Much of the international community’s hope for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians currently rests on the formation of two national unity governments, one in Israel and one in the Palestinian territories.
Both the Israelis [represented by the Likud and Kadima parties] and the Palestinians [represented by Fatah and Hamas] are currently absorbed in [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Two national unity governments for two peoples
Posted in America, Annapolis, tagged Dan Meridor, Fatah, Hamas, Hamas and Israel, Israel, Kadima, Likud, Palestinian national unity government, Palestinians, Yaakov Edri on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some thoughts on the situation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Avigdor Lieberman, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel Beteinu, Israel politics, Kadima, Likud, Tzipi Livni on February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One week after the elections and what we have right now is a political stalemate without a clear outcome.
Right now we don’t have a government – neither Bibi nor Livni have enough MKs to form a government, since Avigdor Lieberman has not recommended either and who knows what he’ll do come Wednesday at Beit Hanassi. [...]
No Minister Lieberman
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Avigdor Lieberman, Lieberman foreign minister on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Israel Beitenu’s Avigdor Lieberman is the coalition Kingmaker, but can he translate this electoral power into an important ministry for himself? Lieberman’s decision on whom to recommend to President Peres to form a coalition: Bibi Netanyahu or Tzipi Livni, will decide who becomes Prime Minister, as they [...]
Livni, Netanyahu both declare victory
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LIVEBLOGGING FROM KADIMA ELECTION PARTY AT THE DAVID INTERCONTINENTAL
This is so typically Israeli. Nothing is ever clear cut. Don’t know if I was just at a victory party or a farce?
Who won?
According to exit polls, Livni’s Kadima won 29 or 30 mandates, beating Netanyahu’s Likud by 2 mandates. That’s still not enough to [...]
Kadima’s winning strategy
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The winning Kadima election campaign was divided into two sections: the organizational and the public relations effort.
The organizational team was subdivided into two teams: the months leading up to the election, headed by Immigrant Absorption Minister Eli Aflalo; and the Election Day team headed by Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter. Aflalo was tasked with [...]
Kadima wants Lieberman
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Avigdor Lieberman, Israel coalition, Israel elections, Kadima on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
LIVEBLOGGING FROM THE KADIMA ELECTION GATHERING
A Kadima official told The Jerusalem Post late Tuesday night that Israel Beitenu was more of a natural partner than the Likud, and that Avigdor Lieberman’s party was “not really in the right wing bloc.”
“They are not on the right on the issue of a two-state solution. They support [...]
Livni wins, but Kadima may yet lose election
Posted in Israel, Uncategorized, tagged Ariel Sharon, Avigdor L, Avigdor Lieberman, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel Beteinu, Israel election, Kadima, Likud, Nachman Shai, Tzipi Livni on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The outer wall at Kadima HQ on Gissin Street in Petah Tikva’s industrial neighborhood is still adorned with a very large poster of the party’s founder Ariel Sharon, but that could change soon. Inside the bustling building on Tuesday, a large Sharon poster hung across the main office room where dozens of party activists were [...]
The Undecided People’s Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Israel, Israeli elections, Israeli government, Kadima, Labor, Likud, undecided voters on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few hours to go before the polls open for Israel’s general election, our fifth in a decade. There are many people who won’t vote, a very small number who will spoil their vote, and a vast amount of people who will only decide who to vote for as they enter the polling booth, [...]
Floating voters stay at home
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged election compass, Israel voter turnout, Israeli elections on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, Israelis will go to their fifth general elections within a decade, and it seems the more Israelis go to elections, the less they’re interested in them. In the first elections in 1949, 86.9% of eligible voters cast their ballots. In 2001 that number dropped to 62%.
See the entire voter turnout list here.
Added to [...]
Back to the future of Journalism
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Really funny report from the 80’s about electronic journalism.
Hat tip to Matthew Buckland
Dangerous to be a journalist
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged IFJ, International Federation of Journalists, killings of journalists on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Wednesday issued its report on the killings of journalists in 2008 with a warning that 2009 could be the deadliest year yet for journalists. A wave of killings in the first days of the new year have undermined hopes that the falling death toll recorded in 2008 was [...]
Livin’ it up with Livni
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Livni at nightclub, Livni Haoman 17, Tzipi Livni on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Literally trying to shake her ‘ice-queen’ image by appealing to young voters, Foreign Minister and Prime Ministerial Candidate from Kadima Tzipi Livni boogied and shimmied her way through hundreds of people at the trendy Haoman 17 nightclub in south Tel-Aviv late Tuesday night.
Wearing tight jeans, a white T-shirt and jacket, Livni, 51, entered the [...]
Tourism in the footsteps of the Ten Lost Tribes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amir Mizroch, Bnei Menashe, Israel, Jews in India, Kohima, Manipur, Nagaland, Shavei Israel, Ten Lost Tribes on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is the final Bnei Menashe feature that ran Friday in The Jerusalem Post Magazine section, summing up my trip to North East India:
How did a few thousand exiled Jews from ancient Judea and Samaria traverse on foot across the entire Middle East, Europe and Asia to end up 2,700 years later in isolated border [...]
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