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- President Obama canceled a scheduled appearance before the Jewish federations' General Assembly.
- The Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution urging equal services for Israeli Arabs.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency has evidence that Iran may have tested an advanced nuclear warhead design, according to a British newspaper.
- The United States vetoed an Israeli plan to attack a ship bearing weapons allegedly from Iran to Hezbollah, according to a report in an Arabic-language newspaper.
- The Obama administration expects to keep working with Mahmoud Abbas despite his planned resignation as Palestinian Authority president.
- Obama cancels GA appearance
- Reform endorse qual treatment for Israeli Arabs
- Iran may have tested secret nuclear warhead design
- Report: U.S. stopped Israeli attack on weapons ship
- U.S. sees Abbas in continuing role
- Groups blast UNGA Goldstone vote
- Israel delivers swine flu vaccines to Palestinian Authority
- Abbas announces he won’t run for re-election
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
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- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
- U.S. appetite for Israeli food grows
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
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Posted in: Jews in Palestine
10/22/09 05:29 PM
Would the PA be able to guarantee the safety and security of its Jewish population? How many Gilad Shalits would be taken hostage to meet the demands of some rag tag group of die hard terrorists demanding for example the right of return to Israel of 500000 Arabs or the release of captured terrorists held by Israel or the PA? Could the Arab population put behind generations of incitement and hatred against Jews promoted by the PLO and Hamas? The offer to stay as Jewish Palestinians sounds good for PR purposes but is not a practical solution to the division of sovereignty in the West Bank. The only solution is for : 1 the PA to be disbanded. It has been given 16 years to negotiate a settlement and has failed to grasp the opportunities offered by Israel by insisting on demands that Israel cannot possibly accept and 2. Jordan and Israel divide sovereignty of the West Bank and determine the future of Jerusalem between their respective nations in direct negotiations - possibly under UN chairmanship.
Posted in: Netanyahu's UN speech: The video and transcript
09/25/09 03:28 AM
Brilliant speech. A clarion call to the UN to restore its moral compass and not reward those who are evil and preach anti-Jewish hatred. Can any state still begrudge the Jews one tiny sliver of land to call their own after listening to Netanyahu's call?
Posted in: In Jewish critiques, Goldstone disappears from his own report
09/22/09 07:45 PM
You can read critiques of the appointment of all four members of the Goldstein Commission at: http://www.bloggersbase.com/articles/partnerships/jpost/gaza-goldstone-and-gallstones/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/articles/partnerships/jpost/goldstone-commissioners-partial-or-impartial/ The bias of the Commissioners has tainted and fatally flawed their Report.
Posted in: Pope urges two states
05/15/09 09:08 PM
Stuart The West Bank is disputed territory with both Jews and Arabs seeking to allocate sovereignty where none presently exists. Israel has not signed any peace agreement that recognizes the West Bank as a separate entity. You should also be aware that there are no 1967 or 1948 boundaries separating Israel and the West Bank. They are armistice lines only. The Pope clearly breached the Agreement. What Israel should do is for it to decide. Certainly in my opinion it should be publicly voicing its displeasure at the Pope's breach of the Agreement whilst visiting Israel. This would ensure everyone would at least be made aware of the Agreement. It should not be allowed to remain unread in the bottom drawer of the Foreign Office. The one certainty this sorry incident shows is that in dealing with the future sovereignty of the West Bank Israel needs to be especially careful as to the binding nature of the agreements it may sign. If you can't trust the Pope to honor an agreement - who can you?
Posted in: Pope urges two states
05/15/09 05:45 PM
Pope Abandons Morality For Politics Pope Benedict’s political comments during his visit to the Holyland have given Jews and Catholics all over the world every reason to believe that if you can’t trust the Pope to keep an agreement then who can you trust? The Pope’s political remarks were a cardinal breach of Clause 11(2) of the Agreement signed between Israel and the Holy See in 1993 which states: “The Holy See while maintaining in every case the right to exercise its moral and spiritual teaching-office, deems it opportune to recall that owing to its own character, it is solemnly committed to remaining a stranger to all merely temporal conflicts, which principle applies specifically to disputed territories and unsettled borders.” There is no ambiguity in these clear and precise words. The inexcusable breach of these terms by the Pope in both of his addresses signifies the ease with which agreements can be abandoned - even by one recognised as occupying a position among the most moral held by any human being. The Pope had properly told both his Arab and Jewish hosts that his visit was intended as a pilgrimage. He may well have been able to inspire them had he stuck firmly to that agenda and not plunged headlong into a minefield that continues to claim as victims the most powerful politicians on this planet. His attempt to play the base political game and emulate the long line of politicians who have traced the same path in the Middle East speaking with forked tongues was a disaster. Papal intrusion into politics is most unwise especially where the Pope in this case has made a specific commitment to remain detached from the current conflict. In breaching rather than observing that commitment the Pope has failed the most basic of tests that human beings are asked to respect and observe - sticking to an agreement. His failure to do so is a matter of great regret.
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