Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
By Barak Ravid (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Israel Skeptical That UN Will Rescind Goldstone Report
Foreign Ministry sources said Sunday that Israel will most probably be unable to bring about the cancellation of the damning Goldstone Report on its conduct during the Gaza war in 2008-09. Following Judge Richard Goldstone’s op-ed in the Washington Post in which he voiced regret about blaming Israel for the intentional targeting of civilians in…
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Fast Forward Israel Threatens Unilateral Steps if UN Recognizes Palestinian State
Israel informed the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council last week, as well as several other prominent European Union countries, that if the Palestinian Authority persists in its efforts to gain recognition in September as a state within the 1967 borders, Israel would respond with a series of unilateral steps of its own….
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Fast Forward To Break Deadlock, Bibi Expected To Present New Peace Initiative
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected in the coming weeks to put forward a peace initiative in a bid to break through the deadlock in the peace process and extricate Israel from international isolation. Netanyahu has warned in recent days during closed meetings that “a binational state would be disastrous for Israel,” and therefore it…
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Fast Forward Bibi Commits To Promoting Arab Construction in E. Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the international community’s Middle East envoy, Tony Blair, announced Friday a series of gestures that Israel will make to the Palestinians, including a promise to support Arab construction in East Jerusalem. “In respect of East Jerusalem, the Government of Israel has agreed to encourage the implementation of all projects that…
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Fast Forward Israel Concerned Russia Will Recognize Palestinian State
Israeli officials fear that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will announce on Tuesday during a visit to Jericho that Russia recognizes a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. Medvedev is to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Russian president’s planned visit to Israel was canceled due to the Foreign Ministry strike. Officials became…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Talks With Palestinians Could Result in Interim Agreement
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired on Channel 10 on Monday evening that peace negotiations with the Palestinians could result in an interim agreement. “There could well be a situation that if we enter into talks with the Palestinians and we hit a wall on the issues of Jerusalem and refugees, the…
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Fast Forward Bibi Takes Aim at Lieberman: Only P.M. Decides Israeli Policy
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s attack Sunday on Turkey, the Palestinian Authority, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies has drawn harsh criticism from parties across the political spectrum, ranging from the opposition to the prime minister himself. Several hours after Lieberman called the Turks liars and the Palestinian Authority illegitimate, and slammed Netanyahu’s promises for peace,…
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Fast Forward Bibi: Violence Against Minorities Won’t Be Tolerated
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Israeli citizens to refrain from taking the law into their own hands against minorities and migrant workers, in a clip released Wednesday on his bureau’s YouTube channel. Netanyahu warned against incitement that could lead to violence, regardless of citizens’ feelings toward “infiltrators.” “The government of Israel is working determinedly…
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