Israel blasts foreign proposal on settlement goods
May 21, 2012 South African government issued a notice saying it wants to require merchants "not to incorrectly label products that originate from the Occupied Palestinian Territory as products of Israel" |
Palestinians Sign Deal to Set Up Elections
May 21, 2012 Abbas: “Everybody in the government should recognize Israel, denounce terrorism. Hamas is the opposition. If I allow them to be in the government, it will not work." |
Israel-Palestine Peace Process Will Return From the Dead
May 18, 2012 The negotiations are clearly lifeless; but by no means out of life. Rest assured they’ll be back. |
Abbas amends election law by decree
May 18, 2012 President Mahmoud Abbas issued an executive order amending 2005 election law as precursor to holding municipal vote sooner than scheduled |
Beware "Creative Alternatives"
May 18, 2012 There seems to be a real willingness on the pro-Israeli right to sacrifice Israel's “democracy” in order to retain the West Bank, and reduce its “Jewish character” to despotic minority rule |
Is Israel united in obstruction?
May 17, 2012 The international community will have to take careful note of how the new Israeli government handles the outposts issue |
Israel's Image Revisted
May 17, 2012 The notion that Israel's unfavorable image is a result of some evil cabal that plots daily against it infantilizes the Israelis |
Palestinian PM reshuffles Cabinet in West Bank
May 17, 2012 Salam Fayyad replaced almost half of his West Bank-based Cabinet on Wednesday, a clear sign that efforts to end the Palestinian political split are stuck |
UCLA’s “one state or two” debate
May 16, 2012 “I wanted to exercise a radical dystopian imaginative leap of that kind, if I wanted to be a Hieronymus Bosch of Israel and the Palestinians, sure, I can arrive at your conclusion after all this horror." |
Ailing Palestinian Hospital Awaits Cash Infusion
May 16, 2012 With PA subsidies being held back, Jerusalem’s Al-Makassed can’t pay staff |