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The Israeli government is waiting for the US government to put in writing what Clinton told Netanyahu verbally. Israel might have to wait a long time. Yesterday, when State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley was asked about...

The US State Department Will Not Confirm That Any Promises Were Offered to Israel...

On Saturday night, Nov. 13th, 2010, as soon as the Sabbath finished in Jerusalem, The Israel Broadcasting Authority, the IBA, reported that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu convened a special session of the inner Israel...

IF OBAMA IS SERIOUS, LET HIM SIGN

For over 60 years, people have dreaming of peace here. In 1993, when Obama joined a large law firm, the Oslo Accords were signed on the White House lawn, and peace appeared more tangible...

U.S. Security Guarantees – “Israel’ sole discretion” provision is crucial

"The chances of achieving a peace agreement will be significantly advanced by achieving comprehensive security understandings between Israel and the US." Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu - Press Release - Prime Minister’s Office, 10 November, 2010 "Israel, with her survival...

How Haaretz concocted a conflict

-- On July 10, 2008 Ha’aretz’s main section contained a small story. Not small, tiny. 93 words to be precise. “The district committee,” stated the article, “has approved for public hearing the establishment of...

A WaPo reporter’s anti-Israeli approach: from Sderot to Jakarta

When Washington Post reporter Scott Wilson did a stint as the paper's Jerusalem correspondent, he earned a well-deserved and well-documented reputation for anti-Israel bias, shading and spinning his copy to portray Israel in the...

EXCERPT OF CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER HARPER’S SPEECH ON ANTI-SEMITISM

Email Share RSS Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Photo by Rhonda Spivak. SPEECH DELIVERED TO INTERNATIONAL GATHERING AT CONFERENCE ON COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM ON PARLIAMENT HILL November 9, 2010 [ Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt...

U.S. Congress Backs Israel, Will Israel Join In?:Interview with David Bedein

Several members of the United States Congress have sponsored legislation aimed at putting an end to Arab incitement against Israel. Now an Israeli reporter is calling on the government to state its own position,...

UNRWA and the code of silence

One of the first rules of being an UNRWA official is omerta. Above all the code of silence means refusing to tell two truths. First is the truth about UNRWA. It is a key...