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Israelis, Palestinians Meet in Jordan to Flog Dead Horse; Barghouti Says Talks DOA
January 4, 2012Palestine’s most popular political prisoner in Israeli jails, Marwan Barghouti offered the kiss of death (original Maan story) to today’s meeting in Jordan between Israel and the rump Fatah government, whose purpose was…well, no one’s quite sure: In a letter written on the occasion of Fatah’s 47th anniversary…Ma’an, Barghouti…said that peace talks with Israel were finished, [...]
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To Israel: The Palestinians are Coming! The Palestinians are Coming!
May 23, 2011Apologies to all you youngsters out there who don’t remember the hilarious comedy spoof of the 1970s starring Alan Arkin and an amazing cast, The Russians are Coming! The Russian are Coming! The plot revolved around a Russian submarine which runs aground on the New England coast, thus throwing the populace into a hysterical uproar, [...]
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IDF Refuses Palestinians Who Fought Carmel Fire Israeli Entry For Appreciation Ceremony
December 15, 2010Let it not be said that the IDF doesn’t know how to show proper appreciation to Palestinians when they come to Israel’s aid in an emergency. During the Carmel Fire, the PA offered Shimon Peres Palestinian firefighters to combat the blaze. The offer was accepted and they performed admirably by all accounts. This led to [...]
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Phew, Obama Administration Tells PA They Are Lying about Western Wall
November 30, 2010Better late than never, the Obama administration had sharp words for the Palestinians. Normally, the Administration uses these words with Israel when it announces building plans in its capital, Jerusalem, but for once the Palestinians get slapped on the hand: “Regarding a claim by a senior Palestinian official of the Western Wall is an Islamic [...]
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Can Israel Survive Without the West Bank?
November 19, 2010This is the question Rabbi Reuven Spolter asks, in reference to the contention often made on this blog, that it is in Israel’s best interest to help birth a Palestinian state on the West Bank. Spolter is writing from the settlement of Elkana: (L)ooking at a map from halfway around the world people seem to know [...]
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Cry Baby Cry
October 31, 2010Now would be a great time for Israel to declare peace with the Palestinians. And a good enough time as any for Palestinians to declare statehood. So I’ll do my part: “Peace with the Palestinians.” This does not change anything. As if extending a settlement freeze by two-months would ensure peace in the region. What [...]
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obama: FORGET IRAN. THINK DIRECT ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN TALKS
August 20, 2010For 17 years Israelis and Palestinians negotiated directly. In the end of 2008, in preparation for Barack Hussein Obama’s presidency, the Palestinians walked out on those talks. It took them two years but they have finally sold that used car again. I am not sure they will benefit much from the sale. But the drowning [...]
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East/West Bank Commonwealth?
August 17, 2010As Israelis and Palestinians are getting together for direct talks, a waxing question is: what will be the final form of their relationship? Most observers expect two states (although some outliers hold for one state, in which Jews and Arabs have equal rights–but in effect the Palestinians soon will have the majority). Many observers on [...]
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The story behind the images of the crying boy
August 16, 2010Haaretz’s Gidon Levy brings the Jaberi family’s account of the events that led to the images showing Khaled Jabari, aged 4, trying to prevent his father from being taken away by the army. Israel accused the Palestinians of “staging” the scene Last week I posted here the now famous clip of Khaled Jabari, a Palestinian [...]
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Netanyahu Rejects Return to 1967 Borders, Proximity Talks Latest Failure
August 12, 2010Israeli rightists and those echoing their formulations are fond of saying about the Palestinians: “There is no partner for peace.” Well, now the Palestinians can legitimately say the same about the current Israeli government. Haaretz today reveals that Bibi Netanyahu, in George Mitchell’s latest round of proximity talks, rejected a framework for direct negotiations that [...]
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Hamas: A Disaster for Everyone
August 11, 2010Hussein Ibish: For the Palestinian people and cause, however, Hamas’ policies are disastrous. They have split the Palestinian movement into two irreconcilable camps, led to international isolation and the blockade of Gaza, fueled extremism on the Israeli right and undermined international confidence that Palestinians really seek a negotiated peace with Israel. What Palestinians urgently need [...]
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12 Israeli women publicly defy army orders, take Palestinians for a day trip in Tel Aviv
August 7, 2010Until the Oslo years, Palestinians enjoyed freedom of movement throughout Israel. But since the mid 90′s, only those with special permits from the IDF can cross the Greed Line west ‘
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Seeing Budrus in Ramallah
July 10, 2010It is one thing to know that peace-loving Palestinians exist, but quite another to join several hundreds of Palestinians giving a standing ovation five minutes long to a film about non-violence. Last Wednesday night, I sat in an IMAX-sized theater in the West Bank Palestinian city of Ramallah for the grand opening of Budrus, a documentary about [...]
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Netanyahu's Dilemma
June 12, 2010Last night Mrs. Goldblog and I went to a dinner at which The Situation was the main topic of discussion. At one point, someone asked an Arab ambassador at the table how central the question of Jerusalem was to the peace process. Very central, he said, and then threw the question to me. I answered [...]