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Israeli Foreign Minister Resigns
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned from his post today, after being indicted for breach of trust and fraud. According to Haaretz, the breach of trust charge stems from Lieberman’s dealings with Belarusian ambassador Ze’ev Ben Aryeh. He was accused of promoting Ben Aryeh after after Ben Aryeh reportedly tipped him off to the investigation [...]
Netanyahu Accuses International Body of Hypocrisy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took world leaders to task yesterday for what he said was their hypocrisy. According to Jewish News One, the Prime Minister criticized the international community for condemning Israeli settlements while remaining silent on Hamas’s repeated calls for the destruction of Israel. “This weekend,” JN1 quotes the prime minister as saying, [...]
Emanuel Bashes Netanyahu
According to The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, former White House Chief of Staff and current Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel of accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “betraying” President Barack Obama by approving the expansion of Israeli settlements and by denying tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority. The JTA further reports that Emanuel claimed that Netanyahu’s [...]
World Powers Rally Around Israel as Hamas Fires Continue
By Rea Bochner, WrittenByRea.com Though the almost week-long attacks of missile fire from Hamas into Israel is another unfortunate episode of history repeating itself, there comes in this installment an unexpected development: the stepping up of major world powers to voice their support of Israel, The Little Middle-Eastern Democracy That Could. On a recent tour [...]
The Newest On Israel Public Relations from Ronn Torossian
The more things change, the more they stay the same – Times Of Israel oped by Ronn Torossian, which Jewocity readers may also find interesting. All previous Israeli Prime Ministers have made similar statements on core issues – Excerpt: From Jerusalem to the UN, territorial compromise to Jewish refugees, the message has remained the same. [...]
Tensions Between Obama, Netanyahu Likely to Remain
President Obama’s successful bid for re-election may be bad news for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to Jeffrey Heller of Reuters, the Prime Minister now faces “an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energised critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the U.S. presidential election.” Heller reports [...]
Jay Sekulow & ACLJ Says Shame on the BBC!
Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) says it’s despicable that the British Broadcasting Company, the largest broadcast organization in the world refuses to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The BCC intentionally refuses to list Jerusalem as the capital of Israel – and this despite a direct appeal from [...]
Actions Speak Louder than Words
By Melanie Goldberg, If only the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was as easy as teaching five-year-olds how to share. The comments made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week, took many an Israel-supporter off guard. Utterances such as, “I believe that the West Bank and Gaza is Palestine. And the other parts are [...]
Iran Taunts Israel Over 2010 Inaction
This morning, Iran’s Press TV published an article taunting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to launch a strike against its nuclear program in 2010. Israel, said the headline, had “aborted” a plan to attack Iran “out of fear.” According to Max Fisher of The Washington Post, however, it was not fear that stopped [...]
Absent of Context
By Melanie Goldberg I know I’m not an expert, and that my wisdom doesn’t even come close to exceeding my years. However, I have always found it imperative to seek out the truth, especially when I care about something. And Israel remains one of the most important things in my life. Therefore, I always find [...]
