NY Israel Conflict Examiner

Giving Obama too much credit over Iran?

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:40:39 -0700

A.P. photo/ Ron EdwardThe New York Times editors called President Obama “…right to condemn the violence against Iranian citizens and to place the U.S. on their side, as he did in his speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize and in comment...

Israeli politics and how rivals Netanyahu and Livni act

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:39:28 -0700

A.P. photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill -- rocket through roof of Beersheba schoolPM Netanyahu: (1) Tried to induce of Members of Knesset from the rival Kadima Party to rejoin his Likud Party, from which Ariel Sharon had led them out; and (2) Asked MK Liv...

700 new homes for eastern Jerusalem: Part 1. News

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:38:07 -0700

Israel announced that it would allow to be built 700 new housing units in annexed, Jewish areas of Jerusalem. The State Dept. usually condemns “Israeli steps in East Jerusalem as harmful to peace efforts.” After a previous ann...

700 new homes for eastern Jerusalem: Part 2: Analysis

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:34:14 -0700

A.P. photo/ Susan Walsh -- The Nobel PrizePART 2: AnalysisUnlike most NY Times articles, this one gives more of the historical background of how territory was distributed. I find this background obscuring the full story almost as much as does t...

Israeli Supreme Court lets Arabs back onto highway they terrorized

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:30:16 -0700

Israel built highway 443, 14 kilometers of it across the Green line, some parts of which were annexed by Israel. Some of it lays upon land that had been owned by Jews and Arabs. The government expected mostly Arabs to use it.Arab terroris...

Terrorism in Pakistan and who hates Muslims: Part 1. Bombing in Karachi

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:29:00 -0700

A.P. photo/ Shakil Adil -- Karachi after suicide bombingA suicide bomber killed five people and wounded 80 more at a Shiite gathering in the Pakistan city of Karachi. A thousand people were commemorating an important Shiite holy day. The...

Terrorism in Pakistan: Part 2. Who hates Muslims?

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:28:34 -0700

As jihad grips more of the world, its reporting, meaning, cause, and solution become critical. The leftist tendency to blame Islamic terrorism on how Israel treats Palestinian Arabs becomes more absurd.Most victims of jihad are fellow Muslims.&...

Israel letting glass into Gaza

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:24:16 -0700

A.P. photo/ Adel Hanna -- rebuilding in Gaza

At the request of UN head Ban, Israel is letting glass into Gaza for post-war reconstruction (www.imra.org.il, 12/25).

Will ordinary houses be rebuilt or buildings Hamas used for war?

U.S. statement on building in eastern Jerusalem

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:23:01 -0700

A.P. photo/ Dan Balilty -- New in Har Homa"The United States opposes new Israeli construction in East Jerusalem. The status of Jerusalem is a permanent status issue that must be resolved by the parties through negotiations and support...

IDF clarifies what in Gaza is a target

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:47:37 -0700

The Jerusalem Post reported the IDF position that it has a list of targets in Gaza that it will not bomb unless it is attacked from there. My source, IMRA, asked the Post reporter whether the IDF would “respond with force” against b...

Obama official on antisemitism bashes Israel

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:46:12 -0700

A.P. photo/ Ron EdwardPresident Obama appointed Hannah Rosenthal to head the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. Rosenthal belongs to the anti-Israel lobby, J-Street. J Street organized an Israel-bashing event. Israeli Amba...

IDF fumbles in war and shuns risk, but risks national security

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:44:32 -0700

The government of Israel seems oblivious to recent strategic setbacks. It has been distracted by the proposed prisoner exchange, which is not a strategic issue except that the conditions of the exchange imperil Israeli security. The natio...

Iran's strategic alliance growing

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:41:53 -0700

A.P. photo/ Bebeto Matthews -- AhmadinejadIt is all coming together for Iran. Hizbullah deployed at the Israeli border, in collusion with the Lebanese Army that the U.S. arms, while Lebanon unilaterally declared itself unbound by the mand...

Israelis approve of prisoner trade

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:40:36 -0700

By 76% to 14%, according to a Dahaf poll commissioned by Yediot Ahronot, Israelis approve of the proposed prisoner exchange (www.imra.org.il, 12/27).I wonder whether the poll would have found the same, if those opposed to it could have publicized ber...

Obama made it hard for Abbas to negotiate?

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:39:27 -0700

A.P. photo/ Nasser Ishtayeh -- Abbas with Mitchell“When asked in an interview last week with the Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat how he ended up in the tree, Abbas replied, ‘Obama laid down the condition of halting the settlements completel...

Wars of the future, and Israel

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:38:30 -0700

A.P. photo/ Nasser Ishtayeh -- IDF in Nablus, after terrorists cited 2 articles earlierAn Israeli newspaper featured a lengthy explanation of the war of the future, for which about eight militarily advanced countries are preparing. Warheads ca...

Israelis owned West Bank farm an Arab got them indicted for trespassing on

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:37:38 -0700

Four years ago, an Arab started plowing land on the Maon farm, run by Jews. Four farmers put him off the land. The Arab brought charges against them. Police charged them with trespassing.Documents brought in court proved that the Ar...

Rabbi's murderers and the Palestinian Authority and Israeli Supreme Court

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:31:29 -0700

The three suspected murderers of Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai had been convicted of deep involvement in terrorism. They were released by order of Israel’s Supreme Court, despite its being warned how dangerous they were. National Union ch...

Swedish firm moves from beyond Green Line to Israel

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:08:40 -0700

A Swedish company, Mul-T-Lock, had a factory over the Green Line, in the Barkan industrial zone. The Swedish Church and other Swedish organizations threatened the company with prosecution, claiming it was illegal for it to operate in an “...

Palestinian Authority remiss against terrorists

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:07:29 -0700

A.P. photo/ Mohammed Muheisen -- P.A. policeA former head of Israel’s secret service observed that four terrorists successfully plotted a recent murder. One turned himself in to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) police. Did the P.A....