Tag: Israel
Nice Speech, Mr. President – By Daniel Levy | Foreign Policy So far so good, Mr. President. Great speech, but what next? The visit has offered nothing new on the programmatic side, no plan for going forward. My hunch is that Obama knows that putting Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas back in a room together will achieve nothing, and that he is in no great hurry or places no great faith in those talks. Obama will also be very aware that while Netanyahu repeated his two-state message in their press conference, he nonetheless did not incorporate that language…
Obama takes appeal for peace compromise to Israeli people | WashingtonExaminer.com Obama spoke to a crowd of university students, a friendly audience of younger Israelis more open to his clarion call to restart talks with Palestine. “Put yourself in their shoes – look at the world through their eyes,” Obama said from the Jerusalem Convention Center. “It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of her own, and lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of her parents every single day.”
Washington Post: Netanyahu emerges weakened from Israeli elections Israel’s elections on Tuesday weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and raised the prospect of a more centrist government that could ease strained relations with Washington and signal more flexibility in peace efforts with the Palestinians.
eretzyisrael: According to a tally of 99.5% of the votes, the results are as follows: Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu: 31 Yesh Atid: 19 Labor: 15 Shas: 11 Habayit Hayehudi: 11 United Torah Judaism: 7 Hatnua: 6 Meretz: 6 United Arab List-Taal: 5 Hadash: 4 Balad: 3 Kadima: 2
U.N. Twitter typo calls for ‘1-state’ solution
thepoliticalnotebook: Ominous tweet from CNN’s Ben Wedeman, leaving after reporting on the eight day conflict in Gaza. [Twitter]
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 (via Hamas blames Israel for ‘delay’ of truce deal – Middle East – Al Jazeera English) Hamas says a Gaza ceasefire agreement is being “held up” by Israelis, who have yet to confirm that a deal is imminent. The United Nations Security Council, meanwhile, is due to hold a session on the crisis in Gaza on Wednesday at 15:00 GMT. (Source: http://c.brightcove.com/)
United Nations News Centre – UN Secretary-General calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire by all sides “My message is clear: all sides must stop fire,” Mr. Ban said during his press conference with [Egyptian Prime Minister] Mr. Qandil. “Further escalating the situation will only result in more tragedy, and puts the entire region at risk. That is why a ground operation must be avoided. That is why it is urgent to contain the present crisis.”
I know I am very late with this, but I wanted to cover the rest of the general debate same as I did with the first day, and then I wanted to do it properly, so at last I decided not to post it in pieces. That’s why this is going to be a long one. So, my thoughts on the general debate part 2 as follows. Whether Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad heeded the Secretary General’s warning or this speech was the original plan anyway, I – someone who expected nothing but the worst from him – thought he moderated…
Iranian President Ahmadinejad speaks at UN High-level Meeting on Rule of Law Exciting times around the UN with the 67th session of the General Assembly launching last week. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon holds bilateral meetings with world leaders before the general debate of the GA that is about to start tomorrow with some very prestigious speakers. Today’s main event was a High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law, Rule of Law being one of the main focuses of the 67th session of the GA. One of the leaders addressing the meeting was Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Anti-Semitic, anti-American Iranian President…
