David Bedein in LA synagogue,...

Nationalisms - Jewish vs Radical Muslim- goals, messages, methods (3.5 minutes) Israel vs Palestine in the media (28 minutes)

PBC Radio today: Our brothers in Haifa, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Gaza, we now all speak...

PBC, the Palestine Broadcasting Corporation Radio Station, represents the official voice of the Palestinian Authority. PBC Broadcast: 29/11/2012 Time: 0845 AM “Today the whole world recognizes the criminality of the occupation, the existence of a Palestinian State....

Gaza’s Not the Key, Philadelphi Is

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/334073/gaza-s-not-key-philadelphi-daniel-pipes # The Second Hamas-Israel War, of November 10 to 21, inspired a mighty debate over rights and wrongs, with each side appealing to the large undecided bloc (19 percent of Americans according to CNN/ORC,...

“Trading Away Peace”: How Biased Political NGOs Fuel Conflict

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article.php?id=3784 Introduction On October 30, 2012, twenty-two NGOs released a report, “Trading Away Peace: How Europe Helps Sustain Illegal Israeli Settlements.” These NGOs repeat the BDS (boycotts, divestment, sanctions) agenda, calling on the EU and national...

International Recognition of a Unilaterally Declared Palestinian State: Legal and Policy Dilemmas

http://www.jcpa.org/art/becker2.htm Representatives of the PLO, and of the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority established pursuant to the Interim Agreement, have repeatedly threatened to unilaterally declare an independent Palestinian state.1 Indeed, following the conclusion of the Camp...

Media should use ceasefire to reflect on double standards

http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/91931/media-should-use-ceasefire-reflect-double-standards The mobilisation of Israeli forces around Gaza this week was strikingly reminiscent of the British and American build-up of troops along the Kuwait and Iraq borders before Operation Desert Storm, the massive armoured counter-attack...

Fatal Flaws in the Reliance upon International Guarantees

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/fatal-flaws-in-the-reliance-upon-international-guarantees?f=must_reads When an earlier Secretary of State before Hillary Clinton, namely Condoleezza Rice, arrived several times in Jerusalem she pressured the then weak and embattled Israeli government of Ehud Olmert into continuing the dreary and...

Suit against State Dept, filed by US citizens in Israel whose loved one were...

Israeli-Americans sue Clinton over PA aid money Group claims State Department ignored transparency requirements attached to US aid to Palestinians, allowed money to fund terrorist organizations Adi Gold Dual US-Israeli citizens filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton...

The Status of “Palestine” at the United Nations

http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291353822496.pdf Two Palestinian documents recently made public deserve attention: the Palestinian request for non-member state status at the United Nations General Assembly,1 and the speech made by President Abu Mazen on November 11, 2012 at...