US Concerned Israel May Attack Iran “at Any Moment” – Common Dreams staff The Obama administration is worried that Israel’s new coalition government in could signal an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities at “any given moment,” one of Israel’s leading TV stations reported Thursday night. Netanyahu and MofazShaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining a [...]
23:21 05/10/2012 Operetta in 5 Acts: Netanyahu’s Own Theater By Uri Avnery The master magician has drawn another rabbit from his top hat. A real and very lively rabbit. He has confounded everybody, including the leaders of all parties, the top political pundits and his own cabinet ministers. He has also shown [...]
US Officials Worried Israel’s Unity Deal Raises Prospect of Iran Strike The Likud-Kadima unity government might neutralize opposition to Israeli strike by John Glaser, May 10, 2012 Print This | Share This Top officials in the Obama administration are worried that Israel’s recent deal to form a national unity government between the Likud and Kadima parties raises the [...]
Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem December 25, 2011. (REUTERS/Uriel Sinai/Pool) Netanyahu Crowns Himself King of Israel Will the Israeli left finally stir? by Jonathan Cook Israelis barely had time to absorb the news that they were heading into a summer election when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu yesterday [...]
Israeli Elections Canceled in Coalition Deal Likud and Kadima Deal Announce New Unity Govt. by Jason Ditz, May 07, 2012 Print This | Share This When Israelis went to bed Monday night, there was no indication of any forthcoming news on the [...]
Avigdor Lieberman of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party. Max Blumenthal Demolishes Talking-Points About Israel’s ‘Liberal Democracy’ Key members of Israel’s opposition parties say Israel’s rightward-turn poses a threat to its democracy. March 12, 2012 | Terror wars tend to lead to blow-back on domestic populations. Not only do they come with almost inevitable restrictions of civil [...]
The Shining Torch of Israel? By Uri Avnery ‘Shining torch’, in Hebrew, is the literal meaning of the name of our latest political sensation: Ya’ir Lapid. This week, he announced his intention to enter politics and set up a new political party. Hardly a surprise. For many months now, speculation has [...]
(MaanImages/Inbal Rose, File) By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) — A popular Israeli television news anchor announced on Sunday he was quitting his job to run for parliament, a move seen as posing challenges for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for his main centrist and left-of centre rivals. Yair Lapid, 48, son of a former justice [...]
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s prime minister criticized the country’s opposition leader Tzipi Livni a day after she met with President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday. Benjamin Netanyahu told Livni, leader of the Kadima party, that the only Israeli body fit to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority is the elected [...]
President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni met in the Jordanian capital for talks about the peace process. (AFP) AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni met in the Jordanian capital on Wednesday for talks about the peace process, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. A statement from [...]
Tzipi Livni speaks during a press conference after a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Jerusalem February 13, 2006. (Maannews/Inbal Rose) Israel‘s Livni to visit Britain as war crime law amended Published today (updated) 04/10/2011 19:28 JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni will visit Britain this week now that a [...]
UK amends law to protect Israelis from prosecution Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:55 Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni [MaanImages] LONDON (Reuters) — A British law limiting citizens’ rights to seek the arrest of foreign politicians for alleged war crimes took effect on Thursday, removing a thorn in British-Israeli relations. The law amends legislation [...]
