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The world according to Lieberman

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wrote this interview together with David Horovitz for the Jerusalem Post Magazine:
He’s only been in the job for a month, but already the foreign minister is fed up with the ’slogans’ he keeps hearing from his international counterparts: occupation, settlements, land-for-peace, two-state solutions… His favored key words? Security (for Israel). A stronger economy (for the [...]

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Foreign Minister Avigdor and Prime Minister Lieberman

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief David Horovitz and I interviewed Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday. Since then I’ve been asked quite frequently about my impressions of the man.
Everybody wants to know about Lieberman. What’s he like, this “Russian King” as a friend called him [actually he's Moldovan]. When I posted photos of our interview on [...]

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Lieberman wants new slogans

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On Thursday David Horovitz and I interviewed Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The story appeared in Friday’s Jerusalem Post:
The international community has to “stop speaking in slogans” if it really wants to help the new Israeli government work toward a solution to the Palestinian conflict and help bring stability to the Middle East, Foreign Minister Avigdor [...]

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Bad day for Arab women

Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Two Arab women were executed Monday for killing their husbands.
From AP
A Yemeni woman has been executed by firing squad for killing her husband, whom she accused of molesting their daughter.
The woman’s lawyer, Abdel-Alim al-Wafi, says she was executed Sunday in a province north of the capital, San’a.

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Israel recalls its ambassador to Switzerland

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Israel on Monday recalled its ambassador to Switzerland Ilan Elgar in protest at Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz’s meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Geneva Sunday, a day before Jews worldwide commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The ambassador was also recalled in protest of Switzerland’s hosting of a “racist and Holocaust denier who declares openly his intentions [...]

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Durban 2 already looks like Durban 1

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Creating a European Hizbullah, and slamming Israeli swimming pools.
This is what the pre-Durban 2 Israel Review Conference hosted by anti-Israeli NGOs looks like:
A parallel meeting to Durban II, held in a Geneva hotel, which was organized by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, the International Coordinating Network on Palestine and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions [...]

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What Peres has to say on Iran

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

President Shimon Peres today ruled out an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. He’s been speaking a lot lately in public about Iran. Here are a few choice quotes:
This year so far:
August 16: “Talk of a possible Israeli attack on Iran is not true. The solution to Iran is not military.”
 
August 13: “Sooner or [...]

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Abbas calls Netanyahu

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Ring ring.
Hello?
Yes.
Hello Bibi?
Yes. Who is this?
Mahmoud.
Mahmoud who?
Abbas. Mahmoud Abbas? Remember me? We used to…
Abu Mazen?
Yes.
Ahlan Abu, how are you?

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A good way to learn Hebrew

Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A friend of mine, Guy Sharett, is teaching Hebrew in Tel-Aviv in a unique and refreshing way. Check out his video from http://nocamels.com
[hat tip Lisa Goldman]
Guy’s approach, by teaching students in a real-life environment like cafes in Tel-Aviv, gives them an edge over those just studying at ulpans, who are learning the basic grammar. And [...]

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Goldstone: Israel’s Eichmann trial pioneered universal jurisprudence

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Judge Richard Goldstone, a Jewish South African judge who was the International Court’s war crimes prosecutor for Rwanad and Yugoslavia, and who will be heading the UN Human Rights Council’s latest mission to investigate Israeli war crimes during Operation Cast Lead, has said he has always found it hard to fathom that Jews could perpetrate [...]

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Israeli intelligence and the new cabinet

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Ring ring. Ring ring. Prime Minister’s Office how may I help you?
Yes, hello this is chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi. Can I speak to Prime Minister Netanyahu please?
What’s it about?
It’s a delicate matter that needs urgent attention. I really can’t talk about it with you. Could you please put me through to the prime minister?
Well, [...]

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