12 December 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the regime will return to settlement construction after a "temporary" moratorium on new construction in the occupied West Bank.
Netanyahu said on Tuesday that a 10-month settlement freeze he had earlier announced was only a "one-time, temporary" move, [...]
There is a danger that Australia could become a safe haven for Israeli war criminals.
By Sonja Karkar
The news that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in Australia and was welcomed by the honourable members of our parliament came as somewhat of a shock. It is [...]
Theodore Herzl: Founder of Zionism
By Alan Hart
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu described his offer to temporarily restrict construction of all-new Jewish settlements on the West Bank excluding Arab East Jerusalem as a “far-reaching and painful step”, which was part of a policy he hoped would give [...]
By Khalid Amayreh
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is a manifestly fascist-minded demagogue who thinks that everything Jewish must override everything non-Jewish, regardless of all considerations.
He is also a first-class liar who believes that lying to the world, including Jews, is the first [...]
The 10-month freeze will not halt building in East Jerusalem or that has already been approved [AFP]
Israel's prime minister has announced a 10-month halt to the construction of new settlement houses in the occupied West Bank.
Binyamin Netanyahu told a news conference on Wednesday that [...]
(Image: Lance Page, Truthout; Adapted: an agent / flickr)
By Ira Chernus
Nobody seems to know just what Barack Obama said to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the two met recently at the White House. In fact, when it comes to Middle East policy, nobody seems to [...]
By John V. Whitbeck
In the wake of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s public praise for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s 'unprecedented' attitude toward continued Israeli settlement expansion, Saeb Erakat, chief negotiator for the Palestinian Authority, calmly rolled out a verbal bombshell at a November 4 press [...]
The US is still playing fast and loose with its commitments on Israeli-Palestinian peace, reports Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Speaking during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in West Jerusalem Saturday, 31 October, visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remarked that Israel was making [...]
